Pilot multiple Rated, both sides family have farms. Though Southern side is a massive operation, vs CO grains of only 448 acres. But my favorite of all equipment young was ofc THE BIG DADDY 8850! Which this, the 9R series I'm assuming the new version w/Trax system which doesn't damage fields as much. Is what I was told, when I 1st saw them. - most harvesters whether Cotton/Cane or Wheat/Barley are done by GPS. Drive to field, push a button and the equipment does the vast majority of work. Human is there to mainly maintain If something goes arwy. - Respect both sides, it's not an easy job, easy way of life. Like Trucking big Rigs it's also incredibly expensive in a World that wants A lot for nothing.
I grew up working a farm in central Indiana. Mostly driving a 1980 John Deere 4440, either pulling a grain cart in the fall or plowing. It could only pull a 4 bottom plow but it would pull it well and all day long. My favorite job on the farm too. It had a front loader attachment and when I plucked a rock out of the ground, I would put it into the bucket and dump in the fence line each pass. What I discovered was the more weight was in that bucket, the better it would pull. So I just left them. When I shut that thing off at night the exhaust manifold was glowing bright red. Great memories. How can a kid grow up without that kind of experience? lol
My father adored the fall plowing season and just loved looking back at that dark, rich soil going to rest after a long harvest season. And it was moldboard all the way. Great memories of what that looked like.
I totally understand your passion for moldboard plowing. It is a task I miss a lot it was 25 years ago since last time. Especially opening and closing the fields setting the plow so that all residue is turned down. My team was a Ford 9700 and an Överum 6 furrow plow😢
Reflecting on the past when the University of Illinois conducted their study, it's fascinating to learn that moldboarding can increase yields by up to 20%. Disking, unless it's a deep cross-cut disk, seems ineffective. The key was going 14 inches deep with moldboarding, often with older equipment like the JD730. Regularly turning plant matter into humus was crucial for enriching the soil. It's incredible how these techniques, rooted in tradition, continue to shape modern agriculture and our understanding of soil health.
As you are organic and not using herbicides shouldn't the plow bury all of the weeds to kill them? There looks to be a lot of weed on the surface to re grow.
That's just one of those one in a million deals Ethan. Thats no one's fault. I love your videos because they're about real situations that make up real life on the family farm.❤
Ask your children where their food comes from and then let them watch many of these farm videos. If they're intelligent, they will understand. What a farmer does in modern day
Thanks for the video. You'd do the plowing in a shorter period of time if you had a roll-over plow with less time spent on the headlands.@@FehrsFarmingOrganic It would be a good winter project building one.
We quit plowing slowly but surely here on the balkans...before we had rainfall sufficient enough for good crops last 6-7 years severe drought and we started subsoiling in the last 3 years and the result are visible we harvest more than on plowed ground!
Back in the day when the university of Illinois did their study you can average 20% better yield by moldboarding, discking is a useless implement unless it's a deep cross cut disk. But you should get 14inches deep on moldboarding, but back in the day it was a jd730 twisted up smoker and a 3 bottom rollover every year,you have to get the plant matter down to turn into humous, that is how you build your soil.
14 inches? South Dakota State University did a 30 year study comparing yields to plowing depth and found moldboard plowing at a depth of 4 to 6 inches produced the highest yields.
in the netherlands most organic farmers don't plough, or just like 6 inches deep.. and we want the residu to be under the ground, here we got revolving plough's
Love hearing the engine in that tractor under load. Where I am from, we mostly pull big air seeders with those tractors. Zero till is the way we go because it is too dry to do tillage like this.
I ran a plow just like that behind a quad . 400 acres tops then time for new shoes . Was an awesome run did 1800 acres that year for peanuts. Very much enjoyed that
The video "First Day Of Plowing! The Best Job On The Farm" captures the satisfying start of the plowing season, showcasing the joy and importance of this fundamental agricultural task.
That would be something! Always makes me feel thankful reading comments like this and helps me realize how far along farming and big machinery has came… thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed.
Wow. Tomorrow you can try my jd 6030 hooked up to a 5 bottom ih 720 plow. Certified through oregon tilth for 7 years so I understand what you're doing just on a different scale. Cool video.
Organic approved N is not synthetic and should be applied in a stable form so it doesn’t leach or contaminate the crop with bacteria. Nice Canadian plow👍🏻
We call the Furrow - " Voar Line " , Very impressive plough ,but to call it a Plough or "Plowing " the object of the exercise is to Bury the rubbish , quite honestly it looks "cultivated " . The Tractors & machinery is very impressive , dont like Deeres , prefer our Masseys ,but each to his own . Thank you
Just subbed, weird i'm just finding yer content. i just picked up an 8 bottom to pull behind my AC8550 as we move our cattle op into more natural systems
Just looking at the furrow you're leaving, why isn't it a nice clean cut furrow without dirt falling back in. In my days of plowing we were going down 10-12 inches and it left a satisfying clean furrow. A lot of plowing videos I watch, they aren't going very deep and seem to always leave a dirty furrow. But I have to agree, plowing is satisfying and fun to utilize all the power the tractor has. Amazing how little its done now, probably due to the need to reduce costs .. .tractor wear and tear and fuel costs. Its weird to see planting into no-till fields. Enjoyed the video just the same.
Plough needs skimmers infrastructure of each mouldboard to bury grass /weeds/stubble Also cutters to cut infrastructure of mouldboard and u would do great job Love rich soil
You are in the right ball park with your comment Tom, just look how much trash is on each of the plough legs there s no wonder the soil is not being properly inverted. Also I think the plough is set too deep and has a lot of the soil breaking over the top of the mouldboard which is causing the amount of surface trash. Maybe the winter weather will kill off the surface green matter but if it does not I can see a problem with subsequent operations ie planting ,seeding etc.
Here’s a question. Doesn’t plowing pull up new weed seed? Now maybe this is a question from a different type of farmer (small vegetable farm), but we have been testing this for 6 years now since initially plowing up the grass and we can definitely see a difference in weed density between pictures from then and what we see now in our pumpkin patch. Thanks in advance. And cool video love watching plows just wondering if this is an issue that other people have thought about and curious to hear maybe whether it’s different for big grain farmers or what peoples opinions are in general
If you plough properly with a good plough you should be turning the weeds under. This video shows just how bad it can be, and I'd say in this instance it's not ploughed it's disturbed, so you're going to get weeds. Imo.
I don’t think that John Deere has enough power to break that plow!! Lol 😂 Just kidding! Interesting video on plowing. Watching from Alberta Canada. I wish we were that wet here. Have a safe harvest.
Frist and for most thank u for what u guys do and the second question the produce that u guy go through and the ones u can’t sell do sell to the community for a lesser price
It shouldn’t be about revs when ploughing . You need to use lower revs and more torque. It will give the engine a chance to work properly and give it a good workout to keep it clean.
Good video. Plowing is very enjoyable, you can really see the progress clearly, same as with harvesting :) I would just say that any and all nitrogen is natural. However, not from an organic source. And to plants and animals, there is no difference whether the nitrogen comes from organic source or a chemical fertilizer.
Motrale alos jovenes q miran como cortar una melga sin piloto. Como cerrarla .es lindo ver como se trabaja antes a la vieja escuela .entravas en la menga y seveian el surco de gaviotas y demas .hoy no las ves .
Americans aren’t fussy like us lot, as long as it looks like theve moved the dirt that’ll do, as for moving on with using a reversible, nope, they don’t do that full stop, just different that’s all.
I'm sorry, but this is what a field should look like when a cultivator was used. when ploughing it should really be pitch black, not with all the organic matter at the surface. If it was me, i would have cut the green on top, or go deeper that there would be no matter left. Otherwise the plant you try remove from the seetbed will regrow...
i live on a farm in northern sweden and work there a bit during the summers. i dont understand how you have the money for multiple massive tractors and harvesters? we have 3 smaller tractors, the biggest is a massey ferguson 7719 (i think).
I heard a lot of negative things about ploughing. I guess to keep the amounts of weeds low you can't spray as an organic farmer? Guessing ploughing or mechanical weeding is the only option or just loose yield because of weeds?
we europeans still do a lot of ploughing, when you said that ''it looks nice and even'' i laughed my butt off :D hehe, there is much to learn for you my boy
Yeah 😂 I looked at the rows and thought wy is there anything green above the ground...... And the back tail of the plough is seemly too shallow When we plow there is not a single green plant to see.
We use them for spring tillage ( Field cultivating) and then fall tillage like disk ripping, High speed disk and plowing. We do not run them on grain carts.
