The First Day of Chopping Corn Silage! (Harvest Season 2023)

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The First Day of Chopping Corn Silage! (Harvest Season 2023)

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Today we are starting to chop corn silage! We will start off by preparing the chopper and setting up our blower by the silo. Then it's on to opening up the fields. This is a slow process picking up corn we had to run over in order to open up. Nevertheless it was great to get started. Thank you all for watching and make sure to be on the lookout for the rest of our corn silage videos!
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@glennmoreside787 10 ай бұрын

I grew up on a small dairy farm in Prince Edward Island (Canada). I could listen to you guys all day, really enjoy your videos, it really takes me back to working with my father. He loved his New Holland silage chopper.

@simonvanwiechen3628 10 ай бұрын

Good to see someone else watching from pei, down east here

@glennmoreside787 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for that, love the pull type silage choppers.@@simonvanwiechen3628

@JRJunior8624 10 ай бұрын

@@simonvanwiechen3628 Me too!

@anthonyhengst2908 10 ай бұрын

Also, I love listening to the Super M grunt a little on the blower too.

@dizzy8890 10 ай бұрын

Loved the "yeah! Let her eat!" From Aaron. Hahahahaha hilarious

@douglaswhite7328 10 ай бұрын

thnx for answering the Q?s about dual tires.

@Ktmgang22 10 ай бұрын

It’s my favorite time of year harvest season

@chrisburke848 10 ай бұрын

Nice High Definition video. Keep up the good work.

@DonWelter 10 ай бұрын

Corn chopping is a sure sign the Autumn season has arrived. One neighbor has been chopping corn, spreading lagoon manure on the stubble, disking it in, and has drilled some of their triticale for Spring forage. Added to your haylage and dry hay stored already, the corn silage will give you a stockpile of feed to carry on during the long Winter season!!! Best wishes for a safe and productive harvest season.

@user-qq3lz4kq9g 10 ай бұрын

@pleasantviewfarms2084 10 ай бұрын

Not even sure you guys realize how cool of a lifestyle you live. Very nice job. Living the American dream !! 😎

@kennethhall5070 10 ай бұрын

One task after another, gotta have it all lined up and workin in harmony to get that job done. I’m proud of the dedication you fellas have for getting the cows fed the best silage you can. Awesome job !!

@terrydarow8401 10 ай бұрын

Corn looks very nice hope u have a plentiful harvest b safe God Bless y'all ❤

@dr.michaelr.foreman2170 10 ай бұрын

Nice to see your channel keeps growing in subscribers.

@hillbillyfranks 10 ай бұрын

I always loved when corn season came I don't know maybe it's just the smell of the corn And at juice use the roll right out of the Silo At the bottom But again I always love to go out and cut corn But that was back in a day Now all I do is cut wood Stay safe stay healthy and have a good day

@last9up 8 ай бұрын

Really like the in depth explanations on how the machines work.

@heatherkohlwey8379 10 ай бұрын

It's hard to beat the smell of freshly chopped corn. Thank you for sharing another day on the farm. May you be blessed with a safe and bountiful harvest. God bless.

@timrydman-mr5hp 10 ай бұрын

That is one big pull type chopper. Takes lots of power I’m sure. Some real nice tall corn. That M gets a real workout.

@MorganOtt-ne1qj 10 ай бұрын

Great video! The 7810 is walking the dog with that Gehl chopper, even though the Processor can eat HP. I always liked the Gehl choppers, never got to run one. I know that Gehl made some of the best farm equipment you could get, twin spin blowers and the Mix-Alls were hard to beat. God Bless and keep at it 👍👍

@jjarm 10 ай бұрын

Also, you cut and process hay all summer it seems, but corn is a one trick pony with acts……Silage, cob-corn and dry corn for market. Versatile crop but expensive to raise and harvest and vulnerable to stress. Always fun to view your videos.

@markschwab7829 10 ай бұрын

Awesome job nice to see the Super Mta getting the job done. The one job I miss the most is chopping corn silage. Keep the videos coming .

@mikewithers299 10 ай бұрын

This brings back memories for me. Baling 2nd cut and chopping corn. That means cold weather will be coming soon. Good luck and God bless the harvest 🚜🚜

@randycharest4507 10 ай бұрын

Enjoyed watching the video guys 😊

@gregcatlett1458 10 ай бұрын

900NH had a Hourning crop processor. 1990 😂 always liked the processor get your corn cracked up, but leave your cut in a longer length for stomach health. Hey, like the metal sign at the back of the barn on the eighth day !! Thanks young man!!!!

@edwhipple7551 10 ай бұрын

I am a truck driver from Vermont. I run through wisconsin I go to the flying j In Black River Falls. I believe that you are very close to there. I would love. I would love to come And visit

@loisgustafson1558 10 ай бұрын

Had a Gehl blower with a variety of recut screens for processing silage. One made specifically for crackiing high moisture corn. Made some really nice feed. This was back in late 70s, early 80s.

@markflick1641 10 ай бұрын

Corn done well for as dry as it was .Great video,keep ‘‘em coming .

@Deadeye-zr2kb 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for telling about the chopper thats help us understand

@jjarm 10 ай бұрын

Didn’t realize you guys had some flat land as well, and up against a paved road. How cool. Your hilly land is pretty intriguing. Love your stuff and the info re: the processor in the corn pickup was nice.

@raymondhenderson1516 10 ай бұрын

Love seeing the 7810 humming along.Many dairy farms farms around here in central indiana have fields already chopped for silage.Looking forward to more corn silage videos and getting the silo as full as needed to get through the winter feeding.May you and your family stay safe during this silage season.

@280813jb 10 ай бұрын

I agree 100% on the 23 degree tread, they are great going straight forward but be very careful going across a side hill especially on wet or frozen ground.

@ruggedtimber1743 10 ай бұрын

Hey there, New subscriber here from Montreal. I truly enjoy your channel. Very informative and helpful. Love the mix of farming, mechanical repair and chainsaws, all my favourite things. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe Dirk

@remigroulx1992 10 ай бұрын

Another nice video on how things done during harvest 👍

@trevor7918 10 ай бұрын

Good blower tractor

@nashcobb3056 10 ай бұрын

thank you

@ThomasDrehfal 10 ай бұрын

We used to use long machete knives. and cut down the first two rows of corn all of the way around the field (where we needed to) and stack it up and then after a while, we would come back and run the corn through the chopper.

@chrismarklevitz5217 10 ай бұрын

Did the same thing. No waste hard dirty satisfying honest work.

@jeffhuntley2921 10 ай бұрын

Get to the choppa!

@Robnite55 10 ай бұрын

I was to young to help with harvest when my dad did it But once I was a teenager I would help my friends dad drive the tractor hauling picked corn

@AcmeCountryAcres 10 ай бұрын

Another good video!

@marklen2322 10 ай бұрын

We chop when the black layer forms. That is when the kernel is at full development. The planet is usually at 65% moisture.

@anthonyhengst2908 10 ай бұрын

Time to shop and pile it up some more. Won't be too much longer we'll be pushing snow and gathering firewood.

@stanhensley3082 10 ай бұрын

Corn must be pretty good. That chopper is working hard.The M plays with the blower.Chopping corn is the start of fall to me!! Be safe on those hills Chopper boxes full of corn silage are heavy. Thanks 😊.

@user-du1um2pl4g 10 ай бұрын

Stability is what I your trying to say ❤😊

@Meister775 10 ай бұрын

Looks like fun, grew up on a farm but not farming now. Wish I could farm debt free

@MorganOtt-ne1qj 10 ай бұрын

Play the lottery. Best way to get $1million farming is to start with $2million!😮

@Meister775 10 ай бұрын

@@MorganOtt-ne1qj Amen 🙏🏻

@CuriousEarthMan 9 ай бұрын

very nice, thank you!

@clinthochrein888 10 ай бұрын

Would’ve made my dads fox 900 chopper look like a ertl farm toy. It had a straw/ hay head an a single row corn head. But overall loved this time of year filling silo on a warm fall afternoon leaves Turing colors.

@MorganOtt-ne1qj 10 ай бұрын

Fox made good equipment. The corn heads looked awkward but fed the crop as good as anything up to the Kemper head.

@clinthochrein888 10 ай бұрын

@@MorganOtt-ne1qj 👍🏾

@user-jp4cy7bu8i 10 ай бұрын

Great video enjoyed

@carlandersen6930 10 ай бұрын

Boy you guys chopping silage, reminds me of when we did it. we were not a big farm we did not have all of the fancy equipment , so there was this guy that came around and did custom chopping I believe he had a Farmall 400 with a one row Gehl chopper and a Gehl belt driven blower. three wagons that emptied from the back to a cross feed auger to the blower. we filled the 60 foot X 15 foot silo I believe. it seemed to take all day, we started early Saturday morning and filled all day and the let it settle couple days and fill er back up, God I sure do miss that THANKS

@eddeetz493 10 ай бұрын

I hope your close to Mondovi. The Gunderson locker plant makes great sausage, butt bacon so you can one day sell retail direct and online. Only way to cut out the 4 monopolies killing growers off and making bank.

@eddeetz493 10 ай бұрын

Mike at Our Whyoming Life would be a great contact for the entire process. His model is ready to go. Good luck with harvest and deer hunting.

@br927 10 ай бұрын

You're supposed to take a corn sickle and cut a hole by hand, then you don't run over it!! ( that was my job back in the day, loved doing it) then pick it up and throw it into the chopper! Thanks for showing the corn kernels, wanted to see if you have the processor dialed in! And i wanted to see the chopper pick up the downed corn going the other way! So, why didn't the old timers do that when they went to a chopper? I can see cutting a hole by hand using a corn binder!

@paulreis1648 10 ай бұрын

Great job guys it's great to see you all working together getting it done

@johnhenderson299 10 ай бұрын

Your equipment always looks pristine

@larrywint7020 10 ай бұрын

I know this is off the subject of cutting corn silage but what have you decided on the Oliver engine

@darrellrobinson5742 10 ай бұрын

You folks ever thought about second silo gehl chopper looks lot like nh be safe hello from iowa have to enter view your mother or grandparents

@davidkimmel4216 10 ай бұрын

Great video. Please be very careful.

@kurtisharrington6015 10 ай бұрын

love watching these videos. you guys happen to do more videos of how the milking process goes day to day?

@anthonyblalock1790 10 ай бұрын

Great team effort. Great video you guys are awesome

@dekdek551 10 ай бұрын

Fabulous, look forward to seeing the next video. How's the new bull getting on?.

@phillipmaxfield7516 10 ай бұрын

The back rows or outside rows you run over have you ever use a flail chopper to cut corn knocked down we had a old john deere one we paid 600 dollar for we pulled it with a little 50 pto horse tractor and didn't off set it we would chop 2 rows then chop out side then 2 more rows on inside then do I row back it cleaned it up really good we feed it with dry hay to heifers

@timstevens2866 10 ай бұрын

I can smell that corn from here!

@austinadams1605 10 ай бұрын

Great video!! I was wondering what you guys go for with silage corn do you go for taller corn to get more tonnage or not so tall corn with more grain in it to make higher quality feed but less tonnage

@milandjurdjevich3046 10 ай бұрын

What is the row width that you're planting? It looks like you're planting at 36 inch rows. Thank you for your time today

@pyroman6000 10 ай бұрын

Processors also help crush the cob pieces, so you don't end up with lots of "wooden nickels" that the cows spit out or nose aside, because they are hard to eat.

@colorado1088 10 ай бұрын

Good way to trick the cows into eating the cob. I think food processor companies may do this to us too when they make corn taco shells.

@hankelrod7315 10 ай бұрын

I’m surprised that M handled your blower ok, I used to run 856 on blower & it would snort but then again my silos were 70 ft

@royd8866 10 ай бұрын

Are you going to video packing the silo? Thank and God Bless

@dennisbrandt-vn4dp 10 ай бұрын

Enjoy your videos! What type of maintenance do you have to do on silage wagons annually? Use to long belt coming off R John Deere flywheel blowing our silage! This was early 60's. Keep up the great videos and taking time to explain. Always appreciate learning again after so many years!

@CarnivoreCurin 10 ай бұрын

Please tell us about the old cream separator. * What is its estimated age? * Do you have all the parts? * Who made it? * What else can you tell us about it?

@myopicillumination9936 10 ай бұрын

I've been watching your video's for the last couple of months and I can honestly say I'm hooked, so at the end of this one you got a new subscriber. Now for the dumb question time.. I've seen farmers harvest corn fields in the past, but they were using combines and I'm guessing just getting the corn cobs. You're cutting the whole stock with the corn, why?? Lastly whats the difference when it comes to the corn itself.. I've said it before, never in my life have I been on farm or did this kind of work but its fascinates me, sorry if you have to dumb it down for the new subscriber..

@mikewithers299 10 ай бұрын

I grew up helping my grandad and uncles on the dairy farm. There used to be 2 kinds of corn that was harvested. Chopped corn which is used as cow feed called "silage" and dry corn used to make "grain". The dry corn gets harvested with a combine which separates only the kernels to later be ground and mixed with oats. That is another type of feed. Hay is a different feed. Cows also "graze" on fresh grass in the pasture for a 4th type of feed. I'm sure feed technology has changed now days but we were doing this in the '60's and '70's to feed 100 milking cows.

@myopicillumination9936 10 ай бұрын

So the chopped corn like this , is called silage also?? See I watched another video on another farm, they were making silage also, but they mowed a big field of grass, bailed it into big round bales then put a plastic wrap around the bales and were calling it silage, thats why I'm getting confused on whats silage and what you call feed.. @@mikewithers299

@andrewplants6142 10 ай бұрын

Need a pic of the set up

@andrewpeterson5977 10 ай бұрын

How come you guys don’t have someone with a self propelled chopper come open up and cut through the middle of the field. Are there not many self propelled choppers around your area or are they all just to big. We used to have a 3 row new idea uni chopper but sold it as we switched planters this last spring. Around me though there is a good mix of both pull type and self propelled choppers.

@theburnhams2925 10 ай бұрын

I always enjoy your work, gentlemen. And it's a good thing farmers aren't afraid to get their hands dirty (and greasy!) But your poor camera..... Re: Duals. I thought it was to keep you from tumbling off "Suicide Hill." How much rollover protection do cabbed tractors provide versus std. "ROPS" models? Do you wear (your) seat belts? There ain't much use holding out one hand/arm out to prevent a tractor rollover...but I've heard that the impulse to do so is almost overwhelming in the moment! Best to stay fastened to the seat, elbows pinned tight to your ribcage. Oh, an' prayin' madly.....

@jaybernieschoep3491 10 ай бұрын

what year is your gehl 1085 chopper? can you still get parts for it?

@saaugie 10 ай бұрын

Running farm machinery in the ditch is usually a no-no in most townships in Wisconsin. You must know someone on your township board or there must be one or more farmers on the board to put that on a video for all to see.

@hunterkiller86 10 ай бұрын

How much corn do you guys turn into silage vs corn cobs with the corn picker? How do you determine what you guys need for the cattle?

@scottkonik3398 10 ай бұрын

Have you ever thought about having someone come in with a self propelled chopper to open up the fields.?

@marshallsayre58 10 ай бұрын

I'm a little confused why some corn silage is put in huge pile covrd wth a tarp&some is chopped for the silo...why doesn't it all go silo?

@petercahill3859 10 ай бұрын

Changing over the chopper head is a dangerous operation.

@russjordan3996 10 ай бұрын

so what size are your silos? and do they have unloader in them?

@Blackwellll3066 10 ай бұрын

I personally think yall should buy a John Deere 5830 maybe with hay head and Kemper header

@drknockers5716 10 ай бұрын

Have looked at the big L S TIRES

@williamgalbraith1888 10 ай бұрын

What size is your guys chopper

@michaelmullen2398 10 ай бұрын

M on the blower? Is that a 30 ft silo?

@stevenhancock7462 10 ай бұрын

Is that your brother he knows his stuff

@thomasdalton7539 10 ай бұрын

When are you gonna chop just and keep the corn itself

@jameslesliejr.5636 10 ай бұрын

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@gerryheckmann3167 10 ай бұрын

Installing processor looks dangerous for fingers!

@mattbeerbohm7903 10 ай бұрын

Okay guys how are you surviving with 12 dollars milk price

@danieltomson2313 10 ай бұрын

This turd doesn't worry his wife has a good job

@fullers1966 10 ай бұрын

Everytime I subscribe KZfaq unsubscribe me

@noehueber6602 10 ай бұрын

Hello everyone good vidéo gierok

@jerryrobson9309 10 ай бұрын

Awesome video. I always loved chopping corn silage. It smells so good.