Pingu Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Interesting some are saying there yields are gonna be normal, we've got land from south Essex to Suffolk and all of our wheat will be down by quite some way, our ear count is around 350 with 500+ needed for best yields with us very rarely doing below 4.2t, but its gonna be below that all cause we had 12 mm rain from February to end of may so no fertiliser uptake :'( this year has been horrendous our light land is long since dead no matter the crop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 cheap fert bill this autum Phill! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newhollandt7050 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Barley On sandy soil in Oxfordshire was sprayed of a week ago and tried harvesting today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Interesting some are saying there yields are going to be normal, we've got land from south Essex to Suffolk and all of our wheat will be down by quite some way, our ear count is around 350 with 500+ needed for best yields with us very rarely doing below 4.2t, but its going to be below that all cause we had 12 mm rain from February to end of may so no fertiliser uptake :'( this year has been horrendous our light land is long since dead no matter the crop the klight soil wont help will it phil, athelington halls got a reasonablly mid to heavy clay like soil so what moisture they have had seems to have taken longer to dry out, coupled with good heavy dews its all seems to have worked, mind you, theres some fair size fishers in the soil despite the above Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 the klight soil wont help will it phil, athelington halls got a reasonablly mid to heavy clay like soil so what moisture they have had seems to have taken longer to dry out, coupled with good heavy dews its all seems to have worked, mind you, theres some fair size fishers in the soil despite the above Ark at you. . . . a week around some farmers and you're talking sensible all of a sudden . .. makes a change from "When we were still farming with the MF600 series. . .. " :P :laugh: * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted June 22, 2011 Share Posted June 22, 2011 Got mixed up barley 3.5 ton Sorry boys Thought you were being a bit presumptuous there at 5t and acre, Tim!! :laugh: 3.5t is a bit more like it. Do you do any for crimping/rolling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robl12 Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 The winter barley and wheat is looking good up here some of the barley is starting to colour up nicely. Probably be the back of July before winter stuff cut but august onwards for spring crops. The barley needs a good bit of sun now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manor Farm Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Thought you were being a bit presumptuous there at 5t and acre, Tim!! :laugh: 3.5t is a bit more like it. Do you do any for crimping/rolling? we roll it for the young stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massey Boy Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 Our barley which we put in Feb/March should be cut next week Seems pretty early to me but its pretty much there and its not for crimping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 24, 2011 Author Share Posted June 24, 2011 i got my phone call today telling me to be ready to roll in next week or so, the barley cracking on up this way but think the OSR might just be first. ill get some pics when the combines get going at suckleys. going to be a good harvest this year, weve had plenty of rain and dry weather forecast for next week so will be the final boost for the crops then we will be full swing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Well it's gearing up here too now. I've covered a few miles over the week and the first I saw turn was in Devon, then was surprised to see a large field in Suffolk looking ahead of that. Wiltshire is a mixed bag with its varying soils. After next week I'll be on hay then the barley may well all happen at the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 i know tris, suffolk is usally 3 or 4 weeks behind us in the south west, hence my surprise when they said 3 or 4 weeks tops for the barley up there, and that was last wek, to be honest i recon some will get done before that to , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weblet375 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 driving my lorry back from evesham today saw three shelbourne windrowers parked up by a big field of O S R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 i got my phone call today telling me to be ready to roll in next week or so, the barley cracking on up this way but think the OSR might just be first. ill get some pictures when the combines get going at suckleys. going to be a good harvest this year, weve had plenty of rain and dry weather forecast for next week so will be the final boost for the crops then we will be full swing. Ah so your quite local...do you know what Combines Suckleys are running these days? There was an NH CR980 parked up at the Abbots Moor potato place a couple of years back, and I was wondering if the Lexion 600 I saw at Wykey was theres as well? I remember back in 1989, the combines they used by where I used to live were a Dommy 85 and a Clayson S-1550! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Saw a field of barley in Lincolnshire that didn't look a fortnight off cutting, with us still easily a month away, we have some very sparse ings hay to cut and bale first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted June 24, 2011 Share Posted June 24, 2011 Well I'm spraying off the headlands of the rape tomorrow and sunday so 2-3 weeks for us and we'll be rolling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Harvest is actually going on. Just not the yellowy golden stuff everyone loves! First: Pea vining on the 'hills' of Suffolk with two new PMC 989's. Second: Pea vining on the flatt of Holland with two PMC 979-CT's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 Ah so your quite local...do you know what Combines Suckleys are running these days? There was an NH CR980 parked up at the Abbots Moor potato place a couple of years back, and I was wondering if the Lexion 600 I saw at Wykey was theres as well? I remember back in 1989, the combines they used by where I used to live were a Dommy 85 and a Clayson S-1550! i was at cluddley farm yesterday, they have the new holland and the lexion 600tt parked up in the sheds, they are ready and waiting to go now, im starting there on the 4th july so i take it thats when its all kicking off. im in telford, where are you then if you know suckleys?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 this is what suckleys are running Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 definitely the same CR - fell through a load of chicken cack to get a photo of it! Where are the pics taken? Is it the place out by West Felton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 i was at cluddley farm yesterday, they have the new holland and the lexion 600tt parked up in the sheds, they are ready and waiting to go now, im starting there on the 4th july so i take it thats when its all kicking off. im in telford, where are you then if you know suckleys?? oops didn't see this post before asking the question! I live In Shrewsbury now, but used to live in a place called Bagley, and there were three pretty big fields virtually just in front of the house which Suckleys rented. They gave them up eventually though, I think a couple of years before we moved out. I would still see their tackle in the Rednal area though, and I think even across towards Llanymynech they had land. There was a C reg Dominator 106 and a JD 1188 that I saw all over the place - they had land everywhere. My Uncle used to work at Abbots Moor as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CX820Joe Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php/topic,22633.msg458931.html#msg458931 That link should take you to the Lexion 600 I photographed a few years back - fairly sure its the same one (Marsh sticker on the side). If you go to page 10 of the same thread you can see the CR980 parked up as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Tractor Twitcher Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Can't wait for harvest to commence so I can get out and about with my camera. I've quite a few farms lined up to visit from previous years and hopefully one or two new ones aswell. I've seen plenty of combines being "fettled" in farmyards in readiness for action too. Whilst I was out enjoying a small celebratory birthday drink last evening I was speaking with the farmer who was running this New Holland TC-56 I photographed with my old camera last year. He's replaced it this season with a New Holland CX740. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordantaylor Posted June 25, 2011 Author Share Posted June 25, 2011 definitely the same CR - fell through a load of chicken cack to get a photo of it! Where are the pictures taken? Is it the place out by West Felton? these were taken at cluddley farm, telford. its there main cereals site and where they keep majority of the graders, spud harvesters, combines, irrigators ect... they have a huge machinery shed now, 4 big silo's, very large workshop, large grain/machinery shed ect.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 definitely the same CR - fell through a load of chicken cack to get a photo of it! Where are the pictures taken? Is it the place out by West Felton? Get up there every now and again picking old Masseys up from chap who does a few up himself. Infact I may be up there ina week or two unless the gear this time has been picked up by someone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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