Who's worried about the lack of rain?

[teslacoils]

8mm be nice. Don't really want it all stored up for one day.

 

[Will 1594]

Yes it's dry but you don't have to dig down far to find good amounts of moisture, I'll be getting worried in a fortnight thought.
Biggest headache is weather to put fert on now or wait. I did some yesterday and the day before and we caught a decent shower which has melted the prills into the soil.

So where we right putting all spring barley Fert on in front of drill
Always make more in a dry time
Do we irrigate more corn as got capacity at minute

 

[Brisel]

So where we right putting all spring barley Fert on in front of drill
Always make more in a dry time
Do we irrigate more corn as got capacity at minute

Yes, especially if you can irrigate.

Please do irrigate - you'll make it rain for the rest of us!

What do you think it costs you to irrigate? You have a good setup with electric pumps & a ring main. £25/acre inch?

 

[teslacoils]

I'd put an inch on if I could. Or maybe half an inch, at night time.

 

[bankrupt]

Already looking like yet another bad year for combine driving, here.

Not enough straw to get the awns off 6-row barley and far too many beans going under the knife again.

At least if it stays dry all through this time we shan't repeat last year's nightmare of over-ripe and green oats 50/50 in every field.

 

[robbie]

So where we right putting all spring barley Fert on in front of drill
Always make more in a dry time
Do we irrigate more corn as got capacity at minute

You'll know in about 3 and a half months but I'd say yes totally right thing to do.

I think both in the autumn and spring we need to adapt how we farm as the weather patterns are changing.

 

[Wombat]

You'll know in about 3 and a half months but I'd say yes totally right thing to do.

I think both in the autumn and spring we need to adapt how we farm as the weather patterns are changing.

On our clays where the fert doesn’t go anywhere I have started to front load it now as we get these run of drier springs,

 

[Banana Bar]

I put between 80 and 90 kgs under all spring crops this year apart from 2 fields drilled with the Claydon, very pleased I have.

BB

 

[farmerm]

I am not worried by the lack of rain. I much prefer it being dry. I am worried about the effect a lack of soil moisture is going to have on grass and crop growth though

 

[teslacoils]

Locally I just drove past some wheat that either a grass weed herbicide or something has "burnt seven shades of shyt" out of it.

 

[Spencer]

Locally I just drove past some wheat that either a grass weed herbicide or something has "burnt seven shades of shyt" out of it.

“It’s only transient, it’ll grow through it”

 

[Gedd]

Just watched weather on TV a bit rain over Ireland and maybe western England tomorrow then nothing for the next 10 days at least

 

[Wombat]

Just watched weather on TV a bit rain over Ireland and maybe western England tomorrow then nothing for the next 10 days at least

Bit like the last month then

 

[snarling bee]

FFS - its only the 17th April.

Doom and gloom already.

 

[Wombat]

FFS - its only the 17th April.

Doom and gloom already.

I think anything has to be an improvement on the cluster of last year.

So at the moment I am quite chilled the barley will germinate when it does rain and everything else seems fine with no rain for a month at the moment.

Would be an interesting bench mark for future years to see how stuff sticks 6-7 weeks with no rain as well for the future

 

[bobk]

No. Go on holiday for 3 weeks.

If only

 

[tr250]

Already looking like yet another bad year for combine driving, here.

Not enough straw to get the awns off 6-row barley and far too many beans going under the knife again.

At least if it stays dry all through this time we shan't repeat last year's nightmare of over-ripe and green oats 50/50 in every field.

We had a new combine in 18 haven’t really had any normal crops since either purple straw flat or too short

 

[Y Fan Wen]

Must be water underground somewhere, as a damp patch that we went round when drilling has now developed into a running spring! In the 50 odd years that we've had that field never seen before. Think a drain required1

Any water pipes anywhere about?

 

[farmerm]

Must be water underground somewhere, as a damp patch that we went round when drilling has now developed into a running spring! In the 50 odd years that we've had that field never seen before. Think a drain required1

drop a pump in it and get irrigating

 

[spikeislander]

Not worried here yet , our heavy stuff will hang on longer than most, only concern is our drilled peas as the grounds still cold and I fear the winter beans will soon flower and are very short like last year !
As said early it’s a depressing job combining beans when you can’t get down to fetch them all , I think 0.5 t/a went under the header in places if not more.
But bugger all we can do , got 2 of three n applications on earlier and both had rain and liquid so pretty sure the wheats have got hold of something as they look pretty good considering bad autumn and late drilling.
W. Barley looks good too, s barley hesitating and needs a rain .