FIRST FIELD of 2020 Corn Planting with Big CHALLENGER MT800 Tractors

[@theot4077]

No One Nation is greater with AG - - Devpl - - Propensity in Eng.- - Than the U.S.A. - - We not only take care of our own - - We Feed the World. - - No Nation has provided more AG machinery/Technology for the 'PLANET' than the U.S.A. - The early days of AG field development has not diminished and will continue. May the American AG spirit/ dedication continue without fail.I salute without reservation/ hesitation

[@bigtractorpower]

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[@stojanavukosavljevic3694]

Невероватма пољ. Механизација за добробит човека-пољ. Произвођача!!

[@davidepool5884]

I live in western Kentucky near where the Mississippi and Ohio rivers meet. I farmed for a good part of my life. First on our own farm, and then for a few other farmers. I’ve never seen equipment this big working the fields. The man that rents our farm has big equipment, but not this big. I’d love to work the fields with equipment like this! I always enjoyed field work. Farm machinery has come a long way since I farmed. Love your videos, keep up the good work!

[@goodmorning1476]

Respect farmers very much, they farm the land to feed all human beings, very worthy of respect!👍👍👍👍👍

[@ronfry3324]

Grew up on a farm in the 50s and 60s. Still live on one but rent the ground out. I have watched these big pieces of equipment and been inside them. I might get one started but with all the flat screens, auto throttles, GPS,, and so on, I dont think I could get it moving. LOL. I watched our farmer running what I thought was a little box drill behind his truck one day. I stopped him to see what he was doing and come to find out it wasnt a drill but a machine that would electronically do soil samples and mark on his computer the GPS location of what fertilizer was need for all the different parts of the field. It took him about 4 hrs to do a 100 acre field but in the end he had it all mapped out and on a flash drive ready to put in either the spreader or the planter. Just proves its alot more than Bloombergs, poke a hole, drop a seed and cover it up, no brain farming.

[@xgtmg]

I would imagine these guy must travel from way down south and work their way north as the season progresses.I put my semi on hauling watermelons from the fields to market. We started in Bel Glade Fl and worked our way up to Indiana for the season. For those interested, the best tasting melons came from the brown dirt in Indiana although Georgia melons from red clay were right there at the top. Worst was Florida. Just saying.

[@bobbysears6626]

I live in southeast Georgia and I got done with the field cultivator today. I should be planting in a few days and the Blueberries are coming in. Again BTP thanks for sharing!!

[@bigtractorpower]

What tractor and planter do you run?

[@bobbysears6626]

bigtractorpower John Deer tractors and planters .

[@TimberTitansUS]

*Your channel and farming activities are a source of hope and courage during these challenging times. Keep up the fantastic work!* 🌾👏

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@josephyoung726]

Wow, hand filling a 24 row planter!

[@larryabrams3559]

Nope not first. My 1/4 acre is up about 3 ins. Call it itti bittie tiny tractor power. In west central Alabama. Love bigtractorpower God bless us all. We sure need Him now.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. Just the first field of the year for this farm. Corn planting started in Texas back in February.

[@FieldRows]

Those planters stretch all the way to my house!!!!!

[@rickiemckillip8124]

I wouldn't want to be the guy Keeping the Seed boxes Filled

[@jimmystrain883]

Great video Jason thanks for sharing this with us

[@brentdale5730]

Being a former farmer from Indiana, I’m happy to see Stewart Seed bags!

[@crashgsxr750]

Love the yellow dual tracks especially with what looks like 36” belts and spaced WIDE!

[@bigtractorpower]

It gives the tractor a nice smooth ride. Thank you for watching.

[@JoseGonzalez-rh4tl]

LOS MILAGROS DEL SER HUMANO. MARAVILLA DEL ES SPIRITU SANTO.

[@raypitts4880]

nice to see young ones in amongst the machinery

[@FordMan-lf8ns]

GPS controlled I would think. Biggest I ever used was a 45hp tractor 7 ft disc and a 4 row planter.I really like the bigger equipment. But our land wasn't flat enuff for that stuff anyway. Cool Video.

[@millardhayes1884]

Well I'm confused. I thought all you did was dig a hole drop in a seed and add water presto instant corn in a can. Wasted money on all this great equipment. Thank you to every farmer and employee who work night and day to feed us all. Lord bless our crops we pray.

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍. These big planters just help dig a few million holes faster.

[@deancook6832]

Unusual to see planters that large without a central fill system and then loading the boxes with individual bags! Looked like mechanical meters also. Economical but a lot more labor.

[@lowellwalter9420]

Dean Cook my thoughts exactly regarding the individual row h to boxes. This setup does give more uniform weight distribution compared to a central fill system, in addition to being simpler. @bigtractorpower

[@johnallen5996]

All that new technology comes with a hefty price and though this setup is much more labor intensive, I’m not sure the cheap corn would justify the upgrade. What are those new 24 row tricked out planters, $200,000?

[@Ellison89Brett]

John Allen a 24 row Deere with all the options would be somewhere around $400k I believe

[@DEDBRD-di4yj]

@@johnallen5996 Thats what i was thinking when I saw that planter, must be a lot cheaper than a Deere or Case with central fill

[@fa300zxtt]

Thank God for the farmer, any farmer. If not for them we would not eat. Thank you. God bless you.

[@doolittlegeorge]

It's the truck driver that makes everything work. And no one business keeps the entire Trucking Industry working more than Proctor and Gamble. This Year 2020 looks set to break a lot of records as far as acres planted, yields, etc. *Just in time for people to be not too hungry much* ironically enough. No such thing as done too early and too right as the time needed to get all that hardware ready for the next pass always seems like the next day. Anyhow great way to bankrupt a perfectly good oil Company!

[@drbrickner]

I am impressed. When I worked on my Dad’s farm more 65 years ago, it took several passes and several days to prepare the seed bed. It was never planted on the same day. As an aside, a lot of our corn was “checked” so that it could be cultivated longwise or crosswise. That is probably not necessary with all of today’s chemicals.

[@EinachserLS]

I never knew that. Today there are also cultivators available that can work in between the plants as you go along the rows, using cameras and actuators.

[@drbrickner]

EinachserLS the checking was done by stretching a wire from end to end over length of the field. Stakes held each end in place. Knots in their were evenly placed and tripped a dog on the planter as the planter went past. Each trip dropped seeds at that point. It was a bit of work because the stake had to be carefully moved at the end of the field. As you can imagine the cross row cultivating was a rough ride and also slow going as the spacing was not always precise. Typically, we would cultivate with the rows 3 or 4 times but only 2 times crosswise. Needless to say, no cameras involved but lots of work. During wwII we were still using a two row planter that was converted from horse drawn. After the war, dad bought a new JD 4-row.

[@EinachserLS]

@@drbrickner I read a little bit about it just now. Even found a clip of a check row corn planter working on this very channel. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4iofHmOntGqjrM Fascinating stuff. I´m sure it was labour intensive but that someone figured out how to do this, least of all 150 years ago amazes me.

[@rebeccaocker4506]

I love it send more

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I am uploading new 2021 corn planting videos this month. Plus I have 1,985 additionally videos here on the channel.

[@goodmorning1476]

CHALLENGER MT800 👏👏👍👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Solid tractors.

[@timothybailey7118]

Thanks for sharing the first planting of 2020. It brings so much hope to plant a new crop. We all need hope in this coronavirus chaos. Stay well.

[@elhadimetatla560]

Good job

[@johnready630]

Miss listening to the corn grow on those hot muggy summer nights .!

[@JS50108]

I like big tractors and I have a lot of respect for all farmers of the world, that's why I am here. Really enjoyed the video. Thanks for making and sharing the video, brother.

[@farmcambodia4975]

ពិតជាធំមែន❤️❤️

[@papoosayth3342]

good show

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@jeffcanyafixiy]

Great to see, spring planting has always been a reminder of better things to come. 👍👍

[@Devrecord9698]

Verry Verry Good

[@rinyvanabel3467]

I worked in the factory in the Netherlands where they were made ready for the European market. Yes they are massive but easy to handle.

[@sil8515]

Hoe heette de fabriek?

[@jerrykinnin7941]

My great grandad would be amazed at this. Technology has come along way since his 57 blue belly Ford and 3 bottom plow. Fish trap rd Shady Grove Ky.

[@alexthomson719]

Fantastic thank you very much and stay safe God bless you 👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sukhwantsingh181]

Varre nice masen bahut badhiya good work nahe recess bahar dieaa vare good job 🌹💐🌻🌄

[@raymondj8768]

GREAT STUFF wow those babies are big gettin it done !!!!!

[@DonLuc23]

Great machines with great machine sounds, no dumb music, thanks.

[@JRJunior8624]

i could watch this all day, er...all night as it were..

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@RB-gk1fi]

Ohh no why is this 2020 corn crop video is almost 20:19 minutes long why isn't it 20:20 😂😂😰 great work💪 looks like our operation back in 2004 when dad is fallen into the creek and broke his leg 4 neighbors helped finishing plantig. That was impressive like your video ✌👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s an odd thing. KZbin posts it as 20 min 20 seconds on the time stamp. In order to make the time stamp read that video has to be 20 min 19 seconds when it loads. If I loaded a 20 min 20 second video it would be time stamped on KZbin as 20 min 21 seconds. I have no idea why it does that.

[@RB-gk1fi]

@@bigtractorpower thank you for responding. Year that's my obsession for 2020 😂😂👍

[@joaoangelofrare5729]

QUE MÁQUINA FANTÁSTICA. ADOREI. Parabéns pessoal. Adorei este vídeo.

[@richardstump4582]

This Machine is Fantastic !! For What it Reall Does!!

[@juvenalandredesouza2288]

Muito bom o ser humano é muito inteligente !! Parabéns por essa tecnologia!! Juvenal de Itapecerica da Serra sp!!

[@tomkersey6221]

Very impressive ! The fields do not look to be real large. How do you justify such large equipment ?

[@bigtractorpower]

This is the corner of a 300 acre field near the road. It just had a hill blocking the view. Fields are large in this area. I just filmed in a 3,000 acre field not far from this field Saturday. .

[@westaussie2006]

The big machines are not limited to the USA. In Australia where the farms are bigger, you can sometimes see 5 and 6 machines working one paddock to get it planted. We dont have as much corn of course, we rely more on wheat and oats. Some paddocks of 2-3000 acres and that is where the big line up of machines to get it done in one day. Here in Western Australia we have more area under crop than the entire area of Texas....oh yes, big stuff in Australia. (Just to show off a little bit, the total area of Western Australia alone is 4.6 times the total area of Texas)

[@AlextheDutchDairyfarmer]

👍👍What a job to fill all those boxes! 😱

[@bigtractorpower]

With three people and the truck right at the boxes they had it done in under 10 minutes.

[@Skoot61]

- Haha... Nice to see the next generation learning how to work the farm @ 14:28 Keep up the great work!

[@bigtractorpower]

Very important part of the family farm. 😁👍👍

[@richardstump4582]

And A Fantastic Job!!

[@Czecher262]

Watching this gives me peace. Thank you for this content. It’s all that I need to see right now. Still amazed at how many videos you can assemble. Where

[@mervindueck6809]

Great video. Thanks from a Farmer in Belize, Central America.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. What crops do you raise in your region?

[@mervindueck6809]

In this tropical Country we have 2 crops a year. Planting Corn and Rice in June and Soybeans,Corn,Edible Beans,Peas and Sorghum in November.

[@marceloysmaelgomez8004]

Muy bueno

[@kasiakos26]

Watching your channel and farming give me hope and courage during this tragic time. Keep up the good work!!

[@TimberTitansUS]

"Inspiring content!"

[@MrBusdriver63]

Hi from Australia, excellent video, Jason, keep safe, I'm looking forward to seeing you're next video.

[@jamieshields9521]

Absolutely awesome vid👍having MT800 makes reversing much easier then articulated tractors, seen how this farm operate with “window of opportunity” this our sowing season just started with canola here in Australia n it been wet. I haven’t seen this much rain since 93 n back then we pull MF or Sunshine 500 which is similar to International 511 24 row, 7 inch spacing seeder, pull by CAT D4, poor wheels on seeder wouldn’t turn it was mess. Having big equipment we might avoid wet sowing season 🤞we don’t have Quadtrac/tracks tractor unfortunately if things get to wet.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video awesome looking planters

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@carlwolf4865]

Nice touch 20:20 for the time on the video 👍👍👍👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@richardstump4582]

Very Nice! Guys

[@kenmosholder1935]

No matter how many times I watch your videos, I am simply amazed by the size of the machines.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@lawrencekieffer6770]

I don't know what to say or think when i see these videos. I started with a d15 allis and 2x16 plow also a a jd 494 4 row planter that could hill drop or check row. These guys could do in minutes in what i took all spring to do. I guess it's time to head for the porch and rocking chair. Thanks be safe

[@peteparker7396]

My back just twinged watching those boys throw bags of seed! Thank goodness for hopper tanks!!! 😎

[@davidsunduah8018]

Hi. This is great work. I want to do the same in Uganda and DRC CONGO. Before I start my project I feel I should do some internship on this kind of farm for one full season

[@jennifersquier1908]

Good to see agco white cat at the top of there game. It's good looking equipment

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@haroldhelms7232]

My Dad planted corn one row at a time.Farmall super A.

[@rogeliodelacruz5865]

Beautiful transformers technology..amazing moments that was.

[@stevethiel5838]

Looking forward to spring in Ohio. Brother just got used Kinze, ready to help put out some corn as soon as it dries up.

[@masonsemmler5132]

Yes Finally some Challenger in my opinion most underrated company

[@jankotze1959]

Great to see the first corn of 2020 going into the ground on that farm

[@bigtractorpower]

It was neat to be there to see their first field planted.

[@Homegardener55]

It would be cool to see a big commercial sweet corn field being harvested and planted not sure how many of those are around but would definitely be cool

[@briansefring4981]

Looks like ya got to farm it all! Why mess with those little fields...Put them in CRP....

[@bigtractorpower]

This is a corner of a 300 acre field. It is the road access point between a house and woods.

[@briansefring4981]

Gotcha! Beautiful country!

[@challenger.77_75]

Really awesome video ,Big challenger fan ,have 2 myself...

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. What Challengers do you run?

[@challenger.77_75]

@@bigtractorpower MT865c its brilliant machine. Thanks for the good video's really enjoy watching. Greatings from South Africa.

[@johnallen5996]

Very well done video and what a great choreographed operation. A short 20 minute video showed what a well managed operation this is.

[@ubrad8110]

Come a long way from a ford NAA pulling a 2 row black hawk planter. My brother would drive the tractor i would ride the planter and change the markers at the end of the field.

[@Studio23Media]

What are the chains hanging on the back of each row for? I don't know if I've ever seen those. Pretty exciting to see tractors in the field again. It's one of the bits of normalcy I'm really excited for this year.

[@amdx6452]

The drag chains are used to help cover the seed slot.

[@coltstacey7528]

My dad just put on some drag chains this year

[@kevinwatts8784]

My old boss would have thrown a fit driving that fertilizer tanker on a seed bed Lol. Great video as always and glad its farming season again.

[@rustysimms5583]

I love yellow Iron and blue planters

[@1DirtyMutt]

I can’t imagine trying to fill all those individual seed boxes with bags! I’d be buying seeds in bulk and using an auger to fill them.

[@57PEEBEE]

Great video...thank you

[@trentderudder4848]

Enjoyed it Jason!! Thanks

[@navwinwells376]

Wow nice machine at work

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@joelee662]

Wow boy they have some equipment I often wondered how they did this thank you for making a video 👍🇺🇸

[@marcotop7800]

Very impressive and very good, from Italy

[@kasiakos26]

Stay safe up there!!

[@marcotop7800]

@@kasiakos26 I'll try thanks!

[@codyb.7690]

They need to modernize we gave up seed bags years ago the need to go to a vacuum system and a seed tender

[@dmcg6074]

Maybe he couldn't be arsed to spend the money cuz the result is the same..

[@codyb.7690]

@@dmcg6074 But the cost is cheaper and today you have to save every dime you can

[@helendurow8211]

Farming : Big Expense....Big Reward....❤

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@alexaltrichter1597]

The average cost per acre varies quit a bit depending on if you" no till" or if it's tilled then planted. It can vary from 250 to 600 dollars per acre. Farmers in my area plant 6 to 8 thousand acres each. So several million dollars to plant.

[@leesteele9290]

Very rare seed tender there ,it has four arms and four legs unusual in this day and age !!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

They got all 48 boxes filled in just under 10 minutes.

[@user-snowman5]

That’s pretty kool to see all that iron at work

[@JP-uk9uc]

$450,000 each ... Just for the tractors if not more.... How any farm can afford such equipment is honestly beyond me.

[@iSEMMMMM]

@@JP-uk9uc it's all lease so they dont pay the full 450k

[@carlosretamal978]

Es un sueño

[@SimonKL11]

Cool to see some action in the field👍

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s breaking wide open this week. Finally got some sunny days.

[@moose5.9]

i was about to say, looks like western kentucky. im near princeton and this looks familiar haha

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍. Just down 91 from you

[@moose5.9]

@@bigtractorpower awesome!

[@mfreund15448]

All those boxes are a ton of work!!

[@bigtractorpower]

They had both planters filled in less than 10 minutes. It goes pretty quick.

[@TF21Snowman]

need marker weights for sure guess they still make them all the new gps stuff out anymore

[@richardstump4582]

So Much Easier !! For Sure!

[@craigmiller5372]

That’s a lot of boxes to fill one bag at a time. Seems like it’s pretty labor-intensive.

[@derfliesentischbesitzer9640]

This is Amazing our Farm has 1 Challanger MT too but this in USA is an different size of working Power 😍 Greets for Germany

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. What model Challenger do you run?

[@derfliesentischbesitzer9640]

@@bigtractorpower an Challanger 875B good old Powerfull tractor.

[@MienTayTiVi]

Powerful tractors great work

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@svengranzow3702]

Hello in my Homepage drige 30 Year a claas Challenge 95e in this spring the Challenge Go away now drive 2 Fendt 1050. Cool and imposante to see

[@jimseem1192]

Boy do I miss this . Loved tillage time 😔🙂

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@NaTech94]

*It appears to put quite a strain on the cylinders when they forget to lower the translift while extending the wings.*

[@mrourcanada8964]

those planners going in the field it’s not gonna take them long to get all the corn planted

[@bigtractorpower]

This is a 300 acre field. It is just a corner of it by the road.

[@jamesadkins9023]

Amazing, absolutely amazing.

[@sixtoes2313]

Thanks BTP, My favorite time of year.

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@richardstump4582]

Finished Up!!

[@buck3409]

So what am I missing here? Did they stir the inoculate into the rest of the seed in each hopper? Otherwise not all the seed get inoculated. Next question, The liquid fertilizer tanks on the front have no sprayer boom to cover the width of the planted rows so is the liquid fertilizer pumped back to each row planter? I think yes so the fertilizer goes directly in the row versus wasteful broadcasting.

[@bigtractorpower]

That is not Inoculant. The powder is graphite to help the seed flow from the box to the tube. It only takes a little graphite to do the job. The Chem Farm tanks feed 24 tubes that place the start fertilizer next to the seed. It is not broadcast on.

[@mikebonge7206]

Had no idea how those tillage Eqipment folded up. Do all the units have some form gps. Like green star. I guess they run 24/7 till completed. Those look like simple planters. Compared to others