Chopping Corn Silage

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  • @crslyrn
    @crslyrn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Kinda neat to see those bags being filled the way they are. Thanks for the ride alongs. Take care.

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Ron. Glad you enjoyed seeing the bags filled

  • @danaedwards5464
    @danaedwards5464 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good looking feed and chopping corn was my favorite job on the farm back in the day always enjoyed it great video thank you

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Dana. I love chopping/unloading in the silo. Its definitely one of my favorite jobs

  • @traviseldridge4385
    @traviseldridge4385 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hey Mike it's Travis Eldridge great looking corn and chopper and tractors look awesome definitely love that corn head and the wagons are looking great as always I definitely love that 4250 and talk to you soon and stay safe chopping and unloading keep up the great videos and it was really nice to meet you at the Whitney point fair and talking with you tell your family I said hello and can't wait to see more videos

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hey Travis. Nice to hear from you. It was nice to meet you also at the fair. I agree that 4250 is a pretty nice tractor. Hope everything is going well

  • @bryankeator8396
    @bryankeator8396 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hey Mike hope everything is going good. Bummed about lack of repeating corn videos. I enjoy them. With we were still chopping. Rambling videos are good.

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Bryan. I'm glad you enjoy them. There will be another chopping video before we move on to beans

  • @anthonyhengst2908
    @anthonyhengst2908 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the advice of the Dion head. I think it is the best decision we made. I had to tell Dad you sold me on it. So thanks. Pretty quick you will be shelling... Maybe be done before Turkey Day.

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm glad you like your Dion head. We really like ours too. We are going to jump on beans next then circle back to corn. We are normally combining corn around thanksgiving time

  • @johnhenderson299
    @johnhenderson299 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great weather for silage harvest great video

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks John. It was definitely some beautiful weather

  • @genechronister7085
    @genechronister7085 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Another great vid! The deere's seem to be running great!

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks Gene. Yeah everything ran smooth

  • @Zeke-yv3nw
    @Zeke-yv3nw 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Mike! Kinda neat you getting to chop.

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Zeke. It broke up the corn silage videos a little bit getting to chop for a day

  • @paulreis1648
    @paulreis1648 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video Mike be safe

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Paul

  • @dave_from_mo
    @dave_from_mo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good video Mike

  • @bradleygarman3436
    @bradleygarman3436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video & drone footage Mike, it's that time of year to make Cow Chow 👍

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It sure is. Gotta love harvest time

  • @Plowboy4960
    @Plowboy4960 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At least you are having a safe harvest and no break downs LOL

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you Paul. Yes luckily we got all the corn chopped and bagged without any break downs

  • @tonymckeage1028
    @tonymckeage1028 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Great Video Mike, I assume that with the crop being that mature is it more correct to call it earledge, thanks for sharing

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Earlage is when you use a snap head and only harvest the ears. This is corn silage where the whole corn plant is getting chopped up for feed

  • @Timlikecola
    @Timlikecola 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:41 Is the littleman on the left be a mascot? I also want to buy one in my cab.

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That is an air freshener from Friday Parts. I think thats their mascot. They probably have some on their website

  • @jasoncannistra2598
    @jasoncannistra2598 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Makes for a long day when you still have to get barn chores done too. Hope you have help for that. I know I’m whipped when I get done in barn after spending the day in the field.

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah thats why I started doing both the chopping and unloading so my brother could get started on barn chores

  • @devillestephane9340
    @devillestephane9340 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Je trouve ce système de récolte merveilleux 👍, en fait un homme sait ensilé seul , et si on est a deux , un homme machine et l autre pour les voyages c est super .... nous n avons pas ce système de remorque étanche en Belgique c est plutot de grosses ensileuse automotrice et suivre a coté avec la remorque .......

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      C'est plutôt cool, c'est sûr

  • @antonyfarming
    @antonyfarming 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job 👌👍

  • @TheGrumpyFarmer
    @TheGrumpyFarmer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It’s crazy seeing you chopping and we’re combining 17%-18% corn 🤷‍♂️ and we’re not that far apart

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah there is a difference in our fields. This field on the river flat stayed green for a while but if you look at our corn on the higher gravel ground that has dried right down

    • @steveketchum9836
      @steveketchum9836 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The blue silos should explain the wait

  • @robertmarino2158
    @robertmarino2158 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tiss the season , for chopping corn that is , stay safe , enjoy , a must to have feed for the cows ! Is that like 110 day corn or so ?

    • @robertmarino2158
      @robertmarino2158 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      LED lights , made a big hit , you did the right thing , a very bright decision !! Stay safe !

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Robert. Those LED lights sure do light up the night

  • @chadpaider1009
    @chadpaider1009 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If you leave 4 flaps of plastic on the bag. You won't have to do the extra work of picking the silage up. There's enough plastic to cover it. I know you said you feed your heifers with the extra. But that seems like a lot of extra work. And farmers already have enough work to do. Fun video to watch though. Thanks for doing what you do

    • @rileyvessey5637
      @rileyvessey5637 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Getting money worth of bags. Do you know how much each bag is?

    • @chadpaider1009
      @chadpaider1009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rileyvessey5637 yes I do. You still can only fit so much in a bag. He's not getting extra in there by doing that. Just making extra work

    • @rileyvessey5637
      @rileyvessey5637 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@chadpaider1009 if they are only putting up a certain number of full bags then they are putting up more feed. The feed isn’t going to waste. Saving them from giving heifers the fermented stuff from last year.

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks Chad. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the tip on the bag

  • @generationll
    @generationll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How well does the 4250 handle this forage wagons?

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The 4250 did great on the wagons and great for pulling up to the bagger

  • @jonchaddock7516
    @jonchaddock7516 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mike, Does the corn head have a swing cylinder on it for shifting sideways? Nice videos,The remaining flap count saves a lot of work to seal the bag.

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The chopper itself has a cylinder on it that swings the head in and out

  • @jonrobbins6248
    @jonrobbins6248 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just curious with it being a bidirectional head do u ever cut across rows or just with the rows

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Usually with the rows but if I need a little more to top off the load I'll go across the rows

  • @tederdmann2993
    @tederdmann2993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How's the binder running?

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      The bagger is running well. Making some nice bags

  • @garybridger6707
    @garybridger6707 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How many wagon loads does it take to fill a bag?

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      These were 8x150 bags and we were getting about 12 loads in them

  • @JRJunior8624
    @JRJunior8624 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thought the corn had to be much greener for silage?

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Depends on where you are storing it. In a pile or bunk silo you want to chop it greener. In sealed silos, like what we have, you need to harvest it a litter dryer like around 50-55%. In this video we were bagging and we rented the bagger so we should have chopped this sooner but we were at the mercy of waiting for the bagger to be available. Also this video is the last day we chopped and the corn had really dried down since the first day we chopped

  • @8110deere
    @8110deere 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    how many tons per acre

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We don't have scales to weigh each load and know for sure. I know we did about 70 loads for the 6 bags (the 6th bag was only 2/3 full) I'm pretty happy with the silage. I thought the field did pretty good

  • @dembeckfarms
    @dembeckfarms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    First!

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "If you're not first you're last!" - Ricky Bobby -

  • @ArmpitStudios
    @ArmpitStudios 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:30 are those your silos, etc in the distance?

    • @mikep7810
      @mikep7810  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, thats the barn up there