Disking fields that were chisel plowed and another that was moldboard plowed. The disk is a John Deere 635 pulled by a John Deere 4555. #farming #dairyfarm #agriculture #tillage #tillage
Nice to see video of our fields being utilized. When we get free time, continue to trim back branches along the fields. A mutually beneficial relationship. Thank you for including my wife and I on the nuisance permits for geese. Free meat.
Great awesome video Mike. Sorry my condolences to Scott and his family, I’m still going through that since last year looosing my father as well it’s tough , honestly I like watching the same videos.
Prayers for you Scott and your family. Yeah Mike, tractor talk is a neat different idea. I finished putting LEDs on all of the tractors and now I'm putting LEDs on the implements too. We never had lights on our Brillion before now our tractors are the sun and the Brillion the moon. It worked so well the chisel plow will be next. I believe that will be a huge upgrade.
We also had to chisel some ground this year where we had the stock cows on, since chiseling it we have received a lot of rain so it’s going to be awhile before we can get into the fields
I'm a fan of that old country song "a little les talk and a lot more action"! I love the video of the machinery at work, tillage or harvest. I farmed fairly close to you, in Deposit, I can't get over how good your land is compared to ours. We had a lot of stone in our fields, it's nice to see your soil being turned.
Not too far from us at all. I was actually surprised with this field how I didn't see a lot of rocks. There were some big ones I have to get. Some of our fields are loaded with rocks
Prayers to Scott and his family… I’ve ran the disk over plowed ground 2 or 3 times to really break up the soil. Sometimes one time isn’t enough. What’s that disk 25’? Great video.. thought you were gonna hit the drone in that one shot… lol it was close..
Hi Mike. Condolences to Scott and his family. Always a tough time in a man's life to lose their father. A stupid question from a wanbe farmer. Does hay have to be planted, or is it just overgrown grass. BTW, went to RU-vid to check out Two Steps from Hell. Good stuff.
Thank you Carl. 2 steps from hell is great music for sure! You probably recognized some of the songs from my videos. I've heard plenty of stupid questions before and that was no stupid question by any means. I've even asked a few stupid questions myself. A hay field is grass. The hay fields you see in this video have at one point been plowed and been in corn then seeded back over so planted grass seed to make them a hay field. What we do is we will see a field like the one I'm working in this video and turn it over with a plow, we usually plant corn in it for 2/3 seasons to get that sod broken down then plant a grass seed mix to put it back to a hay field.
@@mikep7810 Thanks for the info Mike. Inquiring minds want to know. Your videos explain to us Wannabes how much really goes into running a successful dairy farm.
Prayers for your family. Just last week I was disking some heavy clay ground with a 18' 637 behind a 7810, with a roller on the back. The 7810 was rolling coal the first pass, using every cubic inch. Planted beans right after 2nd pass, 🤞 for a good stand. I had really put 💩 on thick on the worst clay, maybe my boss gets a decent yield this year. Love the videos and drone work! Keep at it, my friend!
@@mikep7810 I can spend a half day (12 hours, farmers time) in a tractor, and then watch YOUR farming after I get home late and am eating dinner after everyone else has gone to bed. We do it because we love it, and because if not us, then who? 👍👍👍
Id enjoy what you think about the tractors you use. One thing I’d like you to explain why that in your area you don’t see no till. Here in my area 90% is no till.
I will have to bring that up as a topic as far as the tractors I use. As far as the no till, I can't speak for every person in my area. I had a neighbor no till some corn last year and it didn't do as good as the corn in the tilled ground. It wasn't bad but it wasn't as good. There is a lot that goes into decisions like that. Soil types, climate, location etc. We also do not have not till planters or seeders. The main thing for us is we rely heavy on the cow manure for extra fertilizer. For our ground we have had great results using the chisel plow to rip up the ground, break up the compaction, and mix in that manure
@@mikep7810 I assumed the climate has a lot to do with the lack of no till. However my cousins use liquid manure like you neighbor Andy. Except it is spread out on the stubble and no till is used spring is corn fall it’s winter wheat
@@JamesDedmon I'm sure climate has an effect but I think its more the type of soil you have. Like I said my neighbor has a diary farm, milks 800 cows and does liquid manure also. He did no till corn and it wasn't as good as the tilled ground corn. I'm not knocking no till by any means. If you get good results then go for it, but if you aren't set up for it or you don't get the results then you have to do what gives you the best crop. Around me there are people that do tillage like me, people that do medium tillage, and some that do no till. What I think is funny is as a guy who does tillage I don't think anything about someone doing no till or medium tillage but it seems like the people who do no till just can't fathom why everyone doesn't do what they do
Passed a couple of planters today. Not sure if they were planting beans or corn but they were getting at it for sure. Passed a long time local land mark that you may be familiar with and boom the barn at Winding Brook Farm is no longer there. Sad to see it go.
My prays for Scott's father and my wish for his speedy recovery. I think tractor talk is good idea as long as the talk is about something that many people have an interest in such as music. I have had my non farming friends listen in on a group farmers engage in farm talks with each other; and they become lost and have stated what the hell did you guys say anyway, it sounded like some secrete code talk? In one case, a 15 minute AI farm talk took me almost an hour to explain what was being talk about to a non farm friend. My friend's response after my explanation; was damn you guys can make cow sex talk really boring and not fun at all....lol.
It appears that your John Deere tractors hold up well. At another large N.Y. farm, their John Deere tractors are always breaking down. This has given me a real negative view of John Deere tractors. I will never buy one.
I can't speak for every farmer but I am more then happy with John Deere. I wish I could buy another 20 John Deeres. Having too many tractors is like having too much money, no such thing! It might be possible that the larger farms are coving more acres so their tractors are getting used more and getting more wear and tear? Like I said I can't speak for anyone else's operation.
