Longer days means the cows are back (this time with a bull) but some of the crops are a write-off

[@jonathanbeale3978]

The good, the bad and the ugly of farming. Excellent video, informative as ever. Please keep up the great work

[@neilmclean450]

As a retired ex farm manager and agronomist it’s great to be able to keep in touch with the realities of farming. Love the simple explanations of the everyday issues. Keep them coming and Thank you.

[@brendanbergin6279]

There’s a beautiful word in the Irish language to describe the playing and skipping that cattle do when released into the fields for the first time after winter - ‘macnas’. It translates as ‘playful abandonment’. Came to Harry’s Farm from Harry’s Garage - the best two channels on YT. Keep up the great work👍

[@joybarnes5504]

I read that in Denmark people go to watch this joyful moment each year.

[@merv690]

I wish we had people like you making the decisions for farming, common sence from a wise man congratulation, and a stunning farm too

[@JohnSmith-vy4lh]

He can't be that wise if he's still using chemicals on his crops. Organic farms are just as productive as chemical using farms theses days and the crop carries a premium. It's a no brainer.

[@vazza7504]

@@JohnSmith-vy4lh in Harry's other video due to euro rules he was not allowed to use a specific type of pesticide to control flea beetle on oil sead rape, result being a 70% loss of crop. Not good. :-(

[@JohnSmith-vy4lh]

@@vazza7504 There are organic ways to prevent and eradicate flea beetle.

[@vazza7504]

@@JohnSmith-vy4lh I agree there is, but it is very complicated and relys on variables outside of human control. Moisture content of soil, frost or no frost, amount of rainfall after using replacement pesticides due to low rainfall causing burn damage to the plants leaf structure. All a bit complicated instead of the old type of pesticide.

[@jimcalvert4678]

@@JohnSmith-vy4lh please share your wisdom then

[@ritchiechristopher5603]

Always informative and interesting to a fellow grower, I just wish our shoppers would see what we have to go through to get the product on the shelves then they all may purchase only british produced food .

[@mitchbuchannon6637]

The fact that nz meat and dairy is cheaper in the UK than it is here in NZ does my head in

[@ritchiechristopher5603]

@@mitchbuchannon6637 and your wine !

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@mitchbuchannon6637 : That is simply not true, it's an urban myth. NZ and Aussie farmers do not export much to the UK and rely on premium prices for a better product. And, it's not fair to compare Marlborough region wines with British wines (or any others), they have an unfair advantage of tasting sooo damned good. The transport costs alone put us out of ever being competitive in the UK regardless of the new FTA which tapers off to zero in 15 or 20 years from now.

[@mitchbuchannon6637]

@@buildmotosykletist1987 it’s very true, just have to compare the price of nz lamb in nz vs nz lamb in the uk. It’s cheaper in the uk. Same with dairy. We pay more for dairy we make than people do in country’s we export it too

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@mitchbuchannon6637 : I don't know about dairy but can assure you that at you pay less than the UK for beef.

[@darrenross7984]

Really enjoying the Harry’s Farm videos, thoroughly enjoy the in depth explanations from hedges to grain pricing. Thanks, Harry!

[@reinmansmith]

Keep the info coming Harry, you are the best source and we don’t get this info anywhere else. Harry for farming minister I say!! 👍

[@patrickfetich7469]

@ 5:42 "Look at that mini alpaca! Oh wait, nevermind...."

[@shandyholliday]

It's great to see the farm develop through the seasons.

[@frankblack1481]

Young excitable Bull: “Hey, let’s run over there and ‘get’ one of them cows!” Old, wise Bull: “No son, let’s walk over there and get them all”

[@wendellgollop8753]

Harry, I love your estate, watching from Barbados.

[@donaldforbes3458]

Re the bull on his own, my neighbour in southeast Dordogne has several herds of Limousine beef cattle and I've notice the bulls often graze some way off from the cows. Last autumn's calves have just been put out to graze and have tripled in size over the winter. I saw one that had been newly calved last year struggling to get to his feet for the first time. I had a couple of collies, now alas dead, who used tease the cattle during our twice daily walks. I was worried the grower might object but he laughed to see the interaction between dog and cattle. My new dog is a braque who ignores all other animal life except cats. Great videos and always fascinating.

[@nancysmith-baker3827]

Lovely film , thankyou . Glad the wheat is doing good . Very informative .

[@martiniv8924]

I see the Rocks are growing nicely 🤨... amazing how they surface !

[@Paul-fb1em]

Hope you're going to be posting regular this spring/summer. This is my favorite channel. Good luck on the yields this season!

[@billlane7486]

Well that's todays learning point, I didn't know that OSR was a member of the brassica family!

[@Amused2death]

Good to see "Harry's Dog" make an appearance

[@cutdepiefails6596]

Proper farm dog 😅 lovely little cushy beast

[@JonathonDoig]

Not a ‘tiny alpaca’ then 😂😂

[@radicaltiestiessen8634]

Harry, thanks for sharing. Yr story is a very interesting one. Another great episode. Cheers from the Netherlands.

[@danielmarshall4587]

Lovely video Harry thanks again, good to hear people ANYWHERE are wanting to know where their food is coming from and that hopefully they want it to be local.

[@mikecrowe4674]

There’s such a change since last video!! It’s pretty apparent that Harry really enjoys being a farmer. It’s a real education too👍

[@williammykura2342]

Love your videos, always watch them thanks! But Neonicotinoids are not a ‘very minor unproven risk’ - they are well proven to damage bees and other pollinators which we rely upon for vital crop pollination. I also do wonder whether you need so much fertiliser and weedkiller applied on everything - have you thought about trying just one field without chemicals to see the difference - you might be surprised how little! As an organic farmer we work without any - livestock is the key, the manure goes straight onto the land and provides fertilisation. For weed control, the livestock are allowed to graze the new crop lightly soon after it emerges - they remove the weeds & and break up the soil, and the newly fertilised crop comes back stronger. Try it with your cows on a test field - you may be surprised!

[@jimmcculloch3786]

Sir, absol brilliant, thank you. I am not a Farmer, a friends son farm's on the fells in the Lake's and usually listen to Farming Today, R4 0545, so have an interest in our Green and Pleasant Land!!

[@JamesYoung61]

Thank you for the update Harry, you give me something to to discuss with my farmer mates.

[@twoeyedbob]

Never been even vaguely interested in farming ... but here I am again 😁

[@anonimushbosh]

“He finishes well on grass” ahh yes... seems like yesterday!

[@richardallsop5039]

Hello again 'Harry', so good to here your insight to real farming, not sure where else I would get such down to earth information, great to watch/listen. Regards, RichardA.

[@ericpisch2732]

Lucky cows getting let out after 4 months, I’ve been in lockdown since March 2020 lol

[@3ducs]

Rebel! If you accept your prison you only have yourself to blame.

[@mezalong]

@@3ducs just do what the government says...

[@buddyhirshfield5970]

@@mezalong That didn’t work out so good with the Jewish people and the German government ,they told them it was for their own good

[@RoseUnseen]

but when you go out , there no sexy results lol

[@carlthor91]

Yes, I haven't lost any family on the North side of the line. yet. But on the South side, freedom to kill your fellow countrymen and women! So all you Southern freedom types. JUST HAVE A BIG THINK!

[@andypdq]

Having grown up on a farm, Jersey bulls, not the most agreeable of bovines.....

[@geraldswain3259]

I totally agree with you, those Channel island dairy breeds can be devious nasty little buggers . I talk from experience I had a few close scrapes as a lad on the farm .I

[@IBAdrianHarris]

Yeah, I've had Fresians and Jersey's... You didn't enter the paddock with Jersey's unless you were on a tractor, and even then it would charge you and lift the implements with it's horns. Fresians are definitely friskier than most beef breeds, but I could always walk into the paddock with them.

[@andypdq]

@@IBAdrianHarris The one I was familiar with belonged to my neighbour, it was a thoroughly nasty piece of work, I forget it's pedigree name, but it was known locally as Stalin. It sent more than a few ill informed trespassers to the Gulag, lol!

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

Chickens can be little pr1cks aswel.

[@chrisflemington819]

Thanks Harry for another great update. The cattle looked very good after their winter indoors and glad to be out on fresh grass. I bet that the resultant beef will be an excellent quality with all that lush grass. And if the bull can be persuaded to part company with his grass and do his business you might get some lovely calves!!

[@luke_1152]

Really enjoying these round up videos. Super interesting to be able see the changes that occur over time around the farm with the development of the crops and the challenges that arise along the way.

[@amilton2128]

The round up video comes next. When he sprays Round Up pesticides over his crops.

[@3ducs]

No greening at all here in New Hampshire USA. The snow melted just last week.

[@ericcutler5463]

You are wonderful Harry!

[@nickhealey3388]

Love this channel, please more content Harry! So informative

[@footnfan]

Love the channel sir! Dan in Naples Fl.

[@GPSOMG-]

would appreciate longer videos I do find it interesting

[@aaronbiggin1103]

In the veg patch we use companion plats to help reduce pest problems. I guess that's not feasible on that scale of with the combine. Great info and insight as always. 👍

[@boblovell5789]

I was thinking along those lines. Would be interested to hear more.

[@philipwhite5933]

Some farmers have been trying companion crops, fairly sure Adam Henson on country file talked about it in the autumn

[@QALibrary]

when I was younger the family had a boxer dog and she loved going for walks in an area where horses were left in a field the dog and horses were hard to pull apart both want the company of each other

[@843thebear]

I liked the tiny baby Alpaca @5m 43secs :-)

[@stevecotterill7981]

Lovely video Harry. Gentle delivery, lots of great content... well above my pay grade... but fascinating ‘behind the scenes’ info. Buy British... you bet! 👍🇬🇧

[@Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab]

It's absurd that we are bound by these rules banning a pesticide on the rape, but the same rules are not applied to those exporting here? Great Vid, Harry. 👍🏻

[@cutdepiefails6596]

Not really absurd, more a poor weigh-in. There is literally no right or wrong, just concessions when it comes to farming.

[@ruk2023--]

I got chased by a bull once as a kid. Learned a solid lesson that day. When I say chased, I was about 10 or 11, down in Wales where my grandparents lived and it took an interest in me from about 50 yards away that I didn't like, crapped myself and legged it over the stye.

[@denniscarvell1828]

Harry ,maybe you could do some more on general farm safety,in relation to general public and farms and respecting rural life.

[@mitchbuchannon6637]

Would love your thoughts on vertical farming Harry.

[@garethjudd5840]

A farmer friend of mine told me his bull that he introduced to his cows had such a great time with the herd he found him the following morning stone-cold dead, with a smile on his face.

[@roryfitzsimons3988]

Hi Harry we have our milking cows out for about 4 weeks but they are still in at night but we hope to have all the stock out in a couple of weeks

[@flemmingnielsen5989]

Great report you should change the name of OSR TO CANOLA like it is here in Canada 🇨🇦

[@johnparnell8571]

Thank you for another brilliant video on the real world behind our valuable farming industry. As if you haven’t got enough problems dealing with every element of nature, it is infuriating that politicians, most of whom know next to nothing about farming methods, should ban the use of a seed treatment like Neonicotinoid without thinking of the impact on our own crop yields yet they are quite happy to allow the mass import of rapeseed oil from countries where this treatment has not been banned. Such double standards beggars belief! We can only hope that our brilliant scientists can soon devise an effective alternative that leaves no doubt of its efficacy to target only the cabbage stem flea beetle.

[@hedydd2]

Lamb is an interesting one. It is, of course the off-season for lamb. On top of which no shipments of NZ lamb have been sent over here to spoil the new season market this year, probably due to the dual influences of a greater demand from China and the impression that NZ exporters got that the UK market would collapse due to Brexit. Which it may well still do of course when UK lamb floods the market in a few month's time and the traditional export market to the EU is found to be 'difficult'. Just look at the pigmeat market where they can hardly give pigs away just now, in contrast to lamb.

[@JJ-zg1hh]

Who else watches these videos from Harry and then immediately contemplates a career change?

[@ljd8520]

All the time ! I've given up being an Architect already !!

[@IngramCars]

Our local farm in Sussex has Devon cows, and when walking past with my dog they get a bit twitchy, especially with their young. Does make me a bit nervous, but I just talk to them and make my way past. One lady nearby wont walk in the field she's so scared! I thought if you shouted "Cush" they went away. Well that's what Siegfried Farnon said.

[@antonoat]

Good luck for the rest of the farming year Harry. Can't help wondering if you bought anything at the auction (Silverstone), lol.

[@colinmayes9446]

Well done Harry, get the plug in "buy British and support British agriculture" it's what it's there for.

[@WessexMan]

There are other farming youtubers and it's all about "look at my big tractor" and "how loud can I shout at you?" and there is Harry's Farm which is about... farming. This is what I'm doing, this is what has happened, these are my struggles and these are my successes. Love it.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

There's a few good farming channels.

[@WessexMan]

@@buildmotosykletist1987 I agree. There are also some very bad ones.

[@farmerfuller87]

Another brilliant insight to British agriculture keep them coming Harry absolute brilliant work. No bull just honest facts.

[@chrishibbard6488]

Really enjoy your farm videos. Lets have more please. !

[@jamesavickers5961]

I bloody love Harry’s farm grazie

[@ehamster]

Didn’t your OSR seed include some sort of guarantee/insurance against csfb?

[@harrysfarmvids]

Yes but that was for crop failure before 31st October 2020. Doesn't apply to damage from larvae in the stem come spring..

[@gs032009]

Informative as always, Harry. Regarding your comment, Harry, is it really surprising that future crop prices in the UK are shooting up? It's not really surprising if you consider Brexit, and it's now more difficult to get good deals on crops from the mainland, and the UK will also be forced to devalue (which it stubbornly doesn't do much) to be able to export what it used to the mainland and moreover, export extra goods to the mainland/EU to compensate for unexpected cash crops imports. Harry, it would be wonderfu if you made a whole video devoted to farming/Brexit/EU/ national farming subsidies and in a politically incorrect way state your position. As long as you present your arguments and make use of your expertise as usual, I imagine we'd all be very interested.

[@benpenagonzales6014]

Great stuff. As an investor for a pension scheme, really interested to know about the carbon (and offsets). Seems the business case isn’t there for timber unless you sell the offsets, but you want them, so renewables appears more viable investment. Interested in sequestration of crops too!

[@raypurchase9043]

Can you give us an idea of how many tonnes of the various crops you have you would expect to produce per acre or field?

[@misterwizz5690]

can you PLEASE do a 'Harry's Watches' channel......!

[@zapbrannigan000]

harry, could you show a video of your rebuilt grain shed?

[@JustMe-bx8gu]

Great video again Harry, thanks. Ps prices are good news for some but not for Pig farmers! 13:00 min what happened 😳

[@Gtiles]

Very good watching as usual, I wondered (as a non farmer) would it not be helpful to plant more hedges? Seems like they'd provide a lot of shelter from the winds?

[@tom4412]

Hedges are actually quite expensive to maintain. Even more so now with the price of diesel. Having smaller fields isn’t very helpful as machinery gets bigger.

[@robhardingham6770]

Another good and clear explanation of things going on! Strange decision regarding the insecticide being banned here, yet allowed to be used elsewhere, however I suppose this is the first, and won't be the last.

[@matthewarcher2644]

Have you considered winter beans as a break crop. Very easy to sow (can even plough in) and good on heavy soils.

[@HQBProductions]

You really should be a Government Adviser Harry.....could you get one of their “Expert’s” to come on a film and talk about the logic of banning that chemical and yet importing a million tons of crops all having used it but in XYZland. I doubt the idea would work...too busy checking their monthly expenses claims and setting up nice days out on “essential journeys”. Good luck this Spring and fingers crossed for a good Summer and Harvest! 🙏🙏😀😀😀

[@ianba123]

Would be interested to hear you discuss the issues of conventional farming vs. a more organic-type approach using fewer artificial chemicals

[@andypdq]

Very little wold grow at all.

[@davidedge2189]

As an organic farmer I am qualified to reply .Our dairy cows give 7500 litres per year ,and we grow oat crops around 2.5 tonnes per acre.As indigenous species such as oats ,grass ,clovers and herbs do better than non indigenous we stick to these.

[@olma1609]

Love your videos, Harry! Very informative! @harrysfarm btw: What jacket is it you are wearing? A Barbour?

[@sellsidedream8766]

Harry. We are at the start of a commodity super cycle. Selling forward is a good idea but don’t sell to cheap as spot prices will keep rising

[@nickpage2949]

Harry your poor thumb, that must have bloody hurt 😢

[@roberth7894]

Time for a haircut Harry :) Sorry about the flea beetles, but the cattle looks good!

[@pablo121212100]

Hey Harry, wondering if you’ve thought about reviewing a grey fergie (or possibly on Harry’s garage) as they’re such a interesting and historically significant piece of machinery

[@jon4539]

I just love those cows they look so happy

[@henrikbunkenborg6743]

Again very interesting. I would love if you had some poultry, either on hobby level or a pro broiler production.

[@gregj7916]

What’s happening with the grain shed?

[@kevinmccormack6610]

Lovely dry pasture,

[@rustyjoints4857]

Thanks for another informative video 👍 Regarding the seed coating. Is there a specific reason why the EU banned its use and why can't we develop an in-house coating we can use? We're good at doing things like like, we just lost touch while under their control!

[@andy199121]

Nice Update, thanks Harry.

[@laytonphillips6667]

Great video harry, wheat looks fantastic, such a shame about rape, why don't you grow combinable peas or beans as a break crop? Great looking cows.

[@ghostrider7688]

Great idea there from Layton.

[@mubbasherniaz8082]

I didn't know about the Alpacs's. How many acres/ hectares of land do you have? It's incredibly vast

[@henrikbunkenborg6743]

Are UK farmers still allowed to use Karate Lamdex or Kaiso Sorbie against the beetles?

[@alsagrivids4434]

You should have put in a companion crop for osr

[@95lal]

Harry next time can you pet them? Kind regards

[@henrymichaelwilson8107]

It's roots that fetch walls down. It takes a while though.

[@terrygreen4338]

Interesting as ever cheers Harry 👍🚜🐄

[@aretonsenner6664]

Hey Harry can you elaborate on the public footpaths? I live in the us and have never heard of that before

[@Twidile1]

Hi Harry. I think the cows will be calving about May June time. the bull will be there to bull the heifers and any cow's not settled yet . No damage to rape in my area Central Scotland . Some winter crops are a bit patchy due to a very wet winter. Prices are up World wide , think its due to demand from China .

[@harrysfarmvids]

I did wonder about exactly when they'd be calving, as they obviously wouldn't come into season straight away. But then May-June seems too late to me too because working back 9 months brings you to August-September time and surely the bull would have covered most of the cows before that? Yes, the buying power of China over the past few months is really changing things..

[@Twidile1]

@@harrysfarmvids You usually take the calves of their mothers 2 t0 3 months before calving. Cows will be dried of before going to grass .

[@mikecrowe4674]

BY the way, I wonder how Harry’s getting on with the barn remodel! Last time we saw it was in the middle of removing a silo or something? What’s the latest on that one H?

[@Inspiringeverydaymum]

Sorry I’m new here and something you said put me to think... When you say you have sold your future harvest of wheat, what do you mean by that, with the meaning you have sold a crop in tons which haven’t grown? So I’m guessing that number has come from what usually the harvest is? what would happen if your crop would fail? Or is that just agreement that you will sell your crop what you grow to that individual company for that price, whatever the harvest is?

[@sellsidedream8766]

Looks great. Love your work

[@paulmitchell5324]

Brilliant Harry keep it up

[@jrgenjrgen1165]

Spring is the best time of year. Is it any chance that the cattles will return to the farm on the seat of a Bentley, Jaguar or an other luxury car?

[@alleycatproductions3443]

Saw QI last night. Apparently bury your cotton underpants in the soil, if they are eaten away then it is good soil. Another one is seat your bear bum on the soil and if it is comfortable you are ready to plant. Farmers use this theory?

[@martinclifford9544]

Is there any danger in selling so far ahead that you're vulnerable to rising costs of production (that usually follow product price rises!)?

[@cliffburdett7700]

great to watch,,

[@ljd8520]

Nice jacket BTW is it a Lavenham ?

[@JohnSmith-vy4lh]

Go organic Harry, it's the future.

[@adcuz]

Shame to see the crop damage, the small field of it near me looks very healthy so far.

[@Pesmog]

OSR fields near me in Essex all look fit and strong and just coming into flower today.

[@andybrown3693]

How about chic pea as a break crop?