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24th July 2017 We've had a long spell of dry weather causing a lack of grass on the lower fields, but typically the rain arrived the day after harvesting began.
The contractors arrived with two combine harvesters, a Class and a New Holland and they managed to complete 150 acres before further rain brought them to a halt.
The oilseed is gradually fed out of the trailer and an auger feeds the seed into the drier.
The oilseed rape has been coming off the fields at 6-10% moisture content and it needs to be below 9% moisture content before it can be stored or sold off farm, therefore the oil seeds are being dried in the Mecmar drier before being augered into the grainstore.
Unfortunately it was still drizzling on and off as we welcomed a group visiting the farm from County Care.
The group were able to see the cultivator in action and oilseed rape being put through the drier as well as meeting some Friesian calves and Belted Galloway cows with calves at foot.
I've been Ragwort pulling in a few fields in advance of the grass being cut and baled for haylage.
Although it's time consuming , it can be a rewarding job working in a meadow full of butterflies and bees and with swallows swooping overhead.
Ragwort with a Small Copper butterfly