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Re: Is this the most frustrating harvest for 50 years?

To my mind it’s almost as bad as 1985. 1985 harvest is etched forever in my memory for all the wrong reasons. It was my final one as a farm manager - for a new non-farming owner who, although he didn’t say so, I always felt wondered why we couldn't repeat the bumper results of 1984 under my previous...

Posted to Talking Point (Forum) by flutefriend on Fri, Sep 5 2008
A very wet Lexion harvest

Pictures of a Claas Lexion 600, 30 ft header, terra trac cutting on the Yorkshire Wolds in 25% moisture Spring Barley – storms coming up the Vale of York!! By Charles Willoughby

Posted to Harvest Highlights 2008 Gallery (Gallery) by lawrencerdb on Fri, Sep 5 2008
A very wet Lexion harvest!

Pictures of a Claas Lexion 600, 30 ft header, terra trac cutting on the Yorkshire Wolds in 25% moisture Spring Barley – storms coming up the Vale of York!! By Charles Willoughby

Posted to Harvest Highlights 2008 Gallery (Gallery) by lawrencerdb on Fri, Sep 5 2008
Rainbow

Claas Lexion 600TT Demonstrator combine at Ashridge Farm, Nr Newbury, Berkshire. (3rd September 08) The rain had just stopped us combining again, a few minutes later a beautiful rainbow came out on the horizon, as you will see in the pictures. I just now wonder, is there now a pot of harvest gold at...

Posted to Harvest Highlights 2008 Gallery (Gallery) by lawrencerdb on Fri, Sep 5 2008
John Deere 2058 Hill Master

Mathew Williams tucks into Alchemy Winter Wheat with a John Deere 2058 Hill Master on 29th August 2008 at Ffrwdwenith Farm West Wales, with rain delaying the harvest for a few days the combine was back in the fields to gather the crop which yielded at 3 tons an acre. It was all hands on deck with brother...

Posted to Harvest Highlights 2008 Gallery (Gallery) by lawrencerdb on Fri, Sep 5 2008
Three Generations of New Holland combines!

<style></style> Attached pic of three generations of New Holland combines cutting Solstice Wheat at 17% at Smeafield Farm, Belford Northumberland - contractor P.A. Robson, Chathill, Northumberland Photo by Daisy Leyland

Posted to Harvest Highlights 2008 Gallery (Gallery) by lawrencerdb on Fri, Sep 5 2008
Harvest Highlight

Combine a Classic NH 8070 15ft with my Dad driving it in his 50th year on a Combine, which has over 3000hrs on now & is 19years old. Along with our Neighbours Claas Lexion 580 Driver (Eddie Brown) with 30ft Header taking in 2 x 16ft swaths of Lioness OSR the other week there. The Rape was all safely...

Posted to Harvest Highlights 2008 Gallery (Gallery) by lawrencerdb on Tue, Sep 2 2008
Combining

Tom of Gollins Contractors is driving the combine, closely followed by Chris of G.E and M. Baker and Son of Kingsey, Bucks, in the tractor. They are combining Oakley which was coming off the field at 16.5%. Chris's eldest Daughter Emily, who was a blogger on last years Kidsconnect campaign for farmlife...

Posted to Harvest Highlights 2008 Gallery (Gallery) by lawrencerdb on Mon, Sep 1 2008
Claas lexion 600

John Barker of H Baker & Sons of Swinefleet busy getting the harvest in with his claas lexion 600. The variety of wheat is Einstien moisture around 17.5% on 23/08/08. Picture taken by Lisa Cross.

Posted to Harvest Highlights 2008 Gallery (Gallery) by lawrencerdb on Mon, Sep 1 2008
Axion in action

New Axion 850 in action in rural cumbria, driven by Steve Horsley

Posted to Harvest Highlights 2008 Gallery (Gallery) by lawrencerdb on Mon, Sep 1 2008

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