How does a £150k big baler work & how much straw do you get off a field? Plus loading wheat onto lorries and the drought continues.. This video was made with the support of: https://www.ruralassetfinance.com/ https://www.howdeninsurance.co.uk/personal/farm-estate/rural-insurance?int=10972 https://www.lathamssteeldoors.co.uk/ https://www.ctek.com/uk/
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I wonder how many young men and woman, that by watching Kaleb Cooper have decided to peruse a career in agriculture.... He is an absolute gem
I have become much more interested in farming and farming issues in the last few years because of this channel. Thanks.
Well said Harry - respect to all our lorry drivers who keep the country moving and stocked with all we need!
Harry and Kaleb talking farming, weather, yields and so on. Cracking way to end a Sunday relaxing in Sydney, Australia. Two bloody legends! Cheers from Oz 🇦🇺
My wife has learnt a lot from Harry's videos. She has a bumper crop of weeds this year.
I love how you engage with the younger generations and listen to them as well as imparting experience and knowledge Harry 👏👏👍👍
In the late 80s and early 90s I ran a pick your own strawberry farm and we would bale the straw from a local wheat farmer to straw down the fields the following spring. Each bale was one of those old school rectangles weighing maybe 40 kilos and you would spend the day bailing each line of straw the combine had left (barley straw was no good as it would clog the machine come straw laying time), now and then stopping when the knives for the twine got bunged up, then at around 7 pm you would bring in the flat bed trailer to the field and 3 of us would physically throw them up maybe 9 or 10 layers high and totter back to the farm hoping to be able to make it to the pub for last orders. A couple of days got us a couple of thousand small bales which was enough for the next year. I reckon that machine you used would do 2 days of 3 workers work in about 45 minutes and I'm sure someone has designed a strawing machine that could lay the straw with such huge bales between the strawberry rows. It was incredibly hard work and it would kill me now as a much older man but there was something wonderful at 9.30 on a clear August night taking the last bale off a field in Worcestershire where you had been since 7 that morning and then making your way to the pub for a pint of cider and bag of crisps before going home and sleeping the deepest of sleeps.
One of the best videos yet Harry. Those Cooper boys are the ducks nuts. Farming is safe in their hands. And a great shout out to the truck drivers. Totally agree. Keep them coming please
You and Jeremy have created a national interest in farming. Well done Harry
Hi Harry, many thanks for the video...I don't think the majority of people realise just how much work/effort is put into food production, well done to all concerned and many thanks
Best farming channel by a country mile.
Very enjoyable Harry and Kaleb from here in New Zealand. I helped Dad bale and stack many small bales (40kg) as a youth and can only watch this huge machine with awe.
The Cooper boys are salt of the earth
I am glad bales weren't 400Kgs when i was boy we used to load the bails from around the irrigation canals where the auto loader couldn't go economically. The biggest problem we had was snakes getting baled up - they were not happy about it and I don't blame them one bit (I am In Victoria Australia).
Really enjoyed this, Caleb is an inspiration to the younger generation that hard work and dedication pays off
That camera's amazing - pointing directly at the sun and it's still getting a great picture.
Great stuff, as usual! Lovely to see Kieran's brother getting some screen time too ;)
Denis Norden once said “if it wasn’t for the Archers I’d get practically no fresh air at all”. I feel the same way about Harry’s Farm. Great programme.
So glad you have some decent results / weather, cant imagine a farmers struggle, yet THE most important "job" on the PLANET! Thanks Harry.
Great video, Harry. very informative thanks for mentioning how important the lorry driver's are.