First it was floods, now it's drought. 2020 isn't going well on Harry's Farm.

2020 is proving to be one of the most challenging farming years in memory. The year started with the wettest winter on record and now we're having to deal with three months of little rain and the driest May on record. The crops are really starting to suffer now. Enjoy the vid..

[@MichaelWexford]

Never have i left a comment in my life before this one but Harry could make a video about paint drying and i would subscribe. He is knowledgeable about every subject he publishes and makes it interesting. Thank you Harry & Regards from Ireland. #myfirsteverpost.

[@Conservator.]

First post and 103 likes. Not bad, not bad at all. Btw nice profile pic 😉

[@derekchisholm972]

2020 will definitely be a year for the history books. I hope it improves for everyone facing hardships, and for Harry’s farm as well.

[@TechnikMeister2]

Welcome to what the norm is in Australia. Our drought lasted 5 years, then we had the bushfires, now we have China boycotting our farm produce becuase we called them out over Covid-19. You need to dig a dam, Harry, to catch the run off next time it rains. Then you can irrigate.

[@IvorClegg]

We always tried to avoid 'wet' cleaning 'dry' machines like combines, balers, etc, as much as we could as you always end up with the water driving a moist sludge of dust/grain/debris into inaccessible nooks and crannies where it rusts metalwork and provides a very attractive food source for rodents over the winter. At the end of the last bit of work, we'd strip the machine down as far as reasonably practical while still in the field, and give it a good blast through with a leaf blower. That'd shift the great majority of the dirt, and leave it in the field where it should be! Leaf blowers are wonderful for 'sweeping' the yard and cleaning out haysheds, grain stores, workshops, etc. too. Thanks for the updates Harry, you have a fantastic setup and it's a great credit to you.

[@harrysgarage]

Have to agree. We generally use a leaf blower each Mornington keep the combine clear of debris but in 2019 combine kept on getting wet in the field thanks to constant rain when we were trying to harvest. End result was it all got baked on, hence why I power washed it clean at the end of the season. Miserable job that never feels done!

[@IvorClegg]

@@harrysgarage Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about the damp harvest of 2019! Unfortunately yes, you sometimes have to power wash a combine, but it is indeed a disheartening job as you just KNOW that you'll be dealing with the consequences for the rest of the life of the machine.

[@Conservator.]

Ivor Clegg I’m just a ‘city boy’ armchair commentator lol. Very interesting reading your comments about things that would never have though off. Thank you! 🙏. All the best from 🇳🇱

[@andrewentwisle8464]

Harry, hoping for some rain this week, just fingers crossed it’s not too late for you. South end of the cotswolds are so dry for early June.

[@ThePorkypete51]

Harry is such a natural in front of the camera, I could watch him do a 17 min video on the setting of concrete

[@jimjambandit]

I love that Harry is such a Bond fan he not only collects Bond cars but also uses a wheat variety named for a Bond movie. I love this channel, praying for rain from down here in Australia.

[@Weissman111]

Pity you can't store the flood water to use in a drought.

[@DG-jq7il]

We do this in California where our dry season lasts 5 months, and our wet season doesn't really exist.

[@chriswilkes236]

@Viktor Sligo I have no idea about farming, but I would have thought he could water the fields. Clearly I am misguided.

[@benpattinson1]

Damn up that little valley where he put the cows and irrigate off that. Maybe?? I can imagine the planners loving that. So much so that they would trip up over their own egos as they seek to offer advice. (Like is do in another comment where I mentioned cover crops etc. !! 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️

[@chriswilkes236]

@@dizzy2020 Good Points.

[@notrut]

Cotswolds are on Limestone bedrock ... porous ... a massive sponge.

[@domdegood5376]

Chemical spraying in the sky stops the rain, if the ground can be altered a bit like the golf ball the water retention would improve and there would be less run off.

[@tonypalmer4671]

Harry, I agree completely with your views regarding litter strewn around, a threat to livestock and an eyesore. I daily pick up litter, especially plastic from fields near my home, it shocks me how people, especially the young care nothing for the environment. Farmers do not have a clear conscience regarding the use of plastic, I see a lot of discarded plastic that was single use to wrap bales of cattle feed.

[@vokstar]

It really does irk me when people bag up their dog poo and leave it, tbh have to think that it would be better off left un-bagged.

[@richardcjay]

When I walk the dog and forget my bags I end up using whatever I can find like a receipt from my wallet to carry it to a bin - not nice but its part of owning a dog.. Including the bin part!

[@szymongorczynski7621]

Sometimes I see bagged shit tied to the branches of trees and hedges. Like, why???

[@helplmchoking]

Szymon Gorczynski that’s an even more amazing one! They clearly put in the effort to bag it, either through good intentions or because they would be seen leaving it and then put in even more effort to hang it up, but couldn’t be arsed to take it away! Just amazing, if you’re so lazy you can’t be bothered doing your part as a dog owner, just leave it on the ground at least so it can decompose normally

[@sh-hg4eg]

Dog muck should be picked up and binned in urban areas. It should be left to rot into the ground in the countryside. You don't see farmers walking around and bagging up cow muck. Don't even get me started on those who throw the bag into bushes, where they snag and just hang there at face height.

[@Conservator.]

It’s so nice seeing someone going to great lengths to properly maintain and preserve his equipment. I just love to watch that 10-11 year old combine that looks like it has only been used once for a demo.

[@kerrygleeson4409]

🇦🇺 here we would normally get a plague of locusts after that type of weather just to finish the crop off completely

[@chrisb3017]

Had ZERO interest in farming until this channel became available. Now I’ve killed tomato plants, jalapeño plants, and strawberry plants guess I better keep watching

[@LarryKippings]

Sounds like you should stop watching and find another project. :-)

[@timedmunds9054]

Thanks so much for taking the time Harry, I look forward to everything you send us,Just fascinating! Hope you and everyone on the farm are keeping well 🙏🙏

[@ruffnutz71]

Harry , about your hayfever , ask your doctor for a Cortisone injection , I've suffered from hayfever all my life as an Aussie farmer until I started getting the Cortisone shot at the start of the season , it's given me by far the best result , Cheers.

[@marka4664]

It’s been a really tough year on all fronts so far. You were lucky with the damage to the Combine, Rats and mice are normally the culprits, surprised the squirrels also have a taste for wire! It’s a shame people simply have no common sense when visiting your land, set the squirrels on them Harry !

[@atastefortheroad4475]

For several years Acura (Honda) here in the US had a supplier that used plastic wire casings mice really like the taste of. The firm had a number of warranty claims for electronic failures and other gremlins. They fixed the issue, but it took all parties time to get to the root of the problem. Critters have odd tastes.

[@kittonsmitton]

Harry don't you have a river near by? thinking of drilling a well and watering or digging a cistern? Sill no Bees? Great content Harry thanks for the education.

[@marsupix3554]

Similar situation here in Germany. The ground is still very dry from the past 2 years. Lots of our forests are dead.

[@heatleynoble]

The trees in the UK are in excellent health luckily due to record winter rainfall. Its just dried out the top 20cm or so. Plenty for the trees to drink down below!

[@harrysgarage]

That’s not good to hear, German forests are amazing. I guess it’s those located in the sandy soil areas which are suffering, or is it forests right across Germany that are affected?

[@schwarzfabi]

I am pretty sure that Harry is the only farmer in the whole wide world, who is doing his job wearing a Patek. Way to go:-)

[@philhicks5818]

Nice well explained video Harry , well done on bringing up the litter issues, also I know it’s hard for people to not walk round the farms atm but I’m always seem to be waiting people to move when I’m out spraying too , and there’s foot paths in sight . This drought is a night mare I’ve never seen spring crops emerge so quick and evenly, but we are close to losing some already

[@stamford70]

Still making my way through Harry’s Farm from the beginning and loving all the information that you are providing of your farming life. This episode shows how people think it is ok to leave their rubbish out in the fields. What kind of mentality do those people have to think that it’s ok to leave the litter? Only makes you think of what their houses and gardens must be like...

[@angusmacdonald836]

Great harry ☔️ fingers crossed 🤞

[@stevek3036]

Very informative - us consumers need to a bit more conscious of the challenges that UK farming is having to cope with while we enjoy an early summer. I'm in the Thames Valley - zero rain for weeks and weeks. I've only cut the lawns twice in 5 weeks whereas this time of year its a weekly chore. Pray for rain I say - the wildlife is also starting to suffer I feel

[@rogerblackwood8815]

Hose pipe bans are on the way I read yesterday! Good luck Harry

[@WarrenF]

Really? We had a lot of rain in the last 6 months, did they not store any of it

[@dejanbrice8774]

@@WarrenF No, as usual the companies never go and invest their money on repairs, new storage or any form of upgrades. Waste of money to be honest for lack of a return.

[@rdekort9273]

Nice video again,drought is also becoming a problem here in the Netherlands

[@MartinMio]

Crazy stuff. Here in Australia we are set to have the wettest year since 1924 and you guys have the dryest month ever. Just crazy. But it goes to show that it comes and goes. So don't panic. It's never perfect for long it seems.

[@extotes91ulrich]

it is the same here in Denmark the farmers also irrigation there fields an the winter and spring was the hottest an also one af the most wettest in over 100 years

[@theonly52]

do you not irrigate in England? seems like that would save a lot of farms. my grandfather was a sharecropper in the 60s and my dad has taught me a lot over the years. you are one of the better channels on farming that I have found. its like you are talking to your best friend about it. refreshing!

[@antmarshall5046]

Thanks Harry for these fascinating vids. Hope you farmers get some rain ASAP. Cannot believe people trespassing, picnicking AND then leaving their trash... and the poo bag thing boggles the mind (the thought process, or rather lack of, is terrifying; especially when just leaving the poo which although bad news, at least biodegrades quickly and would be better), the fact they go to the effort of bagging it then just discarding. Gives me a headache just trying to comprehend it. Might be a good idea to have a mobile clay shoot with biodegradable clays (with signs everywhere giving fair warning of course) in random fields... scare the bejaysus out of the blighters?

[@tomwreford6624]

Thanks again Harry for a very interesting update

[@243fliptop]

Love the videos. Really informative...As an avid deer stalker I must say that it's the females that need controlling not the males. Shooting males is relatively pointless I'm afraid . The herd that ran are fallow. I'm sure there would be a local stalker dead keen . Keep up the good work and I hope for some rain to save your crops .cheers. 👍🏼

[@jameshounslow7013]

Remember the summer/drought of 2018? The dry weather then didn’t start until the last week of May. This year we’ve (West Midlands) had 55mm of rain since the start of March. This dry weather period of 2020 has had a (nearly) 3 month head start on 2018. Sadly due to climate change we’re going to face more mild and wet winters and hot/dry summers

[@johnkeepin7527]

Certainly can. In that year, it was a cold Spring, then followed by a heatwave; not nice for many things. As an allotment plotholder, this year one of the weirdest things is that I’ve actually harvested a batch of broad beans (on 29/05); can’t remember doing that so early. It’s an aftermath of having had a lot of ‘sunshine hours’ this month. On the negative side, we’re all suffering from a lack of rain. Doing a lot of hand watering in the allotments (using a Thames Water supply via a trough). No official ‘drought’ yet - at least there’s still plenty ground water after last winter! If it was really viable to have artificial irrigation on a large farm, they'd be quids in this year for the same reason as my little crop (and so are the solar PV people, no doubt).

[@sh-hg4eg]

What does "climate change" even mean? It's a purposely vague term that they've replaced "global warming" with. In the 70s all the same experts were telling us we were heading for an ice age. We've had 3 major droughts since records began and the worst was in 1921.

[@rileywalsh6607]

Hi Harry I'm an Irish suckler and sheep farmer and I love watching your videos to learn about arable farming. Keep up the great vids

[@sh-hg4eg]

Do the Irish mind when you suckle on them?

[@peterbustin2683]

With the trespassers, ask Jeremy Clarkson to pick them off for you - he's not far away !

[@joetacchino4470]

Harry, all those buns that filled up and overflowed. Do any farmers in the UK irrigate? That’s all you see on farms here in TX. Not sure what type of application rate you’d need to keep the wheat alive, but i wonder if you’d be able to create some more permanent ponds down there and use them to irrigate in the drier season. Could you drill a well to keep them filled when it’s not raining? I know that’s common on golf courses. The ponds would help flooding downstream too! Sorry, the land developer portion of my brain is kicking in.

[@robertcook2572]

It's different here; it's so inconsistent and unpredictable. It's uneconomic to invest heavily in a system which could be redundant in twelve month's time.

[@zanderboy]

linseed scene closeup. KZbin compression goes fucking haywire! love the farm videos Harry. excellent content!

[@VR360TV]

Nice video, thank you

[@docker5468]

Well said about taking litter home, unfortunately I doubt the inconsiderate, ignorant twats who drop litter watch your channel. We can all hope though

[@mickymouse3491]

I lived in Australia for twenty years.I was talking to a beef cattle farmer in Alice Spring’s and the very day he viewed and purchased his farm it was raining cats and dogs, he told me the next rain he had was 3 years later!! I hope you and the rest of the farmers in the UK get some rain soon Harry, for the crops and wildlife’s sake🤞🤞🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

[@terrygreen4338]

Interesting as ever Harry, keep calm and carry on 👍🚜

[@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne]

What a shame the information you freely give us isn't taught to school children. I feel a real opportunity is being missed here.

[@groovedwareman]

Dear Mr H I love watching your motoring videos and the farming channel videos. At last England is getting some significant rain. Hope that helps. I just wonder, though, how on earth can you (or anyone) ever make any money in this style of farming when your outgoings are so vast? Dependent on the likes of Dow, Bayer and Monsanto. Seed, pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, growth hormones, growth retardant, fertiliser, huge complicated vastly expensive machinery that is only used a couple of months a year but needs maintaining all year round and depreciates. Vast fields of almost concrete texture any top soil long since washed into the Severn or whichever river. The hidden cost of all these chemicals absorbed into our food supply or washed into the water supply. Drought, seemingly endless rain, cold, heat. I enjoy the videos very much. Just wondering. Maybe just a hobby farm. Nothing wrong with that.

[@sburge1989]

Apparently all of the commentors are experts in irrigation, immigration and agronomy.

[@whitefields5595]

Should have planted the solar panels! When you do get permission would you put the panels on moveable carriages so you could move from field to field as an alternative to crop rotation?

[@sh-hg4eg]

Absolute waste of time. Expensive, deminishing returns, not suitable for UK climate (either overcast or too hot to work) and the heavy metals can't be recycled due to prohibitively high costs/difficulty. One of the biggest scams of the modern era.

[@whitefields5595]

@@sh-hg4eg My domestic 16 panel 3.7kW system in Solihull England is one of the best investments I have ever made. It paid back after 4.4 years due to me using the excess energy it to heat my domestic hot water. Admittedly I benefit for the mid-range feed-in tariff, for 25 years which is no longer available. After 9 years there has been no measurable degradation in performance, no failures and maintenance free. No doubt there are financial incentives for large land owners who would be classed as a mini generating station. So, not sure why you are saying what you do as my experience could not be more different

[@horsterer77]

I'm baffled by the dog poo bag issue . How does it make sense to bag dog shit in the countryside , and then leave the bag behind ?

[@jeffreyhodge5564]

The rubbish left is an absolute disgrace ,private land people shouldn’t be in there ,it’s enough for you tending to the crops and the vagaries of the British climate without having to be worried and concerned ,you are right Harry we need uk farmers to get the rain ,very interesting but at the same time very sobering ,come uk shoppers look where stuff is coming from support uk farming industry ,

[@Fintoman]

First couple of days of rain and people will be p*ssing and moaning about the dreadful British weather. Without rain no one eats.

[@helplmchoking]

Absolutely, regardless of what country you’re in we should all be buying everything as locally as absolutely possible. Not only does it feel good to know exactly where your food came from, even better if you know the actual farmer, but it’s by far the most environmentally friendly way to live. As has been said before, carbon intensive beef from the farm up the road is a million times cleaner than efficient chickpeas shipped across the world. Add to that we support our own people, money stays inside our economies and it brings us closer together. Buy local, wherever you are!

[@digsowgrow]

With the greatest respect taking 3 or 4 males out of a herd of Fallow is not controlling them. The lady's have the baby's!

[@sadnanmamun1583]

Very sorry for uncle Harry

[@tupolev141]

The weather has been getting weirder for 2 decades now, it's going to be really tricky finding the right crops and methods to keep growing things in the future. As a rambler myself I absolutely hate littering. It's very easy to carry out what you carried in. And what goes on in the heads of people bagging up dog poo and then chucking it in a hedge or field is anybody's guess.

[@hedydd2]

As a dairy farmer the issue I've got is grass for the cows to graze. Currently grazing around what should be the second cut silage for next winter's main feed. First cut was around 20% down on last year. Also I only got 12 pence per litre for my April milk and May doesn't look like it will yield more. My cost of production is 26p/p/l. You [Harry] aren't helping, because it looks like my winter concentrate price, that's your wheat [in effect], is going to be in short supply as well and therefore even more expensive than I'm currently paying. Since spreading over 10k's worth of fertiliser on 250 acres of grass ground, there hasn't even been a dew, let alone rain to dissolve it and let the grass grow.

[@harrysfarmvids]

I'm really sorry to hear that, Huw. The intention of these videos were to report what's actually happening in the farming world during the season from a factual point of view. I can see it's really tough being in dairy right now and I get annoyed when people who don't know just say, well grow something else other than grass. As if it's that easy! I'll highlight current plight of dairy industry in my next video, sorry for not including it in this one..

[@hedydd2]

Harry's Farm Thanks. The problem with dairy is the continual costs and need to reinvest in what is a seven day a week, 365 day production which doesn’t stop even for weddings, deaths, viruses, or prices well below the cost of production. That’s not belittling any of the thousands of other small businesses that are bleeding money just now. It is a very tough year for so many of us

[@stephenauty2402]

@@hedydd2 Of all farming (I'm in trout) dairy must be the really tough and the end product is so good and all the amazing things you can make with it. We need to pay more for it but the supermarkets dictate the prices don't they? I'm in the Scottish Borders and just started using McQueens (via a delivery service) for glass bottled milk, it's more than the supermarket but saves us having to go to the shops so often and hopefully the farmers are getting a higher percentage...i don't know. Good luck for the future , milk is essential.

[@BedeMeredith]

I didn't really realize you did a car thing, kinda prefer the farming stuff in general :P, I think you need to look at increasing your organic content there's also possibly a hard pan preventing the fields draining in the winter, (also clay), we have a few trailers with tanks on the back we leave in fields with no permanent water source. one was an old stainless steel milk tank trailer.

[@Mireaze]

You should probably buy a tonne of antipesticides, swarm of locusts predicted for the 3rd quarter

[@earthstick]

@Strange Fruit It's no joke, there are swarms of locusts across the middle east and now india.

[@earthstick]

@Strange Fruit Will Jesus return as a Cthulu lookalike?

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

Picnickers leaving litter? 😨 Walkers leaving poo bags? 😡 Tell them to "Get off your land!" Harry, & be sure to have your shotgun in hand when you roast them! 😉

[@sportster883able]

As I commented last video, I have zero interest in farming other than what it gives me to eat......but Harry makes such compelling videos on this (and the Garage too) that i cant help but be fascinated by what goes on. Harry literally makes "watching the grass grow" exciting.

[@L5GUK]

Hi, forgive my ignorance! I assume that there is significant obstacles to going out and irrigateing crops manually as an emergency measure, but why wouldn't this be an option of last ditch effort? As aside, with climate change well on its way, these droughts are only going to sadly become more frequent and severe. Is there scope for the installation of irrigation systems to UK farming in the near future, and do you think that there is a possibility doing it in the next 5 years could give your farm enough of an advantage over your competition to justify the enormous (I'm sure) up front cost? That was some beautiful footage of the deer, thank you for sharing! Just to close, a farmer with hayfever is tragically hilarious.

[@Pumphyb70]

Harry! Lets do a vid on your watch collection, thats a nice Patek. You must be into them? Nice vid. 👍

[@andrewstubbings5628]

Yes we are on very Stoney land and desperately need rain ☔️ for my malting spring barley, it’s hanging on but for how much longer! Dog crap bags drive me mad, people tie them to tree 🌲 wtf! All my six foot margins people and their dogs now walk round when we have such a fab footpath system grrrrr!! Rant over! Hope it rains!!

[@russellharris5072]

Litterbugs,it never ceases to annoy me how inconsiderate people can be.If you can actually catch them Harry it's time for lung exercise (or a PA) "GET ORRF MOI LAND!!"

[@lawrencegatt4515]

What does it cost to service 1 of those big Monsters. 🚜

[@recipio6561]

It was the driest May in Ireland since records began in 1850 ! I think the Green party might have a point.

[@levelcrossing150]

I get paranoid over mice getting into my garage and eating the rubber rear spoiler on my classic car! Those wires on the combine do look terribly exposed and it must be a common problem, so can't the manufacturers come up with something better? Years ago the farmers in my area used to hire them, so this was not a problem for them! Fingers crossed you farmers get some rain soon Harry.

[@MrJimmyjammmy]

Are you sure that's not Glis Glis eating your cables? They love a munch on some wires.

[@SuperMAZ007]

The thought is just the fact earth changes are taking place. It's happening also elsewhere in Europe where you get a season of none stop rain and then nothing but thought for months. I'm not sure but there was a anti rodent spray that kept them away from chewing rubber and wire harnesses?

[@smev4341]

Thanks for your update.

[@rileywalsh6607]

Also just to let you know for next time the microphone is a bit dodgy I think unless it's my phone

[@jacooboophotography]

It’s me too!

[@harrysfarmvids]

Riley Walsh I know, I had to re-record the whole video, apart from the first clip when Mark was servicing the combine. Keep watching, as it’s only in the first few minutes where the sound momentary breaks up!

[@rileywalsh6607]

@@harrysfarmvids thanks mate, great vid all the same

[@FarmerP]

Thanks Harry, another well explained glimpse into the life of British food production, I learned a bit more today. 🙂👍

[@ianburr1177]

Great video once again, can you tell me why you don't use those giant irrigation machines that you sometimes see in Norfolk?

[@CB-RADIO-UK]

Thanks Harry. I know nothing about farming but you make the whole subject interesting and easy to grasp. Here is wishing you some rain.

[@Humancbr]

Hello Harry. Just my 2p worth. You’ll find that if you get the liquid ACF50 that comes with a little spray gun and then heat up the spray gun with a bit of hot water, you can get a much better result, much less gloopy and a nice fine mist this way which is what you want. That is all!

[@DG-jq7il]

I live in California, and we never get rain May through October, yet our wheat farms continue to produce through irrigation. Can't you irrigate your wheat fields when you don't get rain?

[@robertcook2572]

It makes sense to take steps when conditions are predictable. It's uneconomic to put expensive systems in place when conditions are unpredictable.

[@ckm-mkc]

I also live in California and the consequences of widespread irrigation have been pretty horrible - from land subsidence (20ft in some places) to contaminated water, it's probably better to avoid it. Part of the problem is modern field size - I've seen this on my family's farm - the hedgerows help shade & retain moisture, but a lot have been ripped out as modern machinery is too large to fit in smaller fields, see Harry's video on farm machinery as to why the large machinery.

[@curmudgeon1933]

Something Odd. I think that extensive farming of water-intensive crops like citrus, almonds and salad vegetables will soon have problems, as the aquifers which supply California start to become depleted. As last year showed, increasingly dry conditions increase the likelihood of wildfires, which in turn destroys trees which reduces the amount of water retention in the land. Here is an article from 5 years ago which explains how over-irrigation is having an effect on groundwater supply. With the current administration trying their best to dismantle environmental protections, the situation looks to become even worse in the future. www.revealnews.org/article/9-sobering-facts-about-californias-groundwater-problem/

[@DG-jq7il]

@@curmudgeon1933 it's already happening, we do need new water sources and better water management, but the UK doesn't have those issues. The other problem we face is the massive farming industry here that doesn't follow some of the sustainable practice's Harry seems to

[@190nhtm]

do you think more farmers in the uk will look for building reservoirs or looking at irrigation solutions with springs being drier? be a big investment but with call for more home grown produce could be shortage if something isn't done? would this require subsidies just thinking out loud

[@matthewpayne42]

It's a shame you couldn't have pumped the flood water out and stored it somewhere ready for the dry weather.

[@davidsweeney111]

is there any way of improving the soil so it holds more moisture? There is a possible La Niña weather pattern that might take off and make the summer less warm, but we will have to see what happens, I like all your videos and the car videos!

[@bikesqump]

Was anyone else looking for evidence of ruins in the dry spots like Time Team?

[@zanderboy]

Phil Harding needs to get a trench in! its his super power!

[@neilpinkett]

good luck mate

[@eeclass20]

Many years ago I got a VHS video on US contract harvesting, it was a travelog by a UK journalist by the name of Dylan Winter. The guy running the business bought 10 new John Deere combines every season, not to mention a trio of grain trucks mobile homes etc. He started the season down in Texas and by mid September was in southern Saskatchewan combining in the snow! Interestingly the SK farmers stored their grain outdoors for much of the winter where as US farmers tended to ship it straight to community elevators. Sadly the days of the old wooden "prairie skyscrapers" lined up along the railroad tracks have gone, replaced by huge complexes capable of loading 100 grain wagons (100tons each)a time. DVD The 2000 Mile Harvest and a follow, Customer Cutters.

[@sparkyindahouse]

I lost my job 3 months ago..could not go to my gym...so I took up walking...and people leaving rubbish and having BBQs everywhere...disgusting harry

[@benpattinson1]

Don’t know if you follow Clive Baillye or Jake Freestone Harry. These guys are drilling straight into cover crops etc and have done it for a few years etc (long story short) but the upshot is they have better water infiltration but also drought resilience. Might be something to think about. Apologies, I’m no expert but I follow the conservation ag people etc.

[@harrysfarmvids]

Thanks and yes, I do follow them. Clive tweeted recently he is in a similar predicament to me and stopped any further spending on inputs on his wheat, as this drought is so bad. The affects of this current drought is beyond differences between establishment methods now, everyone is suffering the same and it looks like it's EU wide as well.

[@benpattinson1]

Harry's Farm thanks Harry. Consequences of KZbin I guess, everyone (me in this case) thinks they’ve got a better way that you should be doing things. Sorry. It’s amazing isn’t it, wet as hell all winter and then come the 23 March (or thereabouts) someone turned the tap off! Made a comment in reply further down the thread that you should dam up that little valley where you put the cows for future irrigation. I can just imagine how that would go down with the locals / public and not to mention the planners!! I’ll do a rain dance for you, and us. (The sheep are starting to get short of grass)

[@kryptagri]

Great vid harry You have inspired me to start my own channel

[@laytonphillips6667]

Do you not start the combine up in winter , get rid of the vermin?

[@lptomtom]

Strange conclusion... "what's happening with the world's climate" is plain old climate change, it's been known for decades and it's hardly a surprise now. It's probably going to keep getting worse every year too... I wonder if he thinks about it when he drives a Rolls to the Arctic or a Ferrari to Africa?

[@jfv65]

Aren't you allowed to pump up groundwater for artificial irrigation? Over here in the south of the Netherlands i see farmers do that every evening and night. Similar dry conditions.

[@aronyak1]

Would love to see a video about your boat.

[@Soulvex]

Park the combine in an electric fence, show them scribbles some voltage lol.

[@abergwynantfarmvideos]

This summer is shaping upto be just like 2018. 😳

[@FUNKWADS]

Hi Harry. I've enjoyed your car videos for years, and admired you as a guy. I just found Harry's farm. So interesting. My nana was an were English woman. She met my grandfather during the war. She ment the world. And I'm a bit of an Anglophile. I'm a nurse. Survived carona. I live in Cape cod Massachusetts. I'm wondering what it would take to move to england

[@lawrencegatt4515]

Well done Harry from Australia 🇦🇺.

[@arnaudferrer4598]

Hi Harry, the solution on your farm might be to switch to a more permacultural system, it's not a science you learn since it's deeply related to observation and acquisition that the climate is changing rather quickly. The basics are to keep water in the ground as much as you can and of course to increase your chances of regular harvests by natural and ecological ways. Going where nature leads us could be a solution to avoid disappointment and other disagreeable consequences of global warming and thermo-industry. (being french you'll excuse my english hopefully ;-) ) (also a big fan of yours

[@B0BHW]

Greetings from Trinity in Cheltenham. Normally at church we'd be praying for sun and great weather, but this morning during our Zoom church meeting ... we prayed for rain for you! In the right quantity and at the right frequency. In Jesus' name.

[@worldoflard]

13:15 - I cannot comprehend why people do this anyway - why pick it up and then throw it on the ground? Do they think the bright bags make it easier for the poo-fairy to come along and clean up after them?

[@edwardrook6246]

How I agree with you about people leaving their rubbish all over the countryside , Here in the SW beaches and beauty spots were crammed with people too stupid to stop and thind last weekend . The mountains of litter was a disgrace. Coming from a Norfolk farming background I know how important rain is and at the correct time. At least I don't have to cut the lawns so often but that is little consulation to farmers. Does this government really understand what Brexit will mean to many sections of working society. I don't think it does given we are heading ,it would appear for a 'no deal'.

[@grenvillephillips6998]

Squirrels, litterers, deer, drought and take-all. All I can say is, it takes a stoic to run a farm.

[@danielmarshall4587]

That's the truth, as townie I'm starting to get an insight thanks to Harry into the hard work that keep the shops full of food.

[@bulwinkle]

That's too true to be funny.

[@GenaF]

Without wishing to sound stupid, can't you water the fields? I live in Lincolnshire and have seen fields with several gigantic hose reels with large sprinkler systems working. It may be difficult but surely better than losing a crop?

[@grahamlwilson]

You are extremely lucky that you are not here in Australia Harry. We have droughts that last for years and send our farmers to bankruptcy, their families break up and many take their own lives.

[@Conservator.]

Would it be possible (physical and regulatory wise) to catch some of that access spring water and safe it for dry sommers? I’m thinking of small damms. These droughts are likely to get worse in the future so it might be necessary to take countermeasures in order to be able to grow food in the future. Here in the Netherlands, it’s quite common to spray water over the crops. Either open or ground water. But due to the drought this has been forbidden in a quite few parts of the country so farmers suffer from the problem.

[@rpjwhite]

All you need is locusts and fire and i think you have the set.

[@HQBProductions]

Another superb video and should be broadcast on National television because Harry can explain, inform and interest viewers effortlessly. Also he must have the best maintained combine harvester in the country!,

[@SundayRacers]

Thankfully rain forecast for this week. Too little, too late?

[@Snoozzzzzze]

I cannot understand littering at any level. Picking up your dog shit in a bag and then throwing the bag down makes no sense either. Education in schools and homes would be a help. When I go walking I pick up other people’s crap and I do see some other people doing the same. I suspect that this is part of the problem, kids that have grown up in the last 25 years or so are used to other people picking up their crap for them in schools, in the home & even in the street. I doubt that some even think about it.