Drenagh Farms getting the grass growing as it comes out of the winter period with some digestate. Grass is grown for both the dairy cattle and the farms on site digester. Carting to the outlying ground with a mix of tankers to the Herron H2 setup as a nurse tank and the New Holland T7.200 on the doda pump. Joe in the Case 175 CVX with the 900s and 710s and I do admit the White wheels really do suit her. Applying the digesate with the 12 metre AgQuip Dribble bar

#arimagery #farming #agriculture #farmlife

I had never seen anything like that with the hose before you showed it last week. Looks rather disgusting ;-)

One heck of an operation

What does the site digester produce?

Us town folk probably wouldn’t appreciate the smell

Depp Posted at 2-25 22:42
I had never seen anything like that with the hose before you showed it last week. Looks rather disgusting ;-)

tbh not that bad...iv had worse experiences like digging stones out a spreader full of chicken poop

Blériot53 Posted at 2-26 00:40
One heck of an operation

very smart and very well organised setup

DAFlys Posted at 2-26 01:22
What does the site digester produce?

So this is a dairy farm and digester on the same site... cattle poop and grass are fed into the digester to produce electricity that is used on farm for the dairy and the cattle with any excess sold to the grid

Codgerzh2 Posted at 2-26 04:12
Us town folk probably wouldn’t appreciate the smell

tbh its generally not too bad

AR Imagery Posted at 2-26 14:43
very smart and very well organised setup

Digesters for methane production on a relatively small scale were just beginning to evolve in the Mayenne (France) while we were living there. The first one we saw was in about 2017 between Fougerolles du Plessis and Landivy. There are probably more by now.

I'm learning something new every day.

AR Imagery Posted at 2-26 14:44
So this is a dairy farm and digester on the same site... cattle poop and grass are fed into the digester to produce electricity that is used on farm for the dairy and the cattle with any excess sold to the grid

AH gotcha,  I had no idea that was a thing.  

Blériot53 Posted at 2-26 15:06
Digesters for methane production on a relatively small scale were just beginning to evolve in the Mayenne (France) while we were living there. The first one we saw was in about 2017 between Fougerolles du Plessis and Landivy. There are probably more by now.

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yea think in france average size was 30/40 kw which was enough to power the farm and the localish area

BetterBizTech Posted at 2-26 15:15
I'm learning something new every day.

so do i...

DAFlys Posted at 2-27 00:02
AH gotcha,  I had no idea that was a thing.

yea its getting bigger and bigger especially now they can get the gas into the grid

AR Imagery Posted at 2-27 12:09
yea think in france average size was 30/40 kw which was enough to power the farm and the localish area

Yes, that particular one took slurry and excess silage from the immediate vicinity to convert to methane. I'm guessing ( since we left before it was fully onstream) that it then produced enough electrical current for those surrounding small farms.  On the other side of the village they put in a large solar panel farm for the same purpose.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-27 12:56
Yes, that particular one took slurry and excess silage from the immediate vicinity to convert to methane. I'm guessing ( since we left before it was fully onstream) that it then produced enough electrical current for those surrounding small farms.  On the other side of the village they put in a large solar panel farm for the same purpose.

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solar seems to be taking a lot of farm ground at moment

AR Imagery Posted at 2-28 10:59
solar seems to be taking a lot of farm ground at moment

I'm in favour of renewable energy, but as you say, solar farms are acreage-hungry.
The one you see in my image, the grass is kept short by a small flock of sheep penned into the enclosure.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-28 12:06
I'm in favour of renewable energy, but as you say, solar farms are acreage-hungry.
The one you see in my image, the grass is kept short by a small flock of sheep penned into the enclosure.

least there is sheep in around it, most here are cut by hand

AR Imagery Posted at 2-29 01:17
least there is sheep in around it, most here are cut by hand

The sheep can wander easily under the panels, whereas a mower may struggle to get.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-29 05:42
The sheep can wander easily under the panels, whereas a mower may struggle to get.

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very true there!

Very nice work!
That top down show was my favorite!

Montfrooij Posted at 3-15 06:49
Very nice work!
That top down show was my favorite!

thank you, not always the easiest to colour match

AR Imagery Posted at 3-17 07:14
thank you, not always the easiest to colour match

You're welcome. Why is that?

Montfrooij Posted at 3-17 08:37
You're welcome. Why is that?

it seems when drone is dead down it darkens and then changing the camera doesnt always solve it

AR Imagery Posted at 3-19 12:06
it seems when drone is dead down it darkens and then changing the camera doesnt always solve it

Oh that is odd.