Planting No-Till Winter Rye/Wrapping Sorghum Sudangrass/Straw Delivery

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Жыл бұрын

It's another first for Trinity Dairy. We decided we would like to plant winter rye again, but we didn't want to work up the sorghum sudangrass field we planted this Spring. We rented a Great Plains 1006NT Grain Drill from our nearby extension office. Our plan is to plant winter rye into the stubble. We finished wrapping the sorghum bales and then prepped the field with some fertilizer before planting. The next day, we had a straw delivery from our hay guy. We are sitting very well for winter with bedding and feed.
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@michaelgrant4825 Жыл бұрын

Alan: Wishing Grandpa all the best! God speed to one and all!

@lawrenceb.3349 Жыл бұрын

Lotsa good camera work. Thanks!

@wreckandraceify Жыл бұрын

I rented a drill just like that one from our local Water and Soil Conservation District office a couple years ago to drill some red clover into an established pasture. Worked out great for me.

@fasrfreddy Жыл бұрын

Great to see you guys, everything looking good, as usual. Thanks for video…..

@dennisdole1764 Жыл бұрын

Great video again Alan. Love that you could rent that nice seeder. Blessings 🎃from Ohio

@mikebrown1188 Жыл бұрын

Another great video. Love how you find different ways to make quality feed.

@cadcad4974 Жыл бұрын

I think the videographer should make a cameo appearance for all her great work!

@anthonyhengst2908 Жыл бұрын

It's really neat that the extension agents have such a program. I will have to see if Wisconsin has anything similar. If not I'll look into just renting a machine if I could.

@Oinkasaurus Жыл бұрын

Every drill is a no-till drill if you're brave enough. Jokes aside, Im glad to see no-till taking off the rate it is, and a small grain drill capable of clearing corn stubble is a worthy investment. (ive been no-tilling for 3 decades now)

@CMDSR Жыл бұрын

Our local co-op (Southern States co-op) has a no till for rent for winter cover. Great help to our small farmers that don’t have the resources to invest in one.

@chrisweigand4216 Жыл бұрын

My local fertilizer dealer has spreaders with a window on the front so you can see exactly when you run out. Love your channel. Stay safe.

@ziauddin7948 Жыл бұрын

awesome fertilizer spreader & seed planting machine #❤️👍

@canvids1 Жыл бұрын

Looked like a nice heavy duty seed planter. Wish you all the best come spring time. Yup winters coming stay safe and God Bless.

@ralphriddle8864 Жыл бұрын

Looking good and a good job and God bless yall

@johnnyholland8765 Жыл бұрын

I have the six foot model of that drill and really like it. I have planted all manner of small grains with it and soybeans and some sunflowers. Grain sorghum too. Good drill...

@stevebrooking4506 Жыл бұрын

I love the different time zones of this planet. You must edit your videos at night and they come out as I'm waking up. I hope your fall is kind to you. All the best 👍

@farawayfarm2520 Жыл бұрын

Nice drill. It should live closer to me. I can think of a few things I would like to try. Good video. 👍🙂

@ronniebond7435 Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@ADSC2006 Жыл бұрын

Good stuff.

@terrynoland487 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video thanks for sharing

@johnhenderson299 Жыл бұрын

Great video

@therabbitcity Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nashcobb3056 Жыл бұрын

thank you

@hartungdairyfarm0713 Жыл бұрын

Looks like that drill worked pretty slick 👌. Anything to save some fuel, sounds like it's only going to get more expensive.

@denanyr Жыл бұрын

We always use a helicopter to plant winter rye...... Free Copter ride!

@tgunnsgaming Жыл бұрын

Great video, I subscribed.

@douglasmacarthur8775 Жыл бұрын

Those no-till drills worked great for seeding red clover every 5 or 6 years into my orchard grass grazing strips in my dairy farming days. I would seed all 55 acres with about 5 lbs per acre of good red clover seed. that was rated multi year. Since not all came up the first year and the % of ":hard seed" took even longer, every 5-6 years was perfect re-seeding. (I bought red clover that was rated for 3 years )......it cost more, but well worth the extra cost.

@karencary3312 Жыл бұрын

This the season to plant winter rye.

@derekjohnson5150 Жыл бұрын

Pretty sure you will like how the no-till performs.

@koreymartinson7238 Жыл бұрын

There are some situations where no till just works great. We no till some beans in.

@davidmicalizio824 Жыл бұрын

❤

@davidwhittredge9923 Жыл бұрын

Haven’t seen any videos in awhile, I hope all is well with you all.

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately my Grandpa is in the hospital. He's been there for over a week so things have been kind of hectic here.

@davidwhittredge9923 Жыл бұрын

I hope everything turns out well.

@ssmith1931 Жыл бұрын

👍👍

@michaelgrant4825 Жыл бұрын

Alan & Jan: As I watch your videos, they remind me of a gentleman by the name of Jerry Apps who uploaded a video on KZfaq about 8 years ago titled "A Winter Farm Story". This video especially, reminds me of Mr. Apps because of your opening line - "We are sitting very well for winter with bedding and feed". I truly believe that the two of you would absolutely enjoy this video He walks his viewers through the four seasons when he was back on the farm during the depression and World War II. He is speaking of his life and his experiences growing up on the farm during that time period. He said that "everything that you do on the farm in the Spring, Summer and Fall, prepares you for the Winter. You have the same philosophy as Mr. Apps. I do hope that you and Jan are able to find a moment to watch the video. Watching your videos and seeing your devotion and love of farming, this video will absolutely touch your hearts. Thank you so much for all of your wonderful videos of life on the farm.

@anthonyhengst2908 Жыл бұрын

Love Jerry Apps, I have many of his books. Yes I get what you're saying. He reminds me of many of the farmers around my area. I was fortunate to meet him in Wild Rose where he was giving a talk. Might have been a book signing perhaps.

@michaelgrant4825 Жыл бұрын

@@anthonyhengst2908 I haven't read any of his books, but I have viewed all of his videos. He is such a pleasant individual and a great narrator. Perhaps someday I might be as fortunate as you and actually meet him. I was born and raised on a farm with 8 brothers and 3 sisters. Mom and dad had their hands full!

@french-canadianfarmer5049 Жыл бұрын

It would be nice to be able to rent one of those seed drills around here. I can't justify buying one for the small amount of land I seed. I was thinking it was too late to seed fall rye but now that I see you I may seed the turkey range.

@richardhawks4684 Жыл бұрын

Gettin cold there eh🍺🍺🍺

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

It's kind of a yoyo of temps here lately.

@richardhawks4684 Жыл бұрын

Same here in Battle Creek Michigan

@williammatzek4660 Жыл бұрын

I used a gradual spreader yrs ago. That was a view you showed at the beginning, of the fertilizer flowing out on the chain. I'm guessing the john deere on the wrapper belongs to father in law.

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's his tractor

@ShainAndrews Жыл бұрын

Those spreaders always bias one side. Stay a little wide going one direction... stay a little closer going the other direction.

@KiwiJim13 Жыл бұрын

Great video A&J are the straw bales 4x3?

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

Yes

@Pennies_on_the_dollar Жыл бұрын

Haven't commented in a while,but been keeping up mostly😁😁I ha e to ask, who was on the John Deere with the wrapper? Looking fwd to seeing how the winter rye does with the no till😉 Been thinking ALOT about something like that as well. We have a drill they rent also, but think I am just running out of time! Thank you both for bringing us along!! Love every min of it!! 😁😁👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

That's Jen's Dad on his 4020

@Pennies_on_the_dollar Жыл бұрын

@@trinitydairy Ahhh, I see, maybe the beard threw me off. Thank you sir!!

@ronaldfeuerstein435 Жыл бұрын

tks for sharing. it looks like you missed that snow storm that happened in our upper peninsula? this just crop cover rye?

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what I will do with the rye yet, planning on making it for hay next year, but that might change by then.

@fullers1966 Жыл бұрын

Wondering if everything's all right you haven't put out a video in a while

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

Unfortunately my Grandpa is in the hospital for about a week now, so things are kind of hectic right now.

@fullers1966 Жыл бұрын

@@trinitydairy sorry to hear this I'll be praying for his recovery hopefully he gets better soon God bless and take care

@israelmathes6268 Жыл бұрын

We have a the same Great Plains drill it does a great job. How fast was you pulling it ?

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what the speed was, I was in 4th gear.

@israelmathes6268 Жыл бұрын

@@trinitydairy I use 4 gear on a 686 International and have great results.

@ronmetz9172 Жыл бұрын

Lots of Great Plains equipment here in the Texas panhandle. What’s your hay market look like up there. Right now grass hay is running about $100-150 for a 900-1200 lb round bale plus trucking. Drought and fuel costs driving the price sky high. What did those big squares run?

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

Hay is pretty reasonable around here right now, this straw was a little pricey, but there are no top or bottom bales, and it's chopped pretty fine,in the bale, so I'm hoping to not need to chop it to use it in the barn. It was 180 a ton.

@chrisweigand4216 Жыл бұрын

Also how did you take the bales off of the wrapper? Did you spear them and tape the holes?

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

When the 3point hitch is lifted, the wrapper folds in the middle and the bale rolls off the back, then just pull ahead and wrap another one.

@chrisweigand4216 Жыл бұрын

@@trinitydairy Ah I see. Thought maybe you stack them

@douglasmacarthur8775 Жыл бұрын

"October 25"........Isn't it very late in the fall to be seeding rye? The reason I ask is because I observed in my many years of farming that Armistice Day (Nov 11) is usually the last day I could plow due to frozen ground . Is 2 i/2 weeks before possible ground freezing too late ? I don't know so that is why I ask.

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

Not from what I've been told, I planted some last fall, just before the ground froze, it didn't do anything that fall, but it came up in the spring.

@tomhall7250 Жыл бұрын

That’s gonna take forever 😢

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

What?

@robert8451 Жыл бұрын

Alan you talked about putting in a flat parlor in your barn and put up a freestall shed are you still thinking about it or just keep what you have I've never seen a stanchion tie stall barn like yours before at least not here in the New England

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

I think we are going to stay like we are for now, mainly because the dairy in our area is kind of dying out, so we don't Know how long they will keep picking up our milk.

@robert8451 Жыл бұрын

@@trinitydairy so you might have to quit milking cows I started processing my own milk this summer I'm doing good so far I'm doing bottled milk cheese and yogurt right now have you ever thought of doing that or It wouldn't work where you live I thought you would have a lot of daires around you I guess not here in CT we have dfa and Agri Mark co-op for daries is DFA in your area and who do you ship to now

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

@@robert8451 there was a lot of dairy, 30-40 years ago, even when I started 16 years ago, there was a lot more than now. We have thought about bottling our own, I think it would sell good here, but I think they have quite a bit of input cost to get started. That is definitely an option though. Glad to hear that it's working good for you.

@robert8451 Жыл бұрын

@@trinitydairy your great with growing crops and fixing equipment so you really don't have to milk cows you would probably make more income as well I wish I had your skills at fixing equipment like you do you fix your own milking equipment as well alan

@trinitydairy Жыл бұрын

@@robert8451 thank you! That's very kind of you to say !