Filling an Ag Bag with Corn Silage 

Thank you!

Yes, a very good feeling going into winter. Thank you and God bless!

.."I worked 24/7" Maybe if you worked a little faster you wouldn't be working "24/7" Don't come across as a windbag ! It has been my experience that the farmers who DO work hard rarely brag about it.

Glad you like the videos, thanks for watching and God bless!

I really appreciate their help, farmers have to stick together. I'll definitely try to get them on video. Thanks for watching!

I feel the same way!

Wow! I've never heard of one blowing out. A dairy my brother worked on, made a lot of bags, they tried venting but had trouble with spoilage, I guess that's why I've never done it, but I'll definitely keep an eye on this one. Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!

Never have I herd of a bag blowing up and the gas the ensiling process makes eventually goes away never slit the bag to vent it you’ll get the first 10 feet rotten

I have seen it happen to other farmers several times. The worst is probably oatlage. It usually ripes right at the stretch marks as this is the weakest point. Also there are other factors that can lead to spoiled feed at the end of the bag such as how soon the bag was sealed up after it's filled and the method used to seal it. We have had times where we have had to remove 6 or 8 loader buckets worth of moldy feed but I would much rather have this then a blown open bag. I have seen guys try to drape plastic over the top of the feed on a ripped bag, then tape the top and cover the bottom with dirt and let me tell you they had way more mold then 7 or 8 loader buckets. Most of the time we get no mold when venting.

Thanks!

I've heard of those. That's good to know that those are good bags. I did actually find a local guy that had another Up North bag.

@@trinitydairy that's great! Hope you have enough to fill that bag. We are going to fill another 9/200 Friday

They were way ahead of us at the beginning, but by the end, the 2 younger boys were getting pretty tired.

Lol, I've never heard of green bags, but I'll keep it in mind, I was able to find a up north bag, from a neighbor. Thanks for the info and thanks for watching!

Yep, she's getting pretty good with the clippers.

@@trinitydairy Well at $5 every TWO WEEKS for every guy that adds up to REAL MONEY !!

This corn froze, that's why its brown, but it still has enough moisture to ferment, that happens here a lot, we have a pretty short growing season. Thanks for watching!

What’s the test weight for moisture

Let's just say I did get the family discount.

Lol my uncle has beef cattle now he use to have dairy but he sold them 5 years ago but last year he had a problem with the beef calves getting out and the fence was electric too but they would somehow get through it without breaking it and one day I was unloading hay wagons and my uncle calls me and says there is 9 calves in his back yard and I'm like holy crap gotta be a hole in the fence I get up there and the fence is perfectly in tacked

Also I was wondering do you think it would be worth it to raise and sell cattle or do dairy

@@tommiceli6223 it's amazing how they can find ways to get out.

@@trinitydairy I know lol, Have a good night

In this area, we have a short growing season, so most of the time the corn needs to freeze, so it can start drying down.

We use to do that for my grandpa's beef cows, when we piled silage, but with the bags, we scoop it out of the ends with the skid loader.

I haven't timed it but I will try to tonight and let you know. Thanks for watching!

Yeah, I'm using a granular innoculant, I had an applicator on the silo blower, but couldn't get it mounted on the bagger so I'm just spreading it in the wagon by hand.

So do you chop all your corn? Haven't seen a combine yet.

Occasionally we will pick some ear corn, my dad has a 6600JD combine , that we use for small grain, due to the short growing season, it's difficult to get ripe enough corn to combine.

The ID tag says 822, but I'm not to familiar with the NH heads

Working on one now. Rural internet is slow!

@@trinitydairy I know what it's like having bad internet lol it is an annoyance especially when your trying to work on somthing then it cuts out

Yeah, but I couldn't mount the applicator on the bagger, so I just, spread it on the silage in the wagon, by hand.

This one doesn't have a gauge, it has two brake calipers that you tighten with a wrench, and you can adjust it until you get the bag how you want it. Thanks for watching!

No, this is the first time we've needed a second bag.

@@trinitydairy that's a good problem

That's for sure!! I can hardly believe it considering how dry we were in the Spring and early Summer.

This corn froze so it looks dryer than it is, around here most years, if you chop the corn green, the kernels are still in the milk stage. Thanks for watching!