I used the miracle of the internet phone service Skype Saturday afternoon to call Mike in Notts to see how harvest was going. Sounds like he is having the same luck everyone else is, great wheat standing in a wet field sprouting in the head.
The old men can't remember a August/September period like the one we are having ever. The cool damp weather is not so bad, other than it has brought the end of haying season to a complete and total stop. It is actually enjoyable save one thing, we all know our soybeans have virtually stopped maturing. This will mean if we dodge a frost soybean harvest will probably start 2 weeks or more late. As a rule, Octobers here are bright and sunny with good harvest conditions, November can be a wet mess, of course who could bet on anything this year. I have my fingers crossed that a month from now I won't be on this site singing the same song you are, that my beans are shattering on the ground from too much rain.
We really do put up with alot for a little money, don't we? I guess I farm for the glamour mainly, the prestige second, and maybe the money is a distant 3rd.