How agriculture works thread

[cqaigy2]

That picture shows what I am trying to say. Where are the trees and hills?

I don't understand your question about 'where are the hills'? They're cutting on the hills, i the video.

Kind of an interesting, to me anyway, is that most of that soil was laid down in the floods that took place when ice dams would break and wash it all down thru to that area. It would have been interesting to see, but not experience floods of that magatude.

 

[Jstpssng]

I don't understand your question about 'where are the hills'? They're cutting on the hills, i the video.

Kind of an interesting, to me anyway, is that most of that soil was laid down in the floods that took place when ice dams would break and wash it all down thru to that area. It would have been interesting to see, but not experience floods of that magatude.

I don't believe that I've ever seen a field which didn't have something visible on the other side; if not a hill, then a house or tree line. For fun, I just looked at an aerial view of Aroostook County north of me, which is our largest and flattest county. There were a couple of fields which measured a mile one way yet there was always a road, tree line, brook, on the edge.

 

[ArlyA]

This fellow is combing corn in southern MI and using a link with the grain cart tow tractor to control its position and speed to properly fill it. Never seen this done before. Its a long video but he speaks about all the things that went into his high yields.

 

[5030]

My neighbor ..lol

Wish I could do some drone video's of my other neighbor, M&W Seeds. They have a huge seed corn operation but they won't allow me to video them. I can take some still pictures of their main plant and bins as well as the shelling operation (seed corn is harvested on the cob and then trucked to the drying and shelling plant where it is removed from the cobs, dried and stored in grain bins by variety). The it's conveyed to the packaging operation where it's either put in Supersacks or in 50 pound bags, stitch sealed and tagged with the type and maturity date. It's all automated btw.

Talk about grain bins, M&W has a double row of grain bins (tanks) about 1/2 mile long and loading them is also all computer controlled. Takes like 3 employees to run the entire shelling, drying and filling operations.

All the stripped cobs get recycled as animal feed and bedding. Nothing is wasted.

Glad I don't pay their NG bill. Consumers energy ran a 10" pipe from the nearest town out the their farm The dryers are huge and so are the burners.

How I get my off grade seed corn to burn in my biomass stoves. If a batch of corn won't 'germ' at 95% or better, it cannot be sold, so I get it. Have a never ending supply of off grade seed corn to roast.

Quite an operation and the also harvest soy beans for seed but mostly corn.

Won't burn off grade no germ soybeans, being an oil seed, it burns way too hot for a biomass stove.

We have a generator here at this farm as well but only for emergency backup. it's a 30KW diesel powered unit and it's plumbed into my bulk storage tank.

Have to take some pictures, they are just getting into taking off seed corn right now.

 

[5030]

Additionally, the price of seed corn is going up like inflation. Last year the average per sack was between 175 and 250 (depending on variety). This tear, $250 is the low end.

I tease my friends and tell them I have the most expensive corn burners anywhere. I can burn 2 50 pound bags a day if I push it hard and want to be really warm.

 

[ovrszd]

Additionally, the price of seed corn is going up like inflation. Last year the average per sack was between 175 and 250 (depending on variety). This tear, $250 is the low end.

I tease my friends and tell them I have the most expensive corn burners anywhere. I can burn 2 50 pound bags a day if I push it hard and want to be really warm.

You need to start a thread!!!

 

[JethroB]

Additionally, the price of seed corn is going up like inflation. Last year the average per sack was between 175 and 250 (depending on variety). This tear, $250 is the low end.

I tease my friends and tell them I have the most expensive corn burners anywhere. I can burn 2 50 pound bags a day if I push it hard and want to be really warm.

I can remember selling (well trying to sell) Dekalb & Funk‘s seed corn in 1983. $35-$40 a bag IIRC. I wasn’t much of a seed salesman but I did get the green and red windbreakers and a few free rubber chicken & green bean dinners.

 

[5030]

You need to start a thread!!!

I did under Rural living...

 

[ovrszd]

I did under Rural living...

Found it.

 

[5030]

Found it.

From what I see, I believe it will be an interesting discussion as to what different folks in different locations use to heat their homes and shops.

 

[5030]

Interestingly, this is John Deere country here and me with Kubota's makes me the odd duck but I will say the guy down the road with the seed farm runs large late model JD Ag tractors and combines and and really pizzes and moans about the all the time concerning service on them and parts and lubricants. I guess they work well, when they work and when they don't, been told it's a nightmare. He keeps a couple Case Magnum tracked machines as backup.

 

[ovrszd]

From what I see, I believe it will be an interesting discussion as to what different folks in different locations use to heat their homes and shops.

I agree.

 

[ArlyA]

Here is a largely original 1917 International tractor.

 

[ptsg]

Plow day in Italy. The Italian do rely a lot on crawler tractors due to the nature of their land. Mostly mountains and hills.

EDIT: Engine sounds start at around the 3:20 mark.

 

[5030]

Corn is very poor this year around here, worst I've ever seen it actually. cobs are all under 10" long and a lot have no kernels at the top. Local agronomists say it's because of the late plant and dry summer. Beans aren't much better either, low yields per acre. with the stupid high fuel prices and input costs, lots of marginal operations are gonna go **** up.

 

[ovrszd]

Corn is very poor this year around here, worst I've ever seen it actually. cobs are all under 10" long and a lot have no kernels at the top. Local agronomists say it's because of the late plant and dry summer. Beans aren't much better either, low yields per acre. with the stupid high fuel prices and input costs, lots of marginal operations are gonna go **** up.

Corn yield here is 25% above normal. Bean yield is a little early to report, but seems to be above normal as well.

We are behind on moisture, especially now, extremely dry, but during corn pollination we got just enough. Late beans will be not so lucky....

 

[5030]

Corn yield here is 25% above normal. Bean yield is a little early to report, but seems to be above normal as well.

We are behind on moisture, especially now, extremely dry, but during corn pollination we got just enough. Late beans will be not so lucky....

You are fortunate. The precip we got was at the wrong time, wet spring delayed planting, then no rain, then some and then none.

My green beans went crazy in the garden. I sowed 40 plants and had 4 picks of 8 gallons per. Need to dig spuds yet, vines are about done, time to get at it. Tables are set up in the garage with newspapers down for drying taters and onions. We froze all we can consume in 2 years and gave the rest away.

Brian took off the seed corn well taking it off. I'll have to swing down and see how that went. Never looked at the cobs in his fields.

 

[K5lwq]

Plow day in Italy. The Italian do rely a lot on crawler tractors due to the nature of their land. Mostly mountains and hills.

EDIT: Engine sounds start at around the 3:20 mark.

I have always enjoyed turning ground but those dudes following so close would get on my nerves quick.

 

[ptsg]

I have always enjoyed turning ground but those dudes following so close would get on my nerves quick.

Yeah, I'm not a fan of that either. I thought it was suppose to be a relax plow day, not a stressed day caused by huge traffic in front.

 

[5030]

No one does that here anymore. Just chiseled.