As for the molasses that you use in your TMR, that product is called “HNI Extra Sweet”. It is approximately 62% dry matter, 45% sugar. Farmers want absorbability and to coat all the feed stuffs for making it more palatable and to increase the dry matter intake for the cow. If we were to put in thick syrup molasses (75% dry matter) it would not absorb and would not blend properly and would stick to the inside of the TMR.
The auto steer reminds me of watching my uncle use a team of mules that had worked a field enough they knew where to go. He didn't drive them at all. He just watched the implement. Progress. Thanks for the video. 🇺🇸
You guys have made a lot of improvements since the new barn was built, very nice looking dairy farm! Thanks for posting your videos! Keep up the good work, I know you and dad are proud!
In my country you can connect to a seperate additional service, which calculates accurate coordinates (0.50inch precision). Its called RTK. That makes life way easier :) Its using ground stations, which are max. 30 miles away and they correct your GPS position. Without it you will never reach your desired precision. At least for now :). Great video again btw, cheers
Nice to see you trying out the high tech stuff on your tractor. More than likely will be pretty frustrating at first and then you will wonder how you did without it. Great video as usual and thanks.
Instead of killing off your cover crop, have you ever thought of running a roller/crimper over it? I've watched some videos on the process. It adds organic and it mulches the field. It looks like a really promising process for soil and water conservation. Might be worth looking in to. (I tried to post a pic, but it won't let me) Love your videos!!
It’s the same process, just a different method to it. They already have a sprayer, and a crimper is just another tool they don’t necessarily need. The only people I see using a crimper is those who farm organic, and are technically not allowed to use chemical. They can cover a lot more ground with a sprayer and that 7220 than they could with a crimper and that same tractor, or even the 7130.
Glad that you're getting a chance to give Auto steer a try. It's one of those things that has kind of a big learning curve, and can definitely be very frustrating in the beginning, but once you get the hang of it and start to use it more and more you'll wonder how the heck you survived without it. LOL. Just make sure that you give yourself plenty of time to get used to it and to become more comfortable with it before you make a decision on whether or not to keep it. I know some folks who didn't give it a fair shot and when they finally tried it again a few years later they realized that it was extremely useful and had a lot of regret for not trying it sooner. Biggest advantage of the time and money that you save by using it, as you're not planting, spraying, or whatever you're doing, over top of areas that you already covered (obviously). Anyway, another great video, Eric. Thanks for sharing with us!
Got my hat and sticker today [arrived long ago, just haven't been to the post office in a while]. The hat is super comfortable and if I may say, I look darn good in it. Thanks again folks!!
I would move across country just for the chance to work for/ learn from you and your father. The stuff you guys do on the regular fascinates me so much
We got our first tractor with autosteer this spring and we use it a lot more than we thought we would! You might have to adjust the offset of your implement if it's overlapping one way and leave strips the other way. Your new molasses setup looks awesome! I would look into that if we would get a new setup one day! :)
Men, I was watching the video and all of a sudden I thought : "it would be great to have another review of the feeder now that they have had time with it !" And then I remembered that I'm an IT engineer and I would probably not have any use in my life for this review. But I mean............Can you do it anyway ? 😂😂😂
Your EZ Steer unit is very familiar to me, the company I work for Bodine Electric Co makes the whole unit for EZ Steer in Peosta Iowa we make electric motors. A lot of these unit have been made. Thanks for showing it.
I’m watching you feed the cows in the new barn and seeing cows poop on the open grates and remember you playing with your basketball in the brand new manure pit when the cement was just cured enough. *grin*. Technology is amazing ! I’m sure the GPS thing just needs an adjustment. As you well know, it takes time to learn new equipment. Great video ! Thanks !
Depending on whether the receiver can utilize DGPS (with that kind of precision it really should), the problem could also be a lack of DGPS signal localized to the area - in that case a local DGPS station might be needed to provide the necessary accuracy.
@@veikkoimmonen7300 there’s lots of guys in this area using gps, and have it down to sub inch accuracy. Probably just didn’t something quite right on the tractor/implement side of things. It is quite a learning curve, and sometimes you just have to figure it out as you go n
@@TheRealJesseStoltzfus Noted, in that case there probably is a DGPS signal present, couldn’t really be that accurate without. Issue could be as simple as receiver placement on the tractor, that would manifest itself as a constant error in one direction. Checking & correcting these is exactly what you said, part of the learning curve.
You maybe have the answer already, but you can adjust the offset in the implement setup. When you create a new field, there should be and implement setup option where you can adjust for your drill or globe not being centered with the tractor.
SUR-UP not SEAR-UP🤣 But anyway, that aside.. I'm quitting my dairy farming job end of November.. glad to be able to keep up with the industry through your videos!
You should put a loader on the 7130 and use it to fill the drill with those bags. I have a 6410 that picks those bags up with no problems. Just uses the bale forks on the loader.
They make it cherry picker attachment for the front of forklifts that'll give you all the distance you need you can probably rent them at your local tractor store or since you're an excellent welder you can probably make a cherry picker for the front of it that fit right on the forks
We run ez-guide 500 and I think your problem was your antenna offset. I don't know how your antenna is mounted but antenna offset can be changed in your set up fairly easy.
If you want to save on foam pads on the steering motor wrap it with rubber bands. I use the same set up in my fertilizer spreader works great. You don't get that foam all over the cab either.
Watching the steering wheel saw back and forth under autosteer makes me wonder if the front end suspension connections are getting worn. Could that be affecting the accuracy of the steer function?
We have the same auto steer setup. When you are off you go into implement setup like where you change your width, and adjust the implement draft. So if it seems like it is “drafting” two inches to the left, ie one pass you are too close on one side the next to far away, you just put 2 inches left as your draft
Would be kinda weird though since the shakiness obviously won’t be a consistent shake in one direction but the planter is off by a consistent amount. Has to be a something to do with the settings since it’s consistently off on one side but double planting on the other. So it has the correct width of the planter in the settings but it’s not following the center line like it should be.
If you guys are gonna keep that drill do you have any spare augers around to put on the back of it ? We made one you just need long hoses and a 3rd remote on the tractor it’s very handy for loading those 1 ton totes
Not sure if you are aware of their but If you are using free GPS signals they generally (not always) are not accurate enough for seeding. Most free signals have a pass to pass of 15 mins with an accuracy of 15" +/-. Normally that is good enough for spraying/ broadcasting.
Could you please explain exactly what a cover crop is? I have an idea but I'm not certain that I understand the whole idea of a cover crop in terms of its purpose and what it actually does biologically. I really enjoy your channel and I thank you for all of the work you do to provide us with the great videos that you do! I wish nothing but the best for you and your wonderful family.
Short version- Cover crops are anything you plant to help the fertility and keep weeds down but aren't the main harvest. Used in no till and especially organic gardening. Helps conserve soil by limiting wind/rain erosion, controls weeds through by competition/shading, reduce compaction with long tap rooted crops and can fertilize the soil through symbiotic nitrogen fixation, plants and bacteria storing nitrogen from the atmosphere in the root system. Also can increase the organic material content of the soil.
