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Always assumed it was made by Deere, so ill have to have a look in morning. We don't have the facilities to clamp it unfortunately. Also all we have lay ed out on is the baler (although the rake could do with an upgrade). If we were to clamp it we would need a chopper of some sorts and silage sides for trailers plus extra labour. This way only involves 2 of our own staff at any one time. I do think clamping would work well with our system though. With having 1500 acres to combine the opportunity for whole crop is also there.

  Finding out that local Peugeot garage charge £75 an hour after the car was serviced. £189 for an oil change. Also that the tyre garage cant do the tracking on it as its too new

    We finally got round to some bales this week. We want about 1700 in total.

Contractors 6620 se and nova cat 305 mower

Trusty old hay bob lives on

  6930 and 678 wrapper baler

Wrapper in action

Control box and camera

    Looking good. Most around here are on JDs but a couple of firms have them on Massey's.

  Been to John Deere at Langer for a combine operaters course.

You must have loads of tractors at your place. I take it the estate has been Deere through and through for years now?

  15 I recon plus 2 loaders all JD bar one ford 8240 an Iseku ? and the two cats. The 2wd 2850 has been here since new the other two only arrived about three years ago. When i started here ten years ago there was a mix of CASE IH, DB, DEUTZ, FORD, JD and MF.

More great pictures, keep them comining, especially some of the 50 series tractors in the field at work.

  Thanks. The old timers don't do allot now. Mainly potter about in what we call the market garden were most of the produce for the box scheme is grown.

  Picked this up today.

    Well not to much going on at the moment, mainly trying to keep the crops as weed free as possible. Not that we've been able to do much this last week as its been too wet. We are currently running about 300 Lincoln red cattle, a small flock of Lincoln long wool sheep, chickens(layers and meat) turkeys(meat) and a couple of pigs. In total we run about 3000 acres. Sorted some photos of some of the other tractors on the farm.

    So how was the trip through Boston then? I take its all individual hydraulic drives then, and can you actually see out the side window with that lot?

      I shall be there on one of the days, not sure which one yet.

do you work for woodlands organic it makes sense now i have been for a farm walk there a few years ago it's a nice farm

  Yep that's us. Was it one of our open days or an aranged visit?

The farm has aweb site for anyone interested,  http://www.woodlandsfarm.co.uk/index.php . There's a hole host of stuff on there, not all of it up to date. If you click on community then gallery it will take you to a hole load of pictures of the farm and what we do.

i worked on a fram that grew beetroot on contract to cow & gate, the baby food people , very exacting standards with specific quantity & brands of fertilizer & sprays to be used. are your beets contract grown or harvested & sold wholesale ?

  The bulk of the beet is grown for greens of soham, some also go's wholesale and some gets hand picked and sold either at farmers markets or through our box scheme. The only standards we have to work to are from the soil association. And there seems plenty of them.

  Tris, we plant them in 14" rows with each head having a double coulter at about 1 1/2" to 2" spacing. The outside 2 heads are set slightly thicker to hold them back  as they get more air and grow quicker.

    A workbench...

  Along with an engine hoist, trolley jack, crawling board and a couple of men.

  New plough.

I bet any fellow farmers in the area had a puzzled look when they saw that combination driving around! Dinky little drill you have there, what kind of spacing do these beetroot's have then?

  They would be more concerned about the sprayer. The hole farm is organic. As for the drill, we used to borrow one from the local HRI. They closed down so we looked at going down the root of a 3 bed system and 12 row drill as the acerage had been on the up each year. Unfortunately at about the same time the contract more than halved so we ended up with this. Can't remember the spacing at the mo.

    Well for the last couple of weeks on and off i have been making beds for Roy to drill red beat(beat root) into, its a bit steady. We only drill about 10 or 15 acre's each week(and no that dosn`t take all week) to spread the harvest out, about 70 in total. Before we started i had to get the bed maker from another yard which i was passing with the sprayer..

  Not sure yet. Depends on work..

  Cracking photo's yet again.

  Drove a 120 for about 6 years. like others have said just leave the window open a bit, always made me smile. :)

Visitors room.... Mmmmm interesting 

In a village near me there was a gang drilling a geo-thermal bore hole..... For three weeks! The job was only quoted for two or three days 

  Three weeks, now that's a big hole and you know what they say about big holes....

  Visitors room probable makes it sound a bit posh.  But it is were we have our open days, and any school visits are based. Also poetry and art days have been held.

i take it your nick name isn't mr memory then ?

but remind us not to pick you for the pub quiz ...............matter of fact don't worry about it you'd have forgotten by then  \ ;D

                Who what were when!

            What are you on about man? :laugh:

    Some pictures from the office wall.

  Total hours on main tractors from 08

  Total hours on main tractors from 09

    Fuel usage for the farm from April.

  Thank's for that someone did tell me that today. But that was more than an hour ago

  Much discussion on the CB today about a hole being dug at the back of one of our yards. So went to have a look.

  Seems we are having underfloor heating put into the education/visitor room. Not sure what you call this system but it works by circulating water underground to extract the heat from the land. 6 trench's and a lot of pipe..

  Two of these.

    Last evening actually. Doctor's scales, had to look round and check i was the only one standing on it. 

    This morning got about quarter of a mile down the road, the car coughs an splutters a bit, then all but gives up. Limped it back, rang Peugeot, got the usuall ring the AA. Out comes man in van with laptop. Fault codes cleared and all seems fine now.