Chopping Corn 2023/Day4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2023
- The drought that we have been dealing with is really taking its toll on our corn this year, causing us to have to start chopping our corn earlier than we'd like. The International 1256 on the New Holland 790 Corn Chopper get right to work. You can really see the difference in the corn throughout the field. Back at the farm, the International 1066 is pulling Badger Chopper Boxes to the silo where the Case 830 is blowing the silage into our upright silo. The corn is very poor, but with the drought we've been having, we are thankful for anything we can get. We capped off the silo, and now we start filling the ag bag! The 830 wasn't quite enough to run the bagger, so now it's being used to haul wagons, while the International 1066 is running the bagger.
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"Now Paul, when I nod my head, you hit it." said Alan.
Been there! One of our heads got totalled , so now it's our parts head. Did the same as you did and swapped our discs. Sometimes we found out that it's not the discs, just make sure your gathering 😉 chains are tight enough. Also, your right about the long leaves. Not enough corn going thru, short corn, too dry, dry grass, doesn't matter if it's brand new, same results. We have two 892 choppers. Our original one we bought New in 1982. Easy to service and damn good choppers. Give er hell!!😊
1256 handles that chopper hood👍
Good to have extra parts around. You never know when you might need something.
To much talking Allen don’t mind to be rude sorry
Good to see Paul there with you
This was a great and informative video which I truly enjoyed. Thank you Alan for the explanation of silage and how it’s made. Also it’s always good having extra parts around the place. The saying goes better to have it and not need it then needed it and not have it. Lol. Any way hope everything continues to go well and thanks for another great video
Thumbs up for the Utility Man Paul!👍
Nice work
Nice hole famley
Don't worry about what people say about the long leaves If farming was easy there would be a lot more people doing it Keep cool with the drought
Chopping Silage is my favorite time of year. Hope everything runs smooth for you. Have a blessed day.
Consider investing in speed hitches for the chopper, towing tractor, and wagons. Saves many trips up and down, and is safer than manually hooking. We have a Hydro 656 for unloading, that's really nice, my left knee really appreciates it !!
We used to run an Ag-Bagger with our International 684 with no issues at all. Had a CIH 685 on the the forage wagons.
Nice video Alan, thanks for sharing. Hello Paul, sure a great helper.
Really good video, great job explaining. Thanks for all you do!
It’s good to have spare parts department on the farm, it will keep you in the game! 👍👏🐄
Silage looks good to me. Few long leaf's are not going to hurt anything. Good to see your getting your corn off. Really wet over in NY. Have a good one guys
Keep the videos coming they are great!
I so envy you folks man I wish I could be doing that stuff right now...
The long leaves give the girls something to chew on. Noone chopping corn yet here in Vermont. Been a really wet summer here. So wet that everyone will probly be using dumpwagonsinstead of trucks. Thanks for the chopping videos!
Totally agree with you on how hard it is to fine chop short dry plants no matter what you're making silage out of.
Dry leaves still get through on a 1million dollar krone or claas 😊
❤❤ you do a GOOD JOB OF EXPLAINING THE STUFF ALLEN 😊😊😊 I ALWAYS ENJOY THE VIDEO !!!!!!! ❤❤❤
Allen, you are doing a great job making do with the parts you have on hand. That saves you a lot of repair dollars. Good find in the washer, made a simple fix. also good job on explaining on the silage. Pray the rest of chopping goes well, and you get your soil moisture built back up for next year.
Loved the corn leaf clearance guage. Glad you got it fixed with no cost.
A good explanation of silage for us that are not farmers. Have a great day...
Yrs ago a diary man told me cattle make more milk on corn silage.
Good to see it's going ok. Minor repairs are always the best.
A broken washer, a lever in the wrong position or a belt not tight enough. Sometimes a simple little thing can cause a machine to not work at peak performance.
Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊😊😊😊
Great explanation on Silage vs Hay, and the difference. Great video.
You can reverse the shims to close the gap by putting them on the top side of the upper cutting knife wheel. Not many chopper heads, even the Kemper type, feed short corn right. Good luck! Great video!
Good all around video Thanks for the information Alan . God Bless
Good explanation on feed.
Good video, nice explanation of silage. In winter it true, will freeze to the sides and it is a bugger to get off. Also in spring, the silo would have silage water in the bottom that had to be pumped out before filling with the new crop.
Very nice job and God bless y'all
Excellent video as always!!!
Watched all ur videos love them
Enjoyed your video lots of fun though it a little pain in the butt with repairs. Have a great day.
Good explanation of feed. I was explained simply that hay is protein, corn is starch, and corn stalk/ fodder is roughage. To have a balanced meal we eat meat (protein), starch (bread), and fodder (vegetables). One doesn’t really replace the other. Don’t know if it’s correct, but makes sense
You are a real micgiver
Having a couple of extra implements around can aid "scrap pile engineering" to keep things on the move. My frustration would be on a Sat. afternoon or in the evening when no dealers were open for needed parts. If we were trying to beat the weather, a temporary fix helped keep things moving. Agree with your statement on length of cut regarding the amount of material moving into the cutterhead.
Thank you for taking the time to explain things to us urban folks. At the age of 70 I love to know more about what it takes to run a farm. God Bless and stay safe.
I'm planning on starting chopping on Tuesday
I'm hoping for a 100 bu and acre corn ,the stalks are a bit on the shorter side
I'm hoping to average 10 tons and acre
Nice video thanks for sharing
We live a little south west of Long prairie
Good explanation for the long leaves. Anyone who chopped light corn or hay knows that happens. I dont have cows or farm anymore but I miss making silage
Can you show how the silage bag attaches and how the machine fills it.
Allen, perhaps you should give the cows a questionnaire to fill out about how they feel about the longer pieces of corn leaves. They might have a few comments, you just never
know. They might like longer leaves for cleaning their teeth, or just looking cool! Ask the kids what they think maybe they could make up a questionnaire and ask each cow for their thoughts! I would be very interested to hear their moo answers! 😇🙂
Love to watch your beautiful family working together on the family farm! 🙏
lol!
Nevermind my last comment 😳. I ran 80-85 hp JD 40 series on baggers with the hydraulic table, and would have to switch out tractors every few loads to allow hydraulic oil to cool. Swapped with the hauling tractor and kept running. The Reds don't have that problem.
Silage covers come in both round and square varieties in various sizes for different silo sizes. Round is generally for upright silos and squares are normally for pit or bunk depending on the shape of the pit/bunk. I was a little disappointed that you had the package face down. I work for a manufacturer of the covers and was hoping to see our product out on the farm.
Your doing a good job chopping leaves always pull that doesn't hurt better butter fat test
When your sweet box I sent shows up let me know , and if it's all melted please take me some pictures of it because I'm extremely disappointed it's taking so long....thanks Andrew
We just got the box, thank you! Everything made it safe and sound!
@@trinitydairy could you please do me a favor ? I gave them a pretty hard time over how long it took, could you please give them a shout out on your next video....I've got to apologize to them today myself......I'm sorry for asking.....I hope you enjoy the fudge and I'm tickled it made it in tac....your friend Andrew
If you'll let me know what your favorites are or some other flavors you'd like like to try I'll get you guys a nice box of goodies for Thanksgiving....farm fans from East Tennessee
It's really too bad we have had to have a drought again this year. Our area is in sever drought, all we can do is pray for rain this Fall.
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Cheer up, I bought a good used 717 NH, worked good until the sheer bar came loose and took out the knives, reel, bottom pan, and had to dump the whole load! cost almost as much as i paid for the chopper to fix it!
Used anew holland chopper to chop but it got too much wear so decided to custom chop with self propelled beast. Who does in 4 hours what was a week long process took all the fun out of of filling
When cut silage we didn't covered it on which we did get some spoilage not enough to to worry about it
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Good explanation for those who dont know, as far as youre feed untill now, do you have enough for the comming winter,greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer
I should have enough for the winter.
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You can never have to many spare parts
Maybe it’s not worth it, but reducing the feed role speed and removing half the knifes will give you a thicker forage mat and better cut. As for the cutting discs, during operation they should have enough interference to generate heat during operation. About 25degrees over ambient is what I did.
I always put wrap box in between bag and wire so won't rub on bag in case of tearing. When are the boys gonna start choppin.
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Not sure I like that stalk cutter design. But very glad you had a spare parts "bin" available
When the silage ferments and alcohol is produced do the cows feel the effect of the alcohol do you think?
Not that I've ever noticed
I enjoyed your video. Did you fertilize your corn?
Yes I did. The drought was just too much for the corn this year.
I see you have a H&S box this year,how do you like it?
I just bought one of those older one's
Never used one before
They, are a pretty good box, but the wood that the walls are made of, rots pretty easy, my grandpa, had one years ago, that he rebuilt with treated wood, mechanically though, they are good.
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Did you say you had to get a new tire for the 1066? That had to cost a pretty penny 🚜 💲💲 the NH chopper looks like it really does the job well
Yeah we had to put a new tire on this spring, if I remember correctly, it was $1200.
👀🙄🐾👍Great video Alan what's happened to the IH 560 trike?
It's still around, needs some TLC, so my brother wants to get it in the shop this winter.
How many loads do you get in a bag? On my 7'x150' bags I get about 12 or 13, wagons are 16' but Im sure you know you can't fill them real full with a Gehl 800. Oh I didn't get to comment, it would be real had to miss Paul to start with, but I didn't realize that thoes yellow shirts were that reflective. I hope it keeps going ok for you guys👍
I've never kept track of the loads.
I've got to back up here I forgot my bags are 7'x200'. Well could you try to keep track for comparison sake?
Hey Alan, would that New Holland chopper also take a 3-row corn head? Looks like there was space enough for it. Tractor hp is the limiting factor?
I don't know if a 790 would be a big enough chopper to run a 3 row head.
I don't think your deer will be happy this year, you're chopping their food supply pretty early, unless you save some for the corn crib and pick later.
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Question, when you were using the Gehl 3038 corn head was it on the New Holland 790 chopper? Anything that was adapted or does it mount the same? I’ve heard the 3038’s are good heads. You like the New Holland 822 corn head? Is it different from New Holland 824 head?
Thanks for the knowledge
Before this new Holland, we had gehl choppers, and that's what the 3038 was on, it's a very good head, I wish I could put it on the new Holland chopper. The 824, is the new and improved version of the 822, it's a lot more forgiving than the 822, as far as having to be perfectly on the row, but the 822 is a lot simpler, the 824 uses upper and lower gathering chains, and the 822, just has one set per row.
Do you wish you had another silo? Versus the bag?
Yes
I know in Michigan there are companies that take down stave(sp) silos and move them and put them up elseware...don't know the cost though
The silo gas got my neighbors hired man many years ago, a very sad day
Yeah that's a terrible thing.
Do you guys have a case 930 or 830
We have 2 , 830s
Case are the best tractors? Newbie question here!
I do like my old Case tractors, but all tractors have their good and bad.
What happen to the 560
It's still around, needs some TLC, so Paul is hoping to get it in the shop this winter.
Who does your milking?
We do.
I love your channel I’m young aspiring farmer praying ask god help me find grain wagon and 2 row corn picker praying small scale scale I’m selling honey buy boxes make hives
Too bad the drought diminished your yields. First you spend a lot on fuel, seed and fertilizer planting, then you spend more fuel harvesting a smaller crop. Altimately, the poor yields and decreased nutrition shows up in the milk check to give a farmer the final blow. Good luck. I guess that's why some farmers call farming a lifestyle and not a career.
I also forgot the expence from spraying.
I have an other question. Why your americans saying always: we are going cutting hay ? In my opinion is it, you cut grass and you making hay or silage 😅😅
In the US, if you say you're cutting grass, people assume that means you are mowing your lawn. I think they say cutting hay because that's what it will be is hay, and there is a lot more out there than just grass. It can be a mix of grasses, alfalfa, trefoil, clover, etc.
Cutting hay, mowing hay, or making hay is interchangeable here.
@@trinitydairy i now what you mean, i am a farmers son. In the Netherlands we say always: we're going cutting, in the dairy it will mean grass
Jerome 1.has a cab. Jerome 2 does not have a cab , his engine does not feel good. Jerome =. Jerome. I. Case company.