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Harvest just about finished...just! by matty s

Harvest is just about drawing to a close. Everything is just about cut, apart from a few beans. This has to be one of the longest harvests for a while, considering we started in July....its now October and we have just about finished. This weekend was...

Ploughmans in a packet! by matty s

Wheat harvest is just about drawing to a close up North. Thank god i hear alot of people saying, theres still the beans to do though...and a fair bit of drying of crops! I know of 110 acre of oats left to do (Unlucky!) on a neighbouring farm but generally...

Its still dragging on in the North... by matty s

What a weekend! Went into work on Saturday and our assistant manager was AWOL. He was off to get married this weekend and was off for a week or so, so with our ''drier technician'' having to run a grain store and drier by himself he was...

Harvest Highlights 2008 at the Funny Farm by matty s

What a weekend!! Good weather saw Northumberlands combines come out in force. I was sent to our main drier to work there weighing in and out, taking samples and the like and generally running round like an idiot. Our 2 combines got going on saturday morning...

Us young un's dont know anything! by matty s

Well, i got really excited today. I got to work, with nothing to do at one farm i went to the home farm (at blagdon) where there was loads and loads of wheat to dry. I was only one in (except for the manager) so i got cracking, cleared one shed up and...
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Pretty impressive..... by matty s

God the rain!! I went over the field t'other day with my dog, and what a state!! I came in from work and went out in rigger boots, i went over the tops of them and ended up with very very wet feet indeed, and some nice coloured socks that match my...

Down on the funny farm by matty s

Leading in Long time no blog. Been really busy up here, we had a few good days which saw everbody and there granny leading oats into us. With 237.3 ton of oats from one farmer (i worked that out you know!) one day and then loads more the following days...

Quick post.... by matty s

Quick post... Just got in from work, worked later tonight and last night, far too much rain, dryer keeps clogging up, cant shift grain as its too wet, i been on the weight bridge all day and taking samples. Yesterday i rolled 60 acre in the morning and...
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Bloomin drivers!! by matty s

Some people just boil you dont they!!!! I was driving along the road today in the JCB (It was an estate road) coming from the Home Farm to the dairy (its a 5 min drive) and the public can drive on the road if they have some reason to be on the estate...
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Pheasants, Herefords and the rain! by matty s

After weeks of waiting, i have got a couple of pics for you's as i sorted out my technical difficulties (a knife, pin and alot of hitting).Unfortunately not one of the combine yet but i have got a couple that pasty and amanda have moaned on about...
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OSR and snail trail by matty s

Right i have made a hudge cock up (am i allowed to use that word on here?) Right, i came in from work and couldn't be bothered to do anything- Tea was on so i headed for the computer. Forgetting i have been working with OSR all day, i walked in, dropped...
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Spreading and Harvesting by matty s

Got combining today - a little bit got brought in last night but all the OSR at one farm has been harvested with the OSR getting cut as we speak at the main farm. I aint drying tonight, will be tommorow though if the rain stays off but just been cleaning...

War of the blogs and OSR by matty s

Here we go then - lets moan a bit more... First of all, i have a rival blog- its a bit like the Tim Relf and Matthew Naylor war - this time IT IS WAR!!!!! I am determined to beat Pasty Girl - i bet her crust crumbles under the immense pressure of the...

Cutting continues - but slowly by matty s

Howdy Well we tried to get combining today, grain was dry as was straw but combine had a few difficulties. First of all the header took 3 attempts to get on due to the header trailer rutting the ground then the combine came and practically ploughed it...
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Solo Stinger by matty s

After harvesting about 180 ton of barley, coming in at 18%, its all gone out of the store now leaving us with empty sheds, a silent dryer and a combine that hasnt combined much. Its wet, that wet that we have a large puddle at many field entrances (the...
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Grain, humbugs, plumbs and music! by matty s

Well got into the barley after coffee today (coffee is at 9am). I beded down when i got in at 7.30, picked some veg for the farm shop then got back into the trusty lean mean yellow machine ( JCB) at 9.30 ish. As yesterday, it was a case of loading the...

One man and his JCB by matty s

Combine is going!! The new lexion got into one of our fields today, about 10 ish and got about 30 acres cut, unfortunately we planned on working to about 8 tonight but here i am now, (18.50) as we finished at 5 due to a outburst of rain - its lovely and...
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