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@dgwhoyles

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Farming in The Fens. BASIS, FACTS. Newcastle Uni, MDS, Gโ€™s, GHH. WCF57. ๐Ÿฅ”๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿซ›๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿซ’

Long Sutton, England
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@dgwhoyles
David Hoyles
2 years
Group potato washup. A range of samples and quality. Price still below cost of production. Less area will be planted in 2023. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿฅ”
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5 years
#potato planting 2020 started this week and tramlining for the first time (leaving a row out for the sprayer to travel on wider wheels). Martyn will be self isolating in his tractor for the next month. Modifications by Richard and some parts from @GrimmeUK . ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅ”
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4 years
A fun day filming for a new BBC programme on food, including #potato production and farmer led field labs in water use and tasting the produce! @Botanygeek @iain_gould @IFarmers ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹
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3 years
Potato planting in progress. Harvest due September 2022. Crop marketing Feb-June 2023. No idea what final production costs & market place will look likeโ€ฆbut hope you love chips, crisps, roasts, jackets, wedges, mash, etc!โ€ฆ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹
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David Hoyles
4 years
RIP Diesel, you have been a great. ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜ข23.12.04 - 27.02.21.
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5 years
#potato harvest โ€˜19 is getting more & more challenging. Excess rain for the last 3 weeks. Crops were ready to harvest; quality decreasing while they are left in the ground (pests & diseases). Production -50%, labour costs +200%. Hard work. More rain today! Keep positive. ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿฅ”
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David Hoyles
2 years
Ploughing. Love it or hate itโ€ฆ.still providing cost effective cultivation, aeration and trash burial on our silt soils.
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David Hoyles
20 days
Potato harvest will be parked up for a bit. 39mm. ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ’ง๐Ÿฅ”
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5 years
@mikewporter @sje_day 8 hours and 1/3 gone ๐Ÿ‘
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David Hoyles
2 years
Potato harvest 2022. A challenging and expensive year since fixed price contracts signed last Oct/Nov. Price support is needed to store these potatoes (usually stored for 6-9 months at 2.5C)โ€ฆ.facing an additional ยฃ225,000 in electricity cost. Difficult to get excited. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿฅ”
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David Hoyles
5 years
Well done to my 100kW Wind Turbine (and the wind!) for its highest ever monthly output at 37,349kW in Feb. That months production could power 10 UK homes for a year, but is helping to keep my autumn harvested potatoes in good condition. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ‘ #renewables #carbonfootprint
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6 years
Squeezing the last bit of water out of the reservoir to help get the Beetroot out of the ground! No more water for the Potatoes โ˜น๏ธ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ”ฅ...we have now run out and root crops are seriously suffering. 25m gallons used.
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4 years
Hired a Motorhome and did the @NorthCoast500 . A brilliant family holiday; beautiful scenery, amazing wildlife, tasty food, interesting roads and a good laugh...recommended. ๐Ÿš๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐Ÿฆž๐Ÿฅ‚๐ŸŸ๐Ÿท๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿบ๐Ÿšด๐Ÿผ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿ–๐Ÿ”๐Ÿฆˆ๐Ÿ‚๐Ÿ๐Ÿฟ๐ŸŒฒ
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5 years
2019 has been a reminder that water management is key, and despite what my wife thinks, the weather is actually the boss! Merry Christmas. ๐ŸŽ…๐Ÿป๐ŸŒฒ๐Ÿฆƒ๐Ÿท
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5 years
Trying to lift a few more load of potatoes before the next heavy rain. @GrimmeUK twin multisep working overtime! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ’ฆ
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David Hoyles
5 years
Beetroot harvest is go. Land dried out nicely now. @DoubledayGroup @GrimmeUK ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’œ
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David Hoyles
4 years
Potato harvest โœ…. 63d start to finish and harvested on 73% of those days mainly due to rain (Sept av 1,000t/wk, Oct av 400t/wk). Yields L28.9t/ha, H62.9t/ha, Av48.2t/ha. Great effort by all the team, and thank you neighbours, suppliers and family for your support. ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿฅ”
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6 months
This 13ha field is being planted with Maris Piper potatoes; for delicious roasts, jackets and chips. We will plant about 450,000 or 28t of โ€˜seedโ€™ potatoes and hope to harvest about 700t of crop in the autumn . ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ
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David Hoyles
4 years
#harvest2020 is go! Vining peas at Sutton Bridge. These peas will be harvested and frozen in under 150 minutes. #speedypeas . Yields are down due to the dry spring and uneven crop maturity. @HMCPeas ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜Ž
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David Hoyles
1 year
Potato harvest 2023 done. Great effort by the team, thank you. A late spring & wet summer giving low tuber numbers and then a wet harvest for good measure! With planted area down and low yields market prices will be interesting. ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ“ˆ
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David Hoyles
3 years
Potato harvest 2021 โœ…. Yields poor, quality good, teamโ€™s effort exceptional. Thank you.๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿบ
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David Hoyles
4 years
Thanks @Bayer4CropsUK it was fun! #JustAscra . #oldclubshirts #halftermfun ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿคž
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David Hoyles
3 years
Potato harvest started today on some heavier silt, with the recent rain helping conditions. These Lanorma potatoes will go to the grader to be cleaned & sized and into 1t boxes and then into cold storage (2.5-3C) for marketing in the new year. ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹ @GrimmeUK @DoubledayGroup
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6 years
Potato planting going well, in a good 35ha field. The variety is Maris Piper, grown for the pre pack market...hopefully to become delicious roasts or jackets. @GrimmeUK @DoubledayGroup ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿฅ”
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3 years
Wheel literally came off potato harvest last night (sheared axel pins). @GrimmeUK in action at 19:00 getting parts together and organising others for collection. Met at field 07:30 and now working. #service #local #relationships . Thank you @GrimmeUK โญ๏ธ๐Ÿฅ”, 1st class.
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David Hoyles
2 years
February Fill Dykeโ€ฆ.not this year. Reservoir only 20% full. Land drains have not run yet. Still in drought status in E.Angliaโ€ฆ.another interesting year ahead. #foodsecurity #irrigation
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David Hoyles
5 years
Todayโ€™s positives; reservoirs nearly full, harvesting potatoes again, getting some wheat seed planted. (Donโ€™t look at the next 7 days weather forecast). ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿฅ”๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ’ฆ
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David Hoyles
5 years
Harvest 2019 is go. Fresh peas being vined by @HMCPeas . Harvested, transported, washed and frozen in under 150 minutes. #fresh #sweet #peas ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’š
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David Hoyles
3 years
Wheat moisture sampling with my new buddy. Finally a bit of sunshine to help dry the wheat out. ๐Ÿคž๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿพ
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David Hoyles
6 years
25C and sunny in Playa de la Wisbech. Irrigating and lifting Maris Piper.....still the best tasting potato 52 years after variety was introduced.๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜€๐ŸŒž
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David Hoyles
6 years
Potato packing supply contracts for 1-3 year deals appearing now. Generally about ยฃ10/t up. That is not good enough. Living wage costs up, elec up, fuel up, seed up, fert up, machinery up, water up....the risk and reward is not right. Growers must be strong. Need +ยฃ30/t.๐Ÿ˜ก๐Ÿฅ”
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David Hoyles
2 years
Winter wheat, variety Graham. ๐Ÿ˜ณ
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David Hoyles
6 years
Congratulations Mr & Mrs Grey Partridge.....12 young ones, a week old I guess. We are seeing English Partridge numbers increasing across the farm with the use of grass margins @NaturalEngland @Ruralpay ๐Ÿ™‚๐Ÿ‘
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David Hoyles
5 years
Some like it hot.....mustard emerging with the warm soil temperatures. This will be harvested in late August for Colmans, being processed in the new plant outside Norwich. @mustardgrowers @CondimentumU @ColmansUK ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’›
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David Hoyles
3 years
Had electric car 6 months. Trip says 2.6 miles/kWh. (I expect this will improve in spring/summer with less heat & light use). With electricity @ 14p/kW = 5.4p/mile, @ 30p/kW = 11.5p/mile. A diesel car doing 50mpg or 10.99mpl @ ยฃ1.26/L = 11.5p/mile or @ ยฃ1.70/L = 15.4p/mile.
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David Hoyles
1 year
Strong local potato supply in @marksandspencer today! @sje_day @HRichardsonn @foreverwaiting6 ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜€
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David Hoyles
1 year
Maris Piper potatoes being lifted in great soil conditions after the rain. Still the best for roast, jackets & chips? ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹
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David Hoyles
4 years
Really pleased to have received this positive consumer feedback on our 2019 harvest Maris Piper, via our website, after that very challenging harvest. #potatoes @greenvaleAP ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿฅ”
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David Hoyles
4 years
Maris Piper #potatoes enjoying the warmer weather and the recent rain. These will hopefully be harvested in September for the supermarkets. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹
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David Hoyles
5 years
Got a call to say sprayer stuck. I then got tractor stuck. Rafa ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ to the rescue in 2nd tractor. 10 days since the serous rains. This season has become seriously challenging โ˜น๏ธ
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David Hoyles
3 years
RIP Digby, you have been the perfect family black lab. Taken too soon, but enjoy your meet-up with your buddy Diesel ๐Ÿ˜ข๐Ÿพ28.10.11-09.06.21.
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3 years
4m of Wisbech series Grade 1 Silt and havenโ€™t hit the old cockle beds yet. This block of land was reclaimed from The Wash in 1632. (Previous piling work had silt down for 16m!). Very little soil structure, but great land for sustainable food production. #Soil #TheFens
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4 years
Potato harvest 2020 started today, with Lanorma coming out of the ground well. Best behaviour on the grader with the boss around.๐Ÿคžfor better harvest conditions than last year. Prices need to improve. @GrimmeUK @DoubledayGroup @brownynenepots ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿคž๐Ÿ˜‹
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David Hoyles
4 years
Maris Piper (chitted seed) potatoes emerging after 3 1/2 weeks from planting. They often take 5-6 weeks! When fully grown this crop will hopefully be harvested in late September for the supermarkets. ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿคž
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3 years
What a start to the day in The Fensโ€ฆ..mist coming off the grass field, the sun then shining through, and I have then been given the JD7530 (the best?) to help out potato carting ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜ @DoubledayGroup @JohnDeere
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David Hoyles
4 years
Potato planting under way. One pass with a cultivator and then Maris Piper seed potatoes being planted with some nutrition & fungicides. The potato crop will hopefully be harvested in Sept/Oct for the supermarkets. @GrimmeUK @DoubledayGroup @OMEXCompanies ๐Ÿคž๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹
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David Hoyles
2 years
Petit pois peas being vined by @HMCPeas . Field to frozen in under 150 minutes. Love peas. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ˜Ž @cannon465 @LHE1009 @myocsnare
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David Hoyles
4 years
Been promoted from cart to combine for the night shift! @FieldView from @Bayer4CropsUK in the cab providing more data and remote viewing. Currently harvesting @LGSeedsUK Skyscraper wheat for @weetabix ๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŒพ
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David Hoyles
2 years
Farm 5ha reservoir, filled from winter dyke water, nearly empty, but being enjoyed by thousands of ducks, terns and gulls etc. This year the reservoir has supplied water to help grow potatoes, mustard, Sugarbeet, leeks, kale and vining peas. Farming with nature. @LEAF_Farming
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David Hoyles
6 years
Beetroot drilling also up and running now...these Beetroot should be ready to harvest in early July. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ’œ
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David Hoyles
4 years
70% yield drop โ˜น๏ธ๐Ÿ˜ ๐Ÿ‘Ž. Harvested and delivered 1/2 our #sugarbeet last week for @BritishSugar . Our 5 year av is 92.2t/ha (37t/ac) @ 17.4% sugar. 2020 harvest 28.8t/ha (12t/ac) at 14.2% sugar. @BBRO_Beet @NFUSugar @NFUEastAnglia
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David Hoyles
2 years
4 hours ago had no rain forecastโ€ฆ.on this occasion grateful that it was incorrect. 16mm in 1hr and still going. โ€ฆ..and a delude of full rain gauges to appear on Twitter hopefully for wildlife, crops and animals benefit.
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4 years
2020; much to learn and to forget. Happy New Year. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿคž
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David Hoyles
5 years
#Sugarbeet harvest has finally started. We use a contractor to lift our crop as the harvester costs ยฃยฃยฃยฃยฃยฃ. We have delayed harvest due to wet soil conditions. The crop goes to @BritishSugar Wissington factory about 20miles away. This field will have wheat in next for @weetabix
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David Hoyles
2 years
3 potato farmers harvesting between Kings Lynn and Sutton Bridge todayโ€ฆthank you motorists for your patience on the roadโ€ฆbut on the odd occasion, even when harvesting, we are travelling faster than you! #coasttraffic A17/A47 ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿšœ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ
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6 years
#Harvest18 winter wheat Jigsaw seed for @LGSeedsUK ....16ha field averaged over 15t/ha....wish this had been my @adasYEN entry!!!!!
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David Hoyles
5 years
June is one of my favourite months on the farm...with crops full of potential. Will wait to see what weather we get which will determine their performance. ๐Ÿคž๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ’š
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6 years
Sugarbeet field half drilled 24th March (before Beast from East) did 76t/ha, other half drilled 17th April did 101t/ha...I must be more patient! @BBRO_Beet @BritishSugar
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David Hoyles
7 years
Which #sugarbeet will yield the most......that drilled 24th March and emerged 12th April after 76mm rain, or yesterdayโ€™s drilling? @BBRO_Beet @BritishSugar
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David Hoyles
4 years
Which will produce a higher return on investment this year in this field of winter wheat?.....fungicide or irrigation? Time will tell! ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿ’ฆ #splitfieldtrial
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David Hoyles
6 months
Pea seeds going into good conditions. This crop will be harvested in July by @HMCPeas viners and then washed & frozen in under 2.5 hours. ๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿซ›๐Ÿ˜‹
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David Hoyles
3 years
17mm today, 41mm this week. Thatโ€™ll do for a couple of weeks now thank you; myself & crops grateful. (Previous 6 weeks = 5mm).
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David Hoyles
4 years
Unsafe/old potato boxes โžก๏ธ Wisbech Menโ€™s Sheds (Shedders & Fixers) โžก๏ธ Owl box. Win. Win. Win. ๐Ÿฆ‰๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜€
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David Hoyles
4 years
Managed to grab 1.5 days of combining before this lot arrived. ๐Ÿ™„๐ŸŒพโ˜น๏ธ
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David Hoyles
4 years
Veg garden harvest in full flow. Over zealous lockdown planting. A first for aubergine and pepper for us. ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ‡๐Ÿ“๐Ÿ’๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ…๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅฌ๐Ÿฅ’๐ŸŒถ
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1 year
Fish & Chips Friday night. Maris Piper Potatoes field to air fryer to plate in 30 mins. Farm & veg garden fine beans & peas, only the fish bought in. Delicious. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿซ›๐ŸŸ๐Ÿบ
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David Hoyles
5 years
Another field finished......well, chopped up. Wet/flooded area from June/July that increased from 0.2ha to 3ha of greens, growth cracks and hollow heart. Glad I donโ€™t have to look at it anymore down our farm lane. Massive effort from the harvesting and grading team thank you.
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David Hoyles
5 years
New 36m one arrives, old 24m one goes. I hope the new one is as reliable ๐Ÿคž. #output #liquidfert #lesswheelings #local
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David Hoyles
1 month
Potato harvest 2024 is go. Yields, size and quality (wire worm, greens) variable as expected after difficult growing season. Fingers crossed for a good weather run. ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿคž๐Ÿผ
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7 years
Spring has sprung (I hope). Busy getting Beetroot and vining peas in.....conditions better than expected.
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David Hoyles
2 years
Another coldstore loaded with potatoes. The government energy price cap is welcomed, but still x3 electricity cost increases since contracts signed last November (13p/kW to 35p/kw?), adding ยฃ28/t cost. (Without the Govt support was looking at +ยฃ60/t just for storage).
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David Hoyles
3 years
Potato harvest. After lifting, the trailers bring them to the grader. Soil, tops and defects are removed, and the crop is split into 3 sizes into boxes. Soil is returned to the field. Defects to cattle feed and good crop goes into the cold stores at 2.5-3C for 4-9 months. ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹
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David Hoyles
4 years
Good morning from a petit pois pea field, coming to you soon. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ’š
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David Hoyles
10 months
Iโ€™m saturated. The land is saturated. The under-drains, ditches, dykes and main drains are running hard. Well done and thank you to our local Drainage Boards for moving all this water. @The_WMA @Northlevelidb ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ง
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David Hoyles
2 years
The pod squad have arrived. Field to frozen in 150 minutes. Impressive organisation from field to factory (and Sutton Bridge 1/2 closed). Managed to grab a few peas before the big boys vined them all. @HMCPeas @cannon465 @myocsnare @HRichardsonn ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿฅถ๐Ÿ’š
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David Hoyles
2 years
The farm is edible. Love it. ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ˜Ž
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David Hoyles
11 days
Sunday crew ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ
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David Hoyles
6 years
White mustard drilling finished for @mustardgrowers @Unilever @ColmansUK . The tiny 1mm seed grows into a 1.5m plant ready to harvest the plants mustard seeds in 5 months. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ”ฅ
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David Hoyles
4 years
Been given the old JD7530 from the potato carting team and literally pulled an old 5 furrow out of the nettles to plough up some dry soil ready for wheat drilling (arriving soon๐Ÿคž). Ex potato land, bit wet, nice sunrise, gulls not social distancing. #oldschoolfarming
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David Hoyles
4 years
+ lovely sunset, donโ€™t have to look at the field any more, dry(ish). - lost money, no more beet on this farm after 90 years of growing. Caused by loss of pest control treatments and extreme weather events. @BritishSugar @NFUSugar @SteveBarclay
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David Hoyles
4 years
Nice day for potato lifting. 1st time the ridges have started to dry for over a month. Land still wet. This variety is Melody for the supermarkets. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿฅ”
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David Hoyles
4 years
A bit of sunshine and winter wheat seed drilling going well. This seed is @LGSeedsUK Skyscraper and will hopefully be harvested in August for Paul Toseland Grain @Grainboy . ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘๐ŸŒพ๐Ÿคž
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David Hoyles
9 months
A few more Maris Piper off to be washed and bagged for the supermarket shelf. With supply shortages, the free buy market is x2 the contract price! ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ’ท๐Ÿ˜‹
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David Hoyles
4 years
South Lincolnshire currently looking like fields of @NestleUKI KitKats until the potatoes emerge. ๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅ”
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David Hoyles
5 years
70mm rain in the last 24h. Winds dropped to 35mph now, but potato stems snapped and cereals leaning/flat. Beet looks ok though!
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David Hoyles
4 years
Pea seed going into the ground very well for @HMCPeas vining pea group. These peas are planned to be harvested fresh in June and washed & frozen in under 150 minutes. ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ’š @Elsomsseeds @HRichardsonn
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@dgwhoyles
David Hoyles
5 years
#Sugarbeet drilling started today. Good conditions. Looking at 2 seed treatments for @GermainsUKBeet to help the seed grow away quickly, with @KWSUKLtd Sabatina variety. This crop should be harvested in 8-10 months time producing Silver Spoon sugar for @BritishSugar
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David Hoyles
4 years
On farm 100 kW wind turbine busy today! Wind speeds currently 15-20m/s, or 35-45mph. This renewable energy production powers our coldstores, which are full of potatoes stored at 2.5C. ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿ’จ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿฅ”
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David Hoyles
3 years
Harvest 2021 started today, with fresh peas being harvested by the viners. 150 minutes to harvest, transport to factory, wash & freeze. Have a safe and successful harvest @HMCPeas @cannon465 ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ˜‹
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@dgwhoyles
David Hoyles
4 years
@Botanygeek Thanks James, a fun day...the chips will keep us going for a bit ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿฅ”
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David Hoyles
6 years
Potato harvest started today, 20 days later than last year. Variety is Camel, irrigated, only 16 boxes/ac, but bright and decent size. ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™‚ @DoubledayGroup @GrimmeUK
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David Hoyles
6 years
Wheat #Harvest2018 has started on some bodied silt land....variety is Motown, doing about 12t/ha....nice surprise. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ˜Ž๐ŸŒพ
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David Hoyles
2 months
Great team effort to finish the wheat combining. A short harvest due to dry conditions and lack of yield. ๐Ÿฅ‡ KWS Dawsum @KWSUKLtd ๐ŸฅˆSY Graham @SyngentaUK ๐Ÿฅ‰LG Beowulf @LGSeedsUK (Skyscraper, Mongoose & Shergar also ran). Yields -18% on farm average and -9% on revised budget.
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David Hoyles
6 years
Potato harvest complete. What a season. Crop has been resilient. Harvest team have been determined! Well done and thank you. ๐Ÿ‘Š๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿบ
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David Hoyles
3 years
Pea seed going in the ground for @HMCPeas . These peas will hopefully be vined (harvested) at end of June and be washed and frozen in under 150 minutes. Blue sky, 14Cโ€ฆa welcomed positive day amid world issues. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’š @DoubledayGroup @Omniaprecision @OMEXCompanies
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David Hoyles
5 years
Potato harvest has started in the sunshine. This variety is Chopin for Manor Fresh packers for M&S. Plan to finish this harvest in 6 weeks time. ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿ˜‹๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿคž
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David Hoyles
2 years
13 load of Graham seed wheat loaded out to @ADMAgriculture in the last couple of days. Still a great performing variety. Local haulage, local seed house. Smart work thank you. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ๐ŸŒพ
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David Hoyles
6 months
Sugarbeet and mustard seeds being sown today, with mustard being rolled in to preserve moisture! The combine will harvest the mustard in late August and the Sugarbeet will be topped & lifted in November. Sweet&Spicy. ๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’›
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David Hoyles
7 years
Another potato store filled...until their price is worth more than the box they are stored in they will stay in their chilled home!!๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’ฐ๐Ÿฅ”๐Ÿคž
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David Hoyles
7 years
Grabbing some #sugarbeet drilling this afternoon and evening for @BritishSugar before the next rain / showers!
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