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Struve Family Farms Organics
Приєднався 22 тра 2020
An educational channel about organic agriculture in central Iowa! We are an almost 500 acre certified organic farm in Boone county Iowa. We grow corn, beans, oats, alfalfa, and other specialty crops and feeds.
Cultivating tall soybeans and update on transitional farm!
Today we are doing the last pass on our transition soybean field using the 8410T and 856 16 row cultivator! Thanks for watching!
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Cultivating Organic Corn for the last time!
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In This Video We Are Cultivating Organic Corn for the last time! This is the second pass with the cultivator. We are using ridging wings to help move more dirt into the row! Thanks for watching!
How transition works! The start of converting a farm to Organic!
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How transition works! The start of converting a farm to Organic! This is a 220 acre farm that we started rent this year! I will be showing some of the practices, wins, and struggles of getting a field to the point of certification. So if you are thinking about converting this will be for you! Thanks for watching!
Cultivating Organic Corn! 1st pass with JD 856 and JD 8410t
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This is our first cultivation pass in this organic corn field! We are using our 16 row John Deere 856 single sweep cultivator behind the 8410t. The corn is about 8” tall so we are running the rolling shields in the down position. Thanks for watching!!
Planting Organic Corn! White 8180 and John Deere 8410
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In this video we are planting our organic corn for 2023! We are using our White 8180 and John Deere 8410. We are plenty the corn at a population of 35,000-35,500 seeds/acre at about 2-2 1/2” deep. Thanks for watching!
Our Soils are Alive!
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This is a quick video to show how organic practices bring back the worms into our soils. Just one of the signs that show we are bringing our souls back to health! This is a field at our home farm that has been organic alfalfa for 4 years
Cleaning Up Soybeans! John Deere 8410T and 856 16 row cultivator!
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Cleaning Up Soybeans with the John Deere 8410T and 856 16 row cultivator! This is the first pass in this organic bean field. Thanks for watching!
Cultivating Organic Soybeans! John Deere 8410T and John Deere 856 16 row Cultivator!
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Cultivating Organic Soybeans! John Deere 8410T and John Deere 856 16 row Cultivator! This is the 1st pass through this soybean field. Thanks for watching!
Tine weeding 2nd Pass Organic Soybeans!
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Tine weeding 2nd Pass Organic Soybeans! We are using our John Deere 4640 and Eionbock 1200 time weeding. I’m hiring these beams when they are 6”-8” tall. Thanks for watching!
First pass time weeding organic soybeans! John Deere 4640 and Eionbock 1200 tine weeder!
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First pass time weeding organic soybeans! John Deere 4640 and Eionbock 1200 tine weeder! This pass was made after the soybeans were out of the ground. Thanks for watching!
1st Pass Tine Weeding Organic Soybeans! John Deere 4640 and Eionbock 1200 Tine weeder
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1st Pass Tine Weeding Organic Soybeans! John Deere 4640 and Eionbock 1200 Tine weeder! Thanks for watching!
Planting Organic Soybeans! John Deere 8410T and White 8186 Planter
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We Are Out Planting Organic Soybeans! With The John Deere 8410T and White 8186 Planter! Thanks for watching!
Field Cultivating ahead of organic Soybeans!
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Field Cultivating ahead of organic Soybeans!
Disking Peas with the John Deere 8410t and 230 disk
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Disking Peas with the John Deere 8410t and 230 disk
Chisel Plowing Alfalfa with the John Deere 8410T and Glenco Soil Saver!
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Chisel Plowing Alfalfa with the John Deere 8410T and Glenco Soil Saver!
Cultipacking New Organic Oats & Alfalfa seeding!
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Cultipacking New Organic Oats & Alfalfa seeding!
Baling Oat Straw! Massey Hesston 1840 Small Square Baler!
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Baling Oat Straw! Massey Hesston 1840 Small Square Baler!
Combing Organic Oats! John Deere 9610 Combine
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Combing Organic Oats! John Deere 9610 Combine
Swathing Organic Oats! Heston 6450 Swather with Draper head.
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Swathing Organic Oats! Heston 6450 Swather with Draper head.
2nd and Last Pass Cultivating Organic Corn! John Deere 4640 and Buffalo 4630
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2nd and Last Pass Cultivating Organic Corn! John Deere 4640 and Buffalo 4630
Cultivating Certified Organic Corn! 1st Pass Buffalo Cultivator
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Cultivating Certified Organic Corn! 1st Pass Buffalo Cultivator
Cultivating Organic Soybeans! 1st Pass with Buffalo Cultivator.
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Cultivating Organic Soybeans! 1st Pass with Buffalo Cultivator.
2nd Pass Tine Weeding Soybeans with Eionbock Aerostar!
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2nd Pass Tine Weeding Soybeans with Eionbock Aerostar!
1st Pass Tine weeding Organic Soybeans!
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1st Pass Tine weeding Organic Soybeans!
Disking Organic Cover Crops and Moisture Management!
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Disking Organic Cover Crops and Moisture Management!
Spreading Chicken Litter on Certified Organic Alfalfa with Kuhn 8124!
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Spreading Chicken Litter on Certified Organic Alfalfa with Kuhn 8124!
It’s great that you’re bringing such helpful knowledge to the community of nature lovers!
Do you ever go across the row or on the diagonal?
Just ran a weed zapper over our soybeans. Not sure if you have one available in your area but those broadleaves and volunteer corn are perfect size to get smoked by it. Maybe cheaper than running a handcrew through? Beans look nice dude best of luck!
Great videos! Small organic farm in Ohio and just bought a tine weeder. Would it be possible to have a phone conversation somehow? Would love to ask you a few questions on your experience and knowledge with it
Sorry I’m just now seeing this! If you find me on Facebook and send me a message we could connect that way!
Greetings from Europe! I am also an organic farmer. you do a good job! how is the infrastructure over there for organic farmers? is it easy to sell your organic soyabeans and other organic products? what is the price for 1.000kg soyabeans from your farm? Do you have many organic certification companies in the usa? how many acres of farmland you need in the usa to make a living for a family of 6 people? i am so interested in organic farming in the us
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how many times you cultivating and tine weeding soybeans?
Hi Addon, I see you're not running the Buffalo cultivator in your videos here lately, not enough rows to cover on each pass for the unit you have? Reason being, I making ready to transition to organic row crops, I thought Buffalo was the Cadillac cultivator? However these old JD versions are a lot less money and more readily available. Where do you purchase the ridging wings if the JD cultivator is the one you'd recommend for corn and beans. Thanks!!
Yes you are right! I do still believe that Buffalos are the best but we did go to this John Deere because it was the only 16 row cultivator we could find. One day I’m hoping to get a 16 row buffalo too! I still have an 8 row buffalo I use but with shortening weather windows we are find that getting across the acres quickly is important
Hey Addon, thanks for the informative response, bro!! We hadn't given up on Buffalo but we only have a six (6) row unit. However we're only farming 140 acres though here in West, TN. In fact, we're the only organic farmer within our county!! I love your videos and have learned a lot from you, in showing all the details (measurements, field videos etc.) Keep up the GREAT work!! @@struvefamilyfarmsorganics7303
Is your litter raw or pelletized? If pellets where did you source?
Our litter is a raw product. There are barns and a compost facilities about 20 miles from us. We haven’t had any experience with using pelletized products yet but would we may look at that in the future!
Hi I am Indian farming nice explain Gujjar bro
Wow, organic management is so destructive, aherbicide pass would be cheaper
Yes a herbicide pass would be cheaper, but since we are organic we do not even consider that as an option. We also so that although we do more tillage our organic practice we’ll make up for not putting all the harmful chemicals into the soil.
How does that work
Love it
Oh shit slams brakes smooth skiddin
Hey there. Is that a rotovator? Thanks for the video.
Yes it is a rotovator!
Hi! Thanks for the great video. What seeding rate did you use for the rye, wheat, and peas in the fall? Did you broadcast or drill them? How many weeks before planting organic beans would you recommend dishing the rye? I want to cultivate and rotary hoe before planting beans, and I’m curious about trash plugging the hoe. Thanks very much!
How fast are you typically going at this stage?
Usually we are still going pretty slow, approximately 4mph
Very nice looking corn! Is it normal for you to go to soybeans after alfalfa instead of corn?
It’s not normal for us to do soybeans instead of corn. We have been testing it to see if we like it better for weed control.
That is impressive, have you always been an organic farmer?
Yes, when my dad and I started farming in 2018 we immediately started the transition process. So it’s been a long journey of learning but it is well worth it!
@Struve Family Farms Organics , that's interesting to find someone who has never farmed conventionally, unfortunately I was brainwashed years ago.
That is pretty neat, thanks for sharing.
Hello Very helpful video. My question is, do you use rotary hoe? Is the rotary hoe as effective as the tine weeder (Einböck Aerostar)? What crop rotation can you use on your farm? Could you give an example cropline? Thank you for your answer in advance! Regards
Hello Fantastic when I see to tine-weeder go in that mulch. I should buy similar tool. What do you think about rotary hoe tools? Is it better than tine-weeder in similar mulch which is saw in your video? Thanks
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What state are you in?
We are in Iowa
Amazing view
Did you see the tire skid when he hit the breaks
Great info, thank you!
Nice job. Looks good.
Thanks!
What are you using for a liquid starter?
That's what I was curious of...
That accurate spacing will serve you well. With all of your preplant cultivation, you may want to stick with those rubber wheels. I ran one rubber, and one spiked. Pulled the spike, and works just fine.
Thanks for the tip! After this season that’s kinda what we are thinking too.
Thanks for sharing. It’s been frustrating up in my township as well. My cultivation windows between little showers have been down to the hour multiple times. There has been no rest to let the weeds die and the crops grow! Despite that the crops look ok just a lot more grass in the row than I’m used to. Have fun out there!
Nice🙂
Thanks!
I’m going to call you the Terminator! 😁
Kolay gelsin
looking at doing something like this for sweet corn but tillage destroys soil and mycorrhizal fungi so kinda defeats the purpose of the cover crop
Yes, tillage’s can kill but some of the mycorrhizal fungi. But with an organic option you pretty much have to do tillage to manage weeds and residue. The cover crops helps with some of the impact it has in the soil.
You're not farming fungi or mycorrhizae but plant crops. Tillage helps, in most cases, increases yield, and with cover crops and residue incorporation doesn't decrease soil organic matter, but can rather help increase it.
Do you find this tillage regiment (flail-chisel-disc-cult) to be just as effective as power tilling on sod/hay? Why not just use the power tiller?
We still have to use the flail chopper before we can tiller so it doesn’t really save us any pass through the field. We are finding that the disc chisel is about as affective and it is faster and more fuel efficient.
Successfully killing Alfalfa requires going deeper than most power tillers are capable of
How deep do you plant your soybeans?Also, I like your videos, I feel we farm in pretty similar ways expect your farm is a few years more advanced so I like to see how different tools perform in different situations. Thanks for posting.
For sure! We plant our soybeans beans right around 2 inches deep. If I tine weed before they get out the ground they will end up being closer to 2 1/2
Yesss!
Just waiting for it to stop raining so we can really put it to work!
Great job. Looking forward to see more videos.
Thanks!
8410 with the narrow stance and 18” tracks is one I haven’t seen. Good luck this year.
Thanks!
Great video, thanks for sharing!
Absolutely!
Bro, I want to see some 8410T videos! 😁
Don’t worry, there coming!
My grandpa doesn’t think you can disk a cover crop and terminate it, he thinks you need a plow. You are (and many others) prove that his statement is false
Did you get a good kill with just a single disk or did make another pass with anything else?
One pass terminated 90% of it. Then I just hit it once with the field cultivator before planting to clean up the little bit that was left.
Hi Aden, this field looks amazing. I was just curious whether this Buffalo 4630 with the standard side shields (open top) could be used for the 1st pass as well. Or do you absolutely need a shield that completely covers the young corn for the 1st pass. Thank you
I think that you could go slow with the open top shields and be just fine. I would definitely make sure you take off your ridging wings.
Hi Aden, Great videos. I was just wondering whether you're using a guidance system with your Buffalo 6 row cultivator. How do you set the shield when your corn is about to canopy? or do you remove the shield? How would you compare Buffalo to Hiniker?
I am currently not using a guidance system. I most the time I take the shields off or raise them all the way up. The biggest difference between the Buffalo and hiniker is the Buffalo had cut-away discs.
What model of your buffalo cultivator and how much HP need? This is the best result I have ever seen.
How many horsepower is your tractor there that you're using to pull that with and do you have to have one that large to pull a Time weeder say half as big as yours
I was using a 60 hp tractor. You could probably pull a 15ft with a 40 hp tractor
Thank you for this video!
For sure!
Great content. Keep posting about your cover crops.
Hands down the most practical video on the advantages of the Tye. Great job!
Thanks! We are really happy with the job it does!