FARM UPDATE 257 Sprayer,bowser ready for nitrogen on sugar beet & Capulet beans,new arrivals on pond

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Update 64:
FARM UPDATE 64 FARM TOUR PART 1 of 3, DETAILS OUR HEATHLAND FARM WHERE I LIVE, GRAIN STORAGE & CROPS
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Update 65:
FARM UPDATE 65 FARM TOUR PART 2 of 3 LOOKING AT THE MAIN FARM LAYOUT & SOME MACHINERY HISTORY
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Update 66:
FARM UPDATE 66 FARM TOUR PART 3 of 3 LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT FARMING SIDE OF THE BUSINESS
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[@robdavis5711]

Wouldn’t live in London if you paid me, which you’d have to do because it’s extortionately expensive! I really love it here in Lincolnshire, surrounded by nature and farming!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂😂

[@adrianlayen4119]

Another great update Andrew. Really good content, not just interesting but educational. As far as the comment goes about the countryside being boring, we are all different, but there is nothing better than an early morning walk in the spring time through a wood or along some of the footpaths all over the countryside. Anyway Andrew, thanks and looking forward to Sundays update.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thanks Adrian, I’m with you on the countryside!

[@GRS1903]

Great farm management, good to see cleaned out ditches, if everyone done that what a difference it would make

[@shatterline28]

Just returned from my latest trip to China where we have been drilling sugar beet and over there they apply all the nitrogen via drip tape with irrigation

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Good idea that.

[@alancurtis80]

Farming is very technical these days, but you explain everything so well, even I can understand! My father worked with horses, then Fordson Major, etc. Seemed so simple and organic back then!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

👍😊

[@petergarthwaite6805]

Great vid good luck with the beans 😊

[@andrewwatson1698]

Great video as usual. I spent most of last weekend in and around a little village not far from you called Oasby - and I wasn't bored at all! 😅

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It’s a lovely little village with most houses made from Ancaster stone. The Houblon Arms pub used to be good but I think it might be closed.

[@--Pryer8229-wc4zj]

I love the countryside, more than a city or town any day.

[@bobcrawford2105]

Maybe if E A didn’t pay 5 times more for a job than someone else could do it the funds would be available. All crops will need a bit extra nitrogen and trace elements to make up for lost time

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Re the EA, exactly

[@keithcambidge6387]

Let them stay in London with there bull shit 😂 great video again Andrew 👍🏻

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Totally agree!

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Nice video and thanks again for your explanations.

[@Gearoid35]

Thanks good update, that's a lot of idle ground

[@chrislee2221]

Yet another brilliant and interesting video, not going to waste my breath on the EA and them wasting the budget imo they could not run a tap. Love the sprayer I know it was a big investment for your business but worth every penny.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Re the EA, totally agree. We have a few niggles with the sprayer which is a shame but it’s at Househams this week to get them sorted.

[@roberthiggins6401]

Unfortunately makes me laugh that there's no money for the river bank, when you consider there's endless money for many other things. Then you consider where money comes from? Amazing how quick the deposits build up in the beck. Don't stop the townies going back to town.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂👍

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello! Rain or no rain is sometimes a farmer's dilemma...

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Totally!

[@luisnunes7933]

👌@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 👌

[@grahamsecker4029]

Hi Andrew, those gone back to London I'm pleased about they obviously don't understand the country side, I'm surprised they didn't complain about the lack of noise. 😅😂. Keep the videos coming.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Noise!!!

[@craigdoig9486]

15:31 great content again

[@paulwilliams3494]

Hello Andrew, I had been thinking for a while now how calmly you were seeming to be taking the situation regarding some things relating to the business, like the difference in price received for some crops to what was expected and the huge areas not being cropped this year. I think you were fortunate regarding the fertiliser a couple of years back but since then with what was the backbone BPS getting less it is a rather different situation. Loss making crops are pointless but the overheads still have to be found. Will you be using this opportunity for black grass control and or fertility building cover crops? How much better than continual wheat is a first wheat and of course will many others be doing the same? I will be interested to hear what you are doing and how you think it will all shake out with cashflow etc as you said it could be a good while before the effects shake out, without any further events of any sort. Either way I can wait for the explanation in your video no problem, hopefully all goes well from now and it is a reasonable harvest.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thanks for your message Paul. I will go through your questions on video because I think lots would like to hear my thoughts, hope that’s ok?

[@paulwilliams3494]

I look forward to it 🚜

[@jhlane1977]

Guessing the beans don’t have a zero n max limit then? Are they classed as a legume? Interesting to see how they grow!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

No they don’t. They do fix some nitrogen but not as much as ordinary beans.

[@peterre4422]

Hi Andrew, Any chance of your view on ammonium nitrate v urea sometime? Prilled (Nitram) was a staple years ago but things seem to have changed. Also liquid v Prilled. Cheers

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Will do it on video for next time,

[@philipsankey988]

I thought a powerharrow was a swear word in your volcabulary,as you said you need different machines for different years

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

It used to be hence why I’m rather bloated with humble pie!

[@thomastaylor1283]

Let them all go back and take there attitudes back with them.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂👌

[@olivercoleman930]

I'm not an arable farmer but I thought beans could fix their own nitrogen..

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

They can after they’ve been growing for a few weeks but soil conditions are not good and we have the only seed in the country so we need to maximise that.

[@olivercoleman930]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard Ah that makes a lot of sense, thank you.

[@NickGarbutt-m1l]

Thanks Andrew, the videos you put out are really informative, you make me feel that I am part of your farm! Brilliant again.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Thank you

[@cristineagu6920]

EnvAg is lacking funds? I know April 1st is gone but what in the world, is that another of their sick jokes? If John waited for them to do something, now December is too optimistic I would say.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

👍😊

[@jonstephens682]

Morning Andrew. Cracking update again, isn’t it lovely to see the goslings on the pond. I came across a video from P X Farms and he is just north of Cambridgeshire and he was also complaining about the lack off maintenance on the rivers buy the EA. I’ve also heard off people move from city’s to the country and then moved back because it’s to quiet, trouble is down here we’ve got to many off them moved from the city get on the local council and change everything that the country does which is frustrating.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

I know James Peck well. One hell of a business.

[@jonstephens682]

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard yes it seems to be a fair set up.

[@peterwilson-qj2ds]

Another good update Andrew, we all have to eat humble pie sometimes. I am very impressed with your sprayer, a lot of thought and planning went into it and the end result is outstanding. I don't see how people can say the countryside is boring, I have lived in it for 59 years and wouldn't want to live anywhere else. See you on Sunday Morning for another update.

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😊👍

[@MartinClayton-n1b]

Great sprayer flat land but Why can't pump lift rams As it grows don't pass rubbish next field

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Sorry, need that explaining a bit more

[@SH66667]

Got a neighbour with a flood release valve which drains our fields abit during severe flood events, the pipe is slowly caving in and a sink hole has appeared. The drainage board/ EA want to just block it off with clay so we will have no means of drainage. We also have/had a non return valve from the river which should allow flood water to drain back into the river when the river level drops, this valve and the precast concrete fell in the river and the idb and ea washed their hands of renewing it, so now we have an open inlet from the river which floods us even before the rivers full. Flood water is being forced on many of us

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Bloody terrible, I’m surprised about the idb.

[@SH66667]

​@@WardysWaffleAndrewWardYour idbs seem to be still run and work done by locals. The tender for our idb work was won by a chap from 100 miles away with no kit, he just employs who he can find at the time, the ditch flailing last year was done by a firm who live 200 mile away . Its a joke, the idb is an old fogie club and the local case officer has no experience or idea but it didnt put them off taking the job...or being given it!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

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[@robertsmith9810]

THE londoners are probably missing the excitement of the bladerunners cutting Khans ULEZ cameras down , Beet has come well considering the weather this year

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Andrew, Love the detail and the big picture stuff, thanks for sharing

[@lincslad54]

Goose for xmas dinner?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂😂

[@robhall9599]

Should get Clarkson and Kaleb contractors in to repair the river bank . They might get on quicker !

[@stuartwarrick6444]

I wouldn’t want that kaleb anywhere near my farm or river banks, I hope the public don’t think we are all like him working on farms

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

😂😂

[@robhall9599]

@@stuartwarrick6444 it was the construction mickey take I was hinting at from their recent series and the length of time it’s taking to get the river bank maintenance done. But Rome wasn’t built in a day , neither are river banks it seems. Hopefully finished before next winter , fingers crossed not as wet or another breach.

[@bobwest2807]

Hi Andrew. I found your mistake in the video. You said some of the sugar beet received 100kg/ha or 80 units of N but the rest had 125kg/ha or 80 units of N!!!!!!!!

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

🤦‍♂️ Trouble is I always work in metric but I have some ask what is it in old money and I have to think on my feet, go back 25 years and try to convert it while I’m videoing!!

[@Paws4thot]

How about we don't sell food to Larndarners who think "the countryside is boring"?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Good one!!!

[@robincornwell755]

Thanks Andrew . Those people who move to the country and say its boring are usually the ones who complain about the smells, the dust,the mud on the roads etc from farms and farming !!!!!!! and does anyone really need that type of person around ?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Exactly. And they get on local parish councils and try to change everything.

[@nigelphillips9426]

Thanks for the video

[@shanescott312]

2.41 acres to a hectare isn't there ?????

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

2.471 to be exact!!

[@markyoull6744]

great stuff

[@julianchambers8372]

Hi Andy, Best let those Londoner/Southerners go back they don`t understand. The drainage ditches are looking good are you planning to maintain them to this standard annually.? The sprayer is very interesting, how or who decides on the nitrogen % and how is the level determined.? I`m also looking forward to seeing how the beans develop over the next weeks, I hope there successful. Is you farm open day open to everyone or is it restricted.?

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

The ditches will be done every 3 or 4 years, nitrogen applications goes on past experience, our trials results and recommendations from a few discussion groups I belong. Farm open day will be open to all, I’ll give the booking details when they go live.

[@--Pryer8229-wc4zj]

I wouldn't. Live in london or any city for that matter. i love the countryside .

[@WardysWaffleAndrewWard]

Me too.