How agriculture works thread

[ArlyA]

Fremont Nebraska grain processing plant explosion. I've stayed in Fremont before.

 

[ArlyA]

Fremont Nebraska grain processing plant explosion. I've stayed in Fremont before.

3 are know to have died so far.

 

[LouNY]

Grain dust is very explosive, it is much less frequent then is used to be.

 

[ArlyA]

Neat video about silage, storage and its history.

 

[LHF2019]

Some of dad's slides of upgrading from a old tile silo to a poured silo. There are not many silo's that are completely poured. Most have a metal chute as I imagine was a cost savings then. I have been up metal chuted silo's and when they rust out snag you endlessly as you climb them. Not an issue with cement chutes. One of the cost savings grandpa did was no protective cage on the silo. Another thing we had I have never seen elsewhere was an electric distributor for filling. Most fill pipes have fins that distribute the silage as it fills where ours would rotate throwing the silage against the outer wall creating an inverted cone and fill the silo evenly.

 

[LHF2019]

The build

I'm sure dad was not impressed when he got the roll developed.

View from the silo.

And yes every year carried a 100 ft extension cord for the distributor. Silo was a 20x60

 

[LouNY]

Our old wooden silos had a flexible pipe at the end of the blower gooseneck that could be adjusted while filling. Once we went to the concrete stave silos they all had the electric rotating pans for distributors. Our wood stave silos had wooded chutes up the outside for access when unloading, the concrete stave silos had galvanized metal chutes for the silage to come down and people to access the silos. We also had/have the steel ladders up the outside to the top.

 

[LHF2019]

Our old wooden silos had a flexible pipe at the end of the blower gooseneck that could be adjusted while filling. Once we went to the concrete stave silos they all had the electric rotating pans for distributors. Our wood stave silos had wooded chutes up the outside for access when unloading, the concrete stave silos had galvanized metal chutes for the silage to come down and people to access the silos. We also had/have the steel ladders up the outside to the top.

Even our stave silo is a concrete chute. Maybe it was also how that particular company put them up. Or it was an option. To young to know. Lots of questions would love to ask my dad now that I'm older.

 

[ArlyA]

Most in the area we lived in were block style like these. The 2nd most common were the harvestor made steel ones.

 

[LHF2019]

There’s a few harvestore around here. Here’s a today view of the silos

 

[ArlyA]

There’s a few harvestore around here. Here’s a today view of the silos View attachment 3886543

Those concrete Harvestor would be new to me.
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Harvestore is a brand of agricultural silos known for their oxygen-limiting technology, primarily used for storing high-moisture forages and grains like haylage and high-moisture corn. They are constructed with glass-fused-to-steel, which provides a durable and corrosion-resistant storage environment. Harvestore silos are designed to minimize spoilage and dry matter loss, resulting in high-quality feed for livestock.

 

[LHF2019]

Those concrete Harvestor would be new to me.
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Harvestore is a brand of agricultural silos known for their oxygen-limiting technology, primarily used for storing high-moisture forages and grains like haylage and high-moisture corn. They are constructed with glass-fused-to-steel, which provides a durable and corrosion-resistant storage environment. Harvestore silos are designed to minimize spoilage and dry matter loss, resulting in high-quality feed for livestock. View attachment 3886561

No. Those are our silos. No longer used.

Correct. Harvester silos are metal with their trademark blue. There are a couple in the area here. Bottom unloading which is neat. Sealed top. Never have dealt with them.

 

[Eaglesfate]

No. Those are our silos. No longer used.

Correct. Harvester silos are metal with their trademark blue. There are a couple in the area here. Bottom unloading which is neat. Sealed top. Never have dealt with them.

Weren't they used mostly on dairy farms?

 

[LHF2019]

Weren't they used mostly on dairy farms?

Yes though I’m sure there were and are beef operations that still use them. I would like to use ours but would require refurbishing one of many reasons not used.

Most operations have gone to bunks/bags for silage storage.

 

[LouNY]

The harvester silos made good feed when good feed was put in them, the unloaders were a nightmare. When one screwed up it was often several hours worth of work to get it out of the silo to repair.

 

[BnRidge]

Silos, on the farm.
1918, newly poured concrete


1908, 12hp hit miss engine, ensiler and elevator, and brand new brick silo. There are finger prints on the bricks from before they were dried or fired, two layers thick, wired with barb wire anchors, lined with coal tar and lime mortar.


Similar 12hp hit miss engine:

 

[ArlyA]

It interesting to see how CaseIH combine’s harvesting capacity has increased in the past half century. @mikesredtractors 7120 and 715 show a great progression in harvesting.

 

[ArlyA]

I really nice video about farming the hills in Idaho.

 

[ArlyA]

Sweet corn harvesting.

 

[sixdogs]

Sweet corn harvesting.

That's the way to pick sweet corn