SPRING BARLEY
Spring barley is sown between February and End March.
It will appear similar to winter barley in colour and texture but will typically be around 3 weeks later in maturing.
This means that spring sown cereal crops are usually available for gliders until late May before becoming too tall for landing
 
 

Early August

1000-1500ft
Surface
The more forward crops are changing colour already but some crops still are green. 
Spring barley will be ready for harvest in around 1-2 weeks in the east midlands.
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Mid July
1000-1500ft
Surface
The more forward crops are changing colour already but many crops still are green. Spring barley is normally harvested around 3 weeks after winter sown barley
Spring barley is in the lower field with a brown (set aside ) border.
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Late June
1000-1500ft
Surface
Spring barley fields will appear as light green colour.
Now too tall for safe landing but the spring cereal crop varies greatly this year in its growth stage due to delayed drilling in the spring in some areas of the country so check the depth of the crop before committing yourself.
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Mid June
1000-1500ft
Surface
Spring barley fields will appear as light green colour.
Most crops are now too tall for safe landing but the spring cereal crop varies greatly in its growth stage due to delayed drilling in the spring in some areas of the country so check the depth of the crop before committing yourself.
The right hand image is too tall for landing but the left hand image is probably OK.
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Early June
1000-1500ft
Surface
 The crop is now fully emerged and will appear as green tint to the field.
The spring cereal crop varies greatly this year in its growth stage due to delayed drilling in the spring in some areas of the country so check the depth of the crop before committing yourself.
The right hand image is almost too tall for landing but the left hand image is almost certainly OK.
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Late April
1000-1500ft
Surface
 The crop is now fully emerged and will appear as green tint to the field but with soil still visible trough the tramlines indicating short crop as seen here at around 15cm.
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Early April
1000-1500ft
Surface
 Most of the crop area is now sown and newly emerged with only a slight green sheen when seen from the air
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Late March
1000-1500ft
Surface
 Crop is still very short
 Most of the crop is now sown but much has yet to emerge so fields are still brown
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OTHER ARCHIVE IMAGES
(Sorted by crop type and most recent image at the top of each page)
WINTER WHEAT
WINTER BARLEY
OILSEED RAPE
GRASS
SET ASIDE
SPRING BARLEY
BEANS
PEAS
SUGAR BEET
POTATOES

 
NEWS
HOMEPAGE
CROP IMAGES
LINKS
E MAIL
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Caution
Please bear in  mind that all the images for this site will be taken in the East Midlands so allowances will have to
be made if your area is a significant distance to the North or South. (Typically crops run 7-10 days earlier on the
South Coast of England and approx. 7-14 days later in the Scottish Borders).