Corn Harvest 16 Rows at a Time: John Deere S690 

Minnesota outdoors that’s normal for around here hot weather drys down the grain while plant is still green

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It's mostly Christian, Hopkins and Logan counties, rest of us in Western Kentucky are still waiting for our corn to dry down

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yep!, I hope they get a big discount for volume when they buy the dealers out! lol.

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They used too but they found the ride was too rough.

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Glad you liked it. I have been very impressed by controlled traffic farming.

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Yes the first fields in the area are being harvested this week.

Thank you for watching. I enjoy finding farms where lots of iron is running in the same field.

It does. There are 510 bu combines entering the market for 2020 and there are 18 row 30 inch corn heads from short line corn head makers.

@@bigtractorpower ,thank you very much for the information👍

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@@bigtractorpower No problem. We retired from farming couple years ago so this helps scratch the itch. Lol we are on the other side of the lakes in West Ky In Fulton County. You have filmed over here before with Reams Farms. Grogan farms is another big one around here

Reams are very nice. I hope to get back to Fulton this fall.

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Randy ..so I guess non gmo is out of the question??

I can try to look at that next spring. I did just release a video showing planting results at 10 mph. You can see the corn field review at m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZMDvF-VLyxw.html

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Its so early,I didn't see a 🐓 rooster,I saw a peacock and it said..."this program is brought to you in living color".HAHA!!.

I don't know how they can afford that equipment. I'm running a 6620 yellow top. It's paid for also.

Hint. 13,000 acres

Its nice to hear those old titans are still going. Last combine I was in was a 7720 yellow top in the late eighties early ninties

@@justinschmitz8034 I still run a 1967 Gleaner model E and IH 82 pull type for oats and rye every year. Both paid for and then some!

@@biggins25801 nothing wrong with that. Thanks for sharing

Great to hear. I have liked tractors since I could walk and talk. Cover crops are gaining popularity in many regions. In order to have a cover crop succeed it has to be seeded with enough time to grow before frost sets in. Nebraska may be too far north and have an early freeze to prevent cover crops. Here in Kentucky corn is harvested in August and early September and there won’t be any frost until the very end of October or early November. Some farm’s in places like Ontario Canada spread cover crop over standing corn now so when they harvest the corn in October and November the cover crop is already growing.

@@bigtractorpower Enjoy watching ! Can you show how that is done eg Spread cover crops over standing corn ? Rick. Washington, PA. 🇺🇸

Yes. The Blu Jet just works the ground where the corn seed will be planted. It is a method between no-till and full tillage. The seed gets a fully worked seed bed without plowing up the entire field.

Yes the cover crop is sprayed in March just ahead of planting to kill off the rye to add it back into the soil as organic matter to help the new corn crop.

bigtractorpower thank you very much! That is, how i understood it

There is very limited dairy in the area. Only a few Amish dairy farms. This farm raises corn, wheat, canola and soybeans. The rotation is Corn to wheat or canola seeded in October and harvested in June with soybeans double cropped over all wheat and canola acres to be harvested in October. Corn is planted over the soybean acres in March. ,

One class 9 combine needs about 3000 to 4000 acres to be viable.

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Spray it. You saw the strips that we're still green. I'm sure that was ditches that were not sprayed to keep from eroding the top soil away

Cereal rye won't frost kill in that part of the US unless it is planted very late in the fall, oats would be a better choice for a winter-kill option. Typically an herbicide "burndown" is used in conventional operations to kill cereal rye. Sometimes chemical and tillage is used, sometimes just tillage. I have some friends who run organic operations who use a roller-crimper to terminate rye when it is at pollination, then no-till soybeans into the residue.

They normally run an 80ft boom to split the passes. They do have a 120 for fungicide.

The frame is built to carry the weight.

Thats why they run tracks, lower psi = less compaction

Tracks are helpful with surface compaction, but deeper concoction is related to the overall weight of the equipment, regardless of footprint.

That could not be farther from the truth. I do not know any farmers that farm like that here in WKY. The moisture in this field was 20%. Good place to start. Corn on corn gets this cover crop and the rest of the corn is planted in wheat or canola. The corn has to come off to get nexts year small grain crop in on time.

@@bigtractorpower at that % i know from experience that you lose a ton of profit just from drying it down; most any smart farmer will tell you that . but each to their own but i do love your videos keep up the good work; i watch every video

To clarify, they don’t lose profit it’s a management strategy when you have lots to get done. The longer the crop is out the more it’s susceptible to damage from wind and pests. Not to mention little to no header loss from butt shelling. These guys know what their doing!

@@patrickleduc9627 um yea. And why have so many big and little farmers went out of business. Research keyboard warrior

Jason n actually... lots of studies have shown corn yield is highest when harvested between 18-22% moisture. Below 18% the head loss offsets the drying cost.

If you would like to email me a resume I can pass it on to the farm. My email is contact@bigtractorpower.com

Normally most fields go into wheat but most farms raise a bit more corn than wheat/double crop soybeans so there are carry over corn on corn acres.

Not silly at all. They run 5-6 mph in corn and 2.5 to 4 mph in wheat.

Plowing is not needed as the strip till bar plows the soil just were it is needed. The turbo till pass just firms up the seed.

No they spray it with round up and plant corn between the rye rows. It serves as organic matter to build up the soil.

@@bigtractorpower good ol Roundup, killing us all slowly 😝

That is another farm working across the road.

In this field they are planting rye as a cover crop. Most corn is followed by wheat here.

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I think it's Western Kentucky

No till has its advantages as does tillage. I always enjoy filming dirt being turned over.

It is although the new Ideal combine reaches out 34 ft 7 inches. See the Ideal at m.ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZtjU2vcCZas.html