Dion F64 Rotary Head Chopping Sweet Corn

Making laps with the New Holland FP240 and Dion rotary corn head chopping some corn

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Mike, Interesting to see almost vintage gear still being used for day to day farm work, thanks for sharing

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Tony

[@hankelrod7315]

I chop about 50 acres sweet corn every year after it is hand picked. It is all chopped into green feed wagons & fed green - the greener the better. Makes really good green chop to keep the mama cows & calves happy when pastures taper off production.

[@mikep7810]

It does make some nice feed

[@silenthunterish]

Nice looking set up you got there. Wish I was back in the states for harvest but seeing you running some beautiful equipment in upstate NY brings joy keep up the great content thank you

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I appreciate the kind words. Upstate New York is absolutely beautiful especially in the fall. Stay tuned for more harvest videos

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Gee, I could watch this all day. In about 2 weeks I can be doing it for real. You psyche me up!! I've gotta talk to Pa about getting one of these Dion heads. Being able to go crossways can really save some time.

[@mikep7810]

You will really love it if you get one

[@frankdeegan8974]

Growing up all the other harvesting operations I got to see and do, but it seemed chopping corn was done so fast that it was over by time I got out of school and basketball practice so I missed that. Filling a 10 x 35 and a 14 x 40 with two wagons was done in about 4 days. This is by far a favorite harvest operation, thanks. The Dion head makes life much better, here we thought a self propelled four row chopper was the limit lol

[@mikep7810]

Chopping corn and putting it in the silo is one of my favorite jobs too. The Dion head definitely makes it nice

[@willzwier7948]

Greetings from Ontario Canada. Loved that Dion corn chopper

[@mikep7810]

Hey Will. How are things in Ontario. Gotta love that Dion equipment

[@willzwier7948]

Things are ok in Ontario

[@craigrider5625]

Love the chopping videos. Awesome footage

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Craig. I appreciate it

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

Awesome footage, those are nice heads.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you, They are definitely nice heads

[@koolman2021]

Awesome video thanks for sharing 💯💯🐄🐄

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@taragreenhill8383]

Another great video mike. Keep em coming!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Tara. I will

[@PA_Wilds_Coyote]

What an awesome corn head!!!!

[@mikep7810]

Oh yeah, we love it

[@Masseydriver]

With that head it leaves the field nice and clean looking.

[@mikep7810]

Yes it does. It definitely does a great job

[@bigtractorpower]

Great forage harvesting video.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. Once we start unloading in the silo it should be better footage

[@sirmilksalot9557]

Looks like really light sandy soil. Beach sand. We bought a new 2row Horning head. First one in MN. I'm looking forward to using it.

[@mikep7810]

Thats pretty cool, good luck with the new Horning head

[@lynpostlethwait3083]

Very great 👍 video

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Lyn

[@jackthewisedog5171]

great video keep them coming

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Jack. I appreciate it

[@herbhouston5378]

Nice video! That head works great!

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Herb. It sure does, we are very happy with it

[@zackeryhills1311]

Great video Mike 👍

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Zackery

[@paulkisselbach7653]

That is one incredible hungry machine, I assume you have a cattle operation. I am in SW Illinois and it seems each harvest season that someone gets tangled up in a drive belt or chain or gearing, you have probably heard it before. Excellent drone footage, I think I saw it land near the end of the vid. Good job!!!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Paul. That unit does a really good job. I have heard of bad stories where guys have been tangled up in the belts or chains also. I hope it never happens

[@davidwhittredge3416]

It’s that time of year!

[@mikep7810]

It sure is

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Great footage Mike!! :)

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Chris. As much as I love being in the tractors working, it is nice to focus on flying and not doing both. Just focus on getting some good footage.

[@ohiofarmlife4020]

Looks like a good time!

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. It definitely was

[@randyvilleneuve4907]

Nice corn head.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Randy

[@farmallchris]

Cool footage would like to see the wagon unloading great video

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. We just chopped a load to feed out of. When we are unloading in the silo i will definitely video it

[@ladislavmotyka6795]

Its realy werry nice chopper

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. We really like it

[@mcleanfarmsryan3897]

My buddy has the 4 row dion and loves it for opening fields

[@mikep7810]

I bet he does. What chopper does he run it on?

[@mcleanfarmsryan3897]

mikep7810 fp240 with his John Deere 7810

[@mikep7810]

Sounds like a dream set up!!

[@mcleanfarmsryan3897]

mikep7810 yes it is but he’s going to sell the chopper and probably go self propelled because me and him put are dairy’s herds together and know have 105 cows

[@scottsargent8564]

Coffee with Mike this morning. The drone shots give a good look at your dad's sweet corn. It's a good sized patch he has there. The dion head gives you options in direction of cut which is helpful with some of the shape and size fields we have. Thumbs up see you on the next one

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Scott. Its definitely a great corn head. I've chopped before where another full row will be too much for the wagon so I go down the front to top off the load. Its pretty nice

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Awesome Mike. Hadnt watched in a while but have watched all the videos and caught back up. Love watching.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Zeke. Glad you are back getting caught up with all the videos

[@ISXCUMMINS565]

That head is a few steps up from what we used back when I was still on the farm.

[@mikep7810]

It definitely does a nice job

[@jimarcher7665]

Can you imagine trying to explain to the old guys cutting corn the wrong way of the rows LOL

[@mikep7810]

@@jimarcher7665 Haha yeah I couldn't imagine

[@crtomirrozman]

GReat video. At what stage do you chop sweet corn? We usually chop at 30% of dry matter or we determine the right on the basis of milk line...

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. We normally do not chop it. We plant it to sell the corn and a lot of it was picked. We were just out of corn silage so we chopped it this year.

[@orange3203]

We just signed the papers on a new Dion 2430 chopper with a 3 row. When it comes in i'll try and post some videos of it.

[@mikep7810]

Nice. Those are some sweet looking choppers

[@hanksfarmvideos]

Hoping to start chopping here later this week

[@mikep7810]

Awesome. Good luck with the chopping

[@a.l.l.firewood8883]

Do you guys have to run corn over when you open up fields? If so does the head pick up down corn well?

[@mikep7810]

If we don't make our turns too good we can knock some down. It does a pretty good job picking up the down corn. If you watch on the part where the camera is on the chopper you can see it pulling some down/bent corn into the feederhouse

[@Northeastohio]

Neat chopper

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I love it

[@garybridger6707]

How far from you is the auction on Saturday? J Martin did a auction in my area a few years ago, had quite a crew with them.

[@mikep7810]

I'm about an hour and a half south east of Seneca falls. About a half an hour south of cortland

[@jameswebb6804]

Hey mike just sitting looking at some.of your videos Just wanted wish you and all your families a safe and a Happy Merry Christmas and a super new year Do you have any snow up there.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you James. I appreciate it. I hope you and your family have a wonderful and safe Christmas. We have a big snow storm coming in a couple days

[@mennoreuten1563]

He Nice to watch,, overhere in the netherlands almost every farmer uses contracters whit selfpropelled choppers which have Kemper fronts, question is sweet corn tasting sweet or is it just the ear ,thanks Mike have a good day greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer and looks like i am first again now i am going for the holiday of i am first the next time

[@mikep7810]

Thanks Menno. Have a great day

[@ladislavmotyka6795]

Hi at Dion rotary head, there si owerruning clutch? IF you stoped the header, drums are stoped but the cutersaw runs down??

[@mikep7810]

Yes when you turn off the machine the large blades spin for a while

[@firecaptaintom6670]

Quite a bit of dryness variety in that field. Does that cause any issues?

[@mikep7810]

Its sweet corn. Its one of the first varieties we planted so its been picked and done for a while now. Thats why it looks so dry

[@danp7278]

Love that Dion head what think of scorpion .don't see many videos of them but I think they out chop NH .I mean I think you can jam 350 HP on them

[@mikep7810]

I would love to try out a Dion Scorpion. I think they look like awesome choppers and would love to see what they can do

[@twizzler309]

Are there actual knives that cut the stalk or are they just torn off?

[@mikep7810]

Sorry I should have explained better. There is a big blade that spins in circles. You can see the too big blades at the bottom that do the cutting

[@TheGrumpyFarmer]

Are you running the drone while you’re shopping or is someone else running the drone

[@mikep7810]

I have done that before but no my dad is chopping. I'm off the side on the Kubota flying

[@brianocallaghan7716]

When there is no corn cob, what does that do to the feed value?

[@mikep7810]

There are some older cobs so there is cob in there. the stalk has a lot of feed value too

[@travisteeter5072]

Best era of Johnny Green's made

[@mikep7810]

They are great tractors

[@travisteeter5072]

Grunt and no garbage

[@randymarch5140]

We have f240 and dion 4 row on a jd 7810. believe it or not it does well

[@mikep7810]

Sounds like a pretty sweet lineup. I had another comment saying they run a FP240 with a 4 row and a 7810. Its a popular lineup

[@kennyjones4739]

How long have you owned this setup? Lots of paint still showing on the head.

[@mikep7810]

The chopper is a 2011. We bought the chopper in 2014. The Dion head was brand new when we bought it in 2014

[@ladislavmotyka6795]

And how many cows have you? And have you 2022 corn Chopping video? 🙂

[@mikep7810]

We milk 50 cows and have about another 50-60 dry cows and heifers. No we haven't started chopping corn yet. Soon

[@frankeem3820]

How many total acres are you going to chop this year?

[@mikep7810]

We are going to chop until the silo and bag are full then combine the rest

[@M_Z_E46]

great chopping video with beautiful machines. Why are there such large gaps in corn? Greetings from Germany

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Matthias. This wasnt regular grain corn this was sweet corn. the gaps in between were the different varieties. when we started to chop the sweet corn we were still picking the last variety so we kept chopping in a circle the other varieties so thats why there were big gaps

[@M_Z_E46]

ok thank you, have a nice day

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌🇨🇦❤, new sub, gr8 video

[@mikep7810]

I'm glad you enjoyed it and thank you for subscribing

[@familyvlogs9105]

Do you think you could use the 4 row head?

[@mikep7810]

might have to go a little slower but i think the tractor could handle it

[@warrenklingensmith1241]

Mike I can't imagine how your family can eat that much sweet corn. Please enlighten me .

[@mikep7810]

My dad hand picks it and sells it

[@travis9449]

That thing is a beast !! Hey how many cows you milk ? Do you do any barn vids ?

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. We are a small dairy farm that milks 50 cows. Yes I have videos of feeding cows and heifers

[@jdtractorman7445]

Hard to believe it's corn cutting time already. Seems like a couple weeks ago I was watching your corn planting videos. 4555 handles that chopper pretty easily. Very good video quality with the camera you are using.

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. Yeah The gopro definitely has a better picture quality then the drone does but the drone brings the awesome views

[@halfpintranch2700]

Cool video! How many acres are you going to chop ?

[@mikep7810]

As much as it takes. We are going to fill the silo and fill a 8x200 bag then whatever is left we will combine for high moisture

[@halfpintranch2700]

@@mikep7810 awesome , looking forward to the videos

[@deanschafer5919]

Hi Mike awesome videos! How many acres u guys farm? And how many cows do u guys milk?

[@mikep7810]

Thank you Dean. We are a small farm by today's standards. We farm a couple hundred acres and we milk around 50 cows

[@deanschafer5919]

@@mikep7810 Hi Mike, I really miss farming we live in Mi. I grew up on a dairy farm we milked 250 about and farmed around 600 acres. But a few life changes happen and Dad ended up selling out in 2005. I really miss it every day. That’s y I love watching your videos. Keep it up! U are doing a good job!

[@mikep7810]

@@deanschafer5919 Thank you Dean. I appreciate it

[@billhodges7822]

Does that have a kernel processor?

[@mikep7810]

It does. I didn't have it in to chop sweet corn. The sweet corn is too sticky and would just plug up the rollers

[@lukasfeldbauer]

is every single kernel cracked with this method ?

[@mikep7810]

The kernels are cracked when you run the corn through the crop processor

[@jentpostma337]

Nice setup mike, looks like the tractor does it with ease. How many tons per hour would you be able to chop if you had to push it?

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. I wouldn't even know to be honest with you. With nice thick corn and really sharp blades I'm sure you could really push out the tons per hour

[@ozz5350]

👍👏👏👏

[@mikep7810]

Thank you

[@juliusschwartz9124]

How many different choppers have u used over the years and any brand in your mind run better ? How about a property tour that river is kool that runs along your property 😀

[@mikep7810]

I have Only chopped with New Holland choppers. A 790, a 900, and this FP240

[@juliusschwartz9124]

Kool

[@juliusschwartz9124]

I saw a nice john deere forage wagon for 980 $ on line ha , New Holland makes great haying and forage equipment, i went by the new Holland palnt in newholland pa , kool place , my cousin uses a john deere model dustbin moco nice machine and new holland chopper

[@caseihmagnum279]

How come you guys don't use the chopper quick release

[@mikep7810]

Just never got them

[@caseihmagnum279]

@@mikep7810 ok both out choppers came with them so for me it's weird seeing a harvester without them

[@mikep7810]

@@caseihmagnum279 I've chopped with our 790 back in the day, the 900, and now the FP240 and he didnt have them on either

[@alexmikhael5061]

so do you'all chop up the whole stalk and cob for like CRITTER FOOD????? goin back to the video it will prolly be answered, but ou well

[@alexmikhael5061]

it was answered with the 'we are just feeding out of the wagon for now till the silo is finished' ....that was the answer right? you choppin it all up for CRITTER FOOD ????

[@mikep7810]

Yes corn silage is the whole corn plant chopped up and we use it for feed for the cows. We are feeding out of the wagon with this but the next field we are going to unload it in the silo and feed it out of the silo

[@alysonreis7211]

Mais alguém do brasil assistindo

[@mikep7810]

Obrigado. Agradeço que você assista e espero que goste dos vídeos

[@leost.pierre7205]

I guess I can't understand the concept of going against the rows. Why not plant the corn in the direction you plan on chopping?

[@mikep7810]

We usually do go with the rows. This field was sweet corn and it was planted that way to be walked through and picked. The good thing about this head is a lot of guys that use it go continuously around not just with the rows.

[@leost.pierre7205]

@@mikep7810 ok. That makes sense. Just couldn't figure out why the rows were short but chopping length wise. Lol

[@mikep7810]

@@leost.pierre7205 Sometimes when the wagon is almost loaded but not enough room for a full row I'll go down the front against the rows to top off the load

[@larrywolford5686]

hows everybody diong mike.love yuor videos.my buddy miks in a station barn plus they have 2 robotic mikkers

[@mikep7810]

Thats pretty cool Larry. What kind of robots does he have?

[@agrowolf2879]

hellow where are you from nice machines

[@mikep7810]

Thank you. Im from the state of New York in the United States

[@agrowolf2879]

@@mikep7810 You watch movie on my channel ? Write coments please 😀😀

[@juliusschwartz9124]

How goes it on tbe farm?!!

[@mikep7810]

Its going alright

[@juliusschwartz9124]

Nice ! Guess corn silage is up next?! Are u guys going to do any custom combining for farms in your area ?

[@christinahewitt3876]

cows will love it we got 100ac done so for

[@christinahewitt3876]

But looks like its going to rain all day agen

[@christinahewitt3876]

I forgot to ask you something do you guys milk with a parlor and how many cows do you milk? We milk300 we have 3robotic milkers and we love them

[@mikep7810]

We have an old tie stall barn that has 52 stalls. Most of the year we keep the barn pretty full. We have an addition That Ts off the barn thats about 16 stalls that we keep dry cows in. What brand of milking robots do you have?

[@christinahewitt3876]

Lely

[@mikep7810]

@@christinahewitt3876 Nice! How do you like them?

[@javierpachecopacheco870]

Hello can you tell me the price of a machine pls thx you ...

[@mikep7810]

I'm assuming you mean the chopper. It all depends the year and model you want. One of the dealerships we deal with has a 2008 FP240 (like this one) for 33 grand. That doesn't include the hay head or the corn head. That Dion F64 corn head is around 20 grand

[@javierpachecopacheco870]

Thx you

[@wilscooley3083]

Hi Mike That’s a lot of sweet corn. Does your Dad sell all of it beside the road or is he selling it all over the place?

[@mikep7810]

He just sells beside the road

[@skeets6060]

I have yet to see anybody jump and birds or deer out of those fields,,

[@mikep7810]

I'm sure there were plenty of birds and deer in and out of there

[@agrowolf2879]

this corn is small in my contry corn have 3.5m

[@mikep7810]

This corn is sweet corn. It doesn't get as tall as regular corn. We chopped it because we needed the silage

[@larrywolford5686]

Delaval

[@mikep7810]

What?

[@kimberlylanger8326]

L

[@mikep7810]

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