Clarkson’s Farm
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48k said:
Doofus said:
mick987 said:
Yes and it is a non farmer giving out to farmers telling them how to do their job. Some peoples egos are larger than their powerfully built behinds.
To be fair, that's what Clarkson did in the programme.And I'd like some examples of my 'trolling' from Tyre Smoke.
Doofus said:
48k said:
Doofus said:
mick987 said:
Yes and it is a non farmer giving out to farmers telling them how to do their job. Some peoples egos are larger than their powerfully built behinds.
To be fair, that's what Clarkson did in the programme.And I'd like some examples of my 'trolling' from Tyre Smoke.
Leon R said:
Doofus said:
48k said:
Doofus said:
mick987 said:
Yes and it is a non farmer giving out to farmers telling them how to do their job. Some peoples egos are larger than their powerfully built behinds.
To be fair, that's what Clarkson did in the programme.And I'd like some examples of my 'trolling' from Tyre Smoke.
Doofus said:
Leon R said:
Doofus said:
48k said:
Doofus said:
mick987 said:
Yes and it is a non farmer giving out to farmers telling them how to do their job. Some peoples egos are larger than their powerfully built behinds.
To be fair, that's what Clarkson did in the programme.And I'd like some examples of my 'trolling' from Tyre Smoke.
I live in a rural area, and have never understood the tramlines. I do now - in a way I'll never forget.
You really think he didn't know exactly what he was doing?
SydneyBridge said:
DodgyGeezer said:
Had a drive to the cotswolds today - his shop is both a raging success for him and the object of hatred from the locals
Don't know why, he is selling lots of local produce, including cheese from Alex JamesOther farmers told Clarkson how to do Clarkson's job. Now he didn't do it that way because either he hadn't understood what he was being told and why it was important, e.g. the settings on the drilling machine to establish the tramline spacing and exactly why the consequences of doing it like that was important to the later spraying operations, or they just didn't explain it properly, or possibly they did explain it but we were not shown it.
Maybe it was just JC deciding to do something different for the potential comedy value or increase interest in the programme or just because he fancied a go at livestock farming. For example, the sheep malarkey, I can't believe that nobody suggested it wasn't a good idea to save simply mowing the wildflower meadows. I can't recall any comments from Charlie at the beginning of the sheep drama, at that stage still early daysfor Kaleb.
We've all been in situations where the gaffer has announced "Right this is the plan" and you just know it will not go well. Depends on the dynamics of the outfit and relationships what you say or even in some cases if you say anything at all.
Maybe it was just JC deciding to do something different for the potential comedy value or increase interest in the programme or just because he fancied a go at livestock farming. For example, the sheep malarkey, I can't believe that nobody suggested it wasn't a good idea to save simply mowing the wildflower meadows. I can't recall any comments from Charlie at the beginning of the sheep drama, at that stage still early daysfor Kaleb.
We've all been in situations where the gaffer has announced "Right this is the plan" and you just know it will not go well. Depends on the dynamics of the outfit and relationships what you say or even in some cases if you say anything at all.
Sway said:
You really think he didn't know exactly what he was doing?
Of course not. I've said it here, or in the other thread, that he doesn't need to run a profitable farm, so he can arse about. It may make entertaining telly, but it's not a treatise on farming and the plight of farmers.Sway said:
And yet, it's an entirely brilliant way of educating the viewers.
I live in a rural area, and have never understood the tramlines. I do now - in a way I'll never forget.
You really think he didn't know exactly what he was doing?
It's educating viewers but in a different way to, for example, Harry Metcalfe. Harry's farm is much more matter of fact and more dry, gets the message home just the same.I live in a rural area, and have never understood the tramlines. I do now - in a way I'll never forget.
You really think he didn't know exactly what he was doing?
Other stuff I learnt, had never, for example, considered the issues of declaration of area under cultivation to a particular crop, to several decimal places, especially when there are several crops in a single field. Jesus, thought my paperwork was a pita.
595Heaven said:
SydneyBridge said:
DodgyGeezer said:
Had a drive to the cotswolds today - his shop is both a raging success for him and the object of hatred from the locals
Don't know why, he is selling lots of local produce, including cheese from Alex JamesI reversed a little to let someone come up and a pissed off local (I assume) in a scabby Passat shot past me, the car behind me and between me and the car I was letting up... didn't seem like a lot (any ) of margin for error. Give that up as a bad idea so went to Chipping Norton for a brunch (and saw a Caleb tractor rumble past)
There is a write up in The Times today about the farm and Jezza says in it; (photo of the part from the paper, I assume this little bit is ok to post, under fair use?).
Regarding Jezza telling other farmers what to do, what are you on about, he did nothing of the sort, the bit about not doing a three point turn to make it faster, surely this is plausible if the tractor is satellite controlled (like Harry's combine) and this is linked to the seeding machine on the back, this must surely be possible, ok Jezza was trying to do it free-hand and failed, but I think there is some method in his madness.
I would think the show is not that expensive to make as Jezza has the farm and is just being filmed doing what he would be doing anyway, it wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't a spin-off where he goes to New Zealand to see how they can farm sheep and ship the meat over to the UK cheaper than the UK farmers can do and to Brazil where they chop down the rain-forest to raise cattle.
Also I found this, this morning
Regarding Jezza telling other farmers what to do, what are you on about, he did nothing of the sort, the bit about not doing a three point turn to make it faster, surely this is plausible if the tractor is satellite controlled (like Harry's combine) and this is linked to the seeding machine on the back, this must surely be possible, ok Jezza was trying to do it free-hand and failed, but I think there is some method in his madness.
I would think the show is not that expensive to make as Jezza has the farm and is just being filmed doing what he would be doing anyway, it wouldn't surprise me if there wasn't a spin-off where he goes to New Zealand to see how they can farm sheep and ship the meat over to the UK cheaper than the UK farmers can do and to Brazil where they chop down the rain-forest to raise cattle.
Also I found this, this morning
RipTrip1 said:
All that hard work to make £140 profit for the entire year. I bet around 50% of farmers would be better off selling all their assets and finding a new career.
It wasn't. They took off the full costs of the capital equipment. Hadn't included subsidies, etc.
Plus, worst year for farming in over 50 years.
Usual "expected" income would be into six figures, and probably was that year if you took those other bits into account.
General Price said:
MikeDB1 said:
If you able to pull it up by hand you've let it go far too far. Should be dealt with when it's just a rosette on the ground. If it gets to flowering stage then it should be cropped and burnt, but otherwise can be left to rot on the land as grazing animals won't touch it.
Sheep love young ragwort.Sway said:
RipTrip1 said:
All that hard work to make £140 profit for the entire year. I bet around 50% of farmers would be better off selling all their assets and finding a new career.
It wasn't. They took off the full costs of the capital equipment. Hadn't included subsidies, etc.
Plus, worst year for farming in over 50 years.
Usual "expected" income would be into six figures, and probably was that year if you took those other bits into account.
DaveGrohl said:
Sway said:
RipTrip1 said:
All that hard work to make £140 profit for the entire year. I bet around 50% of farmers would be better off selling all their assets and finding a new career.
It wasn't. They took off the full costs of the capital equipment. Hadn't included subsidies, etc.
Plus, worst year for farming in over 50 years.
Usual "expected" income would be into six figures, and probably was that year if you took those other bits into account.
Essentially they were trying to make the point that without the mooted 82k subsidy a lot of effort for not much. Although worst year for farming is a perfectly valid point.
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