Why Do Farmers Bale Corn Stalks???
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- Today is a busy day of harvest. We move to a new field, get the combine set, and harvest some more corn. I have been receiving questions from viewers about different topics, and today it is time to answer a viewer question. What is the point of cornstalk bales??? Skip to 4:20 if you are in a hurry to find out about the corn stalk bales...
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Listening to him makes me think of all all of those "smart" folks in this world are just fooling so many. This guy and every farmer I have met are some of the most intelligent people in the world. They literally have to be smart because each day they are tested by the market, the earth, mother nature, social forces, economics, history and even mechanical engineering. Amazing folks.
You are so right.
Like a boss!
You are so right. And they don't need yoga or insect milk from Himalayas to be productive!
Thanks for growing America's food!! 👍🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
Ho-Ho's with your sandwich,,, she's a keeper.
I am from the Midwest and I have never seen our fields in such a mess. I am heartbroken 😢 Love and respect to all farmers! If you go down we all go down! Always pray and give respect to your local farmers. 💕 😙 💗
Absolutely farmers have it hard highest suicide rate at 60% God Bless all farmers and you for posting this comment-!
I thought all wealthy countries subsidized their farmers!
@@lisaschuster9187your right we do subsidize to level the playing field but farm related costs keep soaring as everything else is😪
I heard that round bails are soon to be illegal. Simply because the animals are not getting a square meal anymore.
Classic dad joke. Respect.
@@julie4178 - mouth full? ha ha
I heard something similar. however it was said that the West Virginian cows were dying because of the round bails. They kept circling over and over looking for a starting point on the bail.
@@robertordewald8678 This is true.
Ha ha..I love that one..Here's mine..
Elsie the Cow and her herd are protesting Elvis Presley's "Don't Be Cruel"
She was offended by the words.."I don't want no *Udder* love".
I didn't know Cows were so sensitive.
Thank you for growing our food.
Thanks for eating it!
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 hahaha..think you found the one time when telling someone to eat it isn't an insult :)
@@zarroth 90% of the corn grown in the USA isn't made for eating. Only a few percent is sweet corn. Most of it is sent corn used for feed and ethanol
@@johndowe7003 and you eat what eats it
@@joshuadavis6361 cant eat ethonol
Thanks for taking care of us...God Bless you!
I really really miss farming😫. You guys are why I miss it, you are doing right.
Best tutorial for sure 👏👏 thank you so much for your time. God bless you and your family.
Thanks for making the video. Regards from Scotland
Excellent! Great insight into farming and all the alternatives, complications, and costs with each choice. Great video!
Thanks!
We like your calm and honest approach!
Thank you and good luck.
Thanks for watching!
I did not know that! I think that is an efficient way to utilize half the cornstalks. Thank you!
Used to bale hay fall and spring. Did the occasional corn stalk bale. The rest is plowed under for fertilizer. No ethanol. Don't need good corn whiskey in my car, better used inside me. Keep up the good work, your efforts in farming and cattle raising are really appreciated. Live in north Texas.
Thanks a lot for watching and for taking the time to write to me! I have relatives in Denton, TX.
See Canon why do you think we have GMO corn, it was supposed to be used for ethanol only because it is not good for us we are one of the few countries that use it that’s why nobody wants our beef overseas we need to be educated
North Texas corn Whiskey is YUMMY!
Living in South Texas, ethanol is a bad word. But corn is fantastic😍😍
dowhat5084 GMO corn cannot be differentiated from non-gmo corn. Do you have any sources you would like to cite?
This guy makes more sense than our Political class in Washington.
That’s not saying much 🤣
So what you’re saying is .... Epstein killed him self???
All I see is an honest, hard-working young guy who’s handsome as a movie star. I hate him.
You did an excellent job explaining about corn stalk baling. Keep it up.
Well prepared video. I spent a bit of my childhood on a family farm, and these videos are balm for my soul.
That’s great to hear! I’m happy you are enjoying the videos
I don’t know anything about farming. Your Visio was informative. Keep up the good work.
I've actually taken some to a chop station. I take hay and corn stalk on my step deck to a chop station it's a good load to cover fuel to get to better loads.
Well said, reasonably short, informative without a bunch of time filler. Thank You from Virginia.
Thanks Robert!
Wow!!! Thanks for that. Where I live I see a lot of farm activities going on every day so thanks for the low down on an explanation from a farmer's perspective.
Hey thanks for watching! If you have any questions or suggestions for future videos don’t be shy!
Very fine vid pard from a fellow Rancher from Idaho USA! 👍🤠
Thanks!
Nice Job !!! Thanks For Explanation Of Corn Stalk Baling !!!
Thanks for watching!
You make it all sound sense,, very easy to listen too, and great farm vids too. Good luck farming.
right???????? this guys teaching me all sorts of things!!!!
Thanks guys!!! It makes me really happy to know that people are enjoying the farm videos!
Came here by the TH-cam algorithm. Now I'm going to be looking at you videos all night.
Thanks!
Thanks Phil!
Actually I've always been curious about this! Thanks!! 🇺🇸
Thanks for watching! I’m glad you picked up some knowledge here. If you ever have questions about anything or suggestions for future videos don’t be bashful!
Hey. Thanks for posting these videos.
Over 40 years ago my uncle laughed at the corn for alcohol fuel geniuses.
"That's an insult and a waste. Corn is for eating and distilling it is an ancient, time and resource consuming non-secret that's called moon shine."
We really miss him. THE go to, good old down to earth guru for ANYTHING farm related.
Everyone needs a man like that in their life!
Absolutely.@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206
KMA
40 years ago the price of crude oil/gas- diesel was in a different financial dynamic. Petrol in 1979 was around 90 cents for a US gallon. Today, 2019 it's about $3.04. So there is a time when it becomes financially viable to make fuel from corn. The alcohol fuel geniuses can tell us when that time is as I don't know much about the whole process.
I have a good friend who used to be a manager at the local ethanol plant. I asked him for his thoughts. Here is what he says:
“...the biggest need in for it is as a fuel oxygenate. The hydrocarbon used for the same pollution reduction is MTBE. you know, the carcinogen that works it's way into whatever water source you have?
#1. ethanol plants are generating significantly more energy than they use while producing a pollution reducing fuel extender.
#2. More feed value comes out of a plant in terms of high quality protein and usable energy.
#3:. It's no longer a scientific or engineering question. It's a question of whose ox is getting gored.”
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206
For me the answer is unclear ? Specifically is ethanol in 2019 made from corn viable $$ as a fuel for the internal combustion engine. I mean as a % additive to gas/petrol or diesel ? Also why did your friend leave the ethanol plant & what's he doing now for work ? Plus what's MTBE ?
This information should be widely watched as so few folks really realize what’s involved in farming. Thanks for posting!
Thanks!
I have learned so much from this channel and I live in the middle of the corn belt here in Nebraska. I always thought you chopped corn stubble for feed but did not realize the main use is for bedding. Actually makes sense. It's just that around here, there are fields that have hundreds of these round bales lying around after harvest. I heard that some of it is sent out of state to help folks who got flooded out. My friend has a dairy, about a 300 head outfit and they chop every year. Great channel! Keep the tutorials coming and a big warm Howdy from the Cornhusker State. Go big or go home!
Really liked your explanation corn stalk bailing and uses,thanks for sharing ,new subscriber also.
Thanks! Hope you are excited for harvest videos!
Happy I found this channel. Reminds me of home. Go Iowa!
Glad to have you aboard!
Great info. I always wondered about the stalks, and baling. Thank you for what you do.
Thanks for watching! Glad to answer some of your questions.
This is Great! Being a city boy, I know next to nothing about agriculture, thanks for your efforts, so many things I’ve wondered about, now I know!
Nathan Anderson thanks for watching! If you ever have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask. Most of my “educational” videos are responses to viewer questions!
I subscribed because I know my kids will love to watch these videos. If I'm ever able to I'd love to get a small farm started. My step grandma and grandpa had one so I learned allot but they stopped when no one was able to take over. Then it just became family gardens and such. It was sad to see the old barn fall down and more sad when the water company bought the property, they tore it all down and built a water recycle station on that farm. Was good soil now it's just concrete and stinky water.
That’s terrible. I always hate seeing the old barns go. When a tornado tore the roof off ours I probably should have burned the rest of it and buried it, but I spent the money and took the time to fix the darn thing back up.
That's a tough story to read. I'm sorry.
I'm definitely no farmer. I can't hardly keep a houseplant alive. Anyway thank you so much with your knowledge of farming. To me it is really interesting.
I’m so glad you enjoy the videos! Thanks for your time and your kind words.
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My husband and I really enjoyed this. Well done and very informative.
Thanks Lisa!
Great video with a nice add of the corn bales. Nice to add the technical information like moisture, ethanol, value and cost of the corn bales compared to normal straw bales.
Additionally that lunch was fit for a king. Even a classic desert.
The wife did good!
I too agree that using corn to make Ethanol is not the way to go. We need the corn for home made cornbread ! YUM... With some hush puppies and catfish... WOW YUM !
Haha. Aw yeah. Sounds like our Louisiana food for sure!
@John Elizondo You hit the nail on the head.
Ethonal is wiskey, good stuff
@Kevin Krostosky thanks for correctin me when I'm drinkin
Never understand how people nonstop complain about ethanol fir gas but never complain about corn sweeteners for soft drinks. Once ethanol is extracted for gas , you still have millions of tons of distillers grains which is the left over meal from distilling the corn. Most goes into livestock feed, poultry feed and some even goes into dog food. It appears on labels as DDGs . If I have a choice between buying 10% ethanol gas @ $2.20 a gallon or a 32 oz Coke /Dr Pepper in a styrofoam cup w/ice for $1.35 . Fill er up,
I have seen some used for outdoor fire furnaces to heat houses and shops.
Don’t know how your channel found me but it was sure fun to watch. Reminds me of spending summers working on my Uncles farm. God bless!
Thanks! I’m glad our paths crossed!
Thanks for the education. Im a towny, but i wouldnt be here without a farm. Gramps farmed 360 with old john deeres. My mom grew up on that farm. Gramps and 5 of his brothers had small adjoining farms up until 1968. Never forget my time on the farms my aunt and uncle farmed too. Again, thanks for the education, and doing what you do. We all gotta eat.
I always feel weird when people thank me for farming. I understand their line of thinking, but at the same time I really love this life and it’s exactly what I want to be doing. It has been really fun being able to share this with everyone through TH-cam! Thanks for watching!
I've always wanted to know more about corn stalk baling, but when he comes on with the house guys, away I go.
I watched the whole video. Really nice
Thanks! I really enjoy sharing our farm life with you.
We like to wrap our corn stover bales the same we do haylage. Inside storage is always an issue. When we have had room under roof, we ran into the issue of mold & dust from excess moisture in the stalks. Wrapping takes care of both issues for us with just a little extra input cost. Great video!
That’s good to know! I was thinking about wrapping ours this fall too. The ones I had inside were really nice when I needed to bed with them but I don’t have enough inside storage space. I was told by a local guy that wrapping the stalk bales would cause condensation and mold, but it sounds like you have good luck doing it so I may give it a try...
Steven Murch here from southeast Kansas. We used to farm a about 2000 acres between Grandfather, Uncle and I, but circumstances beyond our control shut us down in 2011. I am the only one left and a friend along with myself are starting up again. We started 3 years ago with produce and cows. I have been researching turnip tops for hay. Great information.
Nice Ford pick up your wife was driving. You have a new subscriber here.
Happy trails
Luke
Thanks Luke! I do love that truck. For only having about $4,000 in the old guy he can pull a gooseneck load of 12 round bales as good as any other.
You have the best fence building videos I’ve ever found! Your trick of whacking the clip to tighten it up really sped up my fencing. I’m honored to have you as a subscriber!
Dodge Brothers Farm and Ranch
Oh you flatter me 😳. When I was watching your show I just love the attention to detail and how you explain everything so nicely. I am usually doing everything on the fly so I don’t do the attention to detail like you do. I really need to work on that. Keep up the great work.
Happy trails
Luke
I liked your movie is the first one that I've ever watched were the operator told what they were doing I like that about it as much is anything I grew up in a farm North Dakota and worked at a John Deere factory all my life in Ankeny Iowa I wish more of the small movies would be narrated thank you
"Why Do Farmers Bale Corn Stalks???" Because their fodder told them to. ;-)
I live in Indiana and every year watch with interest as the local farmers go about their business. We have a small place out in the country and are surrounded on all sides by fields that are alternately planted with corn or beans each year. I've wondered for a while now what they did with the large round corn stalk bales. Now I know! Thank you for answering that question. I'll have to watch more of your videos to understand the rhymes and reasons for all I see the farmers doing around us during each season of the year. I especially enjoy watching the harvesting and always pray that these men and women who are working so hard are well rewarded for their labor. God bless all farmers.
I literally had this thought on the drive to work this morning.. thanks ~Heather
Glad I could read your mind!
I don’t understand any of what you’re saying. But I’m a junior in high school and I’ve been taking small mechanical engineering courses this summer. I love combines.
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It’s just my dad and I on our ranch.
Grandpa runs the ranch and my dad is our sheriff. I always pack his lunch too! His favorite is a roast beef and provolone. ❤️💕
Thanks for watching, Chloe! Don’t ever be afraid to ask questions here. I promise there is no such thing as a dumb question.
Cheers to You Chloe! So much one can learn when they love what they do. You're going to be Great!
I liked everything - could not choose. Wish I had been smarter - Who teaches one Life stuff?
Don't let others stop your heart from singing.
Learned too late - One's Inner Voice will 'tell' you Danger (& good). _sorry, i say this because i didn't know_
lol Still say, 'My first time on Planet~E; Learning a little about a lot, but not enough of one.' - I'll be back. : }
Chloe,
Oh GOOD! I'll call big woop magazine,get dolled up for the photo shoot!
dan smolen Uh, okay. Have a blessed day 😊👌
Dodge Brothers Farm and Ranch Do you think it’s possible to heat a home with some of the leftovers from a harvest? Say a heat exchanger system?
We have a house in Alaska that has a shed away from the house about 100 feet. In the shed is a large wood stove about 5 feet high and 5 feet wide and we get cutoffs at the local wood mill. That’s how dad heats the house when we are there. It’s connected to the house with hot water lines that run in the floor. It also heats the water for showers and dishes. He puts wood in it like twice a day. I think that would really like cut down prices of a farmers home heating bills maybe
Thanks for touching on the net loss of ethanol and taking out of your fields.
It always bothers me that nobody talks about that.
For sure, reality always runs deeper than “pie-in-the-sky” rhetoric from the government experts.
Thank you for the information. I have learned something new to me.
I’m glad!
I really like your channel! Very well done-you make it interesting. Thank you!
Thanks Vince! I’m glad you are here!
Nice lunch! She packed Ho-Ho's AND an A&W root beer. Only the best for her man.
I have lived in Nebraska and Missouri all my life and never new there were so many uses for corn stalks
They hold the corn up. :)
@@lisaschuster9187 lol
Great episode. Did not know there was such a thing as corn stalk bales until now. Got just one bit smarter today thanks to you. Stay safe and thanks for feeding the world.
Thanks for watching! Now when you are at a party and the conversation gets lame, you can really kill it with your new knowledge!
Awesome video! Thanks for the education 😁
Thanks for watching!
Do you have to use more fertilizer or do you have plenty?
Great question! We only bale corn stalks in fields with a long history of hog manure application. These fields already have very healthy levels of P and K as well as organic matter. We also never do it two years back to back in the same field. Typically, the Nitrogen application is increased the next season, but not very much.
Any interest in running the dry stocks through a pelletizing mill and feeding them into a pellet burning wood stove?
You should probably crunch the numbers on that idea. Wood pellets are denser and have more BTUs per unit volume than corn stalks, which are largely empty space inside the cells (compared to wood) after the water dries out. You need to make sure that the net energy you get out, is enough more than the energy you are putting into processing the stalks, to make the whole process of pelletization worthwhile.
Best wishes and best of luck, whatever you decide. There's probably a good idea in there somewhere, if you keep working on the details! Dry corn stalks are a natural fuel source. You just need to find the right conditions for changing them into a cost-efficient and time-efficient fuel source as well.
Maybe someone will come up with a big ramp, so that whole rolls of cornstalks roll down by gravity into a shredder, one by one, and that becomes the fuel for your furnace or power plant, as needed? Seems like pelletization becomes an extra (and unnecessary) step, if you go big enough.
Feel free to use any of this, if it helps. Feel free to ignore it all, if none of it helps - no harm, no foul. Just a suggestion.
Best wishes, either way. KZ
Great video! Loved seeing the Deere 🦌 in the field!
I buy a bale every fall and run them through the chopper then mix with manure for the garden. It works pretty good. When I bought the place it was clay so hard it rang when the basement was dug. Between the leaves from the village, cornstalks, and manure, my garden soil is so fluffy and light now that I can lay on my belly and stick my arm straight down into the dirt. Not sure it would work on a large scale, butfor my 50x100 garden, it's been an amazing way to build healthy, nutritious, soil.
That’s great! I know a cattle producer in northern Iowa who completely changed the structure of his soil over the course of 50 years just by rotating hay, small grains, and corn in addition to applying lots of cattle manure.
I'm thinking they would be great for an outdoor boiler.
Yeah I think there is money to be made there...
After you use the corn stacks as bedding do you spread them in the field? Great info you use everything you can good work.
great question. sounds like the ultimate fertilizer.
You bet! The cornstalks get munched on, walked on, sat on, laid on and pooped on and then they get loaded in a box spreader and take out to be spread over the field again.
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 I had the same question, thanks! This was my first time visiting your channel. You do a good job explaining things and making it interesting and entertaining. I ran my grandpa's vineyard in California for a few years, growing grapes to sun-dry into raisins. I liked farming but didn't like living in Fresno very much. :)
I learned something new thanks for the video.
Thanks for watching!
Great video !!! One of the best I have seen in recent memory. You guys rock and are the bedrock of society
Is there much heat energy in Corn Stalks to be much value for biomass plant or heating for farmers to setup? Any idea of the tons per acre?
Hey Dan thanks for watching! I read somewhere that you get a ton of stover per 40 bushels of corn, so if we got 200 bushels per acre that would be five tons of corn stover (about 11 bales). There are a lot of feasibility studies available online for heat energy from corn stover but not a lot of real world data yet.
Hey Dan One of the problems with the heat energy is getting them into a form that can be burned and not too wet. You cannot just dump them in a boiler. Now, if you grind them up, (energy cost) and dump it in a Circulating Fluidized bed Boiler you can get some good results, but, when you are burning 2.5 tones per minute of Coal for 180 Mw You have to have a lot of corn stalks to make a difference. Not that it cannot be done, and it does help! I have seen soy bean hulls pecan hulls and many other things that farms produce that can be combined to make a viable fuel for power production.
Do you have to apply more nitrogen if the stalks aren’t left in the field?
Some farmers have been able to build large burners for stalk bales and used the heat generated to dry the corn crop. It saved alot in the years propane costs got high. In Europe and India people are making pellets and small logs from stalks and other crop residues for fuel for heating in various industries. So far the USA in in the stone age adapting this technology. We are only making wood pellets for the most part. There are small pellet mills available for private use for those who want to try making their own fuel pellets. They can be made from almost anything with a gluten content. The gluten is what holds the pellets form when forced thru a press.
Also i heard that you get approximately 1ton of stalks per acre of corn but that does seem like a low estimate. Probably related to whether you run a stalk chopper first and then take and bake bs just running the baler over it to get what you can pick up.
They use the corn stalk for silage. they pack it in Silo's an feed the cows in the winter with it.
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO. I LEARNED A LOT.
THANKS FOR FARMING AND PROVIDING FOOD FOR HUMAN AND COW ALIKE !!
THANKS FOR BEING SO GOOD AND KNOWLEDGEABLE AT WHAT YOU DO TOO !!!! WE APPRECIATE OUR FARMERS !!!!
THANKS!
I subbed for sure. I love the info. It's explained well and ive always wanted to know how a combine works and you took care of that. Great content and keep up the good work!! 👍
Thanks! You keep watching and I’ll keep filming.
What happens to the plastic wrapping? I do hope it’s recycled.
no dumb ass thy let the pigs eat it.
Don’t kno what happens in the states but in Ireland we have a re ycling service for bale wrap and bale net.
Interesting thing about the plastic net wrap: it’s more degradable than most plastics. I have a couple old bales from 2018 and the wrap is starting to “disappear” on the top and sides of the bales that were sitting in direct sunlight. But in general it’s pretty easy to wind the wrap up and throw it in the recycling dumpster.
I grew up on a family ranch and unfortunately for many ag operations, there isn't access to recycling and things like net wrap are simply thrown away. Remember, rural areas where agriculture happens is rural after all. Access to recycling centers and other amenities (in some areas, many hours and more than 100miles) can make certain things impossible. It's often not that ranchers are being purposely wasteful, they just cannot feasibly do it.
Maybe you could be utilizing the many benefits of hemp as a yearly rotation crop?
There is starting to be some interest in that around here.
branden casey I think that Pres. Washington and Pres. Jefferson experimented in growing hemp, as possibly a way to produce cheap clothing for their slaves.Didnt work out. That's how all the stoners got that untrue story they pass around, that Pres. Washington smoked weed. While it's true he grew cannabis, it's the male plant that's used, like Pres. Washington did, in making hemp. No THC.
@@ronbennett6396 don't think I was implying that Washington smoked weed? I was however, stating that hemp can renew soil content/diversity
branden casey Didn't say you were implying anything.
Good job from a Texas cattle rancher. Like all the green paint too
Thanks Alan! I’d love to get down there and we how real ranchers do it.
Really enjoy your videos,ve informative.thanks
American farmers are awesome 🇺🇸
Thanks for watching, David!
Could a person use corn bales for mulch in a garden? Any nutrients in corn?
T L I think that would work fine. I’ve never seen anyone do it but I don’t know why it wouldn’t work.
There definitely are nutrients there. It takes a while for them to break down into a usable form.
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 Thanks for the replay, I think I will try it Probably mulch it up some first, bag the smaller stuff, then compost the rest.
Good video and very informative. It's nice to see young farmers continuing the traditions of the past, although with modern equipment.
If you are interested in the traditions of the past you might enjoy my latest video...
I grew up in the city of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in Canada, where the economy revolves around wheat, barley, flax, rapeseed/canola and other agriculture. I'm very familiar with traditional farming techniques because it was everywhere in my childhood (I'm now in my 60s). My family lived in the outer perimeter of the city and had a huge garden of roughly 1/3 of an acre. I grew up eating organic vegetables and fruits grown on our property. I think it's wonderful that small farms still exist and haven't been taken over by large comglomerates.
Len Williams that’s pretty cool! I met a farmer from Saskatchewan at a conference in Omaha last winter. He is a canola farmer, and we had a great time talking about the difference in our farming systems.
Thanks for the lesson 👍
Starts at 4:15
I’d love to hunt that field after your done filling it full of headshells.
You do a spiral from the outside and you will corner the deer in the center. Dad always had his Mossberg with him picking corn.
I wonder if you have any idea how many of us would love to live the life you are living and how blessed you are.Surely there are many hardships you must overcome, but never, never let them discourage you.Above all, be sure your children are never allowed to leave your way of life to go to the city in search of fame and fortune.I am Tommy, the husband of the person that this comment is showing it's from.
Thanks Tommy. I do love this life! My kids will get the same chance I did to make up theirs minds what they want to do with their lives. I moved to a city for four years during college and that was plenty enough for me!
Thanks for feeding us and all your hard work for just enough money to keep going.
I’m just thankful to get to do what I love!
He had me at Ho Hos and Root beer.
Corn stock bales . . . Good to know.
Wow, I just subscribed to your channel. Like your logic of harvesting corn stalks for fuel.
Thanks for joining us!
As a trucker I’ve driven through a lot states with corn fields. Good vid!
Thanks for hauling everything around the country for us! And thanks for watching!
So proud of our farmers. Thank you. #WWG1WGA
I have seen them used in a outside boiler for heat, cheaper than wood.....
Thanks for the info! ..Every Summer on our way back to Jacksonville, Fl from the Smoky Mts. of western N. Carolina we go through the middle of Georgia in the middle of August and see these giant bales all over the place out in the fields. This year we actually could see the machinery that makes them and trucks out there picking them up. ..I didn't know about the corn stalks, thought it was all hay. We always argued over how much they got for them and how far they traveled to be used. ..This also explains why they leave a lot of them out in the fields and pushed up against fence lines under trees, those are probably corn stalk bales. ..Thanks and good luck to you guys, you don't hear it enough but to a person we appreciate the hard work our American farmers put in to make our lives possible.
Thanks for watching and for taking the time to encourage me!
Nicely done. Good informative info.
Thanks Larry!
Ethanol= 2 gallons of diesel for 1 gallon of ethanol. Much less the worse MPG and increased maintenance.
So NO to Ethanol.
Could you cite your research source for that statistic? I’m not being snarky, I’d really like to know if that’s true. I don’t have any emotional attachment to corn ethanol. If it isn’t financially beneficial to make it, they shouldn’t be doing it. As for the extra maintenance costs, I’ve been burning E10 in every engine I have owned for the last 20 years and never had a problem that any mechanic blamed on ethanol. What has been your experience?
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 Found the article. It's about 70%. But you have to factor in the less MPG and transport. www.google.com/search?ei=Cx5QXbz6EKix5wK09ofoBg&q=how+much+energy+is+required+to+produce+a+gallon+of+ethanol&oq=how+much+energy+gallon+of+et&gs_l=psy-ab.1.1.0i22i30l3.1082028.1104750..1109717...5.0..0.145.2378.25j6......0....1..gws-wiz.......0i71j0j0i131j0i67j0i13j0i13i30j33i22i29i30.vlUuaAwRTAc
Also since ethanol is hydroscopic, it destroys boat carbs and injectors here in Florida, by sucking up water from the humid climate and corroding the innards of you engine.
"Let's talk about cornstalk bales." Nope, let's talk about the results you're gonna get from that junk food lunch. Bad!
That’s not an ordinary lunch. Normally someone makes meals from scratch, but this particular day everyone was on the move so I got this “convenience store lunch” delivered to me. I don’t tend to worry about eating garbage food occasionally unless it’s every time...
downbntout -great point!!
he also forgot to talk about the glyphosate he sprays the corn with as he feeds it back to the pigs and the cows!!
Since you asked...
That High sugar content from the A&W, Hohos and all carbs from the chips and bread will cause you to make huge amount of insulin which will not only cause you to want to take a nap, but will cause loads of fat production. Insulin is so good at stealing the calories from your body, and turning them into fat on your body, that it will make you hungry again while you feel stuffed, and need to take a nap. The little oil you are getting from those chips, well it has high calories, and insulin loves to store those calories on your sides. So, basically, sugar makes you fat, hungry and tired all the fucking time. Ya, it tastes good, but is it worth all the misery that is inherent with sugar? Fuck sugar.
I lost 30 lbs giving up sugar, and I feel great. Never hungry anymore and only tired after a long day. I'm relatively old too.
Fat is not nearly as bad for you as you have been told your whole life. Fat, in and of itself, does not trigger insulin production. Which means less fat production on your body. Fat and sugar together will will stick to you like dog shit sticks to your shoe. O ya and fat satisfy real hunger, not the hunger you experience after eating a bowl of pasta. A little fat goes a long way. I drop a wedge of butter in my coffee for breakfast and I'm fine till lunch.
I don't want No Money, I have no link, I want no nothing from you. Just you choosing to change yourself. What kind of diet program really wants nothing from you?
Keto
Simplistic, "part-smart". Obsessing about insulin is far from the whole beautiful dazzling complicated story.
Take it easy Francis. Go eat a bean sprout.
I'm from the east. I had never heard of using corn stalk bales till now. Our cattle always were open range and not on concrete. Very interesting. Liked.
I wish we could winter our cattle out in the open. Our weather can get downright wicked in the winter. You should check out the “dangerous calving weather” video.
Here around Waxahachie, Tx they are bailing corn stalk like crazy. I rarely pass a corn field these days that hasnt been raked and bialed. Thanks for the info. I always enjoy farming and ranching videos.
Holy shit a woman made lunch bettee hold on tight
Excellent video ! Thanks.
Thanks!
Good job! THANKS SO MUCH. In Idaho they till down not bale. What a valuable resource.
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We till most of ours in as well. Only take the little bit we need to for cattle bedding.
Thanks for the educational video
Thanks for watching!
Our family is driving through Missouri. I was wondering what the round things were.
. I realize that it was cornfields so I had to figure out how to look up a video to see what I was looking at and why. Thanks for your video!
Glad we live south where our cows spend winter outdoors. We feed 4 large round bales of Bermuda hay a week with 14% range cubes every evening through winter.
How far south are you?
Wonderful presentation.
Thanks Ted!
Great info, I too wondered what it was for!
Thanks!