MOVING CATTLE AND A MAIZE UPDATE

[@tinagibbs618]

Thank you for all your hard work that gives us great milk and all that you do. xx

[@tinagibbs618]

Great looking cows. Well done. xx

[@Murphycats]

Karen Moynihan in Ireland caught grief for going to the Ploughing for 1 day and a short vacation with her husband. Are farmers never supposed to get away??? That's nuts! Glad you got to go!

[@tonysargent7787]

Another great video has always Richard and Harry and jack and Sam 👍

[@2626stephen]

Cracking one. Nice to see a happy healthy heard. Farmers need a break like everyone else

[@paulstorer6937]

Fine looking herd of Heifers there Richard 👍

[@iansmith7369]

Morning I always enjoy watching you channel I could imagine the easiest way to deal with negative comments is delete them. Have a nice day

[@Ralph94967]

Heifers are looking bloody good.

[@malcolmcoward7480]

Crack on Richard. You enjoy your breaks when you can get them. As you say, you're a long time dead. Thank you for all your inputs, certainly cheers up my day. PS it was me chatting to you at Bristol Airport and definitely a new friend via your KZbin

[@thefunkyfarmer]

i think we both deserved that break🙂

[@TheContentFarm]

Breaks my heart when I see solar on land that used to be for agriculture. Dairy farm I grew up on has had plans put in for a huge solar farm on it, surely if land was good enough to support a 240 cow dairy farm it should still be used for producing food? Solar should be on roof tops.

[@stephenscott4107]

Yes I agree to a certain point, but it’s worth remembering the land, hedges and habitat are still there , around here we lost approximately 150 acres to housing in the last 10 years, and are still losing it, I know people need to live somewhere but when they build houses and roads by en large the land, hedges and habitat are completely destroyed that has evolved over hundreds of years, what’s the worst evil, I wonder. ??

[@drewjones66]

Well done for having a great crew of mates and the foresight to plan fun times together! Knockers will always knock.. They're the kind of people who'd moan because bits get damp during intimacy 😎 For the thistles, topping in the rain can help control them, as the rain helps to rot the stems. Something different to try, again on a rainy day, put the hay tedder on and give them a smashing. A hay mower is too kind/clean. The idea is to bruise and batter them, causes decay. Keep saving, for a trip to New Zealand ☺️

[@johnmushko7555]

A lovely sight for sure.

[@jeremiahkearney5191]

Morning Richard, everyone needs a break, and if you save a little money every week for five or ten years then you certainly deserve that holiday, I guess most who have negative comments regarding you or any farmer that takes a holiday probably have set working hours every week. Enjoy yourself and continue to do what pleases you. Best wishes stay safe and healthy.

[@dewievans7639]

You walking in that corn field reminds of the film 'Signs'.Have you ever had any crop circles Richard?😊

[@michaelstaunton1632]

Best of luck with everything on the farm ahead & thanks for all the videos 👍👍👍

[@kenthammarstrom8255]

go for it while you can mates 😊

[@irvenrathburn9421]

Good one Richard, things are looking good. I am ready for the corn harvest. If you want a vacation, take one you work hard and don't listen to dumb comments there just trying to get you going, you know more about farming than any of them!

[@tgs2251]

Re your comment on seeing animals in the countryside, I’ll never forget when the big foot & mouth outbreak happened and we were on holiday up in Yorkshire. The fields were all empty of animals and it just felt like desolation. Very sad times.

[@paddy294]

Cracking video as always

[@andrewgriffiths2789]

How much of the pork have you got left?

[@martynp8897]

Topping your grass brings on better grass,quality over quantity

[@davidcornforth3786]

Tighten up your heifer grazing Rich daily allocation of grass to heifers will enable you to double grass production in a season

[@stuartsmith7618]

Personally the best thing to do would be to spray off that felid then plough restart with some fresh grass seed from there etc. if not you could do a weed wiper across the felid that way will knock back the bigger weeds like nettle thistle stingers etc and leave the grass etc

[@simonlichcaterpillarpower]

Hello Richard, nice video!!!!! 😉👌👍👍👍👍👍

[@ianhaggart1438]

Nice one Richard... you should get hazza to drag a set of chain harrows around the grass fields spreading the muck and waking the weeds on a regular basis.. Nice and comfy to.. Might cost you some fuel though😂.. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ronaldlucas5360]

I enjoyed the video ✔️

[@davidbob1944]

I love going to get the cows in the morning for milking

[@TheSparkysdog]

I bet the people who commented on you having a holiday aren't getting up at silly o'clock to get cows in for milking, working all day then milking again at teatime. It was nice that you were able to get a few days away with the boys.

[@tinagibbs618]

Well earned holiday xx

[@neiljohnson3406]

Heifers looked really well richard, they are cracking on 😂

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍Richard you need a break to rest up and recuperate or you will go mad! Is your maize still standing? It's very doubtful that maize planting will be early it's cold wet and miserable

[@nicholadstoap6944]

U work hard enough for a hoilday well deserved

[@faFsman]

I’m afraid most of those thistles have gone to seed so won’t absorb the herbicide like a young plant would. You could direct drill your herbal leys today, apply glyphosate after it’s drilled (up to 6 days later) then apply the ground limestone and the fertiliser still this year. Not too late yet.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

thanks for the tips. unfortunately these fields are now under warer

[@geraldbeard856]

i think it's each to there own ........some people like there holidays and fair enough go for it if you can ...... for me i'm not that bothered about holidays but a new car would be nice but not that bothered or a new tractor would be nice but i also think it's good just to be happy with yourself and what you've got in life........happiness is a state of mind and buying a holiday or a new car isn't necessarily going to give you long term happiness. you got some lovely looking cattle there Richard.....British Friesians are a fine breed of Dairy cattle ideal for the low input grazing system .......Ayrshires aswell are very similar in that there well suited to outdoor grazing system. i'm not keen on the modern robot milking idea where cow's have to stay in all the time just so they can be milked multiple times a day

[@JumboWatts]

bet 1 is called bors

[@andyrichardson9213]

Hi Richard love both you and your sons videos you cattle look well would be interested in buying some of your calves

[@miketaylor8777]

0:05 Funky Farmer goes Terry Thomas!

[@ebxo269]

So when the maize is planted, which fertilizer goes in with it,,??????????????????

[@thefunkyfarmer]

just cow muck

[@ebxo269]

@@thefunkyfarmer I just wondered why maize in the field grows so big, but in the garden no where near the size,.. thank you for the reply...😃😃😃. I used to walk around maize field's and gather up all the missed cobs as they just plough them in,, my chicken used to love, it makes the eggs so much better and darker yellow,..

[@philyew3617]

Richard, it sounds like the Trolls are on their computers without their appropriate adults again. They're a small number of simpletons who, if they picked a Fiver up in the street, they would complain because it wasn't a Tenner.

[@Sooty]

Interesting vblog. You say you do jobs around the farm. Hope your brother helps, too 😊

[@lukestaplehurst9060]

That rant was worth the rant people are so nosy

[@Healthygreenkeeper]

It enarf strange seeing you drive now 😂😂😂 bring back hazza

[@Ralph94967]

Best sound you can ever hear is cows with their heads down munching the grass.

[@Ralph94967]

Some folks are just thick. Farmers don’t get holidays. They get away to on a break. To calm down and. Mentally recharge for the oncoming winter that put so much stress. On farmers Other folks get two three holidays a year. Richard’s. Bugger them. You do what you do buddy. Farmers. Need a break. From farming.

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

So take your holidays I didnt cost me my health and mental health and my job .i should of quit befor but was scared . You cannt quit , and have a good one out doors and working with animals , but still stressfull . The world is upside down about things . We need farmers .

[@DavidJohnson-rj8zu]

You certainly dont want to wait until your seventy six Richard to go abroad again as you might ended up like me on a Rollator going one mile perhaps not, I wish I was in my fifty's again, you certainly earn any holidays you can get.👍🧐

[@sharonjeffery645]

One wafer thin mint 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 that took me back, Mr Creosote 😂😂😂😂. Love Monty.

[@jamescunningham5773]

That's alot of heifers, do you keep them all ?

[@Murphycats]

Over here, they wait until the tassel on the corn is completely brown and dry.

[@kevinevans9792]

Hello

[@JoeOriordan-do9gr]

Dog food is nice 👌 😅

[@JimF500]

Be careful there Rich, the yt police will be after you 😢

[@mula2626]

In Quebec Canada the French word for corn is maïs. In English we call it corn. When you’re in England and eat corn on the cob do you call it Maize on the cob?

[@DANFORTHPAPE1]

In England we call it Maize. The Americans call it corn, and when we eat it we call it corn on the cob.

[@bencarter2334]

We call it corn on the cob. Farmers here grow Maize for the cows. Confusingly we call wheat , barley and oats corn here. 😂

[@DANFORTHPAPE1]

@@bencarter2334 Well we used to call grains corn, but the modern phrase is cereals, when they’re not actually cereals. Cornflakes is an American product, and made from Maize seeds. Nice and confusing.

[@mula2626]

@@DANFORTHPAPE1 thanks for answering. 😄

[@mula2626]

@@bencarter2334 got it. 😄

[@spiercephotography]

re: the chickens; do you have a rooster in there with them to make them broody? I can't tell and don't remember if you had one and something happened, or 'm just clueless (i don't have any chickens lol but I do follow some chicken groups) and rooster's aren't required to make the hens broody! The cattle are looking great though, nice and round, and everyone looks happy. Sorry about the travelers, they add so much extra work/chores :/ wish you could do something about them easily. Also sorry about stupid people- clearly they're lacking knowledge on how real life works! But I think it's awesome that you and your friends have set up the savings account thing, which helps fund the vacations.

[@tommurphy3544]

9 years then retired 😉 off to oap home

[@jimpolk]

Couple things Richard ... As hard as farmers work (especially dairy farmers) You deserve all the vacations you can get.! In America we grow field corn and sweet corn they're two different things. Field corn is really not human edible and is grown for silage for animal feed. Sweet corn has a much higher sugar content and is what is grown for human consumption. If you've ever had sweet corn the taste of field corn is disgusting.

[@christopherhinton6456]

look better in a bread roll.

[@beadsna]

How about allowing us to sponsor one of your cows?🐮

[@greggroome2791]

👍👍💪💪🇮🇪🇮🇪🙏🙏

[@donnchamcquillan7945]

Who wants another update on Harry toy farm 😊

[@CliveReeves-li1qz]

What's the point in having a nice car with the state of theses roads lol

[@alanw9823]

Maybe you got 2 Roosters 🤣

[@williamhawks2372]

Don’t forget, you always can sell the hey you do not use for income. Will help you on the farm that you want to fix up the garage. You put the calf into and it’s so low you could build the garage to make it easier to clean the I just thought maybe you wanna make it better for your animals small animals change things on the farm. I have a crashing mask. Have you gone around? Cut the poison ivy out of the tree do you want to grow back and it will try it will grow back trust me because the poison ivy. The vines in the tree is taken the tree water away from it stop growing and it dies cause it’s not getting its water if you don’t trim poison ivy just cut the bottom off of the poison ivy now then alone for your dry up.

[@davidkellet1006]

If you had sheep it would be tupping time

[@markh5433]

After dagging out💩

[@graemeroutley5170]

Pays for topping

[@beefybill01]

No better sight than a field of proper British frisians sadly a bit of a rarity now, hope Hazza will stick to them when his time to run the show comes and not go down the holstein or crossbred grass rat route.

[@trucker9462]

It's nothing to do with anyone on what you spend your money on. I imagine it's the bedroom based keyboard warriors who still sleep in a bunk bed and get bathed by their 90 year old mother.

[@ciaranthompson11]

You’re dead right! Excuse the pun ! Begrudgingly people are a waste of time! Dam poachers!

[@tinagibbs618]

😄xx