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Billy Lewis
Registrace 28. 03. 2021
Videos from our regenerative Beef, Sheep & Arable farm.
www.boycefieldfarm.com/
Twitter - @BoycefieldFarm
www.boycefieldfarm.com/
Twitter - @BoycefieldFarm
Is The SUMMER COVER CROP Ready For Grazing Yet?!
20mm of rain has just about kept things going here in our part of Herefordshire. Our summer cover crop has responded very well. Here’s a quick update on how it’s looking now and what my plans are for it going forwards.
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Creating a HEALTHY SOIL for PRODUCTIVE FARMING
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Retaining moisture in the soil is becoming increasingly important nowadays as our climate shifts towards dryer and warmer summer conditions. This can be hugely influenced by the type of grazing system used on a farm. In this video I explain how!
Grazing Regeneratively During A DROUGHT!
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The lack of rain or too much of it is probably feeling like a recurring theme in my videos now… But once again it is making grazing conditions challenging. Thanks to some long grass mob grazing currently as well as earlier on in the spring we’re still able to keep lots in front of the cows. Find out how that’s possible in this video!
Can The CLOVER UNDERSTORY, SUMMER COVER CROP & WINTER BIRD SEED Survive Without Any Rain!?
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In a stark turn of events from the weather conditions about a month ago we now find our selves begging for some rain! The soil is drying out fast and newly emerging crops are struggling. Watch this video to find out my thoughts on the situation! ☀️
SILAGE 2023: Herbal Leys & Preventing Mouldy Bales!
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We made a start with some silaging with 30 acres dropped. In the video I quickly explain the process and show the steps we take to prevent any of the bales becoming mouldy!
How to use MOB GRAZING To Build Resilience Into A Farming System!
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In this video I explain how mob grazing is helping improve drought tolerance, increase diversity on our farm, keep our livestock happier and most importantly grow more grass!
Planting a SUMMER COVER CROP To Improve SOIL HEALTH - Using A Vaderstad Rapid!
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Finally we’ve got a weather window to get this years summer cover crop drilled. The cover crop will be grazed by sheep and cattle all summer before the field is direct drilled with wheat in the autumn. In this video I explain the thought process behind establishing the crop and what’s in it. It’s also the first proper run out for our new John Deere 120M so I’ve done a quick review on that. Enjoy!
UNDER SOWING SPRING BEANS: Broadcasting Micro-Clover & Trefoil Using A Kuhn Aero & JCB Fastrack!
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Broadcasting a micro clover & trefoil mix into spring beans using a repurposed Kuhn aero boom fertiliser spreader & JCB Fastrack. The bi-crop of legumes will help increase soil health, fix nitrogen & hopefully suppress weeds. We will take the clover and trefoil forwards as a living mulch into the following wheat crop. Find out more in this video!
HARVEST 2023 - Coming Along Nicely! 🌾
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An update on how some of our direct drilled cereals and beans are looking heading into spring. It hasn’t been an easy spring, with the wet weather causing a small amount of crop damage in areas. But on the whole it’s all looking very promising. Take a look at the video to find out more!
SHEEP MOBBED UP! And Lambing Isn’t Over Quite Yet!
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We’ve finally managed to get some sheep put into a proper mob meaning rotational grazing can begin! Also in this video a surprise lamb, and helium balloons!
MOB GRAZING: Growing More Grass Using Electric Fences!
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Want to grow more grass? Mob grazing is the answer! See how our livestock are rotated frequently between small paddocks with the help of electric fences. In this video I’ll show how we’re making a mob grazing system work for us. Practical tips for implementing mob grazing on your farm, how to set up fencing and water systems, stocking density, rest periods & more!
Rotational Grazing 2023 Begins!
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Cows have hit the green stuff and the electric fences are up. Rotational grazing is underway for another year!
Sheds Are Full & Pick Up Your Dog Poo! 💩
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Over 100mm of rain in March has caused a backlog of ewes and lambs in our sheds so a bit of sunshine is much welcomed! Why do we put tar on the lambs necks? And frustration about dog poo and footpaths!
Lambing Shed Prep & A Flashback To Warmer Times!
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Lambing Shed Prep & A Flashback To Warmer Times!
Mid-Calving Update & The Countdown To Lambing
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Mid-Calving Update & The Countdown To Lambing
Weaving SabreTine Drilling Lynx Spring Beans
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Weaving SabreTine Drilling Lynx Spring Beans
Composting & Clover Living Mulch Update And Lambs Off Onto A Herbal Ley!
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Composting & Clover Living Mulch Update And Lambs Off Onto A Herbal Ley!
Great video 👏
God so much to learn. Really like what you are doing. For a smaller farm like ours what drill would you recommend for cereal sowing into covers and cover crop sowing into stubbles ? .. What's your soil like ? How many years of no ploughing ?
Молодець !
Missing the regular content Would be great to see more videos
Great stuff Billy.
Have you ever tried placing electric fence in a " W " form rather then straight ? Every other post....or ever second post in and out in and out. This way every other post gives you slack to move the wire further down line. And you dont need to roll up the wires. Just move posts. The " W " can be extreme or gentle. I seldom roll up wires.
Please do you leave them on the field overnight or you move them to their pens daily?
Good video but drop the music. Liked.
how did it work out?
Thanks Billy ! Cheers
Great video Billy, with thanks.
Cool
If you had to use only one drill, which would it be?
What´s the aluminium pipe´s (the legs) diameter?
Woulda thought the 120m a touch small on the rapid, it pulls well then huh?
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Good job! How have you seeded summer cover crop? By spreader or drilling? Cheers
Very inefficient way of working, double, triple and quadruple handling of material
Damn those cows look great 😊
Why lay a hedge on the edge of a wood when youve got fencing? Coppicing would be easier and would provide some edge structure to the wood
How many cows? How big are you paddocks? The grass *looks* mono-culture. What are the varieties?
Great farming 👍🏻
How many cattle are you running per acre and how many sheep. Do you ever run the sheep. Behind the cattle? By a week or so for example?
Hard work on your own. Me and my brother have started doing it on our farm. In no particular style, but the results from the hedges we've done before is really satisfying to see.
Very good video i do a lot of contract laying and my general rule is even if it isnt neat it will usually grow back so no worries
Better air the tire on the tractor!
Hi! I'm curious, ¿how much time would you say it takes to move all your animals from one paddock to another? thank you for explaining everything in such detail!
New subscriber. Brilliant video 💪🏻 🏴
Really good video and not to complex . Keep up the good work
Great video 👌
Cheers Billy I have been thinking about buying that system keep us updated on any issues keep up the good work
It’s a way to easily move poly wire across the field
That machine price..?
Are you pinwheeling around your water point looks beat up. Your doing a lot of things right. Be carefully not to have any bare soil. Cattle are beautiful.
Hi Billy, you could roll the cover crop with one of those crop rollers before planting in order to flatten them and block any emerging seeds to avoid companion cropping. Just a thought. 😅
Top video
Be interesting to see if the mustard and phacelia set seeds well for a second flush 👌🏼 Love the hippy farming 😍
Very interesting Billy. Good to have a chat at the farm walk last week. Where do you get your cover crops from ? We just use Kings/frontier, called the summer legume mix.
We normally use field options for most things. Competitively priced and very good service!
Great video - nothing like ‘seeing’ the difference to make real sense of a concept - thanks
Glad you enjoyed!
Really interesting video, i have a few questions how do you manage the size of wedges when the livestock increase in weight, would you remove stock from the group or is it as simple as more frequent moves and change of size in wedges? Thanks
Cracking video as always, high residual for the win!
Indeed!
Good video 👍
Thanks Paul!
First😁
Nice one! 👌
We have probably the worst drought in 20-30 years in north-east Poland. Hay crop is half about year ago. We still have some grass on pasture, not too much but we fight. Not much rain in forecast in june.
Yep, we keep moving! The rain forecast for next week has quickly dwindled down to a very low chance of some showers 😬. Will start to get serious if that’s the case!
We have the same here. South Europe has rain too much. It is difference with rotational grazing, still green pastures and dome growth.
Is this Tifton 85 grass?
Is that a variety of grass?
Love the vids, do you weed wipe or spray weeds after grazing?
We occasionally go out with a knapsack sprayer, normally earlier on in the grazing season.
We are running into the same issue having too much grass for the sheep. This year we are going to experiment running the cows in behind the sheep to see if they will knock it down as a substitute to topping the pastures.
Yes that works well, we have done it in the past 👍