How agriculture works thread

[Torvy]

Crop sprayer on US81 in Nebraska. It's that time of year up here..

 

[ovrszd]

Took these pics yesterday while grading roads.

 

[5030]

Doing a powerful lot of crop dusting here as well. I took a gander at the beans across the road and they don't look all that healthy, something is in them. Same with the corn. Haven't seen them dust fields here in a long time here. I cringe when I think about chemical cost too. I usually spray my hayfields with a foiliar inoculant but I'm not this year because the cost per gallon tripled. Just applying 46 sparingly. The big sprayer is staying in the barn. I did spray my potatoes and beans in the garden with Sevin last week, not because I observed any damage, just want to be prepared for leaf hoppers. Use a hand sprayer for that.

 

[ptsg]

Took these pics yesterday while grading roads.



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We just lost one of those Air tractors two days ago. It was equipped for fire fighting and was going to the fire location after it was filled up on the river until something went wrong and could not pull up before it crashed on the side of the mountain. Sadly, the 35 year old Air Force pilot didn't survived.

 

[Creamer]

I didn't think that had changed the shakers/walkers much as well.

Yep - they are gone. Out of the rotor and out the back unless it hits the chopper first.

 

[Hay Dude]

Crop sprayer on US81 in Nebraska. It's that time of year up here..

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Ever see someone in a low slung sports car drive under one?
Its pretty common here to see it.

 

[ArlyA]

Yep - they are gone. Out of the rotor and out the back unless it hits the chopper first.

Hummmmm are you sure? This axial flow combine has a shaker to clean and move the grain back, like they've had for 100 plus years.

 

[Creamer]

Hummmmm are you sure? This axial flow combine has a shaker to clean and move the grain back, like they've had for 100 plus years.

I had not looked at the Fendt. The CIH Axial Flow just uses the rotor and then one cross rotor for separation and the straw goes out the back. A lot of ranchers do not like the rotaries as they grind the straw much more making it tougher to bale and handle. My brother says they remind him of the old corn shellers but they are a little more sophisticated with higher speeds and the concaves they surround the rotor with.

 

[ArlyA]

The most modern X series Deere are still using shakers in grain separation of chaff.

 

[ArlyA]

Case international axial Flowcombine also have shakers.