August 2020

We travelled over to Cambridgeshire to have a chat with Emma Walsh about how she got into the agricultural world while she was out in the John Deere 9RX on a Vaderstad TopDown.

We took the JCB 140X LC up to see Chris Freeman & Son who were digging out a tank near Bushmills, Co. Antrim, with their JCB JS131 Plus!

From subsoiling to pulling a K2 trainer we certainty set the Valtra to hard work over the lockdown period.

Now it’s time to leave her back to RJ & KD McLean ltd as she has only started her journey in raising funds for chosen charities all over the UK. Donations can be made via https://uk.virginmoneygiving.com/fundraiser-display/showROFundraiserPage?userUrl=rjandkdmcleanfundraising&pageUrl=2

We took a trip up the north coast recently with the JCB 140X LC and met up with Chris Freeman & Son who were demoing the digger. While we were there Generator Jeff from Dennisons came to chat to us about the machine and how its changed from the older models!

We took our first trip over to the UK since Covid to drop the charity Valtra back to McLeans and get some filming done with Eastern Farms, but we couldn't make it that far and not call into Alec Wilkinson!

Donkey catches up with Adam from the Killen Bros Contracting.

This was the first time we seen the brothers out combining and it was a pleasure to see them in action!

Olivia visited Gordon O Mahony as Mogeely Vintage Club mucked in to help get in the second cut before it got dark.

The charity Valtra is put to her final task at GRASSMEN HQ. We've hooked her onto the Krone TS 320 mower which is certainly overkill but perfect for her last hurrah!

Donkey and Gazza headed up to Randalstown with the JCB 140X LC and the Valtra to help Philip Mckee and his father Dez, draw soil at their farm!

After subsoiling the 'commission' field at the barn we then spent an entire day prepping it to be sewn with grass seed before the bad weather came back in. There's no doubt its been a learning curve for everyone involved but hopefully we've done enough to improve the quality of grass for Farmer Gareth's cows.

Olivia has been keeping herself busy over the last week between the spells of bad weather. Just a bit of an insight into what's to come from down South from the likes of McAllens, Dalys and Mogeely Vintage Club.

Everyone in the country must have been mowing last week!

Donkey and Gaza had a look at the new Krone TS320CV mower piloted by Ryan from D.J McKay & Son!