Harvest 2024 is done but why did 1 day's combining ended up taking us 12 days to finish?

[@Thereispeaceinourhearts20PC24]

Greetings to all agricultural land workers. You are the pride of your countries by providing them with basic food needs. Don't forget to help those in need.

[@muckylugs]

Father & Son having a beer together, nothing better!

[@RAFchurchlawford4469]

Jeremy Clarkson: Harry, you forgot to say fcuk me, that's good! "Clarkson claimed that he intended to call the beer "Lager McLagerface", but this was vetoed by the advertising agency for not conveying a premium image.[3][5][10] It was named Hawkstone Lager after a prehistoric stone near Diddly Squat Farm.[11] He produced a number of adverts for the beer to be broadcast on national television in the United Kingdom, but these were banned by the Advertising Standards Authority, reportedly on the grounds that the first contained Clarkson saying the phrase "fuck me, that's good",[4] the second for Clarkson saying the beer was better than Birmingham, and the third because it promoted alcohol being served irresponsibly as it featured Clarkson drinking the lager in the morning before going to work.[12] When Hawkstone Lager was released, it became the top selling beer on Amazon.[13] In January 2022, Clarkson announced that the beer would be sold on tap in pubs in Oxfordshire.[14]" (Wikipedia)

[@tomgreene1843]

Ah yes reminds me of tea in the field making hay long ago in the Irish midlands...with hand rakes , and cocks of hay

[@leeboss373]

And the punch up after a few more😅

[@davemurphy2774]

@@RAFchurchlawford4469 Would have loved to see Mr. Bean with the middle finger out the mini RH window pointed at the Case IH with no flashing lights on the narrow as F BRITISH roads!

[@jonathanpowell1470]

Garage and farm videos. Fantastic

[@vengermanu9375]

Both out at the same time. Very unusual!

[@jujitsusti7719]

Exactly 💯🤘

[@saulpereira9471]

I'll be off to a race weekend and I'm on my usual panic mode, so I came here to relax a little and you somehow helped me! I liked your SR t-shirt in the beginning of the video and wish to meet with you again soon in the Sahara😊 😊

[@chalkyc]

Well done folks deeply appreciate you helping o feed the country,!

[@djhvideo]

In spite of the government making it more profitable (and less risky) to not grow food!

[@whzpoor]

I love the drone shot, it's very therapeutic seeing the combine work its way through the field.

[@tomhutcheson66]

Thanks Harry - came to you through Harrys Garage - grew up on an arable farm in Fife in the 70’s and 80’s. Spent all my summers carting grain - your videos bring back many happy memories! Brother still farms and l love going home to get my fix every now and again. Thanks for all the great content across both channels.

[@andyrbush]

My wife and her mum grow rice in Thailand. One years it took three of us three months to harvest the rice by hand. The next year her mum was sick, so I we hired a combine. The machine and crew turned up in the dark at about 8 pm. Ten hours later they had finished it all. Hire cost was about US$100.

[@KevinBirah]

Happy to hear Charlie mention about Africa especially my country KENYA 🇰🇪

[@nigelrichardson7607]

I know nothing about farming Harry (I'm a car guy) but I stop and watch every Harry's farm episode when you release them. You and Charlie keep up the great work.

[@hourglass899]

Another seemingly effortless video from Harry - he really is pretty good at this stuff!

[@johnsim3722]

Nice way to finish with a beer! Local farmers used to come into my parent's pub, the Wigwam Bar, after working all day either on combining or silage. We served Tenants really cold, which everybody liked. It was a good pint. Later when at university I managed to arrange a tour around the Tenents brewery for the IET (institute for professional electronics engineers), which had a sampling session. Yes, I've organised a P' up in a brewery!

[@elliottharley1386]

'And here we are, in a combine' - the thrill of driving/farming?😂 Great video, thanks Harry!

[@ricado372]

Good job, chap's . Thanks for feeding us all. Beer well deserved.

[@peanuts2105]

Nothing like a cold beer after a hard day's graft in the glorious English countryside.

[@johnnunn8688]

Except Hawkstone 🤮.

[@peanuts2105]

@@johnnunn8688 clearly you have no taste

[@rarerufus8864]

And good to see two mad motor fanatics supporting each other via Hawkstone lager 🍻. ... although I suspect one takes farming a tad more seriously than t'other! ☺

[@VanderlyndenJengold]

It used to be more glorious... it depends how you qualify it I guess.

[@lordnass381]

you're bloody right son

[@richardmosley4549]

Thanks Harry - and Charlie - another year! Hopefully harvest 2024 will be good for you.

[@agmachine]

Another brilliant video of the realities of UK farming. If only our politicians would put on their green wellies and understand the contribution that our farmers make to the economy and self-reliance. If we don't produce it in the UK it simply has to be imported from distant countries.

[@DonnaAylesbury]

The government know exactly what they are doing

[@agmachine]

@@DonnaAylesbury Donna, a fair enough response but please explain?

[@DonnaAylesbury]

Well basically they don’t won’t the UK to be self sufficient in agriculture or many other industries hence The getting rid of the steel works( Port Talbot ) we are actually in a managed decline by our new communist government / uniparty to see the demise of us the NET ZERO madness I could go on and on.

[@DonnaAylesbury]

@@agmachine also the GEO engineering we all know it’s going on ( well most now anyway ) so now are weather is being fully controlled as well it’s all happening in plan sight

[@stan1050]

​@@DonnaAylesburylots of people in denial, gaslighting & propaganda in mainstream media is off the charts. just have to look at the circus that is the 'US election'..I mean really, seriously? WTF!😂

[@HQBProductions]

As always Harry, you being farming to life and it is a delight to see you and Charlie bringing the harvest home for us…such an important job. My Great Uncle farmed at Somerton in Somerset for decades and grew one small field of corn solely to provide feed for his chickens who lived an idyllic life free range in haystacks built for them. I have one film clip of him on the combine in the Summer of 1961….your film brings back those old thoughts! Thank you again. Richard😃😃😃😃

[@user-od9iz9cv1w]

Such a fun farm video. I grew up on a farm in Ontario and enjoyed driving the combine for a few weeks between summer and fall semester at university. It is a great way to grow up, and I can imagine a great way to grow old as a gentleman farmer with a shed full of exotic cars. Way to go Mr. Metcalf.

[@CarlBrothers-dv3mz]

Brings me back to the 1960's thru the early 1980's when Dad and his brother had 400 acres in fall crops. He went from barley to wheat, and then the last 8 years oat hay. Dad had my brother and I running the equipment from about 9 years old and on.

[@ericaceous1652]

Well done gents - hard work paid off. Glad to hear you talking about maintaining soil health Harry!

[@merv690]

what do you think farmers have done over the centuries, they wouldn't have been farming for generations without looking after the land

[@briancochran8356]

Great that you finally were able to get the wheat in with out having to dry any of it.

[@marktaylor4821]

Lovely, lovely, lovely. Just the most perfect video to watch. Thank you both so much.

[@paulfrere7902]

Very enjoyable to watch you wrap up the harvest for this year. Well done to you both.

[@Palmit_]

father, son, and Clarkson. Love how you guys never mention each other. except for the Hawkstone hint. ;) Great vid. Cheers! 🍻

[@tomtht3355]

Nice to see the father son element. 😎 Well done chaps 👌🏻👍🏻

[@MrRobinwhatley]

Wholesome!

[@VanderlyndenJengold]

I didn't realise that's his son.

[@camneilsen8234]

Great cinematic transition Harry well done 17:24

[@peterwilson-qj2ds]

Well done to you Harry & Charlie for getting another harvest done, and for the video's through out the season can't wait to see next season's videos.

[@Davebobandbetty]

That was such an enjoyable video . Reminded me of helping my uncle in my youth on a massey 500. In proper sun .

[@pablofb75]

All is safely gathered in. Free from sorry free from sin! As our Vicar used to sing. Really love these videos

[@ericlovett9022]

Excellent work. Captivating viewing. Glad all the machinery held up. Very late finish and probably just in time given the weathers turn this Sunday. Fortunate you had the Fridge in the tractor cab and another local Farmer provided something to go in it.

[@ollylappage2595]

Well done! I drove through your neck of the woods today on my way back from Malvern. I must confess I enjoyed Fish Hill so much I went back down and up again just for fun, then stopped of for a nice spot of lunch. Such a lovely bit of the country is the Cotswolds. Lovely roads too. I'm on the edge of the Chilterns, and for whatever reason most of the grain was harvested weeks ago.

[@dancarter482]

Massive nostalgia from the 70's/80's silage and grain cart, then a LOT of straw from the big neighboring farm. Driving up over 100 acre fields of stubble in a 3ltre v6 powered series 3 truck cab with a full toolkit in the back to fettle the round baler - one summer evening. _Those were the days my friend; we thought they'd NEVER end!_

[@CCP24]

Thank you Harry, brilliant video. The only issue I have is the fact you've had all our rain. Here in Sth Herts we've had virtually no rain since June. My two allotments are bone dry and it's the first year ever my runner beans have failed. So, please send me some of your surplus rain. Looking forward to you next video, so much more informative than anything shown on Countryfile.

[@simonhughes7382]

Fantastic video- reminds me of happy days on the harvest in my teens in the Summer holidays. Picking up the grain at all hours. Good times. And a beer too!

[@peterm7548]

Yep Clarksons beer is quite good! He's not everyones cup of tea but he does some things right! Well done on the harvest the beer was well deserved!

[@darrenfolkard228]

Well done on finishing your 24 harvest .My Dad used give the combine & tractor driver a beer every evening after a hot dusty day during harvesting...cheers to you both.

[@kiwi335d]

I see Charlie trying to keep up with the conversation with Harry in the combine, but his attention to all the screens and readouts is absolutely full on concentration every second. What a great example of keeping prospective of the key priority, which is the actual harvesting job at hand.

[@DomHay]

Love it! Thanks for sharing.

[@AndrewRussell-g3k]

Congratulations to you and Charlie on another harvest finished, and no breakdowns! Here’s hoping for a better autumn and winter to establish next years crops.

[@lackomalacko]

Great! Must be super nice to have that well deserved beer and look back at the past weeks of work done harvesting the fields.

[@meathecopark]

Congratulations! Job done. Plenty still to be cut here in Ireland! But we’ll get there. Thank you.

[@ianleaver4967]

I find these farming videos fascinating, as a general member of the public it’s quite an eye opener as to what’s involved.

[@adrianlayen4119]

Well done, another harvest completed. Looking forward to the next video.

[@williamholmes7529]

Nice to see you guys are done with the harvest. Wishing you a good end run for the year 👍

[@peterdawson5115]

Fantastic video , Harry, love watching the combine, quite therapeutic, and reminds me how tough farming is, hope alls well. 👍

[@modelrailwaynoob]

Have been in French fields during harvest. Their combines are huge!

[@stevecarter5084]

Another great video,shows that farming isn’t straightforward and the effort that goes into managing our food supply. Thanks for the insight and please keep sharing with us 👍

[@nickbowes2627]

Well done, love watching your farming videos.

[@yonmusak]

Congrats for finishing the season. As ever, great video and a good insight into life on the farm.

[@funtimewithtacobell9784]

As ever a very entertaining channel , great to see you feeding the nation while making it sound interesting, great to see father and son working in harmony too , cheers guys and here’s to 2025 🙏🏻

[@chrislee2221]

Well done be good to hear the final tonnage and what sort of margin you achieve this difficult year.

[@gregsheppard1457]

Harry! I am so glad you've got it all in. Great news. Coincidentally, I was drinking a Peroni while watching. Cheers to you both.

[@rjsmith26]

Keep it up Team Harry - love the farm videos, keep them coming!

[@srodigital]

Really enjoyed the video Harry. The roundabout you went through looked like the Harry's garage roundabout where you peel off at exit two for Burford... Thank you both.

[@Gary_and_Linda]

On the Canadian prairies direct seeding works better the longer you have been doing it. Typically weed seeds stay on top and soil organic matter improves. The biggest difference is improved water infiltration during heavy rain and less soil erosion. Moisture conservation is important here. Of course it always rains when the crops are ready to harvest.

[@Rickwardful]

Briliant video as ever, Harry and Charlie. With regards the straw, what you needed is a CNH Dual Stream Header that would have left the dampest straw in the field and the best of the straw to be baled, as well as allowing you to Combine drier grain because that wetter straw doesn’t make the grain wetter as it goes through the Combine. Google it and look at The Farming Forum New Holland Dual Stream Header. Dream come true or Nightmare? I did the testing of it, use one all the time on my Combine and have a complete unused DS kit that would go straight onto your Combine. The only reason it didn’t go into production is because CNH wants to sell you a bigger, more expensive Combine!

[@PaulEmberton-w5l]

super interesting. Look forward to next video

[@starfish370]

Brilliant effort from you and Charlie, I really appreciate all your hard work and effort,a real education. Well done!😊

[@drmarcushead9036]

This is my home turf - turning right for Carterton and Alvescot. Lived abroad for 15 years but learnt to drive around there!

[@petergoodman4922]

Great stuff Harry. We need people like you. Look forward to the next video. Very best wishes.

[@mrbbs]

I'm still enjoying Harry's Farm like day one you started Harry. If you still enjoy to bring these along I'll be happy to watch and like! (from a Harry's garage supporter)

[@johnwarwick4105]

Even a moderate size combine is huge on the road, so wide it must be a nightmare. So dry on the east side of the country we would love some of that rain. The ground is like concrete

[@VanderlyndenJengold]

I keep chickens and grew my own wheat in a small way. I managed to harvest some lovely stuff and the birds loved it. It must be so mush fresher and full of goodness. Hence so many creatures took it before me! Pigeons, rats - they loved it too.

[@JamesMungovin]

Total entertainment, one of the best U tube farmers..

[@ianclarke4660]

Great video Harry and you managed to put over the issues with the weather and travelling to land well. Let’s hope you manage to keep it financially ok.

[@reinmansmith]

Another excellent film and great to see you and Charlie working together… I have to say the Grenadier does look very much at home. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it 👍

[@ryanforeman3650]

Fantastic video Harry and Charlie, love both the farm and driving channels, looking forward to more videos

[@rayblackdog8742]

Well done! I get quite emotional watching you guys growing stuff for us (and feed).🎉

[@nathong3229]

That was awesome, really enjoyed watching the Harvest season with you guys :)

[@automotivetales]

love these - a very different (real world) view compared to your neighbour but you all do such a great job!!! Nice to see a successful harvest for once (if a little damp). Looks bloody hard work (but also quite fun!) would love to drive a combine or a grain tractor one day!

[@SteveRichmond-v8m]

Love the videos Harry. Always informative and interesting. Keep’em coming!

[@glendakirby5579]

When old age finally decides that we are sans everything, watching your activities are such a pleasure and education. Thankyou.

[@gordonsimpson3235]

Congrats Harry/Charlie.......queue curtain closing on a less than co-operative year (master of understatement!) 😎

[@bobspeller2225]

Great job,, and nice to see your support for other farmers etc. Love your video's. Bob

[@jamesellsworth9673]

Congratulations! What a relief to have the harvest in.

[@bencarter2334]

Nice one. We used to grow 50 acres of corn and had our own machine. Ours broke down alot. They can be incredibly frustrating when they break down and its always on catchy years.

[@tombabington9652]

Well done and no breakdowns! Love the combine driving in town shots.

[@ewanstewart8011]

I’m not up on when the farmers up here in the highlands are usually combining but looking at the fields from the road I’d say up six weeks before the crops are going to be ripe enough to lift, still a lot of green showing and the sun intensity has dropped considerably in the last 3 to 4 weeks, in the shaded area of our garden today was end of September cold 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

[@jonathancollard3710]

Success 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻… well done Harry. It’s a thankless task and you guys make it enjoyable and informative 👏🏻

[@joseduarte176]

This looks like such peaceful and meaningful work.

[@atom999]

Congrats on a successful harvest, hopefully the numbers are satisfactory

[@user-lt7xe2gt2k]

Terrific video, thanks Harry.

[@jakers4012]

Best reality show ever. I would add some melodrama ,two guys with beers looking out a window waiting for the rain to stop (time lapse sequence) Thanks

[@timwilks666]

As a car/bike fan, I came here from Harry's Garage. Occasionally (but not very often) there'll be a video on there I'm not really that bothered about. But I've never seen one on this channel that wasn't both utterly fascinating and entertaining. Well deserved beer definitely.

[@tiptopup602]

It’s very enjoyable watching you combine wheat which I am sure ends up as the Cotswold sourced flour I use to bake in a modest way . Around 100kg a year. My small contribution.

[@MrOvershoot]

It's going for feed wheat for animals. Won't comment any further but most of the "fancy" flour from small mills is no better than flour from the big producers in the UK

[@phillipchandler8862]

No breakdowns. All in and a well deseved beer. Great content. Cheers both.

[@user-fq2cf6xf2s]

Fantastic, well done both of you, what a drawn out harvest that was! 😁

[@stately1967]

I love this podcast, so informative.

[@JJ-zg1hh]

I'm not a farmer, but I've learnt so much from watching Harry. And Clarkson for that matter.

[@frankyork5808]

Always informative. Thanks Charlie and Harry.

[@iansharpe8646]

Love these videos, fascinating insight. 👍

[@timwilkinson8023]

Informative and entertaining as ever. Thanks for posting & good luck.

[@Steven-p4j]

Not being a farmer of any description, I found this to be educating and highly entertaining. My grandparents would have had to use scythes'

[@ronaldseastrand1924]

Farmed in the Dakotas and Iowa Nice to see the men working as a team

[@nigelday001]

Awesome video guys , thank you ... enjoy the beer .

[@russellcroghan8956]

Another harvest done, well done chaps

[@anmihovil]

When bear tastes better than champagne in Formula 1! Great work lads, you made my day.

[@marks7471]

Great stuff Harry. Good to see you having a bottle of your friends beer 👍

[@jonkvh]

You're a brilliant Father Harry.

[@edwardrook6246]

Another very interesting video Thanks Harry and Charlie

[@libraman1303]

Prefer the Hawkstone lager to the cider…but always happy to support Jezza👍