I started growing rye and it's a lot hardier and more useful than wheat. I found disking rye down doesn't give you the full benefit that is possible. Some tricks I've learned: Plant winter rye as early in the fall as possible (Aug 15th-Sep 15th in upper mid-west) and it will drown out weeds and other grasses. A backup if you can't do rye in the fall is drill early spring oats. Then let it go as late as you want to plant corn or beans in the spring (2nd-3rd week of May in upper mid-west) as it is doubling biomass every week while ringing out the weeds. Plant your corn/beans directly into the standing rye (as long as you have a no-till planter, old-time 'shoe' types need to run strips with cultivator the shoes can run in). That way the rye continues to shade weeds while pulling moisture up from five to six feet below to germinate the main crop (as a test I broadcast dry bean seeds into standing rye, didn't even drill them in, and they all came up after a rain). After the corn/beans emerge and before V1, go through and flatten the rye (even best if the rye started to drop pollen) roller-crimper is effective/expensive but run an old cultipacker down and back (to bend back any that want to stand up from the first pass) and is just as good -- you can test small areas tying ropes to the end of a fence post laid flat and just step on the post into the rye to flatten and crimp it or borrow one of those small lawn rollers and drag behind a quad-runner. That way you have a straw compost weed-barrier mat nearly as good as that plastic barrier the truck gardeners put down. Timing goal is for the corn/beans to close canopy before the rye dissolves into the soil (feeding the microbes) and the weeds think they can come up. I'm no-till and no-chemicals/fertilizers, but small acres. Rick Clark does 5k acres this way filling demanding organic granola-bar/cereal contracts and Dr Erin Silva does university research (more on beans than corn) with this method -- both of them are on various youtube videos (they don't have their own channels). Experiment. You have the rye seed ready to go!
I'm going to run this idea passed Dad we were just talking about spreading some rye as cover crop on some of the wheat ground but I think I want to follow through and plant in to it like your saying and roll it...last spring on a new farm we picked up the previous farmer had planted a rye cover crop but we just planted in to it and sprayed it to kill it and then the trouble was we couldn't knife anhydrous on it because it was still to though and would just ball up so we ended up getting a liquid applicator and we rolled 32 on it
I love the Hesston Steam Society. I went there last summer when we visited family in Indiana. It has gotten way more commercialized than it was 20 years ago when I lived in Indiana. I was a little disappointed.
That’s awesome donating to Hesston Steam Museum. Being close to it, I’m hoping to get up there but most likely next year with as busy as we’ve been. I’d really enjoy seeing a. Tour of the bin site if they allow it. Even part of it is fine. That’s bs about the drones. They should allow them on your private property. I can understand not allowing them to spy on your hot neighbor getting her full body tan 😉 but otherwise they are a fantastic tool
Drones, here in GB we've been slapped with a whole load of restrictions which effect the RC model flying community too! Not due to privacy but due to some stupid idiots flying them near airports and active airfields endangering full size aircraft which is understandable.
When I move to my new place it's something I want to get in to the steam ones are probably out of my reach but a Honda powered little diesel locomotive is probably something I can build there are alot of kits available now days
Just like everything else in the world today Brandon, certain few always spoil it for the rest. Always has to be the ones that use this for nefarious actions and spoil it for the rest. Hope it does not happen? Drone shots from YT and all the good things they are designed for, are awesome. Thanks again sir for the great videos you guys put out.
Great Video! Thanks for share it! 👍👍👍👍... Greetings from Brazil!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
George is doing a great job of videoing for you!
I started growing rye and it's a lot hardier and more useful than wheat. I found disking rye down doesn't give you the full benefit that is possible. Some tricks I've learned: Plant winter rye as early in the fall as possible (Aug 15th-Sep 15th in upper mid-west) and it will drown out weeds and other grasses. A backup if you can't do rye in the fall is drill early spring oats. Then let it go as late as you want to plant corn or beans in the spring (2nd-3rd week of May in upper mid-west) as it is doubling biomass every week while ringing out the weeds. Plant your corn/beans directly into the standing rye (as long as you have a no-till planter, old-time 'shoe' types need to run strips with cultivator the shoes can run in). That way the rye continues to shade weeds while pulling moisture up from five to six feet below to germinate the main crop (as a test I broadcast dry bean seeds into standing rye, didn't even drill them in, and they all came up after a rain). After the corn/beans emerge and before V1, go through and flatten the rye (even best if the rye started to drop pollen) roller-crimper is effective/expensive but run an old cultipacker down and back (to bend back any that want to stand up from the first pass) and is just as good -- you can test small areas tying ropes to the end of a fence post laid flat and just step on the post into the rye to flatten and crimp it or borrow one of those small lawn rollers and drag behind a quad-runner. That way you have a straw compost weed-barrier mat nearly as good as that plastic barrier the truck gardeners put down. Timing goal is for the corn/beans to close canopy before the rye dissolves into the soil (feeding the microbes) and the weeds think they can come up. I'm no-till and no-chemicals/fertilizers, but small acres. Rick Clark does 5k acres this way filling demanding organic granola-bar/cereal contracts and Dr Erin Silva does university research (more on beans than corn) with this method -- both of them are on various youtube videos (they don't have their own channels). Experiment. You have the rye seed ready to go!
I'm going to run this idea passed Dad we were just talking about spreading some rye as cover crop on some of the wheat ground but I think I want to follow through and plant in to it like your saying and roll it...last spring on a new farm we picked up the previous farmer had planted a rye cover crop but we just planted in to it and sprayed it to kill it and then the trouble was we couldn't knife anhydrous on it because it was still to though and would just ball up so we ended up getting a liquid applicator and we rolled 32 on it
Thanks for the ride along!
Without this fossil fuel powered mechanization the world would starve.
No, it would be a lot of hand work, they did it for years before, it’s going to come back to that eventually, strive or die
The tile was put on to keep stuff from wrapping around the bats not to keep it from throwing back over the reel.
I love the Hesston Steam Society. I went there last summer when we visited family in Indiana. It has gotten way more commercialized than it was 20 years ago when I lived in Indiana. I was a little disappointed.
Awesome video keep up the good work
That’s awesome donating to Hesston Steam Museum. Being close to it, I’m hoping to get up there but most likely next year with as busy as we’ve been.
I’d really enjoy seeing a. Tour of the bin site if they allow it. Even part of it is fine.
That’s bs about the drones. They should allow them on your private property. I can understand not allowing them to spy on your hot neighbor getting her full body tan 😉 but otherwise they are a fantastic tool
Yes I agree drones are a valuable tool, always some Moron to mess things up for everyone else.
Drones, here in GB we've been slapped with a whole load of restrictions which effect the RC model flying community too! Not due to privacy but due to some stupid idiots flying them near airports and active airfields endangering full size aircraft which is understandable.
I’ve been to Heston many of times! My grandpa had 2 trains for the 7.5” scale trains back in the day he would run up there all summer long for years!
When I move to my new place it's something I want to get in to the steam ones are probably out of my reach but a Honda powered little diesel locomotive is probably something I can build there are alot of kits available now days
Was that a private farming road you were driving on?
Just like everything else in the world today Brandon, certain few always spoil it for the rest. Always has to be the ones that use this for nefarious actions and spoil it for the rest. Hope it does not happen? Drone shots from YT and all the good things they are designed for, are awesome. Thanks again sir for the great videos you guys put out.
@@tsparky236 You are a brick shy of a full load?
If they outlaw drones that should included the Government their selfs
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That’s awesome you guys are donating the rye seed great video buddy hope you are getting enough rain on the crops thanks for sharing