A Year Farming with Deere Part 1 & 2 (2 DVD Set)

DVD PAL

This two-part DVD series follows a
year with contract farming operation
Reed Agriculture. Based in North
Suffolk, the business covers 3000
acres and uses almost exclusively John
Deere machinery.

Interviews and narration describe more
than 100 sequences over the course of
the two programmes. Particular
emphasis is placed on showing the
impressive array of modern equipment
used, with nearly 60 machines featured
over both discs, including more than
40 tractors with examples from most of
the popular John Deere ranges produced
during the past 10 years.

The soil types are very variable,
ranging from light sand to heavy clay,
and consequently a wide variety of
crops are grown including wheat,
barley, oilseed rape, sugar beet,
peas, grass, parsley, onions and
potatoes.

Part 1
Covers the period January to May,
beginning with the harvesting of the
remainder of last year’s sugar beet. A
variety of cultivations on the light
land are followed by the drilling of
spring sown crops. Preparations for
onion sets and potatoes are shown in
detail, together with the planting
operation. Crop care is next, with
spraying, fertilising and irrigation
the order of the day.

Part 2
Continues the story from June to
December, starting with haylage and
haymaking activities. Harvest
commences with the combinable crops,
followed by the parsley, onions and
potatoes. The autumn-establishment
workload with preparations for oilseed
rape and winter cereals is on-going
and shown in detail. With drilling
underway, it’s not long before sugar
beet is being lifted and the race is
on to get the following wheat crop in
the ground.

• Running time approx 204 mins total
• 2 DVD Set
• PAL DVD