Don't see a lot of these drills in Saskatchewan. Morris, Borgeault, and Seedhawk are the big players up here. We never say no-till really up here. We just say "we're seeding" because everyone uses air drills/air seeders, even the small guys. Haven't seen a guy cultivating and using a box drill in at least a decade. I think we are more minimum till actually. A lot of guys harrow in the fall after combining and we seed everything in the spring. Main crops are wheat, canola, barley, flax, and oats. Fall-seeded crops are rare and corn is almost non-existent except for silage because our growing season is shorter and less heat units. Also much drier than Kentucky. Cool to see how things are done in different areas though. Could immediately tell this was in the States with the accent and how you guys say semi truck.
Well Jake I do not know if you are talking to me or not but what I said is the truth and no one wants to look the devil in the face. OLD fart that has farmed on my own money for 40 years holding down two to three jobs my whole life
I don't think it really missed that much. There is loss for sure but I don't think it is any different than other fields in the area. The corn was shelled in August and this video was filmed in mid October. The warm fall weather allows the volunteer corn to sprout and thrive. As a result knee high volunteer corn in October becomes very evident even if it is just a bushel an acre lost. This year frost did not set in until November so some of the volunteer corn hassled out.
Bigtractorpower I'd like to see you do a video on Big Bud if possible. I know that you have a lot of the more common brands names in your area. However I'd like to see a video with good commentary on Big Bud while in action by you if possible.
+garst24 warm weather. The corn was shelled in August and the wheat drilled after October 2010. Warm Kentucky weather allows the volunteer corn to thrive. This year frost did not set in until late November and volunteer corn in many fields tasked out.
This concept of no-tilling winter wheat into corn stubble is so backwards from where we are in Ontario! You'd end up with nothing but fusarium trying that in our climate! Does the volunteer corn need to be controlled in the fall or will frost take care of it before it robs yield?
No till wheat in corn was unheard of here in WKY 10 years ago. Heavy tillage was done as all wheat in the region follows corn. In the past 5 years no till wheat has really taken off. Advances in dirsease control has made the difference.
The freeze has not helped it. We will have to see how bad it was. In 2007 almost the entire crop was lost to a freeze. In 2012 a freeze turned the wheat brown and greatly reduced the yield.
Thanks for this Video. Good Job. Greetings from Germany. Btw: nobody would drill wheat right into cornstubble in my region without tillage. Arent the Farmers affraid of any infections for the wheatcrop? (fungicide)
+Christian H No till wheat has really caught on here in Kentucky over the past five years. 50% of the acres are now no till. Vertical tillage is 40 % and 20% is a heavy tillage pass. There must be improved fungicide for the no till acres to work now where they did not a few years ago. Thank you for watching.
Christian H NO-Till wheat is a great solution in semi arid regions. I no till 100% of acres to retain moisture in a ~16" (40 cm) of annual rainfall environment.
Marc Ramsey you are right. No till is a good choice for saving the soil and water. But you have to use more pesticides to get the crop healthy. especially wheat that was drilled after corn. ( fusarium ) many pesticides were banned in Germany so it isnt easy for the Farmers to control infecetions or weed. I think that would be also the main problem to esthablish "no tillage" in Germany.
Literally can't remember the last year we applied pesticide to wheat. Even in rotations following corn. Don't have those problems here. Every so often we have to fight rust issues in wheat with a fungicide but that's not a result of no-till practices. Really, Europe growing conditions couldn't contrast our climate more. Some things for the better, some things are tougher!
+Rightsideofthegrass It depends on the seed variety on how much the tank holds and how many acres it will cover between refills. On the low side it will seed 160 acres on a tank in the high side 200 acres. I would say it fills up twice a day normally.
I have a 57ft flex hoe 400 with a 3450 cart which is 450 bushel cart I'm doing variable rate at roughly 300-350 lbs/acre and seed at 120 lbs/acre and doing 50-60 acres per fill in Alberta Canada
Great question. Please post anytime. I enjoy getting questions. Corn is harvested here in Kentucky in late August and early September. Wheat can not be planted until October 10. Wheat follows corn and with a good month between harvesting and seeding volunteer corn sprouts from the grain left by the combine and that is why you see new corn growing. By the end of October frost sets in and that is the end of the volunteer corn.
The ground is very hard at this point in the year. It had not rained for almost two months when this video was made. The weight makes sure all the openers are making contact in the soil.
+generationll Not that I know of. Everything that is a large frame in the area is a Quadtrac. Overall even almost all the small frame models are Rowtracs. There are very wheeled Steigers sold in the area these days.
Hi! Does anybody know a farmer who owns a Case IH Quadtrac and who is standingn open for a visit from my boyfriend and me to see the real thing?:) I would love to, in The Netherlands we don't know it. Thanks!
Industrialized farming such as this will be gone when the energy stops flowing. This will happen slowly over time, with the main consequence being a much reduced world population. Famine and starvation will cause great upheaval.
Festus51 I am not quite sure what you are looking for in an answer. I answered the initial question yesterday. This not a corporate farm it is a family farm. This family does allot for agriculture in our community and for the entire state of Kentucky. As far as this fields size, it is big. Having large machines to cover the ground is important to get a good crop. There is a 10 day window to get a good crop in the ground before it starts getting too cold for good germination. Seeding in WKY where this video was filmed has to be done fast. Most farms in the area are running 40 to 60ft seeding implements. A 12 ft box drill will not get the job done. This particular field is a very old field. Prior to 1942 it was a 6,000 acre field in one block. The construction of Ft. Campbell, KY during World War II took half the field. When it was a 6,000 acre field it was farmed with mules and horses and then early steel wheeled tractors. I would not rush to judgement just because you see big machines. Every farm BTP films at is a family farm. I have never visited a corporation farm. I do not even know of any in my area. If you have two or three generations on a farm and everyone wants to be involved you are going to have to cover some ground and that takes good sized machines to get the job done. In the case of this video the farmers grandson is running this seeder and he also runs the corn planter in the spring.
Well fisherman it was a little bit of over statement but the fact is if you don't have big bucks backing you , you do not stand a chance in farming today . It has been this way for the last twenty years at least. And I suppose you have had family help to get started farming if you have bought any land or equipment? Not trying to start a war just trying to state facts as they actually are. Correct me if I am wrong. GL
My point exactly . You have family backing helping you out to gain a foot hold in the ag community. I realize that I may be talking to a younger generation farmer that still has idealistic outlook on life. /but the facts is that if you did not have family backing you would not stand a chance in modern day agriculture. That is fact of life no one wants to face. If I am still alive in twenty years I would like another email from you to see where you are in life and farming.
so was I wrong on my first statement of the 500 million of backing to farm? Just like I was telling Fisherman you have to have big bucks in backing today to even have a chance at farming. I really do not care about involvement in the community they do not pay the bills . All you do is great stories on gigantic agriculture and nothing on a real farmer. Was that a family member driving that tractor or a hired hand, or a family member driving the two trucks?????
