21 photos of the mad dash of arable spring work

When you take a moment, the mad dash of spring cultivation, drilling, spreading and spraying is a beautiful and exciting thing to watch.

Quiet arable fields are woken from their winter nap by a flurry of activity, signaling the turn of the seasons, a cue for crops to get growing again and a welcome excuse for farmers to spend less time sat in the office.

To celebrate, we’ve selected 21 of our favourite spring work photos from Instagram to share with you.

See also: How one veg grower uses livestock to improve soil health

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Wheeeey off he goes, this massive Väderstad drill is planting thousands of little wheat seeds🌾🌾🚜 #dogsofinstagram #instadog #instagramdogs #jackrussellterrier #scruffydog #jackrussell #jrt #jackrussellmoments #jackrussellworld #jackrussellsofinstagram #farm #farmdog #farmlife #spring #agriculture #farming #nottinghamshire #johndeere #8370R #drill #springwheat #väderstad #drilling

A post shared by Alfie Clarke (@alfiethefarmdog) on Mar 25, 2017 at 4:06am PDT

 

First job this morning, autotrac optimisation #johndeere #jd #7290r #autotrac #greenstar #itchenstoke #hampshire #7r #vaderstad #spirit #springdrilling #agriculture #farming #deeresighting #march #friday #spring#britishfarming #britishagriculture #starfire

A post shared by Luke Ward (@lukeyward) on Mar 24, 2017 at 1:35pm PDT

 

Got traffic today #johndeere #6215r #sandsagriculturalmachinery #spring

A post shared by Luke Hepworth (@lukeyorkshirehepworth) on Mar 29, 2017 at 8:28am PDT

 

First of the spring barley coming through nicely. #springbarley #maltingbarley #emergence #growing #notillcontracting #notillfarming #farming #soilimprovement

A post shared by No-Till Contracting (@notillcontracting) on Mar 28, 2017 at 11:24pm PDT

 

If your going to work weekends you might as well have a good view #blueskies #springtime #Vale #Moors #Claas #Amazone #fert #springbarley

A post shared by John Ordidge (@johnordidge) on Mar 25, 2017 at 6:08am PDT

 

#ploughing #turbine #unreal #valtraT162E #farm365 #instafarm

A post shared by Francis Henry (@francie_6900) on Mar 29, 2017 at 4:08am PDT

 

Spring barley prep today #vogelnoot #4m #ploughed #springbarley

A post shared by James Barwood (@jamesb210) on Mar 18, 2017 at 12:18pm PDT

 

#ploughing #arable #springbarley #masseyferguson #farmlife

A post shared by @manorfarmmere on Feb 28, 2017 at 4:26am PST

 

If you can’t drive straight with out modern aids you should not be on a tractor!!! #farminglife #farming #tractors #chilterns #photography

A post shared by Andrew Stubbings (@stubbsdragon) on Mar 29, 2017 at 3:04pm PDT

 

#ploughing #farming #farminglife #masseyferguson #southdevon #devon #tractorsofinstagram #djiphantom3 #dronepointofview

A post shared by Nick Reeves (@reevesphotos) on Mar 26, 2017 at 11:32pm PDT

 

Today was a lovely day! #genericgoodweatherpost #sunnydays #hunglassesout #ploughing #stubble #furrowshot #shed #masseyferguson #mf5480 #plough #justagrithings #hashtagsfordays

A post shared by Shane Halpin (@shanehalpin132) on Mar 25, 2017 at 12:16pm PDT

 

Planting Potatoes is almost in full swing now. I love this part, the Ridger & De-Stoners have done their bit, and I’m on the home straight about to tick another field off the list. Only 20 more fields& 500 acres to go. #potatoplanting #fendt #fendtagriculture #agco #grimme #hometimesoon #barelystarted #norfolkfarming #norfolknow

A post shared by Jamie Fuller (@fullerbass) on Mar 28, 2017 at 8:40am PDT

 

Beautiful evening putting some fert on. . . . #fendt #fertspreading #fendt820 #wheat #arable #kuhn #farmgirl

A post shared by Olivia 🚜🐶🌾 (@olivia_hen1) on Mar 28, 2017 at 3:05pm PDT

 

Finally get to play with my rapid. Beans done, onto spring wheat now #claas #axion940 #bigtractor #itshuge #thatswhatshesaid #vaderstad #rapid600s #springwheat #feedwheat #drilling #arable #britishfarming @_claas_ @vaderstad

A post shared by Ed (@elliotted28) on Mar 28, 2017 at 11:18am PDT

 

Marlborough downs requiring all the horsepower. . . . #sbfarming #fendt939 #fendt #heva #rolling #marlborough #wiltshire #arable #agriculture #farmingphotographydaily

A post shared by James White (@jamess_white) on Mar 17, 2017 at 6:49am PDT

 

Our spring barley is up which we drilled a few weeks ago ☺️🚜 #arable #arablefarming #springbarley #RGTplanet #dorset #ukagriculture #boysground #checkingthecrops #lovemyjob❤️

A post shared by Emma Foot (@emmafoot724) on Mar 9, 2017 at 9:06am PST

 

So good to be back out on the crops with the fertiliser spinner today. Spring is coming! 🌱🌾 #claas #axion #kverneland #geospread #arable #crops #barley #growingseason #spring

A post shared by Brockers (@andybrockway) on Mar 2, 2017 at 12:47pm PST

 

#Spraying #johndeere #7530 #hardisprayers

A post shared by Dan Shelley (@shelley834) on Mar 28, 2017 at 9:14am PDT

 

Awesome weather to get cracked on drilling the Spring Barley! #farminguk #yorkshire #drone #dji #views

A post shared by Chris Dickinson (@chrisdicko1991) on Mar 26, 2017 at 6:22am PDT

 

Drilling and rolling Spring Barley on the hills. 🌱 #challenger #mt765d #claas #axion #claasuk #agco #väderstad #spring #farminguk #crops #agrii #wingreen

A post shared by Brockers (@andybrockway) on Mar 17, 2017 at 7:14am PDT

 

#masseyferguson #7726 #ridging #potatoes #potatobeds #reekie #spudmen #suffolk #farmlife #farminguk #lovemyjob

A post shared by Drew ( Droopy ) Sargent (@farmerboydrew94) on Mar 23, 2017 at 12:05pm PDT