Worrying times for farming on all sectors. Where is the future going of this great industry?! I work for a company that’s decided to sell the farm because of high interest rates and poor prices / crops. Keep the up dates coming thanks Andrew
Well done Andrew, a really good and informative video. Good to see the cutting of the Miscanthus. There is some grown around Market Deeping, south Lincolnshire. Good to see the sprayer out and the sludge spreaders looked a very nice set up. Thanks Andrew, looking forward to Sundays video.
Great update Andrew breakfast looked very tasty 😊 Now onto farming words fail me when you drive around every field has either floods or crops just decimated .in farming timing is everything this year some one has thrown the clock on the road & driven on it 😢 & we are on sand Take good care Tom Mansell
I’m surprised that miscanthus isn’t used more for game strips. Great cover for the birds and a by product at the end of the year other than just topping the maize.
Hi Andrew, a few episodes ago you were in the old grain store and saying how it gets very dusty in the loading process. I tried to find some photos of what we did but I can’t find them at all. Basically on a farm I was at they were in the same boat - old shed that was still in use but didn’t want to spend money on. For a “cheap fix” to combat the dust and the heat, what we did is make it so one in every two roof panels were retractable and then every other row to where you could reach. We made them so you could slide them up and out the way. This massively improved the conditions at the top of the dryer for air flow and heat! It was the same sort of roof you had. Don’t know if this is of any help!
Great vlog while I was at agricultural college in the 1980’s aerial spraying & fertilising were the in thing I was just wondering wether it might be a help for you on your heavier land to avoid soil compaction
Great up date Andrew. So true about needing every type of machine available on the farm for the awkward years. Looking forward to seeing what you think of the Striger you have coming. All the best.
I see Tesco announced that they've made more profit this year than the previous by a substantial amount. Edit: just watched Henry Ward on Nigel Farage saying he's not eligible for the flood payment, it's time the lot of those overpaid clowns at the various government departments were sacked and use the money to buy long reach excavators operated by locals
Great video Andrew it’s amazing here in Spain. I grow almond and we are struggling again this year with the complete lack of rain !! I’m just out every single day with a 4000 L water tank watering the trees we were hoping for some rain in April, but so far nothing. Kind Regards Jim
Another good mid week update Andrew, it must be mind blowing when you need to get on and the weather will not settle. When will you decide when its to late for spring corn ?
Fascinating update as always! Didn’t get a notification that it was live so missed it last night, but I did wonder if there would be an update tonight instead, as Henry’s in the news today… disgraceful that some spreadsheet monkey at the EA doesn’t think he’s eligible for support. I’m sure you’ll update us on Sunday! That cooked breakfast looked good, haven’t heard of the place but it looks worth a visit!
There’s a lot off that miscanthus (elephant grass) grown down here for the power stations but its prone to catching foragers on fire. Worrying times isn’t it with the ground so wet still and missing crops going in the ground. Looking forward to seeing your strip till machines working on Sundays video and the Red Tractor update.
Henry wasn't happy on the news today, are the powers that be so dumb that a farmer cant farm water!!!!! Get your act together and pay the compensation. Rant over. See you Sunday Andrew
I too would be interested in how long this crop lasts, I was working in a garden today which we landscaped and planted 20 plus years ago and the Miscanthus sinensis cultivar we planted then is still going strong so it would be interesting to know a little about this crop, the stems are much stronger so it's a very different cultivaror at least variety but if the domesticated one is anything to go by you may not have to replant for quite a while.
Could you make my breakfast with mushrooms and tomatoes rather than baked beans please? Good to see *something* (miscanthus?) doing a decent job of cropping despite the weather.
good video Andrew, just a quick question on the seven Trent sludge, do you buy it from them or are they paying you as a disposal of there waste? and how is it value for money with fert prices or cow dung. as i looked to go farming myself but as a new entrant i looked at numbers in many areas live stock and arable. and i do wonder how you guys all keep going with the costs of anything you need to go at it and from you few week back sold winter wheat was £250 but drop from red tape bits to something like £130 and this year if it gets started yields probably be low as not in ground yet but production costs up. i have a 5 acre small holding i feed the family with this and i see the yields from this we can feed well and store some or we have to buy small amounts in so for the scale of you guys do feeding the nation it is scary. and i wonder why government seem bind to this with the costs of production. all the best to you
Thanks for your detailed message Shane. We pay £65/hectare for the product, delivery and spreading. Costs are unreal for producing food today, up 35% from about 4 years ago but selling price the same. Machinery up too.
I would be amazed if the fuel for the power station crop is a genuinely cost effective way of generating electricity compared to solar and wind turbines. Still I realise people grow crops to take advantage of the price being offered.
Miscanthus grass I have ever seen grown to fuel power stations has been so thick you struggle to walk in it and is at least 8' tall. When it's that dense a crop it's very high yielding per ha . Also to grow it it's only necessary to establish the crop once it's then cut annually I believe for several years.
Good vid andrew, good idea to have a breakfast meet uo now and again, we sre lucky the west side od country to still have livestock markets where people meet up, i think miscanthus thickens up as it gets older a bit like daffodils, think once plamted its fine for 20 years, grassmen did a video on wilson farms worth a watch, do you ever think about fetching the plough back out onto that heavy land on a year like this
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard I was wondering if it would help the ground to drain a bit I remember ploughing some fields once at a farm which were wet in places and the old boy who worked there said somebody had ploughed them across in the past and they had been wet everywhere since he said the water would drain down the furrows, mind different soil to yours Andrew and plenty of slope for water to run
I saw Henry on GB news I hope he and his neighbours and the pub can get some compensation, to be honest they need much more than the £25k flood relief fund which only pays on repairing damage anyway
No but it has been mentioned, not from Henry though. But anything received would need to be split amongst 5 fathers because that’s how many are under that patch of water.
Do you have to be careful with the dogs feet in the myscathis (?) Stubble, down here if sheep or cattle get in the reed beds we have to keep the dogs out because it rips their feet, the shoot guys are the same with the gun dogs
My god can't believe what was on the news this morning about your nephew sounds like the post office all over again keep up the good work andrew 👍
It’s full on at the minute trying to get it reversed, we are getting somewhere.
Worrying times for farming on all sectors. Where is the future going of this great industry?! I work for a company that’s decided to sell the farm because of high interest rates and poor prices / crops. Keep the up dates coming thanks Andrew
Sad times. Hope you’re ok.
A great video Andrew at least you are doing something on the Land 😊
Only the light stuff!
Interesting Andrew, thanks for showing us, I haven't seen the Miscanthus crop before🤔
Nice update Andrew all that filming for a few mins on the news,have problems with wind for spraying also down in Kent were I am
I’ll find the news item and post it on Sunday.
Well done Andrew, a really good and informative video. Good to see the cutting of the Miscanthus. There is some grown around Market Deeping, south Lincolnshire. Good to see the sprayer out and the sludge spreaders looked a very nice set up. Thanks Andrew, looking forward to Sundays video.
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Great update Andrew breakfast looked very tasty 😊
Now onto farming words fail me when you drive around every field has either floods or crops just decimated .in farming timing is everything this year some one has thrown the clock on the road & driven on it 😢 & we are on sand
Take good care Tom Mansell
Thanks Tom, not a good 6 months at all.
great update
I’m surprised that miscanthus isn’t used more for game strips. Great cover for the birds and a by product at the end of the year other than just topping the maize.
Hi Andrew, a few episodes ago you were in the old grain store and saying how it gets very dusty in the loading process. I tried to find some photos of what we did but I can’t find them at all. Basically on a farm I was at they were in the same boat - old shed that was still in use but didn’t want to spend money on. For a “cheap fix” to combat the dust and the heat, what we did is make it so one in every two roof panels were retractable and then every other row to where you could reach. We made them so you could slide them up and out the way. This massively improved the conditions at the top of the dryer for air flow and heat! It was the same sort of roof you had. Don’t know if this is of any help!
It would be difficult to do and then keep it watertight the rest of the time. We don’t use the building very often so it’ll just put up with it.
Great vlog while I was at agricultural college in the 1980’s aerial spraying & fertilising were the in thing I was just wondering wether it might be a help for you on your heavier land to avoid soil compaction
It would but the environment folk would go nuts!
Another great update as always trying times ahead .
Great up date Andrew. So true about needing every type of machine available on the farm for the awkward years. Looking forward to seeing what you think of the Striger you have coming. All the best.
Live near Gainsborough but not heard of the Duck & Dandelion. Thanks for the recommendation, will definitely be visiting for a Full English!
It’s fab, tell Alice you saw it on the waffle! And look in the sugar pots on the tables, I gave her a box of British sugar sticks a few weeks ago!
Great update again always something interesting to see and learn.
Great Video Wardy Great update, thanks for sharing
just seen henry on bbc news 6.50 am ,how crazy it is still
It’s horrendous for him.
I see Tesco announced that they've made more profit this year than the previous by a substantial amount. Edit: just watched Henry Ward on Nigel Farage saying he's not eligible for the flood payment, it's time the lot of those overpaid clowns at the various government departments were sacked and use the money to buy long reach excavators operated by locals
I’ll do an update on Henry on Sunday, I’ve been on the phone most of the afternoon to Defra, RPA and ministers trying to help sort it out.
Great video Andrew it’s amazing here in Spain. I grow almond and we are struggling again this year with the complete lack of rain !! I’m just out every single day with a 4000 L water tank watering the trees we were hoping for some rain in April, but so far nothing. Kind Regards Jim
That’s unreal Jim, this wet spell sorted last July.
Another good mid week update Andrew, it must be mind blowing when you need to get on and the weather will not settle. When will you decide when its to late for spring corn ?
Hugely frustrating, never known a 6 month period like it.
Not good time for all farmer, s sutch a worry hopefully round the corner get dry weather
Disheartening to see fields in the state they are. Some TLC needed when can get to them. What a year so far!
Miscanthus and Bamboo are both classed as grasses so its not surprising they are similar. That heap of sewage sludge looks like volcanic lava
Can you ever remember it being so wet for so long Andrew??💧🌧🤔
Never, it’s been a horrendous 6 months.
Fascinating update as always! Didn’t get a notification that it was live so missed it last night, but I did wonder if there would be an update tonight instead, as Henry’s in the news today… disgraceful that some spreadsheet monkey at the EA doesn’t think he’s eligible for support. I’m sure you’ll update us on Sunday! That cooked breakfast looked good, haven’t heard of the place but it looks worth a visit!
It’s very good! Lots going on re floods!
There’s a lot off that miscanthus (elephant grass) grown down here for the power stations but its prone to catching foragers on fire. Worrying times isn’t it with the ground so wet still and missing crops going in the ground. Looking forward to seeing your strip till machines working on Sundays video and the Red Tractor update.
It just shows how much rain we’ve had with the grind being so wet in mid April.
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard there’s not a potato in the ground down here yet and they’re normally half way through buy now.
@jonstephens682 I’m not surprised, the ground is saturated
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard yes it is mate, they had a dry day and managed to get some corn drilled but they was drilling all night.
Henry wasn't happy on the news today, are the powers that be so dumb that a farmer cant farm water!!!!! Get your act together and pay the compensation. Rant over. See you Sunday Andrew
We’re on it with Henry, lots been happening today, update in Sundays waffle!
I too would be interested in how long this crop lasts, I was working in a garden today which we landscaped and planted 20 plus years ago and the Miscanthus sinensis cultivar we planted then is still going strong so it would be interesting to know a little about this crop, the stems are much stronger so it's a very different cultivaror at least variety but if the domesticated one is anything to go by you may not have to replant for quite a while.
Don’t forget the golden trumpet award the other week
You’ve lost me there Pete, no doubt it’s referencing Andy somehow?!
Seems like a lot of energy input to harvest a crop to burn. Figures on that would be interesting reading
Could you make my breakfast with mushrooms and tomatoes rather than baked beans please?
Good to see *something* (miscanthus?) doing a decent job of cropping despite the weather.
Great informative update
good video Andrew, just a quick question on the seven Trent sludge, do you buy it from them or are they paying you as a disposal of there waste? and how is it value for money with fert prices or cow dung. as i looked to go farming myself but as a new entrant i looked at numbers in many areas live stock and arable. and i do wonder how you guys all keep going with the costs of anything you need to go at it and from you few week back sold winter wheat was £250 but drop from red tape bits to something like £130 and this year if it gets started yields probably be low as not in ground yet but production costs up. i have a 5 acre small holding i feed the family with this and i see the yields from this we can feed well and store some or we have to buy small amounts in so for the scale of you guys do feeding the nation it is scary. and i wonder why government seem bind to this with the costs of production. all the best to you
Thanks for your detailed message Shane. We pay £65/hectare for the product, delivery and spreading.
Costs are unreal for producing food today, up 35% from about 4 years ago but selling price the same. Machinery up too.
...,.and thousands and thousands of tomato plants
WHO Awards the Awards as self praise is know recommendation nice bit of kit the Forage harvester
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Farmers Weekly, Farmers Guardian, Naac.
I would be amazed if the fuel for the power station crop is a genuinely cost effective way of generating electricity compared to solar and wind turbines. Still I realise people grow crops to take advantage of the price being offered.
Miscanthus grass I have ever seen grown to fuel power stations has been so thick you struggle to walk in it and is at least 8' tall. When it's that dense a crop it's very high yielding per ha . Also to grow it it's only necessary to establish the crop once it's then cut annually I believe for several years.
Good vid andrew, good idea to have a breakfast meet uo now and again, we sre lucky the west side od country to still have livestock markets where people meet up, i think miscanthus thickens up as it gets older a bit like daffodils, think once plamted its fine for 20 years, grassmen did a video on wilson farms worth a watch, do you ever think about fetching the plough back out onto that heavy land on a year like this
When we did plough and went to the solo, our yields were as good but cost dropped.
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard I was wondering if it would help the ground to drain a bit I remember ploughing some fields once at a farm which were wet in places and the old boy who worked there said somebody had ploughed them across in the past and they had been wet everywhere since he said the water would drain down the furrows, mind different soil to yours Andrew and plenty of slope for water to run
I saw Henry on GB news I hope he and his neighbours and the pub can get some compensation, to be honest they need much more than the £25k flood relief fund which only pays on repairing damage anyway
Things are looking hopeful.
Nice update great to see some field work at last, does the miscantas go through the feed rolls but not the drum?
That’s it. 👍😊
Stand up waffle by wardy😂!
Great update, how many g glyphosate, are you including any adjuvant ?
Might still be damp but wheels are turning.🎉
1,080 g on small to medium size, more on big stuff.
I went to a farm shop selling tate and lyle so i suggested they sell silver spoon.
Thank you, hope they listen!
I’m sure there will be a group of activists who will soon want to ban sewage sludge. Elephant grass is not the easiest to plant or harvest
Good morning Andy. What do the power stations use that crop for do they burn it or is it used as a filter medium.?
They burn it. I hope you go around it in the next few weeks.
is there a bit of lime mixed in with the cake
This doesn’t have but Anglian water sludge does,
NEEDED ploughing kept it drier on that nasty wet clay soil but that is Farming lol
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Hi Andrew has Henry got a gofundme page just to help him out a bit
No but it has been mentioned, not from Henry though. But anything received would need to be split amongst 5 fathers because that’s how many are under that patch of water.
Miscanthus is related to Bamboo, both perennial.
farmers boy.
The miscanthus does not appear dusty like some crops.
Do you have to be careful with the dogs feet in the myscathis (?) Stubble, down here if sheep or cattle get in the reed beds we have to keep the dogs out because it rips their feet, the shoot guys are the same with the gun dogs
It’s the first time I’ve been in a field just after it’s cut but Nala appeared fine.
Miscanthus usually around 7-8 high,is this newly planted?
No, I think it’s quite old.
How long does it take for the glyphosphate to act on the black grass before cultivation?
Only needs 12 hours
I know you not had the sprayer long but how long will it stay on the farm for thanks Brian
Normally around 10 years.
Do you have much trouble with tomatoes in the beet crop after spreading sludge
None at all!
I have heard that when the swallows come the weather will change.
Just be our luck for them decide not to visit us this year!
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard I haven't seen one yet and we are usually overrun with them 🤷♂️
We have seen one today ,south Wiltshire
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I've seen that Miscanthus growing as daft as it seems i thought it was for thatched roofs how wrong can you be.🙄
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@charliebrundell-fd2gz Miscanthus is used for game cover, we at Terravesta are planting lots of game cover this year