JDog Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 After a hot three hour drive back from the Cotswolds I took my usual short cut route near home. Keen to give Jasper a run before we got back I pulled into a field opening to be confronted by a field which has been harvested. I tried to find someone at the farm steading but no one was there. The reason for the question mark in the title? I am not entirely sure if the crop wasn't whole cropped or not. There were a few pigeons on it and lots of crows. Just being back from a week away it will take a monumental effort on my part even to get a look at the field again in the next few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Does your swede in seeing an opportunity but can not take it. Patience Jdog Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 (edited) Looking at it I would say it was whole cropped due to the lack of straw on the stubble , I had a field whole cropped around two weeks ago . Edited July 4, 2015 by fenboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennett Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 I wouldn't like to say for definate, but would guess whole crop, my friend has a field that is on the thinnest sand, which always burns off early and is cut before anybody else. Although this field now looks ready, on closer inspection the bottoms of the tramlines are still green, so a couple of weeks still I reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Wholecrop barley i would say, was there any sign of livestock/dairy in close proximity? Still a bit of greenery in that stubble and even the earliest sown winter barley is a fortnight away over this end of lincs/yorkshire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dbw1shrops Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Triticale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 Triticale Could well be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
team tractor Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 My mate mixes cereal crop with grass for his cattle and it's it green. I'll add I'm not a farmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fenboy Posted July 4, 2015 Report Share Posted July 4, 2015 The whole crop my farm had was rye , it was cut still green , shredded then piled up in a heap back on the field , covered with black polythene and is being left for several weeks to stew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinw Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 It's possibly rye grass for a digester plant started harvesting it here on the North Norfolk coast Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berettacocker Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Rye grass maybe, few fields cut in Suffolk over a week ago, thought they were barley but informed otherwise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeyoakey Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 It's possibly rye grass for a digester plant started harvesting it here on the North Norfolk coast Friday. + 1, same here in Northamptonshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet1747 Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 Farmer told me he is cutting tomoz ,have a look tomoz night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry_o Posted July 5, 2015 Report Share Posted July 5, 2015 If it's barley stubble it's likely to have been cut early for crimping 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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