Winter wheat yields

[D14]

Yes, and I am quite surprised.
As I think will be a few others when combines roll; In a good way.
I am well aware that burnt up crops wont recover, I have some myself. Majority here, however look OK.
There are some tidy looking crops in the Ellesmere area too...

To be honest I didn’t see any burnt up crops. It was all half developed but maturing fast as if it’d given up growing and just thought right mature now. 5-6 eyelets per ear instead of 10-12 for example. Severely damaged flag leaves. Stunted growth. Lots of blind sites as well.

 

[Brisel]

Hope we don’t get many of these!

 

[D14]

American wheat harvest started and yields are around the 1.5t/ac mark in areas that would normally expect 2t/ac +. There never into our territory yield wise in the main but they are saying 25% lower than expected.

 

[Brisel]

American wheat harvest started and yields are around the 1.5t/ac mark in areas that would normally expect 2t/ac +. There never into our territory yield wise in the main but they are saying 25% lower than expected.

Texas?

 

[D14]

Texas?

Rolling in a few places now. Lots of pics up on twitter with yields etc.

 

[David.]

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Hope we don’t get many of these!

Pterodactyl egg?

 

[Milkcow365]

Was worried about ours a month ago but now it’s looking as good as last year I think.

 

[Milkcow365]

Nearly ploughed this one out in the spring glad we didn’t

 

[Clive]

yields will be pathetic here - the rain was too late for crops that had already died in the dry spring or at best dropped most of their tillers

from the road things look half reasonable but there is simply not enough ears to make any type of yield

 

[Muddyboots]

yields will be pathetic here - the rain was too late for crops that had already died in the dry spring or at best dropped most of their tillers

from the road things look half reasonable but there is simply not enough ears to make any type of yield

Depending on how much rain you had will you now get secondary tillers?

 

[Phil P]

yields will be pathetic here - the rain was too late for crops that had already died in the dry spring or at best dropped most of their tillers

from the road things look half reasonable but there is simply not enough ears to make any type of yield

Let’s see some pictures, otherwise I think your just playing up the market ?

 

[Clive]

Let’s see some pictures, otherwise I think your just playing up the market ?

you know i love taking pictures of my crops but this year i can’t even work up enthusiasm to go look at them !

that dry spell murdered potential here basically no rain at all through April or May - particularly cruel given the effort that went into establishment this year

 

[Clive]

Depending on how much rain you had will you now get secondary tillers?

yes this might be a problem meaning i have yet more added cost of pre harvest glyphosate ....... or wait for a October harvest !

 

[Wombat]

yes this might be a problem meaning i have yet more added cost of pre harvest glyphosate ....... or wait for a October harvest !

I have a rule we don’t grow anything that needs a heater in the combine

 

[robbie]

@Clive we had no rain in april or may either and from memory I think your land is similar to ours so why do you think you've been hit so hard by the drought. I would have thought being no till would be an advantage through moisture retention on a year like this. We plough most of ours and although they wont break any records everything will do ok.

Do you think that perhaps your ground is tighter and that prevented rooting???

 

[Clive]

@Clive we had no rain in april or may either and from memory I think your land is similar to ours so why do you think you've been hit so hard by the drought. I would have thought being no till would be an advantage through moisture retention on a year like this. We plough most of ours and although they wont break any records everything will do ok.

Do you think that perhaps your ground is tighter and that prevented rooting???

nothing wrong with my soil it’s just the season

the rain stopped here on mach 19th and didn’t start again 3rd June - that’s 2.5 months without rainfall, the 2.5 months where tiller number is set so a critical time on light soils

i think it was made especially bad as crops were late drilled so had no big root system or biomass to help them through that period - it dried out VERY quickly - some winter wheat went in February, a lot in december and a small amount in october)


Just farming - some seasons your just don’t get the luck you need. We have managed crops accordingly and still plan to make a profit - that’s the skill in this job and the bit you can actually do something about ........ unlike the weather

if we get decent grain fill we could see 2 or maybe 2.5t/ac i think - N has been halved and fungicide spend is just £16/ha ...... you never know margins might actually be better !

if i had cultivated spring crops here or had the OM levels we had a decade ago i don’t think we would even be having a harvest

Low fixed cost are key and this year is a serous reminder of that IMO - every farmer should consider and run a business stress l test of “what if no harvest”. and make sure they could withstand that ...... extreme weather patterns is becoming a reality in the uk now

 

[Clive]

I have a rule we don’t grow anything that needs a heater in the combine

i recall getting very cold harvesting beans years ago in december - american combines don’t have heaters ! (or certainly didn’t not backi then !)

got a lot of linseed this year that is going to be late - didn’t start growing until it rained in June

 

[willy]

yields will be pathetic here - the rain was too late for crops that had already died in the dry spring or at best dropped most of their tillers

from the road things look half reasonable but there is simply not enough ears to make any type of yield

Any photos

 

[Clive]

Any photos

as above, really not very motivated to even walk fields this year, nothing to get excited about and have avoided taking myself into spending which looking too closely can often encourage!

i might take a few when I walk the dogs later if you really want !

 

[redsloe]

2 to 2.5t/acre is not classed as a real disaster really!
I'm sure your just shy @Clive