Last day of Corn Silage 2022 

Lots of progress...changeover for hay is fairly involved, but for the acres you have to do...time well spent. Nice view of the Fall Foliage during your move to the last field of silage corn. Quite a crew of "tire pitchers" LOL

Farming is expensive. To be fair, that chopper costs a fortune to buy,run and maintain. But look at the work it does and tonnage of feed it has chopped. Credit due to Andy Hourighan, he knows it, runs it, maintains and repairs it. Well done on another fine video!

Greetings Andy! The man, the legend, ultra-farmer, ultra-farm equipment tech, ultra-family man! This one had a bit of everything. I enjoyed it immensely! You all take care!

Thank you Andy & Crew !!!

Another very good video Andy Thank you

Well done Andy excellent long video. Glad to see your getting some decent weather to finish chopping.👍

Hey Andy ! Thanks for your time Andy and have a good day !

the feed production is just awe inspiring.

Great variety today. Even got to see some bunk packing. Very enjoyable.

Awesome video thanks Andy for your time and consideration top job top team 🚛🚜🚛🚜🚛🚜🚛🚜

Thanks Andy, much appreciated ! ☺👍

Great video to what looks to be a great year.

Glad you are having a good fall. Take care and be safe !!!!!

Great season your having and all farmers having

Great video as always Andy. Cheers with my nice cold glass of whole milk!! Thanks for all you do. Jim.

Andy, you got your stuff together! Great work!

That was one good day Andy! Really enjoyed it!

Andy you make excellent videos I luv watching your videos you're a very hard worker

Another year gone Andy, thanks for sharing.

Excellent video Andy. So close to.100k. Be safe up that way.

I'm glad you had a good run of nice weather for harvesting corn .

Congratulations on a successful corn harvest. 🌽 Glad to see everything working well and all your helpers healthy and happy. It never get old watching you switch up machinery. Of course you might think different someday. Winters coming, look forward to seeing my favorite farm channel in action. Gob Bless

Congrats on getting chopping done for the year

Love your videos Andy

Quite the impressive operation you have to chop and fill those bunks. Appreciated going along with you to watch again. Enjoyed it all. tks Taking that long spout off looks like a great place to rip a hand open. Hope that doesn't happen.

Thanks Andy

As we used to say "Keep cutting" Andy, Spot on as usual. Catch the next.

I like these farming videos

Got yourself a camera guy now, nice! Lol. You're the only other guy I know that goes through stuff like I do. When Jered came in and said all the hydraulic oil was out of the 8120 and the tractor was in the middle of the road… That's what I get, someone walks in the shop or calls me but it's never to say how awesome things are going

I remember getting the tip rubbed lol 😂 great video buddy glad you got corn chop done thanks for sharing

Nice beautiful band of weather we have been having up here.actually a bit dry. Makes it all the better

The worst part of doing silage I love mowing and raking but hate covering a pit. The wind always picks up aswel, soon as the sheet comes out! Lol glad all went well for u guys!

Brilliant video,from Derry in Ireland

Thanks!

It’s a process with many steps…. Good job

Not many know what you have to do to keep the process going , thanks for sharing!

Thanks Florida Joe

I'm amazed how much you get done while you video

Great Video...in Madrid headed back to Charlotte in the a.m. I love watching your channel when the jetlag won't let you sleep.

That had to feel good to get the last of corn chopped. Great video Andy.

Hello hope things go good for you today

Very interesting once again. Beautiful part of the world with all the colour tones of the trees and hills you were heading for.

Nice to see Nate get some air time on the bunk. All the guys in the field get all the camera time and poor Nate is forgot about 😄

We like them!! so far!!

Idea for future video maybe some of the old dairy barns on your farms . The years built or near as you can guess and the changes that came along in the area. Can you imagine when some of these barns and silos were new the happiness it brought to the farmer and his family. Good Luck Andy from NE IOWA

Awesome video Andy. Corn silage seems like it went by fast this year, maybe not for you I don't know. Hopefully you guys make short work of the hay then onto the combine and before you know it it'll be shop videos. Take it easy man. Just the tip

We need a new music video....with all the rocks this year......Rolling Stones..... in-between a rock and a hard place! Or one of my favorites TOOL H. For Haying Harvesting and Having fun!!!

Thats a good idea cutting tires in half

You surely chop alot of corn and hay I can't imagine how many tons

Hi Andy watch this video DIY Tire Cutting Machine you could make a better one also I have an idea on a tarp roll up system without the need of tires or sand Bage's and a one-man operation and reusable for year's would save a lot of cash money and we could sell it to other's a one-of-a-kind system. Hope to hear back from you Phil

I saw you guys covering the small bunk(s) today when I delivered cm..... I see now how heavy that kickout bucket is from using it last week to push up the cm before unloading.

Lunch and watch!

A hummingbird is not something I would have expected to see in one of your videos, nice surprise.

Looks to me when there is fun andy is there to partake. But when work to get done he respected boss dad Uncle what ever he is. Almost looked like fun.

I thought the girls were wearing light colored clothes when they started, but after they were in black... Lol, tires are a hated thing to deal with on a silage pile, but a necessary evil. Great video again!

Hey Andy, where are those adorable daughters of yours today I sure like to see them in the video. They are so cute.

Have you looked into buying a tire cutting machine? Our local tire place has one, so he can get more tires into his semi trailers to haul off.

No more Giants hangin out there? Hope y'all had a good weekend.

Upon Rose Hill in Marietta

Andyn You must use a lot of fuel just going from field to field.

Hopefully they have come up with a easier way quicker way to switch from corn to Haylage. The kernel processor and switching the snout is unreal. Admire you Continually switching

I'm exhausted just watching the switch from corn to grass.

Do you tack any hi monster corn to the elevator or do you keep it all. Stay safe and keep the videos coming cheers.

Gotta make video of Sarah n Alex slicing all those tires with Ginsu knives 😏

Bel video !!! Ora serve una super lavata alla trincia fino a farla brillare!

Man it's Just Beautiful up there..Great Vid🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽🍺🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍👍😎😎🐓🐓

Couple of questions about the Bunker Silos. 1. Instead if having to use the plastic and tires to cover the silage in the Bunker silos; have you checked out the bunker silos that have roofs installed on them ? Some are fixed to the bunker silo. One company makes removable roofs that look a lot like half round green house roofs. Seems like it would save a lot of time and work, if something like that could be installed on the Bunker Silos. 2. Do you know what the % spoilage is in a Bunker Silo, compared to the upright silos ?

puts things in perspective YOUR BUNKERS ARE WIDER THAN MINE ARE LONG!

Likely been awhile since you were haying late October 👍

There's more to it than folks imagine! 😳

Great video, all that help got me to thinking how do you guys go about time off for such a crew?

when u were headed to jump off the tire, I said 2 myself ... "he's gonna jump off that tire & my knees are hurting just thinking bout that" ... when u did jump, I heard u grunt ... I Feel Ur Pain 😔

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I really enjoy your video's , wondering if we could see the milking process .. I live in west branch Michigan , a lot of farmers are selling their milk cows here . really sad . god bless you and your family

The Chopper's been a working.... ready for a few months off, ready for a massage and steam bath👍👍👍👍😎😎🐖🐖

Looks like you filled the high moisture bunk with corn silage, where is the high moisture corn going now

Enjoyed the video. Almost worth having 2 choppers with all that you have to do to convert back to hay. Are all brands of choppers like that to go from hay to corn and back?

How many total tons of feed of all types do you guys put up? It amazes me how good a job you do.

LOL. HEAD DOWN SPOUT UP... the way of men

You filled your high moisture bunk with corn silage! Where are gonna put your high moisture corn now? Bags

Andy, are you concerned that the alfalfa you are cutting fit this last cutting will have winter kill or are these fields going into corn next year?

Not sure if i asked you this before . How often do you Re bearing Kernel Processor ? I know we did the one were i use to work ever other year .

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Andy do you pretty much use all of your bunks every year or do you have stuff that is over a year old

What do you do with the old bolts that you remove from the knives? Do you use it for different projects or throw them away?

Curious if a 3 point sheep foot roller would help pack on the 8r tractor? Never done silage so just asking

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Hey Andy. How's it going with The Jack of All Trades & The Master of None?

I don't see Tim as much anymore.

Please make the videos longer!! I mean 40 + minutes just isn't long enough.

Class machinery and video

put a 12 row corn head on the chopper and do Earlage or chop the entire cob with the chopper, makes nice cow chow.

Not a farmer here...but before plastic was available to cover silage bunkers, were they covered with anything or just left open to the weather elements?

How many hours did you put on that chopper this year between alfalfa and corn Andy?

New to this channel Is that crane standard on that type of machinery Sorry for my ignorance on this matter thank you

Is there a difference between corn and hay knives

Where’s the high moisture corn going this year?

Did you order a new harvester for next year?

What was the first self propelled chopper the farm purchased?How many employees does the farm have and how many are family?

I'm wondering if anyone does anything about the grit and gravel that gets tracked up on the silage pile frrom vehicles running back and forth from roadways? Seems like nobody is the least bit OCD about it. Cows with cracked or broken teeth wouldn't be very productive.' Would steel cleated dozers find a place as packers? They pack dirt pretty good! The vibration. Asphalt rollers have vibrators built into them for better packing. Just always curious.