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Just as we were starting to shout for rain up in Cumbria, our usual weather patterns returned. We have now had a few very wet weeks, causing some quick growth in all crops, and are hoping the rain knows how to stop again.
Winter cereals are now all out in ear and the last of the T3 fungicides are being applied in winter wheat.
In general, winter wheat and barley are looking well and the gates are being shut until harvest time.
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A warm winter in Cumbria has left winter cereals thick and tall with huge yield potential.
However warm and wet weather over the last month has provided a ‘perfect storm’ scenario for wet weather diseases Septoria in wheat and Rhyncosporium in barley, which are now evident in most crops.
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- Farmers Weekly - Andy Goulding
While a return to average temperatures may not be so welcome for many, the replenishment of water to the depths of our soil certainly is.
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Based in Kent, Hutchinson agronomist David Shepard considers growth regulation for the cereal crop this spring.
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Two Staffordshire farmers have proved that an attention to detail when growing crops pays off as they are named as winners in the national Yield Enhancement Network Competition.
John Billington of Adbaston Hall, near Newport won a Bronze award for his 5.9t/ha yield of oilseed rape. Whilst Mark Swift of Red House Farm, High-Onn near Stafford won the best potential yield for his crop of winter wheat achieving 64% of the 15.8t/ha potential.