Video is the last of a series in which Green Earth Ag Services chopped and packed 1,606 acres of corn silage at Stone Ridge Dairy Farm. Total corn silage was 36,802 tons and pile dimensions was ~230 ft wide by ~400ft long.
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@gnnorth41714 жыл бұрын
Good job Jim and family! Looks like you guys do an amazing job at feeding all of us. I work in the beef industry and we all rely on each other. Keep up the good work
@erikjaimes94564 жыл бұрын
I can't even imagine how big of a extruder they use to make sheeting that wide. The folding frame they use must be enormous.
@claytonrutgers59294 жыл бұрын
do you think its melted together instead of making one huge piece
@erikjaimes94564 жыл бұрын
Maybe, I have never seen a Machine do that though. I would watch a video of that for sure 👍
@calvary1808farm4 жыл бұрын
I’m impressed! Teamwork!
@sourwes00014 жыл бұрын
Very cool to watch. Deserves way more likes!
@AlbertaRanch4 жыл бұрын
Amazing, the scale of the whole operation.
@MrT79shakeshake4 жыл бұрын
Great Video, what an epic application of this epic tune. 5 stars.
@lewislindsey19464 жыл бұрын
Absolutely amazing! I would never have envisioned such an activity - anywhere!
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
You and me both!
@pratapsinghchundawatnainsa21153 жыл бұрын
Good job
@JimBaltz3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@dwaynekoblitz60324 жыл бұрын
How many dang cows do y’all have? That’s a proverbial mountain.
@jascollinscork3 жыл бұрын
Great video...... a lot going on!!! Interesting how people make AND cover clamps...... in 🇮🇪 cover from back to front with sheets
@matthew9453 жыл бұрын
Ya what your favourite grass trailer mine Kane🇮🇪
@wayneschenk55123 жыл бұрын
Wow that was well coordinated.
@corgraveland48744 жыл бұрын
Woow, what a load of corn silage! Interesting from 0:38 onwards and 5:12 the use of a so-called prestaging fan to remove air from beneath the plastic. Also interesting at 1:20 that ends of plastic are bonded together by using a spray adhesive!
@tsint4 жыл бұрын
Nice! I guess you are not doing this in a windy day :)
@jamesonnadgwick77753 жыл бұрын
I've covered bales and bunks and piles and stuff but this is insane pronaly 4 times the size of them o can't imagine putting tires on this and stuff
@SquatchyBunker4 жыл бұрын
1:48 We now live in a world where you have to check for drones before you take a leak....
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
Funny you should say that as a few years ago I was taking some pictures for a neighbor and interrupted him while he was irrigating the field. 😇
@Donnie9by54 жыл бұрын
Chuck Bishop these people look like the proverbial ants just compare them to other objects much smaller they would be!
@jascollinscork3 жыл бұрын
Well spotted Chuck...... so do you always look for where’s willy instead of where’s wally......🤔😂
@robhardingham67703 жыл бұрын
Hopefully it was the drone pilot playing with his joystick
@SquatchyBunker3 жыл бұрын
@@jascollinscork What? Is that British or something?
@davidrichardson43613 жыл бұрын
Excellent work and filmography very impressive. Music not so good
@robhardingham67703 жыл бұрын
Good team work and a good crew are what you need to cover a clamp properly- plus little or no wind and calm day :)
@onionfriend97994 жыл бұрын
Very impressive
@aCanadianBeekeepersBlog4 жыл бұрын
Holy stress man! I’ve done that on a smaller scale,! One chance
@runsliketurtle17914 жыл бұрын
That would be quite the slip and slide before the tires are put on
@iamthepeterman544 жыл бұрын
Wow. I ended watching the whole thing!
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Lala-me6no4 жыл бұрын
That was EPIC!!!!
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@TractorPasion3 жыл бұрын
Genial Video
@rickyticky5744 жыл бұрын
I've covered bunks before but nothing like this
@rickdekard2183 жыл бұрын
How long will that one pile of silage last the farm?
@JimBaltz3 жыл бұрын
About a year
@manvindersingh26054 жыл бұрын
Never seen a silage cover so big
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
Wow, I just did the math and the plastic was 260ft x 470ft which equals 2.8 acres! In metric the numbers are meters x 143 meters = 0.4 hectare
@cliffbeckwith40194 жыл бұрын
What is silage? Im not a farm person. And what are you doing with it?
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
You can picture corn silage as Sauerkraut for cows. Instead of fermenting cabbage they ferment the entire corn plant which is chopped up into bite size pieces. Once it is fermented it will be mixed with other ingredients for a Total Mix Ration (TMR) and fed to the dairy cows.
@cliffbeckwith40194 жыл бұрын
@@JimBaltz Thanks for taking time to answer my question. Now I understand.
@clutchitup85653 жыл бұрын
Aliens watching are like holy shit these guys are good
@jimfredrick99444 жыл бұрын
That mound could feed us and our two neighbors for at least a 2 -3 years
@siem0404 жыл бұрын
U gonna eat corn silage? Lmao😂
@jimfredrick99444 жыл бұрын
@@siem040 no feed it to our cows
@georgetate77893 жыл бұрын
2020 been good to us all
@nicobrescia4 жыл бұрын
Top
@xsardas19994 жыл бұрын
Are tires making good work? I'm asking becouse this yr is my first try covering sillage by tires. We did mostly the same oxidation barier, then plastic but we additionaly add net (old adversitment banners) to make it harder for crows, dogs, sotorks etc get in. And we are wondering , is tires making as good job as earth cover was doing in only plastic and net.
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
To my knowledge this farm has only used tire which they tie together with string with good effect. I have flew the farm many times and have never seen any problems with animals damaging the plastic.
@beharysudheer213 жыл бұрын
What do they do with that??
@JimBaltz3 жыл бұрын
It is a forage for dairy cattle.
@mikemclaughlin16414 жыл бұрын
How many cows will this feed?
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
About 3,000
@whk47674 жыл бұрын
Amazing work. But how long did this take.
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
Took about 3 hours but that does not include putting the tires on.
@deanbryant96374 жыл бұрын
No tires ?
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
Those are put on a couple days later. They actually get a crane out to put them on the pile. I will see about getting a video up that I took last year.
@gypsyxxx3 жыл бұрын
what do you do with the plastic when your done with it?
@JimBaltz3 жыл бұрын
I believe they recycle it.
@JD9403 жыл бұрын
So many minions running around😅
@MrDrorkeren3 жыл бұрын
Nice job! What is the size of this nylon? Length & width? Thnx
@JimBaltz3 жыл бұрын
Not sure but the pile dimensions are ~230 ft wide by ~400ft long
@marcelomenarim86593 жыл бұрын
@@JimBaltz which brand is or manufacture?
@eti23324 жыл бұрын
How many hectares was that?
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
About 650 hectares
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
Lots of rain at the right time
@mostafadawood53704 жыл бұрын
So you have internship job
@JDV95074 жыл бұрын
what if we kissed on the 36,800 ton corn silage pile
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
My wife would be upset :-)
@nomerc36084 жыл бұрын
@@JimBaltz I have to very very careful with my wife... She sleeps with her very own Glock 19! 😂 for over 36 years now she has told others, “Well I know where he sleeps!” I was hurt very bad while serving in the United States Navy. I was forced to take Anthrax vaccine for the first Gulf War which has caused my spine to fuse along with my SI joints... It has left me permanently disabled... I really enjoy your video. I just found your channel. I worked on a diary farm for a few months when I was sixteen. Afterwards I didn’t care if I ever sat on another tractor...
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
@@nomerc3608 Thank you for your service! I spent my time in the Navy but luckily the only things I was part of was Operation Praying Mantis, Marcos leaving the Philippines, and playing on the "line of death" in the Med. I need to stay on my wife's good side as her dad was a police officer and taught her to shoot. I do believe she is a better shot than me. Glad you enjoy the channel. Once upon a time I dairy farmed for about 10 years and decided there is a better way to make a living. I miss farming at times which my hobby of flying a drone at least lets me get on a farm or two. Have a great day!
@Jack-ne8vm4 жыл бұрын
Walking on top of the big plastic can be dangerous.. A good gust will wrap people in a big mess.
@RideauLakesFarm4 жыл бұрын
Should of just done the finger snap and it'd be covered lol
@oguzhanozen843 жыл бұрын
Piramit gibi
@nomerc36084 жыл бұрын
New sub.
@williamthomas94634 жыл бұрын
I can’t fathom being able to hire that much help! I can’t find one guy to help with absolutely NO skills at $20 bucks an hour.
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
I believe many are family of people that work on the farm. A project like this takes a lot of friends and family.
@lorenheusel86304 жыл бұрын
@Acer Acres- I think you need to read the description more carefully. It says they chopped and packed it, nothing about covering it. Most custom silage chopping outfits don't actually cover the piles, they have to move on to the next job and keep their equipment moving to pay for equipment!
@-Nick-T4 жыл бұрын
You need to have more kids.
@rickyquesenberry46933 жыл бұрын
I get 100 ton ever year. We don't cover it. It's bagged into a giant tube.
@goombajuice3 жыл бұрын
How much is that all worth
@JimBaltz3 жыл бұрын
Rule of thumb is that a ton of corn silage is worth 8 to 10 times a bushel of corn which is going for $3.81/bu today. So on the lower end: 8 x $3.81 x 36,800 tons = $1,121,664 On the higher end: 10 x $3.81 x 36,800 tons = $1,402,080 Maybe I should change the title to "Covering a Million Dollar Pile" 🤔
@goombajuice3 жыл бұрын
@@JimBaltz haha u should !
@jameslindley9243 жыл бұрын
Big Durex !!
@MsRaidman4 жыл бұрын
Thats not silage .thats chaff ready to be turned into silage.get ur facto Straight
@JimBaltz4 жыл бұрын
You make a good point, technically it is not corn silage, in that the fermentation process has not occurred. I will also point out that you are also technically wrong as chaff is defined as the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing. In this process they chop the entire plant about 6 inches above ground. I will endeavor to try to keep facto straight and invite you to join me in this journey.
@nightSkyacc4 жыл бұрын
Slip n slide
@riket793 жыл бұрын
plastic plastic plastic.... this is middle age technologie