- Location
- Near Colchester
I don't mind leaving the awkward bits next to posts and things nowadays - no handwork to clear them out at the end anymore.
Today at work
- Thread starter Penmoel
- Start date
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Well these all scanned clear thankfully. So are all back up for sale.
And said cow had twins.
White one was a big lad and needed a little help from jack.
One behind is white and blue. Literly fell out.
Hopefully poor old cow will walk a tad better now after loosing some weight.
She can go this backend. As only running on 2 teats this year.
Sadly she is the best and most pleasant cow to handle on the farm will do anything for attention and a scratch.
And said cow had twins.
White one was a big lad and needed a little help from jack.
One behind is white and blue. Literly fell out.
Hopefully poor old cow will walk a tad better now after loosing some weight.
She can go this backend. As only running on 2 teats this year.
Sadly she is the best and most pleasant cow to handle on the farm
will do anything for attention and a scratch.
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
You've heard of the idea then?
It covers a bit more than that really and will work well in the right places......
But it has become a bandwagon that far too many folk are jumping on without recognising the limitations of it
The evidence base for it is lacking in some key detail as yet:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-with-natural-processes-to-reduce-flood-risk
The mapping of areas which "could benefit from NFM techniques" is very broad brush
‘Mapping the Potential for Working with Natural Processes’ PDF site (only runs with Internet Explorer)
and the descriptions of the methods and their impacts leaves quite some room for interpretation
Working with natural processes: one page summaries
- Location
- Wakefield
Today for me has involved clearing out the sheds and selling on bits of machinery that I can’t see us using any time soon! All been sat around for years.
Tipping trailer and Howard spike rotor gone within a hour of me posting on FB. Quite liking this lark to be honest!
Tipping trailer and Howard spike rotor gone within a hour of me posting on FB. Quite liking this lark to be honest!
- Location
- North West
Back on the beet today, I just love the awkward shape ones with more headlands than field!
Plenty of dust about now, will need some rain to get them going.
Bit of slope in this field.
Managed to get the last 3 fields drilled so I can put the drill away for another year, I’m always sort of glad to finish beet drilling for some reason
Then went and chucked some N on a couple of fields of spring barley.
Plenty of dust about now, will need some rain to get them going.
Bit of slope in this field.
Managed to get the last 3 fields drilled so I can put the drill away for another year, I’m always sort of glad to finish beet drilling for some reason
Then went and chucked some N on a couple of fields of spring barley.
- Location
- Huntingdon
so today at work , I set to , installing cctv in the cattle shed (yes I know we are a bit late to the party)
I got all the cables pulled, cameras roughly in position , cat5 switched in all good to go ,
so I thought id have a look and see what they are like in the dark - the inaugural dark viewing, who should I see sniffing around a cow and calf but Charlie fox !!!!!!!!
I got all the cables pulled, cameras roughly in position , cat5 switched in all good to go ,
so I thought id have a look and see what they are like in the dark - the inaugural dark viewing, who should I see sniffing around a cow and calf but Charlie fox !!!!!!!!
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
You've heard of the idea then?
It covers a bit more than that really and will work well in the right places......
But it has become a bandwagon that far too many folk are jumping on without recognising the limitations of it
The evidence base for it is lacking in some key detail as yet:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/working-with-natural-processes-to-reduce-flood-risk
The mapping of areas which "could benefit from NFM techniques" is very broad brush
‘Mapping the Potential for Working with Natural Processes’ PDF site (only runs with Internet Explorer)
and the descriptions of the methods and their impacts leaves quite some room for interpretation
Working with natural processes: one page summaries
dunno if this is relevant ( I haven't bothered reading back through the thread ) but have you heard of Peter Andrews & his " natural sequence farming " ? All to do with rehydrating the landscape & getting water to spread out
not necessarily black & white, mixed reviews / opinions about it, but in some places it appears to work very well
Deerefarmer
Member
- Location
- USA
- Location
- Wiltshire
It is a Houle. Valve pipes not plugged in for that reason.
A great bit of kit.
Bg
A great bit of kit.
Bg
- Location
- Cornwall
Back on aerial spreading fert today! 12t thrown about in fairly short order.
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Auger fills hopper while plane flying? Plane lands, hopper raised, dump into plane, back up in the air again?
How long to spread? or typical amount spread in a day? An impressive way to cover the acres for sure.
Fascinating to watch and think about. I'm not doubting its accuracy at all....but it's a whole world away from autosteer, section control, precision farming type that is raved about in this part of the world. Flying a plane to the nearest metre seems a tall order to me.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking it - merely fascinated how two so seemingly different appraoches exist for the same thing. I'd chose the plane every time if I could.....pity they can't do planting and harvesting too! Speed the job up no end!
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Working ground for forage maize today. I'd forgotten how tedious power harrowing is
Still, this might be the last time I need to.
Still, this might be the last time I need to.
- Location
- Cornwall
To put it into perspective, we did 12t this morning over 140ha in 2 hours. Only a small exercise. 2 weeks ago we did 100t which, had everything slotted into place, we should’ve done in a day.
It’s all hill country where you wouldn’t want to go with a tractor. I guess that begs the question, why bother at all, but it’s all productive country in the wet winter months so they do.
Actually surprisingly accurate. The pilot was on a job yesterday which was around houses and other buildings. Their Guidance system is pretty sh!t hot and makes it possible to avoid the no go areas whereas, a few years ago, that would’ve been near impossible. The complaints certainly flood in if the cock it up as any farmer would know when working around houses!!! They work to a 30m swath at 300ft and section control is certainly possible. Having walked a paddock after, it seems pretty evenly spread... and zero compaction! They can accurately spread mouse bait down to 1kg/ha.
That loading rig is a bit of a contraption and not as fast as the one we had before. Then he was stationary for no more than 20 seconds for loading and off again. Very slick operation.
Plane uses 300L/hr of JetA1 and our fag packet sums reckoned he was using approx 3L/ha in these awkward hills with lots of turning. This would be reduced on big paddocks with long straight runs. Spreading costs $17-20/ha depending on rate and distance from the airstrip. That Airtactor can carry a 4t payload if the runway is long enough to get off the ground but on that 600m strip 1.8t was enough!!! It’s a beast of a machine!
Gerbert
Member
- Location
- Dutch biblebelt
In holland we also have some small roads. This wasn't that bad, even smaller further on with a big ditch on both sides. I took the other way around when finished on the field because with a 3 meter wide rake it's just not as much fun as with a tedder in the hitch. It's kind of a dead end road though so no passers by.
- Location
- Huntingdon
18hrs later , we have our first calf by Cctv . We certainly would not have been in a position to pop up to the shed for a check .!
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
That's a public road? It looks like a farm track...albeit it has less potholes than our roads over here!!
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Fascinating stuff! Thank you for the insight into a whole new world.
- Location
- Penzance
So far on this work day....
Seperated and fed animals their rations, took ages.
Did the other patch. Thankfully rain made it 10 times easier...
Then, seperated out a ram lamb, going as breeder, for customer to pick up next week. Marked him up
Later will be housework and more concreting... But until then loads of baking and food preparation for the freezer...
Have a good one guys!
Seperated and fed animals their rations, took ages.
Did the other patch. Thankfully rain made it 10 times easier...
Then, seperated out a ram lamb, going as breeder, for customer to pick up next week. Marked him up
Later will be housework and more concreting... But until then loads of baking and food preparation for the freezer...
Have a good one guys!
- Location
- South Molton
View from the office this morning while fencing.
Gerbert
Member
- Location
- Dutch biblebelt
Officially yes but very few people are stupid enough to take it, also it leads to nowhere but fields.