We were down most of last week – ended up with between 12-20mm across the farm at the start of last week. Thankfully the bigger amounts of rain stayed south. The weather was cool and cloudy as well which limited the drying – plus most mornings we had thick fog. We managed to get back […]
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We had a productive week of harvest – sitting at 12% overall with 68% of our Legacy Barley and 67% of our Synergy Barley off. The rest of the barley is mature enough to be harvested and put through the dryer – but we have been battling the weather. Had another 15-20mm across the farm
We started harvest early last week – a half section of 6-row legacy barley that was the first field we planted in the spring. It was one of the drier areas all through the growing season with less than 3 inches (75mm). We were pleasantly surprised- admittedly we had low expectations but the yield, although
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FINALLY!! We finally had a more general rain across all our land. There was a series of thunderstorms that went through last week each evening for 4 days in a row. The rainfall amounts varied significantly – verified on our weather stations over that 4 day period we had 32mm in the south; 44mm in
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Another week of dry weather, with harvest now on the horizon. Rain would still be beneficial for the later planted crops – help to fill and add weight. Forecast still is not very favorable for moisture. Our earlier planted 6-row barley is getting close to ready for harvest. We will likely try it early next
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