- Location
- North Norfolk
Still using the same method with the same drill (30 yrs old), harvester (20 yrs) and CTM cleaner (30+ yrs) but if any of them die then we will probably stop growing beet.
Historical photos from North Norfolk
- Thread starter sjt01
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Devon James
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- Location
- Devon
I was meaning the strip till maize establishment with the Duro and drill set up you posted a photo of?
- Location
- North Norfolk
Modified last winter. Replaced the crinkly disks with a rotavator (60" widened to 3 m with old pipe) and just one set of blades behind each leg. Also changed the Kongskilde drill for a Monosem. Photos in due course!
- Location
- North Norfolk
2012. After selling the lorry, bought a second hand forager
Happy cows with a belly full of grass
Blowing barley into the third silo. Made from the spare rings when we took the 1960s silos from 60' high down to 30'.
Happy cows with a belly full of grass
Blowing barley into the third silo. Made from the spare rings when we took the 1960s silos from 60' high down to 30'.
- Location
- North Norfolk
550 acres rather than 1300 before, 10 staff rather than 30 full time, 50 in veg season, Brown Swiss not Friesian, no sugar beet, no veg, no lorries but digester and cheese, otherwise trying our best to keep ahead of developments.
- Location
- North Norfolk
2013 We sold the Holsteins through Wright Manley and Clive Norbury went and found us some in-calf Brown Swiss from Bavaria. This is the first load of 33 coming home.
Swapped irrigation borehole engine (6 cyl Cummins turbo) for an electric borehole pump running off the CHP, 26 kW
Swapped irrigation borehole engine (6 cyl Cummins turbo) for an electric borehole pump running off the CHP, 26 kW
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Just found these pictures, fantastic history and thanks for posting.
Very interested in these pictures of there kydd spreaders, we had two of these and encountered endless problems with the belts moving out of line.
Kydd's man came out , took one look at our Drott loading shovel and blamed that as it was dumping too big a load in at a time. Did you have issues? our went down the road for Howards after a couple of years.
- Location
- North Norfolk
I was overseas at the time, but do not recall any issues.
Stephen
- Location
- North Norfolk
2013 Trailing shoe tanker for digestate.
Filling at in-field lagoon - we pump digestate from the digester through our underground irrigation main
Laying concrete sleepers for the cow track - he did 630 metres over a weekend
Filling at in-field lagoon - we pump digestate from the digester through our underground irrigation main
Laying concrete sleepers for the cow track - he did 630 metres over a weekend
Exfarmer
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- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
I cannot like this thread enough! I have just spent a couple of hours looking through and a small pang of jealousy that I did not take pictures, more fool me! The last 70 years have been very exciting times in agriculture.
Your history of the digester elsewhere has been so interesting too!
Good luck in finding a partner, if only I was 30 years younger
Your history of the digester elsewhere has been so interesting too!
Good luck in finding a partner, if only I was 30 years younger
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Did all 33 come on the one Pezzi trailer? They did well with the 4m o/a height running rule in Germany
- Location
- North Norfolk
Yes, all in one. The second load left Munich at 3pm and were off loaded here before 10 am. Father and son drivers, 650 hp tractor unit I think - Alps not a problem! They came off the truck as though they had come from 10 miles away. They drank the water tanks dry, ate some food then all went to sleep.
- Location
- North Norfolk
Enough headaches with carrots, cabbage, sprouts, and everything else. Land was also too stoney before the advent of destoners. Now our neighbours are big in potatoes.
- Location
- North Norfolk
2009 started building the digester
Silage bunkers first
Then site for digester tank and gasholder etc in foreground. Behind that is the dirty water lagoon, and behind that is the site of the new digestate lagoon
Silage bunkers first
Then site for digester tank and gasholder etc in foreground. Behind that is the dirty water lagoon, and behind that is the site of the new digestate lagoon
- Location
- North Norfolk
Installing underground sludge pipework and cable ducting
Digester tank base
Pouring tank base with tank base ring in place, and gas mixing pipes installed
Gas holder base behind tank base
Digester tank base
Pouring tank base with tank base ring in place, and gas mixing pipes installed
Gas holder base behind tank base
- Location
- North Norfolk
Digestate lagoon
Welding the liner
Welding the liner
- Location
- North Norfolk
Curring the trench for pipes and cables. That is a decent angle grinder!
- Location
- North Norfolk
Constructing the tank approx 10 m diam, 10 m high
Insulating it
Insulating it