Love your videos. You guys are great. I have always wondered how they harvest sunflower seeds. The header you use looks just like a corn header. You say it's a all crop. Is it the same as a corn head? Just curious. Didn't know if there were different heads for sunflowers.
One thing I do know about sunflower is drying them can be a real fire hazard because of the chaffy oily nature of the seed and fire can break out easy. Nice crop and great video.
Hi, nice and interesting film. Some years ago we grow up sunflowers too. But we harvest with an old and normal Fahr M750/770 combine. Worked too;-) Many greetings to Kansas from Burghaig in Germany/Bavaria. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas next week. Michel
How does it compare to corn or beans per bushel. Is it fair to say you still have to do the weed prevention for sunflowers? It's more of a hobby thing here in Wisconsin and haven't been able to ask the locals. It nice to see you do something to get the city into the country.
Weed prevention is tough as you can't spray anything after emergence. It is also tough to compare to corn or beans with price as we don't sell it by the bushel but rather the hundred weight.
Hello Peterson Farm's, I am looking to run black oil sunflowers through my John deere 7720 Turbo just like yours in this video. Do you have any recommendations for setting up the machine? (I.e Concave clearance, cylinder Speed, Fan Speed, Chafer settings, and Sieve settings?)
I spent 16 summers on my grandparents farm so I know your work well. I decided farming wasn't for me, I work with computers and "modernize" the world. I write because your love, devotion, and ethic brought to your work are inspiring. Moreover I am forever grateful to you for sustaining our civilization and making my life possible. As a species, we'd all still be savages except for the gifts given to us by those who farmed first. Thank you for carrying this vital work forward.
Hey Peterson bros Idk if you’d reply or not. But hopefully you see it How does some one get into farming? Or I guess start. I live out in Arkansas there’s a lot of farms around my area. Although I don’t live on one myself. I’ve looked into land or a house with land and the prices are like 1 million and up just for a semi nice house on 5-10 acres. I saw one for 5 million with like 7 acres. How is the money coming in to pay for something like that or even get approved for a loan for that amount with a regular job. Idk if that makes sense or not. Then you have to have all this machinery and other good stuff that you probably also gotta spend a lot more on. Or is that just something that passed on from many generations ago? Anyways thanks
Absolutely. Sunflower, corn, soybean, canola, used kitchen oil as well ( for economics view point but biodiesel process i.e. 'transesterification' will be different here) - all these above crops can be used for biodiesel production 🌎 🔵⛪🎅🌺🌻🌹🌷💐🍁🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@JasonShipley1979 we all have differences. My great grandfather was a case dealer so it runs in the family. And my grandfather has a very extensive case collection including a case car. Have a merry Christmas sir.
Absolutely fascinating and the sunflowers are so beautiful when in bloom out in the fields.
Oh, I just love sunflowers!!! I wish I could come and look at the field in full bloom!!!
Beautiful video! Thanks for all you guys do for us! Keep up the amazing work! God Bless!
Excellent video as always. I love the music at the end he did a good job on that. Hope you guys have a merry Christmas. 2019 looks a lot better
So beautiful!! Thumbs up!!
Love you guys
We grow about 250 to 300 acres every year of sunflowers
What fertilizer are you using (N-P-K), and what rate? also any micro nutrients?
Sunflowers Rock !!!
Very interesting! Merry Christmas guys.
Nice Video great information about sunflowers and uses.
Love your videos. You guys are great. I have always wondered how they harvest sunflower seeds. The header you use looks just like a corn header. You say it's a all crop. Is it the same as a corn head? Just curious. Didn't know if there were different heads for sunflowers.
Great video! Informative without being too long
One thing I do know about sunflower is drying them can be a real fire hazard because of the chaffy oily nature of the seed and fire can break out easy. Nice crop and great video.
Hi,
nice and interesting film.
Some years ago we grow up sunflowers too. But we harvest with an old and normal Fahr M750/770 combine. Worked too;-)
Many greetings to Kansas from Burghaig in Germany/Bavaria. I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas next week.
Michel
Thank you for sharing!
How does it compare to corn or beans per bushel. Is it fair to say you still have to do the weed prevention for sunflowers? It's more of a hobby thing here in Wisconsin and haven't been able to ask the locals. It nice to see you do something to get the city into the country.
Weed prevention is tough as you can't spray anything after emergence. It is also tough to compare to corn or beans with price as we don't sell it by the bushel but rather the hundred weight.
Hello Peterson Farm's, I am looking to run black oil sunflowers through my John deere 7720 Turbo just like yours in this video. Do you have any recommendations for setting up the machine? (I.e Concave clearance, cylinder Speed, Fan Speed, Chafer settings, and Sieve settings?)
I spent 16 summers on my grandparents farm so I know your work well. I decided farming wasn't for me, I work with computers and "modernize" the world. I write because your love, devotion, and ethic brought to your work are inspiring. Moreover I am forever grateful to you for sustaining our civilization and making my life possible. As a species, we'd all still be savages except for the gifts given to us by those who farmed first. Thank you for carrying this vital work forward.
LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY THANKS FOR SHARING...MERRY CHRISTMAS...
do you keep some harvested seeds to replant your field?
You have a local market for them, or do you process them yourself?
I saw very big sunflower fields in Ukraina. And I found this video.
Very nice.
Very nice, thanks! Merry Christmas.
Thank you!
69th like keep the awesome videos up have a merry Christmas and happy holidays
Keep the videos like this coming!
Great Video very interesting learned a decent bit to I was wondering do you guys happen to bale?
Do a farm tour
I wonder how many doves were out there
Hey Peterson bros
Idk if you’d reply or not. But hopefully you see it
How does some one get into farming? Or I guess start. I live out in Arkansas there’s a lot of farms around my area. Although I don’t live on one myself. I’ve looked into land or a house with land and the prices are like 1 million and up just for a semi nice house on 5-10 acres. I saw one for 5 million with like 7 acres. How is the money coming in to pay for something like that or even get approved for a loan for that amount with a regular job. Idk if that makes sense or not. Then you have to have all this machinery and other good stuff that you probably also gotta spend a lot more on. Or is that just something that passed on from many generations ago? Anyways thanks
Very interesting and educational. Thank you!
I'm going to raise sunflowers commercial for the first time , in 2022 here in Eastern Washington , about 40 acer S , any advice ?
Lovely!
You grow just 40acres? Dude, that's a huge piece of land!
How many lbs per acre would you expect?
Do you harvest the “chokes” (root) as well ?
Can't you use sunflower seeds to make bio-diesel?
Absolutely. Sunflower, corn, soybean, canola, used kitchen oil as well ( for economics view point but biodiesel process i.e. 'transesterification' will be different here) - all these above crops can be used for biodiesel production 🌎 🔵⛪🎅🌺🌻🌹🌷💐🍁🙏🙏🙏🙏
Very nice
Do you sell them by the ton, or by the bushel? Can you make a little money for them?
They are actually sold by "hundred weight" so 50,000 lbs would be 500 "units" x the price
John Deere is the best! You’ve got great taste!!!
More of a case guy myself.
Boondocks Boy Case is just as good too and I like Case myself but, to be honest I’m more of a John Deere guy myself
@@JasonShipley1979 we all have differences. My great grandfather was a case dealer so it runs in the family. And my grandfather has a very extensive case collection including a case car. Have a merry Christmas sir.
Boondocks Boy true and that makes sense. Don’t get me wrong because I like Case too. Have a merry Christmas too!
7720 is sweet.
50 series head right on the older machines ?
Hay guys you are faverit TH-camers ever leep doing what you do
Is that the Coronado Heights hill in the background?
Yes it is!
I thought that you harvested them when the sunflowers are still in color
Never seen sunflowers being harvested. Nice video and explanation. Have a good one
Nice to see some crop diversity, instead of a sea of corn & soy.
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What is a normal yield for sunflowers is it similar to corn?
Normal yield for double crop would be around 1,000 to 1,500 lbs per acre
Did u eat a little bit of those sunflowers
Sunbutter. Yum.
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