Chopping Corn Silage 2018 in Mercer County Ohio

Video of corn silage harvest at a family dairy farm near Maria Stein Ohio. In this video is a Class 870 Jaguar forage harvester chopping the 2018 corn crop. There is several John Deere tractors in this video pulling forage wagons along with a Massey Ferguson tractor pulling a Penta DB40 dump wagon. Back at the farm is 3 John Deere 8000 series tractors pushing and packing silage.

[@Fultonfalcons86]

Thanks for not adding any annoying music it is always nice to hear the equipment running

[@scruffy6151]

Thank you Mike. Good footage of the pile growing and night time work.

[@sneakysnake109]

That one driver put more corn on the ground than on the cart. Very nice video. Thanks

[@Well_I_am_just_saying]

A little wire netting on one side of those carts would have paid for itself hundreds of times over. No need to overfill the carts when you have another Empty cart right behind it.

[@sneakysnake109]

@@Well_I_am_just_saying exactly sir!

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

Not having been in a chopper, or in a tractor/wagon, I keep wondering how hard it is to see what is happening with the loading. Yes, for those of us watching the drone footage, we can see where the hole is, where the overload is, located. But, for the two people involved, can they see this well?

[@sneakysnake109]

@@rightsideofthegrass8114 oh I agree with you. Needs to be a better system though with that much loss.

[@Well_I_am_just_saying]

@@rightsideofthegrass8114 I would suggest using at least a 12 inch wide piece of plywood on some hinges. That way it could be quickly and easily be flipped up on one side of the cart depending on which side they are loading from.

[@JoeKersey]

That is a very nice area of Ohio. We used to drive US127 north when we would go to Michigan for a week each summer. And those Lutheran (usually) churches at a regular interval are very fine and beautiful as is the farm country.

[@bobsmith1814]

Great video. Very impressive chopping video

[@GoldPicard]

Another video, another Penta nice one Mike lol.

[@eraaspr1]

Thanks again for your videos. I wonder how many trailer loaded with silage they ended up with. Huge field.

[@johnbeldon635]

Mike my dad was born and raised in Rockford Ohio.

[@brentfarrow8125]

As always great video 😎

[@dcw1540]

Thanks mike

[@BRPFan]

Good video Mike! Interesting that they use tractors and wagons! Everyone around here use highways tractors and huge end pump trailers. Drove past a farmers place last night and saw the silage pile and a truck was just dumping. So this farmer rents all the tractors or are they all his? For us chopping corn is a whole month early! To hot and dry this summer!

[@joshzimmerman161]

He really needs a arch spout. Great video though 👌

[@andylieffring3987]

Great footage Mike. You’re right that is pretty country, I used to work part time at a farm right outside of Yorkshire called Terra Cota Acres. Maybe you’ve heard of it?

[@gielvandengoor7062]

Very Nice Farm

[@farmer046]

How might I get a Hold of you if you would like to come out to one of our fields during harvest this year. We're are the next county over in preble. One of the only organic row crop operations out here!

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

Is there any kind of measurement on silage compacting? How do the "packers" know when compaction is "enough?" Also, good job with the Karma Grip (?) for the ground level shooting. Nicely done, to keep moving, yet focused on the important parts of the operation.

[@michaelmaher7255]

If you dont have piles you haven't sat in the tractor long enough. Roll it until you think it's done then roll it again. Once you have done that repeat steps one and two

[@muscletractorfan2441]

Cool seeing that big pile. Do you watch Welker’s?

[@farmhandmike]

No I have not watched Welkers yet.

[@chunkmen]

i think the packing part of the operatoion was a bit off because the guy without the blade or weights just sat around alot when he could have been towards the old silage constantly going back and forth why the other 2 push towards him.

[@homecats1]

What prevents the damp, green chopped corn from fermenting and spoiling?

[@michaelmaher7255]

The idea of it is for to ferment

[@samkom33]

@@michaelmaher7255 hehe your right.. but i think he ment starting rotting and turn nto compost. you do it by compacting it to get out airpockets + maybe add some SILAGE ACID to the top layer +add airtight plastic seal to keep oksygen getting in to the pile... THEN you get an anaerob fermentation in the pile that stabilise the silage

[@Boodlemania]

If the tractors and forage boxes stay hooked together all day long, why do they unhook the PTO shaft after unloading each time?

[@Well_I_am_just_saying]

Will they keep cutting Around the Clock until they are done? Or do they shut down the operation for a few hours to get some sleep?

[@bradywestall5144]

gary batchelder yes they will stop at dark and start in the morning

[@bradywestall5144]

Or at least I would think they would

[@ohiodairyfarming6382]

We quit around 1:00 and start back up at 8:00

[@Well_I_am_just_saying]

@@ohiodairyfarming6382 I figured a piece of equipment like that would not be shut down for very many hours. I have heard of some outfits that do run two 12 hour shifts so that they can essentially run it 24/7 during the harvesting season.

[@ohiodairyfarming6382]

country guy yes this video was shot at my farm

[@derrickmiddleton6046]

How much head do these guys run?

[@landwirtschaftsbilder_klem8186]

Nice Video

[@khalitoorfarm51]

Brilliant #KhaliToorFarm

[@richardbloomfield3646]

that is a narrow bridge

[@johnboywilliams7535]

More on the ground than in the silage wagon.

[@stevenpayne3707]

Adjust the spout...

[@coreenniemyjski3053]

there fired....