I was on a large farming estate for forty years 27 as manager and a lifelong farmer. We managed to move one footpath in all those years to a much more pleasant and sensible walk around the perimeter. Like this farm we kept everything in tip top condition and tried to help and keep the public onside. Local councils adversely were impossible to keep up with.

You are completely right about footpath and bridle paths, a bridle path was for Stallions to be led by the bridle to other farms to cover the mares back in the day before tractors . So no need for them now 👍🏻

Have to say Mr Peck. I am really enjoying the content you are providing, looking at all the aspects of running your business. I am from a farming background and although i have not been involved in farming/harvesting for years, the excitement for the season still remains within. I liken it to the sea with sailors, i think it gets in your blood. Carry on the struggle growing our food, battling with weather/councils and ill informed opinion 👍

Whoever is doing the camera work is ace 👍 unlike a lot of KZfaq channels where the operator hasn't a clue

That is an impeccably tidy farm. Credit to all involved

Was once told a foot path across a field had to be 4 feet wide so undertakers could walk from church to church carrying a coffin Nice to see you carry out verge mowing and keeping things tidy and safe

PX videos make my day! Although I am not a farmer, I am very interested in arable farming. The way you run it is something to be admired.

Totally agree with your footpath comments, I was a contractor for many years surfacing and cutting back growth on council countryside footpaths in the northeast, the truth is no one including the council want public footpaths through the middle of fields, it’s just that much paperwork and consulting meetings involved it’s not worth the effort, loving that you have regular videos coming out now, keep up the great work ❤

You are 100% right on the archaic footpath byelaws. Crazy in this day and age. Oh, and "empty the dog out"...😅😅 that had me howling with laughter 😅!! Please keep up the excellent work here; your channel has such a breadth of conte t...makes it extremely interesting and informative. And funny too 😂 Thanks!

O dear me, James you are trying to apply common cense to the direction of footpaths, you are offering a far nicer place to walk and enjoy the countryside, you will see far more around the edge of a field, rather than stomping across the middle, both me and you can understand that, BUT I fear you will have stiff opposition, I have to say I loved what you said about the road side verge cutting (better redo that they will think it was us)🤣🤣

Pity about the footpath application. Sometimes I'm a bit of a stickler for history, but at the same time I can see the hassles of paths crossing fields and the work to reinstate them. Good to see you manage the headlands as well as the permissive paths.

Olly Blogs is your man to try and get footpaths moved he, along with Jeremy Clarkson they both have great public support

Probably take two hundred years for the council to get back to you

Well done James excellent update, although I am now out of main stream farming and just run a small holding in our semi retirement I still remember the build up to harvest like trimming gateways etc, I used to do a circuit of all combinable crops with the sprayer which was fitted with 2 nozzles set at 45° on the end of one boom so killing the bottom metre of the hedge making it far easier and better for the combine on the hedge round. Good to see a modern farm business taking H&S seriously. All good stuff.

Great content. Greetings from Perth, Australia

I live at Barton upon Humber, North Lincolnshire, some years ago, one of our local farmers successfully got a footpath moved from across one of his fields to follow the field boundary. It met with a bit of opposition from the ‘annual footpath walking’ brigade, but once moved was met with appreciation from dog walkers that they didn’t get wet legs from walking through the crop. Sounds like you need to be applying a bit more pressure to your council. You will get there … eventually great content about the daily activities of PX Farms. 👍

Great video ,but I am surprised that your oil containers do not have to be stored on drip trays in this day and age !

the 2.0 wet belt fords, check the oil strainer they get blocked up after the belt delaminates and then the engine starves of oil 👍 hope you get it going again soon guys

I wouldn't personally walk through a field of OSR I'd be a mess on the floor with hay-fever each to their own I guess 🤔

Another Great Video . .. Why don't you get a rear offset flail which you offset and tilt, like the Kuhn TBE & TBES flails. Surely that's much better than a fixed front flail for doing gate ways & ditches etc?

Really do enjoy your videos James and everyone. Well done great stuff

Hi I am new to the channel and love it why are councillors so awkward it should not take that long to sort out this country is joke

I can’t believe a 150hp wouldn’t pay for itself in your operation. Lots of jobs which 400hp is overkill

Excellent video thanks

Hi James , seeing you looking at your tow straps you might want to look up Yankum ropes, very efficient.

I watch every farming u tube channel and there great but u are doing a great job of explaining everything keep it up . My boss is building a super farm in chipping in Lancashire priddict build costs are in the millions . As for the grass margins u will always have trouble with that because folk don't like being told were to walk 😂😂

As a walker I totally agree with edge of field footpaths 😊

Enjoyed

Very impressive farming, great videos

Really enjoying the content of all your videos. 👍

Loving these videos, 👌

Top outfit PX farms 👍👍

Really enjoy this channel interesting and informative and creating a safe working environment I work for Heineken and as we say Work Safe Home Safe looking forward to the next one 👍

When i used to plough fields, you'd run the tractor across where the footpath went just so people could walk it easier, it is totally ridiculous having a path through a field, they should all go round the outside.

The problem with farming and foodpaths (they used to roads) is that you remove them to get bigger fields and some point there will be no food paths left. Except for the grass around the +200 hectare fields.

Farm nearby has footpath across his field and also another Farm in the next village has a public footpath straight through their Farm. Sharing your work place with the ramblers 😂😂 nice one team 👍

Foot path madness, public sector v real world

It's just common sense to walk around the edge of the crop .

Just watched for the first time ever PX farms video. Title why do we need 12 trucks. Tell U what these seems like difficult people to work for radio fitted to all farm vehicles to make sure everything is busy Al the time. Cameras fitted to inform driver if there's traffic so they can take another route to avoid being in traffic. So tight that every second the driver is on the payroll they want their pennies worth. So tight. Can't be many people stay here to long.

I take it that Fendt doesn't have a reverse operator station? that would be an even better job. Manoeuvrable and driver could see right over his work.

Changing a footpath in England is harder to do than getting permission from NASA to launch a space rocket - 10 years, 12 consultants and a quarter of a million quid......

getting warse james need a ticket for a crap before long pal

You’re on a hiding to nothing trying to work with the “Walking Brigade” no matter how sensible and improved any ideas you may have they just can’t accept change. I despair 🤷‍♂️

Build quality and reliability on Ford vans is awful.

I'd be concerned that mowing verges is destroying valuable wildlife habitat to accommodate (poor) tractor drivers when some marker poles would do the same job