Never really thought of where grass seed came from. Now I know. Thanks Mike for the footage including your drone. Spot on as always. Looking forward to more videos from ya!!👍👍
I’m a corn & wheat farmer. I wondered if they used a combine to harvest seed. A harvester separates by rubbing the straw & blowing waste out the back. Corn being heavier falls to the shaker. Now grass seed being so light must be a very accurate setting. It’s much easier than I thought thanks for the video.
I'm an old city boy from Detroit but I love machines of all kinds and the big Combines are my all time favorites , ps now living in the North Carolina countryside
Glad you got to come out to Oregon‼️ Just so know it's pronounced Will-am-met valley. It was named but the Indians here. I know the spelling (Willamette) throws everyone off🤣‼️ Thanks a again for sharing👍‼️❤️
Glad you took some great footage of this little known plant harvest, Mike, very interesting and good to see different New Holland combines in the same field, thanks again
Welcome back Mike! You did a fabulous video on the grass seed. Would love if you could get a video of them cleaning the grass seed and screening out any weed seeds at the processing center. They are very careful and meticulous when they clean the seeds.
Excellent video Mike. I grew up north of there in Eastern Washington on an irrigated farm. We used to buy our grass seed from down there in the Willamette Valley. (pronounced with the accent on the "lam"). Keep it up. Love your travels around the country. I have a sister in law in Portland area north of here.
Another great vlog Mike, particularly interesting to see New Holland conventional CX combines/headers working together with their pickup fronts . Keep up your good work, enjoy your channel- Best Wishes from Australia, keep safe and good selling those Versatiles 👍
I was only trying to help. Indan names everywhere are a mystery. I love your videos and the nice music that you add. Thanks for all your great drone shots. I've been here all my life and I didn't know that was how the seed was harvested. I think they still have to burn the fields with a propane burner. At one time they just set the field on fire but not anymore because of the smoke. When they burned them it would sound like a tornado. I'm an NW pioneer (86 ) because my great grandparents came here in a wagon train. Loggers, loggers, not farmers.
Luís Nunes hmm yeah I guess In dry conditions maybe? I’ve never seen drive tires turned around like that but then again I farm in Saskatchewan my grain cart tracs are turned around
I heard they take the square bales and press him down to the fourth or fifth the size and ship them overseas for mixture and make pallets for cattle feed I’d like to see a video on the press that reduces the size of these large bales
Yield can run any where from 1,000 pounds per acre which is on the lower side to 2,200 pounds per acre which is higher yield. Average is usually 1,700 - 1,800 pounds per acre.
I noticed on some of the baling tractors in the video have pipes/hoses going up the back of the cab to the roof from the baler what are they used for just curious
@@farmhandmike hahaha.. no worries. Everyone does. Keep the videos coming... especially the Oregon ones. Thanks for the response. Its all in fun my friend
Man i really wish Versatile would do something with the Ford badge again, Fiat aren't so someone might as well and Versatile Fords were some nice units.
Iv never seen it either..oh those tiny seeds, how in the world do they know if there header is not letting to many seeds slip by and end up in the straw pile...bet they hate weeds in them fields and there must be some mighty good grass fed deere out there.
Tiny black rail deer and they rogue the fields all spring for weeds. Spraying with big sprayers and spot spraying with longs to manpower. 10 plus people wide with hoses to a spray buggy. Quite a sight
So few videos of grass seed production. Thank you for bringing this to the world of youtube :).
Nice to see you out in my neck of the woods.
Never really thought of where grass seed came from. Now I know. Thanks Mike for the footage including your drone. Spot on as always. Looking forward to more videos from ya!!👍👍
I’m a corn & wheat farmer. I wondered if they used a combine to harvest seed. A harvester separates by rubbing the straw & blowing waste out the back. Corn being heavier falls to the shaker. Now grass seed being so light must be a very accurate setting. It’s much easier than I thought thanks for the video.
I'm an old city boy from Detroit but I love machines of all kinds and the big Combines are my all time favorites , ps now living in the North Carolina countryside
so glad you were hear in the Will LAM it vally
The guy who cut the field certainly made things harder than they needed to be, great video Mike
Darren Kayes, I was thinking exactly the same thing myself. He certainly made it difficult for the baler as well.
thats exactly what i thought- what an absolute cock up with all those corners and short rows not to mention the difficulty unloading on the go
Mike,
Thanks for the video of this unique operation and thanks for all the time you put into these. My favorite part was the Versatile !!
Being from corn and bean country, it is so neat to see other harvesting methods!
Glad you got to come out to Oregon‼️ Just so know it's pronounced Will-am-met valley. It was named but the Indians here. I know the spelling (Willamette) throws everyone off🤣‼️ Thanks a again for sharing👍‼️❤️
Glad you took some great footage of this little known plant harvest, Mike, very interesting and good to see different New Holland combines in the same field, thanks again
Welcome back Mike! You did a fabulous video on the grass seed. Would love if you could get a video of them cleaning the grass seed and screening out any weed seeds at the processing center. They are very careful and meticulous when they clean the seeds.
Great to see some grass seed harvest👍😉 you filmed some nice machines👍😁
Great video👍
Cool video mike! Interesting info on grass seed! Very cool
Excellent video Mike. I grew up north of there in Eastern Washington on an irrigated farm. We used to buy our grass seed from down there in the Willamette Valley. (pronounced with the accent on the "lam"). Keep it up. Love your travels around the country. I have a sister in law in Portland area north of here.
Thanks for sharing and I figured I'd pronounce Willamette incorrectly.
@@farmhandmike LOL. just helping out. NO disrespect what so ever about the pronounciation
Pretty interesting! Never thought of it before !
Another great vlog Mike, particularly interesting to see New Holland conventional CX combines/headers working together with their pickup fronts .
Keep up your good work, enjoy your channel- Best Wishes from Australia, keep safe and good selling those Versatiles 👍
Hello 👋 mike, hope you and your family 👪 😊 are staying well.
I was only trying to help. Indan names everywhere are a mystery. I love your videos and the nice music that you add. Thanks for all your great drone shots. I've been here all my life and I didn't know that was how the seed was harvested. I think they still have to burn the fields with a propane burner. At one time they just set the field on fire but not anymore because of the smoke. When they burned them it would sound like a tornado. I'm an NW pioneer (86 ) because my great grandparents came here in a wagon train. Loggers, loggers, not farmers.
Mike I just bought grass seed 57lbs. Mostly it's origin is Oregon. And the bluegrass from Washington. Cool video interesting.
Reminds me of Aug Mowing the dry back yard near Darke county! Nasty dusty.
Perennial rye grass? And why dus he have his tires on backward on that combine?
It gives better traction.
Luís Nunes hmm yeah I guess In dry conditions maybe? I’ve never seen drive tires turned around like that but then again I farm in Saskatchewan my grain cart tracs are turned around
@@tyler3148 Reversing the tires is common all arround the world, mostly in hilly areas.
Luís Nunes awsome well thanks for the info
Fescue is the main grass seed grown in the Willamette valley
That was a very good video Mike should have done with you on the cart as his timing was way out loads of seed on the ground ☝️🏴
I like your videos, i like farming, from California.
How do you winnow grass seed as it is so much lighter than corn seed?
I noticed some combines had tires on backwards. Just wondering. great video, Mike. very interesting process. Five in one field, wow!
Mark Reetz new guy did the install didn’t know they had a direction . Just kidding some run them backwards in hopes they don’t tear the field as much
Also better life out of the tires. They run in very dry conditions and are only 2wd
Mike it's Will-am-it after the famous river that's in northwestern Oregon and it's agriculturally important river valley where you're at...
I thought Willamette used to be big into Dairy?
Iv seen sod fields east of I-71..they just roll it up to order..with a sod scraper do/hicky machine.
Mike, you were on the same road I live on. Talbot road
Une belle vidéo ....merci
I heard they take the square bales and press him down to the fourth or fifth the size and ship them overseas for mixture and make pallets for cattle feed I’d like to see a video on the press that reduces the size of these large bales
Curious to see a close photo of what it looks like in the bin of the combine! And what kind of yield they can get. Never Seen that kind of crop
Yield can run any where from 1,000 pounds per acre which is on the lower side to 2,200 pounds per acre which is higher yield. Average is usually 1,700 - 1,800 pounds per acre.
Gotta love working grass seed and also being allergic to grass pollen 😂😂😂
At 7:33 you can see when the combine is missing the grain cart
The largest area for grass is south of Albany. 30 miles from Jefferson.
I noticed on some of the baling tractors in the video have pipes/hoses going up the back of the cab to the roof from the baler what are they used for just curious
Not 100 percent sure but I think it is to get the bakers air compressor intake up out of the dust
Where do you sale your seed
Yah, farmhand mikes back
so they do bale it and use it for animal feed like regular hay?
Mike said in the video, there is very little nutrition in the straw. Used for bedding or compost for growing mushrooms.
We harvasting ryegrass with normal grain head and straw using for cattle feed for hay
Kentucky blue grass?
I think I heard you say perennial does that mean they do not have to re-seed every year?
Yes, perennial replants after 7 to 8 years where annual replants every year.
I grow annual ryrgrass about 30 mile from here I plant about 10 pounds to acre in late September and harvest about 2500-3000 pounds in July
Will AM ett Dammit😂
These things haul ass compared to the Massey 750 and 850 combines 25 plus years ago
Haha... I live in Corvallis,Oregon. You 100% messed up the Willamette valley name.. haha. Loved the video still
I truly figured I would mess it up.
@@farmhandmike hahaha.. no worries. Everyone does. Keep the videos coming... especially the Oregon ones. Thanks for the response. Its all in fun my friend
Where they using a pull type swather?? 😳
I only seen self propelled machines around. It's possible some use a pull type here but I didn't see any.
Man i really wish Versatile would do something with the Ford badge again, Fiat aren't so someone might as well and Versatile Fords were some nice units.
Will-Lamb-It Valley is how its properly pronounced ;)
I think I'm the first viewer. Woohoo
Straw ends up over everything.. I live near fields and ends up in the yard in your car radiator all over the roads.
We’re only talking 24 pounds to the bushel for perennial rye grass, guys.
No way I live like 15 minutes from Jefferson
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Iv never seen it either..oh those tiny seeds, how in the world do they know if there header is not letting to many seeds slip by and end up in the straw pile...bet they hate weeds in them fields and there must be some mighty good grass fed deere out there.
Tiny black rail deer and they rogue the fields all spring for weeds. Spraying with big sprayers and spot spraying with longs to manpower. 10 plus people wide with hoses to a spray buggy. Quite a sight
@@richardmcelligott2881 and they all Habla espanol?
It's Will-am-it
Lol I knew I’d say it wrong.
Get some interview time with the Bitter Barista while you're out that way.
"Will-Aa-Met," not "Willa-met"
Hey Mike I got question for ya wat do u do with the residue once u harvest grass seed
Curious to see a close photo of what it looks like in the bin of the combine! And what kind of yield they can get. Never Seen that kind of crop