A Year Farming with Deere Part 2

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 two 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 104 mins
• PAL DVD