Harvesting Grain Sorghum (Milo) in Northern Indiana

[@StarrMan1961]

That is one good looking grain cart and tractor!

[@honeybearcasey3845]

Thank you Mike for showing us different farming techniques and harvests from around North America

[@snidelywhiplash285]

Those Versatile tractors are sharp. I've always liked the color scheme.

[@ollie-lk5dx]

Now I know I've seen sorghum harvested. Thanks for you good work.

[@tiger5551]

Oh the joys of being itchy all day after Milo harvest Great video mike

[@gusmengers5454]

Mike I know that South Texas is a far drive but if your in the region some time, I'd love to have you out and let you film some of our operation. We farm corn, milo and cotton and planting starts early February with harvest beginning in mid June and running till the end of August. Love the videos.

[@shawnjames6714]

That was almost as good as watching that Mike Less guy on KZbin....wait, I am watching that Mike Less guy on KZbin!!

[@nycsox987]

Cool to see a different type of crop being harvested

[@Cenlafarmtoys]

Great video Mike! A few farmers in my area here in Central Louisiana grow milo. They usually plant mid to late March and harvest mid to late July. Makes alot of organic matter. They disk the stubble down in August then let it regrow to about three feet before disking and bedding the fields again in October. It will start to regrow again before finally dying when we get our first freeze.

[@larrykahl8086]

Another good video showing a different crop. It looks like they used a twin row planter for it.

[@mattn996]

it's been 25 years since I've been around milo harvest but just seeing the dust makes me feel itchy!

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Vlog, Excellent Drone and video content, well done Mike

[@geraldday1388]

Great music to go along with great video.

[@kopperkutterllcarro9284]

Nice Sorghum harvest video. You should add in a Kopper Kutter ARRO - Alternate Rotary Rowcrop Option version. We've converted many OEM cornheads in our KK LLC shop in Cimarron, KS. Petersons in Wheatfield Indiana and Vaughn Davis in at Schoolhouse Farms in Ohio use them for Milo or Sunflowers.

[@Agriculturespotter]

Nice video Mike!

[@lovejcdc]

I have some really bad memories of milo lol I had to scoop behind the bin sweep of many a bushel in Texas and I tell you what there is few things with more dust than milo. But the egg farms absolutely love the stuff.

[@TheJimmybud]

I'm in Hanna, IN so this is about 20 miles from us! Mike thought I was subscribed and heard you on Brians podcast, I'm subscribed now!

[@farmhandmike]

Thanks. I know where Hanna is.

[@TheJimmybud]

@@farmhandmike Got a couple of old 850 Versatile at a buddy's farm.

[@TheJimmybud]

Got quite a bit of different things in this area tomatoes, mint, sunflower seeds, popcorn, pickles, potatoes have a great spring be careful on the road been driving a truck 35+ years so I know what you have to deal with!

[@andywintz959]

We see some sorghum here in NW Iowa, always wondered what they do with the rest of the plant. Seems like a lot of residue to try to incorporate back into the ground.

[@get__some]

i wouldn't be surprised if they just dragged a corn planter through it

[@genechronister7085]

Make hay or silage

[@Thewaywefarm]

We might try some this year here in western New York

[@57fitter]

Hi Mike, I raised a few acres in 2016. I'm SW of Fort Wayne 45 miles. I was raising it for bird feed, but my buyer got out of the business. I fed it to my cattle.

[@ronniesorter1888]

That's a beautiful Case Deere combine.😳😳

[@ScottPykare]

Really nice to see another type of crop being harvested. There sure is a lot of residue left though. Wonder how much of a problem that would be? Great video Mike. You got about the best drone footage out there for sure. Have a great day.😊

[@farmhandmike]

Thanks, I now have several drone flight miles under my belt.

[@koenmarist7857]

Very very nice mike

[@koenmarist7857]

The versatile very nice mike

[@onionfriend9799]

I was not aware that sorghum is raised in the corn belt. We grow it here in south east Colorado because we only average about 13 in of total precipitation

[@farmhandmike]

There is not very much of it grown in the corn belt.

[@nickkercheval2704]

Grew some several years ago as a double crop for the bird seed market. Made the mistake of not killing it in the fall after it matured to dry it down. Couldn’t harvest it till after Christmas weeks after corn and beans were done. I’m in the Mid Atlantic. Itchystuff

[@mitchguimond1176]

Keep up the good work buddy loving the videos good quality 👌

[@SimonKL11]

Great harvest video, I really enjoyed it👍😁 well done😉👍

[@karlrovey]

Part of the reason Sorghum looks like corn in the early stages of growth is that they're somewhat related species. Sorghum is a gluten free grain.

[@cristianoforever]

it's great to see something different! , as the head works a lot higher than it does on corn does the rest of the plant needs to be mowed/chopped before preparing for next crop?, as always great video with nice footage!

[@jiempejean7340]

Hi from France. A question for all US sorghum growers. I will plant a few acres of sorghum - very early variety- next May for the first time. The row spacing will be 12 inches. Do you think it will fit in comparison with the traditional 30 in ? Thank you all for your answer ! Jean

[@bn4172]

I've seen milo sowed with a grain drill, typically with every other row blocked off. So, the resulting row spacing would be around 15 inches. In our climate here in central Kansas we plant around 40,000 seeds per acre. In wetter climates this could be pushed up to around 50,000. As long as you adjust your in-row spacing accordingly just about any row spacing would work fine.

[@jiempejean7340]

@@bn4172 Thanks a lot for your answer ! Jean

[@lovejcdc]

I do have a question for you Mike, what is the most common method of dealing with that much residue with milo? Seems like way more than say corn.

[@davidwhisnant3230]

USE to grow milo here the piedmont of North Carolina. Easy and less water than corn .no market for it any more

[@vehicle_pictures_2328]

Why do they dump from one end of the hopper to the other instead of dumping straight in the middle of the hopper

[@marks_sparks1]

07:03 was the grain cart driver waiting for a truck to come? Just asking as the combine was direct filing to a truck before this.

[@deplorablelibertarian]

He was full, probably waiting for the semi to come by.

[@loyaltyndrespect24]

FARM SIMULATOR 2030? LOL great video

[@RJM1011]

Thank you and thumbs up. :)

[@StarrMan1961]

What is an average yield for Sorghum? Love that touch of green on the red auger.

[@josippenezic7106]

do you know whats the average per year for milo ?

[@farmhandmike]

I think it can yield up to 140 bushel per acre depending on rain and conditions.

[@tiger5551]

Anywhere between 90-140-50 bushels an acre, (at least here in Kansas)

[@josippenezic7106]

@@tiger5551 do you make it as second crop ? when it is better yealds, dryer or weter years ?

[@tiger5551]

@@josippenezic7106 I think around where we are from, if you have cattle, have the cattle eat the stalks and double crop wheat

[@franklinbrooks9506]

The combine leaves a lot of the plant standing. What happens next? Till it back in? Mow and bale?

[@kirakash3676]

What’s the green piece on the unloading auger

[@brianjonker510]

It is an auger extension. So makes the auger longer and reach out farther

[@Railfanable]

Is it true, what they say, in that milo plants are really itchy? Several farmer friends, of mine, have said so, but want a 2nd opinion

[@tractoragriculture1352]

I see your video is nice, good Camera man.

[@davesfarmforestvideos8395]

Don’t worry I put horses and trains in my last video. 👍🏻

[@daveh3434]

What's with the green chunk of auger?

[@fredf3391]

Once again thanks for posting Dallas TV show ( Jr Ewing) theme song 1986 cutting milo would be good background music but copyrights

[@Zero01k]

Nothing itches quite like milo dust

[@ileenmcminn2062]

Any idea why the green section on the unload auger? What is typical yield per acre on Milo, how much does it weight per bushel?

[@jimpolk]

Do they go back and harvest the straw for bedding or do they just till it under?

[@dogwoodish]

do you have any videos of NewBerry farms? or any videos near the dairy farm?

[@ronniesorter1888]

They can also use milo to make ethanol.

[@jimpolk]

Are you by any chance a Versatile salesman? They seem to be your specialty.

[@tomhill4765]

Mike, I 've seen some here in Ohio too

[@jamiecollins1220]

Are those stalks mowed down or disc after the grain is harvested?

[@farmhandmike]

This was in 2020 but pretty sure they ran a disk over them

[@jamiecollins1220]

@@farmhandmike that is how we did it in the 80’s when we used to grow sorghum for pig feed. We would disk it a couple times then chisel plow it about a month after that. Just was curious to see if that had changed over the years.

[@christophedalla]

which weedkiller do you use?

[@tractoragriculture1352]

Big harvester

[@billsmith8739]

What is the market price for Milo?

[@bn4172]

Milo price is set by the CBOT corn futures but the local price varies depending on the basis. Currently the basis here in Kansas for milo is very strong - about $1.50 higher than corn - so our local elevator price is around $5.50/bushel.

[@kladpapier]

I've seen other grain sorghum harvested with a corn header. Any reason why some farmers harvest it with a platform header, while others use a row header?

[@kladpapier]

@ Yes indeed, they even call it Milo Star :)

[@bn4172]

The header used in milo that looks like a corn header is actually a row crop header - at first glance they look the same but function completely differently. Row crop heads work well when the milo is down and tangled but if it's standing well a platform head is a lot easier to use since you don't have to follow the rows.

[@kladpapier]

@@bn4172 Thank you !

[@SCF.8485_6]

Isn't this Weavers? If so, why don't they run a Versatile combine?

[@someolscrublord7587]

Never knew there was Versatile combines

[@rick9031]

What's the maturity time on milo? Can it be a double crop? Does it have a process to be used as feed or just straight up?

[@karlrovey]

Interestingly enough, it will keep growing if there isn't a frost to kill it off (some farmers will spray it to kill it off so that it dries down).

[@lfeco]

Does the head on the combine have automatic height control or do they have to manually hold it at that level?

[@alfredhitchlock501]

I don’t know about that particular combine but usually you can set the header height to where it always returns to the same height. I never bothered with it, I just would bump it up or down a little depending on the changing height of the milo so I only took the heads in.

[@markey3475]

What are they using for? We grew a little of it as a double crop. Ground it for hog feed.

[@allenwalters9068]

Ours we grew for bird seed

[@ileenmcminn2062]

My dad used to feed it to beef cattle.

[@nathanjackson5197]

Wow

[@oldfarmshow]

👍

[@aleksandartomic6385]

Koliki je prinos po hektaru

[@edstahl8705]

Can you connect me with the farmer that grows this stuff. I'm in Canada and would like to get more information of how to grow it. Please and thank you

[@farmhandmike]

I'm thinking this farm tried growing this for two years and quit. He's back to corn and soybeans only and no more grain sorghum.

[@rebelgaming7718]

Milo that shit is itchy my first farm boss the Milo was ready to harvest and I said God damn I'm ichty he said welcome to Milo harvest

[@ovidiuciuparu6421]

Seams that this was yielding good.

[@josippenezic7106]

I wuld like to know whats the average of milo per acer or hectare not this one but in general ?

[@bn4172]

In Kansas dryland conditions (~30 inches average annual precipitation) we will get between 50 and 100 bushels/acre depending on the year. In really good years on good ground it can reach 120.

[@allenwalters9068]

@@bn4172 ours went 147 dry this year bin busting crop was hoping for 110

[@charleskittler4330]

Problem with milo is that bathroom is not as good as it is in field corn 😷👍

[@ronniesorter1888]

Neither is the natural TP in said field.😂😂

[@formerfarmer1718]

How does it yield?

[@scruffy6151]

👍👍

[@maxpower9499]

Do i spy, with my bad eyes, twin rows?

[@barrybardo3249]

🖒🖒🖒

[@jeffreyvandervoort8324]

We used to grow milo. It was the dirtiest, itchiest crop ever. Dreaded harvest.

[@toeupp]

The Versatile 405 tractor looks like a John Deere. Yes?

[@farmhandmike]

No not at all.

[@wilsonandrade6246]

👍👍👍👍