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Great video again Ryan. What I like about your channel is that even though it has grew to over 100,000 subs, you haven't change a bit. Keep up the great work.
Yep....when you start dumping it on the ground it's time to quit! Great video! Drone footage was excellent! Looks like corn is doing fine.....We're done in Alabama.
Who doesn't love the beautiful countryside, cooler working weather in the fall and the fall colors. Timing of video release doesn't matter to me. I hope the hemp movement raises grain prices sooner than later. All starts are university administered. You would be a perfect match if Madison or Platteville are on the ball and ready for field trials. Hemp Inc has orders they can't possibly fill. First year of production to scale and decorticator from canna Inc allows on farm processing to sell in 900# TOTE bags. Less inputs and far more upside. Would be a great teaching tool to educate American on nutritional and fibre values. Best bean protein and better than cotton, fibre. Good luck with parts Monday. You don't have to worry much about dry fields anymore. Worst case the cake is also a wood pellet replacement that is also fit for human consumption.
I was doing pretty much the same thing as you at the same time, only in northern Indiana... I run the auger cart and semi for my brother in law (BIL). He had about 60 bushel average on beans (he plants all Plenish beans and gets a nice premium on those) and basically broke some of his own field records on corn-- one field that has never done over 180 before (very sandy ground) made 200 this year, and his average was about 210 or so IIRC, which is very good for that area on their soils (muck ground can hit 300 bushels pretty easy, IF you can actually get it planted and harvested). We do it pretty much the same way... when we're running full out with empty cart and semi and plenty of time to get to the elevator, we unload on-the-go... which can get a little tight in a Case 4890 when he's breaking into the field and I'm running in the last 8 rows he just picked (basically I keep my duals from rolling down the next unpicked row, and there's just enough room to keep the cart under the auger without hitting it. He got a wider bean head, moved up from 25 to 30, so now the end of the bean head is running about *maybe* 2 feet from the outside dual of the tractor... When we get the truck full or don't have a truck there (if the nephew is running it) then usually we just sit and unload the combine-- just easier that way. No sense in "pushing" after a long day when there's really no need to-- sit and unload for a couple minutes or unload on the go and sit a couple more minutes on the turn row waiting for a truck to get back... makes no difference in how soon you finish actually. At least we didn't have to contend with MUD this year... a few years ago it was just terrible conditions at harvest... mud, mud, and more mud. It got so bad I COULDN'T unload on the go because the combine was slipping around too much and the tractor and cart were slipping around and it was nearly impossible to maintain position and speed, so I'd just wade in, take the load off, and hook it back to the truck while they started picking again... Later! OL J R :)
When I used to work for a farmer we found it wasn't always the best or safest to dump on the go especially when the augar tore off the combine from bouncing across fields
We used to stop a lot too. Then in 1964 bought a Big 12 grain cart and never ran without a cart since. Our fields are 120 to 480 acres circles so dumping works a lot better on the go. Three combine bins and in 20 minutes another 1100 bu semi is full.
Hi Ryan. I'm a new subscriber. By new I mean it has been just a couple of months I guess if not less. But in that time I've watched almost all your videos. So, I think now I can say I know the farm and the family. And as I know more I love more. You are just a great family running a beautiful farm. I started to fell like I'm living with you through out the year. I guess that is the purpose of your sharings. And as you direct your videos perfectly imo, you achieve that goal brilliantly. I hope you never stop sharing. I've never done any farming or even been in a farm at any point in my life. My interest comes from a game called Farming Simulator 2017. Probably you know. As soon as that game became an addiction for me I also started watching real farm videos and for now your channel is by far my favorite. So far I've been one of those silent watcher but as I caught up with the videos I think I can start commenting. My first question may sound a bit weird but as I'm not a farmer I don't really know these things. I wonder if running a farm at that size with only 4 tractors, 1 small combine and only 3 farmers working most of the time is a normal thing? Or are you trying to work your way around with what you have? This is just out of curiosity. Thank you for your great sharings.
Some comments Ryan .... Those drone videos were EXCELLENT ..... Loved them ..... Very artistic ....... :) I hope you are aware that these vids of yours are a "Time capsule" ...... People will be watching and referring to them long after we are gone believe me ...... :) Best wishes mate .... You are doing well .... I am proud of you! JIm
I am sure it has been mentioned before, but the one trailer ,the one Travis is pulling, is better fir highway use? Also...you mentioned 190-199 bushel per acre yield,. If my memory is correct, that is about 20% moisture. When it gets to the shipping level,(moisture 12%) how much effect does the loss of moisture , have on the yield rate?
When yields are mentioned it is the 85% dry matter or 47.6 pound so 200 bushels per acre is not that dependent on moisture. If a farmer produces 12,000 lbs of corn with 20% moisture then the 12,000 is multiplied by 80% (100-20 ) then divide by the standard for 15% corn or 85% . For the Agronomist or Scientist that result is 11,294 lbs divided by 56 giving 201.7 bu. The buyer is not a Scientist but someone wanting to take advantage of the farmer by making his own rules to make more, thinking the farmer is no so smart.
To me a 8 row would be their size because with the slope and water ways a larger head would be hard to keep out of the ground. A JD like a 9570 STS with duels would thrash better and handle a small head with ease.
I was going to ask if you saw a 12 row head in the Kuster future, but, I gather, from what you said, that the 9510 doesn't have the hp for 12. I guess, the better question would be, do you see a replacement of the 9510 in in relative short term future? sdh in CT
So, with the waiting on the wagon and with the new wheel weights, why not add a second wagon (with a lighter load) behind travis to help speed things up? I can see that if this is close, it may take the same amount of time to load and unload with two wagons as it does with one.
Do you guys ever switch jobs in the field? Or is there a reason why you each do the same job all the time, as far which piece of equipment you run for harvesting?
Is that a sinkhole that collapsed under the gravity box when he went over it that you're showing at 8:25- 8:30?? WOW glad *that* didn't happen with a full load!!! Later! OL J R :)
please forgive my ignorance, is there no cycle bar cutter on a corn head, instead those rollers you changed a few episodes back that in effect break the stalks up into manageable pieces and in dragging the stalk downwards stripping the ears from it, cut the stalk off as close to the ground as they can. Is any of this correct? Thank you for your videos :)
They used to run a dairy when his grandfather was alive, but they stopped milking cows after he passed away. Now they only feed beef calves and raise bottle calves from other dairies that they buy at auction. They round bale all their feed now and don't have any chopping equipment any more to chop silage, since they don't need silage since they're not running milk cows anymore (beef cattle can do just fine with dry hay). SO essentially the silo and Harvestore (big blue silo) are unused now. Later! OL J R :)
They're hauling grain down the road from one farm to the other and you're not supposed to do that fully loaded on the highway, not with an auger cart... more tires on the gravity box to spread the weight. Besides, someone has to babysit the auger and gravity box at the bin while it unloads... Later! OL J R :)
Why only pull 1 gravity cart? Why not pull 2 or 3 and save on fuel? Also, I thought corn heads usually just got slid across the ground, like grain heads, isn't that why the points have hinges?
The tractor gets pushed around too badly with that much weight on their hills, so they only use one gravity box at a time to haul... Yeah you CAN run a corn head on the ground, but it just causes unnecessary wear and takes in more trash... no real sense running it any lower than you have to in order to gather all the ears, and still leave the stubble at a manageable height... Also risks picking up a rock in rocky ground... Later! OL J R :)
It could probably handle an 8 row okay, but you'd have to slow down to give the machine more time to work and handle the extra material. You can either go faster with a narrow header, or slower with a wider header-- either way the machine can only handle *so much* material in any given amount of time... BIL used to run a 6 row corn head on his 9600... that's what they had when they traded off the 6620 combine for the 9600... the duals on the 9600 actually stuck out a couple inches wider than the corn head! BUT, it worked. The thing would absolutely FLY through the field... we'd pick corn at 4.5- 5.0 mph most of the time, sometimes even faster, so long as the stalks and conditions were good... Then a couple years ago they bought an 8 row corn head... now we're picking the same corn with the same combine at 3-4 mph, usually around 3.5 mph... so it's really not THAT much faster than running the 6 row at 5 mph or so (sometimes we could even run 5.5 mph, once in awhile... ) Later! OL J R :)
Somebody please teach me? I always have questions but Ryan and Travis are too busy to answer. I noticed one time I could see the height of the head off the ground and thought it could be lowered to pass more material through the machine. Is that possible? I know you don't want to dig in the dirt with the head.
If the corn is lodged then you would want to keep the points of the snouts right on the ground to pick up the down corn. If the corn is standing good you can run them higher.
Thanks Whjerts. I know with some of their rolling land it would be hard to get the head right on the ground. I heard Travis talking about 'snoots' and the fact that they had bent one and had to replace it with a non metal one. I told him 'snoot' is a good word. Wonder what JD calls it in their parts manual? I did a google on snoot for corn head but
I sold JD parts down here in Georgia in the late 80s for a few years and I don't remember selling one. We had some heads for parts so I guess they just went out and took them off of those.
I was wondering about this too. The two carts are different. The one axle cart has the auger whereas the 2 axle cart has a door. As per the reply from Jack, I am guessing only the two axle door cart can unload at the bin. So another question is, would it be better to have two of the two axle carts (the door type)? Maybe avoid having to do the transfer operation?
They don't need a drill... they already have the best tool available for planting beans-- that Deere planter they're using now. There's not enough additional yield with modern varieties to justify the additional expense of drill planting soybeans in most areas. Field trials and research has shown that, in most areas. Later! OL J R :)
I really like seeing all the tractors and the farm lit up at night.
Looks like those new rollers are still doing a good job of cutting and exploding the stalk at the cutoff point! I enjoy all the videos!
Happy birthday to Jamie!
Great video again Ryan. What I like about your channel is that even though it has grew to over 100,000 subs, you haven't change a bit. Keep up the great work.
+Justin I love to hear that. I’ve been trying hard to stay true to my roots and not let big headedness change the channel or me.
Thanks for the reply. Please just keep doing just like you are because this is by far the best farming channel on RUclips.
Harvest videos are the best
Great start with the raw footage and sound Ryan . Loving the content lately 👍🏼👍🏼
Another very high quality video, good job! Looks like the new grain cart is working well.
Good work Ryan keep it up
Yep....when you start dumping it on the ground it's time to quit! Great video! Drone footage was excellent! Looks like corn is doing fine.....We're done in Alabama.
A video explaining the challenges of combining on slopes would be interesting
Who doesn't love the beautiful countryside, cooler working weather in the fall and the fall colors. Timing of video release doesn't matter to me. I hope the hemp movement raises grain prices sooner than later. All starts are university administered. You would be a perfect match if Madison or Platteville are on the ball and ready for field trials. Hemp Inc has orders they can't possibly fill. First year of production to scale and decorticator from canna Inc allows on farm processing to sell in 900# TOTE bags. Less inputs and far more upside. Would be a great teaching tool to educate American on nutritional and fibre values. Best bean protein and better than cotton, fibre. Good luck with parts Monday. You don't have to worry much about dry fields anymore. Worst case the cake is also a wood pellet replacement that is also fit for human consumption.
Great video Ryan. Enjoyed it a lot. Beautiful farms you all have up there..
I was doing pretty much the same thing as you at the same time, only in northern Indiana... I run the auger cart and semi for my brother in law (BIL). He had about 60 bushel average on beans (he plants all Plenish beans and gets a nice premium on those) and basically broke some of his own field records on corn-- one field that has never done over 180 before (very sandy ground) made 200 this year, and his average was about 210 or so IIRC, which is very good for that area on their soils (muck ground can hit 300 bushels pretty easy, IF you can actually get it planted and harvested).
We do it pretty much the same way... when we're running full out with empty cart and semi and plenty of time to get to the elevator, we unload on-the-go... which can get a little tight in a Case 4890 when he's breaking into the field and I'm running in the last 8 rows he just picked (basically I keep my duals from rolling down the next unpicked row, and there's just enough room to keep the cart under the auger without hitting it. He got a wider bean head, moved up from 25 to 30, so now the end of the bean head is running about *maybe* 2 feet from the outside dual of the tractor... When we get the truck full or don't have a truck there (if the nephew is running it) then usually we just sit and unload the combine-- just easier that way. No sense in "pushing" after a long day when there's really no need to-- sit and unload for a couple minutes or unload on the go and sit a couple more minutes on the turn row waiting for a truck to get back... makes no difference in how soon you finish actually. At least we didn't have to contend with MUD this year... a few years ago it was just terrible conditions at harvest... mud, mud, and more mud. It got so bad I COULDN'T unload on the go because the combine was slipping around too much and the tractor and cart were slipping around and it was nearly impossible to maintain position and speed, so I'd just wade in, take the load off, and hook it back to the truck while they started picking again...
Later! OL J R :)
When I used to work for a farmer we found it wasn't always the best or safest to dump on the go especially when the augar tore off the combine from bouncing across fields
We used to stop a lot too. Then in 1964 bought a Big 12 grain cart and never ran without a cart since. Our fields are 120 to 480 acres circles so dumping works a lot better on the go. Three combine bins and in 20 minutes another 1100 bu semi is full.
Another great video . Thank u so much for taking the time and effort into making all of these. Very relaxing watching the drone footage
Very good job on your video really well done
good video , I liked this one , its about all the time and effort required to get the job done
Great video! Awesome glam footage, I think it'd be awesome to see that with a 12 row corn head on a 9770
Nice full loads on Travis going back to the main farm
Happy birthday to Jamie
Hi Ryan. I'm a new subscriber. By new I mean it has been just a couple of months I guess if not less. But in that time I've watched almost all your videos. So, I think now I can say I know the farm and the family. And as I know more I love more. You are just a great family running a beautiful farm. I started to fell like I'm living with you through out the year. I guess that is the purpose of your sharings. And as you direct your videos perfectly imo, you achieve that goal brilliantly. I hope you never stop sharing.
I've never done any farming or even been in a farm at any point in my life. My interest comes from a game called Farming Simulator 2017. Probably you know. As soon as that game became an addiction for me I also started watching real farm videos and for now your channel is by far my favorite. So far I've been one of those silent watcher but as I caught up with the videos I think I can start commenting.
My first question may sound a bit weird but as I'm not a farmer I don't really know these things. I wonder if running a farm at that size with only 4 tractors, 1 small combine and only 3 farmers working most of the time is a normal thing? Or are you trying to work your way around with what you have? This is just out of curiosity.
Thank you for your great sharings.
Very good video Ryan. I hope you Jamie had good night out for birthday supper
Great job on the video.
Some comments Ryan ....
Those drone videos were EXCELLENT ..... Loved them ..... Very artistic ....... :)
I hope you are aware that these vids of yours are a "Time capsule" ......
People will be watching and referring to them long after we are gone believe me ...... :)
Best wishes mate .... You are doing well .... I am proud of you!
JIm
Ryan excellent video. Jamie Happy Birthday.
beautiful cinematography
Great vid Ryan Smile More God Bless Stay Safe Kusters 👍
Happy Birthday Jamie! Still no reports on the teaching job.
Really amazing footage. Looks great.
Congratz Jamie !!!
A little bit of "Oops" and a tight squeeze: all in a day's work at Kuster Farms.
nice video,nice music, well done...thank you
It's your farm. Do it your way.
I am sure it has been mentioned before, but the one trailer ,the one Travis is pulling, is better fir highway use? Also...you mentioned 190-199 bushel per acre yield,. If my memory is correct, that is about 20% moisture. When it gets to the shipping level,(moisture 12%) how much effect does the loss of moisture , have on the yield rate?
When yields are mentioned it is the 85% dry matter or 47.6 pound so 200 bushels per acre is not that dependent on moisture. If a farmer produces 12,000 lbs of corn with 20% moisture then the 12,000 is multiplied by 80% (100-20 ) then divide by the standard for 15% corn or 85% . For the Agronomist or Scientist that result is 11,294 lbs divided by 56 giving 201.7 bu. The buyer is not a Scientist but someone wanting to take advantage of the farmer by making his own rules to make more, thinking the farmer is no so smart.
Hi I love your videos they are so cool and fun .... GOOD JOB !!!!! ;) #HowFarmsWork :)
To me a 8 row would be their size because with the slope and water ways a larger head would be hard to keep out of the ground. A JD like a 9570 STS with duels would thrash better and handle a small head with ease.
Great video. Hopefully no problems occur
Your grandpa grew all pioneer right ?
Well it's like they say might as well get the corn done side the weather is nice, before it gets rain on again.
I was going to ask if you saw a 12 row head in the Kuster future, but, I gather, from what you said, that the 9510 doesn't have the hp for 12. I guess, the better question would be, do you see a replacement of the 9510 in in relative short term future? sdh in CT
So, with the waiting on the wagon and with the new wheel weights, why not add a second wagon (with a lighter load) behind travis to help speed things up? I can see that if this is close, it may take the same amount of time to load and unload with two wagons as it does with one.
Great, awesome vid
Happy Birthday Jamie
Still amazes me that kernels get separates from the rest of the corn by the combine like that. Is this used for animal feed or human food?
Do you guys ever switch jobs in the field? Or is there a reason why you each do the same job all the time, as far which piece of equipment you run for harvesting?
Is that a sinkhole that collapsed under the gravity box when he went over it that you're showing at 8:25- 8:30?? WOW glad *that* didn't happen with a full load!!!
Later! OL J R :)
please forgive my ignorance, is there no cycle bar cutter on a corn head, instead those rollers you changed a few episodes back that in effect break the stalks up into manageable pieces and in dragging the stalk downwards stripping the ears from it, cut the stalk off as close to the ground as they can. Is any of this correct? Thank you for your videos :)
Yes that's correct. Later! OL J R :)
You should try becks hybrids it’s a seed company that have amazing products
Are you related to Jerry Kuster in Galva, Illinois? I guess he has a IH collection oftractors
You guys plan on getting a new combine anytime soon?
Will the combine be updated some day?
How many hours does the 8235r have
Love it 😊😊😊😊😊😊
Hey buddy how do you water your crops ? Bcoz there is no irrigation facility in ur any videos
Is there a video about the lightbar on the 4020?
Why did you guys quite growing pioneer ? I have heard you talk about it in past videos but forget.
Travis wake up 😝
Wes whiches he could row crop... Lol!
Your family sure owns some beautiful farm ground !! Why do they call it the British farm ?
+frosty 316 It’s bear British Hollow Road
+How Farms Work *near
What are the big blue silo things for. I don't think i have ever seen them used for anything.
They used to run a dairy when his grandfather was alive, but they stopped milking cows after he passed away. Now they only feed beef calves and raise bottle calves from other dairies that they buy at auction. They round bale all their feed now and don't have any chopping equipment any more to chop silage, since they don't need silage since they're not running milk cows anymore (beef cattle can do just fine with dry hay). SO essentially the silo and Harvestore (big blue silo) are unused now.
Later! OL J R :)
How are the chopping rolls working?
hows the rolles and deck plate working
Is there a reason you don't Park the gravity box at the auger and run both grain carts?
They're hauling grain down the road from one farm to the other and you're not supposed to do that fully loaded on the highway, not with an auger cart... more tires on the gravity box to spread the weight.
Besides, someone has to babysit the auger and gravity box at the bin while it unloads...
Later! OL J R :)
I live with you, you've been collecting who the poia
say happy birthday for to Jamie and my birthday is 2days after her.
How many bushels do the wagons hold 8:40
Way ahead of Travis but you don't need a straight truck? Interesting.
Do you have blades under your corn head?
Why only pull 1 gravity cart? Why not pull 2 or 3 and save on fuel?
Also, I thought corn heads usually just got slid across the ground, like grain heads, isn't that why the points have hinges?
The tractor gets pushed around too badly with that much weight on their hills, so they only use one gravity box at a time to haul...
Yeah you CAN run a corn head on the ground, but it just causes unnecessary wear and takes in more trash... no real sense running it any lower than you have to in order to gather all the ears, and still leave the stubble at a manageable height... Also risks picking up a rock in rocky ground...
Later! OL J R :)
Do you keep your corn
How many rows can you do before you have to off load?
Can your 9510 be fitted with a larder corn head?
It could probably handle an 8 row okay, but you'd have to slow down to give the machine more time to work and handle the extra material.
You can either go faster with a narrow header, or slower with a wider header-- either way the machine can only handle *so much* material in any given amount of time...
BIL used to run a 6 row corn head on his 9600... that's what they had when they traded off the 6620 combine for the 9600... the duals on the 9600 actually stuck out a couple inches wider than the corn head! BUT, it worked. The thing would absolutely FLY through the field... we'd pick corn at 4.5- 5.0 mph most of the time, sometimes even faster, so long as the stalks and conditions were good... Then a couple years ago they bought an 8 row corn head... now we're picking the same corn with the same combine at 3-4 mph, usually around 3.5 mph... so it's really not THAT much faster than running the 6 row at 5 mph or so (sometimes we could even run 5.5 mph, once in awhile... )
Later! OL J R :)
Corn fed deer taste better so just call it a win win and go hunting in a month to get the corn back.
How many acres do you farm
Hi this is such a good video
I love your vid
thought travis was doing his own ?
maybe a 8 or 10 row cornhead? bumps up the productivity a little bit
Remco Scholtmeijer can be hard with a 12 row planted especially with contours and curves
Wow didn't think that far as most of the corn over here is used for silage an most likely cut with a 10 or 12 row header
I've never seen or heard of a 10 row and if they do exist they must be rare I have heard of a 5 row though
10 row corn heads are very common here but for silage that is shelling corn is not done so much here
Would y’all get a bigger combine?
Why don’t you on load on the go
Somebody please teach me? I always have questions but Ryan and Travis are too busy to answer. I noticed one time I could see the height of the head off the ground and thought it could be lowered to pass more material through the machine. Is that possible? I know you don't want to dig in the dirt with the head.
jbmbanter it doesn't make too much of a difference as long as the head can pull the ear off
If the corn is lodged then you would want to keep the points of the snouts right on the ground to pick up the down corn. If the corn is standing good you can run them higher.
Thanks Whjerts. I know with some of their rolling land it would be hard to get the head right on the ground. I heard Travis talking about 'snoots' and the fact that they had bent one and had to replace it with a non metal one. I told him 'snoot' is a good word. Wonder what JD calls it in their parts manual? I did a google on snoot for corn head but
jbmbanter not sure what John Deere calls them and I should know. I had to replace 3 of them last fall. Rolled them under going through a waterway.
I sold JD parts down here in Georgia in the late 80s for a few years and I don't remember selling one. We had some heads for parts so I guess they just went out and took them off of those.
properly a stupid question Ryan. will you be using the Rhino mower to knock the stubble down...
Maybe a dumb question, but why dont you just swap trailers instead of transferring corn from one to the other?
They can't really dump from the grain cart into the auger where they're filling the bin.
I was wondering about this too. The two carts are different. The one axle cart has the auger whereas the 2 axle cart has a door. As per the reply from Jack, I am guessing only the two axle door cart can unload at the bin. So another question is, would it be better to have two of the two axle carts (the door type)? Maybe avoid having to do the transfer operation?
ablebaker99 The 2 axled gravity wagons can't unload into semis or straight truck
Hi Ryan
you need a tandem
Ryan do you guys think about getting a bigger combine ?
ya got a few hundred grand laying around :)
that combine is plenty big enough for them , the next thing he should get is a grain drill
He would most likely get a grain truck or a grain drill first
They don't need a drill... they already have the best tool available for planting beans-- that Deere planter they're using now. There's not enough additional yield with modern varieties to justify the additional expense of drill planting soybeans in most areas. Field trials and research has shown that, in most areas.
Later! OL J R :)
Use 2 grain wagon
That's LARGER not larder... sorry.
Yall should get an Case Axial Flow combine with a 26 row corn head
Jeremy Smith yep there millions can pay for that no problem
And I am not one of those millions
i could see that if you were on flat land , but the hills would kill it and he had about 10000 acers
With the 30" row spacing they run, the largest header is a 16 row, which doesn't work well with their 12 row planter.
You do realize that the header would be 82 feet wide? I hope you thought of that, lol.
Damn Ryan this video pisses me off. I wanna be harvesting corn with you
Hi
You might need to get a bigger corn head
You need bigger equipment, alot bigger
For the size of the operation it is well sized equipment. They get their work done.
they should stop planting soybeans with a row crop planter and get a drill
Clarence Cornbinder why? What they have is plenty big for their acreage
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