Harvesting 1,500 Acres of Corn Silage in Just 6 Days!

Watch as Walker Bros Ag efficiently harvests 1,500 acres of corn silage at Stone Ridge Dairy in Central Illinois in just 6 days in August 2023. See the massive John Deere 9900i Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters in action with their 956 hp, 24L Liebherr V12 engine. The crews use two of these impressive harvesters along with several hauling trucks to chop, and transport the silage back to the dairy farm where it in a pile to be used in about a year to feed the dairy herd. This is an impressive display of high-capacity modern agricultural harvesting.

[@MachineryMastery-b1o]

Insanely good!

[@janiesoito4494]

Love the drone footage. Would love to see you open up those long rows. This is so different than when I loaded under a New Holland 1880! My husband packed silage for 53 years. Good job.

[@mrjohnReview]

"A perfect display of agricultural technology

[@willthewanderer9012]

Very impressive,everyone has a job to do to keep things moving smoothly.

[@JimBaltz]

Walker Bros Ag does an awesome job and as a bonus they don't run over the old fat guy with the drone. :-)

[@brentreid7031]

That should be good consistent feed...

[@sarah_farm]

You work so hard to build your dreams!

[@NorthernOhioRailroadAction]

Excellent video really enjoyed it keep up the great work thanks again and have a wonderful safe day

[@tomcleghorn4005]

That’s awesome!

[@tsparky236]

A person would think they have done this before? Well orchestrated for sure.

[@farmingfishingfamilyontari2814]

Agreed. Must not be their first time 😂

[@farmingfishingfamilyontari2814]

Plants look green. What’s the moisture?

[@Kermitgang2]

Imagine having to put down the tires for that silage

[@johncoughlan5512]

Like the Irish music. Ye should check out harvesting maize in wet conditions in Ireland this year. Especially dennehys harvest

[@blakeg4878]

Ok, this is crazy but I know who this is, I live in town they are the big farm that every one knows

[@jamesbuck3818]

VERY ELOQUENT 😊

[@fernandogonzalezfarinas9685]

How many tonnes can chopp that 9900 per hour?( in this kind of field)

[@tompefoofnik1559]

Interesting that one chopper has a Deere head on it and the other one is running a Krone head. Wonder which one they like better

[@ernestomaldonado5057]

Driver looking for work this coming season who to contact? If possible thanks 🙏

[@Mainly-boy-outdoors]

Was this a dairy farm or a custom operation for other farmers?

[@user-zu2bw7ig5v]

Dairy farm

[@matthewroth2257]

Why is the back shield open on the one chopper?

[@JimBaltz]

I was wondering the same thing when flying the drone and all I could come up with is that it was pretty hot that day so maybe added cooling. Then again maybe someone forgot to close it :-)

[@user-zu2bw7ig5v]

Get on some wet ground and that silage operator will learn to fill the front of the bix b4 the back

[@pai2402]

What cutting length are they doing?

[@rodneyrtennis1279]

Nice video. Would have been a great video without the background music. Would have actually loved to hear the machinery instead.

[@DanMurphy-w3m]

You get a better view from drones but they don't record sound

[@stephenc2296]

Hi Jim, maybe you can answer a question. I see all these silage videos where they are using multiple tractors to compact the silage. Why doesn’t a farmer use a sheepsfoot roller? It’s would do a better job compacting, and a used one can be purchased under 40k and last a lifetime.

[@JimBaltz]

My guess is because they can use the tractors for other farm activities while a sheepsfoot roller would be for only one purpose. Also it might be a little hard on the concrete ;-)

[@JayGrab]

I know of one farmer that does. Its a lot of money for a unit that only does one thing and they can't push silage.

[@allenbraun8759]

We used a sheep's foot one year, it was awkward on the pile and got itself stuck a few times. Really too slow to move smoothly with the push tractors

[@ShinierStar]

Is there any way to calculate silage tonnage per hectare?

[@JimBaltz]

About 60.5 tonnes per hectare

[@JayGrab]

If the chopper has the correct options it will tell you the yield

[@robwar2288]

That is short Silage Corn🧐

[@JimBaltz]

Illinois spent most of the growing season in drought so it did better than I thought it would.

[@robwar2288]

@@JimBaltz I didn’t think that Black Soil ever dried out! But it looks really good for Drought!

[@Sirabun-qd6nu]

Ga bisa diucapkan dgn kata2🇲🇨

[@charlesbennett6242]

Need better music😖

[@JimBaltz]

I have yet to find any music that everyone likes. If you know of any, PLEASE let me know. 🙂

[@dennisprice8798]

Narration is way better than music. We arm chair farmers want to know about the process of planting, growing and harvesting. @@JimBaltz