Chopping Corn & Building a Silage Pile on a Dairy Farm near Hollansburg Ohio - Harvest 2022

In this video I am out with a family dairy farm near Hollansburg Ohio as they chop corn silage for their dairy cow herd. In the field they are running their Claas Jaguar 980 self propelled forage harvester and chopping into dump wagons that haul the silage to the farm where they dump it on a silage pile. Once the silage is dumped they are building the pile of silage (pushing & packing) using their John Deere 9620RX and 9220 tractors both with front mounted silage blades.
Tractors in the field hauling the silage are
John Deere 8345R pulling a JBS dump trailer
John Deere 8295R pulling a Penta DB50 dump trailer
John Deere 8235R pulling a Penta DB50 dump trailer
I shot this video at the farm in early September 2022.
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[@jeffreyhoover2105]

As always Mike I enjoy each and every video that you produce .chopping silage was always my favorite time of the year. I love the smell of fresh chopped corn .but love to smell it when it has been fermented. I miss those days so much anymore .thank you Mike for all that you put into your videos I truly enjoy each and everyone you produce .

[@stubrown09]

It's always great watching local farmers, thanks Mike!

[@haroldcashion7942]

It seems to me that pulling on to the pile to dumpis more dangerous than backing up to it. I also think the tracks loosen more than it compacts and would be much harder to clean! Great video Mike!

[@joelg8004]

I don’t know why I find choppers so mesmerizing. Great video!

[@ScottPykare]

Always enjoy your videos Mike. Silage videos are amazing to watch plus watching a summer video in the winter is always welcomed. 😁👌🏻

[@OpunktSchmidt1301]

Another first Claas silage video! 😉 Thanks a lot! 😊👍🏻

[@jilleanjohnson6618]

Love your videos Mike makes people know how hard Farmers work don't stop making them

[@coryfritz295]

It’s always GREAT watching a Mike Less farming video!! Nice work and great footage as usual!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@marcelocunico5341]

I really like these vídeos in silage. Thanks Mike.

[@noahater5785]

That’s a massive silage pile!

[@tonyburelle6633]

Another excellent chopping video

[@SimonKL11]

The jbs dump trailer looks nice, the pentas are not bad either😉👍 thanks for another corn chopping video👍👍

[@antonioaraujo3029]

Belo vídeo.

[@miguelamaya6246]

Y'ALL do awesome work, thank you for sharing your video with us... have a blessed day...

[@АндрейМортин]

I like your videos Mike. This is very awesome! Hello from Russia.

[@christianhollauer881]

the corn plants are still very green

[@scottphillips4992]

That's why they call it green chopping.

[@Andy-From-England]

Awesome video Mike 👍👌👌

[@shaelondekok7842]

Little different seeing the tractor and wagon drive up over the pile while emptying. That’s quite common in Europe I believe. Whatever works is best 👍

[@LONpaulDON]

Hello Mike I'd like to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year

[@markstadelman9451]

Mike great shots and video. The drone is a great addition to the videos. Thank you. I'm going to have to get you out here to Eastern Washington one of these days , think you will enjoy it. Have a wonderful holiday Mike and best wishes to you and the family from our here in the Columbia basin.

[@farmhandmike]

Thanks and yes I definitely want to get out to eastern Washington one of these days for some videos. Been to Washington 4 times but 3 were in the winter and one was early summer.

[@franciscosandiego3026]

I like Mike less videos on KZbin, from the imperial county California 🌽🌽🌽👍

[@markrepka8669]

Are those Sugar Maples in what looks like a pasture? Does anybody around there make syrup? Nice video as always!!! Happy healthy new year to you and your family!

[@joshzimmerman161]

They need a spreader that is sized a little more like the rest of their equipment

[@farmhandmike]

That little one is just for the small clean up jobs I believe.

[@bobnistler]

😎😎

[@slabrankle9588]

There won't be a more efficient way of producing cattle feed until they figure out how to make genetically engineered artificial feed in vats at pennies on the dollar compared to corn silage. Some type of algae probably. Will you be covering that process, Mike?

[@noahater5785]

That’s also kind of unfortunate that the weather in the video started off decent but then slowly got increasingly cloudier and gloomier as time passed, hopefully you didn’t get rained on while trying to record this video, that would have been unpleasant if your camera lens fogged up or your drone unintentionally crashed due to losing line of sight between it and the remote while trying to get the aerial footage.

[@lynngauvreau8907]

Hey Mike how are you doing these snowy days,not on your skidoo

[@farmhandmike]

Good but no snowmobiling yet. It is getting cold though here.

[@ileenmcminn2062]

@@farmhandmike come to Utah, we have snow!