Farming the Land in Spring Time Volume 1

DVD PAL

This is the first of four new DVDs
showing agriculture through all the
different seasons with footage that was
filmed in Scotland and Ireland. They
tell the story of the hard working life
of the farmer going about his everyday
work.

We start off this first film when
spring has arrived and the last of the
snow has just cleared in the Grampian
area of north-eastern Scotland. It is
time for the farmer to get to work,
preparing the ground for sowing this
year’s crops. In Ireland too, at this
time, Farmers have started sowing the
potatoes.

This film will show the lifting of the
Turnips, ploughing, cultivating,
spreading lime and sowing spring and
winter barley around Aberdeenshire. It
will also show the planting of potatoes
at different farms around Ireland.

Some of the powerful machines in action
include a Big Horsch carrot lifting
machine, “The Big A”, an American
machine fitted with a Scania engine,
spreading lime. Tractors include
Fendts, Challenger’s, Valtras Fords,
Massey’s, New Holland, John Deere’s and
JCB Tractors and Tel-handlers.

Other machinery includes Mascha
Rotavators, Ridge tillers, Kuhn and
Kverneland ploughs Structural potatoes
planters, Lemken and various different
drills.

And we visit “The First Irish Hedge
Cutting competition and Record,” which
was held on 15th January in Bennett’s
Bridge Co Kilkenny. We show some of the
events that took place there on that
day, with vintage tractors and a
Tractor pulling competition. The event
was a big success and will be held
annually as they try again for a world
record.

• Running Time 60 mins approx
• PAL DVD