Combining finished on Harry's Farm, so now what happens?

This weeks Harry's Farm update includes finishing combining, grain store shenanigans, stone walls, spraying weeds and more cultivations. Another farm update next Monday!

[@ajadrew]

These videos are so much more informative than all the countless other farming channels on KZbin. Harry's not trying to be a 'star' if you know what I mean!

[@dancaulton6280]

Andrew Austin a bit like ‘it’s a farming life for me’

[@ajadrew]

@@dancaulton6280 Yeah...I only know 'farmwork'..;-)))

[@dancaulton6280]

Andrew Austin haha however I mean the channel on KZbin. The other go to channel if you need a farming ‘fix’ 👍🏻

[@jbrevealsall]

Who knew one day I would be looking forward to a video about stone walls. Started watching Harry for cars, now wondering if the neighbours would mind a combine parked on the street 🤔

[@Haenki]

I've got an old tractor for fun, people have bewildered looks on their faces sometimes but I usually get thumbs up.

[@BoxTunnel]

Get yourself a copy of Farming Simulator 19, fulfills all your virtual combining and tractor needs! I have no connection with farming but get into a Zen like state while working my pixelated farm, and it's cheaper than a real combine!

[@Haenki]

@@BoxTunnel I've got over 3000 hours on farming simulator since fs15...

[@mrmoss149]

Harry - you are so profound at times. We are all just custodians of everything we encounter here- be it cars or farms. Brilliant. Cheers, mate

[@andrewhurstcars]

Nice videos Harry. You should get some tractors on test from the manufacturers; Fendt, John Deere, New Holland etc. and do reviews of those on the farm, especially the tracked variants.

[@rodlogan6604]

....problem, Harry is a Case man through and through....

[@andrewhurstcars]

rod logan sure, but like ‘Harry’s Garage’, means he can test loan tractors from other manufacturers. Perhaps start with a Magnum Rowtrac, Harry?

[@Swimmingforlife.]

Glad you got great weather to get the harvest done and dusted.

[@djhvideo]

@@rodlogan6604 But Case bought David Brown tractors in 1973 and David Brown was associated with Aston Martin (Hence DB9 etc) so maybe that explains Harry's love of Case.

[@chrisflemington819]

Thanks for explaining how the modern cultivator works its good to understand how modern machinery works. The changes over the last half century have been incredible and you’re keeping me up to date with farming today. Many thanks.

[@ahmedelnaggar8337]

Chris Flemington changes included killing people with glyphosate!

[@andrewgurney6019]

500 tonnes, I know why the Espada is having an engine rebuild !, Great video as always Harry, thank you.

[@SilentRacer911]

Love it!!! You've worked your ass off to afford all those cars in addition to all the work at EVO, i greatly respect you sir

[@darrenguest7284]

Brilliant video Harry, love the way you describe what’s going on! Look forward to these so much.

[@chrisparish9145]

Loving these videos just as much as the garage ones.

[@ethanearle9457]

Your videos are great , and I like how you repaired the stone walls well done

[@chriswalford4161]

Thanks for maintaining and improving the drystone

[@trevorjarvis3021]

Most interesting and informative Harry.

[@surreylord]

Thanks for this channel Harry!

[@tractorsandtreework]

Great video Harry keep them coming 👍👍

[@y0rkiebar]

Great vids Harry, keep 'em coming

[@andrewkirwin4910]

Loving it Harry ! Great videos thanks

[@FeelsDonkMan]

Small thing, can you get your cameraman to move with your hands and show us what you're talking about. There were a few times were you signalled to show us something but the camera never panned to show us. Anyway top job as always.

[@harrysfarmvids]

IElRedI yes, my fault. I meant to shoot some b-roll to illustrate what I was talking about but when it came to do the edit they were missing..

[@franciscoamaral4383]

Great work Harry!

[@st1100boy]

I wasn't a farm kid, but I did grow up in wheat country in North Dakota. The farmers there always seemed to store and dry grain in metal bins rather than in a building like Harry uses. Are metal bins used in England at all (now that I think of it, I don't actually remember seeing any bins in my two visits to England)?

[@harrysfarmvids]

mark mywords most farms I know no longer use silo type grain storage bins as today’s big combines mean grain comes in at such a rate, tipping it on the floor is the only way to keep up. Many farm silo systems are only 20tonnes an hour on intake while a big combine can hit 40-50tonnes an hour in a good wheat crop..

[@st1100boy]

Harry's Farm That makes sense. It probably explains why I see farmers here temporarily store wheat in big open "rings", then move it into bins, or the local elevator, soon after. Keep the videos coming, Harry!

[@onestepatatime2346]

Thanks for the info Harry

[@1986DDM]

Superb old chum, keep the vids coming

[@rpjwhite]

The bottle of rust inhibitor looked very small compared to the size of the combine.

[@harrysfarmvids]

Robin White I have a big tank of it, that was just a small refillable bottle for illustration purposes only!

[@b.willroth8384]

Maybe for reference: would a farm your size with the earnings you make and the costs currently involved generate a sufficient profit for any farmer? Or do you need any kind of 2nd income (I get that not everyone can be a journalist at the same time) to live with a family of 3 or 4? The farm seem big, harvest quite decent, yet the machines, seeds, fertilizer, and general costs should be significant too. In short: how much land does a farm need to make a livable profit? (Not necessarily with a Countach in the garage 😉)

[@peterengland6153]

I wish youtube had smellivision for your wild flowers. I used to live in the Forest of Dean, that and the Cotswolds are my favourite parts of England. Also love the craftmanship in the stone walls. Also a shout out for the Hook Norton Brewery! Do you test the finished product of your barley for quality control?

[@harrysfarmvids]

Peter England I used to grow spring barley for malting under contract but Brussels recently introduced new cropping rules which meant I had to grow three different crops and with my limited storage space, it ruled out growing spring malting barley so I only grow winter feed barley now, which is moved off the farm before we start the wheat harvest. Shame.

[@saturatedfox]

Harry reminds me of James May when he speaks

[@cuthberter]

All those fans must use a lot of electricity? Do you have solar panels/wind turbines?

[@harrysfarmvids]

2 wheels or 4 I’ve tried several times to get planning for solar panels but been turned down several times. One day..

[@zloychechen5150]

harry: points at stuff person behind the camera: films harry's face

[@harrysfarmvids]

My fault because I forgot to shoot the b-roll clips to illustrate what I was talking about.

[@glosbusspotter7561]

I think I’ve seen you In Gloucester with a bale trailer a few days ago

[@V8Tomek]

Harry, do you have any other tractors thank Puma ? If you do, could you please showcase them ?

[@roscoejones4515]

Lambo on the garage yesterday, begs the question: why no Lamborghini tractor?🤔

[@blackdoublezero]

Obviously you're not a golfer.....

[@ethanearle9457]

roscoe jones because they’re shite 😂

[@harrysfarmvids]

Ethan earle This!

[@malcolmgreening6936]

You haven't shown us how the header is fitted to the tractor, if its 35 ft wide you must need a JCB?

[@sanmarino_cs1698]

The combine picks it up its self off its carrier trailer. Then just connect a PTO and a couple of pipes/plugs 👍

[@steveking4966]

all very good,still what the americans said was that one disc pass can kill over 50% of the soil organisms, be nice to get around the chemicals but black grass is not one to play russian roulette with!

[@donaldtriumph1682]

Harry although you spray with antirust stuff what about water getting into bearings and other hard to reach places..although goes against clean and tidy rules....leave it dusty until next summer Less rusting issues.

[@2xKTfc]

You might get away with that in a dry climate... it'll rust right through under the dirt.

[@victor-emmanuel7485]

Lovely work on the stone walls, can’t wait to learn more on those now 👍

[@jaapbruijn1300]

I love your farmvideos. Also your explanations of why you are doing the things you do. I grew up on the neighbour farm in Holland. They had a dairy farm. And also 20.000 chickens for the meat industrie. And they worked for other (smaller) farms with their machines as well. Always a lot of work to do and I was there every spare minute I had. I loved working on the farm and I can tell you do too. Keep up these super videos!

[@brianiswrong]

Watching this while eating my Weetabix (I even added a 4th one to help you wheat crop) lovely series.

[@mrmoss149]

" It's about like cleaning gutters". I can't stop laughing. How right you are, Harry. Cheers

[@ebbs0000]

Ok I now want to be a farmer not a gardener and relocate to the Cotswolds got any jobs going? 😂

[@davidstuart4915]

Harry, just dipped into your new channel before i must get back on with my amateur house renovation - fascinating :) - privileged insight into farming where your passionate warmth comes across as even more deep seated than cars - i am going to enjoy catching up a bit more around midnight when i shall have earned another break :) Incidentally Harry, if you are reading this....i have read all the Hotcar series in my youth followed by Performance Car all of EVO up to around a year ago - I also chanced upon one of your photo shoots up in the lake district at the head of one of the passes in a stormy evening car park - Your photographer and his brother were among the crew incl JB - He was precariously perched atop a huge boulder to get the best angle on the car group...I surreptitiously edged around the base behind his position, not liking his perch much at all - I had a feeling what happened next, just moments before it did,, and rushed forward the last pace to stop him tumbling back down and landing head first on surrounding boulders..After a moment of extracting his mind from the 100% focus (scuse pun) on photography he realiised just how close he had come to almost certain doom - he looked me straight in the eye as the rain pelted down and said.. 'I owe you one' ... One of those moments you dont forget Why did I finally stop following EVO?...for me it became too esoteric - my grounding interests in HC & PC were well represented in the start, with hot hatches, used lower order 911s, TVR and such...but when it stretched out to hypercars...the gulf was too wide, even in theory...from then on, my interest started to wain as I started to get older - You will be pleased to hear however that it didnt stop me lusting after and finally acquiring a candy-apple pre-cat 4.3 Griff ":) - Which I have kept for over a 1/3 century so far...time to do some post lay up work and get her back on the road. :)..neither of us are getting any younger..! p.s. say hi to JB & crew when next you meet kind regards David, Kettering

[@viz_aviz9189]

Your bound to have a compressor on the farm, buy yourself a cheap spray gun fill it with ACF50 , adjust spray gun and see how much further and better acf50 goes on. You can thank me later. 👍

[@robpenrose4700]

Great video. Harry, could you explain in a video why some fields are ploughed and others not? You mention in this video why you didn’t want to plough, but would be great to understand when you might want to plough. Thanks

[@Cam-wr5nb]

YESS! FARM > GARAGE

[@philt5782]

Hands up who went and bought a Harry checked farmers shirt!!

[@Wouter-van-der-Molen]

I've always learned never to pressure wash equipment that is going to sit static for a substantial amount of time because water can get into the bearings, causing rust and therefore kill your bearings.

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

The old timers always said leave them dirty, but the dust attracts moisture....and holds it there. Some would say clean it up, but don't soak everything, once again... You end up with moisture that's trapped by what wasn't cleaned up. We blow everything off with a big compressor first, then depending on what equipment it is, either a hose with a straight tip nozzle to flush everything out, then the pressure washer.... Once it's all clean, then run it for a few minutes to help dry things up. Then GREASE and OIL it. We've had great luck with doing it that way. Another advantage to the way we clean and service, it's usually two or three different people.... Two or three different sets of eyes inspecting as they clean. Much easier to find any issues that need to be fixed 😎

[@harrysfarmvids]

Wouter van der Molen I agree if I was doing his later in the autumn but header sat in the 20 degree sun for several hours afterwards to dry off and I will be refitting it to the combine in a few weeks to run up and oil all the chains, so not going straight into a damp shed for 11months just yet!

[@pininprestatyn]

Harry you make anything you talk about interesting. I’ll have to watch every video on this channel now!

[@Nick-oh5dd]

Hi Can you tell me how many square meters gets you a ton of grain and how much fuel does it cost to get that ton?? Cheers

[@pinocchiomediam5055]

Looking forward to the stone wall vid. Excellent content as always harry thanks

[@SimonIngram]

Love learning about how and why farm work is carried out. Very interesting.

[@matgee8892]

I bet the Stone wall man is Richard Herring.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

ATT Harry: There are obvious weather differences between Southern Aust where I am and Britain. Would you run through your "seasons" for foreigners ???

[@mrclubby26]

ACF50 very good but expensive

[@jamesharvey1912]

I agree with Andrew, the prior comment. Excellent video, no waffle, delivery very interesting, good pace, I have watched many of the farming and auto videos and they are brill. Keep it up.

[@richardkerin1377]

Great video Harry, please do the stone wall vid as very interested in dry stone walling 👍

[@davebarron5939]

I never realized how relatively mild UK weather is, with such a high Latitude. I understand it has to do with the jet stream not one of the ocean currents. Always enjoy your presentations Harry, Thanks.

[@jameswitter6731]

Very interesting videos. It would be fascinating to hear more about the economics of running a 400 acre farm and whether you own or lease all the heavy equipment. I thought one needed about a 1000 acres to reach mininum efficent scale on a arable farm in terms of having all the necessary equipment

[@iain101010]

Getting a bit frustrated that the camera person is not showing what you are talking about, i.e. the machines, the soil, etc. etc... when you are describing something, I'd like to be able to see it!

[@alancooper5386]

Harry is either a very lazy farmer or a very rich farmer. we nor do any farms around here have someone come and fix everything for them, its us, we ,, me and my twin brother helping dad til late at nite fixing the combine, sometime stranded out on the field or at home in the shops, holding flashlight under a dark sky out on the field while dad was fixing is one of my or our first jobs at 7 year old. and don't shake the light either. while Harry is asleep having someone else make sure things are ready for the next day.

[@UAPJedi]

Harry, if you drop a product name can you put it I. The description and perhaps a link please, would help greatly 👍

[@warrenpost1502]

Are they waging war on Round up there?

[@fdschuler7863]

What happens to the Combine Harvester when it's not being used? Do other farmers use it?

[@cr-ew8od]

The power of hydraulics always amazes me!

[@neilmeacham1210]

Hi just started to watch ya videos how big is your farm keep them coming

[@X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X8X]

Is it possible or advisable to use ACF-50 on cars or car parts, Harry?

[@davidmg1925]

The best ten minutes in my week.

[@gondayi]

On the right channel this time ;)

[@McFreeStyler93]

So wholesome videos.....

Beers

[@swiper1818]

Love your videos - both garage and farming - disagree re pesticides however, and how does the valley which is organic not get runoff from the conventionally farmed arable section with pesticides?

[@swiper1818]

interested in your views

[@urbanmess1]

I thought that roundup and glyphosphate weed killer wasn’t very good for the environment? Hasn’t it been banned in some countries?

[@benpattinson1]

Adam Madge if used correctly it’s perfectly safe. Indeed, without it the more advanced “no till” and “conservation agriculture” techniques would be difficult to implement.

[@harrysfarmvids]

Ben Pattinson This. Glyphosate critical tool in modern arable farming, can’t imagine farming without it

[@benpattinson1]

It took one public amenities worker in the USA to get a clever lawyer to suggest a tenuous link to said Gardner’s cancer and here we are. Fact is, lots of things can be toxic in high doses, that’s why we have personal protective equipment and instructions for use. Someone walking through a roundup / glyphosphate field is not going to get cancer from that, same way if they smoke 20 cigarettes they won’t get cancer. However, drink some glyphosphate and there’s a good chance it could kill you or cause some very serious long term detrimental effects, same way if you smoke 200 000 cigarettes there’s a good chance you’ll permanently damage your lungs. The guy in the USA (if his cancer is inextricably linked to his use of glyphosphate as part of his job) could not have been using the PPE properly.

[@sh-hg4eg]

@@benpattinson1 Validity of either argument a side, that's a pretty disingenuous anology. Farm workers work in farms constantly and people eat crops every day. If you're comparing it to smoking then it would be proper to say 20 a day, for life.

[@benpattinson1]

@@sh-hg4eg hence mentioning 200000 cigarettes

[@aretonsenner6664]

thanks harry

[@truckatadders]

What came 1st, were you a farmer before Evo or is it something you've become since Evo?

[@ianstoyan]

Read Harry's "About" section on his channel's main page.

[@sh-hg4eg]

He studied agriculture and then set up EVO before buying his farm.

[@syncrosimon]

I love your attitude to stone walls, they are historic parts of the landscape, very magnanimous of you to realise you are a steward. great video.

[@stephenrouse2233]

Is this chemical that you use okay for organic farming?

[@sh-hg4eg]

It isn't organic.

[@jeffdoell5064]

Great videos. How do you stop vermin from gorging on your wheat in the store?

[@harrysfarmvids]

With big metal doors and plenty of baiting traps around the place. If any of the baits get nibbled, then poison blocks go in instead..

[@ozodyssey5528]

Always interesting videos and I look forward to the updates. Thanks again for taking the time to do them. Was just thinking that the tractor must be about the only one of your vehicles you've not taken on Eurostar! Now there's a challenge!

[@dsinglehurst9393]

Like it informative as always, it helps to explain what our local farmer directly behind where I live. Ps any idea of best way to get rid of mares tale which has taken off my garden. Love the stone walls should be more of them they also do much more than act as field boundaries

[@jeremymurfitt1512]

If you are passing Matlock go to the National Stone Centre (Near Middleton). They have a long section of wall made up of different types/styles of wall using a range of materials from across the UK> A video of what equipment you use would be interesting?

[@robc5955]

I’ve lived in deepest Northumberland and now the Scottish Borders for 20 years, but learnt nothing about farming despite being surrounded by it, this is fascinating and gives such an insight to this industry, thanks Harry.

[@ianleitch9960]

When chopping straw from the combine, how does wind direction affect the planning of how a field is cut, given that you probably don't want to be offloading grain into a trailer while the prevailing wind covers everything in chaff? Nice episode lengths, not too long and super informative. Many thanks.

[@andrewgardner9615]

Good stuff-more farming equipment and what goes on at the farm.Remembering the one first viewed a year ago with the sat nav tractor as son says.My 10 year old loves these videos(me too)

[@paddyboy557]

Thanks for info on black grass. Is it a trailed or mounted sprayer you use? Do you do all your own farm work along with Charlie or do you hire in Labour?all the best.

[@Louisa93able]

Yes, I love drystone walls and some of them come from a long way back in the past, so I appreciate your special interest in them and aesthetic enjoyment of them.

[@tomtilley3162]

really enjoying your video's as they say you learn something new everyday .thankyou for taking the time to produce the vids

[@jep1912]

Thanks Harry, great work as per usual. The dry stone walls are a thing of beauty, miss them in Oz, boo.

[@bigears4426]

When you think of the earth being billions of years old , our 80 isn't much in the scheme of things, it's good you want to look after it

[@brann1978]

Great work Harry. Really love watching your videos. 👌

[@keithhill3027]

Found your channel a few weeks ago and found it very interesting and informative,thank you.

[@arcticshadowmonkeys]

Is it normal to want to become a farmer after watching these videos? 😂 what's the purpose of the wild flowers?

[@joel8340.]

Just a tip, to keep things shiny we use a little diesel out of a spray bottle, this is a lot cheaper than store bought rust inhibitors and works well for us!

[@DavidWilliams-iq3eu]

Thanks Harry. Stone walls look beautiful.

[@gregj7916]

time for a new grain shed, should be plenty of modular options out there...

[@superdooperoofer8941]

Love your outlook on the stone walls, we really are only custodians. My dads always spent 1 hour a week tidying up the walls, you never find the hour passing by. I used to love it. Living in oz now. Not many stone ditches in West Australia. Massive farms though. Love both your channels. You explain everything with such passion.

[@harrysfarmvids]

Many thanks, I hope I can keep you hooked on both channels! No pressure..

[@superdooperoofer8941]

Harry's Farm no problem keeping me hooked. Its easy to listen to someone that knows what they are talking about. You get the details that keep the anoraks happy but explain it in a way that anyone listening can understand. You would love the wheatbelt here in Western Australia. 42ft headers on combines, 10,000 acre fields. Vast vast emptiness.

[@superdooperoofer8941]

Harry's Farm kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5_UeKepoZdsiJI is an example of a WA wheat farm. Old footage but good.

[@jerrythegaffer]

Enjoyed your video Harry👍

[@theoracle2877]

I saw a magic tractor turn into a field the other day......👍🏻

[@robertmacneil7133]

Thanks harry. Look forward to the next episode

[@maxmartin-merrells3723]

You live such an interesting life, Harry

[@Quagmire925]

I bet Harry wants a Lamborghini tractor!

[@dani18sg]

How do find the time?

[@Jamesj124]

Amazing video

[@karsnoordhuis4351]

Ever thought about 'growing' your own biodiesel for the machinery?

[@nickaf5262]

Harry’s just a genuine nice guy very informative with the bells and whistles 👍👍👍