Corn Silage Harvest | First Bunk 2022

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[@streetrodder2846]

60 years ago I was 14 years old and on my own. I lived on a class B dairy and milked cows only twice a day. 6:00 am & 6:00pm. There were only eight Holstein cows to milk. Yeah, I bucked hay, whitewashed fences and all that goes along with a small dairy. My boss had chickens and sold eggs, too. After Vietnam I worked as a conductor until retirement from the Southern Pacific Railroad. Now, at 74 I get to watch your large, well run operation. I admire your work ethic! Your dad must be proud... 👍

[@robynmorris7945]

Thank you for your service!!!

[@AgritechFutureUS]

What a journey you've had! 👏🐄🚂

[@markvanhorne3276]

The harvest team is really good. I’m amazed how perfectly they synchronize the whole process. They make it look easy but keeping 7 pieces of equipment moving and productive all the time for many hours requires some good planning and flawless execution.

[@tony98discovery]

The coordination works very well during the corn silage harvest on large farms.

[@aaronsanborn4291]

Actually it's not that hard once you're used to the people you're working with. That goes for most anything I spent a month this summer working with an excavator operator I'd never worked with and after the first couple of days of doing road shoulders and ditching it was like clock work we didn't even have to use the radio...btw I also grew up on a dairy farm.

[@rosemarymurphy5767]

Eric your doing a good job it may be a job nobody likes but got to be done . They must got a sequence timing to keep chopper going none stop . Eric you got three bunkers is their away you could add another bunker to store left over silage while filling the other bunker’s ?

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Impressive teamwork indeed! 👏🌾

[@crobles123able]

As many commented on the last video. Your videos showing everyday farm chores are great! Even if it's another milking video it's a lot more exciting then the jobs some of us having working in the 'cube farm'! 😁

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Agreed, very enjoyable content! 😄🐄

[@garymemetoo2238]

"I also try to put on a few pounds in preparation for this." Just as every kernel of corn counts, so does every pound. . . That made me smile.

[@farmboy5622]

Also when he said that he had his Dad in the cab with him for extra dead weight.

[@timothymbonham4453]

I was waiting to hear Dad's response ... but nothing. Or else Eric edited it out!

[@farmboy5622]

@@timothymbonham4453 His Dad just laughed it off.

[@alexmejia6411]

I appreciate what Eric does. I live on a farm and we start corn silage this week

[@tony98discovery]

Is your corn farm large? Do you also raise dairy cows?

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Good luck with silage season! 🌽🚜

[@cclsjhieber]

Absolute gold, Eric. I enjoy the drone shots just as much as the explanations. Thanks for bringing us along as you farm!

[@tony98discovery]

I could even spend an hour watching the corn silage harvest with the drone's camera angle

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Fantastic content, Eric! 🚜🌾

[@ericklamotte617]

I never get tired of harvest time. Good job Eric.

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Me neither, great work! 🌾👍

[@TheFarmingLife]

Hope everybody's having a great day. I always love to see what's going on the farm.

[@douglasrife]

I remember back in the late '70's harvesting 700 tons of corn for a large silage clamp (like Eric's) for a sheep feedlot outside of Tehran, Iran.We had two tractor-run forage choppers and sealed the top of the clamp/bunker after compressing the corn with heavy thick molasses pumped from a pit. Large plastic sheets weren't available then.

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Impressive job back then! 👍🌽

[@joetheagent]

YAY! Corn harvest video with drone footage, packing and a ride in the corn chopper! All the hits! That Versatile looks reeeeaally nice. A person could get spoiled driving that thing. You putting on a few pounds.... As someone who has "put on a few pounds" and is now in the process of taking them off again.... be careful what you wish for my guy. I recommend putting some bricks in your pockets instead...much easier to get rid of when you are done. Thanks for the great video of silage harvest. Looking forward to seeing the barn extension get finished up.

[@richardproebstel6201]

Absolutely love your drone video w/ the music. My wife and I look forward to this every year!! Really exciting! Thanks for taking all the extra time setting up cameras and showing us what is going on with your farm! We know it takes A LOT of extra time for you to take us along. Just know we LOVE IT!!! Also, thank you for all your perfect editing!! You dedication to this channel shows!! We are very impressed at how you do it all!!! Take care and may God overwhelm you and your family with blessings!

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Thank you so much! 🚁🎥🌾

[@tomleroy2178]

Hi Eric. Love your videos! Would like to know who plays the music in this one. Keep up the great work!!

[@clairestaffieri4398]

Such a sweet sight to see the needs of the winter in and protected. Very good day's work.

[@irongunner1221]

The intelligence and wisdom of farmers is underappreciated. There's always jobs that need doing and they have to allocate resources in the most efficient way possible. Truly the salt of the earth.

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Farmers are incredible problem solvers! 🌾👏

[@davewaggoner5525]

Just am amazed at the technology of chopping corn now days. We had to drive down corn with a two row chopper with a wagon being towed behind. That chopper is a beast. I really enjoy your videos.

[@kurtschwoppe7167]

Dang Eric - You knocked it out of the park with this episode. Awesome videography showing the whole operation in perfect sync and your music was perfect. Just wonderful!!

[@maggieyake8054]

You and the construction crew and the custom harvesting crew have the techniques down to a fine science! It’s so nice to see everything working in synch. All of your videos are so interesting to me…a non-farmer! Thanks for another great one.

[@AgritechFutureUS]

Impressive teamwork indeed! 🚜👷‍♂

[@chipoppenlander6467]

What a great feeling getting all that food under wraps. Good job everyone!

[@NeilGastonguay]

You do more work in a day than I have done in my entire life. Dairy farming is amazingly busy.

[@Ever443]

I have watched 3-4 harvests now on you r channel and I am still impressed how good those guys are that do your harvesting. I have driven lots of farm equipment, never a combine/chopper. Very Impressive driving.

[@stewoe7157]

This is the fourth silage harvest there has been on the channel. First one was in 2019. Seems so short a time ago, but that's already 3 years ago. Time sure flies.

[@davidpalmer2869]

One of the best harvest videos yet. It was good to see the action shots from the various roles of harvest and the Point of view shots that you did.

[@georgemccoy219]

I have always been just totally amazed at how well the harvest process is "choreographed" like a Broadway musical. Everyone knows their part and it just all comes together. The tractors are pulling the wagons at just the right speed and as soon as one is full there is another right behind it ready to pull up, so the corn chopper never misses a beat. I also appreciate seeing how the bays are prepared to receive the chopped corn. The average American has no clue as to what it takes to farm. I appreciate your videos. Well done! Thank you.

[@scottfairbrother]

Thank you for posting. I look forward to this video every year!!!!!!! First chopping of corn into bunk.

[@lizzardnurphy]

These videos never get old. The guys cutting and hauling are just efficient! Watching all of you guys working together go get it done. Awesome.

[@sueswift8344]

Precision! "A well oiled procedure for bringing in the silage, your dairy is an awesome operation on all the crops you do.

[@thomasmoeller3446]

It's really nice you have a friend that can come by and help but last time I checked, you had a full time job too.

[@abhijitsawant1319]

I'm from India, inspired by your videos I also started to make silage in bunker on a small scale..... Your videos are pretty good, I like them, and the techniques of dairy farming are also good enough

[@Wosiewose]

I hope the silage is working out well for you!

[@tony98discovery]

*Thanks Eric, great corn silage harvesting. I seem to smell corn while watching the video.*

[@pattiwagner1980]

Farmers are amazing people!!!! So much work to be done day after day! Love you guys!!!❤

[@nickw7619]

Glad you got it done before the rain today! Hope you can get some extra rest now. I will say this- those guys make that look so easy when they do the chopping. It's like a well oiled machine

[@williammerry4746]

Just amazing. Planning and coordinating this major corn harvest is so impressive. Eric, you are working such long hours and so hard, yet you are able to document it all. Hope you have days when you can catch up on your sleep.

[@jamiesfarmlife8593]

I always love learning about farming

[@jackking5567]

There's something very special about harvest. It's clearly a world-wide thing as just like yourselves, here in the UK everyone comes to help at the drop of a hat. People coming together and working as one, a community feel like nothing else. We appreciate farmers and respect you so much for what you do for us. After all, if it wasn't for farming, we wouldn't be here.

[@DarthLink1986]

I'm a total greenhorn when it comes to a full scale dairy farm, but hot damn what y'all doin EVERY day of the year to keep milk on the table for the rest of us just blows my mind! Thanks for the hard work and then making it extra hard to film it all for us. You are the man MAN! And your pops as well along with the rest of your team of course. Best of luck to you and yours in the future please be safe out there and enjoy this life to it's fullest you deserve it. ✊🙏🖖🐄

[@chriss3235]

Everytime you have this crew out I think to myself how smooth they are.

[@1striperon]

Corn harvest was one of the best parts of the year for me. I am somewhat surprised that the tractor/wagon combination isn’t able to back onto the silage pile. We used trucks and always backed onto the pile. The loaded truck helped packing the silage, too.

[@conservativeokie]

Great work by everyone. You got some really good shots as well, especially the drone footage. Good job!

[@dmc01]

Makes me appreciate my chocolate milk a lot more seeing the hard work and planning that goes into yearly harvests and herd maintenance

[@Trey4x4]

Love the drone footage ✈️ Dad's deadweight cracked me up

[@jenniferhallam9063]

I love watching the silage harvest every year!

[@sunroofracing]

Awesome video Eric! Congratulations to you and the entire team for a successful harvest! Pleased to hear you shout out your Faithful Employees. Thanks for the video!

[@stevebiddle8912]

In spite of all the automated work to fill the bunker it still takes a lot of physical labor to fill the bunker. Thanks for taking us along!!

[@viviankershaw7329]

Great video especially the aerial views. Really see the operation thanks for sharing Eric

[@markbrown9765]

When I was a kid (back in the 70's) we lived on a farm in the summer then it was a ranch in the winter. All summer we grew crops for silage and trucked in hay preparing for winter. The chopper was a pull behind offset that threw the silage into trucks driving along side. In the fall we brought the cows in off grazing land and it was a ranch until spring. Man that pit stunk when we opened it. They could smell it in town 5 miles away if the wind was blowing right but the cows loved it. Spent many summers driving truck or the small bulldozer we used in the pit.

[@webluke]

I haven't seen the train of trucks in my area moving silage yet, but they run for almost a month all over the county. I pulled up next to the Class chopper they use in my car, and wow, it felt big as it took up 2 lanes at the stop light. There are 4 fields I can see from my house on the hill, and the corn here is getting well over 10-15 feet. These farming KZbin channels certainly help people understand what farmers actually do, not just magically make food appear at the grocery store.

[@jordanroberts1519]

Eric, have you considered doing some large flood lights on the outside of the new barn extension? Could be useful for those late night bunker closings...

[@liamrey]

Love the effort you guys put into making these. Thank you!

[@charlesward8196]

Great video. It is really satisfying to see a bunk full of silage, better than money in the bank, these days. Work until midnight, then up at 04:00 to milk cows. As the saying goes, “there will be plenty of time to sleep when you are dead.” Time to be extra conscious of safety, more accidents happen when you are tired. Keep up the good work!

[@kaosactual1]

What blows my mind is, all this work, equipment, man power and effort, it's all for a cold glass of wonderful milk.

[@davidbishop4015]

I have watched this process before and I'm still amazed at how you fill, pack, and cover the silage. Barn expansion looks good also. Stay safe.

[@MikeyDee25]

When I was a kid back in the '60's I used to summer on a small dairy/tobacco farm in East Earl, PA - Penn-Dutch country. In the 'old days' we never had cabins with ac, or self-propelled machinery Eric. 😉The Allis Chalmers tractor, along with the combine, baler and corn cutter were open-air machines. The corn was kept in a lone silo located right next to the barn. I was there for one corn harvest and I rode along with the farmer as he pulled the corn cutter that maybe cut 10-12 rows of corn on each pass. I sat on a small toolbox on the left fender of the tractor and acted as a gofer. They used the PTO on an old John Deere to power the machinery that blew the corn up into the silo. Best days of my young life were spent working on that farm weeding rows of tobacco plants, tending to the chickens, helping milk the cows and riding shotgun on the Allis Chalmers. Farming is the most underrated profession in the world now days!

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank You for sharing your family videos with us 👍

[@dalet6250]

The smell of freshly chopped corn silage is the best.

[@kimcwhite6509]

I love your corn silage harvest videos! I think they are my favorite. The Versatile tractor is really nice.

[@jeanniegreen2201]

I bet that fresh silage smell is so nice! It's like a ballet with all the machines working. Amazing!

[@robertmarino2158]

Amazing work being done , total team work , stay safe , always !

[@richardhicks7946]

Another great video as always. My pappy had a dairy if about 15 cows back in the 40's and 50's. From what he told me it was nothing like y'all's dairy. I wish he was around today to see how y'all do it with feeding cutting silage and the way y'all are set up. He would love it. Y'all keep up the good work stay safe be careful and may God bless y'all.

[@carlstevens4981]

Weilk 3 times a day, 4am, 12 midday and 6.30 pm. We are going to twice a day end of the month. When they go out and some will dry off. Milk 450. We have grass silage, meals and maize. The cows love it. 😂 Great set-up you have there mate. In England we have most things smaller than you boys 😊

[@rickthompson4315]

Love Your Life. Lost our Family Farm, in 1976. Moved into the suburbs, a trailer. Started washing dishes at 16, at a restaurant, became a line cook, left at 19, for the Marines. 21 years later, retired. Retired, from my last job, disabled, sep 2009. That makes, 13 years this month. Stay, aafe

[@nathanrobinson7715]

Glad that you are getting feed for your animals. This year has been tough.

[@aarronbradbury4519]

These are some of my most favorite videos all year that you do. So satisfying!

[@alexross1537]

Such an admirable work ethic you are able to maintain. Finish at 12 and up at 4 that's really tough going

[@Supernaut2000]

It still amazes me to see the amount of work required to produce milk! Truly amazing and lots of hard work indeed.

[@danpeterson8957]

I say it every year- the choreography of your harvesting is mesmerizing…

[@leeshuford4654]

Love your videos Eric!!!! I use to help pack corn when I lived in western North Carolina. I used a John Deere two cylinder 420 crawler with a blade on the front. It worked great for what little bit of corn silage we did.

[@jimbeck820]

Great video and excellent explanation! Thank you Eric! (As say often, I enjoy your videos as an ole city boy from Raleigh, NC - Capitol city of North Carolina).

[@paulrichards9400]

The silage videos are some of the best of the year!

[@ronaldbeuron3766]

im really impressed with that silage crew... i ran a claas 900 for years and they sure do a great job!

[@jeffstanaszek2272]

I got tired just watching you go all day and night. Great job!!

[@rearlt]

Eric, it is always gratifying to see you harvest your corn. It always seems to be a highlight of the year. May God keep blessing your faithful family.

[@dylanem5452]

3rd corn harvest I’ve seen and seen every video between! Thanks for the content Eric! Long time watcher from southern Saskatchewan

[@almamun-kc8oy]

There is a lot to know dairy farming from your videos. Thank you very much. Love from Bangladesh ❤️❤️🇧🇩🇧🇩

[@Tugger_Case]

It's exciting to see this as early fall is the best time of the year. Also the wife get's pretty excited about Halloween and this stuff is just a trigger for that..... Plus that, that puppy is fantastic!

[@mims738]

For some reason, youtube only ever recommends these corn harvest bin fills to me from your channel. And I enjoy them! Either that's all you put out, or I'll see you next year when youtube recommends you to me again LOL. (Hopefully sooner, though...!)

[@steveadams99708]

Really enjoy your videos of professionals at work. You guys sure have it figured out - excellent coordination! Thank you for going the extra mile to get these great videos!

[@terrybergdolt3106]

ALWAYS, enjoy your videos and your explanations of what you are doing. Your drone videos are also a big plus !!!

[@RiDankulous]

The terminator sunglasses are pretty cool!. I'll be back! 🤣

[@f4bkyn388]

Duchess is an excellent production supervisor! 🥰🥰🥰

[@AgritechFutureUS]

*Harvest season never gets old. Great work, Eric!*

[@JHruby]

Hard to believe summer is done and it's harvest time again. Here's hoping for good yields for you. That Versatile tractor cab is really nice. When your dad got in it really shows how big it is and the visibility looks awesome.

[@pennyroofener647]

Thx for sharing this with us as we always keep you in our prayers for good crop and good harvest. 🥰❤️

[@jamesryan9206]

Thank you always enjoy the videos especially the drone footage.

[@bobthomas9525]

Eric could you tell much difference in the corn where you injected the manure vs spreading on top?

[@jonlowe8727]

It can be zero wind ,but as soon as you get the plastic out its gusting 15 knots

[@rockett725]

Love it! Brings back memories of my hard working father

[@steveneal2706]

Awesome video Eric. Thats was a lot of work. So proud of you and your family. Y'all work so hard. Thank you

[@davidcantu824]

LOVE ALL YOUR VIDEOS ERIC HAVE BLESSED DAY

[@noelking7215]

Wow, that's a slick operation! Y'all got the silage making down to a science. The chopper operator doesn't waste a bite of feed.

[@albertjagt5713]

nice to see a guy driving a Canadian-made tractor!

[@kumarak2101]

am Ashok from India. we are also farmers. but doing large scale farming like you is amazing.

[@jamesbreault5762]

Really enjoy the harvest,good job men👍👍👍👍

[@pinzgauernorcal]

do you ever worry that those thin walls especially the side wall will fail when your up high in the tractor compressing so much weight? if the bunker besides is empty how can those walls be so strong?

[@maxxcherry12]

Satisfying work filling them bunks! Time for a dew!!

[@ankitchaudhari3257]

The dog is very cute and funny.

[@gerryh49]

Something relaxing about your corn silage video's, thanks.

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome video Eric. Love that versatile . Best tractor made

[@NJBeachbum12]

Like a well oiled machine! Another great video!

[@michelpicton8357]

Awesome long video!

[@shanemn123]

Dang Eric didn't know you had such a sense of humor 😂 @17:20 Nice video always good to see your hard work at a finished product!!

[@zacharystrasser5891]

Hi Eric from Merrill Wisconsin and happy last Labor Day god bless you and your family 😀

[@humbertosegovia980]

Hola yo vivo en México y me encanta mirar ese tipo de videos