[deepinthewoods]

drizzle in cornwall.

[Fowgill Farm]

  here in north yorks, will get some paddocks dried up so work can commence on some repairs to fencing (we use big loader to bash in posts and little tractor to tension wire) its just been too wet to take machinery anywhere, combines in the area were flat out well into the night yesterday could hear them churning away thro open bedroom window, still lots to be cut so fingers crossed for a good window of warm dry weather., might bring the price of wheat down a bit!
Mandy 

[robert waddell]

unfortunately it wont    the price is governed by the world market   and shortages there      most cereals is sold on a forward contract     if these farmers forward sold 1000 tons at £180 per ton  they have to fulfill there contract  or be penalised   even if the price jumps to double there contract price      once again it is the money men  that are making on others misfortune

[deepinthewoods]

the corn exchange was the original hedge fund. its been happening for hundreds of years.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/barclays-makes-500m-betting-on-food-crisis-8100011.html

[Greenmoor]

We've mowed our bottom field at last today - pray for no  !!

[Lesley Silvester]

I went to get hay on Monday.  The farmer was out combining while he had the chance.  His wife showed me all the hay they had managed to harvest.  Not much at all. Fortunately they still have a fair bit left from last year.  Hope September is dry.  They may manage to salvage some more.  They haven't any small bales of this year's yet and I can't manage large bales.

[Bionic]

apparently its supposed to be dry until October 

[northfifeduckling]

it's drizzling a bit and quite blustery just now but still blissful not getting soaked when feeding or getting eggs - I don't even want to mention cleaning out houses 

[Fowgill Farm]

Mad weather, last week digging channels from the paddocks to take away surplus rain!
This morning out putting factor 50 on all the piglets ears as they got a bit fried yesterday in the scorchio  , still  today but local man said cloud will descend from the north. Grass was very very dewy this morning and it was a tad nippy, proper Autumn weather.
Mandy 

[Greenmoor]

Well it all became a disaster here.  The mowed grass was drying out lovely and hubs and his brother were putting the hours in working through it.  Then on Friday it rained all day 

It dried up again on Saturday so we ended up getting it big-baled into silo.  The field was so wet though that the man who baled it didn't manage to finish it all.  Anyway, we've decided we're not going to bother again, we'll just get the sheep to eat the grass and buy in any bales we need.

I've never known the field so wet, it's dreadful and the tractors have made a real mess.  Ho Hum.  Anway, this is my middle son with the product of our recent stresses! 

[TheCaptain]

Well it all became a disaster here.  The mowed grass was drying out lovely and hubs and his brother were putting the hours in working through it.  Then on Friday it rained all day 

It dried up again on Saturday so we ended up getting it big-baled into silo.  The field was so wet though that the man who baled it didn't manage to finish it all.  Anyway, we've decided we're not going to bother again, we'll just get the sheep to eat the grass and buy in any bales we need.

I've never known the field so wet, it's dreadful and the tractors have made a real mess.  Ho Hum.  Anway, this is my middle son with the product of our recent stresses! 

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[Greenmoor]

It's been dreadful hasn't it?  This is the first year in the sixteen since I met my husband that I've ever known us be unable to make small hay bales.  It better be a one-off! 

[chickenfeed]

sorry the weather has not been with you gemma. we had a rather busy day yeasterday brining in the pea straw just the odd 350 bales the sun was out in force throughout way to hot but its now done the weather here is dry but the wind has got up and the sun is not out oh the joys of weather watching    and planning.

[Greenmoor]

sorry the weather has not been with you gemma. we had a rather busy day yeasterday brining in the pea straw just the odd 350 bales the sun was out in force throughout way to hot but its now done the weather here is dry but the wind has got up and the sun is not out oh the joys of weather watching    and planning.

350 bales??!  Glad you managed to get them all in.  Thankfully our little piece only yielded us 9  .  Dave and I are just thankful that our livelihoods don't depend on the weather; it's annoying but it's not too great a disaster at least.

[chickenfeed]

only small conventional bales we have so far stacked in 500 straw 200 hay and now the pea straw so we will be ok for the winter this year.