Devon James
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- Location
- Devon
Yes, warn out A shares. Kale into grass
Who's going ww in feb ?
- Thread starter bobk
- Start date
- Location
- Lincolnshire
My gut feeling is we will drill some winter wheat by the end of January. Plough power Harrow and run the MF30 behind the lowest ground pressure tractor known to mankind at a good speed. It's surprising how quickly the land firmed up last week (where the drains are working properly).
I really do want to avoid wall to wall spring barley.
Feel a bit like a coiled spring at the minute. Not going to maul it though. Would rather leave it fallow. Patience patience and keep an eye on ground conditions. Be ready to pounce.
I really do want to avoid wall to wall spring barley.
Feel a bit like a coiled spring at the minute. Not going to maul it though. Would rather leave it fallow. Patience patience and keep an eye on ground conditions. Be ready to pounce.
690 multi-power
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- Location
- Cambridge
I am at Barton, just north of Royston and managed to get all mine in with the MF30 in a very small window working long hours. Very sticky and doesn't look great but it is in at least!
yellow belly
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- Location
- south west lincolnshire
In a 1st cereal situation the margin on spring barley followed by wheat next year compared to late wheat followed by and wheat or barley would depend on grass weed pressure
the type of soil would be the biggest factor although most of the easier working free draining land will already be planted on many farms
spring barley in 2012 was a better margin than wheat with the near elimination of black grass
the type of soil would be the biggest factor although most of the easier working free draining land will already be planted on many farms
spring barley in 2012 was a better margin than wheat with the near elimination of black grass
- Location
- East yorks
Well it’s dried a bit, as in we have no standing water in fields now but it still wouldn’t drill on either stubbles or lightly discern. So I will keep waiting and hope we get some dryin weather in Jan
I think taking a punt with some late Jan drilled winter wheat is better than trying to find none existent spring wheat seed and I don’t want all spring barley as that will screw up next years rotation
I think taking a punt with some late Jan drilled winter wheat is better than trying to find none existent spring wheat seed and I don’t want all spring barley as that will screw up next years rotation
I don't see any point going now , surely after xmas the days get longer and the odds of survival increase
- Location
- East yorks
That’s my plan the last week of jan has an hour longer days than this week and getting longer by nearly 4mins a day
- Location
- Limousin/Charentes toad land
Baling Hay
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I think daylength is a pretty significant thing!
- Location
- Limousin/Charentes toad land
I know. I do it all the time. Just made me chuckle, thinking there was someone else counting up the minutes per day that daylight extended some 6 weeks away
- Location
- East yorks
With nothing drilled and in our area not alone needs must.
690 multi-power
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- Location
- Cambridge
I managed to get mine drilled. I was advised to wait twice. I took the advise the first time, the second time I thought no, i'm going for it before it's too late. Headlands are like glue. A few blockages but more speed helped. I even managed to roll most of it.
That's hybrid barley! ;-) Very late, will be interested to see how you get on...
- Location
- East yorks
Looks some nice soil, I would take just been able to get our 30 into the field let alone the rollers
WRXppp
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- Location
- North Yorks
There is and it is the home of a lad I am being best man for this next year, was down in mid September and it was very dry, roadside verges burnt up and been this weekend and crops in the area look well and all the way up to north Norfolk, some very good OSR. From Kings Lynn to the A1 Newark is like a battlefield and nothing much looks ok all the way up to North Yorks.
- Location
- Cirencester
Yes, same here, nice bit of sun but had a lot of rain last night, seems one step forward and then two back, think the longest we've had without rain was last week, 3 days but very little drying occurred as no wind. Got some more ground turned over so will go again next frost.Most drying wind here since September. Shame it’s going to rain tomorrow and Thursday.
- Location
- East yorks
- Location
- Cirencester
Well, stuff planted on the 20th Nov is just starting to poke through the ground, some of the seed has rotted so be interesting to see what becomes of it.
- Location
- S E Glos
I may be wrong but I think any wheat sown after Jan 31st is a spring wheat, for the purposes of product approvals. So any winter variety sown after then should only be treated with products approved for spring wheat (?)
Not that these crops will need a lot of chemical input anyway, but if this is the case there's not a lot approved for the spring crop.