Located in south central North Dakota, expect farming and ranching videos, and a few other topics that may come up within the ag industry. We grow variety crops (barley, rye, durum, wheat, oats, corn, soybeans, flaxeed) and run simmental/angus/saler mixed cattle herd. Always looking for ways to improve the operation and what I can do to improve the soil I farm.
Nothing flashy, but I continue to grow this business as being part of the 4th Generation of this farm. My name is Brooks, and I hope you can learn something and maybe I can learn something from you.
I seem to recall the false rock alarms in one of your other years combine videos. Probably better if it's too sensitive than not. Good luck on harvest.
That header is so giant compared to my 12 footer…yours seems very relaxing to operate. Nice load on that spreader…fertilizing the way farms should…livestock to fields and back again. Like that loader too.
When the crop is more consistent and drier soil it's not too bad... but some short crop with soft dirt makes it a little challenging with a lot to watch. Running the haybine is like eating cake compared to this.
the heat up here has been crazy crazy. the sun or the heat melted the inside of the newest solar panels. looked into where they were made, part made in China, india and iran and assembled in the usa so who F' ed up cost of 100k in the trash. old panels working for the past 20+ years are still working.
Fields and crops are looking good. Won't be long and the combine will be out of the shed. Cow manure is such a great fertilizer. Spread away 😉. I don't know enough about organic crops but hopefully the premium is worth the effort.
It used to be more worthwhile years ago, but everything is getting more stingy and buyers are more picky... something that will probably chase me away when dad retires.
Guys up here sink their ATVs for fun on the trails. That’s why you always question how it was used if you’re looking to buy a used one🙄. Not for me…. Those are nice beans and alfalfa. Funny what rain can do…
I know there's mods to make them better for submersions, basically higher intakes and breather lines... but I wonder about the engine itself all that heating and cooling can't be good on it.
It probably is fine, but I have to teach myself a lesson somehow so going to change the diff fluids 😅 I floated the old 500 Magnum after it rolled down into a ditch full of water... jumped on it and floored it. Water was well past the steps but somehow it managed to motorboat around.
Rain has been holding up our haying a bit lately, but all of first cut is in swaths, hopefully in bales on the weekend on this last 200 acres. Just started laying down greenfeed oats today.
I had forgot about your bin moves so thanks for touching that. Never seen a hay tedder on hay fields around here either. That is odd on the tractor shifting. Like they all have to have their quirk's.
@@wallyyuriy8912 if I think of it I can. If I forget I can go over it and visually show what to do. Kind of a PIA compared to the haybine and the macdon
I'm not a big fan of the heat and humidity. It was the same here when it was hot there was no breeze. You will certainly end up with a good amount of bales this year.
Since 2017 we have had to go to a second pass of residual roughly 20 days after your first pass of pre-emergence. Some guys have gone to a third pass I am going to move towards Rye Carlson's organic soybean method instead of buying more chemical
Usually the 15" rows canopy quick enough where 1 pre and 1 in-crop is all it needs, same with the 20" corn. I'm almost contemplating solid-seeding at 7.5", some do that around here but think it requires a higher pop count to get it consistent enough and could cost yield due to competition if a dry year. Corn I wouldn't mind broadcasting something before it gets too tall after in-crop spraying, that or if knowing what fields plant rye or broadcast clover the year prior after in-crop spraying. Soybeans I get a little concerned if too much material it might be a bugger harvest time comes around, plus with having tighter rows it has both good and bad. With 15" rows it's difficult to drive in the beans without knocking down 1 or 2 rows... I like his idea of mustard with his organic soybeans to help canopy... even during harvest should be easy to clean the seed out. Sometimes have volunteer mustard in the organic fields here... an actual weed I don't mind
I dont know squats about beans but the organic wheat and the corn look good...we really need a good rain up here it would be too late for my barley but it would definitely help my oats, hay and pasture
Beans are hardy when it comes to dry weather... but during the podding stages is when it's really important for moisture. Guys say rains in August can make a soybean crop. Only thing with the organic wheat and moisture at this stage is weed pressure can get worse.
Yall must get a lot better service on the ag side of Vermeer than us utility contractors do, and the parts pricing has to be more reasonable. They refuse to sell me a service manual for a cable plow built in 1994. Strange bunch that Vermeer.
@@timblack33 I know nothing of the utility side of Vermeer... as for ag service it has been pretty good. Not as good as it was 10 years ago but still quick replies.
Engenia and Liberty is R1 around here, but engenia is restricted to the June 30th cutoff. Glyphostate is through the R2 stage, was the final window for spraying roundup at this point. I put some micronutrients down with it as well to give the beans a boost.
I would for sure not spray Liberty. It will definitely trim up yield when blooming. Enlist is easier on beans but still hurts. Never heard of being to far along for a residual unless it’s a warrant ultra or prefix type product with fomesafen in it. For little to no crop response I would look at Zidua or warrant. If lack of rainfall is a concern I would turn to warrant hands down.
I'll have to look into Zidua and Warrant... wondering what carryover there is with them. These beans don't have the Enlist trait so it's off the table, been sticking with the Xtendflex.
We bought a Vermeer v-rake last winter. Really liking it. Haven’t had any belt issues on my 605n yet, got about 4000 bales on it now. But a couple thousand bales to build yet this year, so there’s time. 🤣👍🍻
Brooks - your new Vermeer baler has Continental baler belts installed on it from the factory. Your last balers had belts from WCCO installed on them. Not suggesting anything, just saying….
Were the SuperM's exclusively WCCO? I don't remember what brand was stamped on them because I never looked... I don't remember when your team was out here at the farm if they mentioned if our M baler at the time was.
@@farming4g - I believe that your belts got swapped to WCCO ones from the OEM ones. Now Conti and WCCO are one entity, but the OEM belts for Vermeer aren’t being made in Wahpeton, only the aftermarket ones are.
That gopher stuff sure sucks. We get the odd ant hill in some old hayfields, but nothing like those mounds. We got a 3” thunderstorm with bad wind last night that wasn’t called for. Laid down some of my oats in one field. 30 acres out of 100. Guess we’ll greenfeed that one so the discbine can suck them up off the ground.
