worst year ever

[willie waver]

another day and another day of relentless rain. fields swimming in muck, silage still to be cut. no chance of hay. got to worse than 85 now?

 

[Dave6170]

I was not born in 85 but its about as sh!t as it gets here today! Looks like the silage fields have been rolled they re that flat

 

[scholland]

Certainly coldest wettest and least growth year I've seen.

 

[DB67]

Growth as been fine these last 2 weeks but we don't get more than 1 day of dry weather

 

[hillman]

Whereas you guys have been wet and cold , along the East Coast over here it has been cold but dry , frost up till mid June
We have had our first rain worth talking about in a month yesterday and it was lovely
Growth has been hit and miss no chance off it getting away , 3 days off growth them maybe nothing for a fortnight as it turned back cold

BUT in saying that it pales in to insignifance to what you guys are going through , it's easier to manage probs when dry than paddling around in a paddy field !

 

[sheepwise]

another day and another day of relentless rain. fields swimming in muck, silage still to be cut. no chance of hay. got to worse than 85 now?

Where are you farming Willie? It's great how we all judge things on how our own work is going.Got silage here last Wednesday in great condition and single cut suckler cow cut not pushing for 10 days yet.One dry day will finish the lowground shearing with no rush for hill sheep.We have had some real good growth this last fortnight and stock now doing well.But if I hadn't hit it lucky with my silage contractor or had got rained off through a couple of batches at shearing then with everything else going on, I would be in the same frame of mind as yourself.

 

[AGN76]

Not quite as bad as 2012 here, but there's still time!

 

[jamesy]

Maximums crappious here again, or still I should say. Land saturated, barley like fek all & lots more rain forecast.

Heard of one guy locally that's for taking his cows & calves in again.

Unreal.

 

[Henarar]

We have had a bit of rain here the last few days and I hate to say it but I was quite happy to see it
Its a long way from one end of Britain to tuther

 

[AvonValleyFarmer]

We have had a bit of rain here the last few days and I hate to say it but I was quite happy to see it
Its a long way from one end of Britain to tuther

It is a long way, and I'm nowhere near the bottom! I was saying earlier that I wished it would rain! Be so much better if we all got a little bit as opposed to some poor souls who seem to be having it all. @willie waver where abouts are you?

 

[Orkneyboy]

Very bad here, been a lot of rain again. Have had at least 5 days of biblical rain in the last 2-3 weeks with plenty of other rain in between, and randomly 4 or 5 very warm sunny days, which are always immediately followed by a terrible day.
If the weather was this bad in October I'd be taking my cattle in. All of Orkney farming is in a poor, poor state.

 

[Archie]

Amazing how different things can be. Knew it was bad north of us but didn't realise it was one of the worst over with you in the west @willie waver.

Been cold and windy here until the last fortnight or so but couldn't be described as a wet year to date. Showery this past week but doing more good than harm unless you are trying to make hay. Can think of 3 if not 4 worse summers than this for us in the past 10 years. Still a bit to go mind so could all change yet.

 

[Goweresque]

I fear its not going to get any better, judging by the forecasts. Looks like low pressure constantly sweeping the north and west of the UK, with high pressure staying mainly in control in the south and east.

 

[North Coast]

Very bad here, been a lot of rain again. Have had at least 5 days of biblical rain in the last 2-3 weeks with plenty of other rain in between, and randomly 4 or 5 very warm sunny days, which are always immediately followed by a terrible day.
If the weather was this bad in October I'd be taking my cattle in. All of Orkney farming is in a poor, poor state.

Not much different this side of the Pentland Firth either. Grass fields suffering badly unless under-stocked. Arable crops are 2 - 3 weeks behind normal. There will be no swallows fledged this season, too cold and lack of insects have seen to that.

 

[Dave6170]

Not much different this side of the Pentland Firth either. Grass fields suffering badly unless under-stocked. Arable crops are 2 - 3 weeks behind normal. There will be no swallows fledged this season, too cold and lack of insects have seen to that.

One of the agronomists were saying no matter what the weather does now, even a heat wave, harvest will be 3 weeks late!

 

[David.]

We might as well be on different continents, burning up here and ponds dried up to mud. Not getting the rain and if it showers it is gone again in minutes.
We, and near neighbours took some second cut last week before it bolted to seed and died off yellow to the floor.

 

[Stuart J]

One of the agronomists were saying no matter what the weather does now, even a heat wave, harvest will be 3 weeks late!

I wouldn't put a bet on it based on an agronomists opinion.

 

[Dave6170]

I wouldn't put a bet on it based on an agronomists opinion.

If it stays like this, getting a chance to harvest will be the problem

 

[jamesy]

There is going to be a major straw shortage here even if things dry up as the barley just hasn't grown/filled in. The land at the moment is to wet to travel in with a tractor

 

[TheRanger]

Not quite as bad as 2012 here, but there's still time!

Not quite there ourselves, but we're getting there. Never got the first cut in until the end of July in 2012 (And ended up only taking one cut).

Not too worried about hay, as long as it dries up for second cut.

Some absolutely fantastic fields of corn and winter barley about round here that will be some of the best in years is if dries up soonish.