Oh how farming has changed! 1952 my father was hired away from being farm manager at a boarding high school (Lodi Academy) to manage 250 acre Delta operation (Tracy CA) - I was 8 years old - became his right hand man - grew lots of alfa hay - many hours on 1950,John Deere A - sickle bar to cut - quickly rake into wind rows - then night time baling (many night hearing sound of baler - must have some moisture from due) - then load wired bales on wagon to barn - very many man hours
I never knew that Lodi Academy had farm land? I was raised in Lodi but I wasn't born I until 1962 so it was just a few years after the time you're referring to. But that's interesting to know about the farm land you learn something your whole life. Thank You!
Thanks Big Tractor Power . 60 year ago we had beef cows 80 acres, planted with super a farm all ,picked with our hand and that's tough. Like to see it done Ina big scale.
Wow..much easier than how we did it back in the early 1970's...my hands and arms are hurting just remembering picking up all those bails...but we felt good to put in a hard days work...wow
Yes when I was a kid 14 to 18 years old I worked on the farm in the spring we spent about 2 weeks filling the silos now I help a friend who rents that farm they will go in and chop the whole farm in less than a day
WOW! Never SAW OR THOT OF THAT; 239 H.P. J.DEERE MOWER! I was farmer & built my home in MS 1993-98 toured & visited thru whole area! Dairy, ranches & fish farms.
I'm a welder at the Oxbo in Byron, Ny. Unfortunately we don't build the 4334 anymore. We still build the the tow behind models 2330 and 2334. We have prototypes out now for a 2340 40' merger.
Impressionnant les travaux réalisés par ces machines-outils ! Merci à la technique... malheureusement trop tard pour des générations de courageux agriculteurs-forçats et leurs chevaux ou autres bêtes de trait ! Qu'ils soient éternellement remerciés des efforts consentis pour notre bien-être à tous !!! 👏👍
I still love watching this video. Having lived in rural years for most of my life, it still baffles me how urban populations are so uninformed on farming practices that typically try to close the resource loop both for economic and practical reasons.
Creativity is the only trait that mankind shares with God. When we create things like this too make our jobs just a little bit easier, We are following in God's footprints..
Excellent video. Hay & Forage is my favorite. I love those triple/butterfly mowers, mergers are always cool, and who doesn't like to see a big forage harvester in action? But I must confess that I find packing boring. I've done plenty, and never really loved it. I thought the 7780s were all 600+hp machines. I still think the 7050/7080 series are better looking than the new 8000/9000 series. Of course, looks alone aren't much... Shout out to harvester operators everywhere when he slowed down for that massive clump to feed in -- I thought I was going to completely choke our NH FP240 doing that in uneven windrows this spring but thankfully it fed on thru, courtesy 300hp! Smooth windrows are always nice. Big Tractor Power, see if you can rustle up some footage of the Pottinger Novacat T8 trailed center-pivot triple mower. The dealer I spoke with about a used T8 (O'Hara) said he had 3 of them on one farm there in NY!!
Wow!! These dairy farms don't mess around. Never really thought about what these farms go through to feed their cows. I'm used to our 5,500 acre grain farm. I guess the saying " make hay while the sunshines" is very true. Thank you BTP for yet another awesome video. Great insight too!!😁👍👍
Yes you make hay when the sun shines. Feeding a lot of cows some dairy farms run every single day from sunup clear in the dark you get enough haylage into the bunk the feed all those cows through the winter there are only so many days in a growing season and there are a lot of tons of feed to put in. You rarely waste a day or skip a day that means your birthday your kids birthday your significant other's birthday even a lot of holidays are spent putting feed in the bunk for the cows.
It is very true especially here in WNY . With lake Erie and lake Ontario it can be very unpredictable with the high humidity and heat in the summer. Past few years we have been blessed
Watching from Australia down under, we are loving your farming videos also great work we love watching the machinery in action during harvest season and me and my son enjoy watching them everyday
I started working on a farm when I was 12 years , I'm 73 now and retired no cads no air con no radio, ,move bales all day by hand then stack then in the barns,when I started we had 15 working on this farm when I retired we had 3.when Ieft ,( but would I do it again ) ( dam right I would , )love & repect from the U K
Seeing that merger in action is interesting, looking in from Europe where the different climate means alfalfa is only grown in a few places & the norm is grass silage. I’m thinking that a 250hp machine to rake in 30ft of crop is overkill. The norm here is a tractor & rake. A standard rake is 30ft & the bigger operators are now on 50ft rakes.
As fast as they can cut with that Novacat, it's no wonder those tractor mounted mowers got the Claas Cougar discontinued. After watching your video on the Cougar it's no mystery why it wasn't cost-effective. I'd take 66% of the work for 25% of the price any day.
yea theres a contractor here in germany that converted one to a mulching application but not even that could make it beat out the xerions they were running so it was shut off for good
Interesting to see the 7780 bark as it encountered the big slug of hay in the windrow. I don't think I've ever seen one of them slow down for anything.
That "big slug of hay" is the one thing you don't want when chopping. As long as the windrows are nice and smooth you can cruise along at a consistent pace with little to worry about, but that slug probably doubled the volume going in, which is a good way to seriously plug things up if you just go charging into it. Alfalfa is sticky and gummy and doesn't flow well and is probably the most difficult of the common crops to chop, especially compared to row crops like corn or sorghum that feed straight in and flow well. The operator came close to stalling her.
It is a problem with all the john deere 6,7,8R tractors. They button up the hood and engine area so tight there is no airflow except thru the front grill. There is also a hydraulic powered fan blowing thru the air to air aftercooler that blows out the top of the hood infront of the radiator. These tractors will run hot quickly of not kept clean. My 6125R I have to clean the grill and rad screens 2 times a day baling hay. Its just a bad design on these deeres.
They're making haylage which is for early season. It contains more moisture and when compacted will actually ferment and make really tasty feed for the cows. It is also more easily digested.
This is interesting to watch, but it is another piece in the puzzle about how a 30 head dairy could make out on the milk check. The cash outlay for equipment would require using custom harvesters to do seasonal work.
Thanks for the analysis! 🔍 I have a quick question: 🤷♂️ I found these words 😅. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). What should I do with this? 🤷♂️
Very good. You explain everything and what a big dairy operation this must be. How many 🐄 cows are milked and how many times a day. Thanks for sharing your operation.
God bless you farmers. Thank you for all your hard work putting food on my table. Your worth more than all of the overpaid athletes combined.
Thay are just banks slaves.
True statement. Farmers are not paid enough.
Just think for one minute if it was not for the farmers there would be no overpaid athletes
If we paid farmers what athletes made, we couldn’t afford to eat
@@1977spilly Thanks, Captain Obvious!
Oh how farming has changed! 1952 my father was hired away from being farm manager at a boarding high school (Lodi Academy) to manage 250 acre Delta operation (Tracy CA) - I was 8 years old - became his right hand man - grew lots of alfa hay - many hours on 1950,John Deere A - sickle bar to cut - quickly rake into wind rows - then night time baling (many night hearing sound of baler - must have some moisture
from due) - then load wired bales on wagon to barn - very many man hours
I never knew that Lodi Academy had farm land? I was raised in Lodi but I wasn't born I until 1962 so it was just a few years after the time you're referring to. But that's interesting to know about the farm land you learn something your whole life. Thank You!
Thanks Big Tractor Power . 60 year ago we had beef cows 80 acres, planted with super a farm all ,picked with our hand and that's tough. Like to see it done Ina big scale.
I love the smell of fresh cut hay.. specially after it rains
Wow..much easier than how we did it back in the early 1970's...my hands and arms are hurting just remembering picking up all those bails...but we felt good to put in a hard days work...wow
It is amazing how equipment has changed. Just think how 1970s haying looked compared to the 1920s.
Here same still
Yes when I was a kid 14 to 18 years old I worked on the farm in the spring we spent about 2 weeks filling the silos now I help a friend who rents that farm they will go in and chop the whole farm in less than a day
*I'm in awe of the engineering behind these agriculture machines. Which innovation do you find the most innovative?*
God bless all you wonderful farmers and your family
Thank you for watching.
When I watch the video with modern machines, I really admire its creator
Thanks for showing NY agriculture!
The efficiency of the 250 HP self-propelled merger is impressive-gathering 70 feet of alfalfa in just two passes! ⛏💨
WOW! Never SAW OR THOT OF THAT; 239 H.P. J.DEERE MOWER! I was farmer & built my home in MS 1993-98 toured & visited thru whole area! Dairy, ranches & fish farms.
Thank you for explaining the entire process. I'm not a farmer but you answered any questions I had as I watched the video. Subscription earned
Thank you Joseph. I am not a farmer but I have enjoyed seeing farm machines at work since I could walk. I enjoy sharing them on RUclips.
*This is really intriguing to me! The largest area I have to mow is my own yard! Thanks for providing such an informative experience!*
I am a yard farmer too 😁👍. These machines make allot of cow chow in a hurry.
Вот это техника:я понимаю.Масштаб впечаляет.Просто восхищение.
I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for not adding annoying music. Your commentary provides the perfect amount of information.
no way
Kiitos!
Thank you for watching Big Tractor Power. Very appreciated.
Thank you for SHARING your VIDEO...
I live in western NY love seeing these big operations keep em coming bigtractorpower
Very cool. Great farming region. 👍👍
That's quite the outfit! It's always interesting to see what folks are using to get the job done.
I'm a welder at the Oxbo in Byron, Ny. Unfortunately we don't build the 4334 anymore. We still build the the tow behind models 2330 and 2334. We have prototypes out now for a 2340 40' merger.
Just watching this I can almost smell that sweet fresh cut alfalfa!
Hahaha alfalfa xd
Impressionnant les travaux réalisés par ces machines-outils !
Merci à la technique... malheureusement trop tard pour des générations de courageux agriculteurs-forçats et leurs chevaux ou autres bêtes de trait ! Qu'ils soient éternellement remerciés des efforts consentis pour notre bien-être à tous !!! 👏👍
I still love watching this video. Having lived in rural years for most of my life, it still baffles me how urban populations are so uninformed on farming practices that typically try to close the resource loop both for economic and practical reasons.
Fascinating for me ! The biggest thing I have to mow is my yard ! Thank you for a great education .
6in TMIkq
Those boxes on the trucks are made 5 miles from me.
Over a million dollars worth of equipment just in the field
Beautiful vids. I can get a feel of the history and vibe of the area.
Thanks from Oamaru New Zealand
Yes It's a great machinery .
Imagine trying to do all this with electric farm machines.....!! Impossible! Take that to your "Green New Deal"!!
The Green Generation can do it by Hand, there are enough Captain planets around 😂
Imagine thinking that the green new deal implies the electrification of farm tractors.
впечатлило,минимум людей и максимум продуманной техники.
Creativity is the only trait that mankind shares with God. When we create things like this too make our jobs just a little bit easier, We are following in God's footprints..
Very nice and big machine all
Wow incredible
In Spain we don’t use those big machines for alfalfa, even in big crops. So efficient!
Those New York dairy girls sure aren't afraid to run big machinery!
قخكبش ₩₩
Excellent video. Hay & Forage is my favorite. I love those triple/butterfly mowers, mergers are always cool, and who doesn't like to see a big forage harvester in action? But I must confess that I find packing boring. I've done plenty, and never really loved it.
I thought the 7780s were all 600+hp machines. I still think the 7050/7080 series are better looking than the new 8000/9000 series. Of course, looks alone aren't much...
Shout out to harvester operators everywhere when he slowed down for that massive clump to feed in -- I thought I was going to completely choke our NH FP240 doing that in uneven windrows this spring but thankfully it fed on thru, courtesy 300hp! Smooth windrows are always nice.
Big Tractor Power, see if you can rustle up some footage of the Pottinger Novacat T8 trailed center-pivot triple mower. The dealer I spoke with about a used T8 (O'Hara) said he had 3 of them on one farm there in NY!!
ABSOLUTLY AMAZING Thanks for ur hard work!! May God Bless Ya'll
Thank you for watching.
Great Video Big Tractor Power. Never get tired of watching your videos.
Thank you.
Wow!! These dairy farms don't mess around. Never really thought about what these farms go through to feed their cows. I'm used to our 5,500 acre grain farm. I guess the saying " make hay while the sunshines" is very true. Thank you BTP for yet another awesome video. Great insight too!!😁👍👍
Yes you make hay when the sun shines. Feeding a lot of cows some dairy farms run every single day from sunup clear in the dark you get enough haylage into the bunk the feed all those cows through the winter there are only so many days in a growing season and there are a lot of tons of feed to put in. You rarely waste a day or skip a day that means your birthday your kids birthday your significant other's birthday even a lot of holidays are spent putting feed in the bunk for the cows.
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It is very true especially here in WNY . With lake Erie and lake Ontario it can be very unpredictable with the high humidity and heat in the summer. Past few years we have been blessed
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Watching from Australia down under, we are loving your farming videos also great work we love watching the machinery in action during harvest season and me and my son enjoy watching them everyday
Love watching tractors and lorries. Working in the fields,
Another great video im learning new stuff everytime i watch these videos 👍
Farmers don't make enough to justify their hard work!!
I started working on a farm when I was 12 years , I'm 73 now and retired no cads no air con no radio, ,move bales all day by hand then stack then in the barns,when I started we had 15 working on this farm when I retired we had 3.when Ieft ,( but would I do it again ) ( dam right I would , )love & repect from the U K
Little different from when I cut hay as a kid on the old dairy farm
Excellent video, excellent comments and excellent information. 👍
Thank you for watching.
I'm thinking that the chopper is going to need 600 h.p. to handle that much.
When this was filmed it was one John Deere’s most powerful. They sure have green up in power over the past 10 years.
Seeing that merger in action is interesting, looking in from Europe where the different climate means alfalfa is only grown in a few places & the norm is grass silage. I’m thinking that a 250hp machine to rake in 30ft of crop is overkill. The norm here is a tractor & rake. A standard rake is 30ft & the bigger operators are now on 50ft rakes.
Excellent video 👍👍👍
Thank you for watching Craig. This is the most watched BTP video of all time.
I'm not surprised it had all the cool machines...
When your neighbor gets a new mower, so you gotta take your game to the top to show him who's boss
Great video! Lots of action. Thanks for sharing!
In the 1960s we made hay using a Farmall M with a belly mount Kosch 7 foot sickle mower and a New Idea Crimper/Conditioner behind it.
I sure would like to film a classic mowing set up like that.
Yes. Or a Cunningham crusher.
As fast as they can cut with that Novacat, it's no wonder those tractor mounted mowers got the Claas Cougar discontinued. After watching your video on the Cougar it's no mystery why it wasn't cost-effective. I'd take 66% of the work for 25% of the price any day.
yea theres a contractor here in germany that converted one to a mulching application but not even that could make it beat out the xerions they were running so it was shut off for good
Couldn't fit that equipment between rockbreaks around here but I love watching it work
Interesting to see the 7780 bark as it encountered the big slug of hay in the windrow. I don't think I've ever seen one of them slow down for anything.
It’s not often a big chopper slows down. Sorghum will give a big chopper a work out.
That "big slug of hay" is the one thing you don't want when chopping. As long as the windrows are nice and smooth you can cruise along at a consistent pace with little to worry about, but that slug probably doubled the volume going in, which is a good way to seriously plug things up if you just go charging into it. Alfalfa is sticky and gummy and doesn't flow well and is probably the most difficult of the common crops to chop, especially compared to row crops like corn or sorghum that feed straight in and flow well. The operator came close to stalling her.
Wow amazing. My dad farmed and fed steers. Wish he could see this
Horses dream about hay like this 🐎
Another one of my favs..hay cutting foraging.👊😎
Lots of exciting equipment involved in forage production.
Wow just finished our first cut of the year and lay down to watch some yt and see this😍 great video by the way 👍
Its an accurate description
I love the smell of fresh cut Alpha
It’s hard to beat the smell of fresh cut alfalfa.
They need some kind of serious reversing fan on the mower tractor!
It is a problem with all the john deere 6,7,8R tractors. They button up the hood and engine area so tight there is no airflow except thru the front grill. There is also a hydraulic powered fan blowing thru the air to air aftercooler that blows out the top of the hood infront of the radiator. These tractors will run hot quickly of not kept clean. My 6125R I have to clean the grill and rad screens 2 times a day baling hay. Its just a bad design on these deeres.
Awesome!!! Something from my home area! Lotta fields round here for sure
Best work Tractor machine agriculture
I have never seen this before..we always bale our hay🤷🏾♂️
its gras silage
This machine is bigger than I could imagine
Another great video. thanks!
6:59 I like your video ❤❤❤
I wish I was there to smell that sweet alfalfa!
Mark Volker have to be a country boy to appreciate/understand this comment👍me too!
Next time you shoot a silage chopper show them sharpening the cutter blades. Those are impressive!
Nice mower. 👍♥️🇵🇭
Very impressive operation. Thanks for the video.
Nothing like the smell of alfalfa in the morning
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I really enjoy and appreciate yiur videos. Very well done. Thank you.
10:20,sucks when that happens with dump trucks..
That’s when they roll over and lie down.
Its awesome when it all manages to start and run. One check engine light and a derate and your down for hours
I'm surprised that we weren't doing that when the ranch I lived/worked on had a feedlot.
Glad to see that the guy running the chopper stopped for that big clump seen a lot of people try and go through em only to plug up
Beautiful. I can smell it through my screen
The merger also minimized the amount dirt ending up in the feed.
That is always plus.
Them merging machines r pretty wild!💯👍👍
YES! ! YST VERY GUT! ! 👌✌👍💖💖💖
great machines that can shorten the farmer's working time
Nice case international💪💪💪
Thank you for watching. It is a nice Steiger.
Love it! I always wanted to be a farmer wish I could have.
This is obviously NOT 2020. The leaves on our trees just came out here in NY
Yeah I was going to say those were old clips
No matter the year, it's amazing footage all the same.
Very interesting and well filmed thanks for sharing 👍
Thank you for watching.
There making hay in western NY already? It’s way too wet here in CNY and we’re still planting..:: I do wonder how tight those packer wheeels do
They're making haylage which is for early season. It contains more moisture and when compacted will actually ferment and make really tasty feed for the cows. It is also more easily digested.
I ❤️ Farmers 🤗
Awesome video I love mowing my pasture, I do feel sorry for any wildlife that is in the path at that speed
This is interesting to watch, but it is another piece in the puzzle about how a 30 head dairy could make out on the milk check. The cash outlay for equipment would require using custom harvesters to do seasonal work.
Good job nice tractor .
Nice 👍👍👍👍👍
If you're every in western PA Lakeland Dairy in New Wilmington has a pretty cool setup. They farm some of my grandfathers land.
Must be nice to have land that can grow hay like that
Hello thanx for great video,as I always say things bigger in USA I should have emigrated forty years ago,to old now regards from Lincolnshire UK. 👍🚜
Thank you for watching. I hope to visit the UK someday to see farming. I enjoy seeing UK farming on RUclips.
Awesome video! You don’t see many Self Propelled mergers around. Very cool to see!!
The OXBO is impressive. It squares off field corners fast and covers a bunch of ground. This one replaced three pull types.
Are you watching the machines operate or what are you looking at?
Are you watching the machines operate or what are you looking at?
Love it. Saw some new machines today!
Thank you for watching.
Slick equipment out there now days
Sure is a different way to hay than I remember! Great video!
Because that's silage not hay. 👌👌👌
There's a difference between hay and silage? Lolol
Thanks for the analysis! 🔍 I have a quick question: 🤷♂️ I found these words 😅. (behave today finger ski upon boy assault summer exhaust beauty stereo over). What should I do with this? 🤷♂️
Now that’s makin hay while the sun shines
Big Trac Power Tractor Fans🤟
Very good. You explain everything and what a big dairy operation this must be. How many 🐄 cows are milked and how many times a day. Thanks for sharing your operation.