Swathing barley and oats (like the old days)

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  • Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
  • We take an extra step in harvesting our small grain by cutting it with a swather and letting oats, barley and straw dry for a couple of days before combining it. Take a look at our classic Versatile 400 swather in action!

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  • @tyerock7851
    @tyerock7851 Рік тому +2

    Love that 400 versatile!

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  Рік тому +1

      It still works but it's a handful to operate and has some significant wear. I'm looking for something a little newer for next year.

    • @tyerock7851
      @tyerock7851 Рік тому +1

      @@Rollinghillsfarmsmn international 4000 we’re good machines too if you can find one for a decent deal

  • @farawayfarm2520
    @farawayfarm2520 2 роки тому +3

    It's looking good. I've never swathed grain either.

  • @brycewiborg8095
    @brycewiborg8095 Рік тому +1

    We used a IH pull type swather on oats. I didn't know anyone still did that. Thank you.

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  Рік тому +1

      Glad you found this video. I’d love to find a reasonably-priced pull type swather to replace my aging Versatile. We used a swather as a kid for oats for the same reason I need it now…drying grain with sun rather than gas…harvesting weedy straw without spraying and picking up lodged grain. The reduced stress on my old combine is a side benefit since I don’t jam slugs of wet material through my cylinder like we did straight cutting.

    • @brycewiborg8095
      @brycewiborg8095 Рік тому +1

      @Rolling Hills Farms-MN I think Dad's IH combine had a 8 foot header, but the 12 foot swather made the combine do a better job.
      That was in Sibley County.

  • @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin
    @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin 2 роки тому +3

    We have always direct cut grains here.. grass, clover, vetch, all get swathed. Although, I can see some definite advantages

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  2 роки тому +2

      Wish we could. Just too hard to dry it down so you either clip the tops off and go back to mow straw or you swath like we do. Here the straw is as valuable as the grain.

    • @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin
      @GosselinFarmsEdGosselin 2 роки тому +1

      @@Rollinghillsfarmsmn yellow gold... Price of straw this year is the same that good grass hay was a couple of years ago.

  • @pinesedgefarm1155
    @pinesedgefarm1155 2 роки тому +3

    That looks like a nice stand of barley. What do you do with the grain? Always interesting how each company gets the power where they need it. We used to have a Massey Ferguson and now have a MacDon. Lots of Versatiles around yet.

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  2 роки тому +1

      We’ll mix with oats and have the local mill bring it back for feed. Extra oats can be sold. This Versatile is pretty worn. I’ve been looking at a John Deere 800. Like the dual rear wheel but don’t know much about them.

    • @pinesedgefarm1155
      @pinesedgefarm1155 2 роки тому +1

      @@Rollinghillsfarmsmn I think they were pretty good.

  • @jerrycybulsky6756
    @jerrycybulsky6756 2 роки тому +2

    Had a massey ferguson 36 talk about a nightmare

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  2 роки тому +3

      It’s like running an old-time snowmobile. Ride for an hour, fix for two🙄

  • @azvildar71
    @azvildar71 2 роки тому +1

    👍🤝

  • @jaycool7805
    @jaycool7805 2 роки тому +1

    👍👍

  • @RTH1207
    @RTH1207 2 роки тому +1

    🙂👍🇧🇻

  • @e.a.bfarms
    @e.a.bfarms 2 роки тому +2

    Was the grain to wet for direct cut? Only time people swath around me is when grain isn't drying down. People have even started spraying before harvest to kill it and dry it down.

    • @Rollinghillsfarmsmn
      @Rollinghillsfarmsmn  2 роки тому +2

      Hard to straight cut here because of the cool nights. You end up with damp grain and get slugs of weeds through the combine and I don’t need the extra wear on my old JD 4400. This gives me dry grain and clean straw in one pass.

  • @leonardobatistarocha7956
    @leonardobatistarocha7956 2 роки тому

    caipira
    chitãozinho & xororó
    composição: joel marques/maracai
    o que eu visto não é linho ando até de pé no chão
    e o cantar de um passarinho é pra mim uma canção
    vivo com a poeira da enxada entranhada no nariz
    trago a roça bem plantada pra servir o meu país
    sou sou desse jeito e não mudo
    aqui eu tenho de tudo e a vida não é mentira
    sou sou livre feito um regato
    eu sou um bicho do mato me orgulho de ser caipira
    doutor eu não tive estudo só sei mesmo é trabalhar
    nesta casa de matuto é bem-vindo quem chegar
    se tenho as mãos calejadas é do arado rasgando o chão
    se a minha pele é queimada é o sol forte do sertão
    sou sou desse jeito e não mudo
    aqui eu tenho de tudo e a vida não é mentira
    sou sou livre feito um regato
    eu sou um bicho do mato me orgulho de ser caipira
    enquanto alguns fazem guerra trazendo o fome e tristeza
    minha luta é com a terra pra não faltar pão mesa
    às vezes vou a cidade mais não sei falar direito
    pois caipira de verdade nasce e morre desse jeito
    sou sou desse jeito e não mudo
    aqui eu tenho de tudo e a vida não é mentira
    sou sou livre feito um regato
    eu sou um bicho do mato me orgulho de ser caipira
    sou sou livre feito um regato
    eu sou um bicho do mato me orgulho de ser caipira