I love this channel. I appreciate seeing new equipment in the field also, but there's just something satisfying about watching older iron still getting it done!!
It's all give and take is probably the most true statement when it comes to tillage or spraying. Atleast tillage reduces the need for so much herbicide.
I run a similar anhydrous applicator to sidedress. Local fertilizer plant practically gave us the applicator given what little we paid for it and the gallons of anhydrous that were already in it.
Good ride this morning. I've never heard anhydrous before. Be careful. Breathing ammonia isn't really good for you even though there are people who work in ice houses.
Have you ever thought about borrowing Bandits Moldboard plow to use on one field that you have grass issues with? Just try a small field, it would also give you a chance to compare yield against a similar field using your regular tillage practices. Probably help to reduce that grass problem too.
We put anhydrous down with what we called a Hipper riddgers on our Cotton ground years ago the Ag supplier that we used set up a IHC 45 Viber Shank for broadcast applications of Anhydrous that I used one year with a Dow N-Serve applicator to put nitrogen down for our rice crop it worked really well... Not much Anhydrous is used here in Arkansas anymore I think due to insurance liability Most is 28 and 32 percent Uran
Its great seeing farmers still being able to make money with the "old equipment". Sometimes watching all that heavily computerized equiptment makes you wonder if a farmer is still a farmer? Great video Jacob.
Hey Jacob, have y'all ever gassed low quality hay with anhydrous? You'll get a pretty good protein boost and better digestibility. Works good on ditch hay when the good stuff is in short supply
@@boehmfarm4276 yep. Single or double row of bales (7,8,10 bales in length). Not plastic wrap, just twine (not sure if it works with net) Cover row with silage tarp or heavy duty plastic. Drape over row and bury edge with soil. Do a good job on sealing. Order a tank of anhydrous and run a tube and go under the edge. Seal back up. Best results if bales sit on double stack pallets, but not req'd. Empty tank slowly (3-4 hours). Keep covered and sealed until gas seeps into bales. Be careful when untenting. Just leave tent on until needed. Wait at least 4-5 months before feeding. Best on brood cows. I'd be shy of feeding to stockers due to possible hotspots of N.
@@willbass2869 Do you know the approximate cost of this per bale? Being you already plastic etc. I've heard very positive things about it being used for wheat straw. Seems costly however!
@@rogercarrico4975 you'd have to price out the anhydrous. Plot out cheapest month in your area. I learned about this couple decades ago. The 'hay' was free ditch hay so no cost there. It was a drought couple of years so anything and everything was cut and baled. I know straw is gassed but I'm not a fan. Too much cellulose plus I figure small grain straw better left on field. Too much dirt when using wheel rake.
@@boehmfarm4276 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--JtjJb-umpk.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zfAiekSLlQw.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-yz5tt_564J0.html Or you can do a search on RU-vid "Ammoniating hay". Later! OL J R :)
@@chadsmith14 yeah meth heads use it to cook cough syrup or allergy meds into crystal meth. They will cut into or steal anhydrous from farm tanks if they can. So much so they have had to put lock boxes over the valves and stuff in a lot of places, even lock tanks up overnight to prevent them from stealing the whole d@mn tanks/wagons! My BIL even had some idgit meth head show up with a BBQ propane tank wanting to buy some anhydrous from him out of his bulk tank... so he could "fertilize his garden" LOL:) He told him to p!ss off and never come back... OL J R :)
@@chadsmith14 Yeah my old man used anhydrous back in the early 70's when I was a lil kid... d@mn near got gassed by it when a supply hose ruptured before he could get the valve shut off... Back then they had dual-tank applicators sorta like the one in the video, but they had a second tank with the liquid P and K fertilizer in it behind the pressurized anhydrous tank, and of course a squeeze pump to distribute the liquid P and K fertilizer to the row knives, the anhydrous is self-pressurized in the tank and pushes itself through the lever-actuated on-off valve and hoses to the distributor and hoses to the knives as its metered out to the row knives, with the valve lever opening and closing the valve as the knives are raised out of the ground or lowered into working position. The knives themselves had two tubes welded on the back, the one closest went near the bottom of the knife to inject the anhydrous ammonia deepest into the soil, and another welded on the back of that tube for the liquid fertilizer to be injected an inch or two above the anhydrous into the soil behind the knife. Those applicators weren't around a terribly long time-- by the mid-late 70's, most farmers in our area were knifing in anhydrous with tubes welded on the back of the sweeps on ripping shanks on their hippers, pulling the bulk tank directly behind the hipper itself. Everybody else just knifed in liquid fertilizer blends of 32% aqueous ammonia and the liquid P and K slurry, which is what Dad did after he nearly got gassed... a little more expensive than anhydrous, but you cannot get gassed by the 32%... Later! OL J R : )
So you said you where getting ready to plant. Will the anhydrous ammonia burn the seed? Do you stagger your planter rows to the anhydrous rows? I only ask because as you know I have zero experience LOL
I'm sure the anhydrous and planter rows aren't exactly missing or direct hitting. It won't burn the seed unless the seed is going in seconds behind the gas, and even then I'm not sure.
Anhydrous ammonia is pure NH3 (ammonia) which is why it has to be in a pressure tank and boils off once it's out of the tank (refrigerating the lines and regulator/distributor). "Anhydrous" means literally "Without water". When anhydrous is released into the soil or atmosphere, it's very strongly attracted to water or moisture, ANY water or moisture it can come in contact with and dissolve into-- whether it's moisture in the soil, or moisture in your eyes, nose, and lungs. When the anhydrous dissolves in the moisture, it becomes "aqueous ammonia" and then it's available to plants and pretty stable in the environment and not so prone to move around. Course if it's in your eyes or lungs, it's not so good, because it's like dunking your head in a bucket of household ammonia. No bueno. You don't want to plant seed directly on top of ANY fertilizer, particularly as soon as it's applied... The longer the fertilizer has been in the ground (few days) the safer it is, but one has to be very careful planting seed in close proximity (in time and location) to anhydrous... it CAN burn the seed and kill the germination, BUT usually only when it's too close to the seed when still in the gas form (IOW, knives injecting it on the planter, which is a fairly common process in some areas, including ours). Once it's been in the soil a few days, it's combined with soil moisture (almost immediately) and then moves out laterally into the soil somewhat (due to the concentration causing it to be drawn out into the surrounding soil). Then it's not as much of a risk. Rainfall pretty much guarantees that its not a risk at that point, because is dissolves readily in rainwater and moves out further into the soil. Later! OL J R :)
I ran a tender summers for two coop tractor application rigs. Just keep the rigs running. Great job except for the fill cycle and unloading whiffs of gas. Whew. Be safe. Winds do matter. Any plans to harvest logs and mill lumber on the farm?
Harvest the walnuts and have them slabbed on farm. Saw at 8 1/4 store for 2 years, make book matched slab resin tables and make bank. Onsite sawing runs around $100.00 an hour. Good luck. Saw any 8 1/4 limb 6 in and up. Use to fill in resin table fields. Great indoor project.
We transfer from their trailer to our applicator. I bought a bar this spring, but to late for this year. It needs EVERY hose replaced. Co-op selling it cut them all.
@@boehmfarm4276 if the co-op cut all the hoses, its because they were out of date and didn't want to be liable for bad hose if it burst while you were using it.
@@patrickkelly4070 it is a fertilizer. Causes growth. The plants need nitrogen to grow. There are a couple ways to get it to the plants one is dry broadcast spreading or as seen here, what is called "side dressing" because they are inserting the nitrogen into the soil in a gaseous form next to the root bodies of the plants. You heard Jacob talk about the 'closers'. Those are the wheels that push the slit the nitrogen gas is in closed just after it's laid to capture it.
No... Anhydrous ammonia is pure ammonia, NH3, "anhydrous" meaning "no water". It is created in a reactor that chemically combines nitrogen from the atmosphere with hydrogen cracked off methane (natural gas) atoms, leaving behind carbon compounds as a byproduct. Anhydrous ammonia is a gas at normal room temperature and pressure, and when sufficiently compressed will become a liquid which boils at -44 degrees IIRC, which makes it a low cryogenic fluid. This allows it to be used as a refrigerant, in fact it was one of the first refrigerants commonly used, until it was replaced by Freon 12 which was safer, being nontoxic and non-flammable. (Anhydrous ammonia was used as rocket fuel in the famous X-15 hypersonic space plane flown in the 60's). Anhydrous ammonia is hygroscopic, meaning "water seeking" and readily seeks out and dissolves in any available moisture or water, in either soil or in an exposed person's body, the moisture in the eyes, nose, mouth, brachial tubes, and lungs in particular, and which can cause chemical burns and severe damage. When bubbled through water, it will readily dissolve to various concentrations, typically 28%-32%, which is known as "aqueous ammonia", which is what is called "liquid fertilizer" because it's room temperature and pressure liquid, meaning it won't boil off into vapor at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. It can be mixed with phosphate or potash slurry to make a blended liquid fertilizer, applied according to soil test recommendations, can provide the necessary nutrients in the proper proportions to grow the crop, much the same way dry fertilizer can be blended by mixing different pelletized or prilled fertilizer ingredients in a mixer. Later! OL J R :)
Anhydrous Amonia dude, not bloody "Anhydrous". Anhydrous means "No Water". As for your rusted up gear, maybe you do some homework on what would happen if the tank ruptured.
I'm well aware of the ammonia part, just saving some syllables, using slang. Shiny paint on the outside does nothing for the interior of the tank besides give false sense of hope. And the inside shouldn't be rusty as long as it has always been sealed in the off-season with a little a little ammonia inside to maintain that anhydrous part.
@@boehmfarm4276 Well, you don't want it rusting through from the outside, so it's easy enough to brush the rust off and shoot some paint on it. Course it's probably 1/4 inch thick steel like a propane tank, so it'd take a lot to rust through, but never hurts to maintain it to prolong its work life. Later! OL J R :)
