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Ben Crosthwaite
Australia
Registrace 9. 05. 2021
The BenCrosthwaite Channel is a photographic record of our beautiful Midwest Australian Landscape, Farms, Machinery and information on machinery, chemical, farming methods and different crop results.
Some of the Erangy Springs Farm 2024 Seeding program.
Some of the Erangy Springs Farm 2024 Seeding program.
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Ladies Gemma Kitto and Maddie Kitto, with the help of backpacker Lori from Germany making it happen.
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Three ladies, Gemma Kitto and Maddie Kitto, and Lori, a backpacker from Germany, have been working on their tractors since the middle of March with hardly a break. It's a top effort.
16,00 mixed cropping program of Wheat, Canola, Lupins in the Mid West of Western Australia.
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Spring Park Farms will plant 16,000ha of Wheat, Canola, and Lupins, provided the conditions are suitable by the end of March.
Wyalong is deciding whether or not to drop some of the program because of the dry conditions.
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Wyalong decides whether to reduce their 15,000ha program because of dry conditions.
Spring Park Farms putting the new 80' Morris 970 10 series through it paces.
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Photographing farming in the Mid West of Western Australia. Spring Park Farms is opening up its new 2,000-ha farm to fit in with its 16,000-ha program.
Four 620 Versartiles and a John Deere 9400t doing a big deep ripping program on Erangy Farms.
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Big 10,000-ha deep ripping program on Erangy Farms working up nicely for a good seed bed.
A little bit of history of the Tenindewa a small siding on the way to Mullewa.
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There is a little bit of history of Tenindewa and Pindar before it all disappears.
A very efficient sheep and wool farm in the Chapman Valley just NE of Geraldton.
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Jason and Barry Stokes have set up a highly efficient sheep farm with laneways, covered yards, good fencing, sprinklers in the yards, and a feedlot.
Erangy Springs Farm nearly on the last run.
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Erangy Springs Farm was one of the lucky farmers to get 80mm at the end of March, setting them up to get a below-average crop but a much better result than the farmers to the north and east.
The Can Do Community has done it again!!!
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For eight years, the Mullewa community has been putting in 245 ha of crops to fund the town's sporting groups and any other club that would benefit the town.
Mt Erin finishing the 2023 season with a reasonable crop despite the low rainfall.
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Photographing farming in the Mid West of Western Australia. Mt Erin makes sheep into a profitable enterprise in the Chapman Valley 30ks northeast of Geraldton in a 14" to 19" rainfall belt.
In a Good Patch.
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Photographing farming in the Mid West of Western Australia. A line between Geraldton and Mullewa was lucky enough to get 80mm at the end of Mar, giving residual moisture for the rest of the year, with the area gaining good average crops. Most of these crops were still grown on 158mm of rain during the growing season.
How good is this. The Yuna community banded together to take off a neighbour's crop.
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Photographing farming in the Mid West of Western Australia. The community banded together with 13 Headers, 9 Chaser Bins and 14 trucks, harvesting 1100ha in 6 hours to help a family whose father and husband had passed away a month earlier.
Massive harvest on the wide open spaces of Australia.
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Photographing farming in the Mid West of Western Australia. Australian Harvest on a large scale.
Two new HD S790 John Deere's going through 1.5 to 2.00t Canola crops like butter.
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Photographing farming of the Mid West of Western Australia.
Class Lexion 8800 getting a workout in the Midwest of Australia on Wyalong.
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Class Lexion 8800 getting a workout in the Midwest of Australia on Wyalong.
Spring Park Farms buys it's 100th Case IH header.
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Spring Park Farms buys it's 100th Case IH header.
Beautiful Farm Landscapes of the Mid West.
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Beautiful Farm Landscapes of the Mid West.
80' Alpha disc machine takes the place of two 60' John Deere seeders.
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80' Alpha disc machine takes the place of two 60' John Deere seeders.
Mt Erin is a beautifully set up farm to run sheep and crops on some of the best land in WA.
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Mt Erin is a beautifully set up farm to run sheep and crops on some of the best land in WA.
Spring Park Farm's urea spreading gets under way.
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Spring Park Farm's urea spreading gets under way.
Erangy Springs Farm coming up towards the end of seeding.
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Erangy Springs Farm coming up towards the end of seeding.
The new Morris Quantum being put through it's paces.
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The new Morris Quantum being put through it's paces.
The cropping season has opened up very well after just receiving another 11mm.
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The cropping season has opened up very well after just receiving another 11mm.
Erangy Springs Farm about to finish their massive ripping program and now to start seeding.
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Erangy Springs Farm about to finish their massive ripping program and now to start seeding.
Big tyres on the 80' Alpha Disc seeder increases the seeding speed up to 14.5 km/hr
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Big tyres on the 80' Alpha Disc seeder increases the seeding speed up to 14.5 km/hr
Erangy Springs Farm starting on their Lupins just after constructing two new 800t silos.
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Erangy Springs Farm starting on their Lupins just after constructing two new 800t silos.
The "Can Do Community" of Mullewa has done it again producing well over 3t over 265ha.
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The "Can Do Community" of Mullewa has done it again producing well over 3t over 265ha.
Three 28yr old TR New Holland headers (Combines) doing a top job just out of the City Geraldton WA.
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Three 28yr old TR New Holland headers (Combines) doing a top job just out of the City Geraldton WA.
Spring Park Farms just finished their 14,000ha harvest in 45 days in spite of the damp weather.
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Spring Park Farms just finished their 14,000ha harvest in 45 days in spite of the damp weather.
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Amazing and attractive video
Many thanks.
@@BenCrosthwaite1 what a fast you reply thank you
Did they get much rain out there Ben?
I think they may have received round about 30mil which is pretty good for a opening rain.
@@BenCrosthwaite1 that is a nice drop
Nice video Ben. Long hours for everyone at seeding time. Stay safe everybody. 🇬🇧
A weed is just a plant out of place in the paddock…
Getting funky with your music selection Ben,another great video
Glad you like it😊
Another good story and video Ben, and thanks to Rob and family and all the hard workers at Erangy Springs Farm for letting you film.🇬🇧
I am new subscriber from Pakistan You make great videos how much yield of wheat you get last year i like the road trip trailers
Close to 3y ha.
Big operation, lots of $$$ to get that crop in the ground, hopefully some rain soon, very dry here in the Perth Hills…. 50T is a fair bit of weight to move….
That’s right Greg, in my time it was 4 bags of super two on one side of the combine and two on the other.😊
@@BenCrosthwaite1 and in some paddocks you had to carry a bit extra to get around.
I like your videos Ben but the harmonica intro was a bit to much
I subscribe to ArtList where i can get royalty free music that conform to CZcams, but do you think I can find good tunes with a beat. So I’ll keep working on it.😊
16,000 ha 😯käytättekö apulantaa ? olen Suomesta Finland 🙂
We use granulated fertiliser called DAP
Thanks for showing us around the sheds again! It’s great to see all the equipment
Thanks.
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Good luck seeding your 2024 crops Ben
Great video Ben
Thanks.
Love your youtube Keep up the good work You guys do a great job on that sand in WA compared to NSW
Thanks Stuart.😊
It's starting to get very scary here in the NE Central Wheatbelt..No rain and no sign of it!
Looks a bit that way but don’t forget the average opening is the 20th of May. Hoping everything turns out ok for you. Cheers Ben😊
Have they nearly finished for this year?
Great work Ben, I love the Midwest, reminds me of the area in South Africa where I'm originally from.
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Great channel, great content 👍👍👍.
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Fantastic great to see Australia 🇦🇺
Great video. Thanks for showing us the shed. It’s cool to see all that equipment lined up!
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Interesting story and nice filming Ben, looking forward to the next one.
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Great footage ben, i love the drone shots.
hi from france very beautiful video . how many acres do you have
I’m just the photographer but these farms are up to 40,000 acres.
Where abouts exactly is the farm located?
Watch it to the end and you will see. 😊
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Does it only take about 3 hours to empty it??
80' vs 120'??? Math doesn't work for me.
Discs go faster
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Great video keep them coming
Many thanks.
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You got some great shots in this video. Very cool lighting! It would be cool if at some point you could teach us about what kind of trees are used as the windbreaks around the field. Are those trees native to Australia (and specifically that part of Australia)? Is it challenging to get trees to establish on that land or are those species adapted to it pretty well? I'm in southeast Washington state, USA (Trevor is my sweetheart, so I watch your channel with him), and here the farmers have historically planted locust trees (I think specifically it is the Robinia pseudoacacia locusts, but not 100% sure) as windbreaks. I also see some junipers (not sure which juniper species). Here, we get really strong, drying winds from the southwest especially, so the trees planted for the windbreaks have to be able to take very high wind speeds and also very desiccating winds, especially in winter, when both the dryness and cold of the wind can do a number on any kind of delicate trees. Junipers are probably one of the only conifers that can take it as trees growing out in the open like that. The locusts in the wheat field windbreaks here look like haunted house trees in the winter...very cool gnarly, asymmetrical, branches that seem to not mind the abuse. I hope to travel to Australia someday and look at all the trees. I used to do some research and grant writing for the cattle and agriculture interests in Queensland. That was fun to do from America... Trying to make sense of local government jurisdictions in Queensland and trying to mimic Australian spellings in my writing. I learned some interesting things about the ag and livestock industry there and have wanted to come see it all in person and learn more. Keep up the good videos!
Hi Loretta, this country is fragile, but the farmers are gradually learning how to farm it without too much erosion. The previous owner of this farm had sheep, which is challenging in this type of country. As you can see by the natural shade belts, the sheep and wind have nearly wrecked them. The new owners will crop 100% with deep ripping, lime, stubble retention and timing to keep erosion to a minimum. The big trees are eucalyptus, which are pretty tough, but there must be bigger shade belts to do any good. The original shade belts have mainly Tammar, Pear shrubs, wattle and bank-shire shrubs, none of which would make much of a shade belt. The eucalyptus is tough and relatively easy to establish in this country, which has a 15' rainfall mainly in the winter and is pretty reliable.
Congrats again on this one Ben! I am getting some unexpected time off and will be running around our valley talking to farmers and riding along with them as well. Your videos numbers are quite impressive. People must like the authenticity. Cheers!
Thanks Trevor.😊
Also, Loretta said she likes a certain S. Korean harmonica player from the 90s. Thats her exception to her dislike of it. She has a banjo and wishes to learn it. My grandpa would come home from drinking and play the harmonica and do a jig sometimes when i was a kid so i like it. I convinced a local guitarist to play me a bit of an intro that sounded blue grassy. He doesn’t have a banjo. I am fond of real sounds from the field if i got them.
@@BenCrosthwaite1 the shot of the ripper and tractor at night are awesome
Nice to see an Irish Limespreader in the video.
Awesome looking airseeder
Great job spreading lime
Great video Ben
Thanks!
Impressive operation.
Somewhere in australia they showed 200ft plus air seeder largest in the world. We have 100 ft borough seeder out of canada now.
Some years ago a farmer in Western Australia 🇦🇺 planted 16000 hectares of grain in 16 days. Not sure of the working width, but it took about 9 minutes of pulling and pushing hydraulic levers to set the machine.
Did they get rid of the Versatile Delta tracks Ben ?
Spring Parks Farms have always had Case; I think you are thinking of Erangy Springs.
@@BenCrosthwaite1 You are correct Ben Sorry mate Great videos by the way! Love watching them when you upload mate makes my day
Great story and filming Ben, looking forward to another season of videos.
Thanks.
I thought they ran Alpha discs now?
They still do but only on wheat.
How are the farmers viewing the potential for this season... with NO rain, I'm guessing that no one is even looking at planting yet... Does anyone know when the first good rains are potentially forecast to hit the Wheat-belt...?
Farmers are a bit nervous because Canola is planted so shallow, but starting to make move now. We’re getting pretty close to the 25th by which time most people will be going. The average opening of the season is around the 20th of May so no need to worry about wheat just yet.
Great video mate. Cheers from Nz
Thanks.
Great video as usual Ben. Looks like they run a great operation. Thanks very much and God bless.
Wonderful photography young Ben, it brings out how beautiful that country can be at different times of the year.
Thanks, I like the young bit.
As usual, Ben another great video. Is there any irrigation on the farm? Just curious when you were talking about finding water on the farm.
Very little irrigation, some on intensive crops on a small scale. This is to have a supply of good water for spraying.
No DEF/adblue on those big red tractors👍🏻💪🏻
Ben, Thanks so much for sharing the progress at Spring Park Farms. The quality of your work is a pleasure to see and hear. I hope you can continue for years to come. I only dream about coming to WA now, last trip was to Queensland. That was fun and interesting also. Good on you Mate! Chuck
Many thanks.