ctsboy Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Well thought i would start now while I'm off. Will try and add more as i go through the seasons. For those of you that don't know i work on a large farm in staffordshire we have around 5500acres of combinable crops and 850acres of potatoes. We now have a livestock enterprise which the boss and his daughter started up last year to supply their own butchers shop. We have a pedigree herd of Red Poll Cattle and a flock of Hampshire Down and Mule sheep,we also have a small number of free range pigs in a local wood and have free range chickens(for meat) and of course Xmas turkeys.If you would like me to post some pics from previous seasons let me know. For a start there is a Demo 7830 on the grimme bedformer. And Loading Potatoes for McCain's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsboy Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Next a couple of my 6930 on 1 of our AW trailers which are bulkers but we have a flat body we can swap onto 1 carting straw for the finishing cattle and unloading with our 2850 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Very nice pictures. Please place some more pictures, those pictures we don't see here on the forum very often. Texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsboy Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Ok Texas heres a couple more, This time of us washing potatoes for Walkers Crisps with a Botman mobile washer fed by a meidema elevator and a Herbert grader. Loading was a JD3200 telehandler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsboy Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 More of the same. The potatoes are taken in box lorries to walkers rather than the normal bulkers. They empty the lorries at the factory with high volume hoses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsboy Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Here is a pic of the Ploeger self propelled harvester we had on hire 2 seasons ago. At the time there were only 5 in the world and this was the only one in the uk. And i wa slucky enough to drive it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 Very interesting pics James......Keep posting them mate...... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsboy Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 Some i just re sized: A Fendt 716 belonging to a local contractor on 1 of our destoners. And our Red Poll bull took while he was relaxing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsboy Posted June 9, 2008 Author Share Posted June 9, 2008 And a couple more of the cattle: 1)A red poll calf born feb this year. 2)One of the red poll cows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas Posted June 9, 2008 Share Posted June 9, 2008 That ploeger looks great. thanks for the pictures texas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Always nice to see the root geat James. Apart from the 50ac of spuds my friend grows for bag sales I never see any down here. The cattle look lovely too.. . The Red Poll is mean't to be quite a performer isn't it? A chap I was fencing for had just bought in 30 last winter with calves at foot. He heard they were a good breed so thought he'd try a few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctsboy Posted June 10, 2008 Author Share Posted June 10, 2008 Thanks Texas , the Ploeger was a hell of a bit of kit 4.2m wide so moving from field to field was lets say interesting. Deerest, thanks the cattle are great , the boss choose the breed for 2 facts , they are easy calving ,and they finish well and belive me the finished carcass looks and tastes the best, will see if i can get a pic in the cold store when i start back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB Posted June 15, 2008 Share Posted June 15, 2008 great pics, look forward to more future posts! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 What awsome thread to read,it's neat to see a few livestock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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