Maize harvest in August

[Cyres]

I sat in a combine yesterday afternoon. Wheat coming off at 13.5%. Yield was mediocre.
Appears they are planning to start cutting maize in 10 days. That's about 6 weeks early!
It went in a month early and has done OK on heavier ground. Late planted maize is not looking very good at all.
30 mm of rain two weeks ago may have saved some of it. However it was v localised.
D

 

[slider]

I sat in a combine yesterday afternoon. Wheat coming off at 13.5%. Yield was mediocre.
Appears they are planning to start cutting maize in 10 days. That's about 6 weeks early!
It went in a month early and has done OK on heavier ground. Late planted maize is not looking very good at all.
30 mm of rain two weeks ago may have saved some of it. However it was v localised.
D

Maize for the corn or whole crop for silage?

 

[bowji john]

Going to S France tomorrow to visit a former SD member who is now farming there

40 degrees

His concern is forest fires at the mo !

 

[bulric]

96mm since April here in Gloucester, not ideal growing conditions!

 

[Tim.243]

I sat in a combine yesterday afternoon. Wheat coming off at 13.5%. Yield was mediocre.
Appears they are planning to start cutting maize in 10 days. That's about 6 weeks early!
It went in a month early and has done OK on heavier ground. Late planted maize is not looking very good at all.
30 mm of rain two weeks ago may have saved some of it. However it was v localised.
D

1 has 2 days (borage) to go all the rest finished 5 days ago.
1 said said can you hardface the points/shins..."I said I wanted to do that in the winter"

 

[Cyres]

Whole crop silage.
All wheat stubble are being cultivated and the plan is to drill with grass seed as soon as rain is forecast. Desperately short of feed for v big dairy herd.
D

 

[VSS]

Sugarbeet crop looks appalling, I've noticed on my regular runs to East Anglia. It's going to take some serious rain to save that.

 

[bowji john]

3 cuts of the fields for hay down here

That’s unusual

 

[Taff]

With new varieties of maize for silage, harvesting dates are getting earlier, in the 80s we harvested in late September/ October , with crops being left due to sodden ground, there was always a rush to be first to combine some wheat before the royal show, always hay in June, three cuts of silage the last in September, remember the drought of 76, we were all doomed.

 

[kenbro]

Sure Maize not harvested until November up here.
Ken,

 

[Andyquadra]

Going to S France tomorrow to visit a former SD member who is now farming there

40 degrees

His concern is forest fires at the mo !

CarlW by any chance?

 

[old keeper]

Only one cut of both hay and silage this year. Most local cattle have been brought in as there is no grass. Early planted maize is not too bad, but the later crops are looking poor.

Cereals have been surprisingly good, as was the rape. Most local farmers are worried about the winter feed costs

 

[Cyres]

This year hay made in May. 90% wheat cut before end of July.
Silage crops just dreadful. Looks like some spring barley will not have any grain in the ears.
D

 

[slider]

Sure Maize not harvested until November up here.
Ken,

Yeap. Nov or even December is no unheard off in Scotland

 

[Ratel]

Sugarbeet crop looks appalling, I've noticed on my regular runs to East Anglia. It's going to take some serious rain to save that.

They had to plant twice by me but it Looks OK now. Mustn't be far from where you are heading.

 

[VSS]

They had to plant twice by me but it Looks OK now. Mustn't be far from where you are heading.

Suffolk is where I'm usually heading.

 

[Ratel]

Suffolk is where I'm usually heading.

My mistake, thought somewhere else.