People don't understand how hard farmers work to put food on our plates, because without you all there would be no us. Well done to all you farmers who have slogged to get your crops in this year 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
They work no harder than millions of others… in many cases they work even less hard as so many others work. Try and be honest, try and be realistic when making comments that are utter crap…
@1MrMoor they do work harder than many others. Why do you think farmers are dying out? The work is to gard and the new generation doesn't want to do it.
Tom, one thing about your videos it’s proper warts and all content. The good the bad the ugly and everything in between. You’ve got what you’ve got in the clamps, you will have the maze. Hopefully the ground will dry out a bit see if any off it can be rolled out the get any slurry on reseed where it needs it you might get decent second cut and better third. Life has a way of balancing its self out. Hang on in there keep smiling keep making the great content
You did the best you could with the situation. Sometimes it’s about persevering and pushing forward. Well done. Also, it’s really great seeing videos of women working side by side on the farm. It started with Heidi - she was awesome. As a woman in her 50’s… you just don’t know how important it is for young girls to see these opportunities. Great job Pemberton family!
Thanks Tom, for showing us all how hard this years first cut was. Despite all, you're keeping a positive vibe on the farm and it's showing through the screen! Many thanks for all the hard work you do to keep us up-to-date with farmlife 2024!
Churns my guts to see the mess. I've been there in the past and have made ruts that you could have buried cows in but it'll dry soon and it's marvellous what a harrows and a roller can do. Keep at it Tom.
Tom just watch your first few videos and look how far you have come. Just look around you dad is still able to work with you. Your wife and son. Just look at that mess and be happy to be able to have the opportunity to have that mess. You should proud. Not dissapointed. Sometimes slower faster. Take it all in while it's still there.
Oh Tom, I do not know how you all persevered through it all, thank you for showing how hard it is to bring grass in, let's hope people who make all the farming decisions in this country finally realise just how hard it is for every single farmer in the conditions you are all struggling with to bring food and commerce to this country. While watching Clarksons farm I watched how they are using seaweed to combat drainage problems, I remember your dad talking about how compact areas of the fields are and watching them blast into the earth then pumping seaweed into the space created which then allows the soil to drain, prehaps it might be worth trying a couple of fields to see IF it could help. Climate is being blamed for the amount of rain and I can't see it improving anytime soon. I live in Kent and the last few days we finally have had temps above the teens, I hope you are getting some good weather so the fields can start to recover. Thank you for everything you do Tom, love to you, Joanna, Harvey and all the Pemberton team xxx
Great to see father and son working together, I would have loved to have been able to do that, my Dad was a tenant farmer until I was born (I am the youngest of 6) he stopped farming in 1963, he got to 98 years young, father and son together on the farm is probably one of the reasons I love this UA-cam channel, chapeau Pembertons
I always used to put some waste silage etc on the bottom of clamps, seals it up well, good weight on the sheet. Don't look pretty but it does the job. Opening the clamp, used to drag the stuff off with a bucket, cut the sheet and pick it up with pallet folks, letting the crap drop off as backed away. Always good silage underneath
Crickey you were right about how wet it was... We just used to do half loads when the fields were very wet, dont get me wrong we still made a mess😅. Thanks for sharing this Tom, like Olly you show the bad bits as well as the good times. Your a class act.. Cheers Tractor grandad
Great content! Watching you get stuck, diff locked, all 150 horses blowing diesel smoke, full throttle, wooo-hoo! Not much else you can do, but it's great video.
The Pemberton folks are a hard working crew! I live in British Columbia and will never have a sip of your milk but I can really appreciate what you do for your locals. It makes me respect Canadian Dairy Farmers getting a glimpse into a farmers day. Also, Green Day... Hell ya.
I take my hat off to you Tom, I don’t know how you do the hours you put in with a baby. Johanna must have super levels of understanding. Love to you all ❤
TOM a few good things to note here 1. Credit to ALL involved in recording of this marathon video 😍 2. Look on the bright side that you've got a fairly good crop in 1+1/4 pits 👏🏻👏🏻 3 field can be harrowed and reseeded 😊 the next biggest hurdle is for that dam maize to grow 🤞🏻 but it may need a shake of fert/Till later on in summer before it get too high 🤔
Here in germany we couldnt get on our fields until end of april/ mid may, but at least pretty much everyone got a decent first and second cut. I cant remember it being so wet this late in the year. Glad you got your first cut done, even though it may not be the best quality silage you have done. To anwer your Question if the maize fits in the other clamp (28m long, 12m wide and 3/ 3.5m high, correct me if I'm wrong): to my calculations you have room for about 700 to 800 tons of fresh silage (at 32% drymatter) and the maize at 45 tons/ hectare would be 720 tons, so I think you should be fine.
Well done, Tom, you got there, and that's what matters. You and your team work so hard and so good together a lot of people just don't realise what is involved in farming. Your vidioes are bloody amazing mainly because you show all aspects good and the bad days. Always remember you are never alone. There is always someone going through the same as you, it's hard to think like that when you are in the moment but it's true. Your Dad Andrew is just amazing. All his knowledge is so valuable. I love seeing Anna she just cracks on and is so willing to get stuck in. It's brilliant to see young girls in the farm industry. Again, we'll Done all of you and take care 💜
Been a shocking year for all farmers Tom good to see you shining a light on how hard it can be. At least you made the best of a bad situation we just managed to get our hay in but it’s dried out now. We’ve lost 3 arable crops this year due to the weather and now we are struggling with ryegrass and blackgrass. It’s never ending but got to keep trying.
Tom,Gerry here from South west irl,i prefer clamp to big bales too,im feeling ur pain as regards the bad weather and damage done to land,Keep the chin up sun will shine again.
You are having fun ,be happy it is warm. In Ontario Canada 1967 we were doing corn silage in November with a ft of snow on the ground and 2 120hp tractors pulling the forage harvester
Heart breaking to see the carnage but try to remember if you're not winning you're learning. Great to see even with all the stress how excited about the maize sprouting you got
Uneducated question but in a scenario like this could you possibly use the rakes to keep moving the cut over unto the dryer ground or would overwork the grass?
Here in south east ireland we are not as wet but not far off. I left 1/4 of an acre in a 4 acre field in a hay field. These conditions are sent to test us !!
Awesome video Tom! You always show the reality of farming and what needs to be done and problem solving on the run! God bless all you hard working farmers and the strategies you can come up with at a moments notice to make things work and always ensure we have our food! Love the clamp! Love the smile your dad always has. ❤❤
Hey Tom, don't beat yourself up, the fields will heal with a little repairing. You have a crop in to feed your cows in the winter months, so milk production can carry on. Sometimes you have to roll with the punches, just keep on fighting, tomorrow is another day . Great drone shots from your pal and as usual great content, well done all the silage team 👍
Great video to as useal. You will have plenty of practice and pulling tractors out when the maze is ready to cut . When I was younger my dad always covered the pit with dung. It was so much fun taking that off on a cold, wet winter's day 😢
That is 💯 the chopper mans fault, if it's that wet half loads only!! Iv seen us lifting on wet ground before and not making anywhere near that sorta mess.... small loads and 560 tyres on the trailers. The super single trailers shouldn't even be hooked on let alone filled to the neck
Mr tom.. at work they had 120 acres cut for first cut.. by miracle got it after 2 days of rain. Getting slurry out was a nightmare and trying too save hay this week. 120 bales of haylage cut and wrapped but is now being fed too the milkers as theres very little growth. Your not the only one.. all you can do is salvage what ya can.. evan from cork Ireland
I appreciate you showing us the problems and challenges you face along the way. It's great to see you and your team smiling even though it's obviously been an absolute nightmare!
I really feel for you and other farmers, my brother (farming in mid-Wales) especially of course. I can only hope that the weather will improve and the ground dry up just enough, but not go to the other extreme of being too dry. There is a danger that there will be a shortage of silage and too of straw for the upcoming winter if this continues and a lot of farmers may have to invest in alternative feedstuffs and bedding. That means higher food prices for the rest of us of course and so everyone has a vested interest in things improving for the farmers.
Hi Tom, sad looking at those fields, but just 2 comments, First "The Irish" don't love round bales on a big first cut... too expensive, great for 2nd or 3rd cuts if crop is smaller and perhaps small farmers 70-80 acre farms may make round bales because it may suit them. Secondly, when I worked at silage back in the day, either on high ground or wet ground like you had this year, we started on the High/Wet ground with the empty trailer and then moved to the better part of the field to fill it. and only 3/4 fill the trailer. Yes tedious and extra work but saves the day. Better luck with 2nd cut and with your Maize.
Here in the U.S we had to have a John Deere 9830RX pulling the forage trailer tractor (John Deere 8410) and we had a John Deere 9640R Pulling the Forage harvester (John deere 9700) whilst harvesting. Wasn't fun.
Great work tom save as mutch you can considering how crazy wet it got. We are only doing bals and first cut is done today and we got 1600 bales whitch is very good only 400 more and we will make it in the winter. Farmers in Sweden love you and all around you.
I really feel sorry for you. I know the feeling😮💨. We had this 3 years ago, but the roundbaler saved us then. This year we had a sunny and very dry 1 cut here in Northern Norway. And that is not common a few miles from the artic circle🙂
Tipps for chopping, Silage Trailers with floatation tires, even the tires on the red trailer arent suitable, furthermore the Silage wagons are a bit light than those tipers and often steered. The second tipp is use frontweights 600-800kg, the 4WD will not pull if they dont have traction. Frontweights are key.
we just have to do what we can to get food for the cows in and with now food for the cows there is no food for us , unless you have done the job you have no idea what we do to get food on the table , with this their now will be a cost to put the chewed up fields right to get the next cut , you take a chance with the weather most days on a farm and it can bit you in the butt if you get it wrong , you never have a guarantee of what you will get for the end product farming is a risk we take every day , well done Tom and Team you got it in , and good to see Luke at the end , we need more of Luke
What sort of impact will the churned fields have on growth for 2nd / 3rd cuts and also the growth going forwards? Also, with the rows being down so long, what sort of impact will that have on the feed quality when it gets taken out? Love the videos & seeing how much time & effort goes into your work Tom!
Don't put yourself down mate people don't realise how hard farmers have it, it's all weather dependent. Would it be a good idea to roll this now that the ground is wet. To level it off your drone footage is coming on looks amazing keep the videos coming love them I'll be back soon for some more milk 😅😂🇬🇧💪🏻
My heart was breaking for you as i watched this video, just imagining how it would feel to be in that situation. You did really well to get through it. Tomorrow is a new day !!
Hi Tom I really enjoy your videos something different then to the way we farm here in Canada. I agree you should take it easy this year on the big projects spend this year completing all the little things that need to be done to make everyones life easier. I feel the biggest reason that your land is so wet is the fact the ground is so compacted and the water cannot drain thru it the fields need to be cultivated and loosened up to allow water thru.
Oh Jesus my heart broke watching the machines bogging down, your fields are destroyed. A few brace of Heavy Horse around could help like back in the Olden Days at this stage 😭😭😭😭. You guys work so hard you should be applauded every day. Thank you for your hard work.
So many questions, where to start? 1) because grass is so wet, will it dry out enough to avoid it spoiling? 2) Will this wet grass have any food value left later in the season? 3) how long before the grass is dry enough to bale safely? 4) with everything being so wet do you wrap the bales or not (how will they dry the best) 5) when do you plan on harrowing the ruts out of the fields (on the wet side or on the dry side)?
Have had a similar experience a good few years ago. The resultant silage turned out much better the what we expected. A leveler such as the Samco should help repair the damaged ground when it dries a bit .In heavens name don't try a roller on it to compact it more.
HI TOM fab video love all the Tractors you have sorry to see the fields are a mess i work in the kitchen in a private school and yes with out farmers there would be no food good music choice thanks Richard
Hi Tom Just an observation. I noticed when you were stuck with the big red trailer the trailer wheels were locked on. It could be that the build up of mud is pressing against the brake actuator. Might be worth your while getting your local ag fitter to take a look and maybe come up with a modification to prevent the wheels locking on.
Oof.. it aint pretty, but it's honest. Even when it's not my fields, i feel the pain. But you are not the only one in this situation. Here in the Netherlands it's been wet too. Heard a story of a big baler pulled out with 3 tractors. When this video aired we had a couple hectares down for hay, but the ground was still damp. But guess we had no problems and mowed the rest of our 1st cut too. Lots of pressure of my shoulders
I totally agree and support all positive comments regarding our farmers….and yet…..there are hundreds of thousands of small self employed businesses none of which get given the handouts that our farmers thrive upon. If all farm subsidies, handouts, business development loans, etc, etc, for farmers were to stop tomorrow, then all tax payers throught England would get a 10% reduction in tax we have to pay.
Tom , my heart goes out to you and all farmers , it looked like you were ploughing up the fields with the tractors and trailers . Just looked absolutely horrific and makes you realise what farmers go through. Wouldn’t rely on your singing to make a secondary living 🤣 How do you repair all the tyre ruts in the fields ? I’m sure you will answer this in one of your future videos. Even in the length of the video you could see the struggle you were all going through ,but you got there 👍
That looked tough going and will take some putting right. That’s why a lot of the big maize gangs especially have pushing blocks on the back of trailers so as they start to bog down a tractor comes up behind and gives them a with a suitable weightblock on the front linkage because “your not stuck till you stop so don’t stop!”
life might be hard, but ive always been told to crack on and get it done.... this is a perfect example. things might be tough but they will certainly get better. send much love to the ginger guy with the MOOSTASH😄. looking forward to the maize☺
How are you going to be able to repair your fields, My impression is you'll have to use a blade to level out the ruts (trenches you made with your tractor, then you have to reseed the area. Do you have another solution?
People don't understand how hard farmers work to put food on our plates, because without you all there would be no us. Well done to all you farmers who have slogged to get your crops in this year 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The past few years for me and all the farmers have been so tough at one stage I was going to give up but I powered through 😅
And with no miners there would be no materials, and no trades no homes, and no doctors....blah blah blah....you can say it about literally every job.
@@MrHahaJayumanand with no food starve
They work no harder than millions of others… in many cases they work even less hard as so many others work. Try and be honest, try and be realistic when making comments that are utter crap…
@1MrMoor they do work harder than many others. Why do you think farmers are dying out? The work is to gard and the new generation doesn't want to do it.
Tom, one thing about your videos it’s proper warts and all content. The good the bad the ugly and everything in between. You’ve got what you’ve got in the clamps, you will have the maze. Hopefully the ground will dry out a bit see if any off it can be rolled out the get any slurry on reseed where it needs it you might get decent second cut and better third. Life has a way of balancing its self out. Hang on in there keep smiling keep making the great content
I love how the ginge automatically started steering the tractor so you could eat 👌🥰
Great father and son segment.
It's so subtle but so lovingly obvious at the same time, the bond they have together is amazing 💜
You did the best you could with the situation. Sometimes it’s about persevering and pushing forward. Well done.
Also, it’s really great seeing videos of women working side by side on the farm. It started with Heidi - she was awesome. As a woman in her 50’s… you just don’t know how important it is for young girls to see these opportunities. Great job Pemberton family!
Thanks Tom, for showing us all how hard this years first cut was. Despite all, you're keeping a positive vibe on the farm and it's showing through the screen! Many thanks for all the hard work you do to keep us up-to-date with farmlife 2024!
19:58 cheeky Hannah 😂
man that surgery your dad had must have ben wonderfull. he seems so much happier and energetic now after that.
Churns my guts to see the mess. I've been there in the past and have made ruts that you could have buried cows in but it'll dry soon and it's marvellous what a harrows and a roller can do. Keep at it Tom.
Tom just watch your first few videos and look how far you have come. Just look around you dad is still able to work with you. Your wife and son. Just look at that mess and be happy to be able to have the opportunity to have that mess. You should proud. Not dissapointed. Sometimes slower faster. Take it all in while it's still there.
Oh Tom, I do not know how you all persevered through it all, thank you for showing how hard it is to bring grass in, let's hope people who make all the farming decisions in this country finally realise just how hard it is for every single farmer in the conditions you are all struggling with to bring food and commerce to this country.
While watching Clarksons farm I watched how they are using seaweed to combat drainage problems, I remember your dad talking about how compact areas of the fields are and watching them blast into the earth then pumping seaweed into the space created which then allows the soil to drain, prehaps it might be worth trying a couple of fields to see IF it could help. Climate is being blamed for the amount of rain and I can't see it improving anytime soon.
I live in Kent and the last few days we finally have had temps above the teens, I hope you are getting some good weather so the fields can start to recover.
Thank you for everything you do Tom, love to you, Joanna, Harvey and all the Pemberton team xxx
Great to see father and son working together, I would have loved to have been able to do that, my Dad was a tenant farmer until I was born (I am the youngest of 6) he stopped farming in 1963, he got to 98 years young, father and son together on the farm is probably one of the reasons I love this UA-cam channel, chapeau Pembertons
It's in now, sealed up and safe. There's not much more you can do now. You've done your best, and that's all anyone can ever do. Keep strong Tom.
I always used to put some waste silage etc on the bottom of clamps, seals it up well, good weight on the sheet. Don't look pretty but it does the job. Opening the clamp, used to drag the stuff off with a bucket, cut the sheet and pick it up with pallet folks, letting the crap drop off as backed away. Always good silage underneath
😬, quiet wet. Strange year, cold start to summer. Great video showing the realities.
great my friend
Crickey you were right about how wet it was...
We just used to do half loads when the fields were very wet, dont get me wrong we still made a mess😅.
Thanks for sharing this Tom, like Olly you show the bad bits as well as the good times.
Your a class act..
Cheers
Tractor grandad
Great content! Watching you get stuck, diff locked, all 150 horses blowing diesel smoke, full throttle, wooo-hoo! Not much else you can do, but it's great video.
The Pemberton folks are a hard working crew! I live in British Columbia and will never have a sip of your milk but I can really appreciate what you do for your locals. It makes me respect Canadian Dairy Farmers getting a glimpse into a farmers day. Also, Green Day... Hell ya.
I take my hat off to you Tom, I don’t know how you do the hours you put in with a baby. Johanna must have super levels of understanding. Love to you all ❤
TOM a few good things to note here 1. Credit to ALL involved in recording of this marathon video 😍 2. Look on the bright side that you've got a fairly good crop in 1+1/4 pits 👏🏻👏🏻 3 field can be harrowed and reseeded 😊 the next biggest hurdle is for that dam maize to grow 🤞🏻 but it may need a shake of fert/Till later on in summer before it get too high 🤔
Here in germany we couldnt get on our fields until end of april/ mid may, but at least pretty much everyone got a decent first and second cut. I cant remember it being so wet this late in the year.
Glad you got your first cut done, even though it may not be the best quality silage you have done.
To anwer your Question if the maize fits in the other clamp (28m long, 12m wide and 3/ 3.5m high, correct me if I'm wrong): to my calculations you have room for about 700 to 800 tons of fresh silage (at 32% drymatter) and the maize at 45 tons/ hectare would be 720 tons, so I think you should be fine.
Well done, Tom, you got there, and that's what matters. You and your team work so hard and so good together a lot of people just don't realise what is involved in farming. Your vidioes are bloody amazing mainly because you show all aspects good and the bad days. Always remember you are never alone. There is always someone going through the same as you, it's hard to think like that when you are in the moment but it's true. Your Dad Andrew is just amazing. All his knowledge is so valuable. I love seeing Anna she just cracks on and is so willing to get stuck in. It's brilliant to see young girls in the farm industry.
Again, we'll Done all of you and take care 💜
Been a shocking year for all farmers Tom good to see you shining a light on how hard it can be. At least you made the best of a bad situation we just managed to get our hay in but it’s dried out now. We’ve lost 3 arable crops this year due to the weather and now we are struggling with ryegrass and blackgrass. It’s never ending but got to keep trying.
Tom,Gerry here from South west irl,i prefer clamp to big bales too,im feeling ur pain as regards the bad weather and damage done to land,Keep the chin up sun will shine again.
You are having fun ,be happy it is warm. In Ontario Canada 1967 we were doing corn silage in November with a ft of snow on the ground and 2 120hp tractors pulling the forage harvester
Heart breaking to see the carnage but try to remember if you're not winning you're learning. Great to see even with all the stress how excited about the maize sprouting you got
Uneducated question but in a scenario like this could you possibly use the rakes to keep moving the cut over unto the dryer ground or would overwork the grass?
Hi Tom, I know this was weeks ago, but did you roll the field afterwards to get them ruts out of the fields?
Looking at this reminds me of maize chopping in the Autumn. Spent many a happy hour stuck in fields lol.
Nearly in tears here watching tractors getting stuck, hope the rest of the year goes better...much better
I get so stressed out when I sink in and cause ruts like that. I think I would have a melt down in your situation - you handled it very well 😄👍
Keep on keeping on and showing what real farm life is like. Hats off to you!
Just wait until October when that Maize is ready, you think the fields are chewed up now!
Tom does indeed have the best playlists ever. 🤘🤘
Well to get our grass off we had a spezial chopper with rubber tracks und we used trecked trailers and trackors usualy used for rice here in italy.
Saw greenday at the weekend at the Isle of Wight festival they were Sunday nights headliner and have to say we’re absolutely incredible
Here in south east ireland we are not as wet but not far off. I left 1/4 of an acre in a 4 acre field in a hay field. These conditions are sent to test us !!
Awesome video Tom! You always show the reality of farming and what needs to be done and problem solving on the run! God bless all you hard working farmers and the strategies you can come up with at a moments notice to make things work and always ensure we have our food! Love the clamp! Love the smile your dad always has. ❤❤
What a mess I feel for you. Bet those ruts are baked solid now 😳going to take a full reseed on some of those fields I am thinking
Hey Tom, don't beat yourself up, the fields will heal with a little repairing. You have a crop in to feed your cows in the winter months, so milk production can carry on. Sometimes you have to roll with the punches, just keep on fighting, tomorrow is another day . Great drone shots from your pal and as usual great content, well done all the silage team 👍
Great video to as useal. You will have plenty of practice and pulling tractors out when the maze is ready to cut . When I was younger my dad always covered the pit with dung. It was so much fun taking that off on a cold, wet winter's day 😢
That is 💯 the chopper mans fault, if it's that wet half loads only!! Iv seen us lifting on wet ground before and not making anywhere near that sorta mess.... small loads and 560 tyres on the trailers. The super single trailers shouldn't even be hooked on let alone filled to the neck
“Trusted you chopping grass and look what that turned into” Brilliant 😂😂
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I appreciate its been tough going Tom, but the quality of the editing, cut always and music is fantastic
Yep, grim conditions all round but the show must go on. On the plus side the roof looks good and will reduce dirty water next winter
Mr tom.. at work they had 120 acres cut for first cut.. by miracle got it after 2 days of rain. Getting slurry out was a nightmare and trying too save hay this week. 120 bales of haylage cut and wrapped but is now being fed too the milkers as theres very little growth. Your not the only one.. all you can do is salvage what ya can.. evan from cork Ireland
I appreciate you showing us the problems and challenges you face along the way. It's great to see you and your team smiling even though it's obviously been an absolute nightmare!
Can't win. Rained too late in Autumn for winter grass in Australia. Lots of thin sheep around in SA. Thanks for showing reality Tom.
Love seeing you and your dad spending time together
I really feel for you and other farmers, my brother (farming in mid-Wales) especially of course. I can only hope that the weather will improve and the ground dry up just enough, but not go to the other extreme of being too dry. There is a danger that there will be a shortage of silage and too of straw for the upcoming winter if this continues and a lot of farmers may have to invest in alternative feedstuffs and bedding. That means higher food prices for the rest of us of course and so everyone has a vested interest in things improving for the farmers.
Hi Tom, sad looking at those fields, but just 2 comments, First "The Irish" don't love round bales on a big first cut... too expensive, great for 2nd or 3rd cuts if crop is smaller and perhaps small farmers 70-80 acre farms may make round bales because it may suit them. Secondly, when I worked at silage back in the day, either on high ground or wet ground like you had this year, we started on the High/Wet ground with the empty trailer and then moved to the better part of the field to fill it. and only 3/4 fill the trailer. Yes tedious and extra work but saves the day. Better luck with 2nd cut and with your Maize.
Here in the U.S we had to have a John Deere 9830RX pulling the forage trailer tractor (John Deere 8410) and we had a John Deere 9640R Pulling the Forage harvester (John deere 9700) whilst harvesting. Wasn't fun.
What are you going to do with the ruts that you made in the fields ???
I want to be the guy on the windrower. "Oh man those guys are having a hell of a time in that corner. Anyway..." *Carries on making piles*
Also, those drone shots are INSANE! The night ones especially gave me goose bumps!
Great work tom save as mutch you can considering how crazy wet it got. We are only doing bals and first cut is done today and we got 1600 bales whitch is very good only 400 more and we will make it in the winter. Farmers in Sweden love you and all around you.
we need an update 3 weeks after lifting to see how well the field has recovered
Will you need to wack the mud, break up clumps , and reseed bad sections? [LH using hubby's laptop]
Wag a bit of extra seed on the bad bits, chain harrow and roll @@goldcoastjon
Fair play Tom those nighttime drone shot are sweet 👌👌
I really feel sorry for you. I know the feeling😮💨. We had this 3 years ago, but the roundbaler saved us then. This year we had a sunny and very dry 1 cut here in Northern Norway. And that is not common a few miles from the artic circle🙂
Those drone shots in the evening look fire🔥🤩
Well done to you Tom and the team for pushing through such an awful chop and thank you for still putting out the amazing content that you always do
The clamp looks nice. That was a hard day in the field !
Can we just appreciate how Tom managed to do all this and still drive a drone and edit this long video?
Also, how is Anna so happy? Hahah 😂😂😂
She is living her best life 👍👍🤗🤗
Always on the lookout for Anna in the videos. Definitely brought extra fun and laughter to the farm.😊
Tipps for chopping, Silage Trailers with floatation tires, even the tires on the red trailer arent suitable, furthermore the Silage wagons are a bit light than those tipers and often steered.
The second tipp is use frontweights 600-800kg, the 4WD will not pull if they dont have traction. Frontweights are key.
Don't forget, you are always doing your bestest.
Tom do they make pto hydrostatic assisted trailers ?
It’s the trailers wheel that stop turning that causes get stuck
Tractor 🚜 has plenty of power
Well done to you all, Great tunes as well.
So how do you get the fields back into shape? Roll? Or is there a need to reseed as they are that bad?
It’s only a little thing but it was such a nice moment when your old man grabbed the wheel 😊
For all your struggles at getting first cut in Tom you still put out a great video 👏 plus greenday and wombats 👌👌
we just have to do what we can to get food for the cows in and with now food for the cows there is no food for us , unless you have done the job you have no idea what we do to get food on the table , with this their now will be a cost to put the chewed up fields right to get the next cut , you take a chance with the weather most days on a farm and it can bit you in the butt if you get it wrong , you never have a guarantee of what you will get for the end product farming is a risk we take every day , well done Tom and Team you got it in , and good to see Luke at the end , we need more of Luke
What sort of impact will the churned fields have on growth for 2nd / 3rd cuts and also the growth going forwards? Also, with the rows being down so long, what sort of impact will that have on the feed quality when it gets taken out?
Love the videos & seeing how much time & effort goes into your work Tom!
Don't put yourself down mate people don't realise how hard farmers have it, it's all weather dependent.
Would it be a good idea to roll this now that the ground is wet.
To level it off your drone footage is coming on looks amazing keep the videos coming love them I'll be back soon for some more milk 😅😂🇬🇧💪🏻
Have fun on the maize in October. I recommend you have a small light trailer on the maize
Why? Light trailers are no better, when there full of maize…. Will still big down😂
My heart was breaking for you as i watched this video, just imagining how it would feel to be in that situation. You did really well to get through it. Tomorrow is a new day !!
Love the Greenday in todays video, really sets the mood for all the wet troubles.
Hi Tom I really enjoy your videos something different then to the way we farm here in Canada. I agree you should take it easy this year on the big projects spend this year completing all the little things that need to be done to make everyones life easier. I feel the biggest reason that your land is so wet is the fact the ground is so compacted and the water cannot drain thru it the fields need to be cultivated and loosened up to allow water thru.
Massive big hugs too you All. Loved seeing you scream out to the Music, very good way to release some stress.
Oh Jesus my heart broke watching the machines bogging down, your fields are destroyed. A few brace of Heavy Horse around could help like back in the Olden Days at this stage 😭😭😭😭. You guys work so hard you should be applauded every day. Thank you for your hard work.
So many questions, where to start? 1) because grass is so wet, will it dry out enough to avoid it spoiling? 2) Will this wet grass have any food value left later in the season? 3) how long before the grass is dry enough to bale safely? 4) with everything being so wet do you wrap the bales or not (how will they dry the best) 5) when do you plan on harrowing the ruts out of the fields (on the wet side or on the dry side)?
Have had a similar experience a good few years ago. The resultant silage turned out much better the what we expected. A leveler such as the Samco should help repair the damaged ground when it dries a bit .In heavens name don't try a roller on it to compact it more.
HI TOM fab video love all the Tractors you have sorry to see the fields are a mess i work in the kitchen in a private school and yes with out farmers there would be no food good music choice thanks Richard
Hi Tom Just an observation. I noticed when you were stuck with the big red trailer the trailer wheels were locked on. It could be that the build up of mud is pressing against the brake actuator. Might be worth your while getting your local ag fitter to take a look and maybe come up with a modification to prevent the wheels locking on.
Dad's new toy 🚜 will come in handy when compacting the second cut 😂😅
Stunning drone shots from the night.
You need to put some drainage in those fields Tom.😂😂
30:54 great content again you did well in those challenging conditions and hats off to the girls to carting to
Here in Ireland can't even push pigtailed posts into ground it's so dry all will work out in the end it always does
Stay positive and keep going that's all you can do. Your doing a great job
I was going to say I bet by now the maze has give a beautiful green haze to the field😊
Oof.. it aint pretty, but it's honest. Even when it's not my fields, i feel the pain. But you are not the only one in this situation. Here in the Netherlands it's been wet too. Heard a story of a big baler pulled out with 3 tractors.
When this video aired we had a couple hectares down for hay, but the ground was still damp. But guess we had no problems and mowed the rest of our 1st cut too. Lots of pressure of my shoulders
I totally agree and support all positive comments regarding our farmers….and yet…..there are hundreds of thousands of small self employed businesses none of which get given the handouts that our farmers thrive upon. If all farm subsidies, handouts, business development loans, etc, etc, for farmers were to stop tomorrow, then all tax payers throught England would get a 10% reduction in tax we have to pay.
Tom , my heart goes out to you and all farmers , it looked like you were ploughing up the fields with the tractors and trailers . Just looked absolutely horrific and makes you realise what farmers go through. Wouldn’t rely on your singing to make a secondary living 🤣 How do you repair all the tyre ruts in the fields ? I’m sure you will answer this in one of your future videos. Even in the length of the video you could see the struggle you were all going through ,but you got there 👍
That looked tough going and will take some putting right. That’s why a lot of the big maize gangs especially have pushing blocks on the back of trailers so as they start to bog down a tractor comes up behind and gives them a with a suitable weightblock on the front linkage because “your not stuck till you stop so don’t stop!”
life might be hard, but ive always been told to crack on and get it done.... this is a perfect example. things might be tough but they will certainly get better. send much love to the ginger guy with the MOOSTASH😄. looking forward to the maize☺
Love to see a tm in the fleet 🚜
Nice to see more of Anna and how she’s progressing in her career, good job all round with everyone.
How are you going to be able to repair your fields, My impression is you'll have to use a blade to level out the ruts (trenches you made with your tractor, then you have to reseed the area. Do you have another solution?
Tom I didn’t think your videos could get any better but green day has done it 😊
Thanks for the video Tom
What a mess of muddy tire tracks
BeWell and StaySafe ✌️
Holy Cow! Even the trailer tires won't turn.