- Location
- Bedfordshire
With the Weather playing havoc with most farmers plans, what have you managed to get planted ??
Winter Wheat Planting
- Thread starter Fuzzy
- Start date
- Location
- East yorks
Nothing here
Only a small area but 4 days of 0 rainfall since 22nd sept
Only a small area but 4 days of 0 rainfall since 22nd sept
SilliamWhale
Member
- Location
- Bedfordshire
It is also highly likely that the 20% or so will be at risk from slugs, blackgrass or simply rotting in the ground.
Donkey Oaty
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
All of it. But that's only 80 acres. So far, about 1/3 is growing nicely, 1/10 was sown at the same time and is looking mixed, but the plants are there. The rest was drilled on 27th October and has had 65mm of rain on it since. I will have to wait and see..
solo
Member
- Location
- worcestershire
Put 50 acres wheat in to grow seed for next year as it will be an expensive year to buy in.
- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
All 160 planned acres are in, but none rolled, pre-emd or pelleted. It has all chitted so there might be hope yet but I am a bit worried about slugs and what it will look like blackgrass wise so not totally out of the woods yet.
- Location
- Bedfordshire
I've got in a bit over half, but no OSR, no barley and no beans...yet.
yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
So far for the uk then about 50% planted at best
over 2 million acres still to go
over 2 million acres still to go
- Location
- Wiltshire
75% of cereals planted here, have had to do some rotation changes to get grass planted, I should get another 50 acres planted but after that I doubt I will get any more. Hopefully get a field in today but we will see. Could be lots of maize in the ground next year.
With much of my wheat going straight into the cows I think we could be short 200t of feed winter 2020
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With much of my wheat going straight into the cows I think we could be short 200t of feed winter 2020
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Donkey Oaty
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
I'm not arguing with what you are saying, but the smaller growers (like me) are more likely to have planted "all of it", while the larger growers are less likely to have completed their acreage but will still have sown alot of acres.
No way is 50% planted. I can’t find anything planted around here and then I’ve been to Bournemouth and back on different routes and saw virtually nothing planted. I’ve also been to Norfolk and back and again not a lot. Got friend who went to wales on Thursday and is saying the same. I’d say 20% at the very best.
- Location
- Wiltshire
An update on my drilling today. It was mush so nothing done. Will need a few more dry days.
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yellow belly
Member
- Location
- south west lincolnshire
The survey is for 159 farmers so not insignificant as.
Have posted other threads if it is 50% then that is 900000 has at 2019 yields only 7.2 million tonnes
more realistic yield 6.3 million tonnes water logged wheat at 6 tonnes only 5.4 million tonnes
that is we need 14 million less 5.5 million produced 1 million carried over 2 million tonnes barley used extra to normal still leaves 6 million tonnes short 100 big ships and puts the uk in the ranks of the biggest importers
lets hope we get a dry December to February and plant another couple of million acres
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
"Nothing" is leading the way
Daniel
Member
- Location
- Mildenhall, Suffolk
This will take a day or two before it'll drill.....
