@@GerardDonnelly-d1d Comber, County Down.

Thanks for the feedback. We offer both maize in the open and maize under plastic to customers. The plastic maize would cost the grower another £180-200/ac resulting in approx a few weeks earlier harvest. It's down to personal preference. It's kind of like paying for an insurance. Personally we grow our own maize in the open and it will do just about every bit as good.

@@jtownley90 Thanks for the Reply, you might be the best person to ask then in terms of Volume and Tons returned per Acre what is the difference and is that why it makes sence putting it under the plastics! Also that planter looks the business, say it will do a great job

Was wondering about that as well

@@deadstack all depends on the year. Last year alot of maize came out around the 37-40T/Ha mark. I honestly don't think there was a vast difference between the plastic and open Maize but we didn't get to see alot of plastic maize over the weigh bridge. Majority of maize that is sold off field would be drilled in the open. If maize is valued at £50-70/t it's definitely not going to do 4T/ac more to justify the price. All is gained would be an earlier harvest date. The best maize we cut over the weigh bridge was in the open and yielded 44T/Ha. As for quality and feed value of plastic and open Maize I couldn't comment on that as that's done on farm in the winter time.

Seen what I assume is some of your fields down the ards peninsula done like that, looks so much nicer to the eye without the plastic. Also, saw your grass outfit the last week there, very tidy 👌

Absolutely, we need a varied ecosystem and wetlands play an important part in creating a diverse habitat. This drainage job was fixing ancient land drains.

Thanks, we got the trencher in the mid 80s ('84 I think). It was new to us then but came from a drainage outfit from Fermanagh. From what I know Bruff came from Shropshire which is now the McConnel factory.

Yes and no. We've different tractors do different jobs and are spec'd different to allow them to do the jobs more efficiently. Hopefully get a good chat about the main fleet when they are all out during the summer.

​@@jtownley90Looking forward to that episode. Also, have watched yourself and your team on FarmFlixs. Great setup.

Thanks, plan to get the tankers up once we have them and settled in with them. Trencher still here though it's used more in the winter / early spring months.

We do stubble to stubble arable (wheat, barley, oats, maize, oil seedrape), grassland, land drainage, so in one day could be spraying, drilling, fertiliser, combining, baling, lifting silage etc.

That would be far too logical. It's based on the number of head of livestock you have on your holding. In fairness it's to stop people receiving a grant and then monopolizing on it. Sadly contractors who do most of the work have to fund it themselves unless they also have a large farm then they claim it for their farm but use it for their contracting outfit.

Thanks, hope to do bits and pieces of this through the year.

Didn't really see much difference to be fair. We only had the exhaust off to polish it one evening and I actually think it made it sound worse.

@@jtownley90 thanks, we have a 3800 and contemplating reducing the length of the exhaust for better visibility. Seen a few in Germany like it

I need to know how to start it. I’ve got another customer coming into the shop with his tractor and I’ve got to get the 970 moved.

with a key ye stubid bollocks

524hp

John Blanchard in ni we call that unreal.

No, North/East Yorkshire in the UK.

@@jtownley90 Warter priory estate ??

@@jtownley90 ,hi James 100 hectares in 24 hours ?

County Down, Northern Ireland

@@jtownley90 God's own country 🤣.

Any chance of getting permission to do some metal detecting on that land if you can find out for me please?

Ok you would need to akes that farm it's going to

@@modelfarminglife1933 hi thank for getting back to me.can you tell me exactly were the farm is please.

Ballywater park ballyawood road if you need more I will Give you more

@@modelfarminglife1933 I found the place on the map on my computer.do I have to go to the house in ballywalter park to get permission?