Adams Farm (Countryfile)

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Around 25-30mins into an ep of Countryfile you get this little gem of a segment called Adams Farm.

It follows him every week throughout the year, covers everything from lambing, sowing stuff, rare breeds, new farming tech, training new dogs, coping with winter....whatever he's at that week.

You don't have to be a farmer or into cowshit to enjoy it (I'm not:p), it's really interesting. After awhile you get to hate seeing stuff go wrong for him on it!

Tonight at 19.00 Countryfile starts so around 19.25 if following normal running time.

kevohmsford

Yeah it is a brilliant part of the show. It is very interesting. He has such a wide range of animals. The Belted Galloway cows are fantastic.
Looking forward to the show now.

kevohmsford

Thanks for sharing the video. I have been looking for this for a while.

kevohmsford

Bees this week.

Cardinal Richelieu

He must make a nice living from the rare breeds and the free advert on the show.

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kevohmsford wrote: »

Bees this week.

LOL at the Bee lad nearly getting stung in the crown jewels.:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxzkPyjv6Ps

Coastal erosion and Fossils this week. Not the best ep.

kevohmsford

Just catching up on this now

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=****z-zjY5k&feature=channel&list=UL

Can't link or embed this WK because the swear filter is blocking X-R-u-M for some reason, that's what the 4 **** should be in the link above, without the -



Great ep this week!

Erics (The Bull) first calfs are born, rapseed is flying, he heads off to the chicken farm where he gets his fertilizer from and shows how the Freedom Food Range hens are breed, is that the same as Free Range?


Any else get hooked on this yet??

kevohmsford

Great episode this week, enjoying it. He could easily bring out his own show if he had the time.

kevohmsford

Yeah I also had problems trying to link the episode last night.

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kevohmsford wrote: »

He could easily bring out his own show if he had the time.

Like Jimmy Doherty use to have....I like the 10min slot, it's all interesting, no fillers. If they could keep it like that over half hour or an hour even it would be a hit.

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TESTING TIMES DOWN ON THE FARM

It's time for Adam's cattle to be tested for bovine tuberculosis once again. This week they're inoculated in the first stage of testing for the disease, in a few days the vet will return to see if any of the animals have reacted. A reaction can indicate infection and cattle that are identified in the test must go for slaughter.

Last Autumn Adam lost two of his white park cattle. It was a real blow and this time he's hoping the herd will be clear of the disease. You can't sell cattle from an infected herd, but even if Adam doesn't have any infected animals this time his herd will be routinely tested in six months' time.

To get a sense of just how devastating this disease can be, Adam visits a farmer on the verge of giving up his herd of rare long horn cattle. Dai Bevan has championed this rare breed on his farm in Llanarthney, South Wales, but half his herd are going to be slaughtered after reacting to the test. Adam's there on the day the cattle are due to be slaughtered.

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He gets the all clear!! Yeahhh

kevohmsford

Enjoyed this weeks installment.

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_AVALANCHE_ wrote: »

Like Jimmy Doherty use to have....I like the 10min slot, it's all interesting, no fillers. If they could keep it like that over half hour or an hour even it would be a hit.

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/jimmy-and-the-giant-supermarket

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Must have been on holidays last week.

Several weeks ago the first of Eric the Bull's offspring arrived on the farm and Adam Henson appealed to the viewers to help name them. The only rule was that they needed to begin with the letter 'M'. On this week's show he reveals his chosen names. Adam's herd of Irish Moiled cattle are the first breed he introduced to the farm after taking over from his father. He only has a small herd and interbreeding can happen very quickly, so Adam is looking to add a new stock bull. He meets up with Chris Ball from Uttoxeter in Staffordshire, who keeps one of the finest Irish Moiled herds in the UK - and has a sixteen-month old bull for sale. But will Adam want to buy him?
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kevohmsford

Another great episode this week.The Irish Moiled cows look class. Looking forward to the Belted Galloway cows next week. Adam has an amazing farm. He must employ a good few people.

http://www.irishmoiledcattlesociety.com/
http://www.beltedgalloways.co.uk/

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kevohmsford wrote: »

Another great episode this week.The Irish Moiled cows look class. Looking forward to the Belted Galloway cows next week. Adam has an amazing farm. He must employ a good few people.

http://www.irishmoiledcattlesociety.com/
http://www.beltedgalloways.co.uk/

Job Vacancies

http://www.cotswoldfarmpark.co.uk/henson-and-andrews/farming/


Busy Lad
Lloyds Farming Ambassador
Adam Henson launches new poultry feed

http://www.dodsonandhorrellpetfood.co.uk/brands/adam-henson
Very expensive ^^^^

kevohmsford

I might apply for the work experience for the laugh.

kevohmsford

Interesting episode again this week.

kevohmsford

Just watching this now.

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kevohmsford wrote: »

I might apply for the work experience for the laugh.

When do ya start?:p



No vid uploaded for today yet, gives me chance to catch up on the last two.:)

kevohmsford

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When do ya start?:p



No vid uploaded for today yet, gives me chance to catch up on the last two.:)

Haha, I just never realised it was such a huge operation. It would be great to visit the place some day though.
Videos do take a while to get uploaded alright.

kevohmsford

Watching this weeks instalment now after a weeks break in the show.

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I went back a few months and was looking over the number of views on the vids from within Youtube, they haven't increased since this Thread started.

Shame.

That 17-6 vid is very good, the Seasons changing was well done and the pig in the muck.:D

kevohmsford

hardCopy

Thanks for all the videos lads, I used to watch this but haven't seen it in a while. I also love all the River Cottage series.

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The Bull from the 17-06 gets delivered, mad yoke, everyone thinks about doing a runner, cameraman first! lol.:D:D

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6Nf2y8r1_M

Last weeks.

kevohmsford

New episode from Sunday. Just watching this now.

kevohmsford

Plenty to catch up on this week.

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:eek: An hour!

Ellie is savage!:D

kevohmsford

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I just checked an hour ago and it wasn't there. None last week, thought it was gonna be the same this week.

kevohmsford

Watching this now.

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Right behind ya!!:pac:

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This week Adam Henson takes his best rams to the Traditional Native Breed Show and Sale, celebrating its 10 year anniversary in Melton Mowbray. This is the place to be seen when it comes to unusual and rare livestock. The competition's fierce as farmers show their finest cattle, sheep and pigs - in the hope of winning rosettes -- and then fetch a good price for them at sale. Adam has a busy couple of days. He's showing, judging, buying and selling sheep.

kevohmsford

Ploughing time.

RUCKING FETARD

Hope thats clay hes messing at there...lol.

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Like Father, Like Son
While Countryfile farmer, Adam Henson and his father, Joe, take a very personal walk down memory lane to reminisce about the time when it was his dad telling the world about life on the land. Long before Adam took to the screen Joe starred with television royalty, Angela Rippon, on the rural magazine programme, In the Country. As they tackle the work on the farm, Adam reminisces about how his father's passion for preserving rare breeds and love of traditional methods of farming still inspires work on the farm today.
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gav86

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Adam, Pigs and Longhorns
Adam Henson is heading to Golden Valley in Herefordshire to find out about the benefits of farming pigs in the woods. Ray Harris has been keeping Tamworth pigs for over 15 years and keeps them in woodland to clear the undergrowth and help regenerate the land. Later in the programme, Adam visits fellow farmer Russell Bachelor on his farm in Somerset. Russell and his family have recently moved into new areas of business after their dairy herd was struggling to make a profit. Adam is particularly interested in Russell's herd of 80 Longhorn cattle and how they graze and survive in the woodlands.
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kevohmsford

Thanks for the videos lads. I have a bit of catching up to do. Keep the videos coming.

kevohmsford

Have not posted a video in a while.

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a1zz

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kevohmsford

Missed a few weeks of this.

td5man

He has a book out now supposed to be a good read ; Adams farm My life on the land.