I CAN MAKE HAY THIS YEAR! PART 1

[@ralphedwards9502]

Congratulations on getting your hay ready, Harry must be pleased. Love your videos, you ar a credit to the farming industry.

[@wordsandpicturesandsounds]

When you sing you make me happy, thank you

[@spiercephotography]

Glad the weather cooperated with you after all that worry! It does look good, and having your own bales is much better than having to get some from others! And the weather apps are always terrible, if you can find a more local amateur weather man, who's on facebook, he (or she) will likely be able to do better than the NOAA app!

[@alanreid3063]

Remember my father saying Nothing better than good hay, Nothing worse that bad hay

[@patrickreilly7894]

Hi Richard. Good too see you and Harry getting the hay saved,them people that dump their old cars and rubbish the are the scourge off the earth, stay safe Richard good luck and God bless you and your family.

[@leschase1824]

It costs more to make bad hay than good hay. Earlier in the season May June I was cutting and conditionering all in one and baling in 48 hours. I was daft enough to do someone's else hay, and they wanted mine later. Ready to bale mine last week, and they pulled out as I was nearly ready to bale the hay. The older Cook sledge on the baler, "Fantastic" which one can keep the flat 8's off the corners and in rows for easier pick up I would say the sledge like mine could be 35 to over 40 years old. Keep machinery dry when not using it, if one can, and it will go on near forever, apart from wearing parts. The sledges ate still being made by Ritchie now. Great video.

[@MATT.MAN-PEACE-LOVE]

Love ya brother! Peace and love from Northern Ireland ✌️❤️🌲🪵🪓🐝

[@lindaarmstrongjackman9788]

So glad you are making bales 😊👍👍

[@alanroygbiv]

Concrete poachers blocks You can still access field in tractor

[@alanroygbiv]

Olly blogs shows this in his videos, they seem very good

[@DanielPurvis-q7m]

Hi Richard,well done getting your hay done.you’re right about the weather forecast I missed that weather window because the forecast was so inaccurate and we are in the middle of building a lake so we needed good weather to do both now it’s unlikely I’ll get any hay so hopefully I’ll get mine done to nice silage or haylage now early in September and then buy some hay for my calves and sheep anyway look after yourself Richard any keep cracking on👍

[@margaretopie-smith7701]

Thanks Richard. Your singing gave me the first laugh of the day!

[@richardsaville5361]

Credit to you the hay looks and sounds great ,, great video Richard 👍never understand why folk can’t take rubbish home to a bin scratters !!

[@irvenrathburn9421]

Hope everything goes well with the hay.

[@fredharrowven1040]

Good morning Richard, The time has come to get that bailed so keep them bails a coming Richard, Well all the very best to you and stay safe and well and regards to your family.🚜🚜⭐️⭐️👍👍❤️

[@seantaylor9758]

Great to see your videos as life really is. Let down by a contractor this year for hay making so, although I always said I wouldn't do it myself decided to buy the kit. Looked at a new NH baler but couldn't really justify the price so went for a good NH 575. You do need a bit of engineering skills to keep these machines going but have really enjoyed doing the work and the result is, the hay is in and more than I would normally have where selling standing grass and having some of the bales. I decision I pondered on but don't regret it where I can now do the lot when I want to.😀

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Well done on the hay work job great to get some good luck for a change now 💪💪💪

[@pyroman6000]

That looks like some cracking good hay. Should make for a tasty snack for the gals! Been a weird weather year on this side of the pond, too. No rain in some places, just enough to make outdoor work difficult in others, but not make it less dry; or ALL the rain... 2 of the channels I subscribe to dropped a video on the same day: Trinity Dairy in Minnesota, is so dry he's starting maize silage now- while it still has enough moisture to pack and ferment. His fields are very patchy. if it got shade, it looks alright- if it's on a sandy knoll top, it looks stunted and burnt... Not looking good for volume. In Maine, TayFarms is still finishing up FIRST cutting hay. It's been too wet to even get out in many of their fields... Brent "found" a nice big rock, like the one you chucked aside- with the mower. I can only imagine the hideous noise THAT made. Never been one there before- it just grew up out of the ground, lol. They've had a hell of a time trying to make enough dry hay to see them though...

[@allan4054]

Britain's got talent with that singing Rich 😂

[@-pryer8229]

Totally agree with you on the weather . I work in the countryside and fed up with too.

[@autisticpainter4079]

So will this be the last year we see the haybob in action? Are you going to upgrade for next year Richard?

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Getting your hay done was a big accomplishment. So many times that you had to Teddy your hay.

[@Dermot501]

THAT'S A HELL OF A CROP A HAY!!!!🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

[@ariestraatman3667]

good job, nice that making the hay worked out 👌🏻 the hard work is rewarded. is it an idea to make a good chain lock on the gate? then there will be no unwanted visitors, and you will save time moving bales. good luck with the farm work this week.

[@Masseyfan]

Status cow instead of Status Quo 😂

[@midgebentley5303]

Richard Olly got antipoaching concrete which you put over the gate but no cars can get in but tractors can drive over it without any problems from Bonnie Scotland

[@alanroygbiv]

Yes there the bees knees Alan west Wales

[@S22099]

Been a very challenging year this year but you got there in the end.

[@dalemarsh357]

Don't be too upset if Simon Cowell doesn't give you a call.

[@minisareus]

Small bales you need to get off the ground because they pick up moisture easier than the round ones give the cattle a garlic block will help with flies

[@royjacques5650]

That tractor is a bit over kill we used to use a ford 5000 back in the 1970s and a ford dexter loader tractor i used to walk behind the balesledge and stack the bales in 6 or 8 to be picked up with the dexter and bale squeeze then hand stacked on the trailer those we're the days bloody hard work then off loaded with a lister elevator just like the one you have, roy.

[@trevorsidley7697]

How much more Silage and Hay have you got left to do Richard? Will you have enough for the Winter or will you have to buy in? Crack On!

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Only 1 field left to bales, looks like we will have enough

[@trevorsidley7697]

Excellent News - You've really worked hard for it. Well done.

[@Haeilvi]

I tend to use Windy as my weather app, Apparently freight ships use it to keep an eye on the weather, I use it to watch thunderstorms :)

[@beefybill01]

Totally agree the met office weather forecasts have become absolute rubbish probably like you and most farmers I look at the forecast in the morning but by mid day it says something else and by evening its totally different to what it was12 hours earlier.😠

[@matthewpeck4487]

I use 3 different weather apps, if they all say it's going to rain then it's going to rain. All weather forecasters are interested about their profile rather than the weather.

[@geraldbeard856]

If there was a competition for how many youtube videos you can make out of making one field of hay........you would win Richard. Haha. But yes i've found the weather forecasting this year hasn't been good.........especially for haymaking you need a accurate forecast for the coming week, not a ever changing one....but i often base my thoughts on how close a 'High' pressure is to us......but sometimes you still get showers then aswell

[@tarzansnuts4503]

Good name for the tractor, Squeaky

[@weddison]

Good job you listened to your farm manager😂😂😂😂😂

[@ianhaggart1438]

Fair play Richard that hay is looking 👍🏻... stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@colmanlong1032]

No 1 on the hay charts,fruit n nutty rich.

[@JCB226]

Get weather and radar. It tells you if there is rain, wind and lightning and the temperature. Love the videos :)

[@derekdickins7256]

I've jammed my seat up with a piece of wood.

[@elmton.john.1961.]

Oooh painful! 😂

[@paulhunt1836]

Never know such a happy & nutty as a fruit farmer as you rich keep up the good videos hard times for all farmers at the moment with the weather we're's the hazzer😅

[@williamhawks2372]

You make me cry every time you try to sing 🎤 your songs and we’re is your boss

[@jayd1974]

First time watching one of your videos classic Massey👍Wiuld you ever invite Grassmen over?

[@stephenhill8364]

it's been a bad time for farmers this year with the milk price drop and I have been in farming all my life and I was going to get made redundant because there is no market for turkeys I use to milk cows but in Yorkshire the cow farmers are getting less it's a shame but that's farming for you work long hours and no return it's sad but we carry on

[@matthewshaw3718]

The met office KZbin channel is good. They go into a lot more detail and also say how well they can predict the forecast. Often this year their various computer models have been contradicting and they’ve said so on there 👍🏻

[@amps8lfc]

I've found that xc weather is pretty accurate Rich

[@darrenfarrell-bn2cb]

Fair Play To You

[@emmetobrien7775]

Why don't you take off the tedder gates when tedding...spread the hay out better

[@HootMaRoot]

With you on the met office weather app even on the day it has said sunny and its raining and the other way round

[@neiljenkins5213]

Morning funky farmer what happened to the dumped car !!

[@thefunkyfarmer]

see tomorrows video

[@neilporter3286]

Was that broken gas strut one of the replacements you and Harry fitted not very long ago? If so it didn’t last long, so typical of the Chinese manufactured junk we get sold as replacement parts these days.

[@paulking4995]

Please don't give up your day job rich but I'll vote for you lol

[@b2617]

How are you not touring the world with that voice?? Lol

[@thefunkyfarmer]

🤣🤣hard to believe i haven't got a record deal

[@BilbertBaler]

Put some oil on your seat omg lol

[@johnpick6829]

Probably Jack and Harry

[@danielcolman934]

Deep Dive 29/08/2023 - Schools - and high pressure - return - Met Office weekly weather forecast UK

[@Dore60]

👍😀

[@greggroome2791]

🇨🇮🇨🇮👍👍🙏🙏👌👌🤣🤣

[@andrewfeekins5264]

I hope you're paying the ai driver minimum wage 😅❤

[@howarddustan]

😆😅🤣😂🙂

[@davidtaylor7127]

It's weed there smoking b4o

[@iangerrard927]

Stop the singing.