25 tweets showing spring drilling progress around the UK
From Cornwall to Scotland, spring drilling is well under way in many parts of the UK and Ireland, with barley, wheat, beans and even some potatoes and onions being planted as drier, warmer conditions prevail this week.
Growers are making storming progress in typically early-drilling areas, such as the free-draining chalklands of Dorset and the lighter, sandy soils of Nottinghamshire.
See also: Prepare the sprayer for T0 to tackle widespread wheat disease
Meanwhile, drills are being readied in Norfolk, Lincolnshire, Wiltshire and Ireland, with seed-bed preparations and final glyphosate applications for blackgrass control going on.
We have compiled the tweets below as an early indication of spring drilling progress around the country.
Good drilling progress on lighter land
At last! Spring barley drilling underway for 2016 harvest. Variable rate propino drilled directly into cover crop pic.twitter.com/mOkWr9Ies1
— Nick Rowsell (@NickRowsell) February 28, 2016
Spring barley drilling is happening. pic.twitter.com/0sm3RXrKD0
— Richard Boldan (@RBoldan) March 15, 2016
Mulika spring wheat drilling low disturbance dd. Good intermediate wheeling. #cultivationsolutions.#lemkensolitaire pic.twitter.com/XixKJyZwGC
— Harry Barton (@h44782880) March 10, 2016
A weekend well spent – drilling concerto spring barley on one of our farms! pic.twitter.com/WvXIjcj5Zx
— Sentry (@SentryLtd) February 28, 2016
Drilling some Spring wheat today 🚜💨 pic.twitter.com/JkczwJ7opH
— Richard Astridge (@AstridgeRichard) February 28, 2016
https://twitter.com/ianholmes20/status/703703742516957184
View from the office at last pic.twitter.com/dqvYOZXN0T
— Chris Ascroft (@ploughingon) March 14, 2016
https://twitter.com/carrotplanter/status/703871214142537728
Need more hours in the day, especially with spring drilling in full flow. pic.twitter.com/CJJ2tX97HI
— Ben Martin (@bencm305) February 28, 2016
Cracking on today, and believe it or not I have dust!! Yes dust rising off the drill 👍😁 pic.twitter.com/4LN1fbj8Ph
— NEIL PATERSON (@strathorefarm) March 14, 2016
@SumoUKLTD DTS drilling Spring beans-230 kg ha in Cornwall. pic.twitter.com/2ANHHckba0
— William Wainwright (@wainwright_will) March 16, 2016
First days onion drilling done 25ha in the ground #britishonions #spring pic.twitter.com/GPs9xQF5dp
— Sam Rix (@rixfarms) March 14, 2016
Glorious day drilling spring barley, great to be out on the land. More of the same tomorrow please! #farmpics #drone pic.twitter.com/yYj0Aw3a7Q
— Ally Hunter Blair (@Wyefarm) March 14, 2016
#potatoes going in well today! #suffolk #suffolkearlypiper find out more at https://t.co/YgEXnoH9My pic.twitter.com/UbVlVBtdG1
— Three Musketeers (@3musketeersltd) March 15, 2016
Start of spring drilling not far away elsewhere
https://twitter.com/abrads1980/status/709087006417133568
It's time to clear the bales ready for spring cultivation & drilling. What a fabulous Sunday afternoon it was 👍🚜😎 pic.twitter.com/6Rf1wp9bjS
— Charlie Sutcliffe (@ChasSutcliffe) March 13, 2016
A few more days like this and we shall be thinking about spring drilling. Forecast says dry all week. What to plant for profit? Key question
— David Richardson (@drichardson347) March 13, 2016
Spring barley cover crop all burnt off ready Spring drilling. Amazing how well it walks after 20mm rain. pic.twitter.com/2q9nBpH7nM
— Josh Spink (@spink_farming) March 10, 2016
Frost tilth winter plough ground breaking down nicely ready for spring barley! pic.twitter.com/rrVI9jfBlu
— 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐫 🇺🇦 (@DavidButler34) March 15, 2016
Drying up well, looks good forecast for next 10 days, going to be plenty of field action, Spring drilling, top dressing, spraying #Spring16
— Ben Abell (@agronomist_ben) March 13, 2016
Land ploughing up well for Boxer spring beans. Should stack up well vs spring barley & freshen up land #rotation pic.twitter.com/7p43xqdawO
— John Dunne (@John_Dunne_) March 14, 2016
Getting on with the liquid N pre drilling on the Spring barley @ListerWilderAG @OmexCompanies @AGCOcorp pic.twitter.com/hAc3fOSe4Q
— Todd Jex (@TJex_RegenAg) March 10, 2016
Nice dry day, so plenty of cultivation done in preparation for drilling spring barley #farm365 pic.twitter.com/MSCpYs9efu
— Charlotte Maythorn (@MaythornFarm) March 6, 2016
But other growers will need to be patient
Well that has thrown a spanner in the works. Spring drilling weather….. #flood #agronomy #ukweather pic.twitter.com/KgyN00poV8
— Indigro (@Indigro1) March 9, 2016
Think thats postponed spring drilling… and turning lambs out….
Today will not go down as a good day… pic.twitter.com/DF7scbag35
— Hawcroft Lleyn (@PVickerton) March 9, 2016
Keep the Farmers Weekly arable team updated on your spring drilling progress and send in your photos via Twitter by mentioning @FarmersWeekly in your tweets.