Harvesting oats in the West of Ireland with a New Holland Clayson 1545 Combine Harvester

At the end of August, the harvest is in full swing in the West of Ireland. A few decades back, when the summers were warmer and drier in this part of the world, this land produced great crops of oats and barley - nowadays, with the shift in global weather patterns due climate change, the climate in the West of Ireland has become very unpredictable, and in general much damper and cooler. So farmers needs a bit of good fortune to get a well ripened crop from their fields - and Tim Lehane, local farmer in West Cork, could count himself lucky with a field of golden oats ready to be cut! So an old New Holland Clayson 1545 Combine Harvester was pulled out and put to use.
A few years ago, we attempted to grow oats on our farm - we weren't into film making back then so only have a few photos to show:
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but we can confirm that it is a labour intensive but rewarding job when all goes right! But getting it right can be tricky - and doing it all by hand compared with a Combine Harvester is a different story again...
Tim Lehane didn't only bring in a great yield of grain from the field that day, he also managed to raise €6435 of donations towards the Irish Air Ambulance Service. Well done!!!

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