dave the farmer

roundup on rape 10th july 2015

Excellent lorries,are they 1/32'.saw a new Holland cr 9070 on barley on way home tonite.

Like the Jf chopper and the fuel tanks.

big brute hover. hovering on floor store. compresser at grain store blowning down top of dryer

Thanks pat .the green rw is from three oaks farm models. The Massey is good,driver likes it,pulls well,thinking of having a tractor sake up in the autumn.i use to run a MF 2680 way back.good tractor.

a massey on demo 4 a bit. new gates on road 2 grain store. wider entrance 4 road to grain store. loading grain lorry. jd 6150r off topping servicing kit.2nd cut silage

Excellent layout,likening the new grain shed,where did you get those Nissan lookin pickups from.

sat in our contractors brand new fendt 722 with jd front mower and claas butterfly mowers on back.last nite on way home saw jd 6170r on jd front and back mowers.contractors got a fendt 818 on loader both on a 3 yr hire 10 grand cheaper than simlar jds. just one jd left in there fleet,been all jd for a long time.

rogator and fastrac off to do t3 wheat fungicide last wk.servicing forager last wk.mucking out beef cattle sheds.tidy up yard.

Likeing the silage team .and story too.

Was great in laid wheat,barley,oats.just the stripped straw was a pain,had to top it,then plough with out the skimmers on,at bit of a messy lookin feild afther.could get a lot done in a day.wish we could still burn here.

srewed inti thanks pat,ten 4 on a clean 4 her.was a pain to fit,used a big screw,into were the hole was for the old siku linkage and some super glue,rams are a bit painted up so don,t drop.

hopefully better pics this time.sorry for the quality.will try and retake the pictures of the picture out side, or something like that.

a few pics from about 2003/ 2008

a few pics.takeing down the lambing pens and muckin out.silage team heading home,1st cut done 1st june.new linkage on jds.

silage pics.round bale silage,wrapping,stacking on trailer,verge cutting and tractor off topping around every arable field we work on,i like to leave a 3m strip closest to the crop of grass and top now and in the late autumn.chopping going well,though pin on one side of rw hs 14 trailer on the tipping pivot sheared to day,spare trailer put on,fix it nxt wk.1300 acres left of 1st cut to do.done 3 full days of silage this week,rain keeps on stop,start affair,least we are not in texas,19.4 inches of rain fell today,more forcast.

On Sunday saw,black fendt nr mere wiltshire.fendt on stratumn forage wagon,claas on rake,jd on rw silage trailer,new holland on silage trailer.

Well we applied for planning permission 4 a plant last autumn.we got a decision on pre-planning application.highways are ok with it,just Got to build a higher soil screen around the site.got a e mail from the ad company today.saying the due to the government cutting back On subsidies for renewable energy.the ad plant will be put on the back burner for the time being.the energy company have said they will lobby the government on restoring higher subsidies.

Thanks Alex,and maximus. Well we've had a very busy time lately.some 1800 acres of silage have been cut and chopped. Since 2nd may.2500 acres of maize are in now.600 acres left to plant.today we sprayed 1100 acres of wheat with a t 2 fungicide.slurry going on silage aftermaths.ferti on grass.42nd cut.2tractors are out on verge cuttin now.

Ten 4 on the sprayer.cracking machines and excellent back up.

Going south on a34 near Oxford,Wilson farming rizohome planting crew.5jd 6000 ,pulling 2planters,jcb on low loader,two grain traliers. Challenger rogator near Morton in the marsh,glos.bateman rb 55 Wilton,nr Marlborough,wilts.

Nice kit there,what you got on the clamp Julian.

lambing shed ,home made troughs and partions. lawn and garden furniture claas 85 and lemkin p harrow,jd 7930 and mashco ph ahead of maize drill. ewes and lambs out on new pasture. chopping 1st cut grass.

Thank Alex .liking the brushwood grass,need to get some more .been working on a big set of rolls 18m.and a mini bowser.

a very busy week last wk.1300 acres of early cut grass has been finished,mown, chopped and clamped.we also started drilling maize in hampshire,on the 17th april.900 acres are in. with 500acres having a pre emergence spray so far.muck,slurry has gone on 800acres so far and 480 acres of ploughing on the early cut grass stubbles. we also sprayed the 1700 acres of rape with a mid flowering fungicide.we hope to start the main silage this wk . we also got our t1 spray on our wheats the wk of the 14th april.trying out a new mini bowser,pics soon.