Any other p155ed of farmers on Ph ???

[R TOY]

Sat here watching it raining instead of harvesting my crops, just wondered how many farmers are on Ph and if they are as far behind and fed up with the weather as i am. I know it is unusual to hear a farmer whinging but this bl00dy weather is ridiculous . WE WANT SUNSHINE..........please

[Simpo Two]

Can't you just bill the EU CAP?

[spitfire-ian]

A farmer moaning about the weather??? Surely not

Edited by spitfire-ian on Friday 22 August 19:51

[Baby Huey]

Why don't you go and shoot some trespassers or something?

[rude-boy]

Have a good laugh. Then wait a few weeks and see the price of the bread rise as the supermarkets have to pay 1p more per tonne to the farmers and pass that on to the customers as 1p per loaf.

[Einion Yrth]

Get orrrf moy laaand?

[rude-boy]

Baby Huey said:

Why don't you go and shoot some trespassers or something?

Everyone knows that that can only be done when it's time to plough the fields, pig farmers excepted!

[MitchT]

If you're an expert in the field (sorry) of crops, such that you can reasonably predict what effect the weather of the last few weeks will have on the harvest of the next few weeks, then surely you're in a position to have a pretty safe punt on grain/wheat/etc. prices? I'd be setting-up a spread-betting account and going long on crops if I were you.

[Einion Yrth]

Gazboy said:

R TOY said:

Sat here watching it raining instead of harvesting my crops, just wondered how many farmers are on Ph and if they are as far behind and fed up with the weather as i am. I know it is unusual to hear a farmer whinging but this bl00dy weather is ridiculous . WE WANT SUNSHINE..........please

For any given amount of land how do the rewards for the different farming methods compare (livestock vs crops vs dairy v anything else).

I suspect coca, marijuana and opium poppies are a good bet.

[R TOY]

Gazboy said:

R TOY said:

Sat here watching it raining instead of harvesting my crops, just wondered how many farmers are on Ph and if they are as far behind and fed up with the weather as i am. I know it is unusual to hear a farmer whinging but this bl00dy weather is ridiculous . WE WANT SUNSHINE..........please

For any given amount of land how do the rewards for the different farming methods compare (livestock vs crops vs dairy v anything else).

Crikey, it changes every year. 2 years ago cereals (wheat & barley not cornflakes) where a dead loss, then last year the price went crazy and doubled, but now fertilizers and fuel have shot up and grain prices have come down. Milk and beef prices are good at the mo'. The cost of growing a crop has probably doubled in last 12months which is a spoiler tho. Ferrari order is on hold at the moment,

[MK4 Slowride]

How much sun in days do you need before the harvest may commence?

We could say a prayer.

[R TOY]

MK4 Slowride said:

How much sun in days do you need before the harvest may commence?

We could say a prayer.

Please ask for 2 dry sunny days to get things underway again and then another 10 good days to get the job done. We will then require rain (but not to much) at various intervals, preferably on sat night to get our new drilled crops growing and as my grandad used to say.."a shower of 5h1t on Sunday" (not on our icecream parlour tho).

[Einion Yrth]

R TOY said:

MK4 Slowride said:

How much sun in days do you need before the harvest may commence?

We could say a prayer.

Please ask for 2 dry sunny days to get things underway again and then another 10 good days to get the job done. We will then require rain (but not to much) at various intervals, preferably on sat night to get our new drilled crops growing and as my grandad used to say.."a shower of 5h1t on Sunday" (not on our icecream parlour tho).

Fussy bugger, no wonder farmings a pretty marginal way of life. British weather's never been that helpful.

[smack]

What is the cool tractor to have at the moment?

Do farmers go cruising in the village with their tractors?

[Simpo Two]

rude-boy said:

Have a good laugh. Then wait a few weeks and see the price of the bread rise as the supermarkets have to pay 1p more per tonne to the farmers and pass that on to the customers as 1p per loaf.

It's not the weather, it's the damn Chinese eating all the wheat. And the EU paying farmers not to grow anything.

[The Black Flash]

Tell you what, the wet weather has fkd our veg in the garden...and the tatties got blight It's just a minor annoyance to us, but must be scary when you have to rely on it for your livelihood. Hope you get your sun, R TOY

[Blib]

R TOY said:

MK4 Slowride said:

How much sun in days do you need before the harvest may commence?

We could say a prayer.

Please ask for 2 dry sunny days to get things underway again and then another 10 good days to get the job done. We will then require rain (but not to much) at various intervals, preferably on sat night to get our new drilled crops growing and as my grandad used to say.."a shower of 5h1t on Sunday" (not on our icecream parlour tho).

What if the sunny days just don't arrive? How long until you get desperate? Would you finally have to harvest in the wet? Is that at all possible? Or do you just plough it all back in to the earth?

Apologies in advance for the niavety of the questions. I'm genuinely interested but I suffer from being a Londoner.

[King Herald]

Einion Yrth said:

.... British weather's never been that helpful.

According to the Beeb last week, we are having an 'average' British summer, with 'average' rainfall.

Not sure where they get their bleddy figures from, but I don't think it was on my patch, in the Midlands. Probably some warm enclave darn sarf.

[bigburd]

King Herald said:

Einion Yrth said:

.... British weather's never been that helpful.

According to the Beeb last week, we are having an 'average' British summer, with 'average' rainfall.

Not sure where they get their bleddy figures from, but I don't think it was on my patch, in the Midlands. Probably some warm enclave darn sarf.

Average to last summer ?

[BigLepton]

Simpo Two said:

rude-boy said:

Have a good laugh. Then wait a few weeks and see the price of the bread rise as the supermarkets have to pay 1p more per tonne to the farmers and pass that on to the customers as 1p per loaf.

It's not the weather, it's the damn Chinese eating all the wheat. And the EU paying farmers not to grow anything.

How do the Chinese eat wheat? I've never had anything made out of wheat when in China. Or milk. Don't think they're keen on the stuff.