Farming Friends

Dad has given me a plastic wheel barrow which is great. I am using the wheel barrow daily to move the pig muck about the farm. The plastic wheel barrow is a great asset as the muck can often affect metal wheel barrows but the plastic barrow can be easily washed.

Farm Equipment Farm Tools Wheel Barrow

One of the things that is flexible on the farm is the hose which is attached to the irrigator.  I decided to pick the irrigator hose as this is a really important piece of equipment for a potato farmer.

The irrigator is used to pump water onto the potato crop when the weather is dry.

The irrigator hose is flexible and reels itself in so that that the irrigator sprays water across the field of potato plants and not just in one place.

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Irrigator Photo Hunt

The rain has come today so the farmers have taken the time to muck out the heifer barn ready for the Winter occupancy.

Mucking out requires;

1. Removal of the muck from the barn with the loader.
2. Loading the muck onto the trailer.
3. Transporting muck to field.
4. Power washing machinery.

Cattle Mucking Out

We were able to harvest some more of the oilseed rape on Wednesday but we still haven’t finished as the remaining areas are still too wet for the combine to travel.  The combine repeatedly got stuck but we were able to ‘dig it out’ with a spade and by jolting it backwards and forwards we would get the machine out and have an attempt in another area of the field.  Steady progress continued until 7.30pm when we got stuck once more.  I gave the engine full throttle and tried to reverse out of the mud to the sound of a huge crack and the combine slumped over to the left.  I immediately knew what had happened -the axle/reduction gearbox hub had snapped and the wheel had fallen off and was now trapped under the frame of the combine. (more…)

Arable Crops Canola Combine Harvester Farm Machinery Harvest Oilseed Rape Wheat

 

Our combine harvester is working very hard at the moment. It has been harvesting;

• oilseed rape / canola,
• barley,

and will soon be harvesting

• wheat.

When the combine harvester leaves the farm yard I am always reminded of the Combine Harvester Song by The Wurzels.

Arable Crops Barley Canola Combine Harvester Farm Machinery Harvest Oilseed Rape The Combine Harvester Song The Wurzels Wheat

A tractor is a very important machine on a farm today as it is able to turn it’s engine to many jobs!

Power Harrow

The power harrow is attached to the back of the tractor and is used to level the soil out and cultivate the land.

Baler

The baler is used to package the hay or straw into bales.

Bale Wrapper

The bale wrapper is attached to the stationary tractor and is used to wrap the bales of grass with plastic film to create silage bales.

Trailer

The trailer is used to transport bales from the field.

Here are just a few of the many jobs assigned to the tractor. Jump aboard the tractor again soon to find out what other jobs the tractor can turn it’s engine to!

Farm Machinery Tractor

A tractor is a very important machine on a farm today as it is able to turn it’s engine to many jobs!

Crop Spraying

The crop sprayer can be attached to the tractor and allows the farmer to spray the crops with herbicides, fungicides or insecticides.

Planting Crops - Seed Potatoes

The potato planter can be attached to the back of the tractor and sows the seed potatoes into the ground at the correct spacing and then covers them over with the soil.

Feeding Animals - Silage Feeder

Through the Winter the silage feeder is permanently attached to one of our tractors so that the cattle can be fed silage twice daily whilst they are in the fold yard.

Preparing The Land - Rolling The Soil

The rollers are attached to the back of the tractor and are used to firm the top of the soil after seeds have been planted.

Here are just a few of the many jobs assigned to the tractor. Jump aboard the tractor again soon to find out what other jobs the tractor can turn it’s engine to!

Farm Machinery Tractor