Laid (lodged) barley

[ditchman]

Just been on my daily trip down to the village....all the wheat fields are upright, but due to the steady rain last night and this morning i am seeing vast swathes of barley that has gone down, more than ive seen in several years, proberly due to the early rains we had during the maximum growth cycle in the early stages....i am at least seeing the odd pigeon or two flying over the fields now, i must go out with the binoculars and see whats happening (if anything)

 

 

 

are you seeing lots of barley down now ?......as i said the wheat seems to be fine..... and the sugar beet is growing like stink...going to be some heavy yields this year for the beet...but if the rain persists at the wrong time for the cerals it will be a disaster...it will go as cattle feed............

 

 

All seems to be set for the right conditions for the birds "to appear"...!!

[kennett]

Seeing quite a bit of laid barley grown by old school farmers and it's well on, pigeons on it now. But the stuff grown by more modern farms has had been dosed with growth regs and shorter strawed varieties used and doesn't seem to be going over, going for a look round tonight

[aga man]

Much the same here, some barley grown by a dairy farmer [tall vareity] has gone down and looks good for some sport.

 

The pigeons however are still very much on clover [around urban areas]. Watching the barley closely from now on though

Edited June 4, 2014 by aga man

[ditchman]

Seeing quite a bit of laid barley grown by old school farmers and it's well on, pigeons on it now. But the stuff grown by more modern farms has had been dosed with growth regs and shorter strawed varieties used and doesn't seem to be going over, going for a look round tonight

 

 

keep us posted........

[Cranfield]

I tend to get many more rooks on laid barley, than pigeons.

Not much laying down in my area, yet.

[kennett]

Evening report, the taller winter barley had gone over nicely, and is being hit hard, I would guess is 3/4 weeks of good dry weather away from combining. The shorter strawed crops and spring barley have not laid at all and have not even started to fill the ears yet. Wheat is still very small green eared and looks very strong.

Edited June 4, 2014 by kennett

[pigeonblasterian]

Not really seen any barley that has gone down in decent sized patches.

[lakeside1000]

I got a call from the farmer on my perm yesterday, a large area of barley is down and the rooks are on it like locusts, If the weather holds dry Im out there this afternoon to have a look and maybe knock a few off, I know the field well and the normal flight lines, but if the flattened area is mid field I will have to look at setting up out in the open, so a bit more hide building than normal, but any chance to get a few shots off is worth it, problem at the moment is this unsettled weather, one minute sun then huge black clouds and torrential rain, and to make it even worse the wind today is in the north and about force 3-4 so a bit chilly, my old bones are aching already,

[rich1985]

Barley looking good this way, some lay but none on my permission. However the rape yield is nothing like I've ever seen, on land that had pigs on last 2 years, the plants are that heavy with seed pods it's going flat nicely in places, as a rough estimate farmer said 2nd to 3ed week July for combining. Wheat looking good too.