I have a neighbor that owns 2 organic dairy farms. It's incredible the amount of corn, soy beans and hay he farms just to feed both diary herds for a year. It's none stop.
Hi Jason, brilliant video showing a professional set up ,not done on a shoe string which is a trap which a lot of smaller farms do ,which is a false economy, the only criticism I have is seeing trailers with there own turn table which can be an absolute pig to reverse. All the very best , Kevin Fox,England Essex.
New holland 1116 swather, Allen 8803 hay rakes with a massey 4345 pulling it, and two new holland balers one a 500 with a gas Wisconsin engine, and a 505 with a deutz diesel, and two other massey Ferguson 235 to pull them. and to pick them up we still have a new holland 1065 going. Love all your work Jason. Thanks.
I always love seeing the 2wd tractors like taht. Up here in Montana it’s really rare to see tractors that size with little skinny front ends. Always entertaining
Fantastic video! Thank you so much for this great video. There all good but this one was extra fun at least for me. I had never seen silage done quite like this.
Looks like they have at least 2 of every thing. Just wondering if using that many bags is more economical than bunks or silos. But i think there is less spoilage and better feed in the bags. Great video Jason.
I've seen one of those JD forage harvesters in person. They're quite rare in Sweden. Claas, Krone and New Holland are the most popular choices here. There do pop up some occasional JD from time to time, which is actually a sight to see here
We chop about 50 acres of corn silage for beef cows and steers. We use an Agco dt 240 on a Gehl 1250 2 row chopper, an Agco rt115 to move the 3 badger wagons, and bag the silage with a Kelly Ryan 8 ft bagger pulled by an Allis Chalmers 7580.
You're only 5 hours south of me but your spring is much further along! Our leaves are just starting to pop on the trees. How many cuttings do they manage down there?
I assume the forage harvester adjusts its speed relative to the wagon to fill the different parts of the wagon( front or middle or back). And the wagon driver keeps a constant speed.
I like your videos usually you describe the Machinery better than anyone else but this time you kind of left out what day was using to put the Salvage in the bags I know it was a John Deere tractor
I'm no forage chopping professional. Just an old farm boy used to chopping corn silage for beef feed. It seems to me that those windrows are awful small to work such a high horsepower machine. Is alfalfa that much tougher to chop than corn?
Corn takes more power but you have 30ft of a viney wet crop collected and woven into a windrow. It takes power to chop the wet stems. The chopper surges allot especially in first cut.
Why did this dairy farmer choose the bagging system over upright silos and or bunker method ??? My choice would be the bunker. Is the bag re useable for next season ??
It’s a European requirement so implements from Europe like these CLAAS rakes have them from the factory. In the United States you just need the orange triangle.
No. They are torn apart to empty the feed. I did not show it for timing levers of the video but the loader tractor rips off the plastic and carries the plastic to a recycling bin.
@@bigtractorpower We had feeder calves when I was younger. Silage stored in a bin. We chopped and blew the hay into the barn. I remember pitching the hay through a hole in the floor/ceiling onto the manger. Then moving it to the trough for the cows to eat. Dad fed out around 60 head each winter. He stopped in the mid-70's. He lost money several years in a row, so it wasn't worth the labor.
The average viewing time on one of my videos is 3-4 minutes and people drop off greatly after that. The 20 minute videos had very very few people that watched to the end. I have found 10-14 minute videos seem to get more views. I like making long videos but it seemed to turn more people off than on.
@@bigtractorpower that makes a lot of sense, now I see why they got shorter. Is there anyway when you do Matt's farm you make the video longer? Because I know a lot of people like those video's just maybe have to put his name in the title or something. Hope everything is going well with you and the family. Talk with you later Sir
And to think I use to use a single front tire Allis Chalmers tractor, hit a woodchuck hole and the front would bounce up 2 feet ...but It did wake me up. Kids are getting spoiled these days with the closed cans and AC.
This farm has three Ag Bag and two Kelly Ryans. A near by farm has a self propelled Versa. That farm only bags 150 acres of corn silage. They run a 9410R on an FP240 chopper.
The way that chopper and the wagon tractor made that turn in perfect unison was amazing.
Thank you Jason for sharing this. Looks like "organized chaos" with all the machinery in the same field! GO BTP💪
There are allot of wheels rolling. In corn there is a fleet of semis in action to these wagons.
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I have a neighbor that owns 2 organic dairy farms. It's incredible the amount of corn, soy beans and hay he farms just to feed both diary herds for a year. It's none stop.
Dairy is non stop. As these wagons are rolling in to wrap this years silage the TMR is carrying last years crops out to the cows.
Great video Jason! Always loved the smell of fresh cut alfalfa! Thanks for sharing! Have a great and awesome day!
It’s a great time of year in the field.
Hi Jason, brilliant video showing a professional set up ,not done on a shoe string which is a trap which a lot of smaller farms do ,which is a false economy, the only criticism I have is seeing trailers with there own turn table which can be an absolute pig to reverse.
All the very best ,
Kevin Fox,England Essex.
New holland 1116 swather, Allen 8803 hay rakes with a massey 4345 pulling it, and two new holland balers one a 500 with a gas Wisconsin engine, and a 505 with a deutz diesel, and two other massey Ferguson 235 to pull them. and to pick them up we still have a new holland 1065 going. Love all your work Jason. Thanks.
Very very cool. I hope to find a 1116 to film day. I like those Speedrowers.
Bunch of Good Workers...Can't run a farm like this without a lot of Good Hands...Hard to find now days .
It's great to get to start seeing all the new farming videos for 2021.
Thank you for your videos bigtractorpower you are the best
I always love seeing the 2wd tractors like taht. Up here in Montana it’s really rare to see tractors that size with little skinny front ends. Always entertaining
I like finding modern 2wds at work. They are rare.
There’s not much of dairy farms in Georgia so it is cool to see a modern operation in other parts of the USA.
Dairy is limited here in Kentucky. Only 47,000 cows being milked in the entire state.
Best channel on UA-cam, thanks Jason, from Alberta
Great Big tractor Vlog Thanks for sharing, have a great week
Alway enjoy forage harvesting. Great video
It’s a great time of year.
We bag 3 of the 5 cuttings we get in Colorado . We use a 980 Class and a Versa. 1012 bagger
Nother great video thanks for your time to do the videos and talk about what the farm does with equipment
Thank you for watching.
Great to see that the choppers are rolling again😁👍 the ag bags look nice👍😉
I absolutely love the look of the John deere choppers!!!!
They do have nice styling.
@@bigtractorpower lot better improvement over my 6850:)
Along with your description which is always educational, the views in the video are awesome including the aerials which are smooth.
This was a productive filming trip. Thank you for watching.
Fantastic video! Thank you so much for this great video.
There all good but this one was extra fun at least for me. I had never seen silage done quite like this.
It is fun getting to follow a farm through a harvesting process. Thank you for watching.
Wow what an operation
Looks like they have at least 2 of every thing. Just wondering if using that many bags is more economical than bunks or silos. But i think there is less spoilage and better feed in the bags. Great video Jason.
There is less spoilage. I think the humidity and temps here in Kentucky are not as kind to bunk silos.
@@bigtractorpower Thanks Jason. I can see where heat and humidity could cause issues for feed bunks & piles, no matter how tight you pack 'em
I've seen one of those JD forage harvesters in person. They're quite rare in Sweden. Claas, Krone and New Holland are the most popular choices here. There do pop up some occasional JD from time to time, which is actually a sight to see here
Wow, that’s a lot of bags!
It is. The wrap all their alfalfa, corn and sorghum.
@10:50 sounds like some dry pins eh, that'll get expensive real quick.
Awesome video thanks BTP!
Thank you for watching.
Love the hay choppin video....got to be something a farm thats got 12 choppin wagons 2 choppers ect dont see alot of operations like this alot
It’s a nice farm to visit. Family farm milking cows and raising grain crops.
The drone shots are cool!
It’s definitely gives a bigger picture of what’s going on.
That’s some thin alfalfa. They do not get near the yield we do. We couldn’t dream of raking 4 windrows together
I always look forward to doing alfalfa. We round bale and wrap all of ours.
What tractor and Baler do you run?
Same here (eastern Quebec). Fendt 714 and JD V451R baler
John Deere 6320 and John Deere 330 round baler.
We chop about 50 acres of corn silage for beef cows and steers. We use an Agco dt 240 on a Gehl 1250 2 row chopper, an Agco rt115 to move the 3 badger wagons, and bag the silage with a Kelly Ryan 8 ft bagger pulled by an Allis Chalmers 7580.
Nice JD's & good drone shots!
AWSOME video very nice equipment, milk must be paying better in Kentucky than in Pennsylvania
It is unfortunate how the milk market has struggled in recent years.
We grow alfalfa and triticale for our haylage and corn for silage. We cut with a Krone big M and chop with a Claas Jaguar
Nice chopping team. I have a feature on the Krone 450 on the way in May.
awesome as always
Thank you for watching.
Nice video btp 👍👍
Thank you for watching.
That pto on the bagger is at a relay sharp angle (@9:05) they should slide the tractor draw bar off to the side for a straight shot.
You're only 5 hours south of me but your spring is much further along! Our leaves are just starting to pop on the trees. How many cuttings do they manage down there?
It’s amazing what even an hour does climate wise. This farm takes seven cuttings from April to November.
Wow. 7. Amazing. Wonder which ones yield the best (on average)...
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Now that was interesting.
How come they use rotary rakes instead of mergers at this dairy? It seems like up north here in Wisconsin mergers are more common when chopping
Awesome Video Buddy!!
Could you give Andy at farming fixing and fabricating a shout-out. Thanks 👍
10:25 please put some grease in those pins its screaming for some !! 😄
Must be an older stand. Looks pretty light yield for first cutting.
We have jd 7380 spfh.
New Holland haybine
We store our haylage in harvestore silos
Very cool. Thank you for sharing.
Your operating would interesting to see. I know lots of people don't like them but I still like the Harvestore's.
I assume the forage harvester adjusts its speed relative to the wagon to fill the different parts of the wagon( front or middle or back). And the wagon driver keeps a constant speed.
That is correct.
Sweet video! Did you ever see the videos of me running the 7140?
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Thank you.
Many of us told them to grease the loader last year and they still haven’t done it
I like your videos usually you describe the Machinery better than anyone else but this time you kind of left out what day was using to put the Salvage in the bags I know it was a John Deere tractor
Those are 6175Rs. I thought I mentioned the TMR loader and bagging tractors are 6175Rs. Lots of iron all working at once.
Great video. For me is back to farming simulator.
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Really don’t need that extra large size header, the 3m will do
Better resale.
Looks like first crop is short...same here in southern Illinois
Alfalfa never really gets big and bushy here. This farm gets seven cuttings from April to November.
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I'm no forage chopping professional. Just an old farm boy used to chopping corn silage for beef feed. It seems to me that those windrows are awful small to work such a high horsepower machine. Is alfalfa that much tougher to chop than corn?
Corn takes more power but you have 30ft of a viney wet crop collected and woven into a windrow. It takes power to chop the wet stems. The chopper surges allot especially in first cut.
Why did this dairy farmer choose the bagging system over upright silos and or bunker method ??? My choice would be the bunker.
Is the bag re useable for next season ??
Less spoilage... Profit over environmental concerns. Of course all that plastic is single use.
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Thank you for watching.
Anyone knows what’s the difference between feeding this kind of chopped alfalfa to the cows, and feeding dried bales? Thanks!
The TMR process mixes in haylage, corn silage, soybean meal and cotton seed. This farm also puts up allot of dry hay as well.
@@bigtractorpower oh alright. Thank you BTP!
Which crop is harder to process corn or alfalfa hay?
Corn. Cracking the kernels and cobs put the chopper to work. Chopping 30ft of long fresh stems is work too.
Are the Ag-bags reusable?
No
How large of a dairy? Why do they use bags instead of piles or bunkers?
If this is the farm I think it is they have 2,500 total and 2,100 milking
Great video but please somebody grease that loader!
Not sure why the loader was that way.
@@bigtractorpower Just turn the radio up!
The modern farmer finds his needles in a haybag. :D
Could this also be picked up with a loading wagon? Or does it have to be processed through a chopper.
Usually it’s needs to be chopped or crimped before being turned in silage.
Normally it's chopped or baled we don't use loading wagons over here much
What are the square signs on the back of the rake for?
They are for visibility on the road.
@@bigtractorpower why are they on some equipment and not on others?
It’s a European requirement so implements from Europe like these CLAAS rakes have them from the factory. In the United States you just need the orange triangle.
How many acres roughly is this field?
At the start of the video you look inside the grill behind the cab of the harvester and it looks like an electrical storm inside the compartment.
There are allot of moving parts
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Are the bags reused?
No. They are torn apart to empty the feed. I did not show it for timing levers of the video but the loader tractor rips off the plastic and carries the plastic to a recycling bin.
@@bigtractorpower We had feeder calves when I was younger. Silage stored in a bin. We chopped and blew the hay into the barn. I remember pitching the hay through a hole in the floor/ceiling onto the manger. Then moving it to the trough for the cows to eat. Dad fed out around 60 head each winter. He stopped in the mid-70's. He lost money several years in a row, so it wasn't worth the labor.
How many cows does that operation milk?
Jason why have the videos gotten so short lately they use to be 10 mins longer compared to now?
The average viewing time on one of my videos is 3-4 minutes and people drop off greatly after that. The 20 minute videos had very very few people that watched to the end. I have found 10-14 minute videos seem to get more views. I like making long videos but it seemed to turn more people off than on.
@@bigtractorpower that makes a lot of sense, now I see why they got shorter. Is there anyway when you do Matt's farm you make the video longer? Because I know a lot of people like those video's just maybe have to put his name in the title or something. Hope everything is going well with you and the family. Talk with you later Sir
What town is this in Kentucky?
It’s not too far from Russellville
@@bigtractorpower I'm gonna take a guess and say it's Robeys farm
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UA-cam is odd at times. They delay view numbers to verify them.
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Imagine being that person who disliked this video
There are always two from the very start. I don’t mind a dislike but I wish they would share what they did not like.
@@bigtractorpower some people just like to be angry lol
Lots of expensive work before reaching the consumer!
It’s bunch of time and labor.
And to think I use to use a single front tire Allis Chalmers tractor, hit a woodchuck hole and the front would bounce up 2 feet ...but It did wake me up. Kids are getting spoiled these days with the closed cans and AC.
I have good memories of forage harvesting in the 70’s with a 656 and 686 on a hay bine and a 1066 on an 892 chopper.
These guys need a versa bagger. Faster, more dense, and much more uniform looking bag.
This farm has three Ag Bag and two Kelly Ryans. A near by farm has a self propelled Versa. That farm only bags 150 acres of corn silage. They run a 9410R on an FP240 chopper.
Is there a reason they use bags instead of a pile?
The bags greatly reduce spoilage. They seal the feed in completely.
Why rake into such a narrow windrow if the forage harvester has a 9’ header?
You have room to work with no risk of misses and less passes for the chopper.
@@bigtractorpower Makes sense. But I also see room for uneven wear.