Farm update 301 Planting wheat for harvest 2025 starts with Simba Freeflow & Weaving Sabre tine.

[@jimwadland7728]

You’re very lucky having your 2 lads that can just get on with the job when you’re not there they’re invaluable

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Totally. I’ve always been one to give them responsibility and not be chasing them every 5 mins. Michael is on hand too. We can’t do much for a few days because of the rain just before we left.

[@paulbarnes3791]

To me this is the best vidio on utube well explained farming practices, no stressy stuff even in wet times, I've been in farming over 40yrs and still learning from this, thank you for sharing

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Cheers Paul, you’re not THE Paul Barnes I know between Horncastle and Louth?!

[@willyfindlay4398]

Enjoy Portugal 🇵🇹 😊 Drill is very interesting. Tom Lamb has a video just out with a device to check the air out of each coulter. The Case has a nice note pulling that saber drill.😊

[@nickevans7265]

Love the sound of that Case when drilling 😊

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I love it too, always have, it’s been a great tractor.

[@yant8777]

The pre adblue Puma sounded great.Afterwards like a hidden fart.​@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

@yant8777 😂😂

[@jameshearn3524]

Interesting to see the two drills at work. It’s also fascinating to see the two different approaches to farming, at one of the busiest times of the arable year, with James Peck being stressed directing, operations in a wet field and you are able to do the same from a sunny beach on holiday.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

He’s got far more to drill and more staff to look after, I’m not sure I’d be away in his shoes but, with JD ops centre tracking machinery and being in contact by phone, most things are possible. I don’t get stressed too much about the weather, you can’t change it, as long as every opportunity is grasped when it is dry. I’ve a good team with Reuben and Tom and ‘cousin Michael’ 😊 supporting too. I did speak to James a week ago and ask if he wanted to join us! Someone from Liverpool and Hereford are coming tonight!

[@RICHIE87622]

​@@WardysWaffleAndrewWardMartin and olly at a guess? Make sure you line your stomach well!!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂🤦‍♂️

[@leonardjackman354]

Thank you for Another good update enjoy your holiday break you deserve .

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you.

[@alancurtis80]

Fascinating as always. Can learn so much about farming practices from your updates.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you.

[@julianchambers8372]

Hi Andy, cracking job that Simba

[@peterwilson-qj2ds]

Very good video Andrew, must say that is the safest way I have seen to fill a drill. Do like weaving drill looks a nice piece of kit. Enjoy your break and catch you on Sunday .

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you. The weaving drill should give us more drilling days.

[@shirleydrury5565]

That simba doz a nice job Andrew! Hope you have a good holiday and get nice and brown! I’m getting brown here in UK with all this rain it RUST!! Cheers buddy all the best😊thanks for uploads regards😊👍😊👍

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you. Rain here for next 3 days.

[@adrianlayen4119]

Brilliant update Andrew, great to see the drills out. It will be interesting to see what you do going forward growing the beans. If you and James are not careful, Micheal will be charging appearance fees on your videos. Enjoy the rest of your holiday, looking forward to Sundays update.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂😂

[@johnhyde8892]

Hi Andrew a great update, good you can still get on the Land. And have a great Holiday.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you.

[@andykeeble1]

Excellent update. I hope you enjoyed your break away.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

We’re still in Portugal!

[@robdavis5711]

Super update, enjoy your well-earned break!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😊👍

[@richardbaker22]

Great video Andrew enjoy your holiday

[@AgrimotiveFarmMachinery]

Great update Andrew. We're off to Portugal next week, good to see the sun is shining there ☀️ Enjoy 🍻

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It’s not going to be shining for the next 3 days. 💦💦

[@johnkeynes8873]

Another great video thanks Andrew .

[@bobwest2807]

Haven't seen soil that dry for nearly 4 weeks. Our agronomist reckons only 40% of his autumn crops have been planted and he doesn't think much more will be planted. It's worse than last year!!!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

We’re not quite as bad as last year so hope to get most fields drilled.

[@Gearoid35]

Great video, enjoy your holiday

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I’m sure I will, thank you.

[@paulbarnes3791]

Always great to see

[@markyoull6744]

great stuff enjoy the break

[@GrahamWP58]

Cereals site coming together, enjoy your time away and see you Sunday

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😊👍

[@RICHIE87622]

Incidentally I did see cousin james old cat challenger for sale! I did mention it to the mrs as a good family run around! She was having none of it! Some people are just no fun! Thanks Andrew

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂😂

[@mrcrazy6278]

On the weaving drill what the spacing between rows? Great video.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

16.6 cm which I think is ideal, any wider and blackgrass gets too much room to grow.

[@MrMurrayWood]

We used to make use of the services of aerial crop duster to optimise glyphosate application with moist soils and wheelings to combat volunteer/weed emergence in South Africa 🇿🇦when I was a boy. Do arable farmers here use this method here in the Uk 🇬🇧?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

No, it was banned years ago because of damage to wildlife and the surrounding trees and vegetation. Quite rightly so in my opinion.

[@jonstephens682]

Cracking update again Andrew. Hope you have a nice break in Spain. Typical isn’t it they get the weather wrong and Tom ends up working most of the night 😂😂glad to see you getting some drilling done, think you might have just dropped Micheal in it there with James 😂😂

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Portugal!! It was meant to rain by midnight but it did t rain at all so Tom was very late!

[@jonstephens682]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard well we’ve all done it mate worked all night before the rain that didn’t come 😂

[@AndrewShaw-n3b]

When you spray off with glyphosate, the spray is in contact with the plants. How does the pre em spray work, if the plants haven’t appeared yet?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Pre ems work by sealing the soil surface and stop the plants from germinating. The mode of action of a residual herbicide (pre em) is different to a contact herbicide like glyphosate.

[@GeoffreyMoore-i9k]

Afternoon Andrew, I truly hope you are having a well deserved break, currently flitting between old and current videos, just so you are as confused as me lol That simba drill as you said, doing a great job on leveling the ground and losing the wheelings, however, is that your "light" land, certainly looked to have a good tilth My other question is in regards to the tyre, you said it was original, possibly 20 years old, as a caravan owner we have to change our tyres every 5 years apparently, regardless of the mileage, or it can affect our insurance if the unthinkable happened, just wondered if you had similar restrictions on agricultural trailers Once again, thank you for the update, even though you are having a break Take care Geoff

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

No refs like that in farming other than do a tyre inspection.

[@benpattinson1]

The new drill looks like a good tool Andrew. Whereabouts in Portugal were you?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It’s done a cracking job. Always go to Vale do Lobo.

[@benpattinson1]

@ I think we were just a bit further along the coast near Portimão at the same time. Caught the good weather just nicely. 👌

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

We didn’t!!

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed

[@glynluff2595]

Looking at your capulet beans and their drying I suggest this may well become a regular problem. I suggest that the sorting might well comprise a colour camera over and air bed to release more of the beans from the mould. Colour cameras were coming onto industry when I retired. You would then be left with beans and some mould which could be graded with the mould partially dried and the beans finally dried at the end. With the low growth there will be a likelihood of mould in your gathering of the crop and the beans being a new crop the recovery from harvest may have to be revisited from current crops. You as a farmer will have greater enthusiasm and desire to make well of your harvest than a manufacturer who will only pay you on the recovered crop after delivery. As with industry you will have to do best with the product as is not as desired. It might be that blowing across an aeration bed would remove light chaff etc. It may well be that with this crop the sorting operation might have a different order from convention. As ever the use of air as a sorting format is a total loss operation i.e. the air is irrecoverable whereas hydraulic say is a recoverable format. Always hard to teach apprentices that as they always want to turn up the air for more immediate action!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Last year they didn’t need drying at all. We’ll combine them earlier next year!

[@jonathantucker7965]

Was that julias in the background in portugal. We were there in july. Great video as always

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It is, we stay in Vale do Lobo when ever we come.

[@jonathantucker7965]

Yes thats where we stay. Can't wait til next year

[@bernardharris145]

Where in portugal are you.weve just b een to Lagos

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Vale do Logo

[@roberthiggins6401]

I saw px saying they're not interested in cleaning and colour sorting your capulate beans but surely the company you're growing for should arrange clean them? OK i spoke to soon. Got my answer.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

👍😊

[@robertsmith9810]

when you showed how the beans were grown in beds at Warwick university i thought it was better than how you are doing it , but only ever grown runner beans ground and stick no expert on baked beans , but if you persevere you are sure to succeed ,

[@Shaunalexander.99]

How do you stand financially with the failed bean crop Andrew. Does the trial firm see you compensated???

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

We’re on with that at the moment with Agrii!

[@PK_Blinder]

Didnt you fancy hand sorting them like James suggested... 🤔😏

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I told him that was a silly suggestion!!

[@julianhawker7672]

You have more holidays than Judith Chalmers! 😉 Haven't you got capulet beans to sort by hand at home ? 🤣 Don't worrie James gets similar banter , I'm not singling you out....... 👍

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂 I’ve a lot of catching up to do to her!! I told James I’m not doing that!!