Thank you for an interesting video. Sands are just 15 minutes up the road from me. I might not work in agriculture anymore but I have never lost interest. You can't keep a Caythorpe not down. The thousand train weight explanation was thorough and clear, it makes sense. So does British sugar. We have no room for came sugar in my house.
🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for your comments, pleased you enjoyed todays update. So many farmers don’t take into account thousand grain weight but you can see it makes a huge difference. Thanks for your support of the UK sugar industry. 👌👍
Interesting video, must admit I gave up watching Countryfile years ago as it didn't seem to relate to 'real farming' . Bring back Farming Diary with David Richardson and Oliver Walston at Sunday lunchtime ! (showing my age). Seeing the Manitou on the white board, did you get any feedback on what went wrong with the gearbox, and was there any costs involved?
Farming diary was brilliant, I’ve been thinking of trying to get something going myself. Re the Manitou, not sure if you saw my video a few weeks ago. We got it back with new transmission about a month ago but no word yet on financial contribution.
Your videos are really educational, Andrew, and very watchable. One question: is the chemical treatment on the barley seed to protect it from disease or to give it a boost once planted?
Good question. The treatment is for both of those as we put 2 different treatments on the seed. Our soils are a high clay content and so establishment can be tricky in spring crops so adding a root and growth promoter helps massively.
Not a question but just a interesting point in the 80s i worked at Neals crop spraying contractors and i drove one of the first SAM sprayers, not sure but it may have been the first, it had the dashboard and steering of a David brown 990 I believe …they were one of the first self propelled sprayers and they soon filled the market within a few years you see them all over, but they were always well built and they were a good company and a great backup service ….i have som pics somewhere i will mail you a copy …great videos i like your passion for British farming i am with you all the way .👍🇬🇧
Hello Nick. What a bloke! Met Neil for the first time the other day and hit it off instantly. The sprayer I featured in the intro was based on a David Brown, was that the one? Househams were also very early into the self propelled market. Their first was based on a Ford 6610. They also put the cab in front of the engine, sprayer over the transmission. They started as my village blacksmith, my father was a guarantor at the bank for them in their early years. I’ve had lots of good comments about Sands since I’ve expressed an interest. Thanks for your comments. 😃👍
Very interested to learn about the thousand grain weight Andrew, and the fact that you so according to a number of seats per square metre. However, if you are sewing seed in Rose rather than broadcasting it on what sort of difference does that make?
We haven’t broadcast any thing for a number of years but when we did we used to increase the seed rate by 15% because some would be on top and the slugs also got more.
Thanks for the update Andrew. All the sprayers you've looked at seem well made by great UK company's. The seed rate application was very interesting. Thanks again.
Another proper video Andrew, the thing I picked up from the sands sprayer was the low centre of gravity compared to some and the finish looked brilliant.
Thanks for the video on the sand sprayer been to the factory a few times myself I've been driving a Sands since 1986 I have had 5 of these machines now covering over 400000 acres glad to see that you're sticking with a British machine
I said a while ago I would prefer shorter videos multiple times weekly, but here I am 2 &3/4 hours in on my sixth video 🤣 great videos Andrew. Thanks for sharing, have to say that sprayer was very impressive!
Hi Andy Thanks for the TGW calculation - very interesting and brings back lots of memories of when I used to do all the drilling on a farm in Essex and using a 4m MF 30 drill. We used the same method of calculating as you have demonstrated and I remember how accurate the old Massey 30 drill was .👍
I learnt to drill with a MF 4m then went onto a 6m. Did yours have a Househam transport kit? They did those before going into SP sprayers. Drilling with a marker and no gps when I was a teenager is the reason I can drive straight today without gps. If a young ones gps drops today, they call the dealer and stop working!!
Great vlog as always , when you showed the bag of sugar , its shows the problem as i see it , the price on the shelf has not changed in many many years ,where many other stable foods have risen ,sugar has not , and over the years its taken a knock for being BAD for you in the form of sugar tax , but as a balanced diet and as a great ingredent in hundereds of products its good , would you say its not advertised enough as Fantastic home grown , local food miles to factory , product .just seems such a shame its not pushed more with all the hard work British farms put into growing it , sorry getting off my soap box
Don’t be sorry, all what you say is correct. But no food is valued or appreciated for the cost and work which goes in to produce it. Look at Asda a few weeks ago going away from their pledge to only using 100% British beef because it’s too expensive. We are in a very tricky place and I don’t know what the answer is.
Cheers Max. I have wondered about the Agrifac but they are sort of the next level up in terms of weight and price and more suited to more acres than we have. Weight is very important and am trying to keep choice down to under 10 tons empty.
I absolutely find your vlogs fascinating. I didn’t realise how complicated and technical agriculture is. Ps I’m semi retired so if need some help during this year’s harvest give me a shout.
Thanks Greg, pleased you enjoy the videos. As Jezza Clarkson said, a farmer has to be an accountant, architect, designer, agronomist, vet, IT specialist etc etc!
As I said in the video, each to their own and it would be on for a reason but i think it spoils the look of the machine and would get in the way. When we put them on we used our Kuhn pneumatic fert spreader which we still have but stopped applying granules 5 years ago as we didn’t see any benefit.
That beet looks very good. Could you mention next week what it yielded and the sugar percents? Farm u free up on has an old Sam self propelled based on a David Brown. They now use a trailed and the Sam was altered to spray their lavender. They've come a long way since then. How many others are you going to look at? Would the drill Olly Harrison has suit you at all? Have a great w week and happy birthday to Rhondda for the other day.
We don’t have any going to the factory until next weekend I’ll not know the yield until all the field is delivered in the factory which could be another month. I think we will look at Bateman but that’ll be it. We have a drill like Olly,s coming to our drilling day. Thanks for the birthday wishes for Rhonda, duly passed on!
I guess it's a long time since you saw beet comeing up clean and dry like that Mr Ward. Also I would like to point out that the barley that you send to the brewery will then be processed and the waste is a good fee d for cattle, so agriculture has been recycling for decades!
We’re about to lift our remaining beet, it’s the one in the field where Frankie decided to have chew! It’ll be in next weeks update. Livestock use a lot of byproducts so are essential.
Thank you for an interesting video. Sands are just 15 minutes up the road from me. I might not work in agriculture anymore but I have never lost interest. You can't keep a Caythorpe not down. The thousand train weight explanation was thorough and clear, it makes sense. So does British sugar. We have no room for came sugar in my house.
Spellchecker! Not = boy and train = grain
🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for your comments, pleased you enjoyed todays update. So many farmers don’t take into account thousand grain weight but you can see it makes a huge difference. Thanks for your support of the UK sugar industry. 👌👍
Interesting video, must admit I gave up watching Countryfile years ago as it didn't seem to relate to 'real farming' . Bring back Farming Diary with David Richardson and Oliver Walston at Sunday lunchtime ! (showing my age). Seeing the Manitou on the white board, did you get any feedback on what went wrong with the gearbox, and was there any costs involved?
Farming diary was brilliant, I’ve been thinking of trying to get something going myself. Re the Manitou, not sure if you saw my video a few weeks ago. We got it back with new transmission about a month ago but no word yet on financial contribution.
Great to see you supporting local manufacturers for your eventual sprayer purchase.
Your videos are really educational, Andrew, and very watchable. One question: is the chemical treatment on the barley seed to protect it from disease or to give it a boost once planted?
Good question. The treatment is for both of those as we put 2 different treatments on the seed. Our soils are a high clay content and so establishment can be tricky in spring crops so adding a root and growth promoter helps massively.
Not a question but just a interesting point in the 80s i worked at Neals crop spraying contractors and i drove one of the first SAM sprayers, not sure but it may have been the first, it had the dashboard and steering of a David brown 990 I believe …they were one of the first self propelled sprayers and they soon filled the market within a few years you see them all over, but they were always well built and they were a good company and a great backup service ….i have som pics somewhere i will mail you a copy …great videos i like your passion for British farming i am with you all the way .👍🇬🇧
Hello Nick. What a bloke! Met Neil for the first time the other day and hit it off instantly. The sprayer I featured in the intro was based on a David Brown, was that the one? Househams were also very early into the self propelled market. Their first was based on a Ford 6610. They also put the cab in front of the engine, sprayer over the transmission. They started as my village blacksmith, my father was a guarantor at the bank for them in their early years. I’ve had lots of good comments about Sands since I’ve expressed an interest. Thanks for your comments. 😃👍
Very interested to learn about the thousand grain weight Andrew, and the fact that you so according to a number of seats per square metre. However, if you are sewing seed in Rose rather than broadcasting it on what sort of difference does that make?
We haven’t broadcast any thing for a number of years but when we did we used to increase the seed rate by 15% because some would be on top and the slugs also got more.
Thanks for the update Andrew. All the sprayers you've looked at seem well made by great UK company's. The seed rate application was very interesting. Thanks again.
Difficult to chose a winner in the sprayer, we need to build one with all the good points of all 3!
Another proper video Andrew, the thing I picked up from the sands sprayer was the low centre of gravity compared to some and the finish looked brilliant.
Spot on with both points. The finish is incredible.
Thanks for the video on the sand sprayer been to the factory a few times myself I've been driving a Sands since 1986 I have had 5 of these machines now covering over 400000 acres glad to see that you're sticking with a British machine
They must be good if you’ve done all that work in them.
I said a while ago I would prefer shorter videos multiple times weekly, but here I am 2 &3/4 hours in on my sixth video 🤣 great videos Andrew. Thanks for sharing, have to say that sprayer was very impressive!
🤣🤣🤣🤦♂️
Hi Andy
Thanks for the TGW calculation - very interesting and brings back lots of memories of when I used to do all the drilling on a farm in Essex and using a 4m MF 30 drill.
We used the same method of calculating as you have demonstrated and I remember how accurate the old Massey 30 drill was .👍
I learnt to drill with a MF 4m then went onto a 6m. Did yours have a Househam transport kit? They did those before going into SP sprayers. Drilling with a marker and no gps when I was a teenager is the reason I can drive straight today without gps. If a young ones gps drops today, they call the dealer and stop working!!
Great vlog as always , when you showed the bag of sugar , its shows the problem as i see it , the price on the shelf has not changed in many many years ,where many other stable foods have risen ,sugar has not , and over the years its taken a knock for being BAD for you in the form of sugar tax , but as a balanced diet and as a great ingredent in hundereds of products its good , would you say its not advertised enough as Fantastic home grown , local food miles to factory , product .just seems such a shame its not pushed more with all the hard work British farms put into growing it , sorry getting off my soap box
Don’t be sorry, all what you say is correct. But no food is valued or appreciated for the cost and work which goes in to produce it. Look at Asda a few weeks ago going away from their pledge to only using 100% British beef because it’s too expensive. We are in a very tricky place and I don’t know what the answer is.
Highly interesting video Andrew. Sprayers have come a long way since I used them in the 70’s. Looking forward to see you on Countryfile next weekend
Indeed they have. Thank you, I wonder how much will end up on the cutting room floor!
Great Video Andrew, I’m sure many will find the the TGW and seed rates part interesting. Have you thought about looking at an agrifac sprayer ?
Cheers Max. I have wondered about the Agrifac but they are sort of the next level up in terms of weight and price and more suited to more acres than we have. Weight is very important and am trying to keep choice down to under 10 tons empty.
Interesting video Andrew, can't you put your seed through an old cleaner and treat it yourself to save some money. Nice sprayers.
We don’t have anything suitable to do a good enough job and don’t think we could apply the chemical accurately.
I absolutely find your vlogs fascinating. I didn’t realise how complicated and technical agriculture is.
Ps I’m semi retired so if need some help during this year’s harvest give me a shout.
Thanks Greg, pleased you enjoy the videos. As Jezza Clarkson said, a farmer has to be an accountant, architect, designer, agronomist, vet, IT specialist etc etc!
Interesting article as allways and also on thousand grainweight Andrew.
Cheers Guy, it’s staggering how much difference the TGW can make to kg/ha.
Reckon I know where that one with the applicator went… great video as ever.
As I said in the video, each to their own and it would be on for a reason but i think it spoils the look of the machine and would get in the way. When we put them on we used our Kuhn pneumatic fert spreader which we still have but stopped applying granules 5 years ago as we didn’t see any benefit.
Brilliant Andrew 👍👍Be interesting to see which sprayer you purchase 😊
Cheers! We don’t know yet!
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard I think the Interceptor would be my choice from an operater view without knowing the price tags 😁👍🏻
You have a star in your fold, Frankie, hope to see on the beeb!!
You’re not the first to say that!!!
Wonderfully informative Wardy Waffle 👌
Are you doing the ‘The Funky Farmer’ - "Chug a Pint of Milk Challenge"? 🥛🤔
I’m not, what is that?!
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard Richard Cornock, AKA 'The Funky Farmer’ channel will reveal all - well worth a watch 👍
Thank you, will do.👍😃
ARE YOU GOING TO DEMO KNIGHT SPRAYER
Not at the minute.
Good sprayers! Done a few acres on those.
They look it, not had anything to do with them but had lots of positive comments since I started broadcasting we are looking to change!
That beet looks very good. Could you mention next week what it yielded and the sugar percents?
Farm u free up on has an old Sam self propelled based on a David Brown. They now use a trailed and the Sam was altered to spray their lavender. They've come a long way since then.
How many others are you going to look at?
Would the drill Olly Harrison has suit you at all?
Have a great w week and happy birthday to Rhondda for the other day.
We don’t have any going to the factory until next weekend I’ll not know the yield until all the field is delivered in the factory which could be another month. I think we will look at Bateman but that’ll be it. We have a drill like Olly,s coming to our drilling day. Thanks for the birthday wishes for Rhonda, duly passed on!
@@WardysWaffleAndrewWard
I saw Rhonddas name on Ollys Bateman.
@@roberthiggins6401 I know Olly really well, I heard him say Rhonda is my long suffering partner!! 🤦♂️🤣
I guess it's a long time since you saw beet comeing up clean and dry like that Mr Ward. Also I would like to point out that the barley that you send to the brewery will then be processed and the waste is a good fee
d for cattle, so agriculture has been recycling for decades!
We’re about to lift our remaining beet, it’s the one in the field where Frankie decided to have chew! It’ll be in next weeks update. Livestock use a lot of byproducts so are essential.