Corn Picker Eats Camera on First Harvest Day

[@thomaswilliams2253]

Watching a Boehm farm video is like stepping in a time machine and being transported to the 1970’s. Working with my grandad and uncle in the days before our 500K combines, auto steer, and hydraulic downforce. We are a 100 times more efficient now, but I still miss the clatter of chains sometimes. Great video thanks!

[@anderleof]

Always good content.....and no begging for subscribers, likes, comments or patreon money. No clickbait, advertising for sponsors or trying to sell merchandise, just good old farming with realistic equipment. Stay humble, my friend.

[@boehmfarm4276]

I figure if viewers like it, they'll stick around.

[@anderleof]

@@boehmfarm4276 Yep, put out a good product and people will watch.

[@frankwurth5375]

My friend in central Wis. had a small family dairy farm, this is the same picker and tractor he used till he retired about 15 yrs ago. I had a Oliver mounted picker on an early Oliver HP 70 tractor. Did a great job, wish now I had kept it, went to a corn head on a Gleaner combine. really enjoy your older , practical equipment.

[@nicklambing9268]

Excellent camera work and shot selection! Enjoyed those views a farmer never gets to see. Nick, North West Farmer

[@boehmfarm4276]

Thanks, I'm glad you like it.

[@drewbooher1618]

Good job young man...never seen anybody else get those different position shots like that....awesome footage !

[@ShaunPaget]

My grandfather ran the same two row picker behind a 986 until 2006. This video is like looking into a memory.

[@deepwoodguy2]

Hey, thanks for the really up close views of your corn picker, we got to see how everything works now. 👍😁 Glad the cam survived to live for another day... ✔✔

[@2ToneWalt]

Man, go and buy a lottery ticket, that cameras got more lives than a cat.

[@boehmfarm4276]

That is a plan. Then I could make my million farming by starting with 2 million. lol

[@l337pwnage]

+Steve well, I'd be more impressed if it made it through a sheller. ;p still great footage, tho.

[@jerrystott7780]

Sell that footage to the camera company. It would make a good comercial.

[@boehmfarm4276]

Haha they'd give me $10 for an ad that plays during the super bowl 😅

[@jerrystott7780]

@@boehmfarm4276 nah, that would have to be worth at least $15.

[@seriouslyconfused1]

The last shot before we went thru the picker was amazing! Absolutely loved the view between rows.

[@onelonleyfarmer]

lol the ending was awesome glad it survived!!!!

[@darrentodd6979]

Wesley you’ll have to try this with krone!

[@thirrybelisle]

If he does he will use his beloved gopro 😂

[@tr165eaglebsa4]

It did better than the one that went through the Walkers combine haha

[@kellykopsa384]

For picking corn we used to add "bang boards" side extensions on the wagons (sides and back). Ear corn is much lighter so you can pile more on the wagon.

[@kellykopsa384]

I think "bang board" was a term carried over from picking by hand in that case one side was much taller, so the guys would not throw the ears past the wagon.

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

Thanks for the in depth coverage of the picker.

[@SKC640]

Lol I enjoy Nick and your's relationship it's pretty hilarious especially how different you two guys are plus we all have to have that one guy like Nick on the farm to be able to take our fustrations on right? They definitely may now be the brightest guy in the county but that will work good and treat you like a brother just make sure to always have enough dip around for them

[@boehmfarm4276]

Exactly

[@johnr.timmers2297]

I don't know why 2020 youtube became the year of farming, but I'm here for it. This is awesome

[@boehmfarm4276]

Thanks for watching!

[@daniel25gartnernbastelnund88]

The cam chased by the vorn Picker 😂. interesting how it works with such a machine . Greeting from Germany 😊

[@lucasaccount573]

Well, it was nice to see a POV from the corns standpoint

[@plowboy911]

The camera ride was fun lol! My son asked me where we were going 😂

[@raymondurban3388]

Well no one can say you didn’t show them exactly how corn picker works. Very nice

[@oldamericaniron5767]

When I was young we didn’t have overlap with headlands, not due to GPS controlled planter units, but being taken care of by corn cultivating at least 2 times and often 3 times. Most people hated cultivating corn but I enjoyed it.

[@scottviers3794]

What we're all after, nice clean loads of corn. Love the ending!!

[@dairygrazer]

I know a guy who lost half his hand in the husking bed of a 300 picker looks like the camera was luckier than he was. That was some impressive footage though

[@unknowndakota3576]

Literally someone I work with lost their finger in the housing bed yesterday on the same machine. lucky that's all he lost

[@ryderdaly2340]

Vintage farming at its best!!!! Love the vids I'm a farmer myself in south Dakota and I love to see people still using equipment from days past

[@boehmfarm4276]

I don't watch any of the new machines.

[@arthurdewith7608]

Thanks for all ur creative camera work

[@Jaybeeh93]

Omg ahahahaa that was a good one! Btw what kinda of camera do you use? I need that one lol

[@boehmfarm4276]

I use a GoPro hero 7 black.

[@doctorevil7352]

Code brown on isle 2. I need a clean pair of shorts, a shovel, and a garden hose.

[@markgamble8377]

Going along very nicely.with bonus footage thru cron picker.awsum

[@davidoutdoors74]

Will you be doing more chicken video updates. Do you wash your eggs and do you use a egg washer . Thanks great videos.

[@boehmfarm4276]

Yeah, there's plans for chicken videos.

[@jenniferhodgson436]

What do you guys do with all of the ears once you harvest it

[@boehmfarm4276]

Sell, sell, sell. Deer hunters have the money and I'm ready to take it.

[@crslyrn]

Nice looking ears of corn going in the wagon. 👍🏻 Well, now I know the process a ear of corn goes thru with an ear picker. 😆😅👍🏻👍🏻 Glad the camera survives to make another video.

[@Snowtruckdriver]

I remember Dad picking corn in 1960 with a 60 John Deere pulling a David Brown one row picker and a Sears 4 wheel trailer. That's pretty good looking corn you have there.

[@boehmfarm4276]

Thank you. Never new there was a david brown picker.

[@Snowtruckdriver]

@@boehmfarm4276 From what i remember they did not last long in production. Farmall, John Deere and new idea were most popular back then. If I remember correctly David Brown was from England and they were trying to get into the US market.

[@jazzerbyte]

Those new husking rolls were doing a great job. Fortunately the camera didn't have any husks attached or it would have been crushed!

[@polymaticsim]

You are getting to inventive with the camera position, what a ride LOL.

[@farmshoffman8475]

Honestly love that picker , love these videos the most ,

[@patrickmorgan3326]

Even though it was accidental that video was is downright amazing.

[@boehmfarm4276]

Thank you

[@davidoutdoors74]

My buddy has the same picker. He raises white face herefords

[@conortimm733]

The camera angles are worth the corn husker eating the camera, they were awesome! Maybe just don’t reuse the one where it got knocked off haha.

[@mwspainting29]

Will you put the 2+2 on the picker

[@boehmfarm4276]

Next year.

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

That was a fun ride! lol Now that you have some time on the Deere picker, do you think it does a better job than a New Idea?

[@boehmfarm4276]

The new idea we had was very worn out. A good not abused two row might be able to keep the same ground speed. A new idea can husk cleaner with less shelling. But I know where there's every single part for this deere ready to be overnighted without calling a dozen dealers and searching wearhouses.

[@karljacobson1575]

That machine does a good job of takin the husks off. Used to pick in the ear long ago!! Had a Minneapolis moline then!!

[@landlifem5872]

Well that sure is an interesting perspective for the camera

[@tweek857]

What do you guys do with ear corn? Don't see many people picking like this is anymore

[@boehmfarm4276]

I sell to deer Hunters.

[@DatBoyComp]

Corn Simulator 20.... 10/10 would recommend

[@schott106]

What is the next step. Is there a machine that removes corn from cob? What is advantage to harvesting this way

[@boehmfarm4276]

The advantage is price. I am selling it on the cob.

[@lukestrawwalker]

You can shell it off the cob with a sheller, but it defeats the point basically unless you NEED shelled corn. ALL corn used to be harvested this way back in the old days, before combines started becoming popular back in the late 50's/early 60's, and even then a lot of guys stuck with picking corn for a long time after that. Ear corn can be picked WET to get it out of the field and then allowed to dry NATURALLY in a corn crib-- no dryer or massive supply of propane and a bin with a drying floor or batch flow or continuous flow grain dryer needed... Saves a TON of money over drying shelled corn at similar moisture levels! BUT "the market" (meaning elevators) are all pretty much set up for handling shelled corn, and that's what they want, and since nearly everybody has switched to combines, unless they're "selling it locally" like Jacob is doing, there's little point to it. I guess a guy could make the argument to pick and crib dry it over the winter then shell it and sell it in the winter/spring, and spread the cobs and shucks back on the field, but at that point it's probably simpler to just combine it and dry in the bin, a batch dryer, or continuous flow dryer, and pay for the propane to dry it. Most of what he's picking here is sold to hunters for deer corn, used to bait areas they're hunting in. The ear corn holds up better dumped in the woods than shelled corn would. Some of it he HAS sold to cattle feeders in the past, in which case they grind the whole ear corn cobs and all and the cattle will eat it that way. Better for them cob and all versus straight shelled corn. OR, just leave the corn in the field until the moisture gets down low enough to minimize drying costs and just accept that you'll have some yield losses to critters and down corn before it gets combined... Later! OL J R :)

[@CuriousEarthMan]

that was fun, thanks! I don't remember so many ears getting by unhusked (from my youth lol) would you say your picker is doing good job of husking the ears? What you showed us, was a little bit of heaven right there! thank you!

[@switzerblitzer2701]

Looks like you getting a pretty decent yield.....the picker is doing a pretty good job, very little butt shelling and good husking job. Have a great year!!

[@boehmfarm4276]

Thank you.

[@arthurleclair2712]

How many acres of corn do you guys do?

[@boehmfarm4276]

About 100.

[@davidwatt7663]

Jacob your camara work augers well for you !!🤪👍

[@farmshoffman8475]

Did u chop any corn 🌽 silage this year ?

[@boehmfarm4276]

We will be. Silage corn was planted late.

[@paulforney9817]

Not chopping any corn for silage this year?

[@boehmfarm4276]

We will be

[@nathanpilcher532]

The part where it's riding up and out with the corn was the best. The thought of an expensive camera being eaten by a corn picker.

[@PAHerefords]

Those headlands are where an IH picker really helps with the elevator clutch!

[@boehmfarm4276]

Yeah, this has an electric clutch, but I don't have a switch wired in.

[@makingithappen5178]

Hi. Is it as easy to sell ear corn as it has been in previous years?

[@boehmfarm4276]

Sales have been great. The deer hunters love showing me the bucks they've killed feeding my ear corn.

[@makingithappen5178]

@@boehmfarm4276 I guess you can get deer meat from them as a thank you.

[@rogerholloway8498]

Oh for Pete's sake! Go hand pick those few cobs and get back on the tractor! Ha! Enjoyed your posting, keep up the good work my friend! (PS.I think you need to nickname pour camera to Deathwish!)

[@dustinadams9136]

The JD picker works ten times better than my new Idea. That’s a good video 👍

[@boehmfarm4276]

Thank you

[@bigal2312]

Great footage at the end, well done.

[@madoxyoung8837]

Do you ever use the 2+2

[@boehmfarm4276]

It's waiting for winter to get finishing details.

[@DarkVoidIII]

Is that brand of picker still made? They could use the footage to show just how good their pickers are if they were still in business! :D

[@boehmfarm4276]

These haven't been made for 30+ years.

[@Joey966]

Looked like it was going up an escalator, needed some good mall music to go with it.

[@iamthepeterman54]

First video I’ve seen from these guys and I was entertained! Haha! Nice!

[@boehmfarm4276]

I hope you stick around for more.

[@lukestrawwalker]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5OlmouGi7CoiqM LOL:) OL J R :)

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@boehmfarm4276 kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5OlmouGi7CoiqM LOL:) OL J R :)

[@shakerLT]

In depth videoing! Literally cool vid👍Keep um coming

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

That was a pretty awesome ending. It'd be kinda cool if someone somewhere could mount some little lights inside the picker and do that, that way we could see the inside a bit better. Not that I expect you to, I bet you were pretty nervous when it went in a second time

[@boehmfarm4276]

I tried to find it before running it all the way through.

[@NEAFarmKid4010]

@@boehmfarm4276 Ah, gotcha. I was wondering about that, especially since I heard the picker stop and start once. I would love to pick some ear corn one day, just have to find me a big enough spot to grow it. Not really worth using a picker when you have a small enough plot to pick it by hand. Unless I just really want to buy a picker lol.

[@dcw1540]

What a great picker. Thanks

[@bralash1721]

Boss how can I get this machine I'm in SA at EC Province 🙏🙏🙏

[@mcd5082]

That was an awesome ending

[@boehmfarm4276]

Thank you

[@ginggur17]

Damn you were lucky with that camera the 1st time. Ouch with the 2nd, although thanks for the inside story lol.

[@en-mingholtz7913]

How do you get the kernels off the corn?

[@boehmfarm4276]

The goal is to leave them on.

[@scottnunya1]

@@boehmfarm4276 What do hunters pay for unshelled corn and how do they use it? Around here its all shelled, runs about $7/ 50lb bag.

[@en-mingholtz7913]

@@boehmfarm4276 do the cows eat the whole cob?

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@en-mingholtz7913 They will if it's ground up... corn really should be cracked or ground up some anyway so it digests easier and the cattle make better use of it without whole kernals passing through their guts undigested. If the cob is ground with it they'll eat it like candy. As for the hunters they dump the ears on the ground where they'll be hunting to "bait" the deer. Leaving it on the cob does a couple things-- keeps most of it up off the ground so it doesn't rot and dries out after rain and stuff, and makes varmints and vermin have to "work" harder to get the kernels off the cob... if it's already shelled and dumped on the ground, it rots faster, and everything with paws and teeth comes along and just munches down on it and it's gone faster... Later! OL J R :)

[@en-mingholtz7913]

That’s really interesting. Thank you!

[@coitcuster4705]

Up next, what it's like to go through the feed grinder!

[@boehmfarm4276]

Hahaha

[@ajmcintire1446]

Well now we know how an ear of corn feels😂

[@TheSRBgamer63]

That corn is losing grain from ears far too much for over 20% moisture that he have,do u have corn on ground ?.In my country we plant different hibrids that are ment to be picked with corn picker like this urs ,simillar.But for grain harvesting we use hibrids that lose moisture much faster and are ofc ment for grain,easier shelling ,etc ,etc.

[@boehmfarm4276]

The corn is kinda an easy sheller and I'm losing some kernels at the head. I picked a hybrid ten days shorter than my preferred hybrid to get dryer corn sooner.

[@scottviers3794]

New idea, John Deere. The quest for clean husk free corn means there's some but shelling. Don't worry, the corn saver will catch it.

[@joshk.6246]

Nick always giving you a hard time. He must be young and full of opinions. Thanks for sharing.

[@boehmfarm4276]

💩Opinions

[@cameronlumsden6566]

Its beautiful weather here also in western Australia. We are making silage bales atm

[@hoophil]

LOL! Thanks for the ride though the picker! LOL

[@bigihfarmer9423]

Why do you pick and not combine

[@boehmfarm4276]

I sell ear to people with money paying my price.

[@erikskanal6506]

You could not film that without breaking the camera if you wanted to. Lol

[@mikebrock2970]

Need a 2 row mounted picker on a narrow front instead of that pull type I don't have a problem with the green can you be easier to get around with a mounted instead of a pull type

[@farmshoffman8475]

The best investment was buying that Deere corn picker . Yes it costed lots but have to look at the long run plus how fast it does pick corn

[@boehmfarm4276]

Next thing I'm getting is a solid uni with RWA to swim through the mud.

[@greggergen9104]

How may miles per hour can you pick? That has to be the last John Deere picker made with a more modern header.

[@boehmfarm4276]

JD huskers claims up to 5mph. I probably go 3-4 in standing corn and feel like I'm overwhelming the husking bed. That corn head can get the ears off in a hurry.

[@greggergen9104]

@@boehmfarm4276 Interesting, I thought that the husking bed would be the limitation. I guess that is essentially the same header as they used on the 3300, and 4400 combine. I have seen them go very fast. My neighbor had that picker in 1973 or so when I was growing up.

[@larrybg9293]

Wow amazing video footage. The look on your face price less 😂😂😂

[@michealcain6053]

Where are you guys from?

[@boehmfarm4276]

Southwest Ohio

[@michealcain6053]

@@boehmfarm4276 okay and you are farming with some equipment that I'm looking for

[@boehmfarm4276]

These JD pickers aren't common around here.

[@michealcain6053]

@@boehmfarm4276 I'm in southeast corner of Iowa and you don't see to many pickers around here

[@donald1056]

Where' the IH 2x2 - I guess still working on it

[@scottk8245R]

Get to it before the deer, while you’re dragging a Deere through it 💪

[@KevinBenecke]

That is one view that a lot of people never get to see.

[@lukestrawwalker]

And if you do it's usually the last thing you ever see... OL J R :)

[@stuckinthepast300]

That was great! Haha. Now i know EXACTLY how a picker works haha!

[@bigv6724]

Skip to 9:50 if you want the camera fall.

[@klfarms5744]

lol great vid. the life of corn when it get picked at the end lol

[@bigv6724]

Have to admit the end reminded me the beginning of Lord of War when the bullet shell being made.

[@l337pwnage]

Great movie.

[@bigv6724]

@@l337pwnage underestimated movie for sure.

[@l337pwnage]

@@bigv6724 Another fun movie with the same topic but more light hearted is that old movie "Deal of the Century" with Chevy Chase, if you haven't seen it.

[@Beatertruck]

Boehm? Is that Czech?

[@boehmfarm4276]

As best as I know, German.

[@boB7710II]

Thanks for the inside view

[@l337pwnage]

I never noticed before that the head does most of the husking.

[@boehmfarm4276]

That's the point, the more that's done out front, the faster I can pick because I'm not relying on the husking bed so much. The sloped deck plates I put on help with more head husking.

[@l337pwnage]

@@boehmfarm4276 I guess it just never occurred to me that it worked that way. I just assumed the ears got rushed through there too fast. I guess my question is, did your modification make it husk more, or did your modification allow husking in the head? Do they husk in the head without the modification? We usually used a combine, but we did have a 2 row pull behind unit. I don't remember the brand. I seem remember it being green(non John Deere AFAIK) and silver (galvanized) and we had two beds for it, one did ears and one shelled. When I saw the husking bed, my brain just assumed it was only done there. I didn't think of it as a secondary husking area. (edit) I figured I might find a video of the kind we used to have. It had to be a "New Idea" one. Also, since you pointed out to me kinda how the head works, I really focused on paying attention to that in other videos. I think I answered my own question. It seems all the pickers I was looking at worked that way to some degree or other. Although, with your mods, it seems like 80-90% is done in the head.

[@llndmsn998]

This video needs more views! That was hilarious!

[@boehmfarm4276]

Thank you

[@farmallchris]

Cool video man keep them rolling

[@fieldfarms9335]

What was the final bale count for the year?

[@boehmfarm4276]

5500

[@jimcollogan2324]

Love the JD green. Grew up with them. Very popular here in iowa! Love your videos but don’t understand your negativity toward JD??

[@timmyjacobs0]

POV: You're some corn

[@gregorythompson2251]

Ear corn picking in the mud one of my favorite videos ever also nick is a potty mouth lol

[@SoybeanFarmer3300]

and the GOPRO still works

[@boehmfarm4276]

It's hard to show the camera itself. It does have a scratch or two.

[@daledenotter6398]

thanks for picking me.

[@donjuan6324]

now that is what you call a close up view

[@nosadonions3231]

best farm film ever.