FARM UPDATE 272 Blackgrass pullers are back, cover crops growing well, visit Warwick Uni

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If you are new to the channel, welcome. 😊Please watch the updates below for a tour of the farm, looking at the machinery, grain stores, workshop and yard.
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Update 64:
FARM UPDATE 64 FARM TOUR PART 1 of 3, DETAILS OUR HEATHLAND FARM WHERE I LIVE, GRAIN STORAGE & CROPS
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Update 65:
FARM UPDATE 65 FARM TOUR PART 2 of 3 LOOKING AT THE MAIN FARM LAYOUT & SOME MACHINERY HISTORY
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Update 66:
FARM UPDATE 66 FARM TOUR PART 3 of 3 LOOKING AT THE CONTRACT FARMING SIDE OF THE BUSINESS
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@thomasmacpherson5236 24 күн бұрын

Andrew, I was really impressed with your kind gesture and appreciation with the black grass pullers by providing ice cream and drinks during their work. I do mostly building work now and when people come out with cake, tea, ice cream whilst we are doing a job for them on a hot day or cold one I cannot express enough how nice and kind and thoughtful it is, well done it’s a simple and cheap though but really appreciated by the workers and I can tell you from experience. Also talking to them and treating them like normal human beings. Great compassion & comrade ship, well done. Tom

@chrislee2221 24 күн бұрын

Imo Andrew is very good employer , treat people as you wish to be treated yourself.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

I’m done the weed pulling job for years when I was younger, so I know how hard it is and tiring. In fact, I never ask anyone to do anything I’ve not done, another example is shovelling out grain bins!!!

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

@chrislee2221 I’ve done the job for years so I know how tough it is.

@johnfurnival4133 7 күн бұрын

Very good and interesting, good to take the time out and chat with the pulling team. Apparently the skin on ketchup tomatoes are very tough and a job to cut with a knife, they use to grow them on a farm I worked on in Ohio , keep up the good videos Wardy! 👍

@garyhalkon8749 23 күн бұрын

I have to say your black grass pullers put to shame people sat on their backsides saying there's no jobs or claiming benefits. A wonderful gesture to spend a break with the team. Ensuring they feel valued and appreciated. 👍

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

Agree, they’re doing a great job so it’s the least I can do.

@peterwilson-qj2ds 24 күн бұрын

Don't mind which intro you do Andrew, the updates are all good and very informative. Nice to see you looking after the Black grass pullers, things like that go a long with building a good rapour.

@cheechU38K 24 күн бұрын

Doing well in difficult black grass pulling. Maybe some clever engineer can add a spray to a drone to put dye and glue on the heads to easier find and stop any seed drop.

@robdavis5711 25 күн бұрын

Nice update! Personally I like the traditional intros where you speak to camera!

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

😊👍

@nigelphillips9426 21 күн бұрын

Thanks for the video

@elmton.john.1961. 25 күн бұрын

Either intro is ok with me Andrew, good to see the black grass team doing a good job and enjoying a bit of dry weather.

@charlesredpath 22 күн бұрын

Answer to your intro question: I watch a number of different farming channels that don’t do intros like yourself. That’s fine, they’re all good in their own way but I really appreciate the detailed educational approach you take in your spoken intros. The overall knowledge of current affairs and industry insight you provide is great! Don’t underestimate the wisdom you bring.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 21 күн бұрын

Thanks for your feedback back. You’re not alone so I’ll revert back to the personalised ones. 😊👍

@GrahamWP58 24 күн бұрын

An interesting midweek update, the pickers are doing a great job for you so the ice cream was a lovely touch. See you Sunday

@chrislee2221 24 күн бұрын

Have some experience employing east Europeans in the past, they are first class workers, good time keepers, conscientious grafters.

@carladams1363 23 күн бұрын

great vid Andrew . Milo is Sorghum in UK , used in Game cover strips.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

Thank you,

@denniscarvell1828 24 күн бұрын

Nice to see a farmer helping all those Bees humming in the field ,it’s a great feeling when you hear that happy sound , look after Nature it will look after you.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

😊👍

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

Sounds like Trigger and his broom comment!!!

@denniscarvell1828 23 күн бұрын

@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard You’re more of a conservationist than you realise ,a paradox.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

😂👍

@robertallen3441 25 күн бұрын

Blackgrass pullers are doing a great job. Just a shame you have to use all foreign labour, perhaps some britons are a little workshy??????

@gregrot 24 күн бұрын

Perhaps you could volunteer and show us all how easy it is, what with you being such a grafter.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

It’s been like this for years.

@ianmckay1780 24 күн бұрын

Andrew, I prefer your personal intros, to the clips. Thanks for getting out and about with the grass pluckers, and it goes down really well when you go out and speak to them. They have more appreciation of what they do, and are more invested in the work they do. I did this years ago can't remember why, but good to see the farmer we were working for. Also nice to see Warwick uni's involvement, and some of those Toms looked really good enough to eat!

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

Thanks for the feed back.

@puma160cvx8 23 күн бұрын

Had a Zurn machine in to do 45 acres of late drilled winter wheat. No chance of pre-m. Looks a picture now and plenty of wheat to harvest. And to be fair had some extreme conditions last autumn.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

Be interesting to see it in a week or 2 and next year to see how much there is.

@Gearoid35 24 күн бұрын

Great update, the ice cream was welcome.

@Charliebill572 24 күн бұрын

Great video Andrew and love how you look after the black grass pulling gang.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

I’ve don’t the job myself for years so know how difficult it is.

@johnmullaney3445 24 күн бұрын

Thanks Andrew, I was going to ask about the zurn but you explained it Thanks!

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

I’ll put a clip in Sundays vid for those who don’t know what one is.

@philipmetcalfe6289 24 күн бұрын

Phacillia is an amazing plant the way it develops and unfolds, bees and insects love it. Nice day for grass weed rouging.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

It’s not today, it’s a very fine drizzle!

@philipmetcalfe6289 24 күн бұрын

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard yes similar here. Not great grainfill period, 26 mm rain in last 48 hrs. Crops starting to go down.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

Oh noo, barely starting to lean here too. Crops need heat and sun on their backs.

@ronaldlucas5360 24 күн бұрын

Great update.

@philipsankey988 24 күн бұрын

Soft Brome ,germinates in the spring as well ,W.B struggling this time chemical run out of steam and been washed out.Have to leave on the surface a month to ripen before it can be controlled.Will you be meeting up with the twins,aged 5 and 6 ,at the show,Martin and Olly?

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

Olly isn’t getting there until Sunday but Martin, Joe and a few others and me will be there Saturday!

@richardbaker22 24 күн бұрын

Great video Andrew

@petergardner2334 25 күн бұрын

good video ANDREW

@ncombes6823 25 күн бұрын

Andrew. prefer your intro to the camera. Saw the Zurn Blackgrass header at cereals this year and came to the conclusion that if you have to resort to that type of machine you have already lost the battle against Blackgrass.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

Spot on, me too. If you’ve got blackgrass at those levels, the wheat yield will be so poor, the crop should have been round upd off weeks ago.

@markyoull6744 24 күн бұрын

great stuff

@georgehay5929 24 күн бұрын

Good evening, Andrew another great video

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

😊👍

@andrewmaccall5871 24 күн бұрын

Don't mid on the intro - so long as you keep your seatbelt on - the car knows best!! ( appreciate it was off the road). Great to see blackgrass etc pullers back and seemingly enjoying themselves. From Fed Ex to pulling blackgrass!!

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

👍😊

@ady3114 25 күн бұрын

Either intro is good but I do prefer you speaking to the camera it feels more personal. Another very informative edition

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

Thank you, noted.

@andrewwatson1698 24 күн бұрын

Great video. The Zurn blackgrass topper would be no use in your situation but might be beneficial as a last resort if chemical control failed or didn't get applied due to the weather.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

Depends on what you’re trying achieve, it’s only doing half a job and for us, that’s just a waste of time.

@luisnunes7933 25 күн бұрын

Hello!

@NorthFenFarm 23 күн бұрын

The problem i see with the zurn is, a farmer near me mowed down some blackgrass a month or so ago, they've mowed it again and the BG is still growing and putting on ears low to the ground because the plant isn't dead. I've had 2 people come pulling oats with me this year and its not as expensive as people think. The roots are pulled so the plants dead and the ears removed so there's no chance of them growing

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

Think you’ve hit the nail on the head.

@Explorer214urban 24 күн бұрын

Biggest problems with the Zurn is you have to drive through the crop pushing blackgrass down before machine even gets near it. If you nip head off it only shoots another anyway!!!

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

Agreed!

@kevinharker1840 24 күн бұрын

Compare this farm to Olly bogs!!

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

😂😂

@barrytipton1179 24 күн бұрын

Those canes just the right height to poke an eye out I had an escape years ago. Please ask them put little balls on top

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

🤦‍♂️👍

@trevorsidley7697 24 күн бұрын

It's your channel so your decision, but you did ask. I prefer the narrative intro, but maybe I'm old fashioned.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

Most do I think.

@robhall9599 24 күн бұрын

Got to admire the Eastern European staff for work ethics. Not many in this country would do the job now. One man I employed at harvest time refused to help pick the odd wild oat with me. Either intro will do , rotate them as suits you !

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

Really? I bet he didn’t last long?!

@whathasxgottodowithit3919. 25 күн бұрын

Thats amazing Andrew, and good to see, those Bees are enjoying that habitat.

@yammyharrone 24 күн бұрын

Hi Andrew. Great update once again, and much nicer to see the spoken intro, and even more delighted to see the return of the outro. I think it definitely feels more personal, but I have to apologise again for thinking you might have taken influence from somewhere, I didn't consider the editing side of your work, and knowing nothing avout it I'd hate to suggest or infer that you were somehow putting less effort in. Your videos especially really seem to hit home with me. All the same, if you're having to lose recording time to your regard for their quality then fair enough, but if you're just shortening your videos for run time, I for one would enjoy the extra content in the form of a second video or chapter. Would that make life easier or would it just increase your workload?

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

Some viewers moan if the vids are too long, that’s why I keep them to around 20 mins. Also, viewing figures don’t favour more than 1 mid week vid at 20 mins. Maybe a 10 min one on Tuesday and another 10 min on Thursday as well as the usual sun one would work but until I edit the Wed one on Wed afternoon, I don’t realise its length! I’ll be posting shorter ones, more regularly in harvest,

@chasthechippie 24 күн бұрын

How about adapting a sprayer so the bags hang on the boom and the pickers walk behind the machine in a row..no need to carry the bags which wud save time and energy

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

It would tie a machine and another man up. The headland in that wheat field took 4 hours, that would mean the sprayer stood or crawling for that time. Often it’s elsewhere spraying crops. Years ago when we had a lot, we had a front end loader on a tractor and took that up the tramline.

@masonappleby6055 25 күн бұрын

I prefer you doing the talking intros. After all it is called Wardys Waffle. Keep up the good work

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

😊👍

@jcdeeley1 23 күн бұрын

It looks as though the roguing team trample down a lot of wheat - does it recover to some extent ?

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

It does, really quickly.

@dominicrobertson5885 23 күн бұрын

I think that was a unfair bash at the Zurn machine potentially putting people off the machine. A good friend of mine Kevin Smith (Pasture Care) works his socks off running two machines even towing caravans staying away from home for weeks trying to make a living as a contractor. He offers a good service and has repeat business so that says something. Yes, it might not be a good as hand pulling but many farmers don't have access to hand rouging gangs. However, it is a compromise and it deals with wild oats, Rye grass as well as black grass all at the same.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 23 күн бұрын

Totally agree, I did say everyone’s view on level of control you’re happy with is different. We’ve had 11 years of trying to get rid of the weed and zero tolerance is the only way if you’re trying to best it and with the Zurn I don’t think you can’t get that level of control but I also said it’s impossible to say in a few weeks, it would take 4 of 5 years to see if you’re having any impact.

@jfi368 24 күн бұрын

I can't believe conventional farmers haven't got some sort of poison to get rid of Black Grass !!

@chrislee2221 24 күн бұрын

Black grass is very difficult to control, a lot of it is timing which makes spraying difficult in high wind or wet weather.its also becoming increasingly immune to chemical warfare.

@WardysWaffleAndrewWard 24 күн бұрын

Chemicals come and go at a rapid pace but don’t last long before the weed is resistant to the chemical. The weed make up is incredibly complex, hence a whole load of measures, non chemical, are needed to control it.