Cultivating - John Deere 4020

[@jimbob9714]

6:47 That is a beautiful as anything you have ever shot Ryan. Absolutely Beautiful!

[@AgricultureINDIA-91]

Wonderful video sir! Nice Tractor and great work you doing there! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful day!!!!

[@dankinnard1833]

Newly cultivated corn fields look the way I remember many years ago, nice. Hopefully it is still beneficial now as it was then. Remember vividly hoeing out morning glory vines in our corn fields!

[@ethanmorton7122]

Nice to see someone that still knows how to cultivate corn. Everything around me is on 15 inch rows.

[@timadams2042]

No daydreaming on that job! 100 percent concentration required. Thanks for sharing.

[@stanhensley3082]

Great to see and hear your farm’s 4020.Being a retired farm I miss my power shift 4020.Used it for everything on our farm.Great to hear if start.That tractor just seemed to like to work.Thanks!

[@bobcrone6151]

Love seeing the 4020. Classic. And the cultivator does pretty work! Thx for upload!

[@dimduk]

My Grandpa had the same setup back in 1986 except his was gravity fed, I like cultivating and soft ground soaks up the rain better then hard pan.

[@t.c.bowling1934]

Nice to see 4020 in action. It's a good tractor small enough to do little jobs but big enough for larger jobs.

[@countryfun3910]

Ryan, I really enjoyed watching this one with the 4020! My grandad had one just like that. Again, loved watching an older piece of equipment working great out in the field. Wash and wax that sweet old machine and it will shine right up I bet!😉

[@MatthewHoag77]

"Well... What's the story, morning glory?" Good one to make sure it's gone. Nice footage of the process, as always.

[@tdgreenbay]

Hey they found a job for that best tractor they got... that beautiful 1972 4020 John Deere that I love so well

[@Ticky66MN]

It is so good to see you cultivating. Thanks Ryan!

[@Kugerand727]

There is something really satisfying seeing and hearing the soil get turned over. I get the same vibe when watching your earthmaster VT segments.

[@IH100]

Great video, it sure is nice to see crops out of the ground! Looks like you have a good stand of corn!

[@kristenscott9438]

Beautiful video, Ryan! Amazing views! Glad the corn is doing well! God bless!

[@captainmango1355]

I can almost hear the corn say "ahhh - thank you!" Cultivation does many good things,,,

[@jrice1091]

I know it's old school but I'm still a firm believer in cultivating and side dressing.

[@Itsafarminglifeforme]

Hello Ryan! Great video! It looks quite time consuming but satisfying at the same time. I can see why it would boost yields as it aerates the soil. Great footage 👍Andy

[@johnnyessick7208]

Love to hear the 4020 start up. Great video.

[@SteveDunnDMON]

A very satisfying video. The colours were nice too.

[@RemembranceFarmsLLC]

Makes a lot of sense running the cultivator through. Until they stopped supplying it in the area, my Dads farm always liked running the anhydrous knife through in the summer. It helped break up the soil and you started to really see corn take off. Especially with a year like this year, you running the cultivator through should really help. I’m just planning to use drop hoses on my 3pt sprayer, but it’d be nice to run something through to break of the top crust.

[@rcorn8114]

My dad, who would be 95 if still alive, spoke of carrying bags of granular urea to fill boxes mounted on the cultivators. Back in the day when the cultivator was mounted to the front of our Farmall M and Farmall 400's.

[@lukestrawwalker]

Yep that's REALLY "old school"... Old neighbor of mine told me they used to put dry fertilizer out with the planter before they planted... those old plate planters could do that... just dump the fertilizer in the hoppers and put the sprockets on to drive it as fast as the plate can turn... course they didn't put out as much fertilizer back then as we do now... Later! OL J R :)

[@ndimec2117]

so use that technology in this part of the world. Would love to spend a couple of weeks seeing you'll now do it other than these videos

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@ndimec2117 We still cultivated when we were still row cropping. Dad and Grandpa were big believers in cultivation, particularly on our heavy clay loam soils, to break the crust and aerate the soil. Even in dry weather when the clay shrinks and cracks terribly, they felt that cultivating and breaking up the soil so it could fill in the cracks reduced moisture evaporation from deeper in the soil. As for fertilizer, we always split applied, usually half the soil test recommendations knifed in preplant in the form of liquid 32% nitrogen (aqueous ammonia) plus phosphate slurry and any potash slurry required, and usually a little sulfur in the mix) and then followed that up with a sidedress application knifed in usually when the crop was about a month old or so, just before fruiting/blooming in cotton, and at layby in corn and sorghum (since they get too tall to cultivate or fertilize a good while before booting out or tasseling). ALways worked well for us! OL J R :)

[@hankelrod7315]

My first tractor driving job when I was about 6 or 7 was cultivating corn with Farmall H with 2 row mid mounted cultivators. Got lots of sun burns & big arms from turning that non-power steering tractor day after day after day.

[@jeremysmits9784]

The 4020 looks awesome out in the field cultivating!

[@gregweiss2630]

Love watching those 4020’s work we had two of them when we farmed .

[@clintonemmert5184]

My grandma and grandpa he’s to hole there cornfields out. Back when my mom was a little girl. They had 250 to 325 acres of corn. 150 acres of tobacco. Grandpa alway said keeping the ground worked up help keeps the weeds out. The oxygen Easer in the ground, and it was soaked up faster. With less run off. Yep he was old school farmer. 🚜🚜🚜🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@rickeyjones7255]

Beautiful video. Thank you so much for all you do! I support the American farmer!!

[@leol1682]

Ryan love the video and the song to, and also love to do cultivating my self , in my younger years 70's

[@ranger9414]

Nice tractor Ryan and thanks for shareing your videos.

[@andreww.9939]

Nice to see the 4020 make it out of the shed! The drone shots were great in this video and the black soil with the green rows of corn looks beautiful. Down here in South Carolina when we cultivate it’s red soil and green corn. Doesn’t look quite as good lol.

[@abramziegler4960]

Great video Ryan. Keep it up! Next thing you'll be organic , like we are. We've gone to a 6 row, 725 mid-mount on our '75 JD 4230.. like it a lot!

[@danw6014]

I think the same way. If I don't no till, I like to make at least one pass with the cultivator. If I have good control of grasses and weeds like Canadian thistle, I may forego herbicide. A second pass may be necessary right before the corn hits the axle of my 4020. Every time I cultivate the corn seem to take off. It may be old fashioned to some but I like the results. It keeps my skills sharp. The next generation won't know how to plant a straight row of corn without GPS.

[@danw6014]

@@jotk5978 I guess I didn't pay that much attention to the wheel setup. My cultivator is set up different. I hill the soil up to the row to bury the weeds in the row with sweeps. What they are doing seems to work well for them.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@jotk5978 It is... they set the wheels in enough to clear the corn but their hubs were frozen on the axles and they didn't want to risk breaking them to set the wheels in to the proper 60 inch spacing... they're probably about 64 inches on the tire spacing would be my approximate guess. They moved the rims over on the wheel centers as far as they'd go, but they couldn't get the hubs and cast wheel centers to break loose on the axles, so they just moved the rims over as far as they could and called it good rather than risk busting something... They discussed it in some earlier videos... Later! OL J R :)

[@dewainwoodard4840]

The crops are looking good thanks for the update and stay safe out there

[@14Marathons]

Great video Ryan. Love the channel....thanks!

[@ronhoskinson5788]

I loved cultivating corn. As soon as it rains it seems to double in size.

[@hturbo1007]

Anytime we started to have a problem with morning glory in a field, we would rotate the field to hay if we could. After a few cuttings they didn't exist anymore. Even after going back into corn again.

[@HowFarmsWork]

That’s a pretty good way to eliminate them!

[@sburger5447]

My Dad was a firm believer in cultivating. You could see the results the next day.

[@SomeGuyFromOttawa]

Quality video as always!

[@larryfunk7514]

great to see old ways of doing things still work the best lol

[@jimbob9714]

Thanks for taking a few minutes to touch on the hows and whys of cultivating. Your perceptions and insights help dumb city kids (who are your Dads age) understand.

[@dougspencer6954]

Another great video

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks Doug!

[@jamesmdavis1523]

Man corn looking good

[@ranger9414]

We have a John Deere 4020 and it runs great

[@richardpoe2461]

You are so lucky to be done. Here in Ohio, there was a report from Ohio dept of AG. Only 50 percent of corn planted and only 30 percent of soybeans planted. Rainfall nearly 20 inches above average so far this year. All rivers and streams at or near flood stage.

[@abramziegler4960]

Wow! Thought we were bad in central PA! Only 5" ahead of normal.

[@jerrynibarger9148]

The corn is looking good.

[@hughwhaley3179]

Nice looking 🌽 Ryan and thanks for the update 👍

[@steakplays2775]

Love the vids keep up the good work

[@chasesblog]

We plant our cotton in wheat cover crop so we don’t normally cultivate as there isn’t that many weeds though we do get some and if we need to we have a cultivator to run.

[@rongrose3746]

Your farms corn is looking pretty good !!!

[@mrdayyumyum3712]

11th!!! America the blessed land above all others.

[@hampcham]

keep tilling guys, looking good

[@110fbpres]

We always called corn wipeouts a bad case of iron blight!!!

[@Bare36]

4:44 I have that same weed in Croatia (south -eastern Eu) in small amount. We also use in row cultivation,but nobody here works with liquid fertilization. We use granules.interesting to see.

[@426hemicuda1090]

Love the 4k video!!!

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

It's always good to keep an old tractor employed.

[@francesnieznay6623]

Thanks,I do not remember seeimg a weed free field , look great.

[@kevinwillis9126]

Great vid Ryan thanks for sharing..

[@Fisha695]

A local grower & wholesaler here in Virgina (Parker Farms) posted on fb today that the sweet corn they planted in April is now being picked and sold. It's crazy around here, if you were lucky enough to get stuff in early all the rain & heat made it take off like a madman but then a quarter of a mile away the fields that didn't get in early are barely 2ft high with their corn. Still a lot of winter wheat on fields because it's been too wet to harvest and even a few decent sized fields sitting with last year's stubble & this year's weeds because it's been too wet to get into it.

[@joeyfreeman6551]

Good looking 4020

[@bobthebuilder2922]

Oooooh i love that set up

[@thomasrowland6449]

Awesome video!! Keep up the good work👍👍👍 Stay Safe

[@Stumpyplays]

Nice video!

[@brennanarcher9497]

Awsome video keep it up ryan

[@HowFarmsWork]

Thanks Brennan!

[@brennanarcher9497]

Anytime ryan

[@wannabefarm4364]

My arch nemesis in the garden is field bind weed. Similar to morning glory just smaller and sneakier. It often makes me want to just light the yard on fire and start over. 😆

[@Amanda-bi8ji]

Use a sand fighter to flip the dirt

[@WorldsOkayestFarmer]

Man those rows look nice! Good work #WorldsOkayestFarmer

[@doclull1989]

Hey Ryan!!

[@HowFarmsWork]

Hey Darrin!

[@corywildung138]

What do you see for a yield increase? Couple bu? Do you have to spray after cultivating? Or does it make it to canopy??

[@bradleysmith5161]

Wouldn't it be great if the 4020 had the ability of Green Star GPS on it so Travis only had to concentrate on the side dressing not both steering and look behind him. Great video Ryan.

[@Lordwilliams1990]

I normal spray for cleavers, simlar to morning glory just very sticky and binds to multiple plants, nightmare in cereals. clever solution for your issue in corn.

[@alexandrab4558]

I saw his farm display at darysville iowa

[@maxinerose2096]

Nice clean field. Morning Glories are pretty flowers but hate when they get in the corn or beans. Plus cultivating is a job that you must pay attention or you will plow out your crop. L0L. Voice of experience speaking!😱

[@firionrazar3797]

Morning glory, hmmm seems like a global problem... Even here in Romania me and some farmers I know are having this year trouble with morning glory. As the oldtimers in my region tell: this form of cultivating is worth as short rainfall.

[@IncognitoXYZ1]

Morning glory, a nightmare in northwest Mexico.....:(

[@albertusmostert5418]

What kind of fertiliser (nitrogen) are you side dressing the beans to

[@michaelc9128]

If I remember right the saying for corn farmers is KNEE HIGH BY forth of July

[@peteparker7396]

When you cultivate you are aerating the soil, it does perk it up. But you loose moisture so it’s kind of a catch 22. We irrigate, and don’t have a lot of water. Cold steel is the cheapest route for weed control, especially morning glory. We quit cultivating 15 years ago. Really sand soils for us. We are all round up ready. But, we are all cotton as well. If I may make a suggestion? Skip a thru every time and come back where both ends of the cultivator are in plowed ground. I see the cultivator bar moving a lot and it won’t pull to one aide as bad.

[@matiascanete121]

Good video

[@calebbaldwin2017]

Grat vid

[@fredivory4304]

I like my dressing on the side too. With extra gravy! Wait...........

[@Linrox]

Do you have any issues with corn beetles or snakes?

[@edydiaz9133]

Good evening I would like to know what fertilizer you apply in the containers that you take in the cultivator I do not speak English but if you do me please answer I can translate it thank you

[@lucasmccord4976]

The corn you guys have is some of the tallest corn I've seen by me is only a couple inches tall

[@ralphclowes1569]

How can a cultivator gang "float" when the toolbar is dropped all the way down ?

[@nathancmartz]

ralph clowes I thought the same thing! They’re pretty rough on it putting all that liquid weight on it. But if it works don’t fix it!

[@lukestrawwalker]

Yeah, noticed that too... flip the hydraulic controls to "position control" and raise the toolbar up so the parallel arms on the gangs are running about level... then set the lift arm depth stop on the lift lever quadrant. That's how we always did it. Our old Deere RM cultivator and Lilliston rolling cultivator had down pressure springs, so you basically lowered the cultivator in the field until you had about 3 inches of "rod" showing below the depth stop on the down pressure spring rods, and then set the lift arm depth stop on the tractor lift lever quadrant... then you were all set to do the entire farm... Most of the time they don't float "a lot" but they DO need to be ABLE to float, and they can't do that if the bar is all the way down against the parallel linkages on the gangs... Plus they're burying the guide colters on the end of the toolbars... which on their cultivator, they don't have the down pressure springs on the row units (that I can see) but they DO have spring-loaded guide colters, which allows them SOME float, so long as the bar isn't bottomed out on top of them! Later! OL J R :)

[@jbond4078]

corn looking pretty good. Do you think there be a late Harvest?

[@b.j.bassfishing9464]

Radical

Are the yield benefits great enough to justify a second cultivator and tractor of a similar size to the 4020?

[@pedroluizvieira5868]

when do you guys start spraying?

[@mrgreekfarmer]

How many times do you cultivate the corn?

[@Aerospace_Education]

If that was me I would end up ripping out 50% of the corn by not driving straight.

[@steakplays2775]

same

[@flatbedtruckingsamrides.9355]

Some cold beers settle you down, love long days of field work. You really see what you accomplish.

[@treytonzoss1853]

Great video, Ryan! The corn is looking good. :) Do you guys have any problems with cutting the roots while cultivating?

[@zwickflixproductions4379]

Nice drone work. Do you shoot the low tracking shots with the drone too?

[@davids.9834]

looks like its time for new sneakers on the 4020

[@Puck_and_plow]

How is it going out on the farm

[@HowFarmsWork]

Pretty good how’s the squad?

[@richarde.6750]

What spacing do you use for the corn and beans?

[@HowFarmsWork]

30” rows

[@abramziegler4960]

It'd help to narrow that 4020 up a little more, but you probably can't with that cab?

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@abramziegler4960 I think their hubs were frozen on the axles and they didn't want to risk busting them to free them up to move more... IIRC... They talked about it in some previous videos... Plus narrowing a tractor up to 60 inches across the tires sure makes them "tippy"... LOL:) So long as they can get down the rows without running down crop, well, it works. Not ideal, as having tires running THAT close to the crop means even a little off will be running down crop or getting awfully close to it, and having that tire compaction that close to the row isn't a good thing either... but sometimes you do what you gotta do... Later! OL J R :)

[@stuartsplace100]

i could see where it would be easy to whipe out the corn,pretty tight driving

[@nick47777]

Is it worth it since you are wiping out quite a lot of corn plants ?

[@lorenkindschy7153]

And the emmy for best picture on a KZbin video goes to How Farms Work!

[@jasonking2943]

4020 I cut my teeth on a 4020 in the early 80's then we got a 4430 with a cab and we thought we were shitting in high cotton. Here it is 2019 both of those old units are still running!

[@blackpearl2133]

I was fixing to ask if you ever get off track and rip rows of corn up, but I guess it does happen.