Moldboard Plowing Just Like the Good Old Days!
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2022
- Today we brought out the five bottom moldboard plow and dug under our rye cover crop! This year's rye was beautiful and will make for an amazing source of fertilizer. I hope you all enjoy the video, thank you for watching!
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After all the no till, it’s good to see dirt being turned over ever now and then.
I remember my grandfather and uncle plowed like that back in the day in Nebraska!
A lot of great camera angles of the plow turning a furrow. I know it was a good bit of trouble to do that but it sure added variety (and quality) to the video.
I agree
Thank you!
A 450 plow is a Fully mounted plow
In the mountains of WNC we plow new ground in the fall So the grass will compost and the ground will dry out to offset harrow
GREAT video especially with all the different angles. Good job!!
I think that is one of the things I miss the most in farming. Nothing like watching the earth fold over on itself . Love it and keep up the great work
I always like the smell of freshly turned Earth
@@duanebolen543 that's exactly me too....gosh as a kid living in North Dakota and farming. We had some land that was damn near black! My dad would grow green manure over crop and we would plow after a light rain....oh man watching that soil turn over and go from GREEN to BLACK immediately .... And then the smell of that fresh soil you first mentioned!! You got my goose bumps goin!
Your plowing to close to the ditch
*Gorgeous soil, and that rye cover crop has certainly worked wonders. Thumbs up for not using any spraying, amen to that! 👍👍*
Not much moldboard plowing these day but I like it I think it keeps weeds down and field compost worked in plus less spraying
Everything is good in moderation. Would do it every year!
Boy do I miss. Plowing fields
Great video! Thanks for not ruining it with music. Great to hear the tractor and the sound of the plow in the dirt.
Ag Thank you farmers for sharing this useful information ricultural machinery is a gift for humanity, providing food, fiber, fuel and other essential goods and services for the well-being and prosperity of humankind.🎉
I love the smell of freshly plowed fields. There is nothing like it. Great video and nice to see someone plowing still.
Brings back a lot of good memories farming with father we plowed and disced everything lots of time working. Your camera angles are amazing
Great video! Reminds me of years gone by and time in the field with my Dad. He passed away two days after Thanksgiving 2021 and it’s tough trying to remember all he taught me. But I learned to drive a tractor before riding a bike! Love playing in the dirt.
Perfect conditions..Remembering the days I plowed with a 5 bottom plow. Loved watching the dirt rollover. Good memories. Thanks
Thank you for using cover crops.More farmers need to start using them.I started using them in 1989 after the drought 1988.I knew getting more organic materials in the soil would have made our crop better in 88. Planting just corn 🌽 and beans is not going to last much longer. Too many farmer are doing it. If you don't take care of the soil it won't take care of you.Best wishes on good crops this year!!
Cover crops are great!
@@GierokFarms yeh free fertilizer adds nitrogen.
Great video.. great information
Wow the footage is exceptional!!!
I'm in Northern Wisconsin tonight but I can smell that ground from here. I miss 'being there' even more than I knew. Thank you Mr. Gierok!
Moldboard plowing was one of my favorite jobs on the farm, I could do it all day! There is just something about it, watching the dirt turn over, the power of the tractor, and also the birds, there was always birds right behind the plow looking for worms and grubs, seagulls too (I'm in northeastern WI, close to the bay of Green Bay). My second favorite job was chopping corn! Thanks for the great video, it brought back many good memories!
Love the idea of plowing instead of spraying. I do the same thing with a John Deere 145 with 4-16’s when we recondition old hay fields. Watching that beautiful soil roll over is satisfying and sitting in a cab with AC is nice. “It’s like a farmers dream”…I can tell by the outcome you’ve plowed before😊.
it's so satisfying!
I had a plow like that. It is so satisfying to see the soil turn so well. Really enjoyed plowing. Thanks for the memory
I love being able to teach my grandchildren about the farming I used to do this way. They can see the soil turning and they say it's so satisfying. I can agree with that. I loved the smell and can remember it watching this video. Thank you for posting.
I like to see some ploughing , cuts down on compaction , aids drainage , encourages the soils bacteria , and it smells great . Great video 👍🇬🇧
Thanks for the memeory. Fall 1978, MF 4 wheel drive, pulling 5 20" bottoms., 10 " deep @ 5-6 mph. NE Iowa. Was helping a neiibore with his field work. Looking at this video I can almost smell the fresh turned earth. :-))
A lot of times if you do light tillage you're going to end up with a hard pan only a couple inches under the soil and if you taking plow deep that'll break up that hard pan so the water can penetrate down into the soil
you never forget the smell of a freshly plowed field!
I love your plow
Love the plow, I recall riding with gpa back in 1980's with a 8 bottom jd pulled with a 7520ish articulated jd. your knowledge and Love of the land bring back may great memories!
Thank you for sharing your plowing. I used to sit and watch a farmer do just that. He is gone now and so is his farm. God bless.
wish I could smell that freshly turned soil
It's the best!
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“Green Manure”. My Granddad and Dad were from believers in using cover crops and turning it under. They usually planted some winter wheat each year and didn’t double crop. They would cut the wheat and let the field stand until fall. Before the grass that came up would turn to seed, they would plow that under. Grass would decompose and that was also a crop of pest grass seed gone. Fertilizer and weed control.
it was against my dad's religion to plow down hill, meaning throwing the dirty to the down hill side. it would over time create a mound at the foot of the hill. old farms had wavey feilds and he said you can never get that out of them completely. i can remember him plowing new ground and the sod would sometimes flop back over and me and my brothers would have to turn them back over by hand so the next pass would plow right. i hated when he plowed sod on a hill. we grew tobacco so we plowed every spring and our farm was a lot like yours with the hills.
Growing tobacco sounds really interesting
My uncle had a hillside field that had been ploughed for several centuries. It is not just the ploughing that moves the soil downhill, but the following cultivation shifts it as well. He had a 7 foot high drop into the next field, caused by this 'soil drift'.
I haven't farmed in decades, but plowing green manure crops is essential in my opinion for a healthy soil. Taken one step further, plant a clover or other legume and let it grow for two years or so and let cattle graze it for at least a year before turning it under. The legume puts nitrogen back into the soil and the clover adds humus adding structure and natural faults for germination and root development as well as developing a healthy micro organism population. If done right, you can eliminate the cost and downside of commercial fertilizer completely. To add a fully modern twist, use an 8' tiller for the pulverizing. Makes a perfect seed bed.
Yes, I have a degree in Ag from 1971 LOL. I think no till is a mistake. JMHO
Very nice video. I am subscribed!
Why do you think notill is a mistake?
@@deere7227 telling the soil is an age old system of maintaining the soil structure oxygen content and pulverization needed for a good seed bed. It's a myth that earthworms get Disturbed earthworms can live as low as 6 ft deep as many of them do they do aerate the soil but not enough. A moldboard plow is an ancient and effective method of maintaining a soil a soil condition
@@saxman1969 I also graduated ag engineering 1971, actively farming since '81, reduced till or notill since '91, drainage contractor for 29 of those years. My yields match my best ground pounder neighbour's, done with more money left in my pocket. Gave up years ago taking summer pics showing crop differences between tillage and my crops. Maybe diesel isn't expensive enough yet. No way with today's yields can you not afford to use 'commercial' N, P and K (hate that term, since 2 of those come from the ground and 1 surrounds us in the air). Was writing a long email then lost it.
@@deere7227 Which school? Mine was New Mexico State University. It was controversial, as you probably remember, using commercial fertilizer back in the 50's and 60''s. I think it was a Psyop that the Petro companies championed. Our Apples were Foliar fed with liquid feed blowers. Orchards have unique tactics as you can't till. Like I said, I understand no till, I just think there is a price to be paid :)
While you may not be able to answer, I plan on going into the farming business, tho I don't plan on anything massive. I plan to go to Mississippi State after I graduate highschool, and want to know what you would recommend for classes or even if you think MSU may not be the best choice
My dad taught me how to plow when I was 11 years old. That was in the early 70's my favorite job to do I could plow for hours my favorite job.
I've been reading a book on the history of energy and civilization. The author covers the development of plows over time and certainly the moldboard was very significant in traditional farming with draft animals. Your video was really helpful to see how this plow type works.
Also something about the beauty of a well plowed field by a smooth operator.
With a hydralically operated tail wheel on a 6-16 bottom on-land John Deere plow,pulled by a 4630, I was able to almost completely eliminate the dead-furrow when plowing in western Iowa hill country(Woodbury co)!
Excellent camera work job well done 👍.
Thai`s like poetry in motion Awesome.
Nice to hear someone talk about the planning and patterns for plowing. I think about all that too. I'm also torn between the spraying and plowing. They both have their benefits and disadvantages.
We do a bit of both. There is a happy medium
Loved your video. My dad and I plowed over some old hay stubble and started over with new seed. Did it with our Allis Chalmers 200 Turbo and 4 bottom AC plow, would've liked to have had a 5 bottom, but the 4 we were able to play with it. Thanks again. Beautiful scenery as well.
I used to love plowing when I was a kid. I think the crops were always better for a couple of years after plowing. We used to run a field cultivator over it the day after and plant the next day. I miss farming!
Moldboard plowing like the Ole days, field looks great, no chemicals.
Thank you!
Great video; nice camera angles demonstrating what plowing translates to in the turning over of the soil and the burying of whatever cover crop or crop residue is living on top of the soil. This and discing were my two favorite field jobs as a kid in northern Illinois with similar soil. Loved the smell of the freshly turned sod; no tractor cab or A.C.; just the open air. Thanks again for posting!!!
It dose give of a nice smell. Thanks for watching!
I grew up on a dairy farm in northern Illinois, DuPage County. Got married in 69 , almost 53 years now .
When I farmed on shares with Bob England he had a Case 5+1, 6-16’s in furrow semi mounted originally pulled it with the 970Case then the new 4440 JD. When I worked for Millstone Turf they had an IHC 4-18’s rollover I pulled with their Massy 1100. Loved it ‼️. Then I worked for a friend who had a 6-18” on land I pulled with one of his 1468’s , all IHC ‼️ What a dream ‼️ And I took my wife, then girl friend on a date plowing for a friend with a 2+2 and JD6-18” in furrow. That was my first time ever driving a 2+2 ‼️ Plowing is what I miss the most from farming.
That looked like fun! Beautiful soil! My parents planted winter rye every Fall on their garden and plowed it under next Spring With leaves as compost it produced well
Beautiful soil, the rye has definitely done its job here. Amen to no spraying 👍👍
Thanks for all the cool angles! Well done!
Growing up in Iowa, I appreciate the beauty of this work.
THE HITCH ON THE FRONT OF THE PLOW IS FAST HITCH WIDTH !!!!❤😊 THEY MADE FAST HITCH ARM'S TO GO OVER THE THREE POINT PINS AND YOU CAN PULL THE PLOW WITH A TRACTOR WITH FAST HITCH !!! 706 THRU THE 986 WAS STILL OFFERED WITH FAST HITCH 😊😊❤❤❤
I compliment you on trying to keep your end drops very straight and even, makes it a more pleasant job of plowing the ends.
The landscape you have is beautiful!
Enjoyed this one. Used to run in the freshly plowed field. Nothing like the first plowing of the spring.
I loved plowing. Dad taught me on our garden first. wheelhorse and a 12” one bottom Brinly.
I remember doing that as a kid. Couldn't wait to get out of school to take over for dad. 1850 Oliver and a 4 bottom 18 plow. It was cool on the spring and watching the bid flocks coming in to get the worms.
Great variety of camera angles 👌
Only thing that would is a 720 JD pulling a 3 16” plow at night. You can smell the new turned soil. Listening to the tractor radio that everyone around you could hear and you could just very hear. Thank You for sharing your farm with us
Sounds like a sweet setup. Thank you for watching them!
Against popularity I like to plow in cover crops as well, I still have lots of earthworms and good soil organic matter.
I'm with you Rob!!!!
Plowing has its place.
That rich soil of the earth! God created the Heavens and the Earth 🌍!
Thank you!
Let the plowing begin!
Heck yeah!
Wish I could walk behind the plow so as to feel and smell the earth. Great looking farm. Good luck on a new crop.
Love to plow to that is how I learned to drive tractor awesome!
That's awesome!
You take care of the Soil and it will give back many fold... Awesome Vidio!
We used to do the cover crop thing in our 1 acre garden. Using Buckwheat. Half of it under cover at a time. Only issue, was that Dad would often not get to discing it under until a lil too late- and we'd have volunteer Buckwheat coming up everywhere!
We had clay soil, so every bit of organic material you could add was a good thing!
at 8:00...............one of the reasons you bought it cheap was it did NOT have automatic resets.
Once International came out with auto resets the value of trip bottoms crashed.
That's good to know
Great Video! Keep on farming!
That was my favorite job on the farm back in the 70,s . Used a 4440 John Deere with a five bottom plow.
Very good 😂🎉
I liked the close up of the soil on the edge of the cut. Your rye looks like it did a great job. I like the idea of cover crop and plowing vs spraying. I realize it can't always be that way.
Doc
Thanks for such great video so many different angles awesome
That plowing is just so smooth, like a hot knife through butter.
Nice! Enjoyed this! Thank you.
Four bottom was a 540. Bought new ones in mid 70's. Also organic matters helps aerate the soil so it won't be so compacted. After all the no till years in our area their finding out they are having to moldboard to break the compaction of the soil.
Yes, nice to get that "green nutritious" material into the soil where it breaks down for soil health and fertiilty. Good also for weed control and disease as herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides are getting resistant.
We plowed with 5/18 and 5/20 plows and used a Glencoe soil saver to close the fields so we never had to worry about a "dead furrow".......you had a beautiful day and great conditions to work in the field.......brings back a lot GOOD memories. 👍 Wish I was there!!!!!!
Thanks Timmy!
Thanks, I enjoyed it a lot.
It's like a farmers dream. 100% the most accurate statement I've heard.
Thank you nick!
I used to own 2 IH 642 rollover plows. Rollover plows are very popular in California. A very popular model was IH 140 rollover plows.
Oh nice!
My goodness that is gorgeous soil and you're taking good care of it with a green cover crop. I can almost smell that all the way down here in Texas
I love watching tractor plowing. Looks great my friend. God bless you. 🙏
we have a 4 bottom roll over plow 18", love it , there are 2 fields we have to use it on the others we can chisel plow
I learned to plow on a IH 340 2-14 fast hitch. We had a Oliver 3-18 pulled with a 560.
Oh man that sounds like a cool setup
i relaxed while watch the video plow is very good turning the soil American farmers equipments are generally liitle bit old but very quality machines currently still good working by the way john deere's are awesome ı love it have a nice day sir ı am subscribed love from Turkey
Good tidy job, the plough is still popular in Ireland the fields are smaller the plough suits the ground
Thank you for the lesson. My dad always did the plowing so I never asked and didn’t know how to plow or how it was done.
This is one of the nicest video's i've seen on plowing. THANKS!
Thank you!
Favorite memories - plowing with Deere 520 with mounted 3-14 plow
Another great video! I love doing tillage work. Something about turning soil, whether, plowing, VT work, or discings. Very satisfying! Haying my other favorite as well. Again, very satisfing seeig the end result!
Thank you James. I think a piece of VT equipment would be a good addition
Great video. Thank you!
Thank you
@@GierokFarms You're welcome!
He’s really got the plow set perfect
Just found your channel, and subbed. Great video! I have a ih 710 plow. I canned all my no till, went back to my granddad's method. 2 years later the ground was way more happy!! Hope you have a bountiful harvest!! Regards from Michigan.
Might sound crazy but when I plowed also using a 5 bottom plow I loved watching the dirt flip over. Thanks for sharing.
Nothing crazy about that , it's satisfying to watch nonetheless!
I apprecite this work
I love plow days. I am almost positive that I am thee only farmer in my area that still has a plow. I don't plow every year but I get them out of the barn and turn over a hay field that I take out of production. Next time let me know I will join you and we can make it a plow day.
Id like to go to a plow day sometime!
@@GierokFarms Isn't there a plow day in Waumandee every year? Fantastic video, love the education from your dad.
I'd love to bring my 2150 and 8ft KBA's and disk that whole field. Great video.
Was always my favorite. Can almost smell it from here
Same plow we use, 550 with hillside hitch... good plows!
Beautiful!
Great video! I love plowing, it’s a lot of fun, but not something that gets done too often anymore.
Thank you!