I have a passion for machinery and work on a large arable farm. #clubhectare #14
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Video Diary on the Farm No.216
youtu.be/3AYoewPHF04 Black grass picking started, a trip to Agri Cycle, mushroom compost delivered and topping cover crops.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.115
youtu.be/UPrgWonhFP4 The Miscanthus is finally growing away, the final cover crop is put in and Dave’s on a mission!
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Video Diary on the Farm No.114
youtu.be/fgKKVw3tWkU This week sees the sprayer very busy again, starting the worst job of the year and putting in the penultimate wild bird cover for the FSI scheme.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.113
youtu.be/_gdSGtJVSb8 The crops are looking good, crushing clods, digging out and widening a road, how to start a fire and get it going the easy way!
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Video Diary on the Farm No.212
youtu.be/05C8KcbsAAE Rolling some peas post emergent, getting rid of some more wheat, T1’s finally done, seeding some wild bird covers, the wheat gets it’s final pass of N and we subsoil some compacted patches in the Miscanthus.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.211
youtu.be/Q5ULq48utxY T.1’s progressing slowly on the wheats, finally all the Miscanthus bales are led off the fields and off the farm and a wet patch causes a “man down” incident.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.210
youtu.be/WN13M5hakzU The final drilling of vining peas is done, and rolled, the Miscanthus is moved/turned baled, and we start leading it to the pad. The OSR gets it sclerotinia spray.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.209
youtu.be/yuIGAdly3jQ This week sees everything……..from drilling, spraying, working pea land, getting ready to turn the Miscanthus and some digger work!
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Video Diary on the Farm No.208
youtu.be/Dm7M6b1MpCk Miscanthus is finally cut, the first vining peas are drilled, and the winter barley receives its last dose of solid N.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.207
youtu.be/Wlhqckhf4uI Variable rate Nitrogen on the OSR, working up FSI and game Strips and drilling the penultimate Spring Barley field!
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Video Diary on the Farm No.206
youtu.be/YglXYlICr2M A dry week sees fields being rolled, drilling spring barley, more bio solids arrive, spraying and wood chip to the country park.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.205
youtu.be/7jzQJzV_Mq4 Spring drilling continues so does the spraying! and polysulphate is spread on the pea land.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.204
youtu.be/yvKDavg_ A busy week sees the sprayer flat out, sewage sludge spread on Spring Barley land, working land, and drilling Spring Barley. Also cover crops destroyed and incorporated.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.203
youtu.be/9iwVQSC_1tw Hedge Trimming 28/02/26 over and out, getting ready for bunding Liquid Fert tanks, Liquid Fert applications continue and cover crops are destroyed, plus the fly tippers are back!!!
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Video Diary on the Farm No.202
youtu.be/-lVQHcCHdQ8 The spaying season starts with Liquid N applied to the OSR, finishing off a contracting job with the digger, Fert bowser mods finished and spring barley seed dressed ready for drilling.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.201
youtu.be/Ty-lLPyasU0 Fert bowser alterations, wood chip to the country park and a big tree shearing job undertaken!
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Video Diary on the Farm No.200
youtu.be/kBfMPylsHps Bonfires at Roxby, another 300 tons of wheat, moved, a large wooden gate hung and a look at the OSR with some special guest.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.199
youtu.be/2Gen5NrHe2I An unexpected twist at the end of the dyke where the tree shearing was happening, and a great day out at YAMS
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Video Diary on the Farm No.198
youtu.be/oZ_LHFnSkPc We undertake a big hedge cutting/reduction in height job on some fields that have been neglected for years, this also gains us access to an important dyke that needs digging out.
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Video Diary on the Farm No.197
youtu.be/-oMCJMdgXCU With the bad weather, a week spent in the workshop going through and getting equipment ready for the coming season.
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