Harvesting 1,500 Acres of Corn Silage in Just 6 Days!

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  • Опубликовано: 7 окт 2024
  • Watch as Walker Bros Ag efficiently harvests 1,500 acres of corn silage at Stone Ridge Dairy in Central Illinois in just 6 days in August 2023. See the massive John Deere 9900i Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters in action with their 956 hp, 24L Liebherr V12 engine. The crews use two of these impressive harvesters along with several hauling trucks to chop, and transport the silage back to the dairy farm where it in a pile to be used in about a year to feed the dairy herd. This is an impressive display of high-capacity modern agricultural harvesting.

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  • @brentreid7031
    @brentreid7031 Год назад +3

    That should be good consistent feed...

  • @janiesoito4494
    @janiesoito4494 6 месяцев назад +1

    Love the drone footage. Would love to see you open up those long rows. This is so different than when I loaded under a New Holland 1880! My husband packed silage for 53 years. Good job.

  • @sarah_farm
    @sarah_farm 9 месяцев назад +1

    You work so hard to build your dreams!

  • @willthewanderer9012
    @willthewanderer9012 Год назад +5

    Very impressive,everyone has a job to do to keep things moving smoothly.

    • @JimBaltz
      @JimBaltz  Год назад +4

      Walker Bros Ag does an awesome job and as a bonus they don't run over the old fat guy with the drone. :-)

  • @mrjohnReview
    @mrjohnReview Месяц назад +1

    "A perfect display of agricultural technology

  • @MachineryMastery-b1o
    @MachineryMastery-b1o 29 дней назад +1

    Insanely good!

  • @blakeg4878
    @blakeg4878 Год назад +3

    Ok, this is crazy but I know who this is, I live in town they are the big farm that every one knows

  • @NorthernOhioRailroadAction
    @NorthernOhioRailroadAction Год назад

    Excellent video really enjoyed it keep up the great work thanks again and have a wonderful safe day

  • @jamesbuck3818
    @jamesbuck3818 10 месяцев назад

    VERY ELOQUENT 😊

  • @johncoughlan5512
    @johncoughlan5512 11 месяцев назад

    Like the Irish music. Ye should check out harvesting maize in wet conditions in Ireland this year. Especially dennehys harvest

  • @farmingfishingfamilyontari2814
    @farmingfishingfamilyontari2814 Год назад +2

    Plants look green. What’s the moisture?

  • @tomcleghorn4005
    @tomcleghorn4005 Год назад +1

    That’s awesome!

  • @tsparky236
    @tsparky236 Год назад +1

    A person would think they have done this before? Well orchestrated for sure.

  • @Kermitgang2
    @Kermitgang2 2 месяца назад +1

    Imagine having to put down the tires for that silage

  • @tompefoofnik1559
    @tompefoofnik1559 19 дней назад

    Interesting that one chopper has a Deere head on it and the other one is running a Krone head. Wonder which one they like better

  • @fernandogonzalezfarinas9685
    @fernandogonzalezfarinas9685 Год назад +1

    How many tonnes can chopp that 9900 per hour?( in this kind of field)

  • @ernestomaldonado5057
    @ernestomaldonado5057 8 месяцев назад

    Driver looking for work this coming season who to contact? If possible thanks 🙏

  • @matthewroth2257
    @matthewroth2257 Год назад

    Why is the back shield open on the one chopper?

    • @JimBaltz
      @JimBaltz  Год назад +3

      I was wondering the same thing when flying the drone and all I could come up with is that it was pretty hot that day so maybe added cooling. Then again maybe someone forgot to close it :-)

  • @Mainly-boy-outdoors
    @Mainly-boy-outdoors Год назад

    Was this a dairy farm or a custom operation for other farmers?

  • @pai2402
    @pai2402 Год назад

    What cutting length are they doing?

  • @user-zu2bw7ig5v
    @user-zu2bw7ig5v Год назад +2

    Get on some wet ground and that silage operator will learn to fill the front of the bix b4 the back

  • @stephenc2296
    @stephenc2296 Год назад

    Hi Jim, maybe you can answer a question. I see all these silage videos where they are using multiple tractors to compact the silage. Why doesn’t a farmer use a sheepsfoot roller? It’s would do a better job compacting, and a used one can be purchased under 40k and last a lifetime.

    • @JimBaltz
      @JimBaltz  Год назад +2

      My guess is because they can use the tractors for other farm activities while a sheepsfoot roller would be for only one purpose. Also it might be a little hard on the concrete ;-)

    • @JayGrab
      @JayGrab Год назад +1

      I know of one farmer that does. Its a lot of money for a unit that only does one thing and they can't push silage.

    • @allenbraun8759
      @allenbraun8759 Месяц назад

      We used a sheep's foot one year, it was awkward on the pile and got itself stuck a few times. Really too slow to move smoothly with the push tractors

  • @ShinierStar
    @ShinierStar Год назад

    Is there any way to calculate silage tonnage per hectare?

    • @JimBaltz
      @JimBaltz  Год назад

      About 60.5 tonnes per hectare

    • @JayGrab
      @JayGrab Год назад

      If the chopper has the correct options it will tell you the yield

  • @robwar2288
    @robwar2288 Год назад

    That is short Silage Corn🧐

    • @JimBaltz
      @JimBaltz  Год назад +2

      Illinois spent most of the growing season in drought so it did better than I thought it would.

    • @robwar2288
      @robwar2288 Год назад

      @@JimBaltz I didn’t think that Black Soil ever dried out! But it looks really good for Drought!

  • @rodneyrtennis1279
    @rodneyrtennis1279 11 месяцев назад

    Nice video. Would have been a great video without the background music. Would have actually loved to hear the machinery instead.

    • @DanMurphy-w3m
      @DanMurphy-w3m 18 дней назад

      You get a better view from drones but they don't record sound

  • @Sirabun-qd6nu
    @Sirabun-qd6nu Год назад

    Ga bisa diucapkan dgn kata2🇲🇨

  • @charlesbennett6242
    @charlesbennett6242 Год назад

    Need better music😖

    • @JimBaltz
      @JimBaltz  Год назад

      I have yet to find any music that everyone likes. If you know of any, PLEASE let me know. 🙂

    • @dennisprice8798
      @dennisprice8798 Год назад +1

      Narration is way better than music. We arm chair farmers want to know about the process of planting, growing and harvesting. @@JimBaltz