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Currently Playing: Are solar panels & heat pumps worth installing? Here's what I've learnt after several years of use.

I installed 12kW of solar panels to help power our farm house that's heated by a ground source heat pump. Was it all worth the effort and what did it cost and did it save us any money?

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Harvest arrives 3 weeks early but will yields be down thanks to the hot weather? Time to find out..
It's the 11th July & it's too hot to combine! What's going on?
I visit Cereals 2026 to learn more about fertiliser tax, NIAB, Cotswold Flour Mill, drones & Kaleb
More Net Zero madness from Miliband & harvest 2026 could be one of the best ever
The combine gets fired up, the Alpacas are sheared & why I've bought my fertiliser for 2027 harvest
Burst pipes, big bills & the wheat looks good but is there any point in growing it next year?
Contractors remove trees due to power lines, still no rain & do I buy fertiliser now or in 2027?
How I saved £10k in farm costs, Storm Dave damage & why I may not be growing any crops next year
Diesel costs up 60%. Fertiliser costs up 65%. Grain prices up 6%. Farming doesn't get any easier..
Government announces new SFI regs & it turns out planting trees isn't the answer to climate change
A new hedge goes in, more Zoo Poo arrives & it won't stop raining!
See how a 517hp wood chipper turns our waste into fuel for a local chicken farm
A good harvest will be critical in 2026, or this year could be make or break for many farms
Government's U-Turn on IHT for Farmers, the Farming Profitability Review & how I became a farmer
The rain never stops but crops are looking good and the farm has never looked better.
A 21-tonne chainsaw visited the farm last week; here's what it got up to..
2025 harvest receipts are in; why growing nothing beat growing wheat in 2025. Plus zoopoo!
The wheat is up, the government does another U-turn & the trees need to come down
Great weather brings the big tractors out as the 2026 harvest wheat gets drilled
September brings rain, sunflowers & plans for the future. Do I invest or give up farming completely?
Toyota Land Cruiser Commercial review plus how does it compare to the Toyota HiLux?
Harvest 25 was a disaster yet wheat prices are falling & food inflation is flying. What's going on?
Harvest 2025 is go but yields are shockingly bad; down 50% on a normal year thanks to the drought
The plan was to start harvesting but the combine had other ideas.Breakdown time..
Why we're not combining yet & why I'm looking at planting trees where we currently grow wheat
All change on the farm as growing food is no longer the main priority..
It's finally rained & the crops are transformed but is DEFRA about to bash farmers again?
Just 4.7mm of rain in May so far; crops are suffering and what has the government done now!
Spring 2025 is even drier than 1976. The crops are suffering & farm profits are tanking
Breakdowns, Dakar bikes, SFI & how to attach a farm implement onto a tractor
With only 6mm of rain in March how is the farm coping with this unusually dry spring weather?
UK Government stops farm SFI support with zero notice & farmers are fuming
Spring means things get busy on the farm plus why footpaths are a problem this year
Are solar panels & heat pumps worth installing? Here's what I've learnt after several years of use.
Why I believe UK farming in 2025 is broken
JCB Hydrogen update. Why hydrogen could replace diesel on farm in the future.
2024 farm profits are down but will 2025 be better? Plus more on London farmer protests
Big changes in the 2024 Budget have led to real anger on UK family farms. What's going on?
Wheat for harvest 2025 gets planted but after 200mm of rain in September. it's not going to plan
With harvest 2024 yields down 12%, can I still justify owning my own combine?
Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster review. Does this Grenadier fix the issues I discovered 1 year ago?
Harvest 2024 is done but why did 1 day's combining ended up taking us 12 days to finish?
Harvest 2024 finally gets underway and, to my surprise, it's looking good!
The combine is all ready to go but there's a problem..
Harvest 2024 is only weeks away but it won't stop raining. How are the crops coping?
Summer finally arrives plus why 50% of the farm won't be growing food crops in 2025.
Farm update plus why the National Food Strategy isn't working & higher food prices are on the way
The wheat gets its first dose of fertiliser & the Welsh farmer protests get louder!
Yet more rain & with farmers protesting across Europe, will UK farmers be protesting soon too?
2023 harvest was a financial disaster so it's all change for 2024 harvest
UK beef farmers are under attack; here's my response to C4's The Big British Beef Battle programme
After almost continuous rain, how does the wheat look & Red Tractor nonsense
A zero till John Deere drill arrives plus slugs look to be a big issue this Autumn
After the harvest rush, next job is getting everything ready for drilling next year's crops
Harvest 2023 is finally finished & amazingly, the wheat turned out to be way better than expected..
After all the summer rain, the 2023 wheat harvest is finally underway
It's August 9th and we still haven't combined any wheat! The rubbish UK summer weather continues..
July has been one of the wettest on record but harvest 2023 has finally started..
2023 Harvest frustrations. It's late, it won't stop raining & grain prices are on the rise
Crops want some rain & I look to swap growing OSR for getting paid to leave fields uncropped
Ineos Grenadier Trialmaster review. How does it work as a farm car?
The crops are looking better and there's a new car on test on the farm
Spring arrives on the farm but the OSR is turning into a financial disaster
JCB is moving to hydrogen power for all their big machinery. Here’s why.
2022 harvest was profitable but how does 2023 look? Plus why food shortages are here to stay
More solar panels get installed plus why New Zealand's proposed carbon tax on cows is wrong
Wheat prices continue to rise, new fencing is underway & autumn arrives on the farm
2023 wheat crop goes in & more solar panels are about to be installed
Why I've installed 18kWp of solar panels & will the OSR make it to harvest 2023?
New Land Rover Defender 90 Hardtop 12 month review. Is it a true farmer's car?
2022 drought continues but is it now too dry to plant crops for 2023 harvest?
Harvest is over but what should we plant for 23 harvest? Plus why I'm on the cover of Farmers Weekly
Heat, drought, field fires & good yields. Harvest 2022 continues
First combine breakdown of 2022 & why this drought is getting serious for farmers
Barley harvest is done but now it's too hot to combine!
We should be combining but there's a problem.. Plus why grain prices have dropped so much
Why bureaucracy is driving me nuts, thoughts on latest Food Strategy & harvest prep gets underway
Crops are looking good, the cattle are back & harvest is only weeks away!
Why food prices continue to rise, estate fencing finished & restoring Cotswold walls
Harry's Farm update plus why food prices are going up so fast
Crops are looking great but with nitrogen fertiliser hitting £1000/tonne, what happens next year?
As world grain & fertiliser prices go crazy, will DEFRA refocus on increasing UK food production?
Storm Eunice damage, installing estate fencing & what you need to know about solar panels on barns
How are the crops looking as Spring approaches? Plus new fences & stone walls planned for the farm
How did 2021 harvest compare to last year financially & why DEFRA plans for the future are wrong
October is a washout as we finish the drilling & why UK beef is good news despite what the BBC says
How new ways of establishing a crop have reduced the amount of diesel we use by 75%
Why I'm planting more wheat for 2022 plus how Roundup plays a critical role in modern farming
New Defender D200 Hardtop arrives plus how much does the combine really cost to run?
Just 50acres left to cut but then the combine breaks down. Again..
2021 wheat harvest starts just as the weather turns colder & it starts raining
My 2021 rapeseed harvest turns out to be even worse than I expected
How today's tractors can drive themselves & the OSR gets drilled 3 weeks early
It's 2021 barley harvest time but not everything goes to plan..
It's combine time as harvest 2021 is almost here plus the Alpacas have a haircut
Why JCB thinks hydrogen is the best alternative to diesel for heavy machinery, farming and HGV fleet
Should I be growing Miscanthus for electricity production instead of growing food?
2021 harvest gets closer & it's looking like a great one plus zero-tariffs & retirement plan
It won't stop raining plus how much carbon is stored in our soils?
Harvest 2021 takes a big financial hit as most of the oil seed crop fails