What's the weather like in your area 2

Weather is awful here in Kerry.

Thinking cattle be better off inside. Wasn't as bad as this in November.

Not much signs of an improvement.

Got 40mm here today and still raining

Maybe this is my imagination but there used to be a lot more traffic on this thread (which is always important for farming.)

Global warming/the war in Ukraine/Brexit……whatever caused it……weather patterns have changed utterly in last 10-15 years.

Farm on average to heavy ground here in Leitrim…….for heavy you can substitute flooded at the moment!

Was out on quad this evening at sheep,tyres were marking the ground.

Land wetter here now than at any stage in Spring.

And back in early June we were looking for rain.

One big change I’ve noticed is that more rain falls in a ten minute shower now…..than we often got in a week going back 10-15 years ago.

Grass is growing well but sheep are walking it into the ground.

How are others finding it…..am sure heavy cattle must be marking land around the country?

wettest July on record.. and August has started off pretty sh** too. Desperate rain in Roscommon last night and again this morning, most around here haven’t cut first cut silage yet it’s been that bad the last few weeks here.

there hasn't been a single day since 1st July were it hasn't rained here.

Re-housed cattle on Sunday, they had been in for a week previously in middle of July. Have weaned the bulls and they'll be staying in now for good as they just weren't thriving. Cows will go back out to higher ground.

Trying to move lambs and cattle around to lighter and heavier ground but the grass is just running through the lambs like gravy. I've 15 acres of second cut in one field that was ready ten days ago, but it's too dangerous to send a contractor into with a fusion baler, it's heavy, greasy and steep and needs at least four dry days to dry out before it can be cut and that's not in the forecast anytime soon.

I have two neighbours on either side of me that haven't even got their first cut yet - it's gone orange at this stage.

Agree re 2012 being worse for us, hopefully rest of year will try and ease off not to match it, water table high managing grazing ok but had to skip parts of fields when getting silage off in the 3 day window we had maybe 10 days ago. Got stuck with loader in the outfarm on low ground so plans for that might have to be halted for this year, managed to open a few drains. Getting last of slurry out before closed will be an issue for lads as well now as with harvest so up in thr air contractors will be under pressure as well stock being housed in places.

Hopefully twill come right

2012 was worse for me, but things are getting worse. Grass is running through the cattle. Got the second cut two weeks ago. The batch that are a few weeks of the factory are getting meal just to keep condition on them. The cold is really stopping thrive.

I agree with a most of your posts but it’s a No for the post above. A big fat No!!

When people are discussing heat in this country, the majority of the time it is mid 20’s with the occasional spike towards 30. I don’t think that is fierce heat at all.

243mm reordered in July in a place 3 miles from me

That says it all.....stopped the grazing of after grass & as suckler cows are a disaster in this weather.

Sacrifice a field here & feeding silage with the last 8 days.

2nd cut just coming ready

It's giving it bad enough in the southeast (waterford, wexford) 9am saturday morning. 70 to 75 mph gusts.

We have to agree to differ. The last heatwave in 2018 wasn't pleasant for man/woman or beast - as I posted, I'd take a wet Summer over a heatwave/drought.

Before my time but I been told '86 was very bad here, the silage machinery couldn't travel the land.

Still better than the fields being burnt though

Good day alright, Some rain last night. We’d need a good 3/4 hot days to dry up the place

I've been spreading a bit of dung from the sheds all summer. A little bit now and again. Plus what was cleaned out after the opening date has been spread.

I know ye are getting more rain up the country than here and even Tullamore show is not looking too promising.

But it may be prudent to be working now at fym and slurry spreading while there's still some heat in the ground just in case there's no pick up and it drags on till the closing date and then everyone starts panicking and it makes the six one news.

They didn't before