We had 250 acres of winter wheat which was big for us North of Goodland KS. So 7000 acres? Seriously! Wow! I’d love to see that! Thank you for the great video!
Love the Harvesting Videos. Hello from Western Australia where its winter time now. We don't get snow but seed in April and harvest starting mid November. Mainly wheat, Canola, barley and oats. Where I come from the district average is around 11 inches .
Great video to watch Mike. I like to see more interviews with the farmers or the operators of tractors, combines etc. in future films. It was a good idea to do this in this video 👍
Looks like very arid country. Production looks like maybe 10 to 15 bushel per acre at the most. Very similair to western Montana where Welker Farms are. After the move of equipment that wheat there looks double of what the opening field was. That's what I enjoy about the west. The diversity is almost undescribable. I was born in Kansas and raised on farms out in Washington state.Owned a trucking company in Maine for 40 years and am now retired in upstate New York.Very good video thanks again Mike.
As always Mike, thanks for another impressive video. That looks like Linneburs fleet of combines. They like to cliip their wheat fairly high so that the remaining longer wheat stalks hold more snow for moisture. As well, their wheat is dryland, non-irrigated, so I would think that they could 50 or 60 foot heads on those combines with acceptable ground speed.
Awesome harvest video Mike ! Interview with Kevin was great, he's done harvests in so many places he couldn't remember where they are at today, I imagine the days run together when on the road doing custom cutting but one thing for sure is that you probably have to really like doing it or it would be a grind. Thanks for the super video !
Me is upset. By the low crop - it's from the arid weather I'm thinking. ... Best wishes to all Colorado's farmers from Belarus, nice working, respekt. Mike Less thanks for video.
Is there less wear on the thrasher,compared to a midwest corn and bean machine per hour. I talked with you at Caseys store in central Illinois a few years back.Keep the videos coming.
13:38 Kevin is out there doin what I'd love to be doing. But I have a family I have to feed, clothe and keep in health benefits. Best I can do is on farming simulator lol
Mike, you should drop by Kalcevik farms. They have around 60 thousand acres. If you go west from Linneburs to the town of Bennett, take hwy. 36 also known as Kiowa-Bennett Rd. then go north on 36 and they are on the right hand side of the hwy. They run some of their own combines as well as getting custom harvesters to mow down their wheat.
The soil on this farm isn't good. They have really thin wheat every year. I've never understood how they lease so much new equipment every year and they've been doing it since at least rhe 80's. They must be farming tens of thousands of acres.
Great vid. Honest question- when doing such large fields, coping with washouts & so many operators & machines moving; is running GPS feasible, or is it just better to let the operators put together their plan and go? If u wanted, could u link that many machines on the same gps feed if u we’re just going back n forth? Sry, I grew up on a small dairy & left that 25yrs ago, I just don’t know. I do recognize the skills of the operators here (anyone with that mustache has got to be slick with machinery). Thx in advance for any education.
It’s definitely feasible, there’s ways to share a map between multiple machines, and since gps deactivates if you grab the steering wheel, you can easily bail out if it’s taking you towards trouble. So it can be done, just takes some extra baby sitting.
Awesome video! Quick question-when dealing with large fields, washouts, and so many operators and machines on the move, is using GPS a practical approach? Or is it better for the operators to just plan and coordinate on their own? Also, is it possible to link multiple machines to the same GPS feed for synchronized work? I ask because I grew up on a small dairy farm but stepped away from that life 25 years ago, so I'm not as familiar with the current tech. That said, I can definitely appreciate the skill of these operators (anyone with a mustache like that has to be a machinery expert). Thanks in advance for any insights!
I am curious. Is this combine operator tourism by Kevin paid work or is it volunteer work? What are the yields on this operation? Does it mean the farmer does not keep enough operators on their payrolls?
Nice video Mike, I dont see how they make any money with such low yields on huge acreage. I would guess the fallow 20K acres a year and might farm a total of 50K acres
He said 35 bushels per acre on an every other year production schedule 😅. That’s why three small carts can keep up with 12 combines with 45’ heads… imagine the acreage you’d have to cover to make any real income at essentially $125 gross per acre 😢
I dont understand why the grain cart guys after loading from one machine dont just stop and wait for the next machine to come up instead of turning around and driving back to the next machine and wasting fuel the next machine isnt going to be full by the time it would reach the grain cart if it would just stop and wait.
With four combines per cart, I imagine the carts are the most likely parts of the operation that could be the bottleneck for keeping everything moving. You don't want the combines to stop cutting, so if the carts stop while the combines are cutting, there's no wheat getting unloaded off the combines or onto the trucks. As soon as one combine shuts off its unload auger, the tank starts filling back up. So as your grain cart is sitting still waiting for the next combine to catch up to its location, every combine's tank is filling and no grain is actively moving towards the trucks and on to the grain bin/ elevator. You keep getting farther and farther behind. It generally doesn't make sense to haul a less than full (or at least close to full) cart to the trucks, so the quickest way to get a full cart is to keep the cart moving from combine to combine. I can guarantee the tractors wouldn't be shut off, while waiting for the combines to catch up to where the carts are, so they're burning fuel anyway.
@@45Deere9500 Makes no sense once the first combine is empty all the cart has to do is slide over and wait a few minutes the next combine is only 4 or 5 hundred yds behind by the time the cart has to do a complete U turn go past the next combine then turn around again its basically in the same spot it would have been if it just waited all u have done is burn fuel and put more wear and tear on the equipment.
The Lexion is a class smaller and significantly cheaper than the JD. Farmers mostly opt for the product best suited to their needs. And in this case it was Claas
@@gerhardma4687 Thank you for your reply. I wanted to say that the Lexion 8900 is already better than the X9 1100. It's a shame that John Deere is such an expensive machine, but the X9 was very successful.
@@ROCK-s1t CASE ? I dont think so. Only when I look at the fuel consumption of CASE and N.H. are the biggest consumers of diesel in combine harvesters. The clear winner is John Deere and CLASS. CASE is a nice combine, but it never knew how to make straw, it just crushed it completely.
These long wheat harvesting videos are great Mike. I know it's a lot of work editing them. I do very much appreciate your time on them. Thanks 👍🏻 😊
yes Thanks
It's great so modern agriculture
Holy moly, that is 3 times the combines most custom harvestors run.
Hello from Indiana everyone.
I can see why Kevin would enjoy doing this. It would be a blast.
A 2" rain at the right time would have sure made a difference to the crop.
Agriculture technology is increasingly modern, thanks for sharing your video
Saksi
We had 250 acres of winter wheat which was big for us North of Goodland KS. So 7000 acres? Seriously! Wow! I’d love to see that! Thank you for the great video!
7000 acres is what was hailed out lol.
Crazy having that many combines. Must be huge fields
@@ROCK-s1thow many acres you farm?
@@jarrettfullerton2580 I've been to this farm and talked to them. They farm around 80 thousand acres and as well they have a lot of buffalo 'cattle'.
@@John-nc4bl wow. So huge
This is a Great video. The Lexion combines are Awesome.
Awesome video, yes, I enjoyed the end cab interview that would be great if you did more of those love it
Love the Harvesting Videos. Hello from Western Australia where its winter time now. We don't get snow but seed in April and harvest starting mid November. Mainly wheat, Canola, barley and oats. Where I come from the district average is around 11 inches .
Some real nice shots in there, the size of that operation is very impressive!
Great video to watch Mike. I like to see more interviews with the farmers or the operators of tractors, combines etc. in future films. It was a good idea to do this in this video 👍
I used to work in Stasburg, pretty sure I know this farm. Amazing people out there.
Any idea as to how many acres their farm is?
Looks like very arid country. Production looks like maybe 10 to 15 bushel per acre at the most. Very similair to western Montana where Welker Farms are. After the move of equipment that wheat there looks double of what the opening field was. That's what I enjoy about the west. The diversity is almost undescribable. I was born in Kansas and raised on farms out in Washington state.Owned a trucking company in Maine for 40 years and am now retired in upstate New York.Very good video thanks again Mike.
I’ve been driving truck in Maine all my life and must say I don’t ever see myself doing anything else. North bound with the hammer down.
I saw these on my way back to Indiana! Super cool to see you made a video on this operation!
We were just going through their Thursday heading back to Texas. Very large areas with lots of windmills ! Great video
Another great video - you narrate very well and your video shots are fantastic. From a former grass seed farmer from Oregon.
Perfct Thanks Thanks videos longe Mike
As always Mike, thanks for another impressive video.
That looks like Linneburs fleet of combines.
They like to cliip their wheat fairly high so that the remaining longer wheat stalks hold more snow for moisture.
As well, their wheat is dryland, non-irrigated, so I would think that they could 50 or 60 foot heads on those combines with acceptable ground speed.
Enjoyed the interview
Awesome harvest video Mike ! Interview with Kevin was great, he's done harvests in so many places he couldn't remember where they are at today, I imagine the days run together when on the road doing custom cutting but one thing for sure is that you probably have to really like doing it or it would be a grind. Thanks for the super video !
I enjoyed the interview as well as the video,Great Video
Me is upset. By the low crop - it's from the arid weather I'm thinking. ... Best wishes to all Colorado's farmers from Belarus, nice working, respekt.
Mike Less thanks for video.
Thanks Mike 🐸hollow farm🇺🇸
The only thing missing here is a commentator yelling, ‘And they're off!’ This could be the next great American sport. LoL 🤣🤣
Great video of a bunch of combines. They definitely farm for the crop insurance check in that country just to break even.
Thanks and I really have no idea on the crop insurance part.
Cheers Mike, I enjoyed the video 👍
Great video Mike!! First thing "I" notice is that's a lot of wheat straw thats probably not going to get made into bales.
❤Nice line-up few dollars there great vid 👍👍👍👍
Thanks for the video.
Nice! I wondered if you would catch them all in action this year. I do enjoy the interviews too as you do a good job.
This will be a great video Mike!
Amazing video
I like Mike less videos on RUclips from the imperial county California 👍🇺🇲🚜
I’m hooked, what a great video!
That's quite an operation😉👍 the lexion is a great combine😄👍 thanks for the video👍👍
Good wheat and rabbit wheat, all in the same field.
That wheat looks pretty tough. That's too bad. I heard it was pretty dry that way this year.
great machines
😍😘😗😙☺
I don't see how a crop like that can support a 20 thousand dollar combine, much less a million dollar one and 12 of them at that, unreal.
That wheat field look a little scraggly didn't it , patchy as all get out
@@ghostgardenfarms Yes it is, my Gleaners with a 40 foot head would be running 8 mph through it.
its colorado not the mid west
Inputs for the field must be much lower since it doesn’t grow much.
no shit, and he said they only farm it every other year, what a prank
You know it’s bad if 2 carts can keep up with 12 combines!! 🤔🤔
Is there less wear on the thrasher,compared to a midwest corn and bean machine per hour. I talked with you at Caseys store in central Illinois a few years back.Keep the videos coming.
This crop looks so thin, do they have low yields but make up for it with large scale acreage?
Love to stories. More interviews
13:38 Kevin is out there doin what I'd love to be doing. But I have a family I have to feed, clothe and keep in health benefits. Best I can do is on farming simulator lol
Mike, you should drop by Kalcevik farms.
They have around 60 thousand acres.
If you go west from Linneburs to the town of Bennett, take hwy. 36 also known as Kiowa-Bennett Rd. then go north on 36 and they are on the right hand side of the hwy.
They run some of their own combines as well as getting custom harvesters to mow down their wheat.
I've been to Kalcevic back when I worked for Versatile. I have some videos of a custom crew doing their wheat.
@@farmhandmike More than likely, Lewtons as well.
very pleasant watching. No idea how big the west is
Combine county look at all the machinery 😊😊😊
I'd really like to see their shop/storage operation.
Crop hardly looks like it's worth the fuel to harvest.
Crop insurance is the reason why there running it through
Most crops arent worth the fuel to harvest recently lol
The soil on this farm isn't good. They have really thin wheat every year. I've never understood how they lease so much new equipment every year and they've been doing it since at least rhe 80's. They must be farming tens of thousands of acres.
@Smuddpie 60000 acres owned and leased.
The deceased single owner 's ,brother (previously) runs about the same.
Spoken like someone that has never farmed in a dry area
wow amazing. How will these technologies continue to develop in the future?
Nice!
Nice video
Awesome, Heddings Farm RUclips
I always think the logistics behind keeping 12 combines rolling are just crazy
I hope they had crop insurance for the loss from hail damage.
How fast are those combines going? Iam guessing 8 to 10 miles per hr great video
Yeah, if you start doing more in-cab interviews with operators, you'll be giving Big Tractor Power a run for his money. 😄
Great vid. Honest question- when doing such large fields, coping with washouts & so many operators & machines moving; is running GPS feasible, or is it just better to let the operators put together their plan and go? If u wanted, could u link that many machines on the same gps feed if u we’re just going back n forth? Sry, I grew up on a small dairy & left that 25yrs ago, I just don’t know. I do recognize the skills of the operators here (anyone with that mustache has got to be slick with machinery). Thx in advance for any education.
It’s definitely feasible, there’s ways to share a map between multiple machines, and since gps deactivates if you grab the steering wheel, you can easily bail out if it’s taking you towards trouble. So it can be done, just takes some extra baby sitting.
@@Beyonder8335 thanks! That answers my question. 👍
Kevin must come try the Sunshine combine from the 1940 s here in SA !
needing to invent an 80 foot header for that crop , or what you call the cutting bit in the USA
Wow! How do they plant and spray such large acreage? Airplanes?
Awesome video! Quick question-when dealing with large fields, washouts, and so many operators and machines on the move, is using GPS a practical approach? Or is it better for the operators to just plan and coordinate on their own? Also, is it possible to link multiple machines to the same GPS feed for synchronized work? I ask because I grew up on a small dairy farm but stepped away from that life 25 years ago, so I'm not as familiar with the current tech. That said, I can definitely appreciate the skill of these operators (anyone with a mustache like that has to be a machinery expert). Thanks in advance for any insights!
I think with all the combines running around and the washouts and terraces it's hard to set a GPS line that everyone can follow so they just drive
Has Kevin tried the sky rocket hills in Prescott WA? (Trevor Struthers vids) bring your own diapers.
in that area and all of western,kansas evin into oklahoma they are,one,sprinkle,away from a drowth or a bumper,crop
Kevin can come to Sweden and drive combine🤠🇸🇪
Awesome video...
Our farm runs Claas equipment... 😊
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Fuel , seed and wear tear on the equipment. Who is the one making any profit. All the suppliers, not too much left for you!
I am curious. Is this combine operator tourism by Kevin paid work or is it volunteer work? What are the yields on this operation? Does it mean the farmer does not keep enough operators on their payrolls?
Hello, apart from playing with beautiful machines in a desert where is the profitability??
Was the GPS working? Looks like they struggled to cut the full width of the header.
12 combines running around, fields that are not a straight back and forth to set a line. Washouts and terraces to go around so they just drive
I would like to see the support vehicles, service trucks and fuel trucks.
Nice video Mike, I dont see how they make any money with such low yields on huge acreage. I would guess the fallow 20K acres a year and might farm a total of 50K acres
State and the fed... Work the taxes. More credit to them...
is this contractors or is this one farm, one hell of a out fit, and lots of money,to pay out.great video
And the 7500 lexion is one of the smaller one. In the usa the 8800 is the biggest in Europe the 8900 is the biggest
The 8900 was just released in the North American market
@@Zero01k what date the 8900 is 5 years old
This is one farm and is about 80 thousand acres. I've been there.
Light crop....
Surprised they didn't run 50 foot headers on those combines
Wider is not better.
@@ShainAndrews Ah, that's the reason why headers didn't get wider the last 70 years.
Also, 50 foot might be too wide on the road 😁
@@daneenmurf1043 nothing that a swather mover wouldn't fix
Really weird with Laser Pilot on the right side of the header? Nothing on the left! WTF!
12 combines 40 foot headers 5000 acres how many days does it take to cross that ranch
From what i can see going inside the hopper the yield doesn't look very good but could be wrong
Would love to know what their payments are for the equipment...just honestly curious...can't fathom it.
You could travel the world by private jets and stay at the four seasons hotels for what they spend on leased equipment 😅
@@6by6by6 Work the taxes. Society is carrying the burden. The manufactures are the winners... that lobby for the tax codes.
i think they need to put in some ponds and try and stop the ditchs some getting biger
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Come on up we’re 2 weeks into 41k acres
how many acres do they farm
80,000000
Eighty thousand-!
@@John-nc4bl cool
Was that a roadrunner?
What is the yield in tons per hectare? The crop looks pathetic in places
He said 35 bushels per acre on an every other year production schedule 😅. That’s why three small carts can keep up with 12 combines with 45’ heads… imagine the acreage you’d have to cover to make any real income at essentially $125 gross per acre 😢
@@6by6by6 thx. I am from Germany. I don't understand everything
@@RalfT.Branson approximately 2,3 T/Ha .....every two years ! little
that is really very little. Here in Germany, the yield is over 5 tons even in bad years. It is normally around 7 to 8 tons
@@RalfT.Branson I am in France and it is the same in terms of performance as you say.
Talk about having money to burn. I'm in the wrong line of work.
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35 bu wheat but have alot of acres. All that means is that they are losing money faster.
Ooomm
Gene Linaber farms
When you can see the ground through the wheat that's not good. What did they have go wrong out there? Drought? To much water?
It's semi arid desert... That is farming.
My gat
Not gonna pay forthe fuel with that crop.
Portuguese subtitles . 🙏
I dont understand why the grain cart guys after loading from one machine dont just stop and wait for the next machine to come up instead of turning around and driving back to the next machine and wasting fuel the next machine isnt going to be full by the time it would reach the grain cart if it would just stop and wait.
The old saying, "Time is money"
With four combines per cart, I imagine the carts are the most likely parts of the operation that could be the bottleneck for keeping everything moving. You don't want the combines to stop cutting, so if the carts stop while the combines are cutting, there's no wheat getting unloaded off the combines or onto the trucks. As soon as one combine shuts off its unload auger, the tank starts filling back up. So as your grain cart is sitting still waiting for the next combine to catch up to its location, every combine's tank is filling and no grain is actively moving towards the trucks and on to the grain bin/ elevator. You keep getting farther and farther behind. It generally doesn't make sense to haul a less than full (or at least close to full) cart to the trucks, so the quickest way to get a full cart is to keep the cart moving from combine to combine.
I can guarantee the tractors wouldn't be shut off, while waiting for the combines to catch up to where the carts are, so they're burning fuel anyway.
@@45Deere9500 Makes no sense once the first combine is empty all the cart has to do is slide over and wait a few minutes the next combine is only 4 or 5 hundred yds behind by the time the cart has to do a complete U turn go past the next combine then turn around again its basically in the same spot it would have been if it just waited all u have done is burn fuel and put more wear and tear on the equipment.
I'm sure if they've built that big an operation, they know what works for them.
@@oldad6207 every operation can improve nothings perfect but am sure your right they know what works for them
These are rented machines
Nice video. Way not John Deere X9 but CLASS ??
The Lexion is a class smaller and significantly cheaper than the JD. Farmers mostly opt for the product best suited to their needs. And in this case it was Claas
@@gerhardma4687 Thank you for your reply. I wanted to say that the Lexion 8900 is already better than the X9 1100. It's a shame that John Deere is such an expensive machine, but the X9 was very successful.
@@ROCK-s1t CASE ? I dont think so.
Only when I look at the fuel consumption of CASE and N.H. are the biggest consumers of diesel in combine harvesters. The clear winner is John Deere and CLASS. CASE is a nice combine, but it never knew how to make straw, it just crushed it completely.
A senseless demo of excessive waste
Nie wiem co te classy młucą ale to musi być fes opłacalne