What did we do WRONG with this FORAGE CROP?
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- Thanks go to Suzanne and the Team at Gallagher Europe for the fencing! I've already ordered the same system again so I can set it up in more fields!
Also let me know your thoughts on our forage rape field. Why is it so poor in places?
Cammy
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I’m 33 years old and I’m a sheep farmer from Ayrshire in South West Scotland, which is why I have such a strong accent! I was born and raised on a sheep farm watching my dad who was the shepherd.
At 18 I went away from farming to work in the city (something I still do) and at 23 (2013) I decided I wanted to do something for some extra money so I went on a sheep shearing course. The hardest thing I’ll ever do was learning to shear sheep. [shudders thinking about it]
I shore whilst on my holidays from work for 2 years and then in 2015 my dad died so I decided to get my own sheep so I could continue working with sheep as it was something I loved doing. From there it escalated quickly from my first 4 sheep in my mum’s garden to now running around 850 breeding ewes.
I shore over 19,000 sheep this season in the UK and have my own shearing run which lets you see many different farms in the summer months.
A few years ago I bought myself a sheep pregnancy scanner and have been building up my run since then.
I watched a few farm vlogs on RUclips and decided I could have a go and now here we are!
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I've just seen a group teenagers wearing sheep game merch at my local mart ( Sedgemoor) so you're corrupting the youth of Somerset into the life long horrors of sheep addiction 👍
🤣 brilliant!
Hes affecting furtheŕ afield. Saw Cammy with a bunch of potential young sheep addicts at Ploughing in Ireland last month
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I appreciate you trying to improve your sheep farming including the fields where they graze. Finding the right crop or grass to suit the land must be difficult. You always seem to work out what's best or better. The struggle with land, weather and money is real and I appreciate all the hard work you and Lizzie do for the sheep and for your family. Makes me rather proud actually.
Thanks so much!! That's very kind, we're really just muddling through!
Gallagher, an excellent company. keen to listen to customers for ideas and innovation I was invited to the Australian head office. a good day out. They make petrol pumps, smart security systems and an array of fencing and associated hardware.
When I was a lad my parents got a small flock of Shropshire sheep for the family farm. Great fun. They are supposedly easier to fence for than Texel and other more sporty breads but they didnt even notice the old 500V cattle fence. (I suppose their fleece protected them)
We got a Galagher energiser running of the mains that would run up to 65km of fence in moderate foliage. If I remember right it was 3.5kV and up to 100mA pulses.
The Sheep could feel the voltage from a distance and never got close to the fence and the grass under the fence kept clear of the wires - no need to mow under it.
I used to be able to tighten the fence with an insulated pinch tool and wearing my wellingtons without removing the power. Not so with the Galagher. It hit right through the insulation on the pinch tool and the boots. Live and learn :-)
😅 it gets the heart racing!!
Love ya work Cammy, we are at a similar stage of life to you but we have 8 children at foot so I don't have time to make to many mistakes, so I'm happy for you to make them for me and hopefully I can capitalize off them you're a legend keep up the good work. Love that electric fence and I need to get a pair of those overalls.
How exciting!! That forage crop was AWESOME!! You are always looking into something out of the box and new.. bravo. That boy of yours gets cuter everyday! Think he is a lot like his Dad. Love from the USA!
Thank you we’re very lucky!
Great video Cammy,handy them fences,i noticed Crawford's crops never do well were it's wet and damp.
Cammy you're taking on new things to improve all the time! It'll always be a learning curve, but get more efficient exponentially at some point. For now, you are definitely outstanding in your field! 😊 out standing in your field- good pic there in the rape field.
Hook the 3 ends on a post walk to end with it tucked under you arm carry arm load of posts and throw them out as you go and hook on when at end then put wires on posts on way back tighten job done. This is common practice in New Zealand. I personally only use 2 wires if you have good power they won’t touch it.
Electric fencing is good for pasture management in the winter
2 would be a lot easier! Might try that!
Always fun to see people and electric fencing. 😂.
I hope it comes with several of those testers.
It will be interesting to hear why the forage rape did not work out in that part of the field. Cheers 😊👍👍
Cammy, Sandi Brock and her husband Mark also plant crops. They may be a good farming team to touch base with about your field plants and some crop talk. Wonderful seeing you expanding your horizons and trying to find ways that will help with your sheep and keep costs proper so that you can actually feel that your making gains. Farming is so costly and a tremendous amount of hard work and I never feel we thank you all enough. Hope the fencing works well for you also. Love your channel. ❤❤
Thanks Sharon. Yeah I have watched Sandi and mark talk about those crops and how they help the ground. I’m thinking compaction / water is the issue here now going by the comments😅
In regards to planting crops. The continental difference could be a little issue. Do you have facilities to store what you grow. Also machines to plant and harvest. That could be a bite of any profit.
Love Gallagher fencers! Can't go wrong with them, Cammy, and they last for decades. If you put in pemanent electric, I've found the 18 joule model is so handy as the bottom wire is so hot (enerigized) it keeps the grass from growing near it and grounding the fenceline. The one you've received from them with the built in battery is such a great innovation, you don't have to worry about someone stealing your battery! Also a very handy addition to any field with dog activity/walking paths near.
Thanks for the info! I’ve a lot to learn! 😁
Great video! I love the videos where you’re out in the field and take us along!❤❤❤
Kiwi Farmer the NZ youtuber has sheep and cattle and has a forage crop system - he shifts the electric fence 1 metre each day into the crop and has a grass run off paddock that they can go back to (gate open for the sheep to get into from the crop paddock) - look him up - NZ farming equipment is doing really well internationally
I know the lad! I’ll keep watching for tips 👍
Thanks mate. We do have some great gear over here.
Great video, I have been rewatching your videos from the beginning, you have come so far it's amazing 👏 jock is so sweet you could do a video of him and Angus playing, I love seeing them ,they have the very best childhood 😊
Thanks Sara!!
Always newer & better tech for your farm. Love your videos. Blessings to you all.
The use of new technology such as this will make the job a bit easier but sheep farming is hard graft for low return. It's great that you have developed a bit of a side hustle in RUclips and the associated merchandise. Getting yourself some free or reduced cost kit is good for the farm budget too.
It's all coming together for you both. Well deserved.
Thanks Jimmy. It’s the fact it’s all rented means without RUclips i’d still be in the Police! I love it though and RUclips takes the pressure off…. A bit😅
@@TheSheepGame I have just taken ill health early retirement as Police Staff. There's a whole other life out here for you !
I worked in a different area to you so never met you in the job, but I think you will have bits of it you miss and bits you won't.
My pals who are recent retirees from sheep farming in Perthshire went back to having a very small flock as they got bored. They are living from pension and investment money, plus some from inheritance. The sheep are now just covering costs and keeping them occupied. Hopefully you and Lizzie grow the sheep business to bring in more income in the future, but even with marginal profits it's a great life for the family.
I am happy to see you moving forward. Keep it up!
Good to see New Zealand products, getting around the world
Growing and improving all the time. It’ll pay off in the end.
Many livestock farmers seem to forget the importance of Lime as a soil nutrient and its effects on improving productivity.
Lime a field, film before and after, the difference can be significant and well worth the expense. You will see the impact.
I am a farmer , I love your videos ❤ chhoturam ranwa ❤ love from India ❤
So nice of you thanks!
These Gallagher electric fence products are amazing. I've watch RUclipsrs from California to the UK getting great performance for grazing management and direct livestock confinement. I think Cammy will be pleasantly surprised with the use!
Good to know! Looking forward to using it!
If you know somebody with a key line plough it looks like the soil is compacted. The plough does little visible damage and would help with drainage toward the stream. Great electric fence would like to try with blackies maybe too wild
Hello Mr Cammy and welcome back Sir .. absolutely another spectacular beautiful shooting filming footage compilation documentary updated countryside and absolutely super awesome super great informative and interesting video to watch .. keep it up Sir and have a wonderful blessing weekend to you and your beautiful family over there .. Merci beaucoup Monsieur
Thank you!
I give the bleeper 2 weeks🤣🤣 Cowley Hill does the fence from the bike.👍
I was thinking of Will at Cowley Hill all thru this video: electric fences (as you said from the bike), crops and sheep.
Great video Cammy and a great idea to try new things I hope it all works out 💪 👌
We love our gallagher netting! Likely doing three strand this coming year for our sheep.
Good to see you growing crops to fatten up the lambs making them prime for the Christmas and Easter markets
The little I know about growing brassica family plants, the purple leaves can be caused by the plants being stressed (too much/little water one example) or a lack of phosphorous in the ground. But it's so hard to tell what it possibly could be from just a video
I’m thinking water is the issue! Thanks
A blend of different forage crops typically work better than a single one. Where the forage rape does poorly, clover, vetch, corn, different grasses, alfalfa, or peas might do better. The different behaviors of the various species also create synergies.
Lambs on brassica crops need ad-libitum access to a fibre source such as silage, hay or straw for their rumen. With the creep feeder and the kale it’ll be rocket fuel for them
No they don't I havnt for years there fine
🎶Don't whizz on the electric fence! 🎶
Noted lol
We use Gallagher wire for fence that stays and I use netting for moveable.
With the size of those big leaves, and if palatable, they would be aMAZing for what we in America call "animal-style" burgers and sandwiches (no buns/bread). Congrats to you guys for branching out.
I wonder will lameness be an issue on it. I was at a farm walk years ago. The farmer had v shaped access to the water trough. Lambs walked through a footbath to get a drink
very interesting that you are getting into electric fencing, that is pretty much all folks use for sheep around here to keep them moving around a pasture. Gallagher is the brand most folks use. So many variables to farming. I did think poor rape area looked like a water logged soil issue- standing water pretty much confirmed it. The good part looks like great tillable land though with the way it was growing. interested to see what formula works for your farm.
Thanks! I’m looking forward to managing the sheep better next year with the fencing!
Awesome setup.
I prefer The mesh style electric fence deters the lambs trying to jump through. But if you keep the pulse quite fast, when they get a couple of blasts they'll stay away.
Cheers Paul. Lizzy used that at home for the free range chickens.
You truly are out-standing in your field😂
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You need a soil test on that bad section. The bog section would need drainage.
Best to do for your farm.thank you brother
Looks like collard greens. At least that is what they are called in the US :)
Clearly you need to talk with Sheepishly Me . She's laying drainage tiles with Mark 😅.
I have just one bit of a comment, which you probably already know since you have grazed brassicas before but no harm mentioning it, I have always found that lambs do very well on rape but only put lambs on it that you are fairly certain will be finished before it runs out because they absolutely melt if you have to put them back on grass .
Yeah Andy we’ve had that issue last year. That’s why i’m giving lamb creep also so we can get them finished before it runs out!😅
I wonder how well those post would go into hard clay? We don’t have nice dirt here in middle Georgia USA. We have hard clay that grows rocks 🤦♀️. I wonder in the really wet area if maybe the seeds were washed away? And didn’t have a chance to germinate.
All good points Tammy. I didn't think it was wet enough after drilling for that though...
It wouldn't be a farm project without some orange bailing twine holding part of it together.😊
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your variability in the rape field could be the wet weather wet part of the field or because of club root .. ..guid bits look great
I live about 20 minutes away from where all the electric fencing stuff is made in nz
1st to like and comment, wahoo, all the way from New Zealand.🇳🇿
Have you checked the roots of the stunted ones to see if it’s club root?
Interesting! I'll ask about that
One thing I'd advise is to add a few strands of wire close together, at about dog height, and teach wandering dogs to fear that electric fence, too !! My border collies will put my goats back inside the fence, but won't go past it unless I open the gate and invite them in. The neighbors' dogs learned the lesson, too. And be careful with those plastic fence posts. Maybe those are more sturdy, but the ones I can get here have a bad habit of snapping off right above the the metal stake, leaving an annoying stub that can be difficult to remove from the ground.
Hi Cammy, I cannot seem to buy a baseball cap from your store, I want to buy some Christmas presents,will you be getting some more in please?
Also…just a suggestion,it would be great if on some of your merchandise, there could be a choice to personalise, for example I bought a fleece for my grandson, above the sheep game logo,it could read eg…( Alec’s the name) what do you think ?
We love your vlogs, thank you ,kindest regards Sue & Ben Seaman.
Whatever you do dont pee on the line😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂,the kick back is😢😢😢😢😢
Thank you for updating me with the current weekly headage price of sheep keep. The current prices at market sound good, but when you factor in all the production costs, is there that much left?
I think we actually have 760 left!! Thanks Wendy!
@@TheSheepGame I was thinking that field would be more productive if it was drained. Assuming the better than good kale is going to be strip grazed, just wondering how you get an electric fence in. I am guessing they will have a run back to grass to prevent thyroid dysfunction. Electric fencers grow very long legs when you are not looking and escape. Will you be putting up a security camera to try and identify their helpers?
Thanks!
Very kind!! Thank you!
I’m poor but I appreciate what you guys do. Thank you :)
vetch is a super common cover crop in aus, high in protein, nitrogen injector. most farmers cut it or spray it and turn it back into the soil. but great feed for stock
Thanks for the info!
After a brief search, I found out our province recommends it for northern climates. Apparently it does very well during the winter. You taught me something new!!
Has Jock learnt a painful lesson from the electric fence 🤔 ??
Does flea Beetle damage forage Rape like it does Oil Seed Rape ??
Great video as usual and Lizzy is still a Saint. 😊
He put his hand on the generator exhaust😅. I don’t think it does but i don’t know much about this stuff?
Nice video
The poor patch of crop got too wet by the look of it.
Need a soil sample including trace elements,in my experience in past the poor areas that did not grow were usually very gravely dry areas but thats not the case here ,but this year around here i have seen similar very patchy rape fields maybe something to do with going in dry in June then very wet ever since ,not sure but do slugs eat rape ,they can make a mess of a turnip crop that happened to me and of course flea beatles and pidgeons
"Aw this fancy gear and here's me with a piece of string" 😂😂
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Could there e something underground that is stunting the crops? Rock, ruins? Funny how it just stops.. Maybe send up the drone to see the shape/boundaries
Is that what we call canolla over here in the states? Sandy and Mark have a field or more in canolla. We get rid of it here it takes over our hay fields which we raise grass hay on for the beef cattle, my sheep and then the couple of horses I have. Pasture is used for the cattle. I only have 11 sheep at this time may get a couple more Shetlands I have a registered ram would like to get a couple registered ewes. Have a great weekend.
I think that’s different stuff Shannon 👍
Canola was bred from rapeseed , both are members or the mustard and cabbage family. Canola doesn't have glucosinolates and erucic acid which was bred out of it.
A boy Cammy another good video 👍.
Was laughing at you getting the shock off the fence 😂😂.
If you actually grab the fence & squeeze your hand around it, it's not as bad as just rubbing off it.
I feel like ur setting me up🤣
Haha good to see another Kiwi product.
Just trying to emulate your methods! 🤣
Have you had a slug problem them small plants looked to be eaten or as already mentioned flea beatle its all a learning curve cammy
Interesting i’ll add this to the possible reasons. Will get someone out to look at it!
RUclipsrs Pete and Hillary of "Just a few acres farm" uses a portable electric fence for cattle and chickens. They move it in the fields as the grass grows. Fences spark joy! ( a sorry joke).
When ever Cammy is watching Jock, I get so nervous he’s been surrounded by sheep, he is constantly near things that could pinch his finger than I remember they are use to it their Scottish. My kids would get hurt just standing. Lol
Maybe get an Insta360 x3 camera for some cool shots.
When my brother and I were young, we had a very nasty cousin from the city visit the dumb farm kids. Next thing you know there was a whizzing contest. Bet you can't hit that wire. Can too. Can not. Well by golly he won. Never came back again.
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Good on you!
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What variety of brassica is it cammy? I would say that poor stuff is compaction/too wet/ sour. One or the other or a mix of maybe all 3 . I use them for summer lamb finishing and also during the winter for 4-6 weeks prelamb for multiple bearing ewes . Done well the stock performance can be exceptional
Forage rape. Yeah seems to be wet / compaction is the issue!
She sounds just like Emma Gray! I had to keep checking to see if Emma had paid you a visit. lol I wonder if that fencing will discourage dogs and foxes? "a doddle even for you" loll Not all varieties of rapeseed are edible for humans due to the presence of erucic acid which can effect your heart. Some varieties have less and are ok to eat. I don't know about forage rape.
Brilliant crop. Out of interest, how did you establish the crop? Spray off and overseed, ploughing, rotavate or another way??
We sprayed off, went over it with heavy discs and then sowed the rape seed in. It means we have a nice firm surface that shouldn’t get too mucky. That said the crop would have been better if ploughed. Although it would have costs a lot more!
Put it where the dogs run off the lead
I'm thinking that my pacemaker might just not like it.
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Good vid. We grew rape years ago and it did well as a plough and broadcast crop under sown with grass. Lambs get fat really quick. Too fat if you’re not on the ball. How did you plant your rape? Is it slot seeded straight into a grass sward?
We sprayed off the grass then disced the ground then had a big seed drill thing put the seed in.
Ok, it’s worked very well on most of the ground hasn’t it. Cheers
What happened to wee Jock’s hand? Hope he heals quickly!
He put his hand on the generators exhaust! All good now. Thanks
I touched the tailpipe of a hot car when I wasn’t much older than he is. Sometimes we learn the hard way. Glad he’s all better now.
I grow 20 hectares of Greenland forage rape here in NZ. Your poor areas look like compaction/ water logging issues. Maybe need to sort out the drainage, even run a moleplough the area. The really tall areas have more fertility
We usually get 3 grazings with lambs over summer/ autumn then shut it up in April and let it regrow and graze 8 months old cattle on it in late winter early spring. We grow about 10-12 tonnes of dry matter total. We plant rape paddocks into chicory and clovers. Spray out and Direct drill our paddocks except those that need cultivation
Brilliant, keep those dogs out.
Hopefully, this will be the end of dogs attacking his sheep. Fortunately, he doesn't live in the US, so he won't have to worry about being sued by dog owners when their poorly trained dogs get a shock.
Cammy the sheep can eat this plant every day without danger of bloating?
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if nothing else, judging from other folks who have done it on youtube (ollyblogs etc), putting in a drain is a good episode! great to be trying stuff though. if you don't try you don't find out. good stuff.
Thanks for that! We’ll have some fun!
Thats the short version 😂
How much for the fence gear roughly?
I just bought some it was £320+vat for solar and i can’t remember what spools were i’ll put it on a video when I pick them up
Like Kale
The really bad spots are most probably very wet .
Do you guys not have partnerships between farmers and universities?
We have a college that works with farmers. I’m not connected with any though.
@@TheSheepGame you definitely should look into it! In the states, universities do lots of free consulting for small farms that saves a ton of time, money and guess work.
In your spare time, never mind that. Have Lizzie look into the farm/college schemes. Depending on what you want to do, it's like free help.
Where the forage didn't grow I bet there are old building foundations and such.
Interesting!
God she’s good crack obviously got out of the wrong side of the bed this morning
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I think you should be able to eat rape leaves, it's just another brassica cultivar. Try cooking like spring greens or kale? On why that bit wasn't growing, it was so consistently miserable that I wonder if there might be residual weedkiller against broadleaved plants? I'm no farmer though!
Interesting thought! Another possible reason 👍
No spanner???? You klutz surely there is a shifter in the little green bippy.
That girl to well dressed for her job long nails and all love your videos
👍Romania.
100% you'll find 2 sheep in every 100 that doesn't feel electric.
Slm türkiye tanışmak istiyorum balıkesir kazan kazan ortaklık yapabiliriz bil gi teknoliji paylaşmı sağlığınıza duacıyım çok slm
Thanks. If you have an idea drop me an email 👍
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You will have fun putting the electric fence through the forage rape
The posts are wrong way round that she has put in 😂 livestock will push the wire stright off
Not if it’s hot they won’t!
@@fsbjewellerysheep have insulating coats--they wont't feel the electrical shock except on their faces!
I can confirm no sheep got through =D
After turning the posts it locks the wire in.
Another nice video personally I think there are better electric fence products out there , Kiwi, tech and Rappa ,but at least your using some sort of grazing management,it will take your flock performance to another level 👍
It’s setting up a fence, not rocket science
I’m a simple sheep farmer. Always looking for Guidance! 😁