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Good morning Geoff. It’s a shame the old rusty hand saw is Sthil available but you can’t beet the power of petroleum lol. We may open up the window as a doorway at some point in the future. Thanks for watching. I love receiving your great comments. Have a great day. Ho by the way I finally met Charlotte Ashley yesterday. What a lovely person she is. Sorry no videos of us but we had a great chat.
Thanks for taking time out to reply Richard I really do enjoy your videos, certainly wide enough window to open into a door, good lintol above ready for it Great to hear you caught up with Charlotte and it sounds like what you see is what you get, brilliant Keep up the great work Stay safe, would say we're heading into inclement weather, but as this years been, think we're well prepared Geoff
@@GeoffreyMoore-i9kGeoff, There is a small clip of Charlotte and myself chatting on Evie Gibbons video about robot milking she posted. We are on the right hand side at 48 seconds into the video. Charlotte is incredible and very talented in video creation. I admire what Roy and Charlotte has achieved. @charlotteashleyfarm
That’s a good question Richard. We have the pipes on a chain hanging from the top of the robots so the pipes just miss the floor. This was done because of the very reason you mentioned. We did originally have the pipes dragging and wearing out. Thank for watching 👍 Richard
You mentioned Christmas then started practicing your sledging lol think they call that a link Will you be servicing the zero grazer over winter, will that be a video Well done again on your intervention and the progress tiny Tina is making shows the care you're giving to your stock Great video again Richard, thank you Take care Geoff
Geoff, thanks for the kind words! 😂 You got me - the sledge/Christmas link was totally intentional! 😉 I'll definitely do a video on the zero grazer service over winter. Glad you're enjoying the updates on Tiny Tina. Take care, Richard
Now that is a fantastic Question. In my opinion, there's a link between zero grazing and increased risk of TB outbreaks, but it's not the sole cause. Higher animal density, stress, and inadequate biosecurity practices can all contribute to the spread of TB. However, with proper management and biosecurity measures, the risks associated with zero grazing can be minimized. Thank you for your Question. Richard.
@@yorkshirefarming all that is true and correct but the massive increase of late in TB is being linked to zero grazers bringing infected badger dung in the grass where then the bovine can not sort it out of the chopped grass.
Is that downed cow a candidate for bovine bondage, as Charlotte would imply, ankle straps to prevent further splits, at least till she gains her strength back Tiny Tina, hopefully she continues to fight, confident you'll give her the help and encouragement she needs Tom put his Can Am in a ditch, it survived lol Joe likes the cafe there too Take great care Richard, definitely a happy farmer making your audience smile along Geoff
Bovine Bondage. Definitely!!! Cow have recovered nicely. She’s in the back pen of the robots so she’s on straw. We are all hoping Tiny Tina does well but she is so small. Tom did bog his buggy 🤣🤣🤣 The food at Gisburn Auction Mart is fantastic. Full breakfast in the morning then full choices for lunch. The “T” is cracking
Hi Jim. What a good question. To answer I have to go back 5 years. Before robots we were milking cows on a 5/10 parlour. We were around 75 cows average. We could at that time graze all the cows here at the main farm. We just made silage to cover the winter and graze the cows in summer. Moving forward to present day. We don’t have enough land around the farm to graze all the cows during the summer months. Also our current silage pits just aren’t big enough to make enough silage to cover a full year. Without spending a small fortune in building silage pits and alternating the old barn to modernise everything it made more sense to bring the grass to the cows. The grass is cut with the zero grazing from land which is 3 miles away from the main farm where we have plenty of grass for the cows. It was a no brainier. We spent £38.000 on the machine or we spent £500.000 on rebuilding the farm so we can increase cow numbers. The benefits of feeding fresh grass every day is huge. We are extremely efficient with fresh cut grass. There is no wasted grass from porch and cow pats also cows treading and lying. We cutting at the optimum grass length so cows get the perfect feed every single time. Im just putting a video together this week I think I may add your question into it. I will show the land and what it looks like as of today. I know it October but our fields look lush again very green like they do in spring. So we have already prepared for spring. I hope I’ve answered you question as it was a great question. All the best Richard
Thanks for your message. I do my own editing. The disadvantages is it means I just can’t get videos out on a regular schedule. All the best from us. Thanks for watching. Richard
Afternoon Richard, another great video Thanks again for your live the other day, other than a couple of technical issues, it was great to have the interaction I wondered if you ever got tyred of moving them wheels lol, but you added in you hate tyres, you mentioned the top looking soft, a rest of lack of weight, would it help to move the tyres back as you open up the clamp, or is the "damage" done Your new yard hand's a bit quiet, not as informative as yourself, could almost describe him as robotic in his work lol Take great care, keep the updates coming Geoff
Hi Geoff. Thanks again for your messages. We just hate Tyers as the are just so NOT environmental friendly. We don’t have enough tiers to cover all the pit and we REALLY don’t want any more. The silage pushing robot is just on demo and has gone back now. It’s something we may invest in someday. Nice to hear from you. Richard
@@richard3008 thank you for your kind words. I think we just take it for granted in knowing what to look for it’s nice to show everyone how we deal with a situation. A good one in this case. Thanks again. 👍
Richard your experience shines through, you're so calm, even during a stressful calving Excellent commentary too Thanks again for sparing the time to educate and dare I say entertain us Geoff
@@GeoffreyMoore-i9k Geoff. Thanks for your kind words. I hope I do entertain you. If I have entertained at least one viewer my job has been successful and I’m a happy farmer😎😎😎🤣🤣🤣👍
Manganese!!! It’s a nightmare. We had to replace all pipes on the farm many years ago even every field well too it cost us a fortune. We now filter the water and so far all is good. The road cone works a treat. Just don’t tell the council 🤣🤣
Well this is brilliant! The chances of it being a fellow RU-viding farmer that I was filming! If I’d have known I would have been down! We will have to make this happen! 😀😀👍
Morning Richard Another great informative video, thank you Can't believe how rude Joe was lol, I'll make sure to tell him later lol Is there any possibility of widening that gateway to make life a little easier for you, full respect for managing it Thank you for the show footage and especially showing the MF135 and the little MF35, my 1st introduction was MF135 in 70's, the 35 looks as tidy as Mr B's, too many green machine enthusiasts walk by the little red devil's lol Take care, keep doing what you're doing Geoff
Geoff. Thank you for your comments they are very much appreciated. All respect to Joe, there is no way he would have known that it was me😁 The gateway is onto a private lane We have considered widening it. It would help. The problem is the zero grazing machine bends better one way than the other to drive out forwards we need to get it out onto the lane over 3/4 out of the field so we can turn. The lane is too narrow. It was good to see some of the old tractors restored. I did not show them all in the video but there was a lot of them. It’s a great little local show in Halifax. Thanks again for watching 👀. I look forward to your comments. Richard
Thanks for this. There are mole hills all around the cemetary my family are buried in, 2 big mole hills right next to dads headstone. I will be on the case tomorrow.
You caught me out 🤣🤣🤣 you spotted it. We’ve had it about 4 weeks now. Our old one was on its last legs. I’ve been looking for a replacement from January this year. We tried a Kramer on demo and did not like it. We then tried the JCB. The rest was history. 👍 we love it. It’s not a big one but just right for us.
I'm guessing it's as much the cows creating the building heat, as it is the weather The ringworm, have you tried Tom Pemberton cure, hanging up bundles of holly, sounds crazy but he say it works, and seen him use it in calf pen and "the showroom " pens. Cheaper than a vet and not restrictions for drugs Eternit did similar in Tom's buildings, surprising how the smoke n potentially pneumonia can drift n hang within a building Once again Richard, a fantastic video, thought provoking and discussion starting Keep safe and keep them coming. Love your enthusiasm
Hello, Yes I Agree, I did watch Toms video on the Holly hanging to help with the ring worm. We have tried it and can confirm it seems to work. I think its a natural chemical in the holly. The smoke test is interesting so we can see how the building ventilates. Thank you aging for your comments I really love the interaction.
@yorkshirefarming totally appreciate you taking the time to produce and publish these informative videos, not from farming, however I have uncles in the business and I've worked construction on some local farms, but the business interests me, food miles, historic shortages and rationing, so it frustrates me that your industry isn't better appreciated especially by government they obviously haven't read or learnt from history Thank you again for your patience and replies
Hello, my dear sir, my name is Mounir from Morocco. Do you need a farm servant? I am looking for work on a cow farm. I have 11 years of experience in cow farms and in fodder, feeding cows, milking cows, cleaning the stable, planting green fodder and silage, driving agricultural machinery. I am patient at work and can bear all the burdens of work. I can work 7 days a week. All zero and plane expenses are at my personal expense. 🙏 Please help me, my dear sir. May God bless you. I hope you accept my request to work with you. Please accept my full thanks, gratitude and appreciation. MOUNIR QRIFA
Joe Seels has borehole water, same issue with black deposits in the pipe, big problem for his ball valves too With the ever increasing costs, don't blame you salvaging as much corn from the towers as you can, better in the feed than the bin Thanks again for your efforts producing all these informative videos, now im up to date, looking forward to the next installment Take great care all
Thank you so much for watching. It means a lot to us. I love your questions too. You are welcome to ask as much as you can I will try to answer all questions if it helps keeping everyone informed on how and why we do things. Thank you again and looking forward to more interaction
Sorry richard, another non farmer question, when you did 1st cut and clamped it within the building, you pushed it up with butt rake on front of jcb, but this outside clamp you're using tractor, pushing it up in reverse, any reason, advantage or disadvantage with the with the
That is a great question. The inside pits are covered with a low roof. Using the Buck Rake on the front of the JCB allows us to stack the grass higher and get more in the silage clamp. Using the Buck Rake on the back of the tractor is the original way the Buck Rake was originally designed to be used. The introduction of loadalls or telly handlers over the last 30 years seems to be the new way. They have lots of power to do the job. Our outside silage pit has no restrictions and out JCB is used to feed the cows so just for convenience we used the tractor. 🚜
🤣🤣🤣 yes Jake was very quiet for some time afterwards. He’s only 19 years and only driven on The road and flat land. Some of our land is steep and challenging. You have to have your wits about you.
Been looking forward to this video Working through your back catalogue, saw your video on flooding, watching Tom, Joe and Olly with their issues with getting on the land, I was concerned how zero grazing would work in our yorkshire climate, excellent explanation fantastic machinery Like a large lawn mower with collector The walking floor would be an asset in a feeding corridor, no head heights issues for tipping Apologies for all my comments, but really fascinated by these videos and watching on catch up produces more questions Thanks Richard
The zero grazer is a very useful pice of kit. Our land is split by a distance of 3 miles. It allows us to graze land mechanically over distances. The weather was a nightmare this spring and had a knock on effect all summer. It has been a challenge.
AMAZING, couldn't believe how the two cows jumped straight in to clean up and dry off the little calf, thought it would be mum's responsibility, thought other cows would be uninterested or even opposed to another cows calf Tell you, EVERY day is a school day, thank you for sharing the experience with us all
Yes. The clean up can be mixed. It usually happens when another cow is very close to Calving. It must send their hormones into a frenzy. It can be sometimes a good thing and sometimes a bad thing. We do monitor this. The calf will try to drink of the other cow and not its own mum. 👍
