Today at work

Kiwi Pete

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Owaka, New Zealand

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,441

Philip Watkins said:

Are they someone else's or some you've bought in?

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I just manage the place for another guy, it's part of a leased family farm.
He bought them in, I applied for a job that was in the paper for over the winter when things are quiet..
But, he gave the job to a local lass who just didn't feed them enough (on fodder beet), despite him saying "give them more, give them double as much"
Then luckily she broke her arm and so he rang me up to try to salvage them, has had really heavy losses as you'd expect.
Hard work trying to turn them around really, the damage has been done to many of them. I just feed them, hang what they leave behind, put them onto new grass twice a week is all I can do now.

Very sad, I find it really hard to see the skinnier ones still not doing (you've seen my butterball animals) but I have been getting some of my 'famous non-working drench' into the worst ones, on the quiet

 

Nearly

Member

Location

North of York

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,442

pine_guy said:

Thought when I laid a load of cattle in before the predicted rain, it might not come
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Mrs had done the school run and I asked, 'Is it going to rain?'
5 minutes later I was looking through the same window as you.

Glad I caught up to the plough last night.

Workshop day, haircut and collecting a couple of online purchases. @Drillman

 

Peter

Member

Trade

Location

Eastern Ontario Canada

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,443

Roof is off Oct 1

On its way down Oct 3

In its new home Oct 10.

 

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DRC

Member

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,444

Ploughing maize stubble for wheat, hopefully.
Using the McCormick to save taking the drill off the NH.

 

Two Tone

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,445

Saw this working yesterday.

Though this would be the last combine we'll see working this year, in our area. Then saw a NH TX64 not far away. Didn't have time to take a photo though.

Today I heard of one guy nor far away still got Rape to cut!
Before he starts his wheat!!

 

solo

Member

Location

worcestershire

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,446

Yesterday was man-draulic hedgecutting day. Reducing the height ready for fencing.

 

holwellcourtfarm

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,447

solo said:

Yesterday was man-draulic hedgecutting day. Reducing the height ready for fencing. View attachment 588770 View attachment 588772 View attachment 588774

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My sort of "hedgecutting"

I've done a few like that in places, some with the Liebherr 900!

 

nick...

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

south norfolk

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,448

Last bit of wheat rolled.all done now.just needs a good soaking
Nick...

 

pine_guy

Member

Location

North Cumbria

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,449

This fella decided he wanted to graze the road sides, so on the second escape today, I brought him inside for winter.

So last week posted these three herdies on a river island.

Looking from the other side of the river today, but basically they would have been stood at the end of the rainbow. Been one wet wet day.

 

cvx175

Member

Location

cumbria

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,450

sheep to shift out of here to somewhere a bit dryer, only problem water in every gateway. Not sure exactly how deep but it's just over welly deep

 

Forever Fendt

Member

Location

Derbyshire

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,451

Dropped these of today

 

Kevtherev

Member

✓

Location

Welshpool Powys

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,452

Bit wet again

 

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Philip Watkins

Member

Location

Back in Shropshire

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,453

pine_guy said:

...... Been one wet wet day.
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cvx175 said:

View attachment 588838 sheep to shift out of here to somewhere a bit dryer, only problem water in every gateway. Not sure exactly how deep but it's just over welly deep

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BBC news said there's been 210mm in the last 24hrs up you neck of the country. Can't remember the exact location they mentioned.

 

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Bob c

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Cotswolds

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,454

Philip Watkins said:

BBC news said there's been 210mm in the last 24hrs up you neck of the country. Can't remember the exact location they mentioned.

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-cumbria-41559978

Some parts of Cumbria saw more than 8ins (206mm) of rain fall in less than 24 hours, according to provisional figures from the Environment Agency.

Honister, Seathwaite and Ennerdale were the worst hit areas as torrential downpours closed schools and disrupted road and rail travel.

 

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Philip Watkins

Member

Location

Back in Shropshire

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,455

Bob c said:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-england-cumbria-41559978

Some parts of Cumbria saw more than 8ins (206mm) of rain fall in less than 24 hours, according to provisional figures from the Environment Agency.

Honister, Seathwaite and Ennerdale were the worst hit areas as torrential downpours closed schools and disrupted road and rail travel.

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Honister, that's the one they had on the weather map.

 

pine_guy

Member

Location

North Cumbria

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,456

Philip Watkins said:

Honister, that's the one they had on the weather map.

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That's the Lake District though, I am generally lucky and get a lot less in the shadow of the fells. Not uncommon to get an inch of rain most days in the middle of the Lake District. What you recon @Old Tip?

 

Pan mixer

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

Near Colchester

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,457

Trying to break iron hard clay clods here for grass seeding.

 

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spanners and hammers

Member

Location

cambridgeshire

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,458

not sure you should say how hard and dry your ground is on here,,,, could upset the odd person

 

Norfolk Olly

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

norfolk

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,459

Wheat going in nicely

 

robbie

Member

BASIS

Location

the brecks norfolk

• Oct 11, 2017

• #80,460

Before dinner I rolled the last drilled field of barley

Then this afternoon moved to some away land to drill the last piece of barley and a block of continuous wheat.
Got the barley in but it's rather sticky in places so left the rest to dry.

The headlands have gone down very tight so dad gave then a once over with the pigtail.

The Drill is all tucked in. I'm taking the missus to Edinburgh as a birthday treat tomorrow so it'll have to sit there till Saturday.