WINTER BARLEY HARVEST - A BUSY WEEK

[@patlydon519]

Machinery is so clean, must be a serious maintenance program in place

[@RedcastleGAV78]

Man it is hard to beat the nostalgia of the small square bales. Great vid Gerry

[@luvelyjubely]

Nice, brand new machine 👍

[@NoelWalsh-q4e]

Great video lad love david brown 1212 and ford and john deere tractors and baliers

[@jasondavies4887]

Good trailer stacking 👍

[@seamuscusack7937]

Well done excellent video as always nice to see the David Brown on the baler

[@garymadden2656]

Great video Gerry 👌

[@Thuy_Dailylife]

You are so great at instilling enthusiasm to participate in your work, love you

[@joeclancy868]

Great video the fleet looks great 👍

[@igagri4817]

Very lucky with the weather 👌 top quality video

[@johnlydon533]

Great video Gerry. Lot of content. Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼

[@thompsonfaulkner]

I was pleased to see a ford 4000 on your video, glad all went well for you.

[@farmerslife2612]

Hi lad that was a great video and great job on the land to it was a good job 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@damienconnolly4231]

Great job. Good to see the vintage gear out too.

[@ianhaggart1438]

Nice work on the vid.. plenty going on and a bit of classic to.. whats not to like.. stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@ainsleydunne2685]

A shed like that would be fair handy in your place

[@gerry6420]

@@ainsleydunne2685 sure would 😂

[@alanpugh8192]

Good video gerry

[@padraigbutler6968]

so good to see the old girl working away on square bales

[@eugenehughes1253]

Great to see Brendan with the Armagh flag flying loud and proud

[@gerry6420]

Yea showing local support 😁

[@IanRyan-t8o]

Great video, keep up the good work

[@matthewryan8169]

Great video

[@dellhell8842]

Excellent video as usual.

[@edwardconnolly8580]

Great video gerry

[@olivercoleman930]

Would you mind exploding how you treat grain and advantages costs of different ways of doing it particularly for feeding back to stock as home saved cereals.. Thanks..

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Enjoyed

[@liambrennan6108]

Well done Excellent video as always 😊

[@tcod3137]

Farming in Ireland is a dead duck!

[@patjuliettefleming1150]

2.5 ton at current price wont pay for much on plus side straw price is strong last few years Dr joe patten teagasc had lastest research on current margins in farming published on agriland if u read the article u wonder will farmers b farming in 10 years time politicians would well to read it before the next election best luck with rest of farming

[@gerry6420]

No total waste of time. Even at 3.5 ton to acre it’s no good. Barley was 150 a ton 20 years ago. It should be 300 plus a to allow for poor years.

[@johndunne8123]

Well said. As a country we need to have a think about the future

[@tdolan500]

@@gerry6420Just looking at the UK statistics. 800g sliced white bread, in 2004 the average was £0.64 and in 2024 it’s £1.39. 118.75% increase. Record profits for the retail giants. Corporate greed milking the country dry and they will just move on to the foreign suppliers when they are done.

[@johndunne8123]

Another great video. Rough year on yields, here us for better weather next season. Any plans for cover crops

[@doyler7960]

Gerry would you do a video on your contractors new combine! Never too many new combines with an LH reg plate! If he would allow it !!!

[@gerry6420]

When doing spring barley I’ll do a bit on it maybe.

[@bobpaterson1845]

Great video Gerry 👍 good content and plenty of action and great ending getting finished with 5 minutes to spare 👌 what did the barley finally average out at per acre 🤔👍

[@markbrummell2578]

Hey Gerry I’m moving back to Ireland to work for John Deere in Navan I was wondering who is your John Deere dealer

[@davidcummins1108]

Power of work done over the few days last week Gerry when the weather played ball. Fair play. How has the re-seeded field responded so far?

[@keithmckenna7447]

Great video Gerry. Did I see a Ford in the hay field?

[@joefoley457]

😃🚜👍

[@vincenzolorenzo]

Jesus how have john deere not sorted out that problem with their round balers yet. We're were at the same craic putting belts on a 578 20 years ago!

[@gerry6420]

They did make changes, These ones wouldn’t be as bad as the older ones for doing it. But still could. It never has done it on me but I wanted to get the belt kit in case it ever did. The new 441 has the extra roller and don’t do it. They should have stuck the roller in 15 years ago to be fair.

[@chrismccann9837]

Do you thinks we could get a tyrone flag for the combine 😂👍👍

[@michaelstaunton1632]

👍👍👌

[@richardparkinson8651]

Wondering when you mention winter barley and spring barley, what's the difference 🤔

[@johndunne8123]

Different varieties developed based on when you sow. Winter usually late sep/oct and spring in march. Winter varieties tend to yield more but cost more to grow, due to extra pesticides and fungicides

[@anthonymccluskey3822]

Round bales are stone age now. 8×4×3 are what everyone wants now. Small square are bronze age.

[@gerry6420]

@@anthonymccluskey3822not everyone wants big squares. They don’t suit every man. I’ve no bother selling rounds. And make few 1000 wee squares for customers every year. I do well out of them. I’d rather wee squares my self for the feeder. Very handy and don’t mind working at them 👍 Stone Age was before Bronze Age. So surely the wee squares would be stone age 😂

[@paddy294]

First

[@Aney.Stokes]

What can the smyth trailer carry Gerry? Is she a 12 tone?

[@gerry6420]

No it’s a 20 ton

[@Jack-cb5qg]

Hi Gerry great vid, how do you manage to keep tyres so black on your tractors I notice you have mitchelins so maybe they stay more blacker than trellaborgs for longer ?

[@gerry6420]

@@Jack-cb5qg use a pre wash de-greaser on tractor and tires pre washing. It gets 10-15 minutes to settle, then hot water power washer . Doing every inch of the Tyre wall. Come up like new. Windows and paint work usually need a sponge down to get every then spotless.

[@Jack-cb5qg]

@@gerry6420thank you 👍🏻

[@greggroome2791]

🙏🙏👌👌👍👍💪💪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@alexgrills7219]

First 😂😂

[@gerry6420]

No messing today 😂

[@michaelmuckian8820]

The flag brought the team more look than you G with yield.

[@Shane_O]

Someone far brighter than I stated “Stupidity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results” ….. at that yield per acre, and the financial losses involved? Maybe it’s time to think again! Farming is in big trouble unless something changes. UK and Ireland…. Same in the wider EU.

[@gerry6420]

Yea you’re not wrong. The price is the biggest issue. It needs to be high enough to cover years like the last 2 years where weather gap played a huge role in how your crops yield. Farmers can’t continue to produce at a loss. 🤷‍♂️

[@YC9R]

Did you wrap for haylage or keep as hay Gerry? Would you consider buying a bigger rake?

[@gerry6420]

@@YC9R yes wrapped 1 field. Yea love a rake around 20-22ft

[@FarmerphillContractor-k1j]

@@gerry6420hi

[@Johnnycambell]

Nice video Gerry can you pls change up the music

[@FarmerphillContractor-k1j]

It doesn’t matter

[@Johnnycambell]

@@FarmerphillContractor-k1jit does when it’s the same music all the time you would get sick of it

[@FarmerphillContractor-k1j]

@@Johnnycambell so what if he wants to play that music leave him play it you see your self he very busy so he might not have time to change it so just put up with it they are people firing around the world and your complaining about the music 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨that a stupid thing to complain about

[@EddieMclearnon]

I see you have a ford in the yard