TOPPING WAS A NO BUT FERTILISER WAS A GO

In today's video I make a poor attempt at topping, trying to be too ahead of myself but soon give up and get a bit of fertiliser spread instead.
GPS: www.gypsy.ie/

[@AgriFarmModelsTV]

You can only admire the work ethic, enthusiasm, problem solving and just getting on with it in difficult conditions. Credit due, there’s a bravery involved when you share your life to the internet comment sections. Great to see all the positive comments left here.

[@GeorgeMcintyre-q7d]

Keep your cows Out Up the field for a little while Let the grass grow tall after fertilizers

[@jamesadamson-mv7dl]

On my old vicon 600 Spreader after washing it when it dries I do paint burnt oil around and all the components that corrodes easy. It keeps the corrosion down when stored for the winter. Keep up the great work there! 👍

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Thanks for the tip

[@pjdoyle5105]

Karen We have a 390 here with Tanco 968 loader on it. So one of them would be perfect for your tractor. Great purchase, hope that helps

[@declanconway2903]

Great video again hope the weather settles down soon.

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

🤞🤞

[@erikklein-x6u]

My 94 year old mother is Swiss,and always wanted to visit Ireland,she also loves the movie!

[@chrisforsberg7328]

Hello Karen, the results of your cattle you had sent off is all down to the amazing work you and your dad have done feeding them. Its sad that there has been so much bad weather that is slowing down your schedule. The young cattle look happy laying down in the field and didnt even come over to say hello. Maybe you could buy a wool head ban for your hair and it could also keep you a bit warmer. Your fertiliser spreading is so good now you are using the GPS to guide you. Regardless of what things are happening around you, there is always a smile on your face. Thanks for the video. Chris from Victoria, Australia 🇦🇺.

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Thanks Chris

[@mauricegwynne1722]

Videos as good as ever , nice to see you were up north I hope you enjoyed your visit

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

I had a great time, thanks very much

[@thomasmcweeney230]

Hallo Karen you got a great result from the hefier your fields looks dry with all the rain good luck with your T B test hope all goes well

[@dieselpowerize]

Love the content and commentary great to see some of home in such a positive healthy way. Keep it up really enjoy it all the best from Chicago.

[@ilovetractors40]

For the dial on the spreader you could put a peace of paper are something of that sort on the scew and then twist the dial onto it. The farmer close by has a similar problem and dos that( although he use the tinfoil for a packet of cigarettes instead). Hope it helps

[@684ih4]

You can buy the plastic feed adjuster for the spreader, when I've been stuck for one a jubilee clip opened out and placed on the pressure end will hold it where you set it. The white stuff on the collar of the spout is just corrosion on the aluminium, a spray of WD40 after washing will prevent that. Great video....wish my land was as dry!

[@bobuncle8704]

Even though you couldn’t get the topping done, at least the fert went well. 👍👍

[@johnmcmccormack9203]

Karen, put your cattle back in and save the ground as recovery will take so long. You have plenty of silage so no problem. This is the earliest I have seen anyone topping 😂 you are doing a great job, congratulations on your first U

[@peterredmond-o5p]

Hi Karen, great video as always, we have some wet land too, ti's hard to manage in wet weather,

[@jamessparrow6549]

Every day is a school day don’t matter how yong or old you are. 👍. You get out there your hands on 👍

[@LorcanWalsh-op6ny]

Best of luck with your new tractor Karen . four wheel drive will make a difference

[@TOPtee34]

Bloody weather a nightmare , good luck with the testing hopefully all will be good👍

[@tomdaly7229]

great enthusiasm Karen well done

[@arjanpoortman2960]

Thanks Karen in the spring field work is like a jigsaw it wil take time and patience i like your Gps systeem

[@mauricegwynne1722]

Thanks

[@richardmiller867]

That’s a lovely little 135 !! We used to have a spreader like that it was a great spreader !! A very nice outfit !! 👌🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@archcrump7256]

You should put a mailing P.O. Box in Irelad in your descriptions below your videos. You never know what subscribers will send you. After watching you change the tire in the Gator , it looks like you could use a 2-3 ton floor jack and also a Milwaukee high torque 1/2 Impact Driver

[@magnuslang985]

Så underbart att se dej i gummistövlar det använder jag alltid hemma på gården ❤❤😊😊

[@jenesisjones6706]

"U go girl!"...sorry, couldn't resist...cheers from an Aussie grandma. 🙃

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

😅😅

[@jimgannon1917]

U and your tractor. Great couple of weeks❤❤

[@johnlydon533]

Great video Karen. Not much more you can do with the ground so wet . Well done on getting good grade on heifer. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@paddy294]

Cracking video as always

[@glynroberts1682]

Good vid enjoyed the weather is brutal over here in the North of Wales Karen anyway onwards and upwards 🚜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿👍

[@Gearoid35]

Nice video karen, weather is awful, half way through March, and no let up

[@adrianshjadesheehan9991]

Great video karen your a great woman in fairness to u your parents are very lucky to have u for all the work u do theres always one in the family that does everything well done karen

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Thank you

[@emmett1739]

390 hard to beat ,good luck , we use to have a 390 and 375 both great tractors .Yes great achievement on the U grade heifer , a great sense of pride , we use to sell all our lambs at the abbitoir and every year our Beltex lambs would achieve 95% E grades .We sell now in the open market were our goal is to get the highest price per kilo ,which we do week in week out , but to be honest what gives us most pleasure is to be told by other farmers that we have great stock.And on that note you have great stock.

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Haha thanks very much. There's no greater compliment really

[@PatHanlon-o7m]

Great work as always👍

[@PeterJohnston-d8c]

I would have liked to have seen you invest in a set of mounted chain harrows and a ballast roller to help eith your grassland improvements. Nice to see a bit of fert going on to get grass moving though.

[@richardparkinson8651]

Ground in kerry is soaking, you done well to get fertiliser out,hope all goes well with testing for you

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Thank you

[@farmerslife2612]

That was a lovely video of you karen and you were working hard on the farmer to your looking so beautiful in it to your mum is so beautiful to you ❤❤❤❤❤

[@jimwhite7607]

Let the grass set a few more day ,pray the weather clears up and the sun might come out, i spent the day working on my 1956 ford 600tractor getting it ready to mow

[@stevefoster9788]

well wish your tractor you have karen and you do brilliant work on farmer for dad and mum on the farmer Karen from you tube subscriber Steve foster lives in Australia 🇦🇺

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Thanks Steve

[@andrewwebb2691]

Good news on the cattle. You could get wider tyres on the tractor would help it float over the ground

[@Mountjubilee_farm]

Drill a hole through the setting bar on the spreader at the different settings you want and use a split pin or bolt and nut to secure it

[@stonemad4197]

Use a cable tie against each side of the setting handle on the spreader..I had to use them on my old 5 bag vicon, they should slide and allow to adjust them if needed

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

I didn't think of that

[@stephenp2980]

Hi Karen, have you tried putting cable ties on the dial of the sower? If it's the same as ours (twisting on a screw) we put one on front of the screw and 1 behind 👍

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

That's a good idea actually. Thank you!

[@mw-ow4vh]

Another idea I’ve done before drill a hole through adjuster and put big R clip in or just use hose clip over it to keep it in position.I found when I did the bearings it wouldn’t move at all no vibration.enjoy your videos

[@IainDonald-r8v]

Put a cable tie through the adjuster on the vicon, you can still adjust it without taking the cable tie off but it stops it moving while your sowing. It did the trick on mine anyway

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Thanks for the tip

[@michaeldavies6580]

your awesome great video cant wait for the next one

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Thank you ☺️

[@corkion]

great vid yes all this rain is not good

[@michaelcoriordan]

Hi Karen, Great result with the heifer. Well done. I was looking at your spreading map. It might be easier for you if you spread all around the boundary of the field first before you go into the up and down runs. Every time you are coming to the boundary after doing an up or down, knock off the spinner when your back wheel of the tractor drives over the wheel track furthest from the ditch on your boundary run. That will allow you plenty of space to loop around and straighten up before you head back up the field.

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Others have suggested that before too and I say I'll try it but for some reason when I get to the field then I just don't think I'll be able for it and go back to the over and back. I need to just try it some day

[@michaelcoriordan]

@@karenmoynihanfarm Try it the next time, and I bet you that you will manage it no problem.

[@WilliamOttley-m3h]

Good video ❤❤❤

[@tomgreene1843]

Good grade on U - well done ...getting the fat score improvement might be tricky ....there are some good USA analytics on cattle growth on utube in terms of age /fat and lean growth amounts.

[@erikklein-x6u]

Thats good to know! I watched the movie "The Quiet Man" yesterday is it popular in Ireland?

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Yes it's a very popular film here

[@davidgilliland2658]

You're a great 👍 girl 👧 Joanne. Grass is only rooting now and then starts to grow in Mid April 😂😂😂

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

You keep calling me Joanne

[@simonbradford6774]

Well done U 😊

[@dannypahl829]

Love your videos Karen ❤❤❤❤

[@declannoonan4445]

Great result with your cattle Karen, ya the weather is cat my own land is flooded at the moment 😞

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

I saw some places flooded today on my way to work worse than I think I've ever seen it before

[@robert22801]

Hi Karen, spray off the spreader with wd40 after washing

[@paulbailey4604]

Like it when you say do tell dad when u making a vlog lol

[@gerryoconnor8751]

Good luck with the test Karen. X

[@simanoliver5218]

Hi. You need a muck spreader for the 390. Sum one out there must have one that thay could give you .🚜🐂🐃

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

I have a mini muck spreader

[@leighwade6232]

Karen looking Beautiful Gorgeous marks cattle are looking well, love you all ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@caolanohara1935]

Grass will grow well along the rivers today

[@brendannaughton1996]

Hi karen.i taught u were goin to say u won the lotto after buying the tractor 😊😅.oh land is in a serious state.will it ever stop.the cold weather didnt stop u.best of luck in the test.cheerio till the next video.

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

I wish 😅😅

[@erikklein-x6u]

Happy St Patrick's Day!

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Patrick is correct but it's Padraig in Irish

[@prjndigo]

I'd stay with the mid bags for all of the spreading, your spreader doesn't carry a ton and turning those bags off is a nuisance. Extra fert in a mid bag you can just tuck into a couple trash bags to protect. Run a chord or round bungee across the setting knob from two points on the machine and then double-loop around the knob like a Scunci after its hooked at both ends, should at least hold it close.

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

That's a fair point actually

[@samueldougoud3289]

Congrats ! Your thoughtful and dedicated efforts are paying off. Hope for you that there is more to come.

[@haggielady]

Glad you got the U minus!

[@EasyEd02]

Great Video. Congrats on the limo meat grades! I'll have to look up what they compare to the system we use in N America. I was struck by the higher grade equating to calving difficulty. I've never heard of such a thing. Did I hear that right? Congrats on the 390! I'm not much of a massey guy as I lean toward valtra or deutz fahr. That said Im wondering what all you might have in mind for the 390. I don't recall seeing that you work a lot of ground. So are you eventually looking to doing your own sileage/baleage/haylage? Which I suspect means more equipment. Maybe clue us in a bit on your thinking about future plans. That said a 390 is a fine machine to join any parades/protests about government policy if what is happening elsewhere in uk/europe comes to your neck of the woods. Hope the weather treats you better soon. People where I'm at are waitin on grass too.

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Well with the higher grades that's just my Dad's thinking on it really. I don't know if it actually equates at all 😅 I'll cover the plans next time I have the 390 out as well

[@EasyEd02]

Thanks! I look forward to hearing your plans. I didn't think you would buy something like that "just because" or to "keep up with the Jones". I've seen farmers with big 400+ hp articulated 4wd tractors for their 320ac that their dad worked with like a case LA. Baffling to me as recreational tillage in March (still winter) with a spike tooth harrow. My suspicion is their wives kick them out as they been in all winter 😅 Take care!

[@EasyEd02]

I just thought I'd wish you a happy St.Paddy's Day!! I'll be having vanilla ice cream with Guinness poured over it and a bit of chocolate syrup on top👍 later today!!

[@johncoughlan5512]

Use u ve no U guard on the pto on the tractor

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

i mentioned in my previous video that it fell off somewhere and I'm waiting on the replacement

[@martinbarnicle3667]

Use strimmer on rushes when land is wet

[@PatjomAnnoy]

Use the 390 for your work. 4wheel drive. Much easier on the land

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

I'm too nervous yet 🙈😅

[@kevintaggart4088]

Well done on the heiffer Karen u are doing something right

[@GeoffreyMoore-i9k]

Karen could you please explain the grading, U when I was at school wasn't a good grade lol Geoff

[@nirvairsingh1678]

👍👍

[@pauljamesfitzmaurice3192]

Just wondering will ur 135 be able to take the full tonne bag of fertilizer or will you use the 390

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

I'd use the 390 but not sure if the spreader will hold it

[@pauljamesfitzmaurice3192]

@@karenmoynihanfarm I was going to say u might need to make de spreader a bit higher to hold the tonne of fertilizer because that's what we have to do it will save you going out to buy a bigger spreader

[@denisdunleavy5379]

Hi, I guess you heard this before. Put a set of double wheels on the 135 and you will be amazed where you can travel and you'll be rolling the field at the same time.👍

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

I'm not made of money 🤣🤣

[@dennisbrock1517]

@@karenmoynihanfarm Most of us farmers have to be careful how we spend our money. Get only what we need and not the unnecessary things we'd like to have. Grandpa said ''only buy what you can afford''. 🌼 Hello from North Carolina.

[@grahamarmitage2773]

Doing a grand job Karen

[@stephenkelly2067]

Early tramping hurts productivity of grass rest year a few spring bales will save you fortune rest year

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

We had them out in February last year and we had more grass than ever before. Came back much stronger after the early grazing and none of the old grass slowing down the new stuff coming

[@stephenkelly2067]

@karenmoynihanfarm yes but it wasn't wet and causing damage personally here in co antrim I keep mine in to mid April grass easier grown more cheaply less fert all-year better use off manure or.slurry etc there is a happy medium but early tramping causes.rushes

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

@@stephenkelly2067 it rained every day in March here last year and they were out in it. I have so many rushes maybe I just wouldn't notice new ones but each to their own

[@stephenkelly2067]

@karenmoynihanfarm absolutely I'm not trying critise you have lovely family set up and make fantastic videos, just trying help u from my mistakes life is a learning curve

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

@@stephenkelly2067 Thanks very much. I'll take all the advice I can get

[@ralphkanagy4602]

Nice video you are. Good. Looking

[@JohnBailey-x9j]

Any dinner left over

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Cleared the lot

[@JohnBailey-x9j]

I could ask a lad here for guard but you're getting 2 now so I leave it this lad I no scrapped all massey's

[@JohnBailey-x9j]

You must have been fair hungry

[@pj-fn1dv]

large irises?

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

He actually calls them ilustrums but I can't find it online so don't think that's what they're called

[@pj-fn1dv]

@@karenmoynihanfarm I meant to write Flag irises but auotcorrect 😀

[@MichaelDoering-js2gl]

Mom didn’t invite me 😢

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

🤣🤣

[@erikklein-x6u]

Like most guys I fell in love with Maureen Fitzsimmons the first time that I saw her!

[@liambrophy7574]

Pork chop lovely

[@johnhayes4110]

First ☺️

[@Johnloftus-tf5gq]

🤔🌧🚜

[@danijelpaunovic6292]

Use duct tape to keep the spreader adjustment from moving

[@dennisbrock1517]

Yea, I thought that too. 😊

[@eamonngrace5281]

Karen why don't you put the spreader on some pallets might make it a bit easier putting it on just a suggestion

[@erikklein-x6u]

Actually its Padrick

[@JohnBailey-x9j]

Hurry up for dinner

[@JohnBailey-x9j]

No pto guard

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Ya I mentioned that in my previous video. it fell off somewhere and I'm waiting on the new one to arrive for the 135 and 390

[@JohnBailey-x9j]

135 one 45 euro new was asked around to day for one I can get all right

[@JohnBailey-x9j]

Put on a bit of lock tight in red bottle you get it in agri shop have loads here I could small bottle to you

[@harveystephens6115]

They laying down. Weather is coming probably rain came

[@johngrennan1004]

Tight a shoe laces or a piece of string around the adjuster Karen

[@JohnBailey-x9j]

Glover's Karen

[@finbarreburn5112]

When it comes to grades it all depends on who's there (on the grader) on the day, #FiddlersGreed 🤔 😠

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

You love a good conspiracy

[@finbarreburn5112]

God bless your innocent 🙏

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

@@finbarreburn5112 Really I think having an open mind leads to a happier and healthier life and mind but each to their own

[@finbarreburn5112]

Really I think if you spent a little time working in these joints (meat factories) you too would soon change your mind, Beware the facade that belies' #RobbnHoods 😈 👿

[@dennisbrock1517]

Sure. Let's all be negative and have a rotten day. I'd think I rather be happy and enjoy Karen's good grade due to her hard work.

[@patrickbrowne183]

Your dad is superman karen he'll find out 😂

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

He will 🤣

[@noelgalagher2712]

Do a way too much talking no sense to it pto shaft broken

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

I'm not forcing you to watch...

[@gerrybrown]

You must be well bored if you watch her entire video just to complain she talks too much !!

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

@@gerrybrown 😅😅

[@jimosullivan4866]

when we were young lads learning to a tractor , it was almost like a badge of honor to get stuck and the craic of getting a neighbor to come pull you out , 🚜

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

🤣🤣

[@PeterJohnston-d8c]

I would have liked to have seen you invest in a set of mounted chain harrows and a ballast roller to help eith your grassland improvements. Nice to see a bit of fert going on to get grass moving though.

[@karenmoynihanfarm]

Give me time, hopefully I'll get there