jordantaylor

well i arrived back from new zealand yesterday. i was there for just under a month and all i can say is it is such an amazing country. we travelled around to multiple beef,sheep and dairy stations across the north island. we stayed at taratahi agricultural training college which is the main agriculture college in new zealand and visited all of there farms and working on them aswell. they have 3 dairy farms 2 with 50 & 60 point rotary parlours and a 48-96 herringbone swingover parlour. they have thousands of sheep about 9000 i think. they also have about 4-500 deer and a few hundred beef cattle aswell. the farms seem to have all the latest modern technologies and they can do a job with less stress on the animal and the worker in less time than we can in the uk. i could talk for days on this trip and i will let the photos talk for themselves oh and there machinery (and cars ) are all in fantastic condition even kit from back in the 80's was like brand new

cheers guys, ill have to update you as to how it goes, i am keen to go to canada to work but i think NZ might change my mind after paying it a visit. ill take plenty of pics and let you know how it goes jordan

hi i am travelling to new zealand with college this saturday for 3 weeks. i was just wondering how many of the guys on here are from new zealand, whats happening there at the moment farming wise, and where abouts you are based. we are going to and stopping at Taratahi agricultural college on the north island. we do travel up to Rotorua where we stop for a few days. we have to kill, butcher and cook our own food ( sheep ). we also do some milking , sheep mustering, deer farming, shearing ect... i will be posting photos when i get back.

im hoping to get to JC & MW Suckleys next week to catch their potato planting kit in action including a new jd 6190R & 6170R

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hi, yes they do have loads of miedema kit, but i most probably wont see all of that in action untill the spud harvest kicks in later in the year when i visit them again. they have 4 new grimme CS150 destoners and 3 new grimme GB215 high speed planters in the second to last photo you can see my new camcorder mount that allows me to attch the camcorder to any piece of kit to help make the dvd

Well i will be paying JRO Griffiths & Sons a visit tommorow after being given the go ahead by Robin Griffiths that they are well under way with planting, we will se a large fleet of modern machinery working on an impressive scale, i have been informed that they have quite a bit of new kit to show off aswell. there are many new john deere 6R & 7R series deeres working on the farms around here now, everybody seems to have dipped into their pockets and invested so i should have plenty of photos of them knocking about. updates should hopefully follow tommorow night

last few for now, i also do countryside photos aswell and all of which ive had good feedback on i will post some later

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well as a few of you know i am a keen photographer aswell as farm worker and i do photography for various farming businesses in the telford/shresbury area. i was just wondering if it would be worth me selling my photos now to just anybody and not just the farmer whos kit it is. if so how could i do this?? would anybody on here be interested in purchasing any pictures at the right price?? feedback would be great but here are just an example of what im on about

just a play around with video clips from my recent trip to PDM

they have subsoiled 2ft deep and then ploughing the ground up. that field is a rented field and so they are giving it a good working ready for a gem lettuce crop to be planted

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the sprayer is 42M the cluster of john deeres are all brand new and not yet used. there are 6x 6330's and 1x 6930

well here is my first update, today i visited PDM produce. i had a look around the site and went to view some of the kit working in the fields. they were preping and drilling spinach i was amazed to be told that all there tractors are replaced as soon as they get to 2 years old. they also have a john deere 6170R but have not yet used it and are not sure what they are going to use it for. last week they purchashed a brand new john deere 9360RT but it was out subsoiling today so i havnt yet got photos of that

yes i will be posting short clips on youtube and photos on here to keep you guys updated

well i have decided to make myself a little project thats actually quite a big project. i am creating a dvd based on some of the major arable farming businesses in shropshire. i have already got many businesses that have agreed to me visiting them ad different times of the year to see how they are all getting on and view there different farming practices. my first visit is to PDM produce ltd in newport, telford. i am meeting with the director who is going to to show me around the site and give me some details of the business and then we will make our way to the fields where they currently have an impressive fleet of machinery working on sowing the crop. they are one of the countries leading lettuce producers and they run a fantastic team of john deeres running from 6330's up to 8RT models. they run around 30 tractors all together. i have also got permission from JRO Griffiths & Sons, JC & MW Suckley's and Robert Pinches Contractors to visit them and film at various points through the year. i will also be visiting the smaller arable farms to give a variation of size but to show if size has any effect on the end product.

well i today started my potato store, i am basing it on one of the latest stores to be built at JRO Griffiths & Sons. i am leaving one side of the store open so i can develop it in the future by joining another store onto it here is how im getting on so far. in the picture is my 1/32 john deere 6930 with loader to give an idea of the size. IT IS TO SCALE

i was thinking of approaching the council, i.e salt spreading through the winter i feel would really benefit them. but yes, mowing ect... i could always adapt trailers and attachments by making them more road legal. raising axels for more clearance, adding lights ect... suckleys bought some equipment for their business and adapted it for road use, im sure theyd be happy to help

hi guys. i have for a while now owned a road legal quadbike but only really use it on/off road. i was asked the other day by a freind if i use it for work i.e. fencing, slug pelleting ect... i was just wondering how much possible work there would be for a man and his quadbike. i am planning on taking my PA4s which would enable me to do slug pelleting. but i was wondering weather it would be worth investing in other attachments for the quad. e.g. weed wipers, mini fert spinners, sprayers ect... does anybody on here get anybody in on a quad to do work for them, if so what?? Jordan