Planting Winter wheat in January.

Its been a very wet Autumn and early Winter, we only got the land back in November so we are late getting the wheat in for so many reasons. I thought I would give you a break from a small red tractor and share a pair of big blue ones instead. I cant offer much technical information as these are a contractors machines, I am sure you will be seeing them again throughout this next year.
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[@bobuncle8704]

Such a great transformation of the fields. They look so good freshly planted

[@chrisfastrakdavies2598]

Nice video love blue power. I had a season hauling with a T7 season gone and I pretty much lived in that machine over the summer and almost got emotionally involved but never had one problem with her she done the season like a boss basically.

[@afarmerslife2092]

Hello Farmer P just to let you know that your videos are great keep doing what your doing and keep up the great videos

[@FarmerP]

The Chicken Channel Thank you.

[@johncampbell6382]

It must of been very wet over the last few days or drainage is rubbish but when you actually watch that its really amazing what goes into that great job.👍

[@MrAllaqua]

So am I the only one impressed by Biskits point about Xmas and new year... That is one well educated pup... 😂

[@IFarmWeFarm]

Drone footage is brilliantly, great video once more 👍

[@FarmerP]

IFarm WeFarm Thanks Adrian, I’m getting there, the drone is still a lot more clever than me though 😄

[@patrick0connell772]

A lot of horses in one field lovely soil happy new year to the p family enjoying following the videos

[@FarmerP]

Patrick Oconnell We don’t keep any horses Patrick, Not any more. Dads too old to hunt and I was never that interested. We are blessed with some very forgiving ground 🙂

[@chadtheartist5081]

Love the videos, chief. A different perspective and style from other channels is nice.

[@ianinnes8063]

Happy birthday old chap how u be goin hope u had a great xmas and a gd newyear . Hope 2020 is a gd one for you abd ur family all the best . Catch up soon .

[@FarmerP]

Ian Innes A Tad early fo4 birthday wishes yet Ian 😄 But thanks anyway 👍

[@ianinnes8063]

@@FarmerP i meant happy new year lol . Must have bn somebody mentioned birthday when i was typing lol sorry for the missunderstanding . Hope ur all well . Wheres that blond daughter of yours . Hope shes behaving lol haha

[@FarmerP]

Ian Innes She is out with me tomorrow Ian, we’re off up to the NEC to look at shiny stuff... 🚜🚜🚜🚜🙂👍

[@ianinnes8063]

@@FarmerP hope u both havin a great day . Hope shes stopped smoking now lol . Will u be buying anything or just looking . Pls take care ian

[@DaveWuzHere]

We can't even dream of going near fields it's been so wet here. The drone footage looks amazing!

[@FarmerP]

Dave Wuz Here Thanks Dave, I have just finished cooking another one, which I think is better. If I can just get BT to turn our speed back up I will get it uploaded for the morning. 🚜🙂👋🏻

[@michaelhorner2533]

This was great ,,aerial views now ,,its just amazing how stable the cam is on a drone, this is gonna be a great year Farmer P, can feel it in my bones, and im finally getting to see real time vids ,lol , tho I still enjoy the older ones witch im still finding just as much ,, stay well my friend , a big fan from the U.S.

[@FarmerP]

Michael Horner Thank you Michael 😄👍🇺🇸

[@iantowers6972]

Looks to have gone in fairly well really to say how bloody wet we've had it hell its wet up here in North Yorkshire fella.just have to keep at it and hopefully be a better year 2020?? Keep em coming mate top quality stuff wi that drone and liking ur new opening to the video.cheers fella

[@FarmerP]

Ian Towers Thanks Ian, 🤞🏻our first harvest will turn out ok. I will take you out there occasionally to see how it’s progressing 👍

[@longstarfarming9042]

brilliant video farmer p first song was class went right well with the videoing just wanted to say keep up the great work your channel is proper thanks for the content

[@FarmerP]

Longstar Farming Thank you. Plenty more to come yet 👍😄

[@scotstubbie]

Happy New Year to yourself and your family loving the cut it track.

[@FarmerP]

Andrew Wells Cheers Andrew.... Plenty more to come in 2020. 👍

[@125sm3]

Great aerial footage Farmer P.

[@FarmerP]

125 SM Thank you, a bit rushed, and I certainly need more practice, but getting there.

[@jamesb990]

Farmer p your drone footage is exelant nice job nice paddocks

[@FarmerP]

James B Thanks James. 🙂👍

[@jamesb990]

@@FarmerP you were very respectful of the operators too go to see . nicely moved around those power wires too.

[@plainviewfarms6364]

Beautiful country

[@FarmerP]

Plainview Farms We are very lucky indeed. 🙂

[@ardissbrosalltheway2990]

That’s a good tractor

[@allanallen1835]

Really enjoyed thar,great video.

[@FarmerP]

allan allen Thanks Allan. 🙂👍

[@bobbrooks266]

Your getting a dab hand with this flying malarkey lol. We are managing to still do a little drilling behind the plough. Keep up the sterling work. Regards to the family. Regards

[@FarmerP]

Bob Brooks Thanks Bob, 🤞🏻you get all your seed in ok.

[@bobbrooks266]

@@FarmerP No still around 800 acre's to go. But some of that will spring crops

[@samclark2477]

Happy new year to you and all the family , hope this years a good one and keep up the good work 👍

[@FarmerP]

sam clark Thanks Sam. 👍

[@colmkennedy3109]

Great video Farmer P 👍🏻

[@FarmerP]

Colm Kennedy Thanks Colm, got the second part of it going up tomorrow 👍🚜

[@bangervidstv1945]

very nice video farmer p love it

[@FarmerP]

banger vids tv Thank you. 👍

[@jasonwarren1971]

Happy New Year to and the family, Have a great year and keep up the great videos. 👍

[@FarmerP]

man and desktop Thank you sir. 👍

[@matthewdowd4686]

Love the drone work! More please in 2020! Thanks FP!

[@FarmerP]

Matthew dowd More is pretty much guaranteed 👍

[@neusac4590]

Nice video, beautiful scenery. 👍👍👍👍👍🇺🇸

[@FarmerP]

Neusa C Thanks Neusa 👍🙂

[@liamsmith1310]

Can't get better than them 😍

[@heylittlebuddy936]

Good job you have a tree team making a few new entrances in hedge row for the combine will be a breeze

[@FarmerP]

Hey Little buddy We will have to widen many of our field entrances, I think the combine is over 13’6” wide at the wheels.

[@bungle6668]

@@FarmerP And herein lies the problem with modern high output farm machinery! Its great for getting the job done, but not so great when you have to redesign half the farm, with all the additional expense of doing so, just to accommodate it!! anyway, happy new year Ian! :)

[@FarmerP]

Alan Siddall Thanks Alan, We will not be returning to horses any time soon, so we will have to adapt and prepare for bigger machines. Nothing has been done to accommodate modern machinary while the land was tenanted, now it’s up to us to start making those necessary adjustments.. Loads to do, it will take a bit of time. 🙂👍

[@bungle6668]

@@FarmerP More scope for some more excellent farming videos then!! be interesting to see how it progresses!! Oh, any chance of some "tree team" vids, i love watching those guys fell big complicated trees :) Thanks Ian, keep up the good work :)

[@Paul-vd2sp]

Happy New Year!! Nice video, just subbed, looking forward to see the progress of the crop. When you flew over the other fields there was standing water, 5-29 onwards. Seems that ploughing and combi drilling is the only way forward and "muddle it in" if you want to grow anything this season. Either that or wait for spring and hope the ground drys out a lot. We will see !!!!!!

[@FarmerP]

Paul 3050 I think anyone trying to plant their winter wheat this season is playing any which way but lose. I know a few that haven’t bothered, they will wait for a spring crop instead.

[@eccosselion]

Happy New Year to you all 🍷🍷,A farmers 🚜 work is never done,here is hoping and praying 🙏 that the weather holds,I noticed on your Vlog horses 🐴🐴 out for a New Year hack that would have been worth a slap from Abbi🙊,better than a yellow Mini 🚖ask her what a yellow chopper 🚁 is worth in the sky.

[@FarmerP]

ecosselion A yellow chopper (helicopter) is worth a fat lip I recon 😄

[@dawntaylor6437]

Videos are great mate

[@FarmerP]

Dawn Taylor Thank you a Dawn.😁

[@johnseaton1031]

Nothing like a good challenge, especially getting an artic down some of the lanes to the farms with fertiliser or seed on...

[@FarmerP]

John Seaton That indeed is another problem we will need to overcome. Many of our gateways will need stretching, and planning is going in for a new barn to store corn later on... and straw... and Hay. 😄

[@bobpaterson1845]

Considerin how wet it was on top the combi drill was makin a decent job an the ground didn't look that wet after the plough 🤔 he was pushin it a bit with 6 furrows behind him 💪 really good drone work Ian 👍

[@FarmerP]

Bob Paterson Thanks Bob. 🙂👍

[@danielhowald8855]

Good Morning fromWashington Court Hous,Ohio USA

[@FarmerP]

Daniel Howald Good morning Daniel. 👋🏻

[@paddygoesracing]

Wow look wet

[@FarmerP]

paddygoesracing It is...on the top 2”

[@chrisfastrakdavies2598]

It's good have J. W. B Back and seeing the Legend was a really good surprise considering what crap people had said on here?

[@chrisfastrakdavies2598]

Sorry Farmer P I don't know why I commented on J.W.B on your channel. Sorry

[@johncampbell6382]

Now passing them horses I would of said get off and give the horse a shot.lol 😂

[@FarmerP]

I’m not entirely sure my neighbours daughter would have seen the funny side John, I would probably get a stern look and reciprocating wrist movement for a reply 😄

[@williamgreenway8958]

Better to have it in the ground than in the barn .

[@iantowers6972]

William Greenway to be fair foe how wet it looked on top I don't think it's drilled up too bad really ??!! It looks fairly decent soil underneath

[@FarmerP]

Ian Towers We are blessed with very good topsoil Ian, it’s deep too. Many of our neighbours still can’t till their soil because it’s less forgiving which has been an advantage for us because the contractors can get on to our bit early, they have much bigger farms to work on than our little holding.🚜🚜

[@aministratorgeneral.9298]

That yellowed field looks like someone has been using a giant spirograph on,, love the ariel footage..

[@FarmerP]

peter humphries The grass was sprayed off in a November Peter, it and it’s neighbour are next for the plough.

[@aministratorgeneral.9298]

@@FarmerP aha, is that roundup used there..

[@FarmerP]

peter humphries I actually don’t know what chemical was used, there was a lot of cooch grass down by the wood.

[@pipmagwitch]

You’ve cut Mrs P from the opening credits. That was the best bit.

[@FarmerP]

Philip Kemp She is still in the last clip Phillip, just not telling me my pork is fat. 🐷😄

[@calumanderson5617]

All right Farmer p 👍

[@FarmerP]

Calum Anderson Yes mate, and you? 👍😄

[@calumanderson5617]

Of course Farmer p, have a good day. 🙂👍

[@FarmerP]

Calum Anderson You too sir.

[@88terrormaus]

❤ new holland😁

[@1clemsta]

Hi there Farmer P, I thought the drill was gonna have a harder job because it looked very wet, looks like they made a tidy enough job

[@FarmerP]

Adam Cleminson The ground is good Adam, only a wet cap up there about 2” deep so once it was turned the power harrow drill had an easy time of it. 🚜🙂👍

[@NACC79]

Awesome 👍👍

[@harrie1976]

If You Can get a Good combine Driver IT wil je nog Problem. The Front Rotor Cutter can be mounted on a trailer. That way the combine can com everywhere. Don't worry be happy. But there are bigger tractors. My biggest one we have on the pay roll it's a American big bud. That a very big one. We can do twice as much in one go than the new Holland can do. Good luck and the best wishes for you and the Mrs en your girls and there boys and your grandchild

[@FarmerP]

harrie huntjens Our narrow country lanes make great big tractors and machines obsolete Harrie.

[@johnaldous1028]

HI Ian glad to see you can get on the land even though it looks a bit of a struggle in places nice to see a bit of a low flying Wurzel Gummage have you thought of growing herbs I hear British rail are now running there diesel trains on fuel they have distilled from herbs there trains are now running on "THYME " (that's one for the Funky Farmer)

[@FarmerP]

john aldous Very droll John 😄 chuckle. 👍

[@athom9141]

And there I thought you said Big tractors ?.I used to fetch them from ford's Basildon when I used To drive hgv for a living I think they biggest one I had on the back was 12ft tall and over 10 ton also carried a lot of road less 4 wheel drive tractors but then you would be to young to remember them? But now I can watch them all work while I sit and suffer in my retirement

[@FarmerP]

a thom I hope you don’t suffer too much ..... pain is a bloody nuisance when you want to be busy. 😕 Thanks for watching, I will try and keep you entertained 🙂👍

[@truckerlee47]

Father in law was up at the monument last week. He told the missus. Its been pretty damp up there. Not much better here in Devon mind. Still trying to get up to date with your vids. Will get there soon im sure.

[@FarmerP]

lee white Thanks Lee, did your dad enjoy the monument walk ?

[@truckerlee47]

He takes his dog up there most days i have been up there once or twice. Bit of a climb for me with my dodgy knees. But yes he goes up quite a bit.

[@chrisfastrakdavies2598]

We like to plough, power Harrow then combo drill. It increases the chance that the overly wet parts don't block the drill! This is old school like us?

[@MrGH-ws6vz]

7:33 Nice one

[@gutinstinct4067]

Couldn't you have sat in a chair in your garden and just flew the drone there , i got no idea on the range of those things. just love the views from up there =-)

[@FarmerP]

Gut Instinct The two farms are nine miles apart, so not really 😄 It’s also a legal requirement to keep your drone in view of the naked eye.... I struggled a bit when it was bothering the crows. Max range of the Mavic with a clear line of sight is nigh on three miles. I have my maximum set at 500 meters.👍

[@gutinstinct4067]

@@FarmerP Oh , i had no idea .Guess you should put the chair in the boot then and keep yourself from standing in the field for ages =-)

[@SAB_Agri]

Ian good drone work and be nice if we hear some tractor music ( purring engines at work ) 👍

[@FarmerP]

S.A.B Sadly the drone does not record sound. I would have to record that separately and then edit it in as a sound track. It quite as easy as it sounds.

[@01Prodigious]

We contacted planted 2 off our feilds one year but endo cutting and baling and using in feed mixer as weather and crop getting hammered by woodies .

[@FarmerP]

Sion Mcdonald There is a lot of good corn growers around here Sion. This ground has not seen a field of wheat for over ten years, with good management and fair weather we should get a reasonable harvest from it 🤞🏻

[@cgulden]

Do you do the headlands later?

[@Kraigthecanadian]

That's crazy here in Canada we try to till the field as little as possible to maintain compaction due to erosion and other reasons also we wouldn't even think of dropping a piece of equipment into ground that has standing water like that mind you we deal with a lot bigger fields our fields are usually 160acre for a quarter section some farms farm a full section as one field but not super common and the amounts of land a farm has is usually a couple thousand acres is pretty normal size farm some of the bigger ones in the 10s of thousands and the occasional 100 thousand farm those are rare Your playing with 8-10ft equipment maybe smaller we play with upwards of 70ft for the big air seeders 20-30ft is mall for most farms most swathers are 35ft headers lots of the time mind you that's as big as they get as our land isn't flat enough to use bigger a 300hp field tractor is small a 450hp-600hp 4x4 articulated tractor is pretty normal here heck we have 500hp front wheel assist now as we now have the fendt 1050 that's a ridiculously big front wheel assist even for here very little equipment we have will ever make it grunt and it doesn't put the traction down that a 4x4 articulated tractor will

[@FarmerP]

Kraig Duncan Unfortunately our country roads are hundreds or even thousands of years old Kraig. No point in massive machinary if you can’t move it about. I also think land prices per acre or hectare are a tad higher over here. Good ground can reach Ten thousand pounds per acre. Generations of farmers sons splitting land and death duty taxes have reduced many of the big farms down to a few hundred acres. It’s the economy of scale. Canada and North America etc has far more, we have much less.

[@Kraigthecanadian]

Farmer P its very interesting to me the differences between our countries you can make a better living with less our economies are so very different our economy is very much based on high quantity with as little effort as possible but it seems your economy is based more on quality and doing it the best way possible and make the most out of everything here there is so much waist as we under cut everything so far its not even worth touching that waisted space in a field or go the extra mile cause the time and cost to do it is more that we would get out of it even your equipment is built to do specific tasks that it does very well where as ours is built to be as versatile as possible making it decent at lots but master at none Heck you said one example your self your roads hold up for a long time our roads are garbage in a short time as it is the mentality to do fast and cheap instead of quality and put time money and effort into it and it will last so much longer its so amazing how very different yet similar our countries are

[@chrisfastrakdavies2598]

Happy new year to u Farmer P. Won't be long now and spring will be here?

[@casto-]

Proper farming now Ian! 😉😂. Nice to see it going in even if conditions aren't ideal. Do you need to ask Mrs P for for a couple of quid for an old combine?!?

[@FarmerP]

Casto Haha, I won’t be buying any big kit for a while a Casto, I will let the contractors get on with it, they have the tools, knowledge and experience that I am lacking. Never too old to learn though. 🙂👍🚜

[@casto-]

😂 dig an ole, chuck a seed in, cover up... job done! 😂 😣

[@aministratorgeneral.9298]

Nice video, makes looking at your field so much easier without having to walk on,, nice handbrake turn,by the blue one,,,Have you regisstered your quadcoptor yet,...

[@FarmerP]

peter humphries The ploughman has been doing it for a long time Peter. Ploughing and brake steering are common bed fellows. 😄👍 Oh yes, the drone is all registered and legal, I have eyes like a hawk too so I’m ok with the long shots 😁😉

[@aministratorgeneral.9298]

@@FarmerP it was a very clever man who thought of this for tractors eispiecally when you have a small turning cirle, works brilliantly......

[@davidsoldiron]

Whaaaatttt??? Sunshine in the U.K.??? Must be Global Warming. : ) Yup. Big Blue Tractors. I see the one with the plow was struggling a bit in the "moist soil" at the one end of the field when it started back to the T'other end. TeeHee Talk about Skid Steering. I love the turn around at about 7:30. The weight & momentum of that plow literally kept swinging the tractor around from the look of it. Excellent footage of the farm Sir!!! Keep Up The Excellent Work!

[@FarmerP]

Nelson Creek Farm Thank you sir... Plenty more to come yet 👍🚜

[@davidsoldiron]

@@FarmerP Bring it on Mr. P... Love what your doing.

[@FarmerP]

Nelson Creek Farm 😄👍

[@upthereds4939]

But Wheres Abbi ? 😭💔 Great video mate 👌👌

[@JamesWilliams-hs7zq]

First time today didn't know you had cereals what do you do with them how many acres have you got must have bought some more well done

[@FarmerP]

James Williams The land has been ours for a few generations James, in fact the family moved to the farm over 400 years ago. Most of it was rented out to neighbouring dairy farmers but one of them gave it up late last year so when I was asked if we should keep it and farm it ourselves.... I said yes. It all happened a bit suddenly, we had to start somewhere so we decided to start with 65 acres of wheat. I now have a steep learning curve to get over, my crop husbandry training at Hartpury college was back in the mid 1980s, stuff has moved on since then 😬😄

[@JamesWilliams-hs7zq]

Will we see you driving combine pleased to hear that keep going farmer p things can only get better sad about winter crops this year was over moon to see a farmer here in co Durham today he said you can plant up to end of month hope you get 4 tons acre yield you should after maize

[@aliasdeputydog]

Happy New Year to you and your family Farmer P. The ground seems rather well sodden, are you having drainage problems or is that quite normal for this time of the year?.

[@FarmerP]

aliasdeputydog We have had almost double the usual rainfall over the last three months, everywhere is unusually wet this year.

[@aliasdeputydog]

@@FarmerP I should have realised that may have been the case in view of the lousy weather we have been experiencing lately, as the saying goes, " Carry on regardless" and thank you for the reply.

[@williamcatchpole57]

Love the view. Makes me want to get a drone. What make is yours?

[@FarmerP]

William Catchpole Mavic pro 2 .

[@jameswhite8584]

love your vid i wot to be a farmer 1 day

[@FarmerP]

jess white Good luck to you Jess, I hope you realise your dream. Get yourself into a good agriculture college 👍

[@banditbeggers533]

Happy new year mate nice video but could we hear move of the tractors instead of music please

[@FarmerP]

TorqueMids Car club There is no sound recording on drone shots I’m afraid, I would have to mount sound recording kit on the tractors and edit it in. I don’t want to faff the contractors off if I can help it.

[@banditbeggers533]

Ok mate that’s fair enough

[@charlesserong2161]

hey farmer p just thought you needed to know that all the rows are crooked .... ya better do them again lol

[@FarmerP]

Charles Serong Haha, I will tell the drill driver, or he may answer your comment himself......perhaps you had better duck 😬🙂😄😁👍

[@charlesserong2161]

@@FarmerP he might not as he might think oh cool i can get xtra $$$$ from this farmer lol

[@davidangus6632]

Is that your field of winter wheat

[@FarmerP]

David Angus Close, It’s my dads David.

[@benkendall7403]

Great video Farmer P! So they are planting it for you, but you still own the land? And the Maschines are rented? Sorry I don’t understand it too well 🙈🙈

[@FarmerP]

Ben Kendall Yes, we own the land and are employing contractors to carry out all the operations stubble to stubble. We buy the seed, pay for the fertilisers and sprays and own the crop.👍

[@afarmerslife2092]

If your getting abbi a pig make sure you have a herdbook. You probably know that anyway.

[@FarmerP]

The Chicken Channel We have herd books, movement books, medicine books, log books, risk assessment, Loler, Cosh, method statement, and policy books 📚 .... I recon we will be ok 😄👍

[@afarmerslife2092]

@@FarmerP 👍👍

[@farmernige]

Looks too wet? Especially the headlands water still standing, tractor wheels are spinning, lot of soil structure damage!

[@FarmerP]

Nigel Gribble It’s even wetter now, I’m glad we did it when we did. The drill sailed through most of it, struggled through some of the wet patches to be sure but the options were limited. We only took the ground back from a long term tenant in November he grew grass and maize and chucked an awful lot of 🐂💩 on it. The good news is the soil is actually very good, in fact some of the best in the area, and chock full of worms too.

[@chrisfastrakdavies2598]

@@FarmerP you get the seed sown and that's what's important. The River Severn flooded and washed alot of our away that's how bad it was! We still waiting for ground to dry so all our autumn crops will be resown in the next couple weeks fingers crossed?

[@FarmerP]

Chris Fastrak Davies Here’s hoping for a spell of dryer weather, I’m sure some of ours has been drowned now. 😐

[@mikejones159]

Thst front furrow not right on the plough

[@aministratorgeneral.9298]

You got go faster stripes, on your fiesta,..

[@FarmerP]

peter humphries I do indeed Peter..... Still just a big kid me. 😁👍

[@aministratorgeneral.9298]

@@FarmerP Oh yes, kids have all the fun....

[@aaronskinner7605]

Looked great Farmer P. Was all that your land that was showing on the video? If so that looked like a lot.

[@FarmerP]

Aaron Skinner Everything I flew over is ours, plus about the same again past the sprayed off land.

[@aaronskinner7605]

Farmer P wow. You do have quite a bit to take care of.

[@jaegerbomb4142]

Really isn’t that big. I know what it’s like on small farms I grew up farming in the dales. But the first time I drove a qaudtrac - you realise what a big tractor is. I now class a 200 horse machine as small!

[@FarmerP]

jaeger bomb Compared to my tractor...... Its big.

[@jaegerbomb4142]

Farmer P you don’t need shiny machines to make a good job of something - keep the vids coming!

[@logpile1318]

Got any crop circle footage?

[@FarmerP]

logpile13 If we get any circles, it will be footage of me shooting the culprits.

[@G0lfFish]

I'll be hanged if I know how that ground could be plowed -- with water standing on it. Would love to know the soil composition. Where I come from we would have buried the tractor to the axles trying that!!!

[@FarmerP]

Bob Elgin We are very fortunate with a lot of our land, many of our neighbours still can’t get a tractor out on the fields. This particular section of ground is only sloppy on the top 2” Bob, it’s on top of the hill and fairly well drained, all the lower ground (where we were crow scaring) was planted in December, when we had another dry week.

[@RiverMersey]

A lay person sees the tractor sliding around a bit, those who know the conditions see a highly skilled driving team 👏

[@Kraigthecanadian]

River Mersey yes very much so things like the difference between spinning tires and making progress vs spinning and getting stuck there's very obviously a good base and no real worries of getting stuck more than just lift a bit to put more weight on the tractor where we come from we have no where near the moisture you get there so the ground is more loose and dry if it looks like that standing water you will sink in like a rock and very rapidly find your diffs sitting on the ground in a soft spot things like ruts in the field hugely effect our crop and can be the difference between breaking even and making money we try to disturb the soil as little as possible and only when it gets to dense of compaction will we work it up never would you see a seeder following a plow at minimum we would have to cultivate or disc it to get it broke up enough and smooth enough usually we only disc up the first 5" so we don't break up our base and dry the ground out to much our ground is so very different from yours it's crazy

[@RiverMersey]

@@Kraigthecanadian perhaps I should clarify that I don't know this specific piece of land but I do generally know how to drive similarly generally without getting stuck 😁

[@alanchatfield4271]

some low level shots of the TG turning around would have been good. or was that not alowed coz of being a bit light on front end and chap didnt want us to see, a shame. i am starting to hate drone footage

[@FarmerP]

Alan Chatfield All the drone limitations are down to my lack of ability and experience Alan. The drones abilities outweigh mine by a clear mile. 😄

[@alanchatfield4271]

Farmer P dont worry to much, i am in a funny mood, video was good but i got a little infuriated when hoping to see TG on the headland. i see he turning it around backwards on the independence 😝

[@FarmerP]

Alan Chatfield I will improve with time, I’m still a bit wary of taking risks with my birthday present, Mrs P would be less than pleased if I managed to get it ploughed in. 😄🚜🌾

[@alanchatfield4271]

Farmer P lol no best not, the picture quality is good. nice of her to get it for you. i will continue to watch futute videos in the hope of seeing plough tractors front end up in the air

[@donboyle6648]

Its a fine farm great soil is there much acres in it. I say a milking parlour in the middle of it would be a good job. Might pay better than tillage.

[@FarmerP]

don boyle We are about 230 acres in total Don. The previous tenant was dairy but suffered terribly with TB. The 100 acres we have taken back will probably be 65% corn. 35% grass.

[@joshualane2969]

Ploughing behind a sugar beet harvester doesn't work well when it makes big ruts

[@FarmerP]

Joshua Lane I would think ploughing behind anything that makes big ruts would be a ball ache Joshua, but it’s nice to see it level again once the job is done.

[@RiverMersey]

Farmer P, do you know many people local to you who keep bees?

[@FarmerP]

River Mersey Yes I know a few. 🐝

[@RiverMersey]

@@FarmerP many thanks Farmer P👍 While you might not keep bees yourself, it could be interesting comparing the UK bee-keeping processes with other methods from around the world.

[@skidy2]

Hi could you tell what the first sound track is when drilling the field is please

[@FarmerP]

skidy2 I name all my sound tracks .... When I remember. Look in the bottom Right corner when a piece of music starts. 👍

[@tomcarnell6800]

Is that what's called "mauling it in"? 😝😝

[@FarmerP]

Tom Carnell Sooner that than leaving it in the bag Tom. 😄 Actually the ground looks good under the rain cap, it’s broken up lovely. 👍

[@tomcarnell6800]

@@FarmerP know what you mean..... I'm up at LAMMA Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday. Maybe see you there.

[@FarmerP]

Tom Carnell I will look out for you Tom.

[@davetaylor5624]

Hahaha the tractor is that big it makes the ploughing terrible doesn't even match his last pass 🙈🤯

[@FarmerP]

dave taylor. A bit unfair, considering the conditions and the timetable they have to get it all in by.

[@edgey8D]

dave taylor yeah, but it’s a tricky year. He shouldn’t be running the 6th furrow, really. Drop the back furrow in the workshop. It’s all you can do when you’re desperate.

[@ryanmccormack9839]

What drone do u have

[@FarmerP]

Ryan McCormack Mavic pro 2.

[@ryanmccormack9839]

Farmer P how much

[@chrisfastrakdavies2598]

If they power harrow after plough before drill it would be alot smoother finish instead the obvious marks from drill!

[@GTFarming]

Ya wouldn't get that wheel spin with a Deere on the plough

[@afarmerslife2092]

Ya wanna bet

[@GTFarming]

@@afarmerslife2092 yeah nice 8 or 9RT lol

[@lukeharcus6527]

GT Farming am sure😂 saw a deere ploughing down hill and still sunk to the axels

[@FarmerP]

Luke Harcus I don’t care what colour your tractor is, physics will outwit all of them without an experienced operator.

[@lukeharcus6527]

Farmer P it wasn’t physics that stopped him it was a big bloody bolder that the plough hit and it was peat ground where you can’t stop when driving on it. So a 360 digger and their other Deere to haul it out. Plus a 6330 deere is a tad small for a kuhn 4 fur vari plough

[@aministratorgeneral.9298]

Why do tractors drive over what they have allready ploughed,...

[@paulf2529]

The second tractor is drilling (planting) the wheat.

[@FarmerP]

Paul F Indeed, the second tractor has a combination power Harrow drill to finish the seed bed, plant and cover the seed. The headland will be sorted later. 🚜👍

[@robevans8555]

@@FarmerP I was wondering about the headland, thought they'd have just finished it when they were in the field

[@jacgriffiths6058]

Great vid mate what’s ur insta

[@FarmerP]

Jac Griffiths Ian.pullen1

[@orkidknog4147]

good god never seen ploughing look so bad, seen ploughing after sugar beet with one ft deep ruts look better than this, think the drive needs to set his plough up before he goes to work

[@FarmerP]

orkid knog I am no expert when it comes to plough work Orkid, it looked good to me, everything is turned over and covered within a very short window of opportunity. This ground has had no tillage below 2” deep for years and there is still a lot of slurry residue left over from our our recent tenant. The general consensus is it will take a few years to get the soil structure back to where we want it.

[@txtim1975]

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