FARM UPDATE 182 FINISH SPRING BEANS, MACDON HEADER, COOLING STORED GRAIN

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[@merv690]

some years ago I was delivering animal feed to a small farm out side the M25 who had a visit from (I think the water authority) it was an unannounced visit the out come was they would need to replace all drinkers and fit non return valves on all pipes, also would need to dig down to confirm the depth of all the water pipes to every paddock and fit all new ball valves in the water tanks to be a certain height above the water , when asked why the guy said to stop water being syphoned back up the pipes, the owner pointed out that the water is under pressure so his water would not get into the water system, the guy answered well if London had a big fire that may drop the water pressure enough to let his water syphon back, by this time the farmer had had enough, and said if London had a fire that big do you think they would F------ worry about my water !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, the trouble with this is all these people and visits such as the one you had have to be payed for and not forgetting the office staff doing the admin, makes you wonder how much is spent on such schemes

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Totally agree, the cost of implementing some of the rules will be eye watering.

[@alexg737]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard eye watering… the pun wasn’t lost on me.

[@jaylewjangoo]

Excellent video thanks for posting and your time in its making.

[@alanwolfenden7586]

Is that a New or Newer Discovery that had featured over the lsst few Videos.. excellent content as usual..👍

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Newer! 3 yr old HSE Luxury, only done 23,000, really nice upgrade from my last. 👌😀

[@matthewhodder3029]

I will be praying for a good been harvest and good weather for you Andrew. Shame about the heavy header. I hope some one local can help you out.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you.

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

Thank you for posting Andrew, I am surprised DEFRA has not insisted that Farmers fit a dust suppression system to combines. they are daft enough.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

They are clueless.

[@chrisnichols5208]

Morning can’t believe how heavy them combine headers are looks like Ruben and Tom are two excellent guys worth their weight in gold in your farming operations great video as always 😊

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

They are a real asset to the farm. 😀 I’ll weigh the headers next week and compare.

[@philipedwards8492]

That will be interesting @@WardysWaffleAndrewWard

[@bobcrawford2105]

Small world wagon driver Johnathan from my home village Knew is grandad when I was youngster and drove tractor alongside is dad when getting sugar beet up single row nearly 60 years ago. If you’d put bigger hydraulic cylinders on your combine would rear wheels still have enough weight on them ? Yes I know she’s on tracks which should help with extra weight

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

He’ll probably be coming back tomorrow to bring that combine.

[@johnhealy6260]

I learned something new each day,thanks.

[@davidcollingwood1262]

Very interesting update. Hope the other combine arrives before the rain does 🚜🚜

[@jonstephens682]

Cracking update Andrew, glad you’ve got your beans off and it’s a shame your combine won’t lift the header but hopefully you can sort a combine out, there’s something a little creepy about you walking down the air tunnel hearing your boot tap on the concrete sounded like something out off a horror movie 😂😂. Keep up the good videos 😊

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂😂🤦‍♂️

[@philipedwards8492]

Hi Andrew, another great video, I was wondering what were the water co measuring regarding tank overflow, can you put a picture out if you have a moment pls. You could,nt make it up could you, the water authority are concerned about Andrew Ward,s water tanks yet some water authorities, (not saying) Anglian Water, discharge raw sewage into our rivers and the sea. They want to get their priorities in order ! Waste of time and resources. I notice the combine has gone well for you this season which helps alleviate some stress no doubt.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’ll do a video of the overflow when we fix it. The combine had gone really well, shows what good winter maintenance can do.

[@martinwellings1142]

DEFRA And the water companies should be more concerned about how much untreated suearage is pumped into our rivers

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Exactly.

[@finnjones3673]

Mac don 35ft is about 4.1 ton, you need the 80mm diameter rams on the elevator.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

We have those, it’s the rest of the hydraulic capacity we don’t have I think

[@ollywareing9419]

Well done Mr Ward, another nice watch. Will you be still using those sheds in the future you currently live once you've moved into your new home?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Yes because we have 200 acres around the yard.

[@robdavis5711]

Great update thanks so much!

[@starsailorer]

Hi Andrew, why do you always refer to thar trailer as contract trailer? Do you mean you use it for contract works?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

All Bailey trailers have a name. Our new one is a Contract Tipper 17 or CT17 for short. The 17 means tons capacity but it will hold more when not on a public highway!!

[@masonappleby6055]

Maybe you ought to ask Olly to nip down with his well travelled combine to do those beans . Hope your knee is on the mend and getting chance to rest it a bit

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂😂 Thank you

[@graciepepper5269]

What temperature do you bring crop down to.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Below 10°, ideally nearer to 5 so a long way to go!

[@tony3424]

Great update as always, didn't realise that Macdon header was so heavy compared to you're combined header

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Me neither.

[@andrewwoodhead8305]

Good to see you shaking a leg 🦵 Andrew lol

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂

[@davidwilson2977]

I hope you can get a combine local to get the beans done, hopefully we won't get the rain before you harvest the beans. I just can't believe that the water company are chasing something like over flow pipes, when they have so many leaks and are taking weeks or even months to repair them they should and the goverment should get there self in order.

[@PA3456]

You really are fantastic at explaining things. I must say you have such a tidy efficient farm credit to you.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Which particular bit did you mean about me explaining things?

[@PA3456]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard I quite enjoyed the fan system. Only thing I’m Curious about is why on one side you use a channel system and the other you use poly plastic pipes.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@PA3456 because the shed was built in 1976 for machinery one side, storing grain the other. As time has gone by we’ve farmed more land so needed more grain storage. Instead of putting another shed up was Much cheaper to buy some special perforated pipes, cut some holes in the air tunnel to fit them in and it’s given us another 400 tons of storage which we can condition the crop during the autumn and winter

[@PA3456]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard that makes perfect sense. Love the channel and as I say very informative and great attention to detail.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@PA3456 😀👍

[@waynesallotment7757]

Thank you for your great videos, I'm not a farmer but the way you inform us all about how your different pieces of equipment work and what your growing/how things are growing is to be commended. I can also understand your frustration with the men from the ministry with regards to what they want you to grow this year then change it all the following year, please keep these great videos coming, All the best Wayne.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thanks Wayne, it’s messages like yours which gives me the desire to do the videos. 😀👍

[@waynesallotment7757]

Thank you, @@WardysWaffleAndrewWard

[@glengorman1]

Excellent video, really love all the updates, thanks Andrew

[@kevinmcdonnell2298]

Great video and its great that you can explain everything including the b,s,you have to go true operated a straw rake and I think there worth less because if there was ruts you had to go back with some thing else ,best machine I found was a delegman 42 ft pro til done a massive job

[@bigredroosta]

Andrew, we ran a Macdon FD70 35 ft header, fantastic machine for harvesting lentils here in Australia, they cut amazingly close to the ground to get the lentil pods at 1 inch above the gnd. And just wondering about the holes in your beans, some kind of grub damage? are the UK farmers able to spray for those? Good videos, great content, you are one of the best Ag content guys I watch

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thanks for your thoughts on the MacDon. The holes are caused by bruchid beetle. We can spray for them and do but the perfect timing is a really narrow window and only product available is only average at best. Defra, our gov regulatory department is doing all it can to make it difficult to use Insecticides and bans the use of the most efficient ones and are encouraging us not to use any. Thanks for your kind comments, glad you enjoy the videos. 😀👍

[@nickaf5262]

thats good service from russels

[@williamboot658]

Andrew, very interesting as usual, but I can't hear what you say when you zoom in.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It a problem with the iPhones but does t do it all the time. I was talking to Olly about it at our house warming party, he has the same issue. But funny, when I use the external mic, it doesn’t do it.

[@johnhyde8892]

A great video again Andrew, and watching as I eat breakfast again. Would you buy a MC don Header, if you changed your combine.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Definitely

[@v8interceptor134]

Great vid as usual , what do you think about the EU bringing in Ukrainian cereals to depress prices in an attempt to combat inflation ? And I totally agree about DEFRA , you should have told them to come back in 48hrs which I believe you can do with unannounced visitors

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Nothing surprises me any more with this government

[@GrahamWP58]

Excellent video as usual, glad you managed to get the beans into store. Pity the New Holland Combine wouldn't pick up the header. Keep up the good work Andrew and team and I hope your leg is on the mend.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you.

[@kevinharker1840]

Sunak is going to shaft the farmer's of this country, the more i see of him, the more he reminds me of Blair, i take my hat of to every farmer in the country because they wont be happy till they've drove every farmer into the ground.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Totally agree, this gov are a shower of sh1t.

[@laytonphillips6667]

Great video Andrew, good to see the beans in the shed, have to get olly and hus flex header up for the beans. Hopefully the rain doesnt do too much damage.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’m a bit concerned to be honest.

[@keithgraham8906]

Do you control by outside temp only or does humidity also play a part, eg if outside humidity was high would make the grain damp.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It can make it damp if the fans are on full blast but for cooling they are on a low setting so doesn’t alter the grain moisture.

[@richardhoughton7367]

You mention 6⁰ difference to cool the grain, does the system also take into account humidity levels?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

For cooling , fans are on a low velocity so doesn’t seem to make much difference to moisture

[@petergardner2334]

that seems poor that hyd will not lift the mac don header on your new holland combine fendt and john derrre would lift no problem

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’m not really, Our combine is 9 years old and MacDon’s weren’t around then. Today’s equivalent 9.90 can do.

[@Harry-zz8qn]

Lovely Sunday update

[@robertlast1701]

How do you keep your combine so clean 🧽

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Reuben washes the panels a few times during harvest!

[@esppaul644]

Can you do some "waffle" on the wildlife on your farm please

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Have you watched updates 63,64 and 65? They explain what we do for nature and wildlife but I will do something as we get into the autumn and winter.

[@esppaul644]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard thankyou andrew i will look at these

[@timgalley4391]

Good to see you walking a lot better

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’m getting used to the moon boot!!

[@nige5272]

Morning Andrew,once fitted and set up that header is worth every penny,takes some getting used to,there will also be a foot pedal in cab to operate angle of bed,realy do take some getting used to far more than standard header,they are a god send with flat cereal and is where they realy earn their money,good look and look forward to seeing it in action👍👍

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

That was all fitted before we found out we could t lift it!

[@nige5272]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard oh dear,well hopefully you get some resolve,look forward to seeing it in action for you,rain not looking gud for this wk in lincs tho👍👍

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@nige5272 it’s not, I’m a lot convened actually.

[@ianking7842]

Do youever drive the combine Andrew ?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I do relief drive at meal times but as my job at harvest is in the yard sampling trailers and pushing up in the sheds, it’s only minimal.

[@markyoull6744]

great update hows the leg

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Ok but not great when the boots off, thanks,