How agriculture works thread

[Texbest]

I always thought it would be a wonderful adventure to work on a custom harvest crew for a season or two as a young man. A season or two on a Great Lakes ore boat would also be cool. I'm an old man now so that dream is gone and I work in a pill mill.

Any time I jam "wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" I think exactly the same thing!

 

[ArlyA]

Cute or not, I think Laura has done a pretty good job at explaining stuff. The seed corn growing was all new to me.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

I went back to the farm last month and found out my L5030 was losing water and overheating. Course dad didn’t tell me, he just put stop leak in the radiator and added more water. Turns out the water pump seal was leaking, but the damage was done to the tune of a new water pump, radiator, head and various hoses.
It’s all fixed and running again, he’s been bush hogging 3-4 hrs a day.

 

[Torvy]

Cute or not, I think Laura has done a pretty good job at explaining stuff. The seed corn growing was all new to me.

One of the jobs we had as teens was detasseling corn. This is a part of the seed corn business, too. Short kids need not apply.

 

[Hay Dude]

I always thought it would be a wonderful adventure to work on a custom harvest crew for a season or two as a young man. A season or two on a Great Lakes ore boat would also be cool. I'm an old man now so that dream is gone and I work in a pill mill.

We have a few retirement communities around us. One time I struck up a conversation with an older guy at a local watering hole and he asked me if he could work for me for free. He had always dreamed of running farm machinery and with most of his life behind him, I guess he was getting desperate.
My wife’s friend is a bit older than us and her husband is a very wealthy retired lawyer. He calls himself a “recovering attorney” lol Says he will work for me for free anytime. Dreams of running farm machinery lol

 

[ptsg]

Not quite as cute but she gets her hands dirty. Hay farming in Belgium.

Finland.

 

[ovrszd]

I went back to the farm last month and found out my L5030 was losing water and overheating. Course dad didn’t tell me, he just put stop leak in the radiator and added more water. Turns out the water pump seal was leaking, but the damage was done to the tune of a new water pump, radiator, head and various hoses.
It’s all fixed and running again, he’s been bush hogging 3-4 hrs a day.

As I have aged,,,, and mechanical technology has advanced,,,, I find myself asking the boys about a problem before administering my "old school" fix....

 

[ArlyA]

Not quite as cute but she gets her hands dirty. Hay farming in Belgium.

I posted some of her videos earlier but she's not been posting lately. Definitely Finland.

 

[ArlyA]

Reeder farmers started harvesting wheat in Northeastern Oregon. These guys like Gleaner machines and is a very well made video.

 

[JethroB]

Finland.

Thanks for the correction I was lazy and used the dot.be (.be) in the web link.

 

[Creamer]

Better than an ugly old fat man.

And I thought you liked me?

 

[Creamer]

Its because mother nature/God is in charge, not us.

Exactly -work with her and do not try to overcome her which is what a lot of farmers do because that is what has been taught. Does Mother Nature ever disrupt the entire soil structure? Does Mother Nature ever leave a bare dirt surface? Does Mother Nature ever have a monoculture?

 

[ptsg]

George Saunders loading and carting square bales while testing the new NH T5 Dynamic Command. Also a great shot of the pick up hitch/drawbar right in the beginning.

 

[ptsg]

Potato harvesting with some old school iron:

 

[5030]

Great video. Been kicking around buying a single row potato harvester from Titan. We hand dig them now and we grow more and more every year and it's getting harder and harder to dig them, the older I get. Excellent potato ground here.

 

[ptsg]

Great video. Been kicking around buying a single row potato harvester from Titan. We hand dig them now and we grow more and more every year and it's getting harder and harder to dig them, the older I get. Excellent potato ground here.

Definitely get one. They don't go for a lot of money and it's a time and back saver. It's a lot easier to just pick the potatoes from the ground, instead of having to dig and pick those up.

We used to only plant a little bit of potatoes each year, maybe 12 to 15 rows, about 13 ft long. It was plenty for our consumption and still had to give some away to neighbors but we haven't had much luck in the last couple of years, so we kind of stopped with that.

 

[ArlyA]

Neat harvesting wheat video made at an unknown location. Are these rear dump grain carts? These headers don't have wheels on them? Having worked on and in combines, I always get a kick out of these clean looking operations. One of the dirtiest jobs I've ever been in.

 

[5030]

Definitely get one. They don't go for a lot of money and it's a time and back saver. It's a lot easier to just pick the potatoes from the ground, instead of having to dig and pick those up.

We used to only plant a little bit of potatoes each year, maybe 12 to 15 rows, about 13 ft long. It was plenty for our consumption and still had to give some away to neighbors but we haven't had much luck in the last couple of years, so we kind of stopped with that.

Always giving them away to friends. We hang them in the root cellar after drying off, in mesh sacks for the winter. About every meal has some sort of potato dish included. This year we are growing Red Pontiacs, Kennebec and Yukon Golds which are my favorite. Big nemesis here are potato leaf hoppers but this year there are none (hard on the alfalfa too). My issue is, I'll have to purchase a CUT to pull it, my M9's are to big to maneuver in the garden. Yes they are a PITA to hand dig.