Farm update 292 Part 2 of PX Farms & chatting farming, SFI & costs of producing food with James

[@richardparton1655]

Thank you Andrew is it possible for you and James to do more together,the best farming channels by a long way.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thanks but I couldn’t cope!!😂😂

[@Agrovasco]

My 2 favorite farmers to watch on youtube by far

[@GRS1903]

2 very good farmers

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😊😊😊

[@emmett1739]

Brilliant , love the humour and the honesty of discussion. Yes the tradition and depth of conviction to never do business with those that do us over is mirrored by our loyalty to stand by each other through lean times and to reward and acknowledge that support from generation to generation. Well done .

[@richardbaker22]

Great video Andrew very interesting listening to you and James talking about farming and having laugh as well

[@JimSessford]

The business relationship's are so very important, absolutely right .Two good smart farmers 👍

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😊

[@jasonsmith1158]

Yet another great video and very interesting content…….. it’s lovely to hear you too chatting about the myriad of everyday problems that obviously affect UK farming at the moment and in years gone by ! Let’s all hope any problems on the horizon can be swiftly dealt with because the nation needs farms like yours to feed us ! Best regards as always .

[@fenlandrob6203]

I’ve watched PX farms for some time now and James really knows what he’s doing with the farm and workers! Great how you both get on together. Fenland Rob

[@ghostrider7688]

Nice comment about how farmers support one another like no other industry

[@RG-mk3ds]

Your comments on farm and business relationships are very true and long may it continue.

[@AngelaTaylorValeofBelvoir]

Smashing to see you both together chatting over problems and having a smile. Excellent.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😊😊👍

[@peterwilson-qj2ds]

A great update Andrew, nice to see you and James talking about the state of farming. It is very true loyalty is something that helps businesses, when times are hard if they stand by you you will then do the same in return. Oat straw can be a pain to get right at the best of times, hopefully it will come right and James will get it baled and cleared.

[@KevinBrown-u4q]

Good to see both you too together, and even better to see you in a field in the range rover not many owners know how good they are off road, they just want to pimp em up at u---- keep up all the hard work you and all in farming do for us all many thanks

[@milesblomfield8192]

So much sense. Could listen to you guys a lot. Educational and at times emotional. Thank you both

[@ghostrider7688]

That’s nice mate James Peck is an absolute giant in the industry 👍🏻 Great vid

[@RICHIE87622]

All the best people are in 1976! I would of been combing in western Australia when James was there in 98/99! Some long days but the same mind set! What a good laugh! Brilliant thanks Andrew!

[@aaronswanson6719]

Thank you for sharing the conversation. I really enjoyed your exchanges

[@Gazdavies48]

Great to listen in to the conversation with James, really interesting content

[@PeterGunton]

Very interesting update. I could listen to you and james talking all day. 👍

[@rorywhittaker4485]

James’s banter is great

[@jonstephens682]

That was a cracking update Andrew, lots of good conversation about farming and the costs involved and how so many farmers have left the industry and me being one off them. Love the banter between you and James. 😊

[@timstead1652]

Brilliant video, I enjoyed listening, reminded me of vet work in last 40 years, although not large animal, have seen lots of similar changes

[@chrislee2221]

Good light hearted look at a very serious subject, more please gents, great double act.

[@shirleydrury5565]

Thank you both for a great upload 😊 I really enjoy your channel. So so much enjoyed .Thank you ❤ 😊 Regards👍👍👍

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😊😊👍

[@johnhyde8892]

A great video Andrew, and a good chat with James.

[@roberthoward3723]

Thoroughly enjoyed this. The visit to Haceby church reminded me of childhood visits with my father when he was working at Old Somerby. There’s a lot of space in that neck of the woods. I can’t understand Govt there’s no joined up farming policy and in this mornings DT electricity is being imported at a cost of £250 million a month - madness. Thanks for this vlog.

[@1ADP]

Thank you great video very interesting hearing your views on where agriculture is heading from two farmers that are farming properly.

[@frankgibson3048]

Thank you Andrew.just two things back in the late 80es I had a d f 1620 hydro with an 18 foot header. It had been imported in to ire.year of manufacture was 82.it had a v 8 air cooled engine 214 hp great machine in its day.love to know where it started its life in uk.some of you're followers may know.in 90 I cut winter barley and w wheat for a man who had the name of haveing better cattle sheep ect.he had four ton per acre of barley and five.3 ton of wheat.for our area it was unreal.i saw all weight dockets.sorry for going on a bit.keep up the good work u do.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Very interesting.

[@adrianlayen4119]

Great update Andrew, I really enjoyed watching you and James. Really interesting to hear you both talking about farming today aswell as years ago. You made a really good point about the possible negative effects of SFI's. It would be great to see you, James and Michael do a Podcast. You all have so much knowledge and information not to mention the banter. Summer of 76, I was 6 and can remember it. Thank you both for this one, looking forward to more discussions in the future.

[@paulmoore8520]

Thanks for the off the track talk about everything

[@peterdennis9359]

Nice video again Andrew good to hear the two of you discussing the industry and the banter with James

[@Gearoid35]

Very interesting, more like this please

[@kit5318]

Thankyou for your honest discussions.

[@shatterline28]

Great little discussion.

[@bobcrawford2105]

Loyalty and respect for each other always pays dividends

[@davidcollingwood1262]

Brilliant Andrew. You two should present a weekly update on TV.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

🤦‍♂️😂😂

[@andrewmaccall5871]

Very informative chat with James, farmer to farmer

[@stevewareing8525]

Great mid week update, loved the banter Wardy. Proper farming has and will always be "Family and Friends" Help out when and where you can and one good turn deserves another. If we don't look after UK farms that have the highest standards in the world the public will end up paying more and more for inferior quality imports that with all respect cannot be relied on or guaranteed let alone the increased cost of "carbon miles"! 🤔.

[@andrewwoodhead8305]

That was brilliant 👏 👌 🙂

[@paulstorer6937]

Great Video Andrew

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed the video ✔️

[@johnfurnival4133]

Good interesting conversation regarding farming

[@davidgarner-g3g]

Brilliant Andrew, Pointing out the problems. But our NFU does not seem to help at the moment. The Autumn/Winter meetings are going to be interesting.!!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Lots going on at the moment and a lot of it isn’t good for the future.

[@Paul-f4w6t]

Brilliant you 2 really enjoyed the video 🚜🚜

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😊👍

[@robertallen3441]

Its the 10th Andrew.

[@georgem3553]

Great discussion, really enjoyed it. "The industry is based on gentlemen" Sadly few other industries are, which might explain why the commercial relationship farmers have with supermarkets for example is so one-sided and exploitative. I can't help thinking that our society and economy would function better if gentlemanly conduct was more prevalent in business. However, I'm not sure that the inter-generational relationships James talks about are always a good thing: My grandfather was offered the chance to purchase his farm during the war after it had been taken over by the government for poor productivity. A neighbouring farmer maintained a lifelong grudge against him for it. His sons would have nothing to do with my father. I nearly had a punch-up with his grandson in a pub car park in 1991 over it - a full 50 years after the original incident which was a full 30 years before either of us were even born!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Wow, I see what you mean, after all that time as well.

[@ChristopherBach-v4s]

I love farming but the disadvantages are I have no control over the price I receive for the product or how much of it I can produce (ie the weather).

[@dominicrobertson5885]

Now that was a good watch🙂🙂.

[@andrewsewell4493]

I’ve had the same problem with Roundup as James Used genuine product at a robust rate mine was in liquid form though

[@tomwainwright7102]

My tedious comment of Sunday last, was my attempt to explain to you why I like your videos and to prove that I do watch earlier videos with an added slice of humour.If banter is not the order of the day , then so be it.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Sorry, which was it? Banter is the seed of life.

[@tomwainwright7102]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard I know it is,that`s why I tend to leave most of the serious comments to others.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@tomwainwright7102 😊👍

[@robdavis5711]

Nice update, some funny moments!!!

[@chrisnichols5208]

Great video Andrew you said a couple of weeks ago you would update on Henry’s progress with his farming can you add a bit as when flooded you spoke a lot about it and I am sure your viewers would appreciate it thanks the retired farmer

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I was going to see Henry last week but I ended up too busy. I’m hoping to see him Friday so could be in Sundays waffle.

[@chrisnichols5208]

Fantastic just off on a two week cruise so hopefully will see update later on good luck with the autumn drilling

[@petergardner2334]

a very interesting video

[@matthewhodder3029]

What a duo. More please, Peck and Waffle, the best of East Anglian arable farming. Or Waffle and Peck perhaps? 😁

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Or Waffle and double waffle? The latter the Camb one!!

[@OOpSjm]

You two were having way too much fun 😅

[@grahamkelland]

Interesting video and discussion, not sure if current agriculture policy is a total sham or there up to something we haven't seen coming. Alot of countries in the world have some kind of farm produce support even the USA,the SFI I can see could give a lot of problems for farm businesses in the longer term when the 3 year scheme ends will take another 2 years to get the ground back into to production. With the further problem the farmer running the land will become reliant on scheme money and won't be able to gear up to farm it productively,and in the meantime the current Labour government finds the scheme's are costing to much so SFI is cut or abolished leaving a lot of hungry birds! Regards to farmers helping one another out as we do,I think it comes through over the centuries when crop failure or animal disease could easily mean famine which used to affect the general public to if not more so and they knew it!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Really agree with your SFI comments

[@fenlandagriphotography3045]

If looking at terranos the pottinger terria is a very similar machine.

[@philipsankey988]

As someone said if you went on Dragons Den for money for farming ,you would be laughed out the door,was wheat in the £180s in 1987

[@roblonsdale8927]

They,re actually 130 deep by 120 wide, hence why they get stacked on their edge on trucks to keep the height down and make them more stable

[@glynluff2595]

Lovely four centre windows. Is that an Early Georgian coat of arms? A church building with a really good feel to it. No I like imperial, all my engineering machines are regulated by it! Some years ago a number of farmers migrated to Hungary to farm there because the returns were better. Ah, Gentlemen! This has been the basis of business and commerce for generations. With the change of population in many areas that has been lost and good industrial relations with it.

[@jr4ff3]

Love the way James farms in a shirt and RMs. TART as he called himself on his previous video

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂

[@1605Will]

I wonder what bank James recommends for farmers nowadays, the old high street banks aren’t interested in

[@ChristopherBach-v4s]

I think farmers have always shared advice and information because as primary producers they basically receive the world market price for the product and it is no disadvantage if the neighbour can up production.

[@robertrutherford9039]

SFI and food security, makes me wonder! Wagon driver who came to me for wheat said they'd been moving imported wheat in Hull docks storage to feed mills up here in the north east, he said the sheds were full of the stuff.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’ve heard have too.

[@kevinharker1840]

👌

[@guylewis4770]

Right first time Andrew it’s the 10th.🤣👍 long season already

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It’s being with James, plays tricks with your mind!!

[@grahamglasper4463]

Brilliant Double act ! Bit like the two Ronnies! 😂😂😂😂

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’m the smaller one!!

[@StevenAddison-rt5ub]

You pair need to do a podcast

[@johnwarwick4105]

Wouldn’t it be good if we all took up the maximum SFI and anything that took land out of production and wait for the panic when the food runs out. We could all sit there with a smug smile and a “we were told you so”

[@charliebrundell-fd2gz]

A Heston is actually 120x130 and 240 long

[@grahamdunn8292]

Two comments about relationships - I remember in the 80's when i started selling fertiliser in Essex, I can remember sons of farmers who insisted that they had to buy their fertiliser from Haslers of Dunmow as they had financed their father's farming business through Bills of Exchange - the annual "settle up" when inputs were charged against outputs. Being highly contentious, if i was producing nuts and bolts and i found a way of producing 10% more from the same amount of steel, would i tell anybody - NO!! You could argue that farmers are no different - Mr Peck is Mr Ward's competitor - why tell him what you do and give him competitive advantage? Discuss!!

[@nigelh45]

Funny thing Andrew 4x4x8 is a cord of firewood 🤔😁

[@robhardingham6770]

I enjoyed the Staler & Waldorf show - thanks to you both. Whilst I have sympathy for payments and getting a decent return for your efforts, you boys aren't exactly riding a bike yet!!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂😂 👌👍

[@charleswillcock3235]

Really interesting to listen to real farmers talking about the industry. Whilst I accept many products are traded world wide and one only has to look at where things like apples come from as an example, which is fine when times are settled but supposing something like Covid comes along and there are issues in the world wide supply chain. I think that the UK should aim to be more than 50% self sufficient in food which can be grown in the UK. OK avocados etc. are not going to grow here, but regarding staple crops, relying too heavily on imports for me is not a smart strategy.

[@helenporter7584]

Could be GB’s demise?

[@malc2137]

Great video Andrew. Why do you think our government have no interest in producing our own food. As a layman I don’t understand the rationale.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Sorry but I don’t either.

[@robwatts6960]

Unless I have lost 2 days somewhere I’m sure it’s the 10th of September

[@charleswillcock3235]

I was thinking that. As bad as Radio 4 time checks!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂😂

[@ghostrider7688]

Lovely little church ⛪️ mate . Nice look around . Make no mistake if you put Jesus first in your lives all the business woes and concerns will fall into line . These are signs of the times . This world has gone into the final stages and the wise folk are looking back to what the Bible is forecasting 🙏🏼

[@roberthiggins6401]

Dunn and Bradstreet, companies House

[@roberthiggins6401]

And councils

[@barrytipton1179]

Church need some goats sheep etc

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Or mowers!!!

[@stakman78]

James is a bloody character isn't he. Jesus that's a lot of straw.. As a kiwi... What is SFI?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Sustainable Farming Incentive. It’s a government scheme with lots of options and pay us to grow crops for wildlife and not humans. Bloody ridiculous when we are only 60% self sufficient. Trouble is, the £/ha is better than growing some crops so there 100’s of thousands of hectares going in.

[@stakman78]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard ok that sounds like similar schemes here in NZ. It's for environmental sustainability apparently here. Just a money grab by government to look good to the world with our carbon emissions etc! It's like watching/listening to a mirror with the rules. However our chemical rules seem a little better. Funny how we plant rye grass in between crops to winter cattle on then just nuke it with pre emerge. Love your channel Wardy

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

👌👍😊

[@andrewj7994]

I just had an unbelievably depressing conversation with a friend who farms in Southern England. What the hell is wrong with our world, is there any positivity? Where is the madness going to end? Around here in NZ IKEA are buying all the farms for carbon capture, good farms easy country. It is very hard to make money here with our cost structures, same as a farmer I talked to in Canada, in a good year they break even. China imports 16 million tons of grain and is moving to source it all from Russia and Sth America in the next 5 years, it is building ports to reach that end. I mean my beef pelts are worth £2, 6£ for an A grade, wool is worthless and everything else is close or below cost of production.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It really is a bleak outlook at the minute but things can change at the flick of a switch.

[@geoffreyburton8961]

The Weather as well its been the worst in 40 years plus its so hard for us farmers. Plus are run by idiots

[@Chrisyclaas]

It’s the 10th 😂😂

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I was right first time then!! That’s what being with James does ….!

[@johnharry4831]

You rain fall not to bad we had 62mm on Sunday 95 in total for September. We still have our winter wheat to get off. Mid wales

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

We could do with a third of that!

[@roberthiggins6401]

Corporations

[@JWBFarming]

No point moaning about the church being unused if you don’t go to church yourself Wardy!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I do go to ours but don’t put it in the waffle!!

[@JWBFarming]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard Only so much waffle you can fit into an episode. 😉

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@JWBFarming 😂😂👍

[@roberthiggins6401]

Gov

[@johnince3611]

Careful when you say the old church isn't used, there will be migrants in there next week. 😅

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂

[@denniscarvell1828]

Farming ,Government feels politically you’re not of importance,so cutbacks are on their way. if you stand and look across the land,with straining eyes and ears you will hear the faintest stir of the Tiger.

[@helenporter7584]

Or even worse!

[@sparrow758]

Watching the video all doesn't look good why don't you just give up and get another job? rent the farm/ground out?

[@donflynn5148]

Armchair farmers

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Definitely!!!