Spring arrives on the farm but the OSR is turning into a financial disaster

Spring has arrived and the crops are starting to really grow away but the oilseed rapeseed is a mess and it looks like 2023 harvest is going to be a financial disaster.

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  • @Earlywinters09
    @Earlywinters09 Жыл бұрын

    I have no idea why I follow a British farming channel so closely from Seattle, but when these videos drop they rise to No.1 on my watch-list. Always fascinating.

  • @benpenagonzales6014

    @benpenagonzales6014

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe farming is in your‘Ferguson’ tractor blood!

  • @MrSuperG

    @MrSuperG

    Жыл бұрын

    Same so you watch Jeremy Clarkson’s farm too

  • @Jason-cl8hk

    @Jason-cl8hk

    Жыл бұрын

    At least you recognise what rain i. 😅

  • @silverdrillpickle7596

    @silverdrillpickle7596

    Жыл бұрын

    I found this channel and instantly subbed.

  • @johnsullivan5101

    @johnsullivan5101

    Жыл бұрын

    My theory is that if you live long enough everything you learn will one day become useful - that's my excuse for watching it

  • @leskeen4104
    @leskeen4104 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, Harry I am not a farmer but have always been interested in how farmers try to maintain an income and growth in today's climate, weather, and politics, as far as I am concerned you are all heroes from arable to dairy to hill farms rearing sheep in challenging conditions. To you and all the others, hang in there as we need you, and to anyone else reading this who is not a farmer BUY BRITISH when you can.

  • @davidedge2189

    @davidedge2189

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @clownworld-honk410

    @clownworld-honk410

    Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely! How he lives in a multi million pound house in the stockbroker belt, a garage full of exotica, a yacht in the Med on approx 20K per annum is a calculation that defies explanation. He must have sold Evo magazine for huge money. Can't have been a good investment for the new owners... I don't even remember the last time I bought a car mag.

  • @farmerwright

    @farmerwright

    Жыл бұрын

    @@clownworld-honk410 pointless comment how many other farmers are in that position? None! He's also being honest about the financials and educating people for free...I guess that's lost on you though!

  • @guyspooner4580

    @guyspooner4580

    Жыл бұрын

    @@clownworld-honk410 you answered your own snarky question

  • @petervautmans199

    @petervautmans199

    Жыл бұрын

    @@farmerwright there is, actually. He is called Jeremy Clarkson

  • @TheXeroid
    @TheXeroid Жыл бұрын

    Always fascinating videos from the farm. My heart goes out to farmers, it really does.

  • @Lifegrowsonandon

    @Lifegrowsonandon

    Жыл бұрын

    This guys a millionaire

  • @davidmg1925

    @davidmg1925

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Lifegrowsonandon Harry made his money in publishing diring the 90s is my understanding. I dont think the farm makes tat much.

  • @TheXeroid

    @TheXeroid

    Жыл бұрын

    @@davidmg1925 It was the point I was going to make David. Self-made millionaire, no problem with that at all. His videos share with us the challenges that farmers everywhere, (millionaires or not) are going through, hats off to him.

  • @cp4512

    @cp4512

    Жыл бұрын

    Same with Clarkson. Making money elsewhere doesn’t mean their message on how hard it is for normal UK farmers to make a profit isn’t true.

  • @sweetcorn1968
    @sweetcorn1968 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you Harry. The oilseed rape is in bloom here in Kent and making the place look magnificent. These videos are teaching me about the rural landscape where I live and make my dog walks more interesting. Thank you again.

  • @prjndigo
    @prjndigo Жыл бұрын

    The issue with the seed dressing is that some of it comes off as a dust while operating air seeders and becomes airborne and spreads like mad. Back when Bayer was doing seed trials with Clothianadin (the newer neonic) they killed 350,000,000 (estimate) of their own testing bee hives from drift dust from planters alone. Worse is a lot of the newest planters now use brush conveyors that rub more of it off and blow it into the air. You can literally put a thin line of imidacloprid fluid down in the drill lines along with the seeds to avoid the seed-coat problems.

  • @zerofull6936

    @zerofull6936

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for letting us see the other side of the coin.

  • @stevenfarrall3942

    @stevenfarrall3942

    Жыл бұрын

    Just to clarify. So that blue colour on OSR seeds is the insecticide dressing that does for the cabbage stem flea beetle? But you can substitute that at the time of sowing by introducing a liquid insecticide as you plant? So why isn't Mr Metcalfe doing that?

  • @alexmctavish5264

    @alexmctavish5264

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenfarrall3942 no there is no legal chemical preventative in the uk

  • @zerofull6936

    @zerofull6936

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenfarrall3942 Thank you.

  • @wiserguy7257

    @wiserguy7257

    Жыл бұрын

    Well, that is a good narrative. Also, your drill line method does not appear to be an efficient use of pesticide. There have been many rigorous studies, both the usual pre-licensing trials and the subsequent special reviews after imidacloprid insecticides were linked to bee colony collapses about 15 years ago. In Canada, where I farmed, after extensive review government agencies have concluded that seed treatments and coatings with neonicotinoid insecticides when used as directed were acceptably safe for canola (edible rapeseed) when used as directed, both for humans and the environment. (A special review was conducted for honeybees.) Machinery manufacturers and seed suppliers have also made technical advances in dust control for air seeding but fluidity agents for corn and soybeans licensed and approved for use are now more restricted. Even if the UK realizes it was off the mark too fast with bans and restrictions there will be no going back, only more narrative. It appears that there is going to be another expanded market opportunity for Canadian canola.

  • @jpeel2066
    @jpeel2066 Жыл бұрын

    If only the people that were in government had some farming knowledge and experience. Great video. Hope you get a good summer. All the best 🇬🇧.

  • @MKRM27

    @MKRM27

    Жыл бұрын

    But they clearly do. Hence, why that seed dressing was banned - those that understand the real damage it causes and how, will agree

  • @johnchristmas7522

    @johnchristmas7522

    Жыл бұрын

    If only they had ANY experience of ANYTHING. TROUBLE IS, NONE OF THEM HAS DONE A REAL DAYS WORK IN THE REAL WORLD,

  • @procatprocat9647

    @procatprocat9647

    Жыл бұрын

    Ignorant and bigoted comment. The decisions are made based on enormous and rigerous investigations and tests. Read some of the other responses if you want to learn the truth

  • @HarryMollyNut

    @HarryMollyNut

    Жыл бұрын

    Brexit...what a disaster

  • @BrassCovers
    @BrassCovers Жыл бұрын

    Harry’s farm at this point is just a volunteer public service. Hope things turn around for you and all farmers.

  • @matthewhughes3147
    @matthewhughes3147 Жыл бұрын

    10:46 Props to the cameraman for knowing what we all care about the most, Stanley

  • @BikeThrottleOfficial
    @BikeThrottleOfficial Жыл бұрын

    Would love to see a Harry’s Farm video covering farming chemicals sometime. What’s needed, what’s banned, what’s controversial and maybe even scratch the surface of how Monsanto and Bayer operate when it comes to their products!

  • @Jablicek

    @Jablicek

    Жыл бұрын

    Monsanto no longer exists.

  • @pffyespff

    @pffyespff

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Jablicek Products still exist, though. And also BASF, Dow, Syngenta...

  • @technique275
    @technique275 Жыл бұрын

    Looks like an extremely stressful job farming. A constant battle. Credit to those who do it. Keep up the great work. Atb.

  • @Lifegrowsonandon

    @Lifegrowsonandon

    Жыл бұрын

    It would be if he wasn't a millionaire

  • @technique275

    @technique275

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Lifegrowsonandon Perhaps so. Many probably are not.

  • @ghostrider7688

    @ghostrider7688

    Жыл бұрын

    @@technique275 exactly him and Clarkson are lucky in that regard , but are passionate about farming and this way of life so hats off to these gents 🎩

  • @Motivatorteo

    @Motivatorteo

    Жыл бұрын

    It is. Farming is unbelievably tough. So many farmers who don't have the popularity of Harry, who are working away in silence. Such hard workers.

  • @MKRM27

    @MKRM27

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Motivatorteo silence? Hmm. I don’t know a single farmer who doesn’t moan all day long. I’m one of them

  • @who_stole_my_username
    @who_stole_my_username Жыл бұрын

    Another interesting update, Harry. UK agri-policy continues to baffle me. The government should be supporting our farmers towards food independence, but it often feels like the opposite is happening.

  • @jack14kd

    @jack14kd

    Жыл бұрын

    Its not thier agenda. I agree we should be as self sufficient as poss energy n food but they would rather go the opposite

  • @Vladoo1

    @Vladoo1

    Жыл бұрын

    In Poland same thing we are restricted, and Eu flod us with all farming products, without any control from UKR.

  • @pauljenkinson1452

    @pauljenkinson1452

    Жыл бұрын

    You mean the same people that were predicting food shortages and then implemented counterproductive policies? There are evil agendas afoot.

  • @leeboss373

    @leeboss373

    Жыл бұрын

    They’re the en emy, they want u ded

  • @alanpatterson2759

    @alanpatterson2759

    Жыл бұрын

    @@leeboss373 You've got it! many haven't wonder when they'll wake up?

  • @peterdavidson431
    @peterdavidson431 Жыл бұрын

    Watch out for ticks on your dog with all these deer about.We have a big problem in SE Scotland

  • @sianwarwick633

    @sianwarwick633

    Жыл бұрын

    It's cold and rainy there - low ticks ?

  • @mantarayal
    @mantarayal Жыл бұрын

    I remember that previous "profit" and now 2K? Dear lord. I hope there are salaries for yourself and family in your costs. Fascinating as always. Hi from NZ. Farmers doing it tough everywhere I think. For all sorts of reasons.

  • @seanjamescameron
    @seanjamescameron Жыл бұрын

    On my allotment in London we are about a month behind in our sowings. Only in the past few days has the temperature risen but still cold at night.

  • @DW-dd4iw
    @DW-dd4iw Жыл бұрын

    We keep being told there are food shortages, the price of food has rocketed and yet there are no incentives for UK farmers to grow more crops and no money being passed down to farmers to help them. What crazy times we are living in.

  • @bishopdredd5349

    @bishopdredd5349

    Жыл бұрын

    Well the EU supports farming with incentives, but we all know what happened there.

  • @Quagmire925

    @Quagmire925

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bishopdredd5349 For goodness sake your not still crying about Brexit. Get over it, move along and help make a better future for UK farmers by lobbying your MP instead of constantly trying to turn back the clock!

  • @paulmarchant9231

    @paulmarchant9231

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bishopdredd5349 The EU supports inefficient peasant farmers, and that's because that's how the French system works...

  • @DW-dd4iw

    @DW-dd4iw

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bishopdredd5349 The UK paid the EU billions and the EU gave the UK millions back in subsidies. Brilliant.

  • @motolab.EuropeanMotorcycles

    @motolab.EuropeanMotorcycles

    Жыл бұрын

    @@paulmarchant9231 look at a map, and you will instantly see that the EU is a little bit bigger than only france… Please… wake up

  • @bobspeller2225
    @bobspeller2225 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Harry, this year seems to be hitting the farmers very hard, and your cost and work load does not decrease in line with these changes. We should be focusing on our own farming communities and home crops to help. I wish you luck with future plans. Cheers Bob

  • @superseven7947
    @superseven7947 Жыл бұрын

    Government agri Policymakers need to support our Farmers to produce food here in UK where we can have quality guaranteed food. The current policies are Daft!! Harry is an excellent ambassador for Farming, he has a way of explaining to the general public that is clear and understandable. It's a pity our Government won't listen to the Farmers. Thank you for an excellent video. Let's hope for good growing weather now😊👍

  • @thetessellater9163

    @thetessellater9163

    Жыл бұрын

    We cannot risk killing the bees, or there will be no food at all. The commenter above speaks of the problem being the dust, and suggests using fluid insecticide, something which the government has not explored !!! They are, after all, only interested in keeping millionaires from paying any tax ! Sheisters, the lot of 'em.

  • @user-io4sr7vg1v

    @user-io4sr7vg1v

    Жыл бұрын

    If people are stupid and obey them, it's their fault. You can always tell them to f*ck off.

  • @brettk4083

    @brettk4083

    Жыл бұрын

    The Dutch politicians are even worse. Unfathomable.

  • @Piglife101

    @Piglife101

    Жыл бұрын

    You don’t have a clue

  • @garethbarton6095

    @garethbarton6095

    Жыл бұрын

    The problem is, that if we listen farmers, we'll reintroduce neonicotinoids and seed coatings. And that is not the answer.

  • @cromulentparty
    @cromulentparty Жыл бұрын

    A similar thing happened with the Orange industry here in Australia. carbendazim was banned but we kept importing orange concentrate from Brazil who use the chemical!

  • @Spoon-vy9jz
    @Spoon-vy9jz Жыл бұрын

    In my small experience of farming I could never make out the pricing structure which always seemed to be against the farmer. When I bought seed, fertiliser and sprays etc I had to pay the price that the supplier quoted, like it or not. Come harvest time I got paid the price set by the market at the time. In both cases the prices were set by someone else so I had no control over them at all. If I had the benefit of storage space then things may have been better but with volatile prices and the cost of another building it never seemed worth it. Very glad I saw the light and got out of the rat race but I take my hat off to all the farmers who still go at it no matter what.

  • @garypoulton7311
    @garypoulton7311 Жыл бұрын

    Something is really wrong when it's more profitable to not produce food, it's ridiculous how politicians, with no idea, decide things that effect the fundamental basis of our existence.

  • @louisholden5127

    @louisholden5127

    Жыл бұрын

    It's ridiculous to imply that farmers, who profit from environmental deregulation, should get to deregulate their industry. They've done what they wanted to for centuries and all we have to show for it is an island that's basically devoid of wildlife, one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. Politicians are generally stupid - so we need environmental experts in charge of environmental regulation instead. Maybe then we can have rivers and lakes that aren't full of sewage and fertiliser, and wild land that isn't just grassy desert.

  • @ianclarke4660
    @ianclarke4660 Жыл бұрын

    Great video and full of farming information. Your comment about importing oils (oilseed rape) is very valid. We could do with some in power to change or influence policy with farming knowledge. I remember years ago working for a farmer who was on the agricultural ministry during the war. His job was to get farmers to plough up permanent pastures and drain land to grow food. I wonder when our politicians will wake up to the fact we need security of food supply rather than importation of food. The old farmer told me it was a real job to get them to plough land which they had been dog and stick farming for most of the 1930’s and making a living out of it.

  • @grahamholliday9962

    @grahamholliday9962

    11 ай бұрын

    Problem for UK farmers is that overseas producers can offer lower prices &n c.o.l. spiral as currently experiencing all of us want to pay less at supermarket UK needs to concentrate on producing crops that suit it but then you get a crisis as caused by the "£$t Putin & food security becomes a live issue again. I dont know what the solution is other than Ukraine winning the war 7 a sort of normality to return till the next crisis in supply disrupts eveything.

  • @jamesmisener3006
    @jamesmisener3006 Жыл бұрын

    Same story on costs and return here in Central Canada. A lot of farmers belong to a co-op where grains etc are dried, stored and held until sold to market. It can help with better returns but it can hurt when prices don't rebound and you have co op fees to pay but at least we're not completely tied to the price offered at harvest. Cheers 🇨🇦

  • @jhiv3945
    @jhiv3945 Жыл бұрын

    Many thanks Harry. I think the basic problem is that the Government hasn't a clue about farming and, it seems, just don't want to know.

  • @johnchristmas7522

    @johnchristmas7522

    Жыл бұрын

    THE TORIES JUST LIKE TO PALM IT OFF TO THE "PRIVATE SECTOR" AND EARN A COMMISSION

  • @pistonburner6448

    @pistonburner6448

    Жыл бұрын

    They will do what the highest bidder asks them to do. Either a lobbyist for a corporation or an evil lunatic like Soros just wanting to destroy nations: whomever pays them enough, the politicians of either major party will enact what they want.

  • @MrManBuzz

    @MrManBuzz

    Жыл бұрын

    The Tories would prefer to see farmers fail, and then their friends scoop up the land for cheap. It baffles me that people are still unable to understand who and what Tories do when they're in power. Hopefully they're not going to be in power much longer however, what a state they've left the UK in.

  • @stevehomer3676
    @stevehomer3676 Жыл бұрын

    UK government has not had an agriculture ministry for years it's a backwater of the environment department and the awkward kid they don't want. They would rather import cheap food from abroad. Good for keeping inflation down, good for the stock market supermarket dividends. Paying farmers to not grow food is crazy but that's where we find ourselves.

  • @reddcocker64
    @reddcocker64 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing all of the behind the scenes details of managing a farm.

  • @silverdrillpickle7596
    @silverdrillpickle7596 Жыл бұрын

    Hang in there, Sir; always glad to hear from you.

  • @timwilkinson8023
    @timwilkinson8023 Жыл бұрын

    Really interesting content again Harry. Thanks and keep them coming along please.

  • @tdolan500
    @tdolan500 Жыл бұрын

    Been so looking forward to another episode of Harry’s farm!

  • @firminshepherd4834
    @firminshepherd4834 Жыл бұрын

    As always a great video well presented. Harry does such a great job of conveying the key points. Excellent insight. Thank you!

  • @janedr6400
    @janedr6400 Жыл бұрын

    Always find your videos interesting. We really do appreciate everything you do for us.

  • @whosyourmate8292
    @whosyourmate8292 Жыл бұрын

    These videos are always interesting, as are the comments. Good work. Thanks for bringing us along Harry 👍

  • @johnmilburn5715
    @johnmilburn5715 Жыл бұрын

    I find your videos unbelievably interesting and informative, thank you so much for the effort you put into them. I just wish the damp government would watch, note and act on them!! Thanks Harry. 🙂🙂

  • @johnmilburn5715

    @johnmilburn5715

    Жыл бұрын

    That should be damn, not damp😂

  • @NigelMarston
    @NigelMarston Жыл бұрын

    I cycled around a few fields of yellow yesterday in the north Cotswolds area - around Bredon Hill. You could smell the crop. Always looks really beautiful. In fact, a friend took me up in his single engined plane 4 years ago and the rape fields always look the best.

  • @kuyamoto9195

    @kuyamoto9195

    Жыл бұрын

    As a mischievous teenager I once rode an enduro bike through a rape field in full flower (along a tram line). I learnt a valuable lesson doing that!! Me, my clothes, the bike, all came out looking like Big Bird from Sesame Street! Didn't ever do that again.

  • @chinnyvision

    @chinnyvision

    Жыл бұрын

    I ran across a field today (footpath goes straight across) and came out the other side covered in yellow and eyes streaming. Was wheat last year. Their rape crops look pretty healthy.

  • @johnnunn8688

    @johnnunn8688

    Жыл бұрын

    Linseed looks top too.

  • @MKRM27

    @MKRM27

    Жыл бұрын

    A bit further north than Harry, the fields around me with solid dense yellow. Could just be that Harry got unlucky this year, and one farm doesn’t necessarily paint a true picture of what’s going on.

  • @blops16
    @blops16 Жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to hearing your analysis Harry.

  • @Davieboy694
    @Davieboy694 Жыл бұрын

    Love watching your videos,maybe these sort of videos should be on tv as they are so educational to highlight the problems farmers face constantly Keep up great videos harry👍🏻

  • @HarryMollyNut

    @HarryMollyNut

    Жыл бұрын

    This is TV

  • @eldorado767
    @eldorado767 Жыл бұрын

    Farmers are the world's original optimists- and gamblers! Thanks, Harry-

  • @brianlever3767
    @brianlever3767 Жыл бұрын

    Nice to have you back always interesting you postings

  • @ricado372
    @ricado372 Жыл бұрын

    Here in Brittany the fields are full of lovely yellow bloom. The flours started about 5 weeks ago. So I can't see how it's the pesticide ban that's preventing healhy crops.

  • @davidjones2867
    @davidjones2867 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for your insight Harry ! Very 🤨 interesting

  • @stoneysteenkamp7365
    @stoneysteenkamp7365 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Harry. I am a keen follower of your very interesting YT channel here in South Africa. Sorry about the rape crop. We also farm with oilseed rape in the Western Cape but here it is called Canola. Being a vegetable farmer myself, I grow rape (English Giant) for the many Malawian immigrants living in South Africa, only harvesting the leaves, much like spinach. All the best to you, looks like it is going to be another difficult year in UK farming, at least you have subsidies, over here we do not receive anything from the government.

  • @mrfrosty42
    @mrfrosty42 Жыл бұрын

    There is a very big disconnect between the ultimate consumer and the farming reality - the simple answer is farm producers have to increase their prices to ensure a reasonable profit and the consumer has to suck up the supermarket price rises needed. However, when we have 'Global' business models and cheap imports from places that don't follow best practices or can use treatments banned to us then as a producer you are held at knife point by the supermarket or food processors. This is where Government needs to step in and create a fairer playing field. I shan't hold my breath

  • @alanpatterson2759

    @alanpatterson2759

    Жыл бұрын

    They wont its part of a plan and you're the target! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ppyGppiShqbVfLQ.html

  • @steffydog
    @steffydog Жыл бұрын

    Great video as always Harry, some scary numbers there. Wishing you all the best.

  • @richardmosley4549
    @richardmosley4549 Жыл бұрын

    Regarding OSR my anecdotal hunch just from driving around the UK these last few weeks is that you're not alone Harry. I'm seeing MUCH fewer bright yellow fields than normal. Saw a few today in the Gloucestershire/M5 region, but further up north - where I used to delight in seeing the bright yellow fields - I'm seeing significantly fewer....

  • @wdguild1
    @wdguild1 Жыл бұрын

    Another very informative farm video, thank you Harry. I choke thinking about the regulative environment under that you try to run a "profitable" farm. Without assured income it must be a brain busting exercise to establish a an ongoing farm management programme that can beat both the Governmental "land management" requirements and at the same time continue to be a profitable future farm operation. I know that you are not alone with this as it seems to be a world wide problem right now. In New Zealand things are not that different, with regulations not dissimilar, with continued financial regulations, and unpredictable climatic influences.

  • @murrieteacher
    @murrieteacher Жыл бұрын

    We are having the same issues in Australia. The farm support industries is pricing themselves out of the industry. What will end up is that farmers will just stop producing and they will have no market. There could be a considerable shortage of exports here as we have had some of the biggest recurring floods in history.

  • @Mano1963

    @Mano1963

    Жыл бұрын

    Before returning to farming I did 30 years in haulage, what this taught me was that no matter how bad things got. there was always the next wanna be millionaire waiting in the wings to have a go.

  • @nickhoward9343
    @nickhoward9343 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you harry

  • @judih.8754
    @judih.8754 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for another informative video Harry. BTW Stanley sure has gotten bigger!

  • @plankliveriesold
    @plankliveriesold Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating insight. Thank you for your honest assessment. 🤞 You break even

  • @Carlowman88
    @Carlowman88 Жыл бұрын

    Any chance you could do an update video on your solar panels with comparison against your turbine for power production? Looking forward to more regular videos again. 👍

  • @martinw9827
    @martinw9827 Жыл бұрын

    Another thoroughly enjoyable show, keep it going Harry

  • @richardmatthews3304
    @richardmatthews3304 Жыл бұрын

    Good one Harry we are all in for a bumpy ride come the end of sfp

  • @richardhale2117
    @richardhale2117 Жыл бұрын

    Stanley doesn't seem bothered at all by the farms financial challenges.

  • @brucedriffill7668
    @brucedriffill7668 Жыл бұрын

    Went past a field of OSR, a day or two ago, looked ok from a distance, but on closer look it was quite sparse and the plants looked small

  • @billkeaveney1526
    @billkeaveney1526 Жыл бұрын

    Cheers Harry i hope you are able to stay in food production.

  • @phil_d
    @phil_d Жыл бұрын

    I've just driven back through France and their OSR fields are full of yellow. Such a shame for UK farmers getting spanked again.

  • @mrdunns3338

    @mrdunns3338

    Жыл бұрын

    Lots of yellow in north Northumberland and southern counties of Scotland and on the rare day when the sun shines, it starts to stink.

  • @georgemoore2928

    @georgemoore2928

    Жыл бұрын

    This was probably filmed a week ago or so but up here in Norfolk the OSR fields are all in flower.

  • @Ptank989

    @Ptank989

    Жыл бұрын

    Same in south of Ireland. All fields around me in full flower

  • @stupossibleify

    @stupossibleify

    Жыл бұрын

    Fields of yellow OSR is plentiful here in Lancs

  • @MrSuperG

    @MrSuperG

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s horrible stuff 😂

  • @jeremyparsons5379
    @jeremyparsons5379 Жыл бұрын

    Was driving by earlier, had a quick look at the crops 😊

  • @cp4512
    @cp4512 Жыл бұрын

    The food manufacturers and supermarkets don’t pass on saving to customers, they just take the profits. So why not put import taxes onto foreign imports (that can be grown using UK banned pesticides) to give UK farmers a chance and also it stops condoning the use of banned chemicals in other counties. We need to be more self sufficient in food production (and energy!)

  • @joeychaseable
    @joeychaseable Жыл бұрын

    It seems some out there are trying to destroy food production. I hope and I will pray that you're able to withstand the onslaught against farmers and our food production...

  • @gavinspring1350
    @gavinspring1350 Жыл бұрын

    Really educational and extremely interesting. I'm a car guy, and I honestly enjoy the farm more😮😊. Have you thought about not only trying the mixed legume environmental thing, but also a section of farm for glamping? Plenty of punters would pay to stay and glamp on your beautiful farm mate👍😅

  • @nigelday001
    @nigelday001 Жыл бұрын

    All by design Harry , you know this …. Your love is producing food , which all benefit from… I also understand protection of the farm , in other words you will be paid ‘for the time being’ , to not produce food ! What an awful predicament, do you stand your ground,or give in ?

  • @volvo24091
    @volvo24091 Жыл бұрын

    I knew Harry as a car guy. Nice to know you actually have a real farm for crop farming. Always thought it was a farm of cars.

  • @Z-u-m-a
    @Z-u-m-a Жыл бұрын

    Harry - please could you do an 'If I was in charge....' video on UK agriculture? What would you do if given the job. Would be fascinating to hear.

  • @jamesavickers5961
    @jamesavickers5961 Жыл бұрын

    I knew it the flipping old car videos that’s why I have missed the farm so very very much indeed..I do understand if I had the chance too drive around in the new Ferrari ect so tempting. All the best Harry ciao ciao

  • @donaldforbes3458
    @donaldforbes3458 Жыл бұрын

    Here in southeast Dordogne rapeseed crops are flourishing and well into flower but we’re also having a drought which will cause problems for farmers later on this summer. it was a surprise to hear that it rained throughout March in Oxfordshire.

  • @davejenvey3598
    @davejenvey3598 Жыл бұрын

    When do farmer's just tell the government NO!

  • @peterlocke5204
    @peterlocke5204 Жыл бұрын

    Venison could be a nice little sideline then Harry, sell it locally and or mail order, problem solved!!. Cheers.

  • @Dg-zj6jo
    @Dg-zj6jo Жыл бұрын

    what a lovely place you have sir

  • @meowth900
    @meowth900 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating stuff. I like learning about what farming is like in other countries.

  • @johnchristmas7522

    @johnchristmas7522

    Жыл бұрын

    Bloody expensive hobby!

  • @davidcole8268
    @davidcole8268 Жыл бұрын

    About bally time! I've been watching too many Harry's Garage videos for my own good.

  • @grahamstubbs4962
    @grahamstubbs4962 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating stuff. Are there any options for value add to the farmed product? Soups, stews, breakfast cereals etc?

  • @laytonphillips6667
    @laytonphillips6667 Жыл бұрын

    Great video harry, spray it off put the carrier through it and put some oats in.

  • @ghostrider7688
    @ghostrider7688 Жыл бұрын

    Growing the OSR is a gamble for you Harry you’ve said it many times . Last year you hit the jackpot but the risk of the flea bettle etc remain

  • @davefoster2371
    @davefoster2371 Жыл бұрын

    Fair play to you putting honest reports out

  • @mikecampbell7421
    @mikecampbell7421 Жыл бұрын

    Something needs to change dramatically in our farming. I am 61 yrs old and the loss of bio diversity I have witnessed is just heart wrenching. Its not climate change its loss of habitat and our land management practices. However, we dress it we need a very bio diverse eco system or, we will fail. We must become more sustainable and start to work with nature, be a part of it and not apart from it. I confess I do not know the answer, we have to feed ourselves and if the CoVid debacle taught us anything it should be that we have to maintain our own food chain. Why don't we all by British and why don't farmers work amongst themselves in a huge Co-Op and sod the Supermarkets. Oh, and eat Venison !!!

  • @hansbambach4854

    @hansbambach4854

    Жыл бұрын

    Truth here....

  • @dontcomment6012
    @dontcomment6012 Жыл бұрын

    Great insight. Farming so interesting. I'm learning so much. 👍

  • @lesleysmith5623
    @lesleysmith5623 Жыл бұрын

    I must be in the minority. We live in south Worcestershire on the edge of the Cotswolds. I understand the need and economics of OSR but have always regarded the giant fields of bright yellow OSR as a relatively modern blot on the landscape. Much prefer a green or golden cereal crop landscape.

  • @hedydd2
    @hedydd2 Жыл бұрын

    What small acreage of OSR we have in Ceredigion [Cardiganshire] seems to be fully in flower. Aberystwyth University have a few acres at Morfa Mawr and a Mr George has a fair acreage down south. There’s a few fields here and there in between but not a lot.

  • @johncourtneidge
    @johncourtneidge Жыл бұрын

    A fine exposition of the impossibility of commodity agribusiness.

  • @garrygreen4814
    @garrygreen4814 Жыл бұрын

    Well done Harry , man you work hard, farmings not for weedy people for sure

  • @S.ASmith
    @S.ASmith Жыл бұрын

    The OSR here in Suffolk and Norfolk has been faring a bit better, it's in bloom and the fields are looking lovely and yellow. Unsure on what the yields will be though.

  • @oldmcdonald6319

    @oldmcdonald6319

    Жыл бұрын

    I took a drive to Liverpool last weekend, and I can't remember the last time I saw so much OSR. Lovely sight, guess they got lucky in that region this year

  • @colinunderdown1758
    @colinunderdown1758 Жыл бұрын

    The fields here in Bretagne where OSR is growing look very healthy and in bloom.

  • @guyspooner4580

    @guyspooner4580

    Жыл бұрын

    Is the banned pesticide allowed there?

  • @bloke755
    @bloke755 Жыл бұрын

    Farming seems to becoming more of a hobby than a sustainable business / way of life 😔

  • @MrDickie0075
    @MrDickie0075 Жыл бұрын

    Stick at it Harry. 👏

  • @stevemccormack9948
    @stevemccormack9948 Жыл бұрын

    Hey Harry - guess what. You could have Vivaldi's Four Seasons as the theme music for your farm show. Get a Royalty free(old) recording of it. You could vary it according to the time of year for each episode.- Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Each season has I recall 3 pieces so you would basically have a different tune for each month. And what wonderful tunes they are . . Come away oh human child to the waters and the wild.

  • @CLT007
    @CLT007 Жыл бұрын

    Sad to see the difficulties from all sides as well as the 'usual' weather It is is important that as may people as possible know the problems of farming in the U.K. and Europe - whilst we all want to be environmentally good I think most people want to retain food production as a priority...

  • @_gray_
    @_gray_ Жыл бұрын

    You could create the Cotswold Concours and hold it on the fields?

  • @dominicsignorile9511
    @dominicsignorile9511 Жыл бұрын

    I’m sure you know what you’re doing Harry but a thought just came to mind after seeding some property in Pennsylvania and watching corn grow for years. Maybe Penn State can help? Can you put down a product to treat the soil before you seed it to kill the insects and feed the worms? If it wasn’t called fishing it would be called catching! 🪱🛥 🎣 🐠 🐟

  • @niekderijcke7699
    @niekderijcke7699 Жыл бұрын

    Good video as always

  • @cepheus7850
    @cepheus7850 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the update, Harry. Will there be any animals like cows or sheep coming to visit and graze on your grassy hills again? Whatever you decide to grow after OSR, even if it's not food, I hope you'll continue to make videos.

  • @ianstoyan

    @ianstoyan

    Жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see Harry grow more cows or sheep. He could convert some of his cropland to grass pasture next spring, and be grazing beef on it in the late summer. Harry knows all about Pasture for Life.

  • @sianwarwick633

    @sianwarwick633

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ianstoyan he could finish beef on the grass. I think he mentioned sheep was not an option

  • @abobharding
    @abobharding Жыл бұрын

    tough times ! hope they improve

  • @megapangolin1093
    @megapangolin1093 Жыл бұрын

    Harry, so sorry to hear that things continue to be so tough just trying to make a living on a farm growing crops for us to eat. I honestly don't know how farmers keep on in the light of all of the adversity from the government, the weather and the international price lottery for your inputs and outputs. If I was young I wouldn't even consider farming, given the risk, I would be a Diversity coordinator for a small local council on about £100K. The world is a weird place at the moment.

  • @skygod1067
    @skygod1067 Жыл бұрын

    Great insight into farming

  • @JCviggen1
    @JCviggen1 Жыл бұрын

    Thankfully there's nothing better than a collection of classic supercars to prepare oneself for the prospect of frequent financial disasters.

  • @cartoonhead9222

    @cartoonhead9222

    Жыл бұрын

    Not gonna be much use when petrol is illegal.

  • @alanpatterson2759

    @alanpatterson2759

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cartoonhead9222 Lets say restricted or rationed! don't want to pull the complete rug from under the market! hell i get a lot of joy out of bangers and cash.

  • @MrManBuzz

    @MrManBuzz

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@cartoonhead9222 Never going to happen. It may get prohibitively expensive for normal people, but it'll never get banned. Why do I say that? Well as long as the rich and powerful like ICE cars, there will always be ways for them to use it.

  • @edblair5253
    @edblair5253 Жыл бұрын

    Harry's vids are the best. Thank you Harry. There is alot in the news about seed oil being quite unhealthy. Have you heard of this and would it be something you would consider in the futire?

  • @leeboss373

    @leeboss373

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s more than unhealthy, it’s deadly. I switched back to only animal fats a while back, couldn’t believe the weight loss and my health issues cleared up.

  • @billwilson1320
    @billwilson1320 Жыл бұрын

    Fear not! The Australian & New Zealand free trade agreements turn back the clock to the days before the EU. Bring it on!

  • @beadmu
    @beadmu Жыл бұрын

    clicked on harrys farm before the car channel. so happy

  • @tuckerbugeater
    @tuckerbugeater Жыл бұрын

    Maybe people will figure out who's causing this crisis when they're waiting in breadlines. But I highly doubt it.

  • @richardmatthews3304

    @richardmatthews3304

    Жыл бұрын

    Theyl just keep importing food and slashing down the rain forest till it's all gone,

  • @andrewdenby8239

    @andrewdenby8239

    Жыл бұрын

    Does it begin with a B or is it just another Tory government?

  • @michaelcope856

    @michaelcope856

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@andrewdenby8239 Both, but we can only reverse one of them.

  • @andrewdenby8239

    @andrewdenby8239

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michaelcope856 Only time will tell...

  • @stevewilson6390

    @stevewilson6390

    Жыл бұрын

    @@andrewdenby8239 Why are you blaming the Tories ? Blame the supermarkets because they are bringing veg and salads and other produce in from Africa and beyond. Air miles alone are ridiculous. Why oh why are they not encouraging and investing in British farms .

  • @filougreendog
    @filougreendog Жыл бұрын

    Regarding the flea beetles, a small scale mechanical method of destroying them was employed by the late lawrence d hills. he fabricated a lightweight wheeled device which brushed the brassicas, disturbing the beetles as it passed over them, and was followed by yellow sticky paper ( like fly trap paper) which the beetles would be stuck to. I wonder how practical it might be on a farm scale to fabricate a wide and light, towed boom, operating under similar principals, that could be run over a field crop at appropriate intervals ? and whether it might be a novel way of controling these beasties?

  • @thisisanno
    @thisisanno Жыл бұрын

    Top man !

  • @denishennessy1318
    @denishennessy1318 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent content

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