JEP Posted August 4, 2017 Share Posted August 4, 2017 2 hours ago, smithy said: Hi Chris yes I am ok speak soon smithy Great to see you back on the forum Mr Smith, Catch up soon. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 5, 2017 Share Posted August 5, 2017 On 04/08/2017 at 1:46 PM, JEP said: Great to see you back on the forum Mr Smith, Catch up soon. Thanks John it really pleased me when you called in the other week me and Julie both said it was good to see you ,once again thanks 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 6, 2017 Author Share Posted August 6, 2017 Harvest Log Day 8 Today we have cracked the rapeseed, 233 acres was the last block at Kingstone. Had an elevator slat go through combine 1 and through the chopper, changed the broken blades to keep going but the slat needs doing tomorrow...and into the wheat we go...if the weather holds! Not too sure where first at this point but it could be Bondip. I hope your balers are ready Mr Gillard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 9 hours ago, Oakley Farms said: Harvest Log Day 8 Today we have cracked the rapeseed, 233 acres was the last block at Kingstone. Had an elevator slat go through combine 1 and through the chopper, changed the broken blades to keep going but the slat needs doing tomorrow...and into the wheat we go...if the weather holds! Not too sure where first at this point but it could be Bondip. I hope your balers are ready Mr Gillard Balers greased and ready to roll , not too sure what the weather's going to do mind !!!! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 Harvest Log Day 9 A quick one tonight, day cut short by rain at 4:30pm today. A late start for us anyway by the time we had serviced the combines and took the side knives off and removed the in fill plates and got up to North Cadbury it was midday and gone. First bit of wheat back, JB Diego, early results make the yield look promising. Straw was chopped because of useless forecast and we are -83 acres into the wheat harvest, it helped having 60 in one field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 No harvesting action going on here at the moment but we have an exciting announcement to make next week involving 3 new members of staff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 3 hours ago, Oakley Farms said: No harvesting action going on here at the moment but we have an exciting announcement to make next week involving 3 new members of staff. Wet here aswell Alex. 10 mil today so far, but we did stay dry here yesterday. We missed a massive cell thunderstorm by 2 miles, and under the storm they got nearly 40 mil in just under an hour. Harvest is turning out to be a bit of a mission. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 hour ago, chris.watson said: Wet here aswell Alex. 10 mil today so far, but we did stay dry here yesterday. We missed a massive cell thunderstorm by 2 miles, and under the storm they got nearly 40 mil in just under an hour. Harvest is turning out to be a bit of a mission. Same here in my bit of Suffolk 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 10 hours ago, chris.watson said: Wet here aswell Alex. 10 mil today so far, but we did stay dry here yesterday. We missed a massive cell thunderstorm by 2 miles, and under the storm they got nearly 40 mil in just under an hour. Harvest is turning out to be a bit of a mission. 9 hours ago, smithy said: Same here in my bit of Suffolk I don't know about you chaps but it's beginning to get a little worrying now, losing quality rapidly now and colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 Well with all this wet weather about we had chance to stick the drill back together, we had to go to Horsch and see about a new tank as the mounted loading auger made the last one become out of shape and the lids then wouldn't seal making the drill lose pressure, this has now been sorted and the new upgrade arrived today so Phil and Chris fit this to the old rear end. The rest of the staff have been removing irrigation pipes and reels from the spud fields as i don't we'll be needing them again! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris.watson Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Oakley Farms said: I don't know about you chaps but it's beginning to get a little worrying now, losing quality rapidly now and colour. Just seen the weather Alex, and next week could be just as bad. Looks like it's turning into another 2004 and 2008. They were a total August washout. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 10, 2017 Author Share Posted August 10, 2017 Harvest Log Day 10 A short day but something, made a start again about 4pm, it's too wet but we've got to grab what we can when we can, unfortunately we have now paid for it with the intake elevator motor burnt out, no surprise when it's coming in at 21-22%. We are still up at North Cadbury, in around Northtown farm, chopping headlands and lying straw on the straight work, bit of a mess and it's plenty wet enough under foot. Hope to go again tomorrow with a full day and fingers crossed it will come down below 20% 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 Harvest Log Day 11 Well not a great deal to report today apart from we managed to get the drier up and running after Perry's of Oakley had a motor on the shelf luckily. The first full day on wheat saw us finish the block at Yarlington which now gives Orchard contractors a sensible 245 acre block minus the headlands to bale up when dry enough and clear ready for OSR drilling. The current plan was to clear of the wheat ground destined for OSR as the following crop but we have 350 acres next door to Yarlington at Camelot to do which isn't going into rape, Clarkes a little way down the road on the way home to do and also we have to clear the wheat in The Park also not for OSR as we have Yesterdays Farming next weekend and that's needed for parking and ploughing match so has to be baled and hauled too, coupled with the weather it's a bit of a headache! We have a back log at the drier tonight after not being able to dry last night we have been behind all day, plus everything is running slower today with 19%. Both wet bins are full so all night tonight for James, I have a feeling a few local farmers will be using this service this year as the month goes on! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 Harvest Log Days 12 & 13 Saturday saw us drop into Clarkes at Downhead to mop up 212 acres of wheat for them there since it was on our way back towards home, spent the day there with everything going well. We have decided to leave Camelot East until later when we return back up this way to do Bondip so Saturday night we tracked everything back to the yard. Today has been our best day yet this year, a massive 238 acres cleared the whole of The Park, which is our own land. We are into the variety Skyfall now which is yielding well but a very poor sample which you can see from a picture below is growing out so milling is out the question, the woes of a wet harvest. It was all hands to the pump today with even the balers keeping right up behind with possible rain forecast tomorrow, everything cleared and stacked which is a lovely feeling. I need to catch up with how progress has gone on the baling front up at Yarlington which is wet and Clarkes too. If nothing of the rain comes we will go up on top the hill and grab Blackdown before heading west for a few customers. Tomorrow's plan is also to start drilling cover crops as before we know it rape will want to go in. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 13, 2017 Author Share Posted August 13, 2017 The Park Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FendtFarmer Posted August 14, 2017 Share Posted August 14, 2017 19 hours ago, Oakley Farms said: The Park Is it a app you use for mapping? I've had a look and can't seem to find anything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 It is an app yes, called HarvestYield, it's quite good and pretty accurate too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 14, 2017 Author Share Posted August 14, 2017 Harvest Log Day 14 Not a great deal to report today other than more done than expected, started off clearing up an odd 12 acre field at the bottom of Whitelackington and the moved up to Blackdown right up above Ilminster. We finished up there just after 7 and blew the combines down, bit of a discussion whether to move down to knott oak dairy for 52 acres this was turned down as it was getting damp and the straw is being used for the dairy. Caught up with Orchard today, balers were right in behind us again today and the chaser too as we always have trouble with kids up there and cutting bales so most is chased into stacks out the way, Clarkes is baled and stacked and started to move Yarlington but that is wet, cultivation needed before OSR up there unfortunately. The heavens have just opened again now tonight! Sprayed off OSR stubbles today ahead of cover crops and have a block up at Camelot to spray off tomorrow then may get the subsoiler going again through bale stacks or start repairing Yarlington if its catchy and the combines can't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Harvest Log Day 15 14:00 start today after last nights rain, we have moved over to Ashill to Tony House's farm for 118 acres, relatively small fields over here with header changes. Tomorrow will go next door to Parsonage for 70 acres the family own then back to Knott Oak for that 52 acres. That's almost half way through the wheat now and the heap is beginning to mount up but there is 300t missing still in wet bins which we are slowly working through. A little of the OSR has gone out and A lot of the winter barley has been shifted on August contracts which is good and making room for the spring beans. A settled forecast ahead so all hands to the pump! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 15, 2017 Author Share Posted August 15, 2017 Today has seen the start of an exciting new venture. Oakley Farms Grain Logistics We welcome 3 new members of staff, Steve Marsh (Transport Manager) Ross McKinley and Duncan Farrant. They will be driving 3 new Daf CF's, 500hp with rear tag axles, fresh from Taunton Dad. We have invested in 2 Fruehauf smooth sided bulk trailers and 1 Fruehauf ribbed bulker. All trailers are TASCC registered allowing movement of grain from farm to mill. During the winter the ribbed trailer will be taken off the scheme so to haul compost etc, then before harvest re sanitised and re registered. The trucks will also come in for hauling maize from the maus for bio gas. The bread and butter for these trucks is a good contract via Frontier (our grain marketing partner) to supply barley, wheat and rape into ABN mills at Uffculme and Cullumpton, occasionally Enstone. Other work will be via Wessex grain and Lloyds of Langport, including our own harvest work from our combines and collection of grain from local farms for drying, storage and marketing to end user, now offering the full package from seed to agronomy, harvest, drying, storage, marketing and haulage. Tomorrow Steve will use his truck and trailer to join us harvesting, this is where we will see full benefit from our chaser bin whilst Ross and Dunc will travel up to Newton Trailers to pick up the other 2 and bring back. This is really going to free up staff and cut the usage of part time harvest help as well as cutting the amount of tractors and trailers on the road. Many benefits 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FendtFarmer Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Them wagons are really smart mate! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandy6930 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 They look really good nice paint job 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tractorboyjules1977 Posted August 16, 2017 Share Posted August 16, 2017 Ere wos found a money tree dwn the road !! Nice smart set up Alex 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 16, 2017 Author Share Posted August 16, 2017 Thanks chaps, it's been a vision for quite awhile so it's great to see it made, really pleased with them and how they fit in on the farm, ever better they were made by chap from the forum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakley Farms Posted August 17, 2017 Author Share Posted August 17, 2017 A nice quiet day today, just what everyone needed after rain overnight again. A day of servicing combines and chaser bin, we have been loading and hauling some of our own straw from Parsonage down to Knott Oak Dairy. Blight spraying continues every week as normal, it's looking like the Shepody could be ready for digging next week and today we have burnt off the first 80 acres of maincrop. In the background Webby has been working his way around the winter barley stubbles hedgecutting ahead of OSR. Hope to get out and cultivate Yarlington tomorrow. Duncan has been hauling in some spring barley from Chris Reyland up the road for drying, this will be delivered back next week and the other 2 trucks have been outloading OSR 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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