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Andy "aTrippyFarmer" Dole is a 6th generation farmer from Central Illinois. On this farm, Andy works alongside his father, Marty, his uncles, Chris and Jeff, and his sister, Katie, to grow corn and soybeans on some of the finest dirt in the world. Andy and his family are deeply rooted in the area, operating a large farm that traces it origins back into the 1800s. Although some tracts did not stand the test of time, Andy and his family still grow corn and soybeans on fields that have been in the family for longer than even the oldest members of the farm have been alive. We do, we have, and we always will take tremendous pride in calling this piece of paradise our home. Andy was a Bronze Tablet graduate of the University of Illinois in the field of Crop Sciences, following the same path as his father and late grandfather.
It would be misleading for Andy to claim that this life is one that came by chance; rather, as a member of two multi-generational farm families, it was simply in his blood. His passion for agriculture traces back to his early youth--some of his fondest, earliest memories being of days spent riding in the combine with his father and grandfather. Although his understanding of the lifestyle was much less complex in the beginning, the love he has for farming, and its industry has only appreciated through time. As this dream blossomed into adulthood, Andy now works relentlessly, and tirelessly, to chase his own dreams and to build a farming operation of his own alongside his family.
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[@emergency152]

Spray Excavator a product from meristem on corn and bean residue, then run 2660VT and 2730 ripper on corn stalks. On bean ground depending on weather run a chisel plow and put anhydrous on. Located in WC IL

[@justinsummers5615]

We doing disc ripping and strip tilling on corn acres and cover crops on our bean grounds

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I'd like to do the cover crops and strip till!

[@cywoodrome1304]

Andy, you are being very generous stating there are "hills" in Central Illinois. haha. I graduated from EIU and my sons graduated from U of I, so know about the flat land of Illinois. Have a great fall and winter. Keep the videos coming.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

A hill is a relative term... our "hills" are flatlands to some of you! 🤣

[@MoFire312]

Northeast Indiana. We run 2730 over soybean stubble. Run 2660VT over corn stalks. In the spring we run 2660VT over everything again.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

2730s seem to be more popular than our 2720. I don’t think a 2660 is as good as a cultivator for spring tillage, but it’s so close that you might as well save she’d space and keep costs down. I’d like lessen our need for spring tillage just based on future labor concerns.

[@markmcculfor6113]

Fort Wayne area?

[@MoFire312]

@@markmcculfor6113 East of Fort Wayne. Woodburn/ Monroeville area

[@GravyHucker]

What's your favorite thing to do on the farm? Planting, harvest, tillage, cleaning out bins?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Cleaning out bins would be close to the bottom of the list... I really enjoy planting!

[@jimcarpenter965]

Another great video, Andy. You have a real skill in presenting this stuff. Well done!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it!!

[@alpabst4776]

Question, Why is it that you follow the straight rows and not at 23 degree angle? thanks

[@soybeansforlife]

Got a 2730 ripping non hel cornstocks and 2660vt and turbomax on everything else. Central illinois

[@aTrippyFarmer]

My grandpa just got a newer 2730. It does a great job.

[@hfff1]

I rototill the crap out of my 180_________sqft!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You gotta do what you gotta do!

[@justinsummers5615]

Do you guys work your fields at a angle we do for all tillage on our farm don’t know the science behind it

[@aTrippyFarmer]

We haven't the last few years. I've noticed the angled tillage on the disc ripper creates issues with the planter pulling straight through the field. We've got a new planter tractor so it might be a non-issue going forward. The angled tillage helps level the ground and chop the stalks up better.

[@phillipwhite2615]

Happy holidays, happy tillage

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks for watching!

[@bpeck2006]

We do 100% cover crops

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That's a big commitment!

[@paulmater901]

Too bad u no have a bigger tractor!*

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You can never have a big enough tractor!

[@deronlogterman2951]

I run a 2730

[@BradV-e2o]

Great video again. What equipment is on the trade list this winter?

[@garymiller7665]

Andy, is that a 512 ripper? How fast are you pulling?

[@deronlogterman2951]

2720 and about 9 mph.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It’s a 2720, which is literally a newer, renumbered 512. It is running anywhere from 8-10ish.

[@PrestigeWorldWidePWW]

If youre running the ripper at 8.5-9 whats the point in owning a vt? Better weed control, better seed beds, and better nutrient availability with disc ripping. Plus you can buy a 512 9 shank for like 15 grand. You will never be money ahead owning a 100k+ vt tool and thats facts

[@adamalfredsson373]

Yet manufacturers like John Deere keep making vertical tillage tools

[@agger838]

They Vt going to beans i think. Larger width less fuel and its faster. And they can use it in the spring. Don't need a spring pass after a fall vt pass

[@armchairgeneral7557]

Vt tool keeps top soil covered to lock in the moisture. Sometimes it is worth it.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I’ve never done a true side by side test, but it doesn’t seem like the disc ripper is giving us any better yields than the VT. It costs way more to run even if the tool itself is “cheaper.” We do need something to work HEL ground. It doesn’t have the be a super expensive VT though. If true economics were the only deciding factor in what we did, the farm would be cash rented for $500+ an acre with some sort of top end bonus and we’d sell all of the equipment. 😎

[@davedammitt7691]

​@@aTrippyFarmerOr even better, sold at $18,000/acre, and even at 6%, you'd get $1,000/acre in perpetuity without even touching the $18,000.

[@paulprillwitz9901]

👍👍👍

[@thr8061]

We have both dark mucky ground (which is full tilled) and sandy / gravel soil which we either no till (soybeans into corn) or min-till (corn on corn). We always plow under our hay fields when we switch them over to corn.

[@adamspindler8174]

Cover crop no till, southern IN

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Nice!!

[@tomnugent845]

Andy, the only tillage we did this fall was where we tiled this summer and also where we tiled seven years ago. Both were to help level the ground where we plowed in tile. The rest of our land we either drilled cover crop or let it lay. Next spring we will lightly till what we worked this fall, the rest we will no-til. We will have one field of winter wheat to tile in next summer.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Every day I get closer to trying some cover crops!

[@ncpanther]

Need to try out some 360 bullet points on your ripper. Will definitely fully fracture shank to shank and get all that compaction shattered. Worth checking out

[@aTrippyFarmer]

We will look into them next season!

[@cywoodrome1304]

Keep the great videos coming

[@scottkaercher1733]

Ya gotta run either rippers or disk rippers to break that compaction up so ya get a nice stand on the corn cause the roots can get deep in the ground. Some farmers just run rippers down to 13 inches then run speed till a couple inches and then plant. I like using disc rippers cause its a 2 in 1 tool.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Disc rippers are popular for a reason. I think some guys just like working their ground as many times as possible… I prefer the least amount of trips with the most effect!

[@r3b3lxxleader]

We do a mixture of every type of tillage basically on our farm: we'll normally strip till ahead of our cotton crop, we do tillage during the summer of fields we had wheat on over the winter, we don't plant everything with cotton or whatever we have said year, and we no till some wheat in over the winter on what was cotton crop after we harvest the cotton.

[@justinbradley193]

We do vertical till on corn ground with salford i2200 and no till corn into soybean stubble. Next year will be the second year we are planting corn into cover crops after wheat.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Cover crops are growing in popularity very fast… I am not yet sold on putting something out before corn, but rye ahead of soybeans seems like a win-win.

[@justinbradley193]

@@aTrippyFarmer we planted crimson clover and tillage radish it was our only corn field this year that wasn’t starting to run out of nitrogen. We apply 30 gallons of 32% with y drops and stabilizer before tassel. We put our other nitrogen on at pre-emergence seems to work well.

[@bzs187]

Must be nice to do any tillage at all. We only did 3 small field and half of one bigger one last weak. After that, rain every day, sometimes with a little bit of snow thrown into the mix. Even if it's freezes at dawn, our soil is so full of water that we would just make it worst. Sucks, but what can you do, well, paperwork. A lot of damn paperwork so we can put "cheap" seeds into the soil.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You could drag your rippers through the mud like some guys insist on doing on KZbin!🤣

[@bzs187]

@@aTrippyFarmer Yeah you could, I did impressive mudding with our 3 point subsoiler, though in the end we did not drill wheat there. But dose it worth it, while you destroy your soil in the process.

[@BlueFlyer21]

Good stuff :)

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks!

[@bfd1565]

If you're not doing deep ripping tillage in the Fall and light tillage at least 48 hours before you're planting in the Spring. You're not farming. You're gardening. That's my humble opinion.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Haha I love the bravado in that statement😆👍