Corn Silage Harvest 2023: The Beginning (104)
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2023
- Corn Silage Harvest - This week, we started harvesting corn silage. The silage is stored in piles and will be fed to our cows throughout the year as the main ingredient of their rations.
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I can't tell you how much I love your detailed explanations. As a non farmer it helps a lot. Thanks for sharing, Piet.
One of the nicest farms I've ever seen!
Thank you!
You work so hard to build your dreams!
youtube randomly picked your north dakota common ground podcast for me. You were a great guest and good dairy ambassador to the public.
Thank you!
I swear if i had a job in such farme i will never go back home ❤
Another great video thanks
Thank you!
Thanks enjoy the video very much.
Nice video. Thanks for sharing
Looks good keep it going
Great video, love your channel!!
Thank you!
awesome and well maintained farm.. be proud of that.
Thank you!
I definitely love your farm. Beautiful
Thanks for the video. Just great to see how fast they can do a whole field.
Watching other farms do this type of storage, your farm stores a massive amount.
They make good progress when they have 2 machines going in one field!
I've been watching your harvesting video, amongst all others, and really appreciate the capture you give to "The Farm Life" and what it brings to our neighbors/community/city/world. Your videos are captivating and inspiring amongst other things. What drone are you using to capture the videos, brand/model? I'd like to get one for my father to look over his cattle - what you use should suffice in MN!
Thank you! I've been using a DJI mini 3 for the last year and a half, it has worked well for me.
Agree 100% about length of cut.
Great drone shots of the farm, it's a credit to you. A John Deere forager with a bad kernel processor, surely not😉
Thank you! I'm not getting into that debate haha.
Would you consider doing a live stream sometime during harvest?
I haven't thought about doing a livestream before, but I will think about it.
What are your thoughts on cutting height? I've read of high powered herds- 30-40,000 RHA that are cutting up to 36". They claim that they're getting such higher digestability that it's really powering much greater production.
Cutting higher does result in higher digestibility, we've never cut that high though. Cutting at 36" must leave a lot of tons in the field. I wonder if cutting that high negatively affects crop flow into the chopper.
These farmers have lab results that back up the increase in digestability and milk production that backs it up. They say this offsets the loss in tonnage.Processor scores remain good.
Have you ever built the silage piles higher so you wouldnt need to pile on the ground?A large dairy near here has their piles higher than any of their shed roofs on the farm
The higher the pile the wider of an area you'd need. You can see he's limited on room side to side.
Space is part of the reason. If we go much higher, it will make it more difficult for the packing tractors. The other reason is the bigger the pile, the more area that's exposed to air when we're feeding. If we don't feed it fast, that will cause spoiled feed.
Just curious what custom chopping costs
Around $12/ton for chopper, trucks and packing.
Awesome video Piet! Why are they leaving such a high stubble? Did you ask then to?
The bigger operations leave it high because theirs not much nutritional value there and it’s not as hard on tires
@@HarrisPropertyMaintenance I realized it wouldn’t be as hard on tires but I didn’t know that there wasn’t much nutritional value in the stock at lower cut. Thanks for your reply!
Cutting a little higher results in higher quality silage and helps avoid running into rocks or the ground when going through ditches or pot holes. We're not cutting as high as possible, we're trying to find a balance of quality and quantity.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 OK sounds good! I knew you would have a reason for it Piet and it makes perfect sense! Plus it’s easier on the tires as well. I just see Guys around here cutting way shorter and that’s why I asked!
Definitely leaving a lot of tonnage out there!
How many rows does the chopper do at once?
10 rows in 30" corn, but this field is planted in 22" rows, so they're taking a few more at a time.
Congratulations good corn
Which company it’s seed the corn??
This field was Midwest corn seed.
How many cattle do you feed with that big pile
Around 1800 cows and 1000 heifers have silage in their ration on our farm.
How many acres of corn did you chop and how many cows do you milk where are you located at
We harvested 1500 acres for silage and 1000 acres for earlage this fall. We're milking 1600 cows.
Why you cut corn with this length 23 millimeters??
We want some length to our corn silage to maintain rummen health in the cows.
Makes sense, and your cows looks awesome with high production and good fat and protein
I use Schredlage from Class
Which is DRY MATTER corn silage?
It's been between 29 to 36% dry matter so far.
Looks balanced, you try have good digestible corn silage?
Hello, is there an opportunity for training at your beautiful farm? I am very interested
Not currently.
Did you hire MD chopping?
No, this is a local company.
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Absolutely sickening. Animal imprisonment at its finest
What part of this video concerns you? I would be happy to explain or show you how well our cows are treated and the excellent environment they live in. Providing a comfortable and healthy environment for our cows is our top priority.
🤣, these dairy barns are designed for the cows to be as comfortable and as happy as possible
You mean animals that wouldn't even exist without this purpose?
Another ignoramus who happily consumes with no regard for where resources originate.