Today at work

[davidroberts30]

I'm convinced you are in another country, that or the whole farm has a giant umbrella over it,,sand land round here is like bog, still got lakes from last weekend.

yeah I just fed the cattle and come in to change as soaked through the waterproofs...

 

[Pistonbroke]

Found this last night. Gate latch off a wall. Must have driven round in the dark for a hour bedding with it. Tyre just marked and the tube in sight but still up!

 

[Flat 10]

There Salers, a french mountain breed.

Its very light ground. Ideal for keeping cows out on and for spring barley for malting.

Thanks. Not a breed I am familiar with but look like really nice cows to my untrained eye.

 

[d williams]

Getting caught up with the plough now. Ploughing round about cows! Not looking too bad for having been outside since April.

This is Livestock/Arable which a lot of you guys seem to get excited about. This field will be drilled with spring barley in next fortnight. Weather permitting. Cut mid August. Stubble turnips drilled straight after. Cows on early November, come off now to come inside to calve. Starting next week. After they've calved they'll be fed draff, which is a by product of whisky production. Which the malting spring barley is being grown to produce malt for whisky. They'll be bedded on straw from spring barley thats grown in these fields and the muck will go back onto these fields. But beef production is inefficient and destroying the planet.

I know my front windows disgusting.

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Cows in very good nick there how far off calf ing

 

[Nearly]

I'm starting to lose count now. Fortunately so is Mrs N.

 

[ARW]

Only roadsides while storm Dennis is here

 

[JWL]

I'm starting to lose count now. Fortunately so is Mrs N.
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Is your plan to keep buying them in the same colour so she doesn't notice?

 

[Nearly]

Is your plan to keep buying them in the same colour so she doesn't notice?

Discos are red, tractors are blue.....

 

[choochter]

Everything inside now for Storm Dennis...
all content, including the new mum in the single pen with her calf born yesterday

 

[Robert K]

Bit of crop walking this morning

Cleared up a muddy mess left from the drill

Sorted out a new spare for the ifor Williams trailer

 

[puppet]

Everything inside now for Storm Dennis...
all content, including the new mum in the single pen with her calf born yesterday
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Looks great with a tag already. No chance of any mix-ups

 

[Pan mixer]

An entirely unpleasant morning after the chores trying to fix the gland nut on the brass stop cock in this pit, it was level full with water when I started, half full of mud, freezing cold and blowing a hooley whilst I am laying on the moist ground at full length with both arms only able to reach if my head is halfway down the hole too.

deep joy.

 

[Wombat]

Bit of crop walking this morning

Cleared up a muddy mess left from the drill

Sorted out a new spare for the ifor Williams trailer

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Are those 2019 crop pics ???

 

[Robert K]

Are those 2019 crop pics ???

That wheat was drilled on the 10th October

 

[Wombat]

That wheat was drilled on the 10th October

Looks great, driven from Yorkshire to Gloucester today and don’t think we saw as field looking as well

 

[Steevo]

Looks great, driven from Yorkshire to Gloucester today and don’t think we saw as field looking as well

Saw some lovely crops just west of Gloucester last week - must've been a good 6" tall like a green carpet.

(and no, they certainly weren't mine!)


P.S Are you in the area then?

 

[Wombat]

Saw some lovely crops just west of Gloucester last week - must've been a good 6" tall like a green carpet.

(and no, they certainly weren't mine!)


P.S Are you in the area then?

Yes we are having a few days away near Stroud for half term.

It was so wet most of the way down stuff looked pretty soggy from leaving home all the way

 

[Steevo]

Yes we are having a few days away near Stroud for half term.

It was so wet most of the way down stuff looked pretty soggy from leaving home all the way

Ah nice! Not a nice day for travelling at all.

Hope you aren't camping!!

 

[Muddyroads]

Bit of crop walking this morning

Cleared up a muddy mess left from the drill

Sorted out a new spare for the ifor Williams trailer

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Have you washed that quad bike off yet? Was looking a bit muddy last time we saw it!

 

[Robert K]

Have you washed that quad bike off yet? Was looking a bit muddy last time we saw it!

Not yet I'm waiting for a dry day