Who wanted rain ?

[Farma Parma]

Sowing Barley yest, inch of snow here by 9am this morning & rained for a little while afterwards, all roads bone dry by 4pm.
every type of weather possible last 36hrs. probs had 13mm tho from all of that, no further land jobs this next week.
Ground was just drying nicely hehoo just get on with it.

 

[bobk]

I’ve been receiving 2 inches daily every day this week.

Unfortunately and quite frustratingly the missus hasn’t been..

Take your wellies off .

 

[bobk]

This was in reply to the Nitrogen predicament, not the small todger situation posted above....

I concured at the time of writing , then thought f**k it .

 

[Wellytrack]

I knew those " spring is just round the corner " posts a month ago would come back to haunt us.
When will people ever learn.

My grandfather called that weather ‘a pet’

People lose their minds the first signs of weather, I know a man who through out baby calves onto albeit a good cover of grass only to let have them come in again looking like a wet rug thrown over an iron gate.

Some savings with that.

 

[DRC]

All anyone can do is work with the weather at the time. I’m still happy I put a bag/ acre on early, as my crops are green, whereby a neighbours that had nothing is yellow and loosing tillers. If it keeps wet for another few weeks , then your playing serious catchup.
It’s like feeding livestock, no good trying to feed a scrawny weanling, that’s been hard done as a calf. Little and often is the best way.

 

[DRC]

Anyway, we’ve had a few days rain that was badly needed, certainly here.
The potato lads are still talking of making a start next week .

 

[bobk]

All anyone can do is work with the weather at the time. I’m still happy I put a bag/ acre on early, as my crops are green, whereby a neighbours that had nothing is yellow and loosing tillers. If it keeps wet for another few weeks , then your playing serious catchup.
It’s like feeding livestock, no good trying to feed a scrawny weanling, that’s been hard done as a calf. Little and often is the best way.

Not sure your crops are ever short of N .

 

[Beef farmer]

Spring starts on monday. Give it 2 dry weeks and be desperate for a shower

 

[M-J-G]

Horrid day here, snow and rain all day. Definately the worst day of the winter.

It could be worse, it could have followed 10 months of rain like this time last year instead of 10 months of drought like we've just had.

No rain in the 10 day forecast for here after today, that'll work in nicely if it's accurate.

 

[M-J-G]

Spring starts on monday. Give it 2 dry weeks and be desperate for a shower

You're not wrong, a few dry days and everyone forgets there ever was any rain.

 

[Wombat]

Spring starts on monday. Give it 2 dry weeks and be desperate for a shower

Give it 2 dry months and we might be

 

[Beef farmer]

Give it 2 dry months and we might be

Be what? Desperate? Fecked?

 

[Wombat]

Be what? Desperate? Fecked?

Maybe needing a shower or rain, could probably stretch to 3 months though if needed

 

[glasshouse]

It will help weather the ploughing

 

[M-J-G]

Maybe needing a shower or rain, could probably stretch to 3 months though if needed

By mid June we would be in real trouble with no rain.

 

[Nearly]

Not doing any harm yet.
If I'd got the beans planted a couple of weeks ago then it would be doing a lot of good.

But we've no wooly maggots.

 

[Pan mixer]

I would have gone ballast rolling on grass this afternoon, just didn't get round to it, drains have trickled for a few days once this winter.

I am being careful what I wish for.

Nov - 74 mm, Dec 57, Jan 17, Feb 14mm, March so far 28 mm

 

[Wombat]

By mid June we would be in real trouble with no rain.

Apart from some barley that went in late and baked last year 30mm in 3 months and all was fine so I don’t see any issues with the same again

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Wetter than an otters mott here today

 

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