Drilling Through the Rain, Big G’s Massive Feast & Borrowing Our Agronomist!

[@eddiewatts7792]

Farming feels like an infinate series of escape rooms which no matter what problems you solve you can never leave and the next room contains a different combination of challenges

[@littledavey2169]

PX FARMS VERY PROFESSIONAL FARMER'S. 🤙🦊

[@leehicks2488]

Your laugh and banter does make me chuckle 😂😂😂😏 Especially after a shit day of drilling and blockages 😮

[@stakman78]

Geez you buggers are bloody character's! Look forward every week. Thanks James and team.

[@theessexhunter1305]

Keep going James, good programme yet again.

[@aaronswanson6719]

Best wishes for a productive week. I remain inspired at how James can keep his humor and inform through the ordeals of farming

[@mrcrazy6278]

We use to spread the beans on with a vicon vaire spread fertiliser spreader and ploughed them in., and then tidy it up with a power harrow to smooth it over for the sprayer. Great video and nice to see your solutions to the wheat and barley mix.

[@AnthonyDawson-x4g]

I really enjoy your content James!thank you for taking the time to produce it

[@mikereekie4948]

Makes me chuckle watching this latest vid, great start to my day in the oilfields of Kazakhstan.

[@voxxag8054]

There is no bond like a family bond. You and Michael are a hoot!! You can rib family in a way you can’t others. 😂 Why does Michael have much more hair though! 😂😂

[@richardmatthews3304]

That's cos he gets to spend James s money 😉

[@richardmatthews3304]

James you can see how an agronomists mind is trained to work, "lets just get 2 big ones" good to see the banter beetween you and micheal cheering up this damp weather

[@andykeeble1]

Brilliant content. Your relationship with your staff is brilliant to see.

[@stakman78]

Watch Glenvar Station in Australia! They have their baler on the combine. None of the tailings touch the field. They have ZERO reseed from harvester. I even think they have spray nozzles on the back of the header and spray as well! HAVE A LOOK James.

[@PX_Farms]

I’ve been there, great set up

[@julianhawker7672]

I've just been to look at that and its incredible for 16 years ago! I can only presume that the combine oil runs a massive hydraulic pump on the baler ? Its efficiency on another level and stops the tailings/blackgrass/rye etc. Genius 😎

[@theturnip8288]

Great statement James, relearning why it doesn’t work. That’s so true, proper head in the sand stuff. I remember ploughing set-a-side land too, ghastly stuff.

[@Easydrillman]

We need to breed hybrid slugs, that only eat black grass 😅

[@aja738]

Love the banter, it’s difficult to farm in the UK the weather is unpredictable, you are doing a great job

[@kennethoconnell133]

Really enjoy as a dairy and beef farmer here in EIRE it's nice to see ye big arable farmers having to work hard to get the crops in . Keep up the good work 😅

[@andrewwoods2142]

Another great blog. Always interesting and good luck with the drilling 🤞 Thank you James.

[@louthboy]

best farming double act on youtube. We're all in the same boat with the drilling, its another nightmare year. If it was easy, everyone would do it

[@davidmorrison8713]

Good stuff, James , I’d put the slug pellets on it and let it grow. 👍

[@MichaelShakeshaft-l2l]

Another great video James you are a inspiration to everyone farming, l did manage to have 2 days this week out with the drill

[@MarkPinnell]

Brokeback Mountain at PX Farms, quality comment and another cracking episode, best watch on You Tube🤣🤣

[@DJC995]

Hi James & Team Drills for all jobs Thanks again

[@Nicknofish]

Great video, as always, James. A mixture of emotions there. Love the banter. Cheers.

[@davidnorris6262]

Another cracking very interesting video from you James Thank you.

[@richardbaker22]

Great video James great watching you and Michael talking over you plans for the drilling

[@PaulPinner]

Great update as always. Fingers crossed for a dry week and good drilling progress 🤞🏻👍🏻

[@ammo4184]

Still wetter than it looks in places, contracting we were stuck in Suffolk on big tyres this week, had to be pulled out of a field near Spalding, then dropped in on kinder land in Cambs. Trying again tomorrow.

[@kellylouise7857]

Great video James and crew. Very entertaining. Learnt a lot from listening to yours and Michael’s field review chat 😊

[@chrislee2221]

Top farmers, I still believe burning stubble or even surplus straw is the best way to clean up corn arrish.

[@dominicsharpe5057]

I believe it’s worrying times as a farm worker with this new SFI. I’ve already heard of farms local to me making workers redundant. These tricky autumns are not helping either. Easier for farmers to just not farm

[@roberthoward3723]

Good conversation, good company, relaxed but on the ball. Rogue the black grass as some others do!

[@kildare1773]

Best farming content on KZbin

[@merv690]

brilliant video again, poor old big G having women trying to get between him and his food(the price of stardom 🤣🤣) but great to have the banter with Michael and we learn so much just listening to you both.

[@AndyJ5431]

Nice catch up with PX Farms activities. 🚜👍

[@gunton21]

Top job once again chaps. 👌👍

[@stephenross1581]

Great video considering the conditions you working in, I think another wet weather drill needs adding to the fleet ❤

[@andymercer8092]

Good update. I feel your pain!

[@Zr93Max]

I must say cousin Micheal looks a bit trim now James. The best double act in the farming world.

[@Frank-mn9qi]

Laurel and Hardy come to mind😅

[@danielbradley8578]

Teamwork makes the dream work. Keep it up 💪👍

[@GlenGear-fs2dk]

another great video again always a pleaser to watch your videos

[@melvingduncan]

Another great update James when big G was talking about the chain round his neck i instantly thought of B A big G's new saying I AIN'T NO FOOL 😂 O and how's he with flying 😂 yes but the weather is one thing that turns the lights red or green 🚦and it just seems to be getting more difficult.

[@rodstewart2399]

I find the work on the land very interesting. With the hold ups in the weather. My best friend is a farmer. And all she talks about is the cost of inputs and the price of grain. She has a 15 year old tractor of 150hp brought for 35 thousand pounds and a new one is 145 thousand pounds this year. Hope you got a good deal on the CAT.

[@jascollinscork]

Great video!!! The most amount of Micheal we’ve ever had 😂😂 I think Jame you need to breed a slug that will eat the black grass AND the unwanted wheat 🤔

[@jimbostruckingvids8173]

such great content. for farming also you 2 guys are so funny on your crop walks .

[@hermdeer]

Farming is a series of highs and lows, More lows than highs this last couple of years

[@aidanbrennan7389]

Greetings from Dundalk, Ireland. Keep up the good videos

[@paulbarnes3791]

Good video things moving forward well done px team

[@tynewydd100]

Every day a school day here, thank you. Your wet drilling kit is with a wheeled tractor, tell my why the tracked tractors are not up to this task ? Please. Thank you.

[@peterwilson-qj2ds]

Good video James, it must be so frustrating when you have that amount to do.

[@johndeere7710]

On the 50/50 land split that mentioned early in the video, would you not plant a nitrogen fixing cover cover that would go through the winter into the June time that you mentioned and then joker it to chop it up and then terrano after to really incorporate it ready for drilling that autumn? Very interesting video James 👍

[@roblonsdale8927]

Toplink on bean drill either needs shortening or angling steeper downwards toward tractor, nearly destroyed harrow tines when he reversed

[@adrianhutchin4925]

I love the passion you guys have for 1 the soil, 2 nature , 3 providing food for the nation, if it wasnt for you guys / farmers we all would be in seriuos trouble, shame the politicans dont get it twats be safe from essex

[@tractortamno1]

Stayed in a hotel in Elgin the other night. They had Glebe Farm oat milk. Thought I’d give it a try and was pleasantly surprised how good it was.

[@matmison2323]

Another cracking vlog thankyou 👍

[@tthhoommaass11223344]

love the vids had a week off with flu n got into this channel :)

[@paulknipe9881]

Allways fantastic videos

[@Nick-jp9im]

Just awesome thanks always make my day 😂

[@philhicks5818]

Another great video James , followed j4pxf yesterday near Milton Keynes , can report good driving 😂

[@magiccambridge4000]

Only good driving can be reported. J9PXF😂

[@philhicks5818]

@@magiccambridge4000 did need a clean though 😂

[@adrianlayen4119]

Well James, what a fantastic video. Great to see you and Michael in the field talking about the challenges you face. Are you a member of your local running club? You both are looking good and have you got a new schoffel gilet? By the way, you and Michael are busy working whilst Wardy, Olly and Martin are in Portugal, didn't you get invited? Thanks James, looking forward to the next video.

[@alanparkinson4772]

Another top video Mr P 👍

[@Mike-k4e2i]

Good video as usual. Good crack !1

[@markyoull6744]

great stuff

[@peterclarke3300]

Great video James i would go on holiday because you can’t do anything,that can’t be done on the phone 🤷‍♂️👍

[@adambridewell308]

I do feel sorry for the people that haven't discovered your channel yet. I think yourself and cousin Michael should start doing a weekly step count just to up the competition a bit 😂

[@Rob-zx8lm]

Would you now consider chopping the straw again, to minimise the wheat coming up in the barley crop? This was a very dry period prior to drilling, although this may be the norm, now.

[@petergardner2334]

enjoyable video

[@stevenlace7245]

It seems to me those combines are shedding a lot of grain !!!

[@ncombes6823]

Another great video. Reading the news today, one item goes on about thousands of people still waiting for there weight loss jab from the NHS. James has Michael had his by any chance, just wondering as you can't lose weight on his fast intake of chicken !!!!!!!!! Is he cheating ?? All the best.

[@PX_Farms]

I’ll ask him, you could be onto something

[@gearoidbergin5096]

I fell sorry for James.. so many decisions to make..he’s always in good humour. .

[@peterwhyte1747]

The wheat will be green when barley is ripe ,so you will have to go with roundup,

[@jcdeeley1]

Do you no longer plough any land prior to drilling cereals ?

[@andrewwoodhead8305]

It seems big G would eat the table leg as well 😮😋👏

[@thomasforbes8904]

The weather is crap everywhere even in europe Wet wet wet

[@JimSessford]

What's that saying " A farmers boot is worth a fork full of manure every step he takes . You're self and Michael, maybe we need to re think that 😊 ..

[@MrMurrayWood]

Shopping at Halfords; crikey that took a while for one item 😂.

[@pilatus-q6i]

Very expensive but I wonder if combine mounted “weed seed mills” reduce combine “sieve loss grains” from germinating, I appreciate they wouldn’t effect rotor grain losses from germinating, there by reducing grain stripping in the following crop.

[@benpattinson1]

I swear by that tyreweld stuff.

[@Do10wel]

Have you tried implementing avadex to battle the black grass issues and if so what wasn’t working from it

[@PK_Blinder]

It took a fair time for the penny to drop for Cousin Michael 😉🤣

[@AxelLagerfelt]

Greta video as always James. I really hope you will get the weather so that everything gets in the ground. Whats the brand of the beandrilling harrow? / Axel

[@PX_Farms]

Following harrow is made by Horsch

[@stephenjarrett5217]

So when you go on holiday will you be turning left or right on the plane?

[@michaelwebster6219]

Your trucks I see them often in watton. I didn't know U are a little way up the road. Up the a11

[@kevinharker1840]

When it's all about covering costs.....

[@Robert-sv4lg]

Do you variable rate drill/ fert? If no why not? Not criticising just curious

[@pseggons9512]

I think you hit the nail on the head about the powers at be solely using economics to decide the best way to present the current SFI. No real world experience on now to best use the land in the long term. A case in point is CSAM3. There are thousands of acres of rare and valuable permanent pastures being ploughed up to get the big payments. Little or no value is placed on the existing species rich swards.

[@jimgannon1917]

how many drill days do you need from start to finish

[@Twidile1]

Looks like you should tell Claas to take back there combines and get 3 yellow or red combines for next year. they claim zero grain losses over the back. Claas must be the worst combines for grain going over the back .

[@robertadey4961]

Mascarni trying a few Cromwell?

[@poppyslater4504]

Cultivate after drilling Wheel tailings blow your controlled traffic out the window

[@gregj7916]

That spade was way too shiny!

[@RobertKemp-wv5zj]

Heres a challange see if you can make a video and not mention "BLACK GRASS" twenty times ,although i still enjoy your videos .

[@MichaelDungworth]

I share your frustration. Unfortunately bl******as is the single biggest threat we face as arable farmers in the midlands and almost every single decision we make has an influence on populations, so it does tend to pop up in conversations rather a lot. I will try harder not to bang on about it though! 🤦‍♂️

[@John316OBrian-cm4fj]

Black grass black grass

[@pjthehero1]

Will ya show a bit more of the drills actually working, keep talking about them but never show how each of them differ. Think the camera mans not a machinery man😁

[@MrVms3]

I’m afraid you can’t compare a legume fellow to set aside you are growing a crop. You are keeping the ground life you’re placing nutrients and some green manure set aside was just land which did kill the ground compare them is very unfair.

[@MichaelDungworth]

You are quite right. A legume fallow is a completely different thing and very useful in the right circumstances, although it can come with problems. To be clear, in this video, James is comparing “Enhanced overwinter stubbles” (AHW8) with The old Setaside, essentially the same thing. Basically, you just leave the stubble in place until the following summer. I’m completely with you on Legume Fallows

[@williamoram6969]

You are making the same mistakes that the rest of business is making in that you are being ruled by the laws of bankers when actually your head is telling you that long term you are making poor decisions. It seems everyone is relentlessly trapped probably at a cost none of us can afford.

[@andykeeble1]

Brilliant content. Your relationship with your staff is brilliant to see.

[@Robert-sv4lg]

Do you variable rate drill/ fert? If no why not? Not criticising just curious