No TR86 in corn this year because the TR70 had the down corn reel. We'll be keeping the reel; it's not a direct fit for the new head. Sadly, I lost 4 videos of corn harvest.
I loved the first part of pickin,,Where you had the camera in the gravity box.Brought back memories of me as a kid riding in the gravity box while dad picked corn, I am 54 years old now and Dad passed away when I was 12 so its been awhile but still the best memories!!! Keep up the great videos! I like seeing the farmers like you guys who are the REAL farmers with the smaller farms and equipment not the corporate farms .Thank you for the look into your life!
Sorry bout the memory card issues but it’s not your fault, sad the TR 70 is leaving, thanks for the memories! Stay safe and keep Dad safe also!! I love seeing you and your Dad working together!!!
it may not have been the yields you wanted but it wasn't wasted on the ground its in the wagons and can be used not a total loss ..not being a corn person i was surprised when these bright yellow cobs with the odd red kernel just appear out of a dark brown mess ..well done for getting what you did
With corn to look that horrible to have that old tr70 pick it up was very nice. In the first shot it showed an ear picker but this field was better served with a combine.
Difference between being in debt up to your eyeballs and farming on your own dime... Difference between worrying how you're gonna handle 25,000 acres when the weather won't cooperate so you can pay for that couple million bucks of new paint sitting in the barn, with the notes coming in the mail... Difference between having to pay back a few million in operating loans so you can get more loans next year... Later! OL J R :)
I had some corn fields get flooded five times in 2019 and they I looked way better than that the best one did 178 bushel to the acre dry hopefully this year will be better for everybody
Reminds me of one time back in Grandpa and Grandma's day, she told the story... One year it rained SO MUCH that NOBODY could get anything planted, them included. This was back when Grandpa was farming with a pair of Fords, an NAA and a Golden Jubilee, and planting with a two row planter driven off a sprocket that clamped over the brake drum, an old two row lister planter... Anyway, it was like the middle of May which is at least a month late for cotton, and they FINALLY got a long enough break in the rain to plant... Grandpa went to the field and "mudded" it in, at some points he was just dropping seed on top of the ground to keep from getting stuck-- he'd had to raise the planter so it was BARELY scratching the mud, not even enough to cover the seed. The neighbors waited for another week or so to plant, to let the ground dry out and firm up. She said she wouldn't have given you a plug nickel for those crops when the came up-- looked like h3ll and figured it'd all be a bust. Well come harvest time they made 3.5 bales/acre, which back then was practically unheard of high yields, while the neighbor that waited for good soil conditions another week or two to plant, he ended up with 1/4 bale to the acre, barely worth picking rather than plowing under... Just goes to show, you never can tell... Later! OL J R :)
It's wonderful seeing the old equipment still going. I don't know if you have or not just started following, but wouldn't mind seeing a farm and equipment tour. Plus how many acres do you harvest each year?
@@boehmfarm4276 not bad. At least it helps pay the bills and such. Wouldn't mind getting started myself but have to do some clearing. Have 20 acres but a creek runs through some of it and it's mostly trees.
How do you like the RK/Federal corn in the later maturity? I plant a lot of 110-113 day, and have toyed with the idea of trying a few acres of the Federal just for the heck of it. Paying for triple stack corn isn’t paying real well last couple years.
RK112-16 is our favorite. It's been solid for us. With the wet weather, I'm wary of longer season corn, that's why I tried some 102 day. The issue with rural King, is finding someone who knows what they are doing with the corn seed. They have for options for 112 day and none of them are differentiated in the computer.
GuseBerries Double R Guse Farms no offense, but I’ve planted Beck’s before, and will never again. I asked about a row of compact tractors lined up at a dealer once 4 years ago, and they said “those are rewards for the top Beck’s customers in the area”. I have a neighbor that has a tool chest and two deere air compressors still wrapped in the plastic over the years from Beck’s rewards. If Beck’s can hand out grain trailers, air compressors and tractors, they could stop that and sell their seed a lot cheaper. I’ll stick with AgriGold and Channel.
Ryan Daugherty I am sorry you feel that way, I find the commitment rewards program is a way that Becks can add value to a farm of any size. I think you will find that their price is in line if not cheaper than most competitors. If I can buy seed, and get a good deal for a piece of needed farm equipment, freeing up capital, it is a win win. If you speak with a dealer, you can pass on a commitment item, and get a reduced price on your seed, however due to the volume of tractors, grain trailers, seed tenders, etc that they are able to move, it is a far better value to sign a multi year deal, and get a new piece of needed equipment. Not to mention, they are the only seed company that sources traits from all technology providers. I recommend giving them an honest look, I went 100% on my farm in 09 and have had nothing but a wonderful experience. Not to mention the 100% replant policy.
I had to do some replant last year. For the cost of seed from any dealer, I better get replant seed every year, whether I need it or not. I don't plan on needing replant seed any year. For a farm so small like us, I can almost guarantee Beck's would laugh, and we would never qualify for whatever customer rewards stuff mentioned.
@@boehmfarm4276 when our NH 8070 left the farm on a low loader , I had a tear in my eye , I had 17 trouble free years with that combine , more than I could say for my marriage !! 😜
@@boehmfarm4276 What's land renting for in your area? I have no idea what it is here, I don't rent any land. Dad used to rent and like you had to settle for farms nobody else wanted to mess with; he got a high paying job as a truck driver and later warehouseman at the nuke plant they were building down south of Bay City, TX in the late 70's, and never looked back. Tried farming "on the side" a couple years and realized he was doing 10X the work for 1/10 the pay farming sh!tty rented ground compared to what he was doing and getting paid at the nuke plant, so he let his land go, sold his half of the equipment to Grandpa, and just helped him a little on weekends as needed... Until Grandpa died when I was 11 and he trained me to take it over, within a couple years he pretty much turned the whole thing over to me and Grandma. Landlords are like everybody else... think whatever they have is pure gold and don't want to pay one thin dime to do needed improvements... and if they do they want to jack the rent up sky high... Later! OL J R :)
For the past two, probably three years, we've been almost ten inches of rain above average. Planting was late, so the corn didn't dry, and then it was rainy some more. My ear corn picking habit may not have been the most helpful, but handling and storage of ear corn is less stressful, and I had a ready buyer.
I loved the first part of pickin,,Where you had the camera in the gravity box.Brought back memories of me as a kid riding in the gravity box while dad picked corn, I am 54 years old now and Dad passed away when I was 12 so its been awhile but still the best memories!!! Keep up the great videos! I like seeing the farmers like you guys who are the REAL farmers with the smaller farms and equipment not the corporate farms .Thank you for the look into your life!
My Grandpa's farmed till I was 12 & 15 in '72 & '75. My Dad left the farm after graduating high school in '55. I so enjoyed working with them.
Sorry bout the memory card issues but it’s not your fault, sad the TR 70 is leaving, thanks for the memories! Stay safe and keep Dad safe also!! I love seeing you and your Dad working together!!!
Great video!!!
Nice to see the ole man back at it!!!
Thanks for another great video! I always enjoy watching what’s going on. Keep up the great work!
It’s a been a fun ride with this machine. Congrats on getting it sold
Good to see dad out and about!
It's always nice when there is a video coming from you.
I guess there will be more
and be careful with the memory cards.
Great video. Good to see your dad on the mend.
it may not have been the yields you wanted but it wasn't wasted on the ground its in the wagons and can be used not a total loss ..not being a corn person i was surprised when these bright yellow cobs with the odd red kernel just appear out of a dark brown mess ..well done for getting what you did
Keep it up! Sure hope small farms like you guys can survive!!!
Me too, we need more small farms. Hopefully, we don't get pummeled by rain again this year.
Congrats on getting caught up,for a little while!
With corn to look that horrible to have that old tr70 pick it up was very nice. In the first shot it showed an ear picker but this field was better served with a combine.
That picker uses a combine-type cornhead, so same difference other than the shelling... OL J R :)
i love how all the farmers in my area have all this fancy tec and are stressed over everything and here yall are going if it works it works
It's no fun if you're stressed. But I do hate the rain.
i would say they are stressed because of the high debts from new machinery
Difference between being in debt up to your eyeballs and farming on your own dime... Difference between worrying how you're gonna handle 25,000 acres when the weather won't cooperate so you can pay for that couple million bucks of new paint sitting in the barn, with the notes coming in the mail... Difference between having to pay back a few million in operating loans so you can get more loans next year... Later! OL J R :)
that centre piece is an ear saver we took ours off as well
I had some corn fields get flooded five times in 2019 and they I looked way better than that the best one did 178 bushel to the acre dry hopefully this year will be better for everybody
Reminds me of one time back in Grandpa and Grandma's day, she told the story... One year it rained SO MUCH that NOBODY could get anything planted, them included. This was back when Grandpa was farming with a pair of Fords, an NAA and a Golden Jubilee, and planting with a two row planter driven off a sprocket that clamped over the brake drum, an old two row lister planter... Anyway, it was like the middle of May which is at least a month late for cotton, and they FINALLY got a long enough break in the rain to plant... Grandpa went to the field and "mudded" it in, at some points he was just dropping seed on top of the ground to keep from getting stuck-- he'd had to raise the planter so it was BARELY scratching the mud, not even enough to cover the seed. The neighbors waited for another week or so to plant, to let the ground dry out and firm up. She said she wouldn't have given you a plug nickel for those crops when the came up-- looked like h3ll and figured it'd all be a bust. Well come harvest time they made 3.5 bales/acre, which back then was practically unheard of high yields, while the neighbor that waited for good soil conditions another week or two to plant, he ended up with 1/4 bale to the acre, barely worth picking rather than plowing under...
Just goes to show, you never can tell... Later! OL J R :)
I love seeing the last model corn picker built by John Deere.
Can you tell me the year?
I do know the last ones were built in 1975.
👍👌🇨🇦❤, 😪😟😫😞, so sad, bout the memory card,
Good video like
Thanks for the late harvest videos. How did y'all shell the corn that didn't run through the combine?
Sell it for deer feed, or sell it to a distributor selling it for deer feed, or grind it cob and all and feed it to livestock. OL J R :)
It's wonderful seeing the old equipment still going. I don't know if you have or not just started following, but wouldn't mind seeing a farm and equipment tour. Plus how many acres do you harvest each year?
No equipment tour yet. We have about 200 acres of grain.
@@boehmfarm4276 not bad. At least it helps pay the bills and such. Wouldn't mind getting started myself but have to do some clearing. Have 20 acres but a creek runs through some of it and it's mostly trees.
Who else’s wishes this guys farm was in fs19
Me too
Boehm Farm you play fs?
Good that the green,
whatever the brand is,
works well.
Do you still sell a lot of ear corn?
I've sold a few thousand bushel this year.
@@boehmfarm4276 💵 💰 💵👍
What's the make of the corn reel? Or is it homemade?
It started out with some Deere parts from a grain table. But it's homemade.
What did you sell her for
Little hard to pay the bills with yields like that??? Hopefully this year will be better.
How do you like the RK/Federal corn in the later maturity? I plant a lot of 110-113 day, and have toyed with the idea of trying a few acres of the Federal just for the heck of it. Paying for triple stack corn isn’t paying real well last couple years.
RK112-16 is our favorite. It's been solid for us. With the wet weather, I'm wary of longer season corn, that's why I tried some 102 day. The issue with rural King, is finding someone who knows what they are doing with the corn seed. They have for options for 112 day and none of them are differentiated in the computer.
Try Beck’s hybrids, family owned, priced right, with all or none or anywhere in between as far as what traits you desire.
GuseBerries Double R Guse Farms no offense, but I’ve planted Beck’s before, and will never again. I asked about a row of compact tractors lined up at a dealer once 4 years ago, and they said “those are rewards for the top Beck’s customers in the area”. I have a neighbor that has a tool chest and two deere air compressors still wrapped in the plastic over the years from Beck’s rewards. If Beck’s can hand out grain trailers, air compressors and tractors, they could stop that and sell their seed a lot cheaper. I’ll stick with AgriGold and Channel.
Ryan Daugherty I am sorry you feel that way, I find the commitment rewards program is a way that Becks can add value to a farm of any size. I think you will find that their price is in line if not cheaper than most competitors. If I can buy seed, and get a good deal for a piece of needed farm equipment, freeing up capital, it is a win win. If you speak with a dealer, you can pass on a commitment item, and get a reduced price on your seed, however due to the volume of tractors, grain trailers, seed tenders, etc that they are able to move, it is a far better value to sign a multi year deal, and get a new piece of needed equipment. Not to mention, they are the only seed company that sources traits from all technology providers. I recommend giving them an honest look, I went 100% on my farm in 09 and have had nothing but a wonderful experience. Not to mention the 100% replant policy.
I had to do some replant last year. For the cost of seed from any dealer, I better get replant seed every year, whether I need it or not. I don't plan on needing replant seed any year. For a farm so small like us, I can almost guarantee Beck's would laugh, and we would never qualify for whatever customer rewards stuff mentioned.
How much ear corn/ or just corn is on the ground by chance - put the hog/cattle out there to feed off the corn on the ground
So how’s the green picker treating you.i know you put a lot of work into it.hopefully it’s serving you well
I wish I had ground conditions to pick more. I could ear pick all day everyday. It's a nice machine now and I fly compared to the old one row.
Any idea of the moisture?
Next video
How many years have you had the TR 70 diesel .??
At least 15.
@@boehmfarm4276 when our NH 8070 left the farm on a low loader , I had a tear in my eye , I had 17 trouble free years with that combine , more than I could say for my marriage !! 😜
I really hate when footage gets lost. I don't know what gopro was thinking with the positioning of the memory cards on the newer cameras lol
Yeah.... I gotta pull the battery if I use my fingers to get it out, but that only give one sided access, and that's how I broke the card.
Lol it’s not red but Deere and co all the way🤙🦌🦌
Do you all still run a milk operation?
We never milked.
You ran steeple chase, you dont have fat fingers 🤣. You guys get a ton of deer?
Oh, we don't have a shortage of deer.
@@boehmfarm4276 hahaha
Why in Marz and not in Oktober 2019
Well, some people forgot how wet it's been.
Sorry i am from germany , i do not know that Iowa has wettest 12-month period
dam still pretty wet there no tile ?
Rented land, retired owners who keep thinking of selling (at excessive price). Not a stable investment scenario.
@@boehmfarm4276 What's land renting for in your area? I have no idea what it is here, I don't rent any land. Dad used to rent and like you had to settle for farms nobody else wanted to mess with; he got a high paying job as a truck driver and later warehouseman at the nuke plant they were building down south of Bay City, TX in the late 70's, and never looked back. Tried farming "on the side" a couple years and realized he was doing 10X the work for 1/10 the pay farming sh!tty rented ground compared to what he was doing and getting paid at the nuke plant, so he let his land go, sold his half of the equipment to Grandpa, and just helped him a little on weekends as needed... Until Grandpa died when I was 11 and he trained me to take it over, within a couple years he pretty much turned the whole thing over to me and Grandma.
Landlords are like everybody else... think whatever they have is pure gold and don't want to pay one thin dime to do needed improvements... and if they do they want to jack the rent up sky high... Later! OL J R :)
isnt that corn all rotten.
Nope, it has the hush protecting the ears.
Why do u have so much very old machinery?
Not every farm is all new and shiny machines. Some of us didn't have five generations of grandpappy handing down the the farm.
@@boehmfarm4276 even a lot of higher generation farms don’t have new big machinery though 😂
@@boehmfarm4276 And $5 million in bank loans... OL J R :)
Will your father recover 100%?
His arm will be healing through the summer I imagine.
@@boehmfarm4276 That is good. Try to get him to rest as much as possible.
Why do you harvest so late
For the past two, probably three years, we've been almost ten inches of rain above average. Planting was late, so the corn didn't dry, and then it was rainy some more. My ear corn picking habit may not have been the most helpful, but handling and storage of ear corn is less stressful, and I had a ready buyer.
I'd puke my guts out if that was my corn
Didn't make any money on that corn.
But I did off this video.