Dairy Farming in the UK in the 1960's

Dairy farming in the UK circa 1964

[@jamesjenner8159]

South Devon cows produce quality milk as well. In 1965 we had twenty-two cows, Jersey, Guernsey and South Devon on 84 acres nine hundred to one thousand feet up on Bodmin Moor and sent away four churns a day in spring and summer! How I miss those days of the family farm when farming was not just a job but a pleasure.

[@TheStevemcgregor]

bit obviously an ICI production, but takes me back to my childhood. thanks for posting.

[@georgedoorley5628]

we had a silage harvester like that back in the day .........remember it as a child .....

[@martinoneill1644]

Not everyday you see a farmer wearing a suit and bringing in the cows. We have lost our ways

[@siliconjim2554]

You think farmers all used to wear suits...oh dear. The landowners wear suits, the workers wear suitable gear for farming.

[@Braveheart7914-idfl]

It’s when we had pride respected by others and were held as Great Briton was and will be again Great ! My late father used to transport livestock around the uk , as a small child I couldn’t wait to go to work at 5 am be picked up by my dad visiting farms . It was a magical time look at our country now ! 😔🙏🏻🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@mongolparon5663]

Praiseworthy good record film such work keep alive the past good old days

[@braxtonwitteveen8677]

Our dairy at our old farm still looked like that

[@itsmegareth9663]

They'll be no dairy farming in the uk by 2060. Just houses and solar farms as far as the eye can see

[@markuffindell2675]

Lovely cows but I never really enjoyed working with the Channel Island bulls- quite aggressive compared to other breeds!

[@Castlebravo100]

A delightful film for me as my first job was working on a dairy farm in 1978. Interesting that there is no mention of sulphur fertilizer in this video as it was supplied for free in those days in the dirty air from coal power stations and steal works.

[@paulmoore8520]

It was a much more balanced system than what goes on now days

[@thesteelrodent1796]

sort of. Back then they generally used way more fertilizer than was needed and the whole idea of using the animal waste - the manure and slurry - instead of chemical fertilizer was still new

[@johnread2250]

Cant beat fetching the cows up in your best suit and shiny shoes. Happy days

[@gunton21]

Lovely days remember them well.

[@minenotyours9031]

Sadly this is probably all houses now

[@sonnyjimshobbiesandgardenl1215]

I agree

[@larsharmsen9353]

Not all cows are housed its cheaper and better to get the cows out as seen in this film

[@martinjohnson4264]

Happily people have a place to live. Go to many villages and see the post war 1950s ex council estates were they wrong as well?

[@minenotyours9031]

Ultimately nothing is rite or wrong. Economy of scale means this farm is not a viable Business option. Economically multi story housing commision flat style is cheaper as all services can be focused in one geo area however comes with its own social problem's. Farmers are sitting on often over a million in land value but struggle to make a good living. So it makes sense to sell up. There is no rite or wrong. It just is. Ultimately my main concern the world over is food security. If we keep selling off food asset and subdivide farming land how do we feed the occupants of the new housing development. But that will be a whole new thread

[@loubackervlogs236]

@@oakfarmagricultural506 could you give me a address or something of the holly tree farm as I can't seem to get anything coming up please?

[@sitarnut]

Is there a ray of hope anyone knows who produced the Music for this program...mainly, the woodwind quintet type music starting at 11:42 sec. Many thanks..

[@dissyduster]

milk was not full of crap,to make it last longer,,,great days,,

[@Aurshh]

I work in a dairy farm, i very rarely drank processed milk. Other than that, i fill it from the tank and have it fresh.

[@DairyFarmerDave]

Dude it's pasteurized they don't fill it with stuff they just heat it up which kills the bacteria (the good and bad)

[@Louis-B-53]

@@DairyFarmerDave when milk is pasteurised it tastes much worse than fresh milk

[@paulthompson8467]

Better times at least there was a bit of profit in those days even with a small herd was brought up with nuffields and majors great tractors

[@phillipcleaver7063]

My god , the good old days when grass had had so much fertiliser thrown on it , it was almost blue with nitrogen , ( yes , that,s where the american " blue grass "anacronym comes from ) , most of us could afford it then , & were not restricted to hell over what we were begrudgingly " allowed " to do with our own land , to adequately feed our animals , or be heavily penalised for non - compliance , basically ordered what to do with your own property by someone else,s english government you never voted for , enforced by a civil servant who has no idea of your individual agronomic circumstances & does not want to know , whom you hate the sight of anyway . He just follows a set governmental template with his eyes firmly shut .
This man,s cows are a picture of health , his fields , tidy , ordered & highly productive , & his butterfat figures excellent , as only healthy , content , well - fed cows milk this well . The only slight criticism I might have is that the Charolais calves needed de - horning as baby calves , so it,s done young & they forget all about it . Otherwise he was doing an excellent job , without constant worries over meeting " external " government criteria & deadlines , such as e.a. limits on nitrogenous fertiliser use without consideration of the background level of AVAILLABLE nitrogen in the soil anyway . A lot of soil nitrogen is simply unavaillable to plants , therefore no point in counting it in plant soil health calculations , ( botany ) . The land itself will tell you what it needs feeding & how much , if you have the experience & savvy to read it properly , this man did ! Governments must stop messing with agriculture , go mess with someone else,s country again instead . Whoops ....oh s##t , war ! was it something we did ?

[@danarudgers3975]

That most definitely is NOT where the term bluegrass comes from.

[@archie598]

Good old days, wish I could be alive then just to use the old Tractors

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

Me too fella i was a bit young then. 10 in 69

[@milespostlethwaite1154]

That sounds like news reader Richard Baker doing the commentary.

[@Kwiyagat]

I didn't realize how much British Farmers Thrive. With rainfall all year they must do so well

[@choreboy3906]

Ayrshires are and were the staple of Dairy producers.

[@stephenmiller3698]

Sounds like Richard Baker.

[@raymondosullivan1958]

Low rainfall? What about now

[@Hakkeholt]

The red cows Ayrshire?
The jerseys look smaller than today.

[@johnchapman6013]

caseku , I noticed the size straight away , and I'm not a farmer. Also I noticed I.c.I. this and I.c.I. that . That's why now the soil is a junkie. Needs drugs to grow crops , and small numbers of insects , birds.

[@jonathanwhite460]

@@johnchapman6013 nonsense

[@jonathanwhite460]

guersey cows

[@geoffdempsey3288]

they are probaly pedigree there the jerseys now are probably crossed

[@markjackson4045]

@@geoffdempsey3288 they are definitely Jerseys but aren't as big as now days

[@barnabyhills4078]

Omg there arnt any vegens

[@jamesfarrell2912]

No their all normal people

[@Jungleland33]

What's a vegen?

[@stupidlunch683]

@@jamesfarrell2912 vegans are normal people

[@paulsanders8000]

@@stupidlunch683 save a cow eat a vegan

[@18bodhran]

No that fad hadn’t caught on!

[@Elle_Gowing]

Before Britain joined the EEC.

[@mamatidoh8999]

Hello
I live in London, United Kingdom and I am looking for work in agriculture or raising livestock. I do not know where to look. Please help if I can thank you. 😊

[@jonathanwhite460]

search Harper-Adams College ,Shropshire

[@IONLYPLAYCODFTW]

Look at your channel all it’s uploads is isis

[@Jungleland33]

Try the countryside.

[@jerseyscows8553]

Good Jerseys !

[@Aj-ds7sx]

does anyone know when this was filmed or who filmed it?

[@smhorse]

It was done for ICI, but I don't know the exact date

[@irishlad8797]

Thank God for ici

[@J12387]

When uk werent snowflakes

[@ed589]

Jack H rule Britannia is sexist

[@themilkman7367]

Part and parcel

[@eddkennedy6458]

When UK wasn't a multicultural shithole.

[@jacksugden8190]

I can’t drink milk now due to lactose and my IBS.

[@highroadtohell]

Because milk is only for baby cows... 😂👎

[@markjackson4045]

Lol

[@carlosiiideespana3712]

That’s good to hear

[@choreboy3906]

Go with Ayrshires. Not Muslims. How's that workin for ya?

[@onion5305]

Hah I like this

[@222rich]

ici number 2? how poisonous would that be ?!

[@CSAgri-rc8ec]

Sorry to say but by now them cows do be dead doe

[@djsimonrossprice9400]

What no ADD- F 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Bpg5012trick]

I don't believe it!!