I can't believe how much farmers are giving out about the dry weather it just baffles me, most of the same crowd won't be giving out next February when they can graze away and don't really have to think twice about the weather....
We are on a wet farm in a high rainfall area, we struggle in the Springs and Autumn. This Spring was a nightmare. Heifers turned out close to breeding, cows slopping in fields, in one day, out the next, silage ground not grazed, Spring slurry didn't happen.
It still didn't stand to us when it didn't rain this Summer. From 19th June to 27th August we got a total of 33mm of rain. The rain just missed us. Temperatures got very high here with my weather station recording a high of 32.8.
Trees are showing the signs of Autumn, Beech are dropping leaves and even Sally trees are struggling.
One of the lads working here lives 40 mins away, he has been getting the odd drop and it's a completely different story in his area.
Some in my discussion group are an hour away on dry land, they have gotten rain and are managing much better.
To add to the struggle, I tore a ligament in my ankle on a hardened rut in a field leaving me out of work for 3 weeks.
I don't think its a case of having wet or dry land, it's just where the rain is falling.
