Pete Olds

Arable and extensive free range egg farmer. Passionate about farm education, and new AHDB South West Monitor Farmer 2024

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

Another glorious summers day…after the rain and drizzle yesterday….with more rain tomorrow night, a tricky old season.

Started combining some Champion at 19.5%. Yep, we’ll take that, thank you very much, let’s get it in the shed 👍

#monitorfarm #summer #sunset #harvest24

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

We’ve had a good start to harvest in West Cornwall, Caravelle barely doing 3-3.4t/ac, with 1.6t/ac straw. Lots of idiot cubes made 😁 looking very catchy for the wheat harvest, starting yesterday at 19.5% 🤦‍♂️
#harvest24

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https://t.co/3MI621J6hz great Open Farm Sunday this weekend, summed up perfectly in this reel by a visitor to the farm. This is why we do what we do 💪

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

We’re really busy on sand spreading, haylage and hay this week, plus tidying up for our @OpenFarmSunday this weekend, but still finding a couple hours to host a local school visit. Love their enthusiasm and zest for a look round the farm 👌

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

A quick quick look at our lupins on Friday with DT from Riviera Produce, Becky from Farm Carbon Neutral and Steffan from the Alt-Soya project. A long term aim of ours is to reduce our reliance on soya for milling our chicken feed.
One step in the right direction 👌

[Jason Hendy @cereals_sw]

A Camborne Monitor Farm invite from #royalcornwallshow with @monitorfarm Do come and see us on July 4th. @AHDB_Cereals https://t.co/qYuoXlf4HP

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

@russbmckenzie You get paid for companion cropping these days! That’s what I call barley volunteers in my wheat 😁

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

@loweroddfarm Better sharpen up the bale spike before the winter 😂

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

@BoycefieldFarm Looking better than a lot of wheat this year!! Amazing, hope it yields good 👍

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

I might be surprised by this Dawsum after all. Some thumping ears in the crop, might make up for its uneven appearance. The combine always has the last laugh…

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

Knew we had nozzle filters for a good reason. The T2 chemistry is good at cleaning the sprayer!

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

@RichMadd86 Dawsum not far behind, need it to stay green now and capture that ☀️☀️

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

@AshleyDaveJones @Tamblyn_Ben @DavidButler34 That’s £18,000 per 1000 litres on the shelf.
Crude rapeseed for animal feed under £1000 per 1000 litres and there’ll still be margin to be had somewhere.
Who’s shafting who 🤷‍♂️

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

@Tamblyn_Ben Definitely eye watering. Are you trying some Verydor as a comparison?

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

@Cereals_Ana @niche_nosh Least we’re not in a hosepipe ban just yet!

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

Dawsum winter wheat coming on nicely now, just thought I would put a video here recording this amazing fact that not only is the sun shining, but the telegraph poles have worked out BANG ON!
Wonders will never cease

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

Something about this time of year, crops springing out the ground, winter crops motoring through the growth stages.
After a long winter, it’s so satisfying to see potential!

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

Good look at soil structure in different crops and rotations today. Less is more on cultivation, any David Attenborough’s care to identify the white soil insect/bug?!
#croprotation #soilstructure

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

@JamesWhatty Caravelle is looking fab this year here too 👍

[Pete Olds @monitorfarm]

@KWSUKLtd Dawsum wheat waking up a bit now. It’s been on the go-slow since drilling, hoping the yield potential will also wake up as it’s looking decidedly average compared to the @DSVUKSEEDS Champion.
Dog for scale, no bananas to hand 😂