I’m not a farmer but, at this rate, I might end up knowing enough to get into it someday. Very interesting to hear the technical aspects of farming and your thought process on everything that goes into it.
To me, you seem to be doing something right, don't try and fix it, just improve on what you're doing. You and your dad do a right nice job of explaining things, making it interesting to watch, even for me, a one time farmer. So thanks for sharing! Ron
We were on 38inch rows which was standard for cotton going back to when mules and horse s were the main power source. They didn't trample as much as in narrower rows.
Cold wet springs were always hard to deal with growing cotton and rice. One of the problems with continuous no-till cropping is nutrient stratification, for that reason I was conventional tillage and I was one of the last farmers in my area to still use a moldboard plow mostly to turn in green manure crops that when we used to have layout ground, i tried to plant sourghum sudan in summer when my dad was younger him and grandad planted some small grains with hairy vetch for winter cover crop turned in the spring. Vetch needs a support crop to climb on.
I'm a dairy farmer myself. I learned quite a bit from you with population. I enjoy learning from farmers that have different specialties. I learned a whole lot from You Tube crop farmers in MN (Larson) and IA (Cornstar).
Each year is so different. I live in mid-Michigan and remember that sometimes we would have several years when the corn was lovely and green and almost shoulder high by the 4th of July, but I haven't seen it anywhere near that in the last ten years. The weather patterns are always very unpredictable and it seems that it either rains a lot or is dry for long periods. We are pretty dry right now, but did have some rain yesterday and today, which is welcome It will be interesting to see your results throughout the summer. Thanks
Love the channel guys! I grew up in SW Wisconsin (PdC) and love seeing what you all are doing. I follow a couple of other channels but they are putting do much product placement and blatant advertising that they lost what drew people in to watch in the first place. I live seeing great content from my home area - makes me really miss the hills and the deer hunting! Keep up the great stuff - super informative and interesting!
I ridgetiled my farms in west central Minnesota for 40 years. And my suggestion for your no-till Corn. Is to find a way to create a 4 to six inch strip of clean soil for your corn to be planted in. Row cleaner on the Planter works well in dry years but in wetter years a clean strip in a separate pass works the best. I think you'll be much happier with a clean strip for your notil Corn to start in. I had some success using a roaery hoe ahead of the Planter.
It was interesting to see the difference with the corn between the No Till and the tilled ground. Here is Northwest Indiana we have had a hot and dry summer. We finally got some rain the last couple of days and the crops are smaller than normal this time of year. When you harvest it would be interesting to see the yield difference between the tilled and no till corn.
really interesting info! We struggle here in West Central MN, I feel like our growing year is even shorter yet than yours. On a good year we would get a gravity box full of ear corn per 2acres. Grandpa always complained that the high deer population in our area was a contributing factor to low yield. Every morning more and more of the corn plants would have the tops eatten off. The DNR specifically wants to hold our area to higher population because its a "Destination hunting area" that brings in millions of dollars in revenue. Our area has a lot of tourism resources for hunters to enjoy the area and spend money. Bummer for us farmers, good for the community though.
Great video as always. Is there anywhere that we can get hats like you amd your dad have on? I noticed in the last several videos you have custom made hats on, they look sharp!
We had a bad storm come through when our corn was just under knee high here in SW Mi. planted at 30,000 per/ac, after the storm ended up looking like 10,000 per/ac. Ins. agent said plow it down & start over. Hard to do but it was done.
A 900 stock from the factory is better setup for no-till then a JD with no-till attachments. Sometimes I wish I still had my 900 yet. Your no-till looks good. That is a steep field and no way any planter will perform perfectly with all the slope changes.
Have you ever looked into converting your International corn planter to no-till so that you could have more options dry years, wet year, replanting options and whatever else mother nature has to say. Great video and as always thank you for taking us along on a grate adventure
Corn looks great as I see it tilling produces a better crop. No tilling less inputs and less production but not so less that no tilling is not productive. I've compared fields before and prefer tilling the ground I think that's what is best. Have a great day excellent video.
It wouldn't be a big deal to which. I bought a New Idea 30 inch picker. I rent my friends John Deere 7000 wide row planter which was narrowed to a 30 inch. John Deere told him it could not be narrowed but he said it was built with torches and welders so it could be changed with torches and welders. The only thing that might be difficult is I don't know what chopper you have or if you can still find a head for it.
Hey guys, checking back in. I did not know this, but allegedly knee nigh by the 4th of July had to do with knee high as it related to riding a horse. That makes sense since most corn is at least waist high, if not taller, by then. This came from the days of George Washington. Knee high on a saddle.
Back in the seventies We would plant corn at 36 inches Made it nice when opening up the fields struggle two rows it would just bend the stocks over Come back the other way no problem Great video untill next time
Which of these fields will you be chopping and which will be ear corn for the cribs? The seed size and shape made a lot of difference in our first IH 6 row air planter. Back then we had a big choice of small rounds and flats up to large flats and rounds. And some seeds were sold by seed count per bag and some were sold in bushel bags, 56#.
You do realize you have one of the best planter row units out there to no-till...................The IH early riser. You can no till with that stock as good as I can with a JD max-emerge or M-EII with all kinds of brand X no till parts on it. Skips and doubles on the Cyclo's sometimes can mean bearings/chains on the drive are in need of help. Seed dealer should be made informed of any no-till before settling on a number, some numbers don't like to be no-tilled in my experience, need a race horse hybrid to get up out of the ground ASAP, well, atleast were I am if you battle slugs in no-till, they will chew it off before it gets out.
I know those older cyclone planters really work well with larger seeds, what seed size do you guys typically plant? Could help with singulation if ground conditions aren’t to blame.
Awesome video guys. Haha oh be careful mentioning recommendations you'll have every keyboard farmer on TH-cam over here 😂 corn looks nice. We had the same exact planter you guys have when I was growing up and your dad is right, when you get two seeds in one hole you end up with a couple plants sometimes three plants right on top of each other
I have a neighbor that swears the best corn he ever planted got a 6 inch snow on it after it sprouted.......I don't know if thats true, but he is always in the field weeks before anyone else around here. 🚜
You know I thought roosters only crowed in the morning but the one I have that lives across the street from me crows like yours. Why do they crow like that all through the day. I can’t stand them damn things they are mean. How many chickens do you have? I love the St. Bernard dog he is so pretty.
I guess it comes down to what it cost to till and plant vs just plant. And the yield expected from each. It looks like tilled comes out better, but I don’t see your input costs. Justifying an exactemerge planter for a farm this size doesn’t seem possible.
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You guys speak my logic! Congratulations on the 'Best Dialogue' nomination in the TH-camFarm category 'Best Dynamic Duo' in a dramatic series.
This year is a DIFFERENT YEAR EVERYTHING IS LATE PLANTED 😊
Cover crops, cover crops, COVER CROPS!! You just can't say and use them enough!! Thanks 😊.
Love listening to your dad, love to meet your family someday
I could watch you two talk farming all day long. I know nothing about farming and you really are interesting.
Lol yes knee high the fourth of july my great grandma use to say that nice video
I'm not a farmer but I wanted to see what goes into farming in these current times.
You two explain the science well.
You probably NEED SOME RAIN TOO !!
Man I could listen to your dad talk about farming all day
Just a beautiful farm 🚜
I’m not a farmer but, at this rate, I might end up knowing enough to get into it someday. Very interesting to hear the technical aspects of farming and your thought process on everything that goes into it.
To me, you seem to be doing something right, don't try and fix it, just improve on what you're doing. You and your dad do a right nice job of explaining things, making it interesting to watch, even for me, a one time farmer. So thanks for sharing! Ron
We were on 38inch rows which was standard for cotton going back to when mules and horse s were the main power source. They didn't trample as much as in narrower rows.
Cold wet springs were always hard to deal with growing cotton and rice.
One of the problems with continuous no-till cropping is nutrient stratification, for that reason I was conventional tillage and I was one of the last farmers in my area to still use a moldboard plow mostly to turn in green manure crops that when we used to have layout ground, i tried to plant sourghum sudan in summer when my dad was younger him and grandad planted some small grains with hairy vetch for winter cover crop turned in the spring.
Vetch needs a support crop to climb on.
Love the vid. Beautiful part of the state
I remember how nicely that level field plowed this spring. Corn looks great. You guys must be getting enough rain.
I'm a dairy farmer myself. I learned quite a bit from you with population. I enjoy learning from farmers that have different specialties. I learned a whole lot from You Tube crop farmers in MN (Larson) and IA (Cornstar).
Each year is so different. I live in mid-Michigan and remember that sometimes we would have several years when the corn was lovely and green and almost shoulder high by the 4th of July, but I haven't seen it anywhere near that in the last ten years. The weather patterns are always very unpredictable and it seems that it either rains a lot or is dry for long periods. We are pretty dry right now, but did have some rain yesterday and today, which is welcome
It will be interesting to see your results throughout the summer. Thanks
Love the channel guys! I grew up in SW Wisconsin (PdC) and love seeing what you all are doing. I follow a couple of other channels but they are putting do much product placement and blatant advertising that they lost what drew people in to watch in the first place. I live seeing great content from my home area - makes me really miss the hills and the deer hunting!
Keep up the great stuff - super informative and interesting!
I ridgetiled my farms in west central Minnesota for 40 years. And my suggestion for your no-till Corn. Is to find a way to create a 4 to six inch strip of clean soil for your corn to be planted in. Row cleaner on the Planter works well in dry years but in wetter years a clean strip in a separate pass works the best. I think you'll be much happier with a clean strip for your notil Corn to start in. I had some success using a roaery hoe ahead of the Planter.
It was interesting to see the difference with the corn between the No Till and the tilled ground. Here is Northwest Indiana we have had a hot and dry summer. We finally got some rain the last couple of days and the crops are smaller than normal this time of year. When you harvest it would be interesting to see the yield difference between the tilled and no till corn.
There you are , good to see you again.
The flat land corn looks real nice.
You guys are amazing!!!! Thanks for all the info
really interesting info! We struggle here in West Central MN, I feel like our growing year is even shorter yet than yours. On a good year we would get a gravity box full of ear corn per 2acres. Grandpa always complained that the high deer population in our area was a contributing factor to low yield. Every morning more and more of the corn plants would have the tops eatten off. The DNR specifically wants to hold our area to higher population because its a "Destination hunting area" that brings in millions of dollars in revenue. Our area has a lot of tourism resources for hunters to enjoy the area and spend money. Bummer for us farmers, good for the community though.
A 900 early riser is a no till planter from the factory.
Again It depends on the climate. Here in NC no till is the norm no only for silage corn, but also crop corn, soybeans and winter wheat.
Love your videos. I’ve got a hobby farm between Hixton and Alma Center. Keep it up fellas!!!
Great video as always. Is there anywhere that we can get hats like you amd your dad have on? I noticed in the last several videos you have custom made hats on, they look sharp!
Don't forget the Whitetail scourge of gorging on your end rows.
Awesome video love info thanks for sharing!!!!!!
We had a bad storm come through when our corn was just under knee high here in SW Mi. planted at 30,000 per/ac, after the storm ended up looking like 10,000 per/ac. Ins. agent said plow it down & start over. Hard to do but it was done.
A 900 stock from the factory is better setup for no-till then a JD with no-till attachments. Sometimes I wish I still had my 900 yet. Your no-till looks good. That is a steep field and no way any planter will perform perfectly with all the slope changes.
Have you ever looked into converting your International corn planter to no-till so that you could have more options dry years, wet year, replanting options and whatever else mother nature has to say. Great video and as always thank you for taking us along on a grate adventure
Corn looks great as I see it tilling produces a better crop. No tilling less inputs and less production but not so less that no tilling is not productive. I've compared fields before and prefer tilling the ground I think that's what is best. Have a great day excellent video.
It wouldn't be a big deal to which. I bought a New Idea 30 inch picker. I rent my friends John Deere 7000 wide row planter which was narrowed to a 30 inch. John Deere told him it could not be narrowed but he said it was built with torches and welders so it could be changed with torches and welders. The only thing that might be difficult is I don't know what chopper you have or if you can still find a head for it.
Hey guys, checking back in. I did not know this, but allegedly knee nigh by the 4th of July had to do with knee high as it related to riding a horse. That makes sense since most corn is at least waist high, if not taller, by then. This came from the days of George Washington. Knee high on a saddle.
very good information always look forward for your videos always good common sense
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I planted 75 acres of corn this year going plant 100 acres next year
Back in the seventies We would plant corn at 36 inches Made it nice when opening up the fields struggle two rows it would just bend the stocks over Come back the other way no problem Great video untill next time
Which of these fields will you be chopping and which will be ear corn for the cribs? The seed size and shape made a lot of difference in our first IH 6 row air planter. Back then we had a big choice of small rounds and flats up to large flats and rounds. And some seeds were sold by seed count per bag and some were sold in bushel bags, 56#.
What is the formula you used to calculate plants per acres?
You do realize you have one of the best planter row units out there to no-till...................The IH early riser. You can no till with that stock as good as I can with a JD max-emerge or M-EII with all kinds of brand X no till parts on it. Skips and doubles on the Cyclo's sometimes can mean bearings/chains on the drive are in need of help.
Seed dealer should be made informed of any no-till before settling on a number, some numbers don't like to be no-tilled in my experience, need a race horse hybrid to get up out of the ground ASAP, well, atleast were I am if you battle slugs in no-till, they will chew it off before it gets out.
How's your guys rain situation where your from?
I know those older cyclone planters really work well with larger seeds, what seed size do you guys typically plant? Could help with singulation if ground conditions aren’t to blame.
How is your supply of ear corn doing?
Very informative video, due to weather conditions in northern PA some of the farmers were still planting late June. Not sure how yield is going to be!
where do you live, you have a large area of land. amazing
Awesome video guys. Haha oh be careful mentioning recommendations you'll have every keyboard farmer on TH-cam over here 😂 corn looks nice. We had the same exact planter you guys have when I was growing up and your dad is right, when you get two seeds in one hole you end up with a couple plants sometimes three plants right on top of each other
Where about u guys located in wisc
Do you ever try BMR corn for your silage needs?
I have a neighbor that swears the best corn he ever planted got a 6 inch snow on it after it sprouted.......I don't know if thats true, but he is always in the field weeks before anyone else around here. 🚜
I would say it been my experience with oats.
It's interesting to see a dairy farm that doesnt havest wheat corn or soybean with a combine.....
She also said planting corn it would be three seeds one for the worm one for the bird and one for you lol old timer saying how farming has changed
You know I thought roosters only crowed in the morning but the one I have that lives across the street from me crows like yours. Why do they crow like that all through the day. I can’t stand them damn things they are mean. How many chickens do you have? I love the St. Bernard dog he is so pretty.
The corn will do better back where the StBernard takes a dump…
Why are y’all growing corn on 38 inch row spacing?
They harvest with a mounted picker
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I guess it comes down to what it cost to till and plant vs just plant. And the yield expected from each. It looks like tilled comes out better, but I don’t see your input costs. Justifying an exactemerge planter for a farm this size doesn’t seem possible.