Really like your videos And enjoy seeing your dairy improvements Maybe a few more drone shots your farm looks great from the air the different colors of the crops and the way they follow the contours Very nice looking And I’m sure quite a few people really appreciate the work you and millions of other farm families put in every day so the rest of us can just walk in to the store and pick up what we need Keep up the great work
I'm sure you can breathe easier since you have you harvest cut and stored! The farm is looking so good and what a blessing it is to have accomplished so much this year! Thank you for sharing the journey. ❤
That is one heck of a crop of Sorghum!! Looks like it was also a very nice cutting for the fifth cutting of alfalfa. So nice that you will have plenty of feed this year. Good luck with the soybean harvest.
I never thought I'd be so intrigued with the in's-and-out's of farming, but this channel and a couple others here on UA-cam have really done well to bring the agriculture way of life to the masses, and have done it in an entertaining and informative way. I've got to hand it to this generation of farmers who really have a knack for documenting content in an interesting way. ... it's certainly better than all the weird degenerate programming and gaslighting propaganda offered on television that's for damn sure!👍
Great description of our "programming". We're not meant for that, and reality itself 𝘪𝘴 interesting. I guess that's why so many people are into channels like Tenth [non de-] generation Dairy Farmer.
You and your Dad, are an awesome team! Keep the 10th Gen Farmer going you are loved and respected by your subscribers! I don’t usual.y comment I just watch and enjoy the content. Beer regards to you and your family, John
The neighbor when growin' up in the 60s had 2 70x30 concrete silos for beef fattenin' operation. He ran hogs to pickup what the cattle knocked from the feed bunk. When they filled silos, all corn juice would run out, those hogs would get a bit tipsy. They would lay there with smilin' faces. 😊👍
Always fun trying new things. Had a neighbor have a semi wreck hauling just picked cotton wreck in front of his house. It got the trailer load due to him offer to clean it up. Feed it to a group of heifers all winter. Fattest cows you ever saw!
Nice hat Eric. I have one just like it!!! Love it and thank you and your family for all your hard work and work ethic and for taking such good care of your cows
Always such a pleasure watching these videos. Great camera work as well as explanation of tasks for those of us watching who know nothing of farming. Just entertaining. Love it!
Hey Eric.....my personal experience with sorghum is that it can be a tremendous source of forage for dairy cattle. If cut regularly (25-30 day cut schedule) it can yield significant tonnage from minimal acres with protein levels of +/-15%. Regarding feed intake, on a short cutting schedule it can have reasonable levels of ADF/NDF to support feed intake. Feed quality depletes rapidly as the crop grows taller/thicker. No need to mention, but I am certain you will have the crop analyzed for nutritional value. You may find, your crop is sub 10% protein with elevated ADF/NDF levels. If feed to heifers, I think you may want to supplement with additional protein to ensure your heifers attain their growth potential (stature). Personally, I would consider blending it into the dry cow mix?......just watch the potassium levels. Good on you for trying something different on a small scale to see how it can be incorporated into your operations feeding program. All the best and I look forward to hear how things works out and if you decide to utilize sorghum as a forage source going forward.
dried sorghum plant is one of the main fodder in India, TamilNadu and it is excellent for dairy animals. It is a 90 day crop here and mostly single cut. sometimes we go for second cut but the quantity we get will be 50 to 60% of the first cut. mostly it is rainfed here.
Thank you for the video! And all the angles and editing! I appreciate all your hard work. I’m excited for the new baby! Whatever you do, don’t ask Cole the CornStar to harvest your beans... he is having a hard time with his bean head right now!
Wow! An awesome video Eric. You guys sure do keep busy, y'all made a good call using the disc mower. I was surprised you didn't have more trouble getting the sorghum into a windrow, good job. Thanks for the video and have a great week, be safe out there!
Hey Eric great video as usual. Now that you're done cutting for the year it would be great for the mower if you would pressure wash it inside and out before you put it away. Keep up the good work! Also don't worry about putting that sorghum silage in the bag a bit wet, especially for heifers, even up to 75 percent moisture, it will still make amazing feed. I can say this from experience as last year our crop was so wet it was literally being turned to soup in the bagger without even bagging at even near high pressure and the heifers absolutely loved the stuff! Your feed looked beautiful though!
I was just minding my own business and watching the video. I was listening to Eric explain things, and then he held the silage up for us to smell. It was like I was mesmerized, and then BOOM,.....he got me before I realized what I was doing. One of those moments that you look around the room to make sure no one was watching me get drawn into the trap. Good one Eric!!! Hats off to you!!! I fell for it,.....Hook, Line, and Sinker!!!
I know I'm curious to see how the sorghum works out. My very limited understanding pegs it as similar to corn, so seeing it growing like alfalfa in the field and being mowed like that was an eye opener. Now that my curiosity's been piqued, I'll have to go do some looking around. Thanks for the video.
I've made sorghum Sudan silage bales, the old cows eat it up like candy. The only other thing they may eat as fast is wet baled oats in the dough stage.
5th cutting? I’m impressed. Here in Upstate NY we’re lucky to get a 4th cutting depending on the weather.. Guess it’s true what they say: the secret to a successful business, any business is location, location, location…
I have been watched this video from youtube farmer about farm lot from your work and your way thing to do, Also I watched farm from Canada are a different thing from you and other guy worked farmer is a different thing very amazing how do hard work make a life for their farm, it Gift for there and you make life wonderful, I know you have good future for your farmer family !
I just rebuilt the gear boxes on our 617. What a hassle!! Lesson learned: make sure you have plenty of 90 weight in both upper and lower gear boxes and each blade box.
This man had a "shout out" on my radio in East Tennessee a couple months back! Host Saying he was waiting for the next episode! I only know bc I was a fan before him!
Thanks for another great video of your harvesting operation. I was wondering if you are planning on testing and then comparing the grain sorghum silage stored in the bags VS the silo. And I am also curious if sorghum tests higher in protein than the Triticale silage. It will be interesting to see how your cows respond to it as well.. Maybe you can post a video when you start feeding it out of the bags.. Hope your bean harvest goes well.
It will be interesting to see how the cows like the sorghum silage. If you use the sorghum silage, will you still add the sorghum liquid to their daily ration?
Running out of room to store your feed crop.. Pretty sure every farmer would love to have this happen every year. IIRC, that had the same "problem" last year, and never finished cleaning out their bunkers. Great to see they are having this "problem" again.
Eric you can mow much faster with that 617 in that Sudan. You can mow just as fast as you want. The slower you go the more it will bog down. That’s my experience with Sudan and heavy first cut. Good luck.
I would've thought you guys would've chopped the sorghum with the corn head on the chopper we have 100 acre's to do in MN yet still to green waiting for a frost to lower the moisture
Can see that you must not be a believer in giving your alfalfa a six week rest and not taking the last cut until after a killing frost. It will be interesting to see the lab test on that sorghum. Glad to see that your'e considering a crossbreeding program. I believe that the Procross program is the wave of the future.
have you ever tried Sorghum-sudan grass i have been using it as a feed base for tropical dairy animals for the past 17 years. i generally get 20 tons per acre per cut and i cut every 49 to 55 days, with i moisture content of 55 - 65 % For cutting i use a single row harvester or a flail harvester that cuts and chaff in one pass
Question, why did y'all sickle mow and windrow the sorghum instead of just direct cut with the harvester like you do with corn? Is it moisture issue? We use to harvest sorghum back in 90s and we had to use a special pull behind harvester to cut it for our silage pile. It's definitely a different smell kinda like sugarcane
They have several people working on their farm so Eric and his dad aren't always feeding or milking they'r doing other chores on the farm. I'm sure he will show feeding/milking eventually
Isn't sorghum supposed to sit in the field for about 3 days before you harvest and feed to the castle? When we did sorghum or supplier said it wasn't healthy for castle if you cut and harvest right away and had to leave it for about 3 days before chopping. Just curious.
Just an opinion! Cut it as you harvest corn. Don't cut it as grass. The seeds are gone waste with this method. Anyway always love 💕 watching your videos.
If I ever came into a lot of money, I'd buy a dairy farm in Lancaster County and move my cows down there. It's whole different world down there than up here in the northern part of the state.
It’s a good day to wake up here in Australia and find a new video from my favourite farmer. Thanks Eric.
Really like your videos
And enjoy seeing your dairy improvements
Maybe a few more drone shots your farm looks great from the air the different colors of the crops and the way they follow the contours
Very nice looking
And I’m sure quite a few people really appreciate the work you and millions of other farm families put in every day so the rest of us can just walk in to the store and pick up what we need
Keep up the great work
I'm sure you can breathe easier since you have you harvest cut and stored! The farm is looking so good and what a blessing it is to have accomplished so much this year! Thank you for sharing the journey. ❤
That is one heck of a crop of Sorghum!! Looks like it was also a very nice cutting for the fifth cutting of alfalfa. So nice that you will have plenty of feed this year. Good luck with the soybean harvest.
Wow, 5 cuttings,that’s awesome. Love watching the chopper crew work
I never thought I'd be so intrigued with the in's-and-out's of farming, but this channel and a couple others here on UA-cam have really done well to bring the agriculture way of life to the masses, and have done it in an entertaining and informative way. I've got to hand it to this generation of farmers who really have a knack for documenting content in an interesting way.
... it's certainly better than all the weird degenerate programming and gaslighting propaganda offered on television that's for damn sure!👍
Totally agree.
Great description of our "programming". We're not meant for that, and reality itself 𝘪𝘴 interesting. I guess that's why so many people are into channels like Tenth [non de-] generation Dairy Farmer.
You and your Dad, are an awesome team! Keep the 10th Gen Farmer going you are loved and respected by your subscribers!
I don’t usual.y comment I just watch and enjoy the content.
Beer regards to you and your family, John
God bless all the dairy farmers! :D
Yes all their hard work puts alot of good food on our tables.🖒🇺🇸
This is my America. Thank God for our farmers and especially our diary farmers.
💯
My uncle use to mix forage sorghum with the silage corn seed. It worked well and cows liked it and it milked good.
Smells good,all that corn alcohol on bottom of silo. Great video Eric love harvest time.
The neighbor when growin' up in the 60s had 2 70x30 concrete silos for beef fattenin' operation. He ran hogs to pickup what the cattle knocked from the feed bunk. When they filled silos, all corn juice would run out, those hogs would get a bit tipsy. They would lay there with smilin' faces. 😊👍
Just don't take this granted just be thankful it was a good year for crops for some and not others.
Always fun trying new things. Had a neighbor have a semi wreck hauling just picked cotton wreck in front of his house. It got the trailer load due to him offer to clean it up. Feed it to a group of heifers all winter. Fattest cows you ever saw!
I LOVE THE TEAM WORK IN YOUR VIDS. YOU ALL SHOULD BE PROUD. YOUR VIDS SHOULD BE WATCHED BY MILLIONS OF SCHOOL KIDS.
Absolutely! 👍👍👍👍
Nice hat Eric. I have one just like it!!! Love it and thank you and your family for all your hard work and work ethic and for taking such good care of your cows
Thank you!
Reason you never sell ole farm equipment, you never know when opportunity to use it again is available. 👍💪
Always such a pleasure watching these videos. Great camera work as well as explanation of tasks for those of us watching who know nothing of farming. Just entertaining. Love it!
Thank you for posting God bless you and your family 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hey Eric.....my personal experience with sorghum is that it can be a tremendous source of forage for dairy cattle. If cut regularly (25-30 day cut schedule) it can yield significant tonnage from minimal acres with protein levels of +/-15%. Regarding feed intake, on a short cutting schedule it can have reasonable levels of ADF/NDF to support feed intake. Feed quality depletes rapidly as the crop grows taller/thicker. No need to mention, but I am certain you will have the crop analyzed for nutritional value. You may find, your crop is sub 10% protein with elevated ADF/NDF levels. If feed to heifers, I think you may want to supplement with additional protein to ensure your heifers attain their growth potential (stature). Personally, I would consider blending it into the dry cow mix?......just watch the potassium levels. Good on you for trying something different on a small scale to see how it can be incorporated into your operations feeding program. All the best and I look forward to hear how things works out and if you decide to utilize sorghum as a forage source going forward.
Here in NZ we don’t let it go to seed like that, it’s feed out as a crop, so strip graze it every day gets to about 1-2m and cows go in there,
dried sorghum plant is one of the main fodder in India, TamilNadu and it is excellent for dairy animals. It is a 90 day crop here and mostly single cut. sometimes we go for second cut but the quantity we get will be 50 to 60% of the first cut. mostly it is rainfed here.
Feels like you were just starting planting yesterday! good job
Great to have the opportunity to tap into your dads knowledge. It’s also cool seeing you guys being able to work together. Cherish it
5 cuttings here in Maine it rained mostly in September
A lot of hard work...good to see this current generation with a work ethic. I sure can't find any.
14:25 Mr. Dry Humor strikes again. Love it!
wonderful that you guys got 5 cuts!!
I’ve never seen Sorghum harvested before. Thanks for the great video !! Harvest 2021 coming to an end 🙋♀️😊
Thank you for the video! And all the angles and editing! I appreciate all your hard work. I’m excited for the new baby!
Whatever you do, don’t ask Cole the CornStar to harvest your beans... he is having a hard time with his bean head right now!
Cole seems to be having a rough time with everything.
Wow! An awesome video Eric. You guys sure do keep busy, y'all made a good call using the disc mower. I was surprised you didn't have more trouble getting the sorghum into a windrow, good job. Thanks for the video and have a great week, be safe out there!
Great video, thanks Eric!
Hey Eric great video as usual. Now that you're done cutting for the year it would be great for the mower if you would pressure wash it inside and out before you put it away. Keep up the good work! Also don't worry about putting that sorghum silage in the bag a bit wet, especially for heifers, even up to 75 percent moisture, it will still make amazing feed. I can say this from experience as last year our crop was so wet it was literally being turned to soup in the bagger without even bagging at even near high pressure and the heifers absolutely loved the stuff! Your feed looked beautiful though!
I actually tried smelling the silage when he put it up to the camera😂
So did I!! 😂 then I started laughing at myself!!
😂same lol I don't know why lol
I almost did. Then found yor comments
I was just minding my own business and watching the video. I was listening to Eric explain things, and then he held the silage up for us to smell. It was like I was mesmerized, and then BOOM,.....he got me before I realized what I was doing. One of those moments that you look around the room to make sure no one was watching me get drawn into the trap. Good one Eric!!! Hats off to you!!! I fell for it,.....Hook, Line, and Sinker!!!
Hahahahha brilliant me too LOL
It is really good to have 2 different types of mowers! Really using your time well!!!
I know I'm curious to see how the sorghum works out. My very limited understanding pegs it as similar to corn, so seeing it growing like alfalfa in the field and being mowed like that was an eye opener. Now that my curiosity's been piqued, I'll have to go do some looking around. Thanks for the video.
I've made sorghum Sudan silage bales, the old cows eat it up like candy. The only other thing they may eat as fast is wet baled oats in the dough stage.
Great video eric. Thanks for being farmers.
That sorghum is an interesting crop glad u had no problem harvesting it and getting it in the silo great video as always
5th cutting? I’m impressed. Here in Upstate NY we’re lucky to get a 4th cutting depending on the weather.. Guess it’s true what they say: the secret to a successful business, any business is location, location, location…
I have been watched this video from youtube farmer about farm lot from your work and your way thing to do, Also I watched farm from Canada are a different thing from you and other guy worked farmer is a different thing very amazing how do hard work make a life for their farm, it Gift for there and you make life wonderful, I know you have good future for your farmer family !
I just rebuilt the gear boxes on our 617. What a hassle!! Lesson learned: make sure you have plenty of 90 weight in both upper and lower gear boxes and each blade box.
That was some crop of sorghum. Sure made the chopper work hard 🏴
I would do a internship with this man any day. Seems like a great mentor to me. His mentor....... must be awesome 👌
His mentor is called.....Dad.
If you get the chance for internship, please inform me also. I'd love to join.
Nice try, Eric's dad, we figure out your alias.
Fifth cutting! In Maine we get two.
You can plant sorghum like corn and then chop it with a corn header
When he said smell that why did I tried sniffing it 😂
It will be interesting to hear how your cows like and do on the sorghum.
This man had a "shout out" on my radio in East Tennessee a couple months back! Host Saying he was waiting for the next episode! I only know bc I was a fan before him!
That's cool!
Which station I'm from East Tennessee
Man I can smell the fresh cut hay. It's been a while. Thanks for the videos!
You could tell that sorghum is heavy that chopper was having a hard time
OOh! At :42 I saw a really great way to totally bust some knuckles if that wrench were to slip. Take care sir! Great video, thanks for sharing!
I thought the same thing 🤣
Thanks for another great video of your harvesting operation. I was wondering if you are planning on testing and then comparing the grain sorghum silage stored in the bags VS the silo. And I am also curious if sorghum tests higher in protein than the Triticale silage. It will be interesting to see how your cows respond to it as well.. Maybe you can post a video when you start feeding it out of the bags.. Hope your bean harvest goes well.
It will be interesting to see how the cows like the sorghum silage. If you use the sorghum silage, will you still add the sorghum liquid to their daily ration?
Another great video. Its good to see y'all got 5 cuttings of hay. Y'all stay safe and good luck.
you can tell the chopper was struggling goint thru the sorgum
Best farming channel on you tube!
Sorghum was making the harvester work 👌
It looks like you could be harvesting some black walnut!
Waaa the chopper sounded like it was WORKIN to chop that stuff...bogging it right down
With the Sorghum we cut with the corn head on the silage cutter so we dont mow it first.
5 cuttings is great. Curious to see how you like the sorghum.
Would be interesting to see how the sorghum test for feed value? Nice video
Harvest all hands on deck. The long hours all the fellas put in they must welcome the odd wet day to catch up on viewing the insides of their eyelids
Running out of room to store your feed crop.. Pretty sure every farmer would love to have this happen every year. IIRC, that had the same "problem" last year, and never finished cleaning out their bunkers. Great to see they are having this "problem" again.
Eric you can mow much faster with that 617 in that Sudan. You can mow just as fast as you want. The slower you go the more it will bog down. That’s my experience with Sudan and heavy first cut. Good luck.
Great video as always. Hopefully enough feed for winter 👍
I would've thought you guys would've chopped the sorghum with the corn head on the chopper we have 100 acre's to do in MN yet still to green waiting for a frost to lower the moisture
It’s like a nascar pit crew changing out equipment like that great job and even greater farm !
Can see that you must not be a believer in giving your alfalfa a six week rest and not taking the last cut until after a killing frost. It will be interesting to see the lab test on that sorghum. Glad to see that your'e considering a crossbreeding program. I believe that the Procross program is the wave of the future.
have you ever tried Sorghum-sudan grass
i have been using it as a feed base for tropical dairy animals for the past 17 years. i generally get 20 tons per acre per cut and i cut every 49 to 55 days, with i moisture content of 55 - 65 %
For cutting i use a single row harvester or a flail harvester that cuts and chaff in one pass
Yep, I smelled it, about 60 years ago!
i enjoy sorghum syrup on a sourdough biscuit
Question, why did y'all sickle mow and windrow the sorghum instead of just direct cut with the harvester like you do with corn? Is it moisture issue? We use to harvest sorghum back in 90s and we had to use a special pull behind harvester to cut it for our silage pile. It's definitely a different smell kinda like sugarcane
You do an excellent video Eric ... had a quick look through the comments - seems everyone agrees. 🙂🙂👍👍
Looks like you put up plenty of feed this year
So how many of us sniffed when he held the handful of hay and said smell this.
I hope we get some feeding in the beginning of the videos like we used to or milking....
They have several people working on their farm so Eric and his dad aren't always feeding or milking they'r doing other chores on the farm. I'm sure he will show feeding/milking eventually
Hey just wondering if you could show us how the sorghum test. We are talking growing it on are farm any tips are much appreciated. Thanks
Great job. Loving the Farm life
Isn't sorghum supposed to sit in the field for about 3 days before you harvest and feed to the castle? When we did sorghum or supplier said it wasn't healthy for castle if you cut and harvest right away and had to leave it for about 3 days before chopping. Just curious.
Earlier this spring I cut the walnut trees down and sold them for a very good price. I get tired of picking up walnuts around the farm
Just an opinion!
Cut it as you harvest corn.
Don't cut it as grass.
The seeds are gone waste with this method.
Anyway always love 💕 watching your videos.
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🐄 Man!!!
That stuff smells almost good enough to eat! Lol God Bless!
i learn alot from your videos. thanks, i really enjoy watching.
5th cut of hay.... We barely get 1 cut we are in such a bad drought for over 5 years.
Seems like you need more silos, or a lot of ag bags.
Did i just sniff when he said smell this???
I am always enthusiastic about your and your work on the farm.I would like to get to know your farm someday. But that's a pipe dream
Looked like they were having little harder time chopping sorghum
I swear I just about did smell that!
Fifth cutting hay has to be great hay quality.
Been a good year for hay.pigeons and doves will pick up sorghum seeds in the field.
work with my hands Do you know how hard it is to work with my hands? I have no alternative, my sisters and brothers I am a poor old man
I mowed some sorghum once and it went up past the tractor
Nice tractors and mowers good video brother
If I ever came into a lot of money, I'd buy a dairy farm in Lancaster County and move my cows down there. It's whole different world down there than up here in the northern part of the state.
Do different types of feed change the taste of the milk....also fresh hay vs fermented?
It a day and night different we have 2 discbines one with flails on it the other rubber rolls and a self propelled haybine
hmmm, it does smell really good!
Nice video Eric keep up the work
The farm is looking good man!
A strong pace and variety of good work.