SOWING A COVER CROP WITH THE GRASS HARROW. WILL IT WORK?

In todays video we are sowing a brassica cover crop mix to tide over a field from winter barley to winter barley. Hopefully it works and is a be if it to the soil. We also talk about the new rules for tillage farmers and find out the Longford is exempt from them.
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[@kcahill2777]

Good man Phil , you are on the right track . Plants feed soil biology that’s why you should always have a living root in the soil which is where cover crops come in . Good to see companies like gold crop making cover crops available. Soil health is a function of soil biology not soil chemistry . 👏👏fair play to yourself and father Phil

[@Dermot501]

Thanks Phil,I always l like the way you go through the costs of sowing,it gives people a good guide if they consider growing that particular crop on their farm.Great job👍🌾

[@DianeD862]

Will have to watch on later we will love to watch after a busy hot day we love learning about farming were food comes from farmer Phil and liv and father and Uncle Ian and Bro we love and Ireland 🇮🇪 our favourite farmers in the world 🌎.Good luck 🍀

[@martinprosser8521]

The harrow is working as it has been designed, to remove surface material. I would take every other tine off to allow the trash to flow through.

[@jimconnolly3572]

Two things with that air seeder use the dented seed meter roller if you aren't already and get a basin and a digital kitchen scales , from memory to calibrate remove the bottom plate and from what I can remember put it back in as a chute put the basin underneath and spin the wheel 39 times = one hectare weigh contents on scale and set seeder accordingly. It's nearly 12 years ago since I used one so from what I can remember that's how you set it up

[@michaelstaunton1632]

A very interesting video now indeed , the outcome will tell the tale as they say !!

[@ianhaggart1438]

Rake looked like it was doing a good job. But the engine note in the background when you were doing your sums was fantastic 👏 👌 stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@adrianshjadesheehan9991]

Yere bloody brillant videos are addictive

[@cdemo1186]

Fingers crossed it takes root for you Phil,it'd be good to get some stock onto it to graze,so your adding to the soil when you come to reseed it. Love watching you doing new things around the farm. Fair play to you your father and family. 👍

[@dellhell8842]

Great explanations Phil. Makes your videos very interesting.

[@reemkoG]

a friend of mine dot the same harrow in 9m and has build a second set of tines with fewer but stronger tines like the Bednar ones and welded a hitch for the roller on to it. He can swap the tines in 15 to 20 minutes and can harrow even chopped straw without piling up

[@BackyardMechCon]

Weld on a Hitch to it for the win. Would need a wider roller though or else off set it and roll the baĺance once sown.

[@reemkoG]

his roller is also 9m wide. in germany we got a couple manufacturer building similar designs but for grassland

[@malcolmtyler2565]

I think I would have tryed going across the tramlines and go faster to see if it would shake the straw though 🤔👍👌

[@MrPatrick1968]

I am not a famer,buti enjoy your videos, your a very hard working family,

[@brendanbannon78]

Good Job Philip

[@rickykane1493]

Man beside me done same thing this year Phil he powerhorrowed it first great job

[@roberthiggins6401]

I think you'd still pull a much trash up even if the field was drilled. A stubble rake may be slightly better but the field wasn't chopped so the straw is long. The grass rake isn't made for that job but you know that. We'll just have to wait and see how it comes. When you sow the main crop are you going to disc and broadcast again? Got to be cheaper and it worked out this year.

[@Bob97282]

You should put the seeder on the lemken

[@colmanlong1032]

Super video,that father Phil in some professor, very, very knowledge man,love the explanations, so easy to understand.

[@wulliewhyte544]

Hope it all grows for you Phil will be interesting to see how it does.

[@Gearoid35]

That's a good idea to set the crop

[@leomcnally4999]

I reckon the straw build up has to affect the seed coverage, hence you will have patchy areas.Thats just my opinion.Yr definitely a typical farmer ,where you don't actually say what the driver/ labourer should be paid per hour of work. I have been there for many many years but agri wages were so far behind all other trades & types of work that others where been paid.Working 12 & 15 hrs a day in seasonal times was a cheap days wage for the employer.The poor farmer was paying the worker to be poor also.😥👍

[@homey3051]

Thanks for sharing all the things you do

[@laytonphillips6667]

Great video phil, diagnolly across might be better on drilled ground.

[@willtidy1138]

Very interesting to see if it grows, personal I would have run over it with a spring tine Harrow enough to move a bit of soil but not to over the top, I think you'll get thin patch's with the straw build up

[@joestiller4270]

Take care and we see what the field brings in few weeks

[@farmerslife2612]

You are beside today

[@simomurphy653]

Well Philip if your going to grays it you will have to strip grade it lad 👌👍👍

[@Cathal-lt2kn]

great video

[@Modlendingen]

Gonna be interesting to see if the crop germinates in time :)

[@welllads]

Well

[@sandymcghee3328]

Great video again farmer Phil good to see bro @ farther Phil how is your uncle lan doing great drone footage 👍👍👍☝️☝️

[@Car-dash-Ian]

Ah sure Phil you and bro are working for free only whatever ever spuds beef and porridge ye eat!! Haha 😄

[@dmullar5226]

Great video phil

[@livingladolcevita7318]

I commented on a previous video about sow rates, just to say I put in mustard and it was up in less than a week so hopefully you may see signs quite soon. Is there any way you could offset the cost by letting other farmers graze the crop once it is up? or at least be cost neutral. Here in Wales some farmers graze their sheep on the hills and send them later in the year down to the low lands to finish off on better pasture. Any way good luck to you.

[@TKingscott21]

Maybe next time be worth raking and bai after bailing behind combine ?? More cost but bailer will be there already 👍🏼

[@jamiedonnellan1755]

Bros a working man 🤣🤣🤣

[@hateglazer25]

Can you do a video of overseeding into grassland with that tine Harrow?

[@jackburke7859]

Have you a stand at the tullamore show this Sunday

[@ellenkeenehan2589]

Good video

[@Tommymellett]

Good vid Phil

[@francieconway6793]

Just to cut costs could you pull the roller after the seeder ?

[@stevenwright6869]

We had the same problem with harrows blocking up. So we put the hopper and seeder on are carrier went over the light. We felt the harrows would work on grass but not stubbles. But your doing the right thing cover crops are the way forward

[@Mark-qr5om]

Surely all the seed will just be blowing into the straw your dragging along and not getting to the ground

[@michaellane9873]

You just need some rain now.

[@billb2079]

Wonder how the government would think of burning the straw off 1st? Probably too dangerous. Great video!

[@ou812booty]

I know it would be an extra cost. Could have run the drill over the field empty and cleared the straw first

[@2013viewchannel]

now that you have done it once and know the issue with using a grass harrow on stubble would the old MF50 drill with its disc coulters be a better bet next year? you can still get small seed hoppers that can be fitted to them for the likes of grass seed. alternatively could you mount the seeder, pipes and land wheel on a disc harrow?

[@FARMERPHIL3690]

It is an option yes but so far the crop has come up evenly across the field so looks successful

[@finbarrdinneen3430]

The straw on the headlands will it need to be cleared to make the next planting possible

[@alexthomas637]

🚜🚜🚜😎😎👍

[@colinwientjens1871]

Do you reckon drilling with the pottingger would be the go? Interrow sowing with your auto steer? No trash?

[@TerriblyNice_Not]

Make sure when you're calculating the cost you also take into account the loss of profit on ground over time from degraded soil. If you're adding all other things up as costs, you have to account for the other side of the balance sheet too, to be fully transparent about it. Maybe a video where you get someone from Teagasc or the like to talk about why nitrogen leaching, soil degradation and the like are such big problems would be good. I know farmers see and feel the immediate pain, but those who see new regulations as an opportunity to innovate should also see a big competitive advantage over other farms and a handy return on investment in the long run. And farming is a long term business, not a short term one

[@TerriblyNice_Not]

Oh and there's also the value of the crop as fodder also. See it's more than just adding up the cost 😁

[@taylorkearney485]

Will u be at the tullamore show

[@Aiden-xi6dc]

Hi Phil, What the rate to get a contractor like yourselves in to sow cover crop with air seeder? Cost per acre roughly?

[@FARMERPHIL3690]

€25 an acre

[@callummcginn6184]

You should have run the harrow before sowing seed to gather the straw

[@TomoT007]

That's more cosy again

[@upthereds4939]

Air seeder for the lemken be the right job

[@charlieboy9297]

Hi

[@paulweston2326]

You need to buy an old acrobat, get a round bale off that field

[@peterdooley2393]

Labour costs will be huge. I reckon you're a €100 an hour man and as for bro he must be worth a lot more. Lol

[@dannyjones7181]

And what about father Phils wages knowledge and experience you couldn’t pay for it🙈🙈

[@Mark-qr5om]

Why no calibration

[@gmb7476]

Would have been supplied with a catch tray for calibration if bought new. If it was bought s/h, bits like this tend to go missing.

[@williamhealy6987]

Boss Man is taking no shit. Classic Irish succcession.

[@greggroome2791]

😁👍🇨🇮

[@nicklad9463]

Is there many tillage farmers in longford anyway Phil??

[@FARMERPHIL3690]

Very few

[@brianovington]

I would harrow that field again if all the seed it not in the wad of straw

[@sean11cvt80]

1st 👌

[@jhutson1729]

Smh... government "iM hElPiNg"

[@taylorkearney485]

Will u be at the tullamore show