dave the farmer

Well with the weather looking good for a bit and the long range forecast for showers.hawthorn farms made a start on ground going into maize after a early cut of grass.on some contract grd last Friday.we cut with our jd 8360r on claas/Kuhn triples and a jd7930 on a kuhn /claas triples and our old krone big m .tedding out with a jd 3050/claas 11rotor Voltol and a jd 3140 on Kuhn 4 rotor Tedder.a jd 6150r on a claas liner rake ,claas jag 980 chopping,2jcb 7230 fastracs and 14t rw silage trailers,jd 7430 and rw 14t ,2 jd 6930 and 12t rw silage. Clamp,jcb 416s albut fork.jcb 310s rolling.also today the muck and slurry started going on.pics to follow.

some of the guys where off last wk and some are off this week.well those that are about have been.spining the last ferti on the rape.finshed off all the ploughing at lackham estate.have 1 more day of muck on last of our own heavy grd 4 maize.ploughing heavy grd 240 acres done.560 acres left to plough.got some new customers on the silage front.2 farms in glos,1 has about 500 acres of grass and 100acres of maize.the other 200 grass 50a maize.the other 2 are in wilts and hampshire totalling about 500a maize and 1000 acres of grass.iv'e done a deal on a triple set of claas disco 9100c mowers from mill engineering at pewsey wilts. also done a deal for a krone forage box twin axle.with barnes agri.and have bought a nother jcb 7230 fastrac.have got a 10m simba x press which will go on the challenger on stubbles in the summer and plough to.getting kit ready for silage.got 1300acres of early italian ryegrass after last yrs wheat.hope 2 cut last wk of april as all of it is going into maize.if the weather lets us that is.

Well back down from Mosstodloch Scotland (between Aberdeen and Inverness)to sleaford lincs.saw jd 6190r on jd sprayer.sam sprayer.agrifrac sprayer on a1 and Clayton sprayer.

Yesterday.saw fendt 939 on Stewart trailer.fendt 724 on lemkin plough.nh t7070 on Stewart trailer.all on a visit to j&j green at corskie.moray.scotland.today saw MF ploughing,jd loader tractor.hn ploughing.jd 7230r ploughing.heading back down south 2 sleaford tomorrow ready 4 spalding on Sunday.lookin 4ward to Spalding.

Visiting wife's family up in scotland.4awk.saw zetor muck spreading,claas and lemkin power harrow/drill combi,fendt on a horsch proton drill,duals on a jd with horsch drill.jd on kvernland spinner.case ploughing.jd on Harrow/drill x 2 .all between oldmeldrum and Mosstodloch.

Yeah we've got some big farms and fields in wiltshire.

that does look smart with all the kit out in a line.that drill is the bizz.

the bateman,spraying rape with a fungicide,trace elements,spraying wheat T0.fungicide,boron.manganese.growth regulator.

been a busy 2wks for hawthorn farms.the team has finised drilling all the 1200 acres of spring barley,rolled up to.rape has had its 2nd dose of fert with sulphur.all wheats have had there 1st dose of n.grass harrowing and rolling going on.the 1300 acres of early cut rye grass are growing ok.got maize to go in after the grass is cut.pacifica herbicide went on some of our heavy land wheats.for blackgrass control,then the rape had its fungicide,mineral mix.then the forward wheats 800acres had there t0.fungicide,growth regulator,boron.manganese mix.the jd 7930 and 36m jd sprayer are off on the lackham estate on liquid ferti and spraying.we have got the contract for 2 yrs on this 5000acres of arable.we also do there 3500acres of ploughing,and some of the muck and slurry to.they run 2 case 8230s combines a 535 quadtrac a 775e challenger and 7 mfs.we also hire out one of our amazone centaurs to them,they run there own 8m vaderstad rapid jumbo drill on the challenger.i think i might have a demo of a case 8230 combine this year.though we have a new header for one of our jd s690i combines for a week or to and they need to do at least 1 more season.guys off spraying wth fastrac on bowser,ferti on wheat,jd 4955 on horsch,ewes and lambs off to fresh pasture,grass harrowing and injecting grass.another load of pig slurry been loaded up on joskin for maize grd,4955 cartin 360.culti press on ploughed grd.filling up the rogator with To spray.stichting in grass seed on pasture.

lookin forward to more adventures of bob and the crew

smart drill. and bowser

a few pics.another seasons hedging done,ferti on rape and grass.injecting mucked stubble.the ploughing team.cows in the collecting yard. been dry enough to plant 900 acres of spring barley on contract grd in hampshire and glostershire.300 acres to do on heaver grd,ploughed last wk.grass harrowing on light land.hope to start mucking and ploughing 700 acres of heavy grd nxt week.

thanks for all the comments

John Deere 6150r topping next doors game covers with a bomford fail topper.my jd 6820 on a amazone spinner.2jd 6930 ploughing Stubble,NH t 7060 carting hay.jd 6210r ploughing.jd 8295r ploughing.mf 7499 I think injecting pig slurry.jd with Krm spinner.

Thanks for the comments.the houses where built by George Poole.and the grain stores,dairy sheds are built by Graham Hubbard. I started the layout in 2005.

a few pics of the layout.and garden shed. pig unit

I see Ben smith of wantage,Oxfordshire.run a 13.5m home made horsch co drill.there biggest field is 135 ha.333 acres.

Thank you all for your comments.will get some more pics up over the weekend.

Thanks all for the comments,the muck produced from the cows goes through a separater. Plans for the farms.new grain store to put up.more pigs and beef and dairy cows,and sheep to add.a britains Kuhn performer cultivator Demo of the NH cr 10.90 combine.a cattle handling system for the beef herd,crush.etc.and to add some more detail to the feilds,the gardens of the houses.back gound scenes.still waiting on the outcome for 5mw ad plant on one of the farms.some ferti went on rape this week on our lightest land,but rain to day has put pay to that.muck spreading is going on with to gaings out,2 slurry injectors are out ,1 trailing shoe,1 disc type.the quadtrac 600 out ploughing some 2000 acres to do on a big estate with the new 14 plough.and a magnum 7240 and 7 f rev,jd 7810 and 5f rev. And jd9560r and 9f rev.on our own and contract farms.3250acres to plough this spring. I've got a 3yr contract to plough about 3500acres a year on a local estate.

crackin layout there.

thats one smart shed alex.need to crack on with my one soon.ferti here yesterday and today.a bit muddy in places.that drill is excellent.

thank you mike.every time i go to a show i try a get some more.243 at the last count.

the main herd group going to be milked.jcb 7230 on muck cart.unloading fert.

Fendt 828.picking up two 14 t rw muck traliers.at contractors yard.next to were I was hedge cutting.2 John Deere 6930's with bunning muckspreaders.2 6930's with Rabe raven 5furrow ploughs.new holland t 260 dropping off joskin mucker at contractors yard.

Thank you mark.