when is enough enough?

[muleman]

Just wondered how the drought situation was in different parts of the country...or not as the case may be. Thought this year was gonna be different but in danger of early winter again and cows inside early here in cumbria.Havnt the crop for an early one this time but at least we have grass now which i am thankful for, i realise many will still have nothing....its hard to keep everyone happy with the good old british weather!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

It’s a bit early to say whether cows will be in early or not!

 

[muleman]

It’s a bit early to say whether cows will be in early or not!

yes,plenty time for weather to take up again but feels set in like a standard british summer at the moment over here!

 

[Northeastfarmer]

yes,plenty time for weather to take up again but feels set in like a standard british summer at the moment over here!

You should be used to it over there

 

[muleman]

You should be used to it over there

doesnt mean we like it! Thought we might get a break from it this year!

 

[johnspeehs]

I think the main difference this year is the ground is able to handle a bit of wet weather where as last year it never really got beyond tender here all season, well until around now when the cows went in and didn't get out again. We had a pretty wet night last night but after a Cpl of hrs sun this morning the gate ways etc are dried up again. If it settles again now it will still end up a decent year but having said that I still have 60 acres of silage to get which was ready 2 weeks ago.

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Never seen so much grass . All we can hope for now is some harvest weather and an open back end

 

[muleman]

I think the main difference this year is the ground is able to handle a bit of wet weather where as last year it never really got beyond tender here all season, well until around now when the cows went in and didn't get out again. We had a pretty wet night last night but after a Cpl of hrs sun this morning the gate ways etc are dried up again. If it settles again now it will still end up a decent year but having said that I still have 60 acres of silage to get which was ready 2 weeks ago.

we have had a poor august,hvnt really had sun so it isnt really drying up now,we are just at that borderline stage where land is just about dry enough but you just dont want it to get into that pattern of rain every day,we still have 30+ acres to get which isnt past ready yet but might end up having to try and snatch it before long.

 

[muleman]

Never seen so much grass . All we can hope for now is some harvest weather and an open back end

yes,its almost like spring now the way it is growing.

 

[johnspeehs]

we have had a poor august,hvnt really had sun so it isnt really drying up now,we are just at that borderline stage where land is just about dry enough but you just dont want it to get into that pattern of rain every day,we still have 30+ acres to get which isnt past ready yet but might end up having to try and snatch it before long.

Yes we have had a poor august too but i'm taking hope from the fact that we ploughed 15 acres of heavy land on Friday and when its turned over its bone dry so its really still just surface deep at the minute. If it does turn out an early winter here it could spell the end for our suckler cows, i'm not going through the same torture I put up with last winter.

 

[muleman]

Yes we have had a poor august too but i'm taking hope from the fact that we ploughed 15 acres of heavy land on Friday and when its turned over its bone dry so its really still just surface deep at the minute. If it does turn out an early winter here it could spell the end for our suckler cows, i'm not going through the same torture I put up with last winter.

think the bad ones just stick in the mind and you think `here we go again`.....but lets hope not!

 

[Nithsdale]

It's cold at nights here, and has been wet all month so far.

For all the drought was getting close to a serious point here... it didn't last long enough. I'm sick of the rain already



It's been one hell of a 12months

 

[spin cycle]

still feck all rain here....enough to start greening grass and put turnips in but not enough for them to kick on

 

[Beef farmer]

still feck all rain here....enough to start greening grass and put turnips in but not enough for them to kick on

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[johnspeehs]

Jezz what a country , I could be in Norfolk or Cornwall in a few hrs but our climates are so different. There seems to be no happy medium in our area, it’s either to dry or to wet, I’d take dry any day.

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Never a full dry day for last 10 dayz, needing to take up for harvest all to do up here

 

[Al R]

A few weeks ago my spring crops were a day or 2 away, now you can mulch the grain into putty

 

[Mr Mackay]

Never seen so much grass . All we can hope for now is some harvest weather and an open back end

You want to be the other side of those hills . Not much here

 

[exmoor dave]

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[Dog Bowl]

Still buggar all rain here; send some my way!