Seeding Alfalfa | Trying the Neighbor's No-till Drill

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  • Опубліковано 7 кві 2020
  • Trying an Esch no-till drill this year instead of our John Deere to see if we can get a better alfalfa stand.

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  • @MrElkris
    @MrElkris 4 роки тому +18

    Last seconds of the video. Best! Respect man. “Good work dad”

  • @tamianderson539
    @tamianderson539 4 роки тому +11

    Wait a minute! Dad’s down in the ditch getting dirty and you’re holding the camera staying nice and clean? Smart kid! Love your vids Eric! Keep em comin! God bless

    • @davidhansson7041
      @davidhansson7041 4 роки тому +1

      Tami Anderson Of course! Wear out one generation at a time :P

  • @57143bodies
    @57143bodies 4 роки тому +62

    After reading an article here in Ohio, have you had to “pour milk down the drain” due to lack of demand with schools closed? I hope not. I’ve still been a heavy drinker. Best beverage to enjoy with baked goods, pancakes, cereal and CHOCOLATE. In this presentation, green was definitely the color of the day: tractor, planter, sweatshirt, chickweed and other green grasses. You earned your “greenbacks” (money) that day! Plus, there’s nothing like that smell of cut alfalfa!

    • @TruckTaxiMoveIt
      @TruckTaxiMoveIt 4 роки тому +2

      Yes I would really hate to think that anyone it's pouring good milk down the drain
      There are so many different things that you can do with milk: whole milk, skim milk, flavored milk , tons of different types of cheeses ( soft cheese, hard cheese, cottage cheese), yogurt, perhaps other things that I didn't mention or didn't know

    • @twoguystalking7637
      @twoguystalking7637 4 роки тому

      I hate milk. I do not use milk products. They deplete you of calcium. Dairy is a sham, a racket, a snafoo. Cows and this video is cool though. Farmers are righteous. This guy knows his stuff.

    • @lauradrew947
      @lauradrew947 3 роки тому

      Wwwwwqqqq🧯🧯🧯🧯💷💷💷🛢🔦💸💸💸💸💸🔦🔦⏱⏱⏱⏱⏳⏳⏳🎚🎚🎚⏯🆖🔣🔣🔣⏩🔣⏩🔣⏩⏩ was a good like

  • @michael7423
    @michael7423 4 роки тому +5

    Hi again Eric, it’s great to see you looking healthy! Thank you again for giving everyone a healthy option while we are staying home accept for the careful necessary trips to the store for our dairy products! God bless you and your family!!!

  • @MB-vw1qo
    @MB-vw1qo 2 роки тому +1

    I wonder if you could harrow the field with the chickweed to rake some of it off to reduce the build-up on the drill? Thank you farmers for all of your hard work and feeding America.

  • @timothyshepodd7826
    @timothyshepodd7826 4 роки тому

    Thanks for all you teach us and for working so hard to bring us food. Blessings!

  • @alexyegon2381
    @alexyegon2381 4 роки тому

    Best dairy channel, you've helped me with some issues I needed to figure out on my farm.

  • @andidrew
    @andidrew 4 роки тому +1

    I love watching your videos as you take the time to inform us of what you are using and how you are going to use it as being a non-farmer (in the uk 🇬🇧) it’s always good to know where and how our food/drink comes from. Keep up the great work and can’t wait for the next video

  • @vlookup_tim
    @vlookup_tim 4 роки тому +17

    Thanks for explaining the crop rotation. I didn’t know alfalfa is a legume.

  • @belfast479
    @belfast479 4 роки тому +2

    Another great vid. I have noticed that you seem to really love what you do and you're not afraid to jump right in and fix things yourself. Besides being a farmer, you have a good basic mechanical knowledge for how things work. Please stay safe, you and the family.

  • @amberhenigin1570
    @amberhenigin1570 4 роки тому +4

    This is oddly therapeutic during quarantine. Thanks for everything you do!

  • @joelee662
    @joelee662 4 роки тому +10

    Well did I learn anyting the answer is yes you're a good teacher you explain that we'll and I gained more knowledge thank you very much 👍🇺🇸

  • @raynonabohrer5624
    @raynonabohrer5624 4 роки тому +1

    Oooo you are good son, you complimented your father. After he and brother fix the water leak. I pray you are all staying well. Great video!

  • @emersonbrandenburg9619
    @emersonbrandenburg9619 4 роки тому

    Man I tell you what I've been watching your videos from the start. I've watched every one and they just KEEP GETTING BETTER.👍🏻🙏

  • @steveadams99708
    @steveadams99708 4 роки тому

    Another good educational video Eric, and as always a well put together video. Thanks!

  • @DocPortland
    @DocPortland 4 роки тому

    I just came across this channel. Great job... It's great to watch the next generation farmers...

  • @131dyana
    @131dyana 4 роки тому

    Love seeing the new machine and you. God bless you.

  • @amybrown8540
    @amybrown8540 4 роки тому

    Your videos are always well done and informative. Keep up the great work!1

  • @job322
    @job322 4 роки тому +3

    hope your family is doing well! thank you for these videos

  • @noodle4461
    @noodle4461 4 роки тому

    Hey man I just wanna than you for everything you do and all other farmers. I hope you have a good year and god bless.

  • @kristdaa4612
    @kristdaa4612 4 роки тому +1

    My goodness that is a lot of work. I'll tell you what your mom and dad is got to be proud of you and whoever ends up with you as a husband is going to be extremely lucky💯

    • @BlazeDuskdreamer
      @BlazeDuskdreamer 4 роки тому

      He's already married and yep, she's got a good man there.

  • @ExcaliberXX
    @ExcaliberXX 4 роки тому +13

    Found this channel by accident, started watching and thought "that guy talks like he is from SE PA". Then I saw the video of the area and looked like the Lancaster area. Sure enough I was right, I live about an hour away from you and visit that area occasionally. Great to see videos of hard working Pennsylvanians. Keep up the good work and the great videos!

  • @keepamericayisraelgreat5708
    @keepamericayisraelgreat5708 4 роки тому

    I am happy you take the time from farming to make a video for yes to enjoy ...Thanks

  • @Ken-bw7ox
    @Ken-bw7ox 4 роки тому

    You do a great job of explaining and videoing, keep up the good work. Thank You

  • @MichaelHolzmeister
    @MichaelHolzmeister 4 роки тому +3

    You saved my life by wrapping up the water line drama. The suspense would have killed me. Cool way to end the video.

  • @gaylewatkins4685
    @gaylewatkins4685 4 роки тому +1

    Remind everyone at the end of your videos to push the 'like' button if they enjoyed the video. I was forgetting to and I'm sure others were too. You have great content on your channel.

  • @benjaminbauer4883
    @benjaminbauer4883 4 роки тому +1

    We had the same issues when we drilled out annual pastures for our irrigated dairy. Too many weeds and we had trouble with the drill plugging.
    Thanks for the video

  • @jonathanosborne9889
    @jonathanosborne9889 4 роки тому

    God bless you and your family I hope you have a good Easter Sunday

  • @EinachserLS
    @EinachserLS 4 роки тому +15

    That looks like a handy drill. We couldn´t use something like the John Deere drill here because of width restrictions but that Esch would be just fine.

  • @lavin9689
    @lavin9689 4 роки тому

    Just binge watched all your videos. Very interesting stuff. Huge difference from your farm and ways of farming to the way we do on our Irish farm😂 would love to try your style for a week 😂 great content 🔥 keep up the good work👍

  • @neillouise7533
    @neillouise7533 4 роки тому

    Thank you Eric for these videos. Dealing with the say at home is dull.

  • @medion855
    @medion855 4 роки тому +2

    Brilliant job. You can see that the conditions are perfect for sowing alfalfa. In Poland, unfortunately, drought is lacking moisture. Greetings from Poland 😊

    • @metaxa715
      @metaxa715 4 роки тому

      siemasz Polak, jak zdrowie?

  • @joshhubbard430
    @joshhubbard430 4 роки тому +1

    I always lower my closing wheel as low as it will go to keep my openers from going so deep. The sod cutting wheel doesn't really matter how deep it goes the deeper the better. It kind of aerates the ground. By lowering the closing wheel it lifts up on the openers. You can also put cylinder stops in so there isn't so much down pressure. Keep on keeping on. Love the videos

  • @CzipCzere
    @CzipCzere 4 роки тому

    HUGE RESPECT for you and for your family! This is very hard life! ALL day WORK, never day off, just sometimes. GOD HUGE RESPECT! From Hungary!

  • @grassfeeding6073
    @grassfeeding6073 4 роки тому

    I used to run the same model Esch Drill. The sponge meters and variable speed gear box are excellent, best drill I've ever used. You can plant literally anything with that drill. They're built out of heavy gauge steel. Can't say enough about them, by far my favorite drill I've ever used.
    I used a couple hydraulic donuts on the lift cylinders to control the depth that it was allowed to dig. It's so heavy that in soft soil it will plug if you only rely on the closing wheels for depth control. Good to keep a couple of them on hand for that. I probably planted a few thousand acres of sudex, alfalfa/grass, milet, rye, ryegrass/crimson clover, etc. Really miss that drill...

  • @Lumumba6764
    @Lumumba6764 4 роки тому +3

    Bro you are awsome your cows are really looking good and your content is great

  • @Sutha-ho1os
    @Sutha-ho1os 4 роки тому

    Really great video. Keep up your good work mate.

  • @willogrady7913
    @willogrady7913 4 роки тому +2

    Love your vids from Australia!

  • @AliBaba12345
    @AliBaba12345 4 роки тому

    Big fan keep up the work! I’m always one of the first 1000 people to watch ure vids!

  • @mattklein7543
    @mattklein7543 4 роки тому

    I love ur videos keep them coming

  • @lizl6232
    @lizl6232 4 роки тому

    Hard working farm. I think of this farm and the girls every morning when I have my cereal!! Thanks

  • @tylerhedge7825
    @tylerhedge7825 4 роки тому +3

    I wish I could do the stuff you do at your farm. keep up the cool
    vids

  • @davidhinson5010
    @davidhinson5010 4 роки тому

    Keep up the hard work and be safe out there. From NC.

  • @jimbrown7226
    @jimbrown7226 4 роки тому

    Great video Eric good job fixen the water line break I was surprised to see a water line that shallow in PA in ohio we usually have to have then at least 4' deep to keep from freezing in a bad winter

  • @jbrewphotos79
    @jbrewphotos79 4 роки тому

    Big fan of the channel dude!

  • @judyrosey
    @judyrosey 4 роки тому +8

    A man's gotta dew what a man's gotta dew. ❤

  • @JohnDoe-jq5wy
    @JohnDoe-jq5wy 4 роки тому

    Great stuff...proud of y'all

  • @roynelson7613
    @roynelson7613 4 роки тому +2

    That looks like a really nice setup man does a great job with all our technology I don't understand why they don't have some sort of clean off for you guys man digging that out can be a job all day I just think it would be cool if they come out with something to help you guys out a little easier you're not lazy by a long shot.. I tell you what bro it's about to be really busy season for you guys taking care of all the cows and farming but we sure do appreciate all the cool videos have a good one man👍👍👍👊👊

  • @downhilltwofour0082
    @downhilltwofour0082 4 роки тому

    A mans gotta dew what a mans gotta Dew! That's a cool tool. Thanks for sharing!

  • @felixschumburg3924
    @felixschumburg3924 4 роки тому

    Hello from Waterloo, Iowa. Your John Deere tractor was made here. Great video and channel. Keep it up

  • @lostinlife647866
    @lostinlife647866 4 роки тому +1

    10 Generation Dairyman - Its funny every time I go to Rite Aid I always go to the dairy case to pick up a pint of chocolate milk and a gallon of vitamin D milk From Clover Farms. I find this milk to be creamier and have a better taste than for say Wawa. I Thank You and your family for all your hard work and dedication bringing the freshest milk 🥛 possible to my table.

  • @TheFarmingLife
    @TheFarmingLife 4 роки тому +2

    We've been blessed to have very nice weather. Always enjoy seeing a new crop go in. Have a great afternoon

  • @TheEnqon
    @TheEnqon 4 роки тому

    Keep up with the good work! Greetings from Romania!

  • @apostlepaulvining5688
    @apostlepaulvining5688 4 роки тому

    Hey young man, I enjoy ur vlogs/blogs one constructive suggestion young one. Add more content of what u do show ur repairing or problems while their happening, Your good at explaining after completion of ur projects as a viewer I enjoy watching "how" u solve the problem. thanks and keep up the good work I imagine ur dad is very, very proud of you. Rev. Paul M. Vinng Sr. Eustis Florida.

  • @kanakamaoli9642
    @kanakamaoli9642 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the ride buddy

  • @MrGjc310148
    @MrGjc310148 4 роки тому

    cool eric,nice
    love indestrial rural etc
    gnz
    you present everything very well,always interesting

  • @jamesbreault5762
    @jamesbreault5762 2 роки тому

    Great content Eric

  • @scottdillon6750
    @scottdillon6750 4 роки тому

    Love your videos my guy

  • @zaneredifer4959
    @zaneredifer4959 4 роки тому +43

    Best dairy farmer

  • @michellefredenberg8594
    @michellefredenberg8594 4 роки тому

    One of the best farmers on UA-cam

  • @GijsRupert
    @GijsRupert 4 роки тому +4

    That sound of the John Deere i love it

  • @silosjaniffer
    @silosjaniffer 4 роки тому +1

    Great video! :) Hope these times are being kind to you and yours.

  • @chaser1338
    @chaser1338 4 роки тому

    Great video and information thanks keep em comin!!👍

  • @bigdsaxberg43
    @bigdsaxberg43 4 роки тому

    We use to use a broadcast spreader over a seeded field of barley or millet and then use a light harrow to cover up the seed , we always had good stands of alfalfa.

  • @SaffordDelivery
    @SaffordDelivery 4 роки тому

    I love the videos brother, keep it up! Be safe, stay Healthy!

  • @MacDrai8
    @MacDrai8 4 роки тому

    I really love the shot at 07:08. Good job

  • @Supernaut2000
    @Supernaut2000 4 роки тому

    My God...you have to have an encyclopaedic memory and be a jack of all trades to farm! No lack of things to do!

  • @waynebulson941
    @waynebulson941 4 роки тому

    Thanks Eric. 9:24 You gotta Dew what you gotta! Nice job.

  • @kaydentallman3040
    @kaydentallman3040 4 роки тому

    Love the vids man keep it up👍🏻

  • @forcellefarms9788
    @forcellefarms9788 4 роки тому

    Awesome video keep up the good work

  • @chrisandert9171
    @chrisandert9171 4 роки тому

    Nice video . Supposed to be renting a drill just like that one in next couple weeks if it gets dry. Been planting Dairyland seed for years, very good alfalfa

  • @canobeans2988
    @canobeans2988 4 роки тому

    love your vids man keep it up

  • @frankmerriam5214
    @frankmerriam5214 4 роки тому

    Hi 10th gen. I hope you guys are still doing well. My friend hauls milk to the dairy and hauls citrus peels to the farms for feed. The diaries have stopped taking milk and the farmers are putting there cow out to pasture to dry up I also saw it's not jest here in south Florida. So I hope you all the best till this passes. Lord bless you and your family

  • @campbelljohnson7167
    @campbelljohnson7167 4 роки тому

    Love your videos

  • @will99362
    @will99362 4 роки тому

    We made a stopper the hydraulic cylinders for our notill seeder because in fresh tilled soil it dug too deep, and plugged the main discs also. Worked great after

  • @jacksonmitchell2368
    @jacksonmitchell2368 4 роки тому +1

    Loving the vids

  • @jay11561
    @jay11561 4 роки тому +2

    Love the content

  • @edwardsofin3593
    @edwardsofin3593 4 роки тому

    Always a good "watch". Today you did both - chocolate milk and then Mountain dew... maybe should he been the other way around. Most interesting, the different no-till drill. Your new-to-you-guys John Deere runs nice. carry on !!

  • @charlesp5318
    @charlesp5318 4 роки тому +17

    Gotta “dew” what ya gotta “dew”...

  • @BRZZ-xw4hd
    @BRZZ-xw4hd 4 роки тому

    great vid i would like to see more equipment vids like this one ..peace out

  • @Jakerz007
    @Jakerz007 4 роки тому

    Perfect video after work

  • @craigflatley7370
    @craigflatley7370 4 роки тому

    Good job!

  • @IWANASLAPTHAT
    @IWANASLAPTHAT 4 роки тому

    Nice work brother.

  • @maryfreyne4446
    @maryfreyne4446 4 роки тому +1

    My birthday is April 🎂 I can't wait love your vid

  • @tanantharun
    @tanantharun 4 роки тому

    #1 fan of yours from India

  • @johnperry5102
    @johnperry5102 4 роки тому

    great video, learned a lot good job

  • @yousafrehan8752
    @yousafrehan8752 4 роки тому

    Welcome back

  • @conortimm733
    @conortimm733 4 роки тому

    Hey we got that no till drill since we almost exclusively do grass and having the closer spacing is super nice. We have an early model and the gearbox isn’t quite right so we can never trust the graph we have to always calibrate every year. Haven’t had much of a problem with the disks ever plugging like that, the ground might be too wet we always plant when it’s slightly crumbly

  • @morganoshea9245
    @morganoshea9245 4 роки тому +4

    Best man on earth

  • @lalchandnagaura6537
    @lalchandnagaura6537 4 роки тому

    Very nice brother

  • @santoshgurung638
    @santoshgurung638 4 роки тому

    Nice work bro 👍

  • @drakefalkner8046
    @drakefalkner8046 4 роки тому +4

    You should lock that hydraulic remote forward so there is always a flow pushing down or to keep good down pressure on that thing

  • @markybear92840
    @markybear92840 4 роки тому

    I really dislike when I get mud between my wheels too! :-p Great work! Keep it up!

  • @farmshoffman8475
    @farmshoffman8475 4 роки тому

    Great awesome video

  • @sushantshikhare5057
    @sushantshikhare5057 4 роки тому

    Nice work

  • @marcussamson7640
    @marcussamson7640 4 роки тому

    That is a really cool transport feature

  • @jeffw8057
    @jeffw8057 4 роки тому

    Ya gotta dew what you gotta dew! Nice job!

  • @haydenblumenshine1836
    @haydenblumenshine1836 4 роки тому +4

    Nice vid

  • @dougdiplacido2406
    @dougdiplacido2406 4 роки тому +1

    I like the fact that you use no till farming methods. Great use of the land. Love your videos. How is the virus thing affecting your farm? Keep safe and thanks for the video.

  • @pastorcardoso
    @pastorcardoso 4 роки тому

    very good content greetings from Argentina🇦🇷🇦🇷🚜