2,800 Acre Corn Field Question and Answer Video

[@farmhandmike]

Great Video and good explanation. A lot of people don't realize that just because a certain farming practice works in their area it may not work everywhere else. Different soils, climates and weather vary throughout the country and definitely has an impact on why something may or may not work in a certain area.

[@jessicapushie1523]

What an amazing farming operation. I worked on a 6000 acre farm that had a 200 acre field and I thought that was big. Can't imagine 2800. I enjoyed and sure miss farming.

[@xreconusmc3156]

Hi jess. I’m planting 17 ,500 acres in five days. Let me work let me live. Thanks for watching

[@jclint1968]

You do a great job explaining things. I grew up on a small dairy farm in southwestern PA and been off the farm for 50 years. I really enjoy watching the big tractor!

[@harrisonfowler4461]

I'm sure this took quite a bit of time to make this video, but I love this type. That's for taking the time to answer these questions real time

[@bigtractorpower]

+Harrison Fowler it was a big project. It was fun to put together.

[@albertafarmer916]

THANK YOU. This channel is one of my top two favorites on youtube. You could not possibly do a better job in explaining why and what is happening in your videos.I love seeing why and how people farm differently then we do on our farm . Could you mabey have more videos with sprayers? Your videos are entertaining and educational. Please keep up your OUTSTANDING work.

[@Fultonfalcons86]

I like the educational value your channel has about farming I have had my two sons watch this channel they really enjoy it thanks for the uploads.........

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for sharing and watching. It is fun filming these videos to share.

[@kpling6915]

Very interesting video. Very different farming from where I grew up in Minnesota. Also, did anyone notice the drone splitting the powerlines at the 6:55 mark!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

That was some tight flying indeed.

[@fynbo1007]

Thank you for sharing your amazing video, very interesting to hear about America farming. I love your video. God bless you and your family

[@ButlerFam]

I can imagine the mechanical support of this much equipment must be astounding! Must be a huge shop to keep everything maintained.

[@gizclark]

And lots of government subsudies paying for everything. Never saw a "poor" farmer. Millions of dollars in equipment and land. You aren't making enough money on crops to pay for all that.

[@Trevorl-fo7vr]

Gizmo Clark how do you figure? on a good year our farm makes more than enough to support big machine operations. Have about half of what these guys have which is about 6,000 acres. Don’t go popping off about something you don’t know everything about

[@xreconusmc3156]

Butler Fam1138 I have 37 full time mechanical engineer guys

[@1jumbox]

Thanks for the informational parts, I'd like to hearing a bit more info about what's going on. Some of these crops I know little of and some of the equipment even less. I guess I left the farm a long time ago, thanks for keeping us in touch!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@bettychibaka3604]

who is the owner of this amazing thing pls from zambia [phone] betty

[@AdamSmith-uv6kr]

Happy thanksgiving and hope you and your family are well. Again as always what an amazing video. The time that you invest is unbelievable and I have shared your videos with many of my friends that have questions regarding farming. I appreciate you putting this together as I have actually had many questions that you covered. Unlike others that show these big farms and leave so many questions you have really given us an inside to what really happens.

[@johnmyers8488]

You sure are a blessed man to be able to have a job like this, excellent job on the video and the explanation

[@bigtractorpower]

+John Myers thank you for watching.

[@edmondmurphy]

Great video! Thanks for answering the questions for us non-farmer-types!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. There is a video of this farm servicing the combines all lined up at m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/e6elaWmhl7Cfppo

[@Masseydriver]

Great video, excellent job explaining what goes on at this farm. What an operation!

[@bigtractorpower]

+Massey1105driver thank you for watching. Great to meet you at Rantoul.

[@markpayne5710]

You need to win an Oscar on this video. Thank you. 👍👍👍.

[@alexthomson719]

Another great video you are very informative well worth waiting for again thank you very much

[@bigtractorpower]

+alex thomson thank you for watching.

[@andynieuwenhuis7833]

​@@bigtractorpower;It'd interesting for you to explain the difference between farming in Midwestern Kentucky compared Minnesota/ North Dakota. Even here in Southwestern Ontario, there's only One growing season. In Western Canada the growing season is difference again from Ontario/Quebec. In Western Canada they also plant LOTS of winter wheat, than start to harvest in September, maybe early October.

[@jgvgjv2980]

Very informative , I love it, so interesting and great footage from the drone and on the ground, thanks so much for your work

[@canadawolf68]

Nice video. Very well explained. Love it when drone goes between hydro wires at 6.55 min into video. cool.

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

Thank you for a very informative video. Lots of work on your part to put this together - much appreciated.

[@Ticky66MN]

Sure appreciate this video. I'm sure it was a lot of work but we all had questions. Thank you!

[@gleanerk]

Thanks for the great video on this operation! When I’m delivering e10 gas to a place, I’ll think about this video. Thanks for sharing BTP

[@bigtractorpower]

+ScottyRockTrains thank you for watching.

[@matthewdowd4686]

I’ve died and gone to John Deere heaven! Thank you BTP!! I loved this vid. Soo intellectually explained.

[@cadensullins9302]

You think it sweet on video?!?!?? Try finding this farm! Its crazy

[@DancerOfClouds]

That was very informative. I can only imagine the logistic preparation and planning that must go into keeping the harvest on track.

[@bigtractorpower]

You know it’s pretty low key. They start at one end of their acres and move across them pretty systematically. They planted 13,000 acres of corn in 6 days in 2017. .

[@mrih1586]

Very informative video. I was surprised they did not rip much deeper. But you can't argue with success.

[@markpery6784]

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[@GEORGEZIPPY]

Fantastic video, very informative! Keep up the good work.

[@wildturkey5838]

To add to your answer about why not use a 200 hp tractor on the grain cart is that they have the big ones and don't have any little ones therefore if the big ones aren't busy it cheaper to use what you've got. Big tractors can do a lot of work at part throttle using less fuel than a smaller tractor working hard. Also the little tractors pulling that big grain cart will beat the driver to pieces. Bigger tractors make for a much smother ride when you're running long days.

[@justinbrownmofarmer9312]

Great video. Awesome operation.

[@kevinfarmer5895]

Great follow up video. Thank you for putting it together.

[@markhartkopf4724]

Kevin Farmer was

[@santiagoyupanquicarbajal4447]

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[@santiagoyupanquicarbajal4447]

Mark Hartkopf aki no digas

[@MrE30]

6:56 was it skill or luck with the drone and the power line lol

[@bigtractorpower]

+Mr E30 total luck. The wires were not viewed until the video was downloaded from the drone.

[@nickgolden8674]

No shit lol

[@nickgolden8674]

Really enjoy your videos

[@SteveHolsten]

They were there and then gone that quick!

[@Budd56]

@@bigtractorpower I'll take luck over skill any day😀😀👍👍👍👍

[@nathanryan3961]

Nice video! Thank you! That is one heck of an operation!

[@randallbyrd1973]

Awesome video and a awesome farm TY for sharing

[@joelrodriguezjr4810]

Good job on the video!! Been waiting for more new ones!!!

[@frankeem3820]

That is a very good video. Very good job making it. I'll bet the local John Deere dealer just loves these people!

[@jetegtmeier71]

Great video !!! very informative, you don't see many articulated tractors with PTO

[@2cylinderfarmer]

Very impressive operation BTP thanks for sharing!

[@zaneskoretz4542]

What happens at supper break, do you shutdown.

[@kadenwatt2033]

That'd be neat to be done harvesting in September. There are people here in west central indiana with corn still in the fields. (As of late November 2019)

[@ReverseProof]

Great video, from top to bottom.

[@georgedoorley5628]

massive !!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing all this with us

[@toast47624]

Excellent Video. Super high quality content and well presented.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@briansmith4244]

Great video! And what an amazing operation!

[@scruffy6151]

Thank you for the information on the way things are done. Hope you had a good thanksgiving.

[@bigtractorpower]

+John Huntington thank you for watching.

[@lylestatzer7112]

I know this is from 2017, I am wondering if this farm would be wise to use one of the mother bins like in Australia. Do you know of any farms in America or Canada for that matter using a mother bin

[@bigtractorpower]

No mother bins that I know off.

[@daynebrown1611]

There is a farm in north central Kansas that uses a mother bin.

[@sammagedanz2457]

We pull a 1000 bushel grain cart with a 8235r and we have good size hills it just doesn't have the power of the bug 4wds I totally agree that a 410 horse tractor on them carts Is just the way to go. Especially when you already have that big tractor not doing anything.

[@bigtractorpower]

+Sam Magedanz during soybean harvest one of the 9420Rs completely spun out going up a hill with a fully loaded cart in wet conditions. He had to back out of it and go another way. 420 hp sometimes is not enough.

[@sammagedanz2457]

bigtractorpower I think he probably had plenty of power he just ran out of traction. I have to keep my speed up with our 8235 so when I hit those. Hills or wet holes I can pull through them haven't got it stuck yet in 3 years but we haven't had very bad mud yet

[@Watchyn_Yarwood]

Excellent! thanks for all the details.. super interesting

[@woolliehead]

very informative video pity more people didnt give even some of the info like you do great as usual

[@timerfarms113]

Thanks for the explanation. That's quite an operation.

[@peteacher52]

Very good commentary - factual, informative and free of hype.

[@snakeman48]

the amount of diesel used to keep all this equipment running must be astronomical.

[@provenxreaperx]

they sure will keep up the fuel demand. but hey they produce alot of food

[@xreconusmc3156]

I’m using about 8, 473 ah day sir. Thanks for watching

[@samhanson5554]

I am from Bismarck North Dakota! And those Wishek discs, are from Wishek North Dakota! The inventor of those disks was from Wishek! Bismarck is less than 100 miles from Wishek North Dakota! 😎

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. They are a heavy duty disk that do an impressive job.

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

Very informative! Thank you.

[@charlesgarrett8615]

Great video and explanations of work being done. What is the total acreage of this farm and is it privately owned or a combine?

[@jmurphy1973]

Wilson Trailers, Kinze carts, Deere tractors...go, Iowa!

[@Budd56]

Thank you for this video. Very informative

[@gazbag78]

great video, good information, volume levels are allover the place, keep on postin.

[@bigtractorpower]

+matt donovan was the volume issue in the part with the semi trucks? That part I narrated live as I filmed it. The rest was done with a micro phone at my desk.

[@looddejager2416]

11:00 - I would imagine that this farm run John Deere planters. Why Kinze?

[@toney886]

About how many hours is put on each of the tractors on this farm each year and how long are the tractor used before selling?

[@bobsmith1814]

Happy Thanksgiving BTP. Great video of truly impressive farming operation 😃

[@PAFarms]

Neat Video. I wasn’t really familiar with farming in Kentucky. Actually your videos are the first I have seen of the state.

[@bigtractorpower]

+PA Farms thank you for watching. Western Kentucky is a unique farming area. It is where the Midwest meets the south. There are large fields with a good warm climate for growing crops.

[@jamisgood21]

That's pretty cool. I would actually agree with ole Pa Farms in that...I also have't seen any farming in Kentucky other than this video.

[@putrid.p]

2:26 is that standing water under the corn?!

[@cadensullins9302]

No, it is just the glare probably. Not sure though

[@AgrarfilmeNorddeutschland]

Good job, great video and very nice machines. Thanks for posting and best regards from germany

[@bigtractorpower]

+seppl hochlader thank you. Always an honor to have people from over seas watching.

[@martinjeffery3590]

Good to see tillage done properly

[@danlakey8074]

6:55 I would have flown my drone right into one of those power lines, nice flying!

[@donmedford2563]

At 6:55 did you know you flew your drone through a set of power lines?

[@bigtractorpower]

After filming 😅

[@kofiagyeman3688]

Great job. Happy turkey day.

[@markhartkopf4724]

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[@shawnjames6714]

The only turkey here is you, now get the hell out of here.

[@kofiagyeman3688]

Shawn please help yourself and get medical help.

[@augustreil]

Shawn, Sarcasm ?

[@larry4082]

Wow! This is one of your best videos I’ve seen. Very informative. Will they put in no-till beans in that wheat field next year?

[@bigtractorpower]

+Larry yes the Air drills no till the soybeans in the wheat stubble.

[@loborobertson7212]

Great video, enjoyed it very much 🤠👍😁

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@72hourbob61]

Honey, I'll be right back got too run down to John Deere and pick up about 8 million dollars worth of tractors be right back. Need anything?

[@xreconusmc3156]

It’s sounds like a lot. But I need the right equipment for the job. Have 7 more coming in November. Let me work. Let me live. Thanks for watching

[@markoaragovic7645]

@@xreconusmc3156 7 more of what

[@xreconusmc3156]

Tractors sir

[@xreconusmc3156]

Dux I’m planting 17,000 acres in 5 days. My tractors are my life thanks for watching

[@markoaragovic7645]

@@xreconusmc3156 yes and I Respect the hell out of you sir. But didnt he say they are already 2019 year tractors? How much hours do you put on them annualy?

[@jimmiller7095]

Excellent video

[@johndeereman65279]

The disk still did not take care of the volunteer corn. Lol. Happy Thanksgiving BTP.

[@bigtractorpower]

+johndeereman65279 the Disk Help seed the volunteer corn. The drill is about two weeks behind the disks and harrows in most cases. The frost takes care of the volunteer corn by mid November.

[@jackybruckers]

What is volunteer corn ? Is it the same as crop residu , only explanation i can find on google-translate for volunteer is " somebody who works for free " .

[@jackybruckers]

bigtractorpower BTP you just set a new standard for farming videos !!! Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!

[@boblablah3166]

"volunteer" in this case refers to a plant that is growing from a seed left behind at harvest. the corn in this case either made it through the combine or was dropped or knocked over before harvest. it was not intentionally planted.

[@billc3271]

Excellent video. Thank You

[@littlerougue]

That basically answered all of my questions and may have been a better vid than the original to boot

[@matthewwiersma2732]

What happens to the extra 2k acres of corn. Is planted 2 years in a row to corn

[@tophauler8626]

Thats a huge operation, hows this farm compare in acreage to the largest US farms

[@xreconusmc3156]

At 13,000 acres of corn 🌽 alone. I’m the top 3 in the entire WORLD SIR

[@tophauler8626]

@@xreconusmc3156 wow thats impressive, id like to see that area in person, next roadtrip

[@xreconusmc3156]

top hauler to give you a idea it’s 23 minutes end to in in my John Deere 9620. X -15 Cummins. 620 horsepower sir

[@dannydeshler4327]

LUCKY pass through the power lines at 6:59...those things will kill a drone.

[@augustreil]

God Bless the American Farmer !!

[@bigtractorpower]

👍

[@pfamkuchen]

6:10 what is he doing? Spraying the air?

[@bigtractorpower]

The Case IH Floater is applying fertilizer to the field. They are small pellets being applied through forced air in the boom.

[@weldersandblaster]

This video was better than the combine video.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@matthewwiersma2732]

Why do they only use 5 of the 8 combines in corn?

[@igagri4817]

love these videos, totally different types of farming to the UK ☺

[@bigtractorpower]

+jd ian thank you. I enjoy watching UK farming because it is different from here in Kentucky.

[@agrartechnikmv]

Very Nice Video greets marko from Germany

[@bigtractorpower]

+Der AgrarKnipser thank you for watching.

[@SebastianWarth]

Awesome Videos Looked All This Awesome John Deeres!!!

[@barnfly6945]

How many mechanic's, fuel trucks and people total work on this farm.

[@bigtractorpower]

Every one works on the machine they run. No full time mechanics on the farm. There are two fuel trucks. I am Not sure how many employees there are but with 15 semis, 4 grain carts and 5 combines there are a few. There are other people doing other jobs during corn harvest. This video shows morning service time on the combines kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3qaeHidh9aMkLc

[@mhowell30043]

I really enjoy all your videos, Could you please think about volume leveling across the videos though. Kind of irritating. But I watch all of them. Thanks

[@bigtractorpower]

+Mike Howell I turn down the volume to narrate over the engine sound. I will work on the levels.

[@chevy427ify]

Good Job,Guys

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@thevox1075]

Kalcevic farms in Bennet, Colorado should be next!

[@hardlyableacresrsh7212]

One pass by horizontal tillage can undo all the benefit of deep tillage.

[@apalaghieilucian3052]

couldn't you plant directly in the corn/wheat residue? why disc?

[@bigtractorpower]

You can no till over the stalks. Although the disking helps breaks down the corn residue and fight carry over disease.

[@blackbolt0253]

@@bigtractorpower In pa we have slug problems so we disk to help kill them off.

[@clayjohnson8657]

What size yields do they average on corn wheat & soybeans

[@bigtractorpower]

Normal year: 90 Bu wheat, 200 bu. Corn and 45 bu double crop soybeans.

[@willwhitman7123]

Simply amazing......

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@tomcander3669]

Wouldn't you say 5 days to shell 2800 acres is on the slow side of things?

[@bigtractorpower]

Depends on how the dryer is running, how many trucks are available. They can knock it out in 3 if everything is rolling just right. This farm has 11,000 total acres of corn.

[@davidoden]

What tractors do they use for Anhydrous application before corn is planted?

[@bigtractorpower]

+David Oden three 9620Rs and a Challenger MT875E. I will do a year in review on this farm and show all the machines.

[@jeroenvandesande4214]

When is the review on this farm coming? Very interesting which machinery they use. Thanks for the great video!

[@jasonknight4906]

loved it very very good video 6stars

[@NexLevelBacon]

Your a good salesman for wishek discs that’s beautiful

[@bigtractorpower]

They are an impressive tillage tool.

[@jlase]

Great information, thanks

[@philipcleary1376]

Does the property own the harvester or are they contractor,,

[@bigtractorpower]

The farm owns the equipment and land. There are not any custom operators in this area.

[@jasonprocai1020]

Awesome video!!!!!

[@portersteel32]

Nice job.....

[@kylekroft9154]

I would like to know the operating cost of this farm!

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s definitely a big investment but they need the machinery to get across to their acres it is a family farm I do not get into people’s business practices are mainly here just to focus on the machinery.

[@xreconusmc3156]

I won’t tell u my business but in a month of time it’s close to 160,638. A month

[@davidyoung3288]

during harvest . . do you operate 9 to 5 or 24/7?

[@aahZeiK]

I was wondering what is the soil type they farm?

[@bigtractorpower]

+aahZeiK a red clay soil.