Simon Batcheler (@simonbatcheler) 's Twitter Profile
Simon Batcheler

@simonbatcheler

I have a passion for machinery and work on a large arable farm. #clubhectare #14

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Video Diary on the Farm No.165 youtu.be/z1sXU83S77U Tidying up the yard, attacking the corn stores, final bit of combine maint and of course Cereals Event 2025 @wardyswaffle site.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.166 youtu.be/Z0S-HogoFnU The black grass pickers arrive, mushroom compost starts being delivered again and Andrew gets his Long Service Award at Lincolnshire Show.

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*** Harvest Time*** Are you planning to produce yield maps this harvest? If so, please run your CLAAS combine for 30 minutes this week and check in CLAAS Connect portal that your machine is sending data. If it is not, please contact your local team so we can support you

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Video Diary on the Farm No.166 youtu.be/Z0S-HogoFnU The Birds Eye pea Viners pay us a visit and some very early morning spraying of OSR.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.168 youtu.be/fP2-An1TT-I I visit a large potato grower to see one of their planting outfits at work near the end of their planting season.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.170 youtu.be/SuRAD_I83Qk It’s all go, as harvest starts, Baler, bale chaser, and soil mapping all been carried out in the same field. Combine flat cutting Winter Barley and OSR.

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Well next week the Vivergo ethanol plant at Hull closes, yet another example of the government not giving a toss about farming and stabbing us in the back, where will all the wheat go that supplies the plant, see attached picture and what will it do to prices

Well next week the Vivergo ethanol plant at Hull closes, yet another example of the government not giving a toss about farming and stabbing us in the back, where will all the wheat go that supplies the plant, see attached picture and what will it do to prices
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Video Diary on the Farm No.171 youtu.be/2EYW8X2Ef10 Vaderstad Topdown 500 demoed, OSR harvest completed, wide tyres back on the sprayer tractor, wood chip to the park and sewage sludge applied.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.172 youtu.be/TloVBEUfmDw Rain temporarily stops Combining, but wild bird mixes are drilled, More mushroom compost delivered and the remainder of last years wheat is out loaded.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.173 youtu.be/ydLdDUXeoIc Wheat harvest resumes, cultivations, drilling, spraying and sewage sludge spread, it’s all go on the Farm!

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Video Diary on the Farm No.174 youtu.be/M0aw4YtpQH8 Cereal harvest completed, so time to get the fields cultivated, field margins and overhanging branches trimmed up and getting fields ready for drilling OSR.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.175 youtu.be/jKUnsqc3wvI Spring beans cut but yields well down, OSR drilling begins, with the help from TAG Agri and the sprayer gets a clean bill of health.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.176 youtu.be/WXUMJWow86c Finally all the Spring Beans are cut and harvest ‘25 is over! Plus all the OSR is drilled, a Busy week.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.177 youtu.be/trbXSIO_Foc The big combine clean down begins, we spray Salmon extracts onto the OSR and cover crops are sown.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.178 youtu.be/6CBobthI5ls Pruning Trees the Quick way, 6000hrs JCB service, AgriWeld mudflaps fitted and spraying/cultivations continue.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.179 youtu.be/xFLbu5mrUpM More Salmon oil applied to the rape, a Flower rich grass mix sown, post harvest cultivations continue and remedial drainage work started.

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Video Diary on the Farm No.180 youtu.be/k45LMoWzrBY A huge amount of rain, sees plenty of moisture in the land, full steam ahead with our DIY drainage scheme, the last SFI cover crops are drilled and trenches dug to stop the motorbikes!

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Video Diary on the Farm No.181 youtu.be/qOCirRP9deE The drilling season begins, after stale seed beds are sprayed off, dressed seed fetched from GFP, and their mobile dresser pays us a visit, topped off with pre-em sprays

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Video Diary on the Farm No.182 youtu.be/I49FOHu-xgc This week sees us pressing on with drilling, CLAAS Eastern come to start the winter service on the combine and I get to drive the Challenger!