If you install the kp correct it wil crush almost every cornel We were able to go 2 kmph With a 6 row head but it is our first time chopping corn this year but I heard some can do 4/5kmph with a 6 row head
How do you like the Martin 20 point closing wheels? I'm currently rebuilding a 750 with mostly Needham parts. Gauge wheels are so shot I am going with new 3" wheels. Might get by another year on the factory cast closing wheels.
That's been our thing for 20 years now. It turns out pretty as a picture, but if you plant into the standing rye when it's in it's milky stage, then let the beans emerge, then go back and roll / crimp the rye once the rye is in it's doughy stage, you'll have a lot better stand. I'd mix up the covers some also. You may have some issues if their are any legumes in the covers, it can mess with the whole bacteria mix that cause nitrogen fixation in the soil, but I've had a ton of volunteer alfalfa come up and it didn't hurt a thing. It's a tough thing to get started on because all that vibrant soil health / nutrition comes on with a 2-3 year delay. You see, the 2nd year you plant green, let's say you did corn on that ground next year, you would want a crop with some rye, but with a lot of legumes, especially vetch. So you plant in to it, let the cash crop establish up to v1, then roll it. At that point, their is essentially 2 layers of cover crop mat, but not a lot of it has broken down to show any significant improvement in NPK levels. 3rd year is the charm though. Their are a lot of things you can do that are different and that won't hurt your yields, but will reduce your inputs. If you jump to full organic like me, then you'll see a yield drag, but you can get more for what you have. I am not pro organic strangely enough. As a matter of fact, I think that using a lot of these soil health methods, and combining that with very tightly monitored nitrogen application would be the most ecological and moral way to farm because it makes the most out of each production acre, resulting in cheaper product and more of it. Basically, if one were to jump to full organic and not utilize cover crops and still did heavy tillage, they are every bit as much of a menace to the environment as any farmer. But a guy like you who carefully ventured into cover crops and no till / strip till, very light VT, yet still used (about 20% of) chemicals is HUGELY improving the environment. The pesticides and fungicides are real tricky. They pretty much create 90% of the need for themselves, because they kill beneficial's. The more of it you use, the greater the need will be for it in the future. I don't use any, I have more pest pressure than my conventional friends, but if they didn't use pesticides, they couldn't even get a crop at all. So who is right? Thank you for the video friend, since you went through all that trouble, I thought I'd take the time to comment.
I’d love to know how to do this in a garden, I went a whole year no till, and just gave in the other day because winter rye and clover just kept coming back after weed whacking several times so I broke out the tiller 😩
@@hemmebrothersaccess5847 thats great! How many pounds of seed per acre did you spread/drill? And did you have any un wanted grass come back to life? Or did it have enough breaks in the stem with the stalk devastators?
30 lbs in our high fertility ground seeded before October 15. Could be higher with a later planting date or lower fertility. The devastator’s did a fantastic job once the rye was dropping pollen. It would kill it at that point. I was also spraying out the back of the planter for the spots that weren’t at that stage.
Needham said once 3-400 per row to overhaul. Wondering if those figures are in line or not? Looking at a 750 myself for the same reasons you purchased 1
Heath Mumm I’ll have close to $500 a row unit on this one. But it’s a very extensive overhaul. Every pin, bushing, bearing, and tire. It will literally be a new drill
Issa Issa You can still get a lot of wear parts through deere or aftermarket. However more and more of these parts are becoming obsolete and will have to be found through a salvage yards. It can get very expensive.
Thank you for the information, it's seems we are going thru the same issue!! We have a 9600 John Deere combine. The issue is that it is chopping, however it seem like it loses its revoultion!! So we definitely try this tommorow!! Thank greetings from Mexico
Vetch is kind of wierd. It looks like a huge competitor but when you pull it back the corn looks nice. I would like to try a banded herbicide to leave the cover crop alive.
Not sure, I don’t have any experience with snap beans. I wouldn’t think it would be an issue. To me it’s very important to get the cover crop flat on the ground to avoid any other issues at harvest.
Do you graze your milking cows in ireland we do we averaged 13500 lbs milk per cow last year with about 2200 lbs of dairy pellets fed and we about 8800 pounds of grass grazed
James O Brien we used to be a grazing dairy. We had a hard time keeping a productive stand of grass due to our very deep heavy soil‘s. Probably due to our cow size getting bigger over the years. The cows are now housed in a compost bedded pack barn to where we can control the environment. We would like to go back to grazing, but the infrastructure is already there now. So we’re now looking for other ways to integrate livestock on the land, starting with replacement heifers
pretty cool! the white is fungi hiphy !! good sign. I am going to try a bio stripping this fall for that reason you show there! better soil condition then any iron could ever make the soil!!
good points. coming from old school high labor feed system to grazing covers is crazy! so much money in grazing covers people don't understand. its way more then feed savings, look at nutrients per lb then how much less lbs you need. also the soil benefits and how much less fertility inputs you need. cover mixes also do better in extreme weather situations. look at acres per head vs grass pastures. less acres needed for feed mean more acres for cash or reserve feed.
Jon Stevens Maple Grove Farms They turned out fine. Not much difference in yield.The real savings was one less liberty application. It really kept the field clean
I'm hoping to be almost organic honestly being filled this year. Go into Rye might have to just do a little burn down so the ride doesn't take all my moisture and go to grain. Behind the burn down try a strip or two of some annual clovers to see if they can hold weeds back for the year. And then in other soybean fields I would go in with winter wheat
Jon Stevens Maple Grove Farms I have the same goals. No till organic soy beans is what I’m shooting for long-term. I know there’s a lot to learn yet. Just got back my grid samples. I have raised organic matter A half of a percent on some fields in 5 years, only using cover crop every other year in a corn bean rotation.
Jon Stevens Maple Grove Farms I like to use it as a soil amendment as much as possible. Trying to build back organic matter after corn silage. I will use it as grazing in the fall and then let it go in the spring to plant beans into
stick with it! just keep fine tuning your system and you will get it figured out. soil-man.com you can go post questions and results and talk with others.
Great video we also do dairy grazing here in Ireland do you know grasslands dairy in Missouri they use crossbreed jersey and holstien cows better for grazing than holstiens
@@hemmebrothersaccess5847 yes they are honestly if you could try and go down there see what there doing we do new Zealand style farming and it pays off
Jon Stevens Maple Grove Farms We farm an hour east of Kansas City. They are a little less conditioned than they would be on a corn silage TMR. But they are getting a taller more frame on this type of grazing. I am supplementing about 6 pounds of corn. I would love to find a way to intercede a cover into corn to get a jumpstart on the growth before harvest.
@@hemmebrothersaccess5847 I gave you a shout out this morning so you got to keep the videos coming! Interseeding into corn is not hard at all. Go out a V3 V4 throw whatever mix that you choose for your area and spread it
