Farmer Jake's Blog

November 2010 - Posts

• Hands Off Our Kit!

  As part of the one going battle against farm theft we have installed the CESAR cesarscheme datatag system on our farm tractors, JCB and combine. The potential problem really came home to roost when a neighbouring farmer had a tractor, very similar to... Posted Nov 26 2010, 12:12 PM by Farmer Jake Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Chris Tallis Farm Machinery, CESAR [Edit Tags]

• Fencing

  With the majority of the arable work done, just some P and K to apply when I conditions allow, our eyes turn towards the inevitable winter maintenance requirements. This winter we are focusing on fencing. With about 2.5Km needing attention we will be... Posted Nov 25 2010, 08:57 AM by Farmer Jake Filed under: Fencing [Edit Tags]

• Movember Artistry

  Well the month of Movember is rapidly approaching a close and our Mo's are looking very splendid indeed. For those of you Mo Bro's and Mo Sista's out there who don't know what we're on about, a few of us have been raising the awareness... Posted Nov 22 2010, 04:35 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: Movember [Edit Tags]

• Malvern Conference

  Tonight I am at the Malvern Showground at a conference with the title, 9 Billion People 'Feeding Britain in the Global Context'. First up is Professor Sir John Beddington responsible for all science and engineering in the UK. Read More... Posted Nov 18 2010, 07:35 PM by Farmer Jake [Edit Tags]

• Ploughing For Spring Barley

  After the very exciting EBLEX progressive sheep group meeting, it was nice to get home and see how the farm is progressing. I caught up with Derek ploughing in MF Allotments, getting it ready for spring barley, due to be planted early next year. We're... Posted Nov 12 2010, 07:50 PM by Farmer Jake [Edit Tags]

• Lamb Control

  Today we had to move a small bunch of store lambs down the road from a field of grass onto some stubble turnips. The turnips were planted in the summer and should provide enough winter feed to fatten these lambs. They are in a bunch of 77, with a further... Posted Nov 12 2010, 09:09 AM by Farmer Jake Filed under: sheep, sheep dog, Wychall School [Edit Tags]

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  View from within the UK Grain event Read More... Posted Nov 03 2010, 05:03 PM by Farmer Jake [Edit Tags]

• Autumn Rolling In

  This is a view along Crashmore Lane running towards our main farm buildings. The hedges and verges have just been very neatly trimmed, by Gordon. The colours this year look amazing and although not particularly cold I definitely have that autumn feel... Posted Nov 01 2010, 10:15 AM by Farmer Jake Filed under: LEAF [Edit Tags]