This two part DVD series constitutes the most detailed programmes ever released about the farming year on a large arable enterprise. We say ‘enterprise’ because Loose Hall Farm Ltd runs to 3,600 acres on eight farms stretching over eight miles.
The manager is Kevin Easey who for 48 years has worked the heavy clay soils in the heart of Suffolk. In 2012 – the year of filming – his main crops were winter wheat, winter and spring barley, oilseed rape and sugar beet. A few beef cattle were also kept.
Chris Lockwood’s clear script describes over 160 sequences during the course of the programmes. There are interviews with Kevin Easey and many ancillary activities are on view from demonstrations of new machinery to crop-drying, hedgecutting and ditching. Machinery enthusiasts will appreciate the wide variety of different tractors and equipment seen at work.
Part one covers early spring work including
crop protection, cultivations and drilling through to the first
half of harvest in mid-August.
Part two begins half way through harvest in
mid August and goes on to deal with cultivations, drilling,
autumn crop protection and sugar beet harvesting.
One Farm,
One Year Part One DVD
Running Time:
120 mins approx.
ISBN:
978-1-9083977-4-4
DVD Format:
PAL DVD
DVD Region Code:
Region 2
First Released:
2013
£16.95
One Farm,
One Year Part Two DVD
Running Time:
125 mins approx.
ISBN:
978-1-9083977-5-1
DVD Format:
PAL DVD
DVD Region Code:
Region 2
First Released:
2013
£16.95
Special offer: Buy both for just £25.00,
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£29.95.
One Farm, One Year Part One and Part Two set
Machines featured
over the two DVDs:
Claas Challenger 75E
Claas Challenger 75E
Claas Xerion 5000
Case IH Quadtrac 500
Case IH Magnum 340
Caterpillar D8H 22A
John Deere 9560RT
John Deere 7260R
John Deere 7830
John Deere 7730
John Deere 7530
John Deere 7530
John Deere 7530
John Deere 7530
John Deere 6930
John Deere 6930
John Deere 6830
John Deere 6430
John Deere 6410 Fendt 820 Vario
Massey Ferguson 6480
Massey Ferguson 6480
Ford 8340 SLE
Ford 8340 SLE
Ford 4000
Ford 3000