First it was floods, now it's drought. 2020 isn't going well on Harry's Farm.
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- 2020 is proving to be one of the most challenging farming years in memory. The year started with the wettest winter on record and now we're having to deal with three months of little rain and the driest May on record. The crops are really starting to suffer now. Enjoy the vid..
Never have i left a comment in my life before this one but Harry could make a video about paint drying and i would subscribe. He is knowledgeable about every subject he publishes and makes it interesting. Thank you Harry & Regards from Ireland. #myfirsteverpost.
First post and 103 likes. Not bad, not bad at all.
Btw nice profile pic 😉
Still making my way through Harry’s Farm from the beginning and loving all the information that you are providing of your farming life. This episode shows how people think it is ok to leave their rubbish out in the fields. What kind of mentality do those people have to think that it’s ok to leave the litter? Only makes you think of what their houses and gardens must be like...
Greetings from Trinity in Cheltenham. Normally at church we'd be praying for sun and great weather, but this morning during our Zoom church meeting ... we prayed for rain for you! In the right quantity and at the right frequency. In Jesus' name.
Another superb video and should be broadcast on National television because Harry can explain, inform and interest viewers effortlessly. Also he must have the best maintained combine harvester in the country!,
We always tried to avoid 'wet' cleaning 'dry' machines like combines, balers, etc, as much as we could as you always end up with the water driving a moist sludge of dust/grain/debris into inaccessible nooks and crannies where it rusts metalwork and provides a very attractive food source for rodents over the winter.
At the end of the last bit of work, we'd strip the machine down as far as reasonably practical while still in the field, and give it a good blast through with a leaf blower. That'd shift the great majority of the dirt, and leave it in the field where it should be!
Leaf blowers are wonderful for 'sweeping' the yard and cleaning out haysheds, grain stores, workshops, etc. too.
Thanks for the updates Harry, you have a fantastic setup and it's a great credit to you.
Have to agree. We generally use a leaf blower each Mornington keep the combine clear of debris but in 2019 combine kept on getting wet in the field thanks to constant rain when we were trying to harvest. End result was it all got baked on, hence why I power washed it clean at the end of the season. Miserable job that never feels done!
@@harrysgarage Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about the damp harvest of 2019!
Unfortunately yes, you sometimes have to power wash a combine, but it is indeed a disheartening job as you just KNOW that you'll be dealing with the consequences for the rest of the life of the machine.
Ivor Clegg
I’m just a ‘city boy’ armchair commentator lol. Very interesting reading your comments about things that would never have though off. Thank you! 🙏. All the best from 🇳🇱
Harry is such a natural in front of the camera, I could watch him do a 17 min video on the setting of concrete
I hope video like this will make people appreciate farmers and their food supply more
2020 will definitely be a year for the history books. I hope it improves for everyone facing hardships, and for Harry’s farm as well.
As I commented last video, I have zero interest in farming other than what it gives me to eat......but Harry makes such compelling videos on this (and the Garage too) that i cant help but be fascinated by what goes on. Harry literally makes "watching the grass grow" exciting.
Harry great video. Litter during lockdown is a problem in our local countryside too.
Another excellent informative video. Thank you
Grey Squirrels are an absolute nightmare.
Hate them.
Think we should get some rain soon. Bless ya.
I love that Harry is such a Bond fan he not only collects Bond cars but also uses a wheat variety named for a Bond movie. I love this channel, praying for rain from down here in Australia.
Harry, hoping for some rain this week, just fingers crossed it’s not too late for you. South end of the cotswolds are so dry for early June.
I lived in Australia for twenty years.I was talking to a beef cattle farmer in Alice Spring’s and the very day he viewed and purchased his farm it was raining cats and dogs, he told me the next rain he had was 3 years later!!
I hope you and the rest of the farmers in the UK get some rain soon Harry, for the crops and wildlife’s sake🤞🤞🏴.
🇦🇺 here we would normally get a plague of locusts after that type of weather just to finish the crop off completely
It’s so nice seeing someone going to great lengths to properly maintain and preserve his equipment. I just love to watch that 10-11 year old combine that looks like it has only been used once for a demo.
Fascinating as usual even if the news is not so good this time. Hopefully the waether will come good for the industry soon. With all the other stuff going on it must be a hell of a worry.
Nice video, thank you
Great harry ☔️ fingers crossed 🤞
Usual interesting video, the dry weather was great for those of us in lockdown but yes, not good for crops...
Well done Harry from Australia 🇦🇺.
Hi Harry I'm an Irish suckler and sheep farmer and I love watching your videos to learn about arable farming. Keep up the great vids
Do the Irish mind when you suckle on them?
Chemical spraying in the sky stops the rain, if the ground can be altered a bit like the golf ball the water retention would improve and there would be less run off.
Thanks Harry. I know nothing about farming but you make the whole subject interesting and easy to grasp. Here is wishing you some rain.
Loves these videos. Hope you get some rain soon
Another great video Harry!!From flood to drought in 4 months, you couldn't make it up. Keep smiling and making videos like this.
Harry, I agree completely with your views regarding litter strewn around, a threat to livestock and an eyesore. I daily pick up litter, especially plastic from fields near my home, it shocks me how people, especially the young care nothing for the environment.
Farmers do not have a clear conscience regarding the use of plastic, I see a lot of discarded plastic that was single use to wrap bales of cattle feed.
Pity you can't store the flood water to use in a drought.
We do this in California where our dry season lasts 5 months, and our wet season doesn't really exist.
@Viktor Sligo I have no idea about farming, but I would have thought he could water the fields. Clearly I am misguided.
Damn up that little valley where he put the cows and irrigate off that. Maybe?? I can imagine the planners loving that. So much so that they would trip up over their own egos as they seek to offer advice. (Like is do in another comment where I mentioned cover crops etc. !! 🤦♂️🤦♂️ 🤷♂️ 🤷♂️
@@dizzy2020 Good Points.
Cotswolds are on Limestone bedrock ... porous ... a massive sponge.
Thanks Harry, another well explained glimpse into the life of British food production, I learned a bit more today. 🙂👍
I learn so much from these farm videos. I love it. Thanks Harry, I hope you get the rains you need soon.
Really informative video.. I hope 2020 isn't a total loss for you.
Hi Harry. I'm a case dealer and you need a redekop chopper on the back of the axial flow combine.can be retro fitted to older machines
Love your Farm Videos Harry keep it up Brilliant
Jim in Ireland 👍
month with no rain in Isles of Scilly so on a smaller scale than you we are struggling too - however still virus free we are enjoying it - keep up the channel Harry we always enjoy it.
It’s been a really tough year on all fronts so far. You were lucky with the damage to the Combine, Rats and mice are normally the culprits, surprised the squirrels also have a taste for wire! It’s a shame people simply have no common sense when visiting your land, set the squirrels on them Harry !
For several years Acura (Honda) here in the US had a supplier that used plastic wire casings mice really like the taste of. The firm had a number of warranty claims for electronic failures and other gremlins. They fixed the issue, but it took all parties time to get to the root of the problem. Critters have odd tastes.
Thanks so much for taking the time Harry, I look forward to everything you send us,Just fascinating! Hope you and everyone on the farm are keeping well 🙏🙏
Great video Harry. Looks like the price of loaf of bread and a pint are going to rocket this year, it's time to start rain dancing . Chin up H it can only get better.
I love the clear & concise way you present these videos. It’s a real education. I’m not sure I personally ( if I was a farmer) could cope with these drought conditions & know my profits could actually disappear altogether. I’d be pulling my hair out!! I guess it comes from years of experiencing similar conditions & just taking a philosophical view of it all.
Nice well explained video Harry , well done on bringing up the litter issues, also I know it’s hard for people to not walk round the farms atm but I’m always seem to be waiting people to move when I’m out spraying too , and there’s foot paths in sight . This drought is a night mare I’ve never seen spring crops emerge so quick and evenly, but we are close to losing some already
Another informative and entertaining video! Best regards from El Paso, TX USA!
linseed scene closeup. RUclips compression goes fucking haywire! love the farm videos Harry. excellent content!
Great stuff,I knew nothing about farming..I’m more an Enduro Guy (Husky 701) so I do spend a lot of time in the countryside...cheers from the North
Similar situation here in Germany. The ground is still very dry from the past 2 years. Lots of our forests are dead.
The trees in the UK are in excellent health luckily due to record winter rainfall. Its just dried out the top 20cm or so. Plenty for the trees to drink down below!
That’s not good to hear, German forests are amazing. I guess it’s those located in the sandy soil areas which are suffering, or is it forests right across Germany that are affected?
I really love your farm videos. I am a market gardeners son and always learn something, today that was bearded wheat.
I am pretty sure that Harry is the only farmer in the whole wide world, who is doing his job wearing a Patek. Way to go:-)
Good and clear video Harry, thanks.
It is also dry here in the Netherlands. We can sprinkle with spring water. Heard that in an area with unsuitable water for sprinkling, they bring the water with a ship to sprinkle the potatoes because they dry out in the ground.
Thank you, Harry. Always interesting and informative. Communing with the rain gods as I write!
Great video!
The flag leaf looks small even on a good field. I feel the pain, flash droughts are common where I farm too. No pun intended, it is very draining to see when all your efforts go to nowhere.
Thanks again Harry for a very interesting update
Thanks Harry for the video, To much water, then not enough water, like some one commented, pity you can't pump it into some kind of container and store it, Hope things pickup for all you farmers. 👍🚜🌈stay safe.
Basicaly, I hate to say this, it's one of the reasons why I left growing.
It's you that's got all the nice cars!!
Thanks harry for the very imforative update , farming is struggling here in ireland as well with crops never as bad as i have ever seen them , no rain since mid march, crops are just not growing and time is moving on,
If irrigation is an option you could always try hiring a hose reel to try and save the cereal crops, it’s a common site here in the east of England at the moment. Fingers crossed for some steady overnight rain Harry!
Thank you Harry. I hope the rains come in time to avoid total loss at the second planting wheat field. I look forward to a positive update. Cheers.
Many years ago I got a VHS video on US contract harvesting, it was a travelog by a UK journalist by the name of Dylan Winter. The guy running the business bought 10 new John Deere combines every season, not to mention a trio of grain trucks mobile homes etc. He started the season down in Texas and by mid September was in southern Saskatchewan combining in the snow! Interestingly the SK farmers stored their grain outdoors for much of the winter where as US farmers tended to ship it straight to community elevators. Sadly the days of the old wooden "prairie skyscrapers" lined up along the railroad tracks have gone, replaced by huge complexes capable of loading 100 grain wagons (100tons each)a time. DVD The 2000 Mile Harvest and a follow, Customer Cutters.
Nice video again,drought is also becoming a problem here in the Netherlands
it is the same here in Denmark the farmers also irrigation there fields an the winter and spring was the hottest an also one af the most wettest in over 100 years
Hello Harry. Just my 2p worth. You’ll find that if you get the liquid ACF50 that comes with a little spray gun and then heat up the spray gun with a bit of hot water, you can get a much better result, much less gloopy and a nice fine mist this way which is what you want. That is all!
Well the government is helping everyone else I do hope there is provision to help farmers too, moving forward the UK's farmers are going to be ever more important to the people of the country, really hope nature doesn't deal a bitter blow! Fascinating to see the drone shot's of the crops! Bloody litter bugs drive me mad, they should be locked up.
Hose pipe bans are on the way I read yesterday! Good luck Harry
Really? We had a lot of rain in the last 6 months, did they not store any of it
@@WarrenF No, as usual the companies never go and invest their money on repairs, new storage or any form of upgrades. Waste of money to be honest for lack of a return.
Welcome to what the norm is in Australia. Our drought lasted 5 years, then we had the bushfires, now we have China boycotting our farm produce becuase we called them out over Covid-19. You need to dig a dam, Harry, to catch the run off next time it rains. Then you can irrigate.
Once again Harry great video talk through,,yeah everyone desperate for rain,hopefully we get some soon. Your big beast of a machine (combinder) looks brand new,brill job at cleaning, obviously not done on your own!! Will be tip top ready for next harvest,keep up the good work,👍👍👍👍👍👍
Really interesting and informative as ever thanks harry ciao
Harry don't you have a river near by? thinking of drilling a well and watering or digging a cistern?
Sill no Bees?
Great content Harry thanks for the education.
Hi Harry. I've enjoyed your car videos for years, and admired you as a guy. I just found Harry's farm. So interesting. My nana was an were English woman. She met my grandfather during the war. She ment the world. And I'm a bit of an Anglophile. I'm a nurse. Survived carona. I live in Cape cod Massachusetts. I'm wondering what it would take to move to england
Harry , about your hayfever , ask your doctor for a Cortisone injection , I've suffered from hayfever all my life as an Aussie farmer until I started getting the Cortisone shot at the start of the season , it's given me by far the best result , Cheers.
Very informative - us consumers need to a bit more conscious of the challenges that UK farming is having to cope with while we enjoy an early summer. I'm in the Thames Valley - zero rain for weeks and weeks. I've only cut the lawns twice in 5 weeks whereas this time of year its a weekly chore. Pray for rain I say - the wildlife is also starting to suffer I feel
Interesting as ever Harry, keep calm and carry on 👍🚜
Hope things improve for you Harry, time for some rain.
Well done Harry, a good video, and things will come right best wishes.
It really does irk me when people bag up their dog poo and leave it, tbh have to think that it would be better off left un-bagged.
When I walk the dog and forget my bags I end up using whatever I can find like a receipt from my wallet to carry it to a bin - not nice but its part of owning a dog.. Including the bin part!
Sometimes I see bagged shit tied to the branches of trees and hedges. Like, why???
Szymon Gorczynski that’s an even more amazing one! They clearly put in the effort to bag it, either through good intentions or because they would be seen leaving it and then put in even more effort to hang it up, but couldn’t be arsed to take it away! Just amazing, if you’re so lazy you can’t be bothered doing your part as a dog owner, just leave it on the ground at least so it can decompose normally
Dog muck should be picked up and binned in urban areas. It should be left to rot into the ground in the countryside. You don't see farmers walking around and bagging up cow muck.
Don't even get me started on those who throw the bag into bushes, where they snag and just hang there at face height.
Crazy stuff. Here in Australia we are set to have the wettest year since 1924 and you guys have the dryest month ever. Just crazy. But it goes to show that it comes and goes. So don't panic. It's never perfect for long it seems.
Now that's what you get for intensive farming Harry.
All the best with your wheat Harry.
Out on the moors yesterday in NW England. Last light rain here was around 30 April.
Birch tree leaves curling up like the wheat and pine trees look brown and seem to have dropped their needles except for the new sprouts that haven't opened properly.
The fire service was there on a black patch in the dry grass/ peat. I bet that is litter too. Don't people know metal cans get hot in the sun or bottles focus the sunlight causing fire?
The rubbish left is an absolute disgrace ,private land people shouldn’t be in there ,it’s enough for you tending to the crops and the vagaries of the British climate without having to be worried and concerned ,you are right Harry we need uk farmers to get the rain ,very interesting but at the same time very sobering ,come uk shoppers look where stuff is coming from support uk farming industry ,
First couple of days of rain and people will be p*ssing and moaning about the dreadful British weather. Without rain no one eats.
Absolutely, regardless of what country you’re in we should all be buying everything as locally as absolutely possible. Not only does it feel good to know exactly where your food came from, even better if you know the actual farmer, but it’s by far the most environmentally friendly way to live. As has been said before, carbon intensive beef from the farm up the road is a million times cleaner than efficient chickpeas shipped across the world. Add to that we support our own people, money stays inside our economies and it brings us closer together.
Buy local, wherever you are!
Great video as usual. Very interesting
Thanks for your update.
Very sorry for uncle Harry
Love the videos. Would love to have it explained to my why all that water wasn’t contained in any way at the beginning of the year.
Harry, same here in Normandie. No rain since 9th May according to our neighbour farm
Harry! Lets do a vid on your watch collection, thats a nice Patek. You must be into them? Nice vid. 👍
Potential long in wheat futures then I guess 😂 cheers for the video Harry 👍
This certainly in a year to put in the history books, or personally forget about. This years weather certainly reminds me of 1976 when in North Oxfordshire on light soil our fields were burnt brown and the cows were pulling up the grass with the roots attached as the grass had died off. This has all the hallmarks of that year, if not worse. I know its an old adage about farmers praying for rain, but this year it is certainly true, here's hoping.
Another great video Harry
Dryer sheets in and around the combine can help deter vermin during winter storage.
Hi Harry, just a tip, ACF50 goes a lot further and covers better if you use a compressor and low pressure spray gun. Check out some motorbike videos to see how. Good luck with your harvest.
It's the same here in Herts the wheat is about 4 feet high but bending like it's weaping I don't know if they planted earlier than yours but the ground is all cracking the second crop is just like yours,and yes no rain till next weekend.With regards to litter it's appalling here and I think we should go back to the public information films we used to have On tv and the country code. All the best Harry hang in there.👍
ACF50 is good on motorbikes too. I'd hate to see the bill for a combine's worth though!
A place I worked at, had (prior to me working there) mice chew through wiring on some of the machines and it took ages to find the problem. By all accounts one or two of the machines had been going "haywire" on & off for a good while. However, sorry you've had the problems you're having my thoughts are with you, and I'm wishing you every success in dealing with them. In closing though a big thank you for sharing as a visit to your farm is always of intrest, I'd say enjoyable but, I very much appreciate the vid.
How I agree with you about people leaving their rubbish all over the countryside , Here in the SW beaches and beauty spots were crammed with people too stupid to stop and thind last weekend . The mountains of litter was a disgrace.
Coming from a Norfolk farming background I know how important rain is and at the correct time. At least I don't have to cut the lawns so often but that is little consulation to farmers. Does this government really understand what Brexit will mean to many sections of working society. I don't think it does given we are heading ,it would appear for a 'no deal'.
Remember the summer/drought of 2018? The dry weather then didn’t start until the last week of May. This year we’ve (West Midlands) had 55mm of rain since the start of March. This dry weather period of 2020 has had a (nearly) 3 month head start on 2018. Sadly due to climate change we’re going to face more mild and wet winters and hot/dry summers
Certainly can. In that year, it was a cold Spring, then followed by a heatwave; not nice for many things. As an allotment plotholder, this year one of the weirdest things is that I’ve actually harvested a batch of broad beans (on 29/05); can’t remember doing that so early. It’s an aftermath of having had a lot of ‘sunshine hours’ this month. On the negative side, we’re all suffering from a lack of rain. Doing a lot of hand watering in the allotments (using a Thames Water supply via a trough). No official ‘drought’ yet - at least there’s still plenty ground water after last winter! If it was really viable to have artificial irrigation on a large farm, they'd be quids in this year for the same reason as my little crop (and so are the solar PV people, no doubt).
What does "climate change" even mean? It's a purposely vague term that they've replaced "global warming" with. In the 70s all the same experts were telling us we were heading for an ice age.
We've had 3 major droughts since records began and the worst was in 1921.
Had ZERO interest in farming until this channel became available. Now I’ve killed tomato plants, jalapeño plants, and strawberry plants guess I better keep watching
Sounds like you should stop watching and find another project.
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is there any way of improving the soil so it holds more moisture? There is a possible La Niña weather pattern that might take off and make the summer less warm, but we will have to see what happens, I like all your videos and the car videos!
good luck mate
do you not irrigate in England? seems like that would save a lot of farms. my grandfather was a sharecropper in the 60s and my dad has taught me a lot over the years. you are one of the better channels on farming that I have found. its like you are talking to your best friend about it. refreshing!
Great vid harry
You have inspired me to start my own channel
Thanks Harry for these fascinating vids. Hope you farmers get some rain ASAP.
Cannot believe people trespassing, picnicking AND then leaving their trash... and the poo bag thing boggles the mind (the thought process, or rather lack of, is terrifying; especially when just leaving the poo which although bad news, at least biodegrades quickly and would be better), the fact they go to the effort of bagging it then just discarding. Gives me a headache just trying to comprehend it.
Might be a good idea to have a mobile clay shoot with biodegradable clays (with signs everywhere giving fair warning of course) in random fields... scare the bejaysus out of the blighters?
Squirrels, litterers, deer, drought and take-all. All I can say is, it takes a stoic to run a farm.
That's the truth, as townie I'm starting to get an insight thanks to Harry into the hard work that keep the shops full of food.
That's too true to be funny.