Silage making 2015. Part 1

[@thomasbarnwell7654]

hi my names tom and i love watching all you videos and i dont want you to stop making them :)

[@mtl-ss1538]

Quigley, Hay Contracting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIS4coZmbsZ_l6s Jackson Hay - A slice of summer ; kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5bPhWOeetR4iM0 . Canterbury Kiwi -2020 Harvest . kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHnGmGqkiammrqc

[@andrewwisbey8353]

No problem just one request that I've got for you is can you keep putting more of your videos up during the week because I've just finished year 11 and now I'm on study leave looking for a job on a farm all because of you. You were the first person that I subscribed to on KZbin

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Probably won't have much time in the week as I'm busy working but will add a couple more tomorrow. Take a look back through my old vids, I have over 500 on KZbin now. Hope you find a good farm job and good luck with the exams

[@andrewwisbey8353]

Ok and I've watched every video more than 5 times because you are really good at what you do. Keep up the good work

[@thefunkyfarmer]

OK thanks

[@rmack48]

The nice thing about utilizing contractors, other than the saving on buying all the equipment, is that fact that contractors can get the job done a lot more quickly because they don't have to stop to do the myriad of other jobs that need to be done on a dairy farm.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

R MacK yep your right, there is no way i could do all this in a day myself

[@charliemcd390]

Well contractors speed on country roads coz I get nichlesons to do my silage and they only are down the road and they speed

[@shanemurphy277]

sure we run 70 dairy cows and 50 sucklers and we bail all our own silage and draw it in but you have to get up early

[@Lelo7]

R MacK of

[@ajsimpson7816]

hi funky can't wait for next year's video of this

[@andrewwisbey8353]

Oh right cool. You've inspired me a lot about my future for going into the agriculture business I even practise farming by play farming simulator 2013 on xbox 360. You are very inspirational to me and I hope you keep up the good work on the farm

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Andrew Wisbey thanks Andrew

[@andyttefarmer1663]

Good work lad and hope for the best this season

[@tammymcninch7929]

what month are you doing silage miking this year

[@thefunkyfarmer]

now

[@egolliher6933]

What kind of grass you guys forge just curious because in the state I live in we do fescue but we don't forget we Bailey it then running through a tub grinder usually with corn silage or high moisture corn love this video keep it up

[@Aaron-ve6ki]

Great video nice new Hollands

[@reimis6]

Aaron 7616 had been

[@hamishross8635]

Hi the weather has been crap this year and we still have half our silage to bale and wrap

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Hamish Ross where abouts are you. Down here in Gloucestershire the weathers been really good but with not enough rain. We haven't much grass in the fields and we haven't made enough round bales yet

[@hamishross8635]

It's been rainy for us (very)

[@born2flyau]

Richard, Can you please tell me How many acres do you farm? And how many cows do you milk?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

born2flyau 145 acres, 75 cows

[@jimbobyouruncle]

what contractors do you use mate

[@joetiller1031]

I really like the country side in the UK, I just came across your channel and like it so I subscribed, I raise angus cattle here in Tn. do lots of hay never done silage might try it someday. Is that wood truss in barn, very nice barn wish I had one like it.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+Joe Tiller Hi Joe. Good to hear from you. The barn trusses are concrete. This is built by an old company.Now a days they are all steel

[@desmondsowdeno6069]

good driving

[@KyleJackson-ic9dn]

How is Harry and Jack going

[@BenLudlowbmx]

Hi thefunkyfarmer, do you ever lead trailers yourself?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Farmer Ben no Ben i don't

[@Smonhaut]

Stop for lunch? Ive never heard of that lol.

[@richardsheppard8826]

I agree its stop at a shop get a roll and eat as you go

[@rogerodonovan695]

Richard Sheppard ya that's what our village contractor does

[@mrgarrytoo]

very enjoyable videos,many thanks...

[@jhunt5578]

Do you ever need to protect the grass from pests?

[@davie2606]

Why do you not tip the first few load in the shed save shoving it as far in?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

I think its so he can spread it around easier

[@seanoheachtighirn]

Where are you from

[@thefunkyfarmer]

gloucestershire

[@jonnyandedwardvlogs1886]

hi funky farmer not trying to be piky but u said here comes the forager and first load of silage instead of heres the loader and that first trailer needs new tires !!

[@thefunkyfarmer]

i know i'm always doing slips of the tongue on my videos.

[@nataliepage7850]

thefunkyfarmer fg

[@andrewwisbey8353]

Early foraging this year?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

About the same as last year I think Andrew

[@james131361]

whats the name of your contracting team that chopped

[@thefunkyfarmer]

+JD Vlogger Sansum

[@james131361]

ah ok

[@jamescondon4955]

are your contacters all new hollands

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Yes

[@geofffletcher840]

Still no Go Pro .. ?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Geoff Fletcher no Geoff not yet, to be honest i like the control that the camcorder gives me which i wouldnt get with a GoPro

[@ultimatefarming8055]

thefunkyfarmer I personally prefer my camera to a gopro for some things

[@case115ufarmall8]

Is that the contractor terry works for

[@thefunkyfarmer]

stewart more yes it is

[@case115ufarmall8]

thefunkyfarmer cheers we r lifting our silage at the end of the week

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Good luck with that, I hope the weather stays fine for you

[@thomasbarnwell7654]

good claas forager always gets the job done

[@Jamie-qh5hw]

The orange trailers are called Richard westren

[@grasslad]

I love the smell of cut grass.

[@thedrisker1954]

Cormac Duffy I love that smell and the smell of manure on the field in the morning

[@bethandavies2990]

What number is on the Loder 👍🏻

[@thefunkyfarmer]

not sure

[@Harry-ke9kc]

414s

[@jonnyandedwardvlogs1886]

its a 414s

[@b210wah3]

The waste ye usually have at the back of the pit shouldn't be a problem this year as the buckrake driver can compact right to the back of the new grass!

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Philip Keogh yep

[@mitchellgaming7695]

thats the kind of tractor u need the funky farmer a newholland t7

[@mattzstuff9564]

why do you waste the power of a t7 on a double take. we have a T6 on a quad rake

[@charlierowley6738]

Nice too see you have got your silage in. If all is okay we will have ours in bu wednesday good too see yours went okay ☺.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

Good luck with that

[@charliemcd390]

Anyone notice Andy has a t7

[@bethandavies2990]

Yes me

[@charliemcd390]

+Bethan Davies ty at least someone cares

[@jtoddjb]

nice to see some of the little differences in how things are done in the UK and US since I've been watching your vids. You guys never seem to use trucks. I can only speak for how things are done on US dairys in the northeast, but even on a small dairy there will be a couple of older dump trucks for silage. A custom harvest crew like this would have trucks all over the place and even spares standing by. You scrape manure with a tractor and here that's done with a skidsteer. I also noticed you guys always drive tractors with your loaders all the way up when not in use which is the strangest thing to my eye, although I'm sure you have your reasons, and here we keep them as low to ground as possible. I hope this doesn't start a bunch of comments about who is better and which is the "right" way because it's much more pleasant to just watch and enjoy these differences and assume there are good reasons for them.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

i guess as the results the same it doesn't matter how we do it!

[@shanemurphy277]

we have to put the loader up when we are on the road as thats the law but it is much nicer to drive when the loader is down

[@jtoddjb]

+agri master. Thank you for the explanation. We don't have any laws like that here and were always taught to keep it down for stability. When we first learned to drive as kids we would have got our butts kicked for having it up high while driving which is why I guess it looked strange to me. Why don't you guys use trucks? Here when a truck gets too old for long haul use or serious construction usage you can buy them dirt cheap, and throw a farm plate on them for almost nothing and get many years of inexpensive farm use out of them. I remember hauling silage when I was a kid in an old GMC dump truck with a 2 stroke Detroit. Fun times. Again thanks for sharing.

[@holman26]

epic vid mate

[@thecornishdairyboys5679]

da been tippin in the shed woulda meant he could had more grip on the concrete and woulda save wast and means he can spread it easier

[@thomaspark4949]

I don't understand why he tips the first load outside? Doesn't make sense.

[@trolldias622]

I think the "new" trailer needs some "new" tires

[@noraocallaghan2754]

Like it

[@mtl-ss1538]

Quigley, Hay Contracting. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hIS4coZmbsZ_l6s Jackson Hay - A slice of summer ; kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5bPhWOeetR4iM0 . Canterbury Kiwi -2020 Harvest . kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHnGmGqkiammrqc

[@gorilla12159]

Hi

[@derrickkimmel2476]

Cool

[@charliemcd390]

They all hav t7's

[@KyleJackson-ic9dn]

My name is Kyle and I live in Ireland 🇮🇪 in Limerick in Galbally

[@kelanmannion2428]

Is that Bobby hens ! !

[@hamishross8635]

Well our tractor has been in bit 5 times in the last 2 weeks lol

[@peterclarke7382]

sweet

[@tysonreibling3478]

More

[@charliemcd390]

And Richard western trailers

[@KyleJackson-ic9dn]

Come to my house please 😊

[@kaliciaberg1525]

we ñow how to farm

[@uypocg6804]

No affence them contractors are nothing compared to mconaghys contracts

[@mjmsoundlight5]

What a dumb stupid comment..you have to be a child yes?