Harvest 09: 40% left in Londonderry
Robert Craig has finished combining at Carse Hall, Ballykelly, Northern Ireland, but harvest is still only about 60% complete in the area.
“We’ve had almost a week of dry weather now – but it was getting to the stage that I nearly had to bring all the cows in off the fields.
“Everybody has probably a couple of weeks backlog because of the weather – we weren’t able to combine for five weeks.”
Westminster spring barley yielded 6.2t/ha (2.5t/acre), having brackled badly, while Saffron winter barley averaged 9.3t/ha (3.75t/acre).
Mr Craig had managed to bale all his straw, and was now moving onto cultivating for next season’s crops.
But farmers in the area still had about 40% of harvest to finish up. “There are still quite a few fields which are not ripe – people who don’t spray their crops off have barely started.”
Crop: Spring barley
Variety: Westminster
Area: 40ha (100 acres)
Yield: 6.2t/ha (2.5t/acre)
Crop: Winter barley
Variety: Saffron
Yield: 9.3t/ha (3.75t/acre)
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