HARVESTING WHEAT & PLANTING SOYBEANS

Wheat harvest is a busy time in the fields of Western Kentucky with large class 9 543 hp 400 bu. JOHN DEERE S690 combines harvesting the crop with 45ft wide MacDon FD75-D Flex Draper heads. Running right behind the the combines are 620 hp JOHN DEERE 9620R tractors seeding a second crop of soybeans with 60ft HORSCH ANDERSON air drills and 500 bu. commodity carts. To harvest and seed 11,000 acres of wheat and double crop soybeans the farm in this video runs 7 combines, 4 grain carts and 4 air drills.
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[@Johnny53kgb-nsa]

I'm not a farmer, but enjoy watching them in their machines harvesting the crops. Very interesting.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching. I am not a farmer either. I have just enjoyed watching farm machinery at work all my life.

[@littlerougue]

wow there may be more horsepower on one grain cart than we had on the whole dairy back in the day

[@fasteddy3425]

No doubt

[@JacobDoffing42]

Jason I ran a John Deere 8120 tractor with tinted windows to pull an A&L F705 700 bushel grain cart for wheat harvest this year. I had to keep up with 2 JD 9660 STS combines (1 has a Bullet Rotor) and 1 JD 9760 STS combine and the headers we used were 2 JD 630F 30' flex headers, and the Bullet Rotor combine used a 635D 35' rigid draper head. As we were harvesting wheat, the farm uses a JD 9220 syndro transmission tractor to pull a JD 1900 TBT (Tow Between) air cart and a JD 1860 36' air seeder to plant double crop soybeans, and one of their sons used it to plant double crop milo. Edit: The two brothers I work for farm around 1000-1200 out of 1500 total acres of wheat, their oldest brother had around 400-500 out of 800 total acres of wheat, and one of their sons had around 600-700 acres of wheat. The 2 brothers I work for own a dairy farm, so they always plant corn every year

[@guydaubenspeck9206]

What the people in politics in this country need to learn, is this... We feed everybody in this nation and in other parts of the world using diesel fuel . Do not ask me to feed you with electricity, or you will starve

[@Thewaywefarm]

The efficiency is amazing! Great video as always!

[@stuartmassengale3955]

Great video Jason! Ready to see a longer video of the X9's, and the new tractors in action!

[@bigtractorpower]

I am working on putting it together.

[@stuartmassengale3955]

@@bigtractorpower sounds good Sir!

[@tealx8462]

Beautiful wheat harvest!

[@NVND-e8c]

Love the videos, need to go down the road and make some videos of the now common food plotter. Almost a step back in time when smaller tractors and implements plant the annual crops. I have a small farm in Southeastern Indiana and currently farm my food plots with a Case IH 2021 55C. Amazing machine and you'd be surprised at the amount of followers you would gain in covering this area of agricultural. #onlyredtractorsonmyfarm #foodplottersgiveback #CaseIH

[@joegotz1971]

In the Mississippi Delta a sharecropper would farm about 26 acres of cotton. The land provided for him and his family. he could buy food at the store on credit and pay the bill after harvest. After he paid the land owner and the store what was left over was profit. One land owner eventually bought a tractor and it replaced 8 sharecroppers. In later years the average farm was 213 acres. Then John Deere came out with the 4010 and 4020. The average farm increased in size. As you drive through the Midwest small towns are getting smaller with population decreasing 20-40%. One farmer, which today is family farm, they farm 2-7000 acres. Mike Mitchell in Canada farms 50,000 acres. Garrett farms farms 20,000 + 10,000 second crop beans. My grandfather retired at the end of 1966 and farmed 155 acres. The Millennial Farmer planted 155 acres of corn in one day. Modern equipment has changed the face of America not only on technology but in population. When I attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville i cold not comprehend the size of the small towns in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas and Mississippi. Everybody’s dream was to go to the University, meet someone and get married. A lot stayed in Fayetteville which has really increased in size and population.

[@kurtweber4813]

Yer 1 acre for us kicked off to 5000 acres. Just got less money for some reason

[@agger838]

Keeping the grain away from the combine has become the limiting factor now

[@joegotz1971]

@@kurtweber4813 Well, you can’t blame me for that one. In the late 60’s and 70’ I worked for potato farmers, they grew about 600 acres of potatoes and the west in wheat and beans. We would start digging potatoes in early July. I went back to college at the end of August and they would finish digging sometime in November. The potatoes we dug in the summer most went to Frito Lay for potato chips. The remainder were baking potatoes or went to restaurants. The Jimmy Carter years killed grain prices and farmland prices, and in some respects the agricultural machinery business, tractors, combines, planters. The more you watch these videos the more you learn.

[@sarah_farm]

You work so hard to build your dreams!

[@SimonKL11]

Amazing harvest video!👍👍 it is good to see combines out in the field😉👍

[@bigtractorpower]

My favorite harvest to film.

[@markreetz1001]

Great video Jason. That was some awesome stuff!

[@anthonydrury1232]

I love the closeups on the machine in this video it shows the real workings well done

[@bigtractorpower]

They are neat to see in action

[@Snowtruckdriver]

I'd love to take a trip from upstate New York down to that area and watch it up close and personal. Thanks for another action vid.

[@craigsibley8161]

Wow that was epic... 👍👍👍 Another top quality video once again big T. Love them prairie monsters...

[@michaelsmith-dm3kb]

Brilliant.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@404nitro]

Those bug artics with triples are so cool to watch.

[@bigtractorpower]

I like triple tires.

[@randallbyrd2458]

Awesome video thank you for sharing

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@brycekirby1567]

Sincerely thank you for the content

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@peterm6128]

Another great video Jason!

[@peanutsmith1462]

Here in south east Alabama we used tractor John Deere 8410 John Deere 8330 John Deere 7810 we farm peanuts,Cotton,Soybeans,Wheat,Corn

[@bigtractorpower]

Very nice line up. Good tractors.

[@johnmessinajr.2591]

How on earth do the combines stay ahead of those two planters going twice their speed!? Thanks for the video Jason! 🙂

[@bigtractorpower]

Good question. There are 7 combines and three drills. It is a good match in pacing. I have never seen the drills have to wait on the combines.

[@AkbarMoncongloe]

Nice work 👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@dekr3415]

Crazy man, one trip and you is run over! 😁 Great shots

[@bigtractorpower]

Zoom lenses. It is not as close as it looks.

[@jeffsmith9328]

Great video. Would be interesting if ya could do a video of this farm including a equipment tour farm tour and the history of the farm

[@bigtractorpower]

That would be a good topic. I hope to do a walk around with the farmer some time in the winter. They were all Allis Chalmers at one time.

[@jeffsmith9328]

@@bigtractorpower I worked for allis-chalmers back in the 80’s. Would be interesting to listen to Mr. Garnett on how the farm was started and how it is today

[@traviswyly1187]

I really enjoy your videos. Thank you!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@mfreund15448]

Had to listen to it a few times, I thought you said yielding 400 bu/a!!

[@madanbabbar6080]

Very nice

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@marcelocunico5341]

Great vídeo Jason.

[@davepayne586]

soon as they combine they plant. in the uk we wait for about 4 weeks then turn the ground over,

[@bigtractorpower]

The soybeans being planted behind the combine are harvested in October. Then the farm runs a tillage pass to subsoil the ground for corn the next year.

[@icelineman]

I hope the farmer checked all the wheel bearings on the air drill.

[@glennspreeman1634]

That's alot for an S670 to handle!!

[@cl7m7nt]

How much is double crop practiced in your country? Do the soybean receive enough rain and days to be harvested before winter ??

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

Looks great 👍. We’ve been doing wheat in north central Indiana.

[@bigtractorpower]

That is good. I hope your harvest is going well.

[@Hinesfarm-Indiana]

@@bigtractorpower yep so far so good 👍

[@jameswimbush5090]

Always a good video with Garnett Farms

[@bigtractorpower]

Garrett wheat harvest 2017 😁

[@jameswimbush5090]

@@bigtractorpower you many videos on their farm

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello! Awesome fleet...

[@bigtractorpower]

They can cover allot of acres in a hurry.

[@luisnunes7933]

@@bigtractorpower 👌

[@btk1986]

Hi nice video. How do you killing the raps/osr in the wheat field? Glifosate before germinating or any carbone? Thank 750 one best direct drill.

[@constructionwatcher5381]

I was interested to see the grill design on those big tractors is the same as on my 25-year old JD 870 compact tractor, just 20 or so times bigger. It's very effective at maintaining air flow even when covered with chaff. I guess if something works, why change it? Mine has never over-heated even when well covered with mower chaff.

[@Gill__Gill]

Good vedeo 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@edelm6062]

Does the same cart driver stay with the same two combines? Do they always cut so low and I am amazed that the combines can keep ahead of the seeders.

[@leandromedina3842]

Exelente video , y que lindo se ve el trigo , cuantas toneladas por hectáreas están cosechando 👏👏👏

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@frankscruggs4749]

Good video.

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@ashleyashlee3012]

How to apply sir jason nice video nice job ☺️☺️ from Philippines i work of cobota combine harvester dc 70 plus...🎉

[@douglassellers7528]

Man that's a lot of wheat. Is that an Tabasco barn at the end.

[@bigtractorpower]

Yes it is for dark fire.

[@henery09]

hi how is the wheat growing this year good crop and looks good where is this field and farm thanks for the viodeo.

[@kirklothert3435]

Sweet John Deere's. Nothing runs like a Deere. If it ain't green... It ain't mean!!!

[@JacobDoffing42]

Amen to that!

[@kirklothert3435]

@@JacobDoffing42 ... If shit is red... Leave it in the shed

[@IG10705]

😂😂😂

[@kirklothert3435]

@@IG10705... No haha. Nothing runs like a Deere. If shit is red... Leave it in the shed

[@IG10705]

@kirklothert3435 you are hilarious. You need to do your own stand up. 😂😂😂

[@NielsvdBoom]

The straw distribution of the combines is quite poor. I’m surprised this isn’t a problem for the soybeans. In other places you often see a straw harrow being used for additional distribution.

[@bigtractorpower]

The straw is not an issue. Because they are planting into higher moisture straw right behind the combine that is why they run the Horsch Drill. This hoe style drill plows the straw right out of the seed bed. The straw is left in 30 inch spacing which holds moisture in the ground and reduces weed growth. In the fall the combine cuts the beans and re cuts the wheat straw disturbing it across the field. The farm subsoils the field after soybeans harvest 18 inches deep to break the compaction for two plantings and two harvests in one year. The following spring they plant corn.

[@NielsvdBoom]

@@bigtractorpower thank you Jason, most interesting. Soil life must be fantastic on those fields with all the residue and no till.

[@bogasidhutalwandi576]

❤❤❤

[@robertlake3278]

Can i ask how large these fields are they are enormous how many acres are we talking in one field alone

[@bigtractorpower]

The video was filmed in two different locations in the sane operation. The opening with the rolling hills and cutting along the roadside is an 800 acre field and the second part of the video in the flag open field is 1,200 acres. In total they had 11,000 acres in wheat going into beans.

[@zachhefner2453]

Is this the farm where Matt works?

[@piperdoug428]

i know Billy loves tillage but does he run anything in the harvest crew?

[@bigtractorpower]

He runs one of the Horsch drills during wheat

[@cornking6807]

I thought the Garnetts had all S790s

[@joachimgahm3182]

How bushels do the second crop of soybeans give approximately? Best regards and thank you for a very good channel 🤩

[@bigtractorpower]

Normally between 55 and 60 bushels an acre. In a very good year for moisture they can reach the 70s.

[@joachimgahm3182]

@@bigtractorpower Thank you Jason, interesting to compare with Swedish yields.🙋‍♂️

[@ScottPykare]

Awesome video as always Jason. Question.....I believe this is Garnett Farms? If it is I didn't know they still had ran a few S690's? I really enjoy wheat harvest!!

[@bongobill2000]

Exactly what I was going to say…

[@bongobill2000]

Last I heard they were running 2 X9 1100 and 1 X9 1000…and 4 S 790’s

[@bigtractorpower]

Good eye. This Garnett Farms 2017 wheat harvest. This was some unused footage I came across and though it would be fun to share. Stay tuned for the X9 action.

[@robertbanik7879]

What’s the quality specs of the wheat

[@jamesbarbour8400]

Seemed a wee bit odd that the combine driver, around the 9 minute mark, and just short of the end of his run, decided to turn around and face the other way - very strange indeed. Anyone know why this was done ?

[@johnmessinajr.2591]

I know! He was full too and so was the grain cart he started unloading into

[@constructionwatcher5381]

Look at the grain piling up in his hopper. He couldn't make it to the end without running over. But he only partly unloaded because the cart behind was nearly full too. That's why the second cart positioned himself for unloading right after the combine turned around.

[@jamesbarbour8400]

@@constructionwatcher5381 I understand both your points entirely but I mean for such a short run left, there surely would have been a smidgen more room in that hopper for that little bit. Also cutting right out to the end of the row would have negated having to turn around in such a confined space. Did also wonder why the grain cart pulled up to let him unload when it was practically full itself ?

[@bigtractorpower]

There was not any room left to run any more with out spilling grain. The combine tops of one cart and if you watch to next drill clip you can see the second one being filled in the back ground. I included this clip to show different types of field operations.

[@delmarfreitag4472]

🇧🇷👍

[@bogasidhutalwandi576]

Punjab (India)

[@Challenger3985Productions]

i recently got me a tractor a Farmall super a

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. Congratulations.

[@DexterDarnell-tv7zm]

What date was it filmed?

[@bigtractorpower]

June 2017. It was footage not previously used. I thought it would be fun to show the seeding process with the combines.

[@MoFire312]

Is that a No Till Drill or an Air Hoe Drill?

[@bigtractorpower]

They are no tilling in that they are not disking the field but it is a hoe style drill.

[@bobnistler]

🚜🚜

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@mikestewart7338]

Great video! But the tractors are the wrong color.

[@bigtractorpower]

What is your favorite brand? I have similar wheat and soybean videos with Case IH, New Holland and AGCO.

[@mikestewart7338]

Just teasing. JD is fine. I’m a Farmall person myself.

[@kennethsearcy-p1d]

enough with the soy, plant something that we need !

[@bigtractorpower]

Soybeans are a major product for oil in plastics and feed for animals. It is an important rotation crop to keep up soil health and reduce disease between other crops like wheat and corn.

[@kizwiz6]

Soy is healthy and nutritious.

[@brianpayne8931]

This video is really old.

[@bigtractorpower]

It was filmed in 2017. I had unused footage from this harvest.

[@brianpayne8931]

@bigtractorpower I just had your live video with Garnetts X9's pop up earlier and can't wait to watch it! Glad it did pop up because it wasn't on your video list but it is under the live videos. Thanks for filming that.

[@williamgreenway9893]

John Deere all the way!🤭