Harvesting Our Corn Test Plot

[@tonyackerman6508]

You folks there are doing a great service to our future farmers of this country by providing scholarships!

[@caseyjones6913]

Millennial Farmer, first and foremost I want to publicly thank you and all production agriculturist for what y’all do. I am an Ag Science teacher and I use your videos to help teach my Plant Science, Ag Mechanics, and Intro to Ag Classes. It’s hard to take classes on a field trip out to a farm to see how production agriculture has changed and how more scientific and and technologically advanced it has become. Showing your videos allows me to bring a farm to the kids! Plus, we’re in cotton country not much corn or soybeans so it’s good for my students to be exposed to that. Once again, thanks for all you do with these videos.

[@joshhandy8895]

That's a win win situation for everyone. That's a very good thing that y'all are doing by testing the hybrids and using the money that the seed companies pay y'all for testing the different types of hybrids to provide scholarships for high school kids that are in agriculture to go to college. God bless y'all and hats off to y'all for doing that for those kids.

[@dcw1540]

I run an 8 row for the same reason. Did any hiyberd have any ad spots?

[@waterskiingfool]

It's great that you take the time to help with the county plot

[@matthewitt70]

Its always nice to see what other farmers do. I grew up on a small farm and help a coworker farm now once its in your blood its there for life! No other life to have.

[@jasonrowe268]

Great idea for the use of the funds raised, everyone wins, the companies getting their product out there, the members and especially the kids.

[@jbmbanter]

I like the way you farmers are learning about the different hybrids and in turn investing in the future by providing scholarships to local kids who might already on the farm or will come back to the farm after they finish their education.

[@thedonleroy]

That sounds like a real good way to do a test plot. No biased results. Thanks for the videos.

[@bluemtnsman]

Clever. I like the practical aspect of this and love the scholarship portion. Yay for our farmers.

[@tjherlihy2341]

It’s awesome to see all the technology and science behind what you do. Keep up the great work, really look forward to your videos!

[@TomPembertonFarmLife]

Just started watching after the music video, i like your content mate. I first thought it was really wet but its snow! hahah

[@Farmable]

You'll enjoy his videos!

[@paulc8581]

Pretty interesting . glad you @re posting regular . I know after harvest we won't see as many buts that still kool

[@farmermatt629]

Excellent idea .... unbiased and info stays local.... plus someone that needs it gets a education... I need to look into doing this locally

[@2fast65]

great video thanks and have a safe rest of harvest it sounds like you are about finished but i know farming dose not stop there have a great night be safe.

[@albailey4421]

Hey I just wanted to say thankyou for the awesome videos, they are very educational and we enjoy watching and look forward to what you have to show us

[@timmattison6553]

That's a great program you have there with the county. Keep up the good videos.

[@stanleyjones4180]

great video love what your doing there, this is great for future generation farmers and also great for the kids , thanks for showing us

[@KuKoKaNuKo]

Great idea in using the money for scholarships. Always nice to hear people investing in our future generations.

[@augustreil]

Pretty cool thing you're doing for the community and the kids.

[@jamespaulaski5697]

Congrats on 90k! 100k is coming soon!!!!!!!!!!

[@brianhubbard7606]

Sounds like a great program for both the farmers and kids.

[@zfilmmaker]

Thanks for explaining this, I was curious how test plots worked. Your videos always have great content! Really happy I found your channel.

[@rawhideadventures9515]

Awesome, I always wondered how the test plots worked. My neighbor strictly grows seed rice on around 800 acres. He dries it, bags it, then locks it up. It's a pretty valuable storage barn full of grain.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Rawhide Adventures I bet it is! That's cool, where is it at?

[@jimd9511]

Rawhide Adventures Talk him into doing a you tube channel. We need more rice farmers on here.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jim D that would be cool!

[@jeremyfreeman6108]

Watching for northern new york. Just subscribed. Love the channel

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jeremy Freeman thanks for watching!

[@Halfstep2024]

Hey Zach I don’t know if you’ll see this being it’s an older video but one thing that may help you guys is putting air down systems on the truck tires. They use em a lot in logging. I’m sure it’s not cost prohibitive for you guys but it’s an idea! Also super single tires on the wagons could help in mud as well. I’m just thinking out loud I suppose lol

[@sKitz1904]

Loving the vids man. Keep up the fantastic work👍👍

[@sk84life0]

its so interesting on how all this farm stuff works. so much to know . but you all work hard. keep it up .

[@curtweatherbee2523]

Yes they do that here in South Jersey 😉🐝

[@jackwilenmasonry]

My eyes keep going to something following you in field through the mirror.....(once u see it it will always be there). Guess it is almost Halloween...good luck,stay safe! Keep on doing you! Love all your videos!

[@ohiodairyfarming6382]

Could you make a video about how well each hybrid did?

[@MillennialFarmer]

I could probably do that after it's been finalized through our county system, as long as our county board was ok with me putting that out there. I would have to check with them first. Normally, it's been a benefit available to our county members only.

[@joshweekly2869]

How Farms Run

[@69druth]

That's the way to do it,we done some years ago and the brand that done the testing seem to have a different calculation for their own products than for others. And a nice win fall for a FFA.

[@Farmable]

You explained it pretty well. We do the same here, easy to compare the final results!

[@keenankelley187]

Keep your eight row twelve is hard on feeder house drives especially S series. Our irrigated is 200 and a little more your dry land is awesome at 200 plus.

[@clarenceseigle9995]

found this episode great I really enjoy watch your videos keep them coming

[@markmortensen4341]

Very interesting. Great way to help out doing those scholarships!!!!

[@jamiehumphrey2587]

as always good interesting video! Hope you get the rest of your corn out.

[@ckmitchy6881]

I’m not sure if you have an Australian fans of this channel, but I’m certainly one 👍🏽

[@radventures887]

BUSTN NUTZ I'm right here. Love this fella

[@ckmitchy6881]

Robb yeah he’s a good bloke mate

[@Hick25]

he’s got a few floating around, aussie here too

[@BenSmith-up5ut]

I’m Aussie and I love his videos

[@okmkomokmok3444]

BUSTN NUTZ me too

[@koryleague8833]

That's pretty cool and I would think this is probably a more accurate result than a seed company test plot

[@MillennialFarmer]

kory league I trust it more for sure. Test plots often have their flaws, but at least it's unbiased.

[@Johndeereboyr]

You Have inspired me to want to start my own farm .

[@richardmaaske7483]

Thanks, for all the information. Like your Videos.

[@imnotimportant]

That is awesome! So then do you get to sell the yield to pay for your time, equipment and land usage?

[@corbenshrock8853]

Love the videos like the explaining a machine action keep up the good work

[@Dan.Whiteford]

Great video, approx how big an area is your county that you talk of? (eg miles north / south : east / west?) There is a certain amount of that sort of plot work done over here in the UK with small grain crops where the plot sizes are big enough to be really meaningful. It is always much better if you can information such as this related to soils and climate etc in your own area.

[@mikeyc1928]

Is that Bethany in the video at the 9:38 point?

[@karljacobson1575]

I hear that! Yes it would make me have a bad taste about them!! They should have nothing to hide?!!!! Or maybe they do!! That's good info to have the way you are doing it.....

[@AndersonFarms]

We got a 12 row about 5 years ago and usually we catch the dryer anytime from noon-3 if the corn is 18+

[@samueljoejr5191]

Good stuff; I really like the channel,Sam.

[@mlbman2b]

Can we see the final results with the hybrids?

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

How does cross-pollination impact these controlled tests? Are the varieties selected with "days to maturity" in mind, so that they are all on much the same maturity course? Good video and explanations. Thank you.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Rightsideofthegrass we don't worry about any cross pollination. As far as maturity, they're all 90-95 RM. We also do plots that are 96-100 RM. Those are the standard ranges in our area for corn RMs.

[@rightsideofthegrass8114]

Thanks!

[@PAFarms]

Let me know how the deer resident corn hybrid is coming along.

[@MillennialFarmer]

PA Farms wouldn't that be nice!

[@57fitter]

I'll be interested in the one for raccoon resistance

[@jacksonhunterandfarmer2673]

Great vid Guys Smile More God Bless Stay Safe Guys 👍

[@louisnemick317]

Very interesting information.

[@brianbarnes350]

How to do you load the planter to plant only 8 rows of one seed and the other 16 rows of another kind of seed when the hopper boxes on the planter feed 12 rows each? Good idea for a video next spring if you participate in the test plot again.

[@57fitter]

I THINK they have a 16 row planter and keep 8 rows all the same(the control) and change the other 8 at each end.

[@brianbarnes350]

No, it's a 24 row as he notes at 2:11 - 2:19.

[@57fitter]

I went back, and yes its a pod planter. So, I don't know how they set it up for that kind of drop.

[@tedkahler9738]

Would you be able to show the results..... Not asking for hybrid numbers or even brands but i think it would be interesting for you to go over the paper you showed at the end with a bit more detail adding your thoughts. And explain for the non farmers how this works

[@MillennialFarmer]

I may do that. I'm probably not allowed to show the companies in a public forum, but without any names it wouldn't be a problem.

[@tedkahler9738]

MN Millennial Farmer I think it would be neat for you to tell well this x brand was lower moisture but lower yield and this is why you would plant lower yielding corn to get lower drying costs... and other things like that. I farm myself have a little KZbin channel and I like what your doing

[@bigjim5723]

can u say how good or bad them short height rows was-to the others. just wondering. thanks.

[@MillennialFarmer]

That hybrid was about 40 bushels/acre less than the tester next to it!

[@acedecade8337]

Maybe I missed it - is this info provided back to the seed companies, or is it just for the members use?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Ace Decade I don't think I mentioned it but yes, the seed companies thay participated will also get all of the results

[@thatcoolguyjosh5]

I'm a farmkid keep up the good work my dad combine is a 8230

[@SoybeanFarmer3300]

that is a great program your county has setup. how many different Farms are participating?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Soybean Farmer if I remember right there's 6 different corn plots and 4 bean plots.

[@SoybeanFarmer3300]

MN Millennial Farmer - that is enough to get a really good idea how the different corn hybrids work in your county. no county has only one soil type. thanks for the information.

[@tractormark1]

So what was the outcome? Was there significant yield differences?

[@MillennialFarmer]

mark head there was 1 very low yielding hybrid, but most of them were within 10 bushels of each other, which is very consistent.

[@tractormark1]

MN Millennial Farmer so if they are so close is it worth repeating a test plot only this time varying the fertiliser application rates to see if the yields suffer or stay the same with lower rates thus saving money for the same amount of bushels?

[@mattford9048]

Let us know the results please. Thanks for the videos

[@stoffer5225]

Hi my name is Christoffer I come from Denmark🇩🇰🖒💪😊 Why don't you run at night the temperature smudge kugler der just Jensen??☺ Awesome videos🇺🇸 Keep making them🇺🇸

[@karljacobson1575]

That would be more accurate and unbiased test plot than ones seed companies put out!! I'm surprised they pay to get in that!! Around here Pioneer thinks they are the only seed corn. !!!!!

[@MillennialFarmer]

There is a company that refuses to be a part of this plot. They actually have their local dealer put up the funds to enter. It's a bonehead move by them. They definitely lost some respect from us through that decision. I understand their concerns with locally run, farmer plots, but everyone else enjoys being a part of our program.

[@andrewmicas4327]

Thank you for your very excellent explanation, I wish we had more sponsored University courses here in the UK, rather that the Government paying for non courses. Education should be for the benefit of society rather than education just for the halo effect of the individual. This stops the seed companies bullshitting you on this seed is a magic bean.

[@jeffgixer5185]

How big is your dryer? What is your total storage capacity?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jeff Gixer double stack 24 footer. 1,600 bushel dryer capacity. 300,000 bushels of grain storage.

[@jeffgixer5185]

MN Millennial Farmer nice set up. We run two single dryers side by side instead of being stacked. It gives us about 1400 bph. We started small and have built on we currently can hold just shy 500,000 in dry grain. If we fill the wet tank back. I am impressed with your air transfer system, we do It all with legs and conveyors. I also like your pit unloading system.

[@johnheitke7617]

Very interesting. Two questions: You didn't really say if the seed companies get the test results or not? Second have you ever changed seed based on these test results?

[@amyjo2568]

What classes did you take to become a farmer

[@krisztiantoth1402]

Hi. I live in hungary what i need to do to go out and wor in usa?

[@fredf3391]

What happen to the snow, it all melt or is this a Lost episode 👍

[@jesup6]

Is this data being made public or just for members? I'm down here in Clay County Iowa and we make our county plot data public and was just interested about your results up there.

[@MillennialFarmer]

jesup Muhlbauer generally it's a benefit that we give to only our members and participating seed companies. But go ahead and email me and I will share some of it with you. [e-mail]

[@pierreperrin7069]

Are all the hybreds round up ready or Liberty Link?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Pierre Perrin These are all Roundup hybrids

[@bigsasquatch7027]

Don't the corn varieties cross pollinate?

[@57fitter]

Surely they do, but the resulting corn that's produced will not matter while it's going through a hog's digestive system. Or after that....

[@imnotimportant]

That would only effect the next generation of the plant, and this is not seed corn so the corn is going to be consumed by people and animals or made into ethanol. Pollination would not effect this years yield.

[@verndale1175]

How much money is worth in 300 bushels

[@Northern_Farmer]

Whats a bushel of corn worth now a days?

[@57fitter]

Hi Ty!! corn's about 3.25 US here in Indiana. That's sold outa the field cash price.

[@mckayjessop7950]

That's cool how that works

[@wyatt5869]

We had 16 different hybrids.... took a long time

[@williamcannon52]

Are the test plots designed for statistical analysis and is statistical analysis being done on the data? Enjoying your channel. As to the beard, since you plan to reach non-farmers, you might check with someone in PR to determine how it will influence the proposed audience.

[@Sabres140]

What's that program you have running on the ipad?

[@rykery1034]

You soooooooooo cool and I want to work in a farm so bad

[@stevehelgeson1597]

So, who gets the profit on the grain then? The association, or the land owner? What does it cost to be in the association?

[@MillennialFarmer]

We, the farmers keep the grain in exchange for the work it takes to plant and harvest it and keep the data. It doesn't cost anything to be a county member. The county gets membership money back from the state organizations which get their money from memberships and state checkoff funds.

[@stevehelgeson1597]

Thanks! Not a farmer but impressed with your work both in terms of the production value on the videos you post and your representation of agriculture. Drove pea harvesters for Green Giant down by Montgomery LeSuer areas when I was a kid. By no means made me a farmer, but did provide a great look at one part of the ag-production cycle.

[@GlenironPa]

I'm guessing at this point/ harvest all the cross pollination of the different "hybrids" in the field makes no difference on the corn yield per hybrid standing in the field. Maybe you've got a super hybrid now though and don't even know from that massive hybrid corn "orgie"....rofl

[@kentuckyfarmer1129]

If don’t mind saying what corn brand did the best.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Kentucky farmer 112 it still needs to be calculated by our county board (we take moisture and test weight into account and calculate a gross profit). Several hybrids were really close. Among the top was Wensman, Hefty, Channel, and Thunder.

[@kentuckyfarmer1129]

MN Millennial Farmer gotcha we like channel seed too

[@chrisphenicie2835]

DKC52-68 baby!

[@trentsmock7045]

That is a seed tender

[@rickspruill8413]

Roughly how many different farms are in your county? Interested to know how big the sample size is of the data you're comparing. Thanks

[@MillennialFarmer]

Rick Spruill good question. I honestly don't know that. There are 5 other plots like this.

[@dstrickler96]

Corn test plot? Tss is it a movie about a corn cob in school or sumthin?

[@MillennialFarmer]

freakin' good one Chippa!!

[@jamiehumphrey2587]

What the hell does first mean?

[@brianbarnes350]

It's a youTube thing. Often the first person to view the video comments "first!". He was making a joke that he was the first one to watch the video.

[@49Wildman]

Would you go over the results??!

[@aydenthefarmboy7234]

We did this with rice

[@wyattritter6473]

Why not just unload them on the road? Or bear the road?

[@MillennialFarmer]

We can't reach the road with the weigh wagon, and we can't block the whole road for 3 hours...

[@Leeg023]

That farming tech is kinda complicated these days

[@MillennialFarmer]

Sep de Geus it's as technological as you make it. Some of the technology out there blows me away.

[@Kaptoj]

I really wonder why you allow any truck traffic on your field, i see you run many on your machine on duals and tracks, but a truck is a very very big cause for compacting with the narrow tyres and the wheel slip.

[@Kaptoj]

forgot to say i am from denmark europe, conditons may be diffrent in states i guess you get alot of frost which can make the soil soft through winter and ease compaction.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Xerion1337 We're not legally allowed to block the roads to load the trucks so we don't really have a choice. We try to minimize the trucks on the field as much as we can.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Xerion1337 also, in this specific situation the test plot was around the back side of a farm yard so we didn't have any other way to get the trucks in and out.

[@Kaptoj]

Makes sense! thanks for the answer, have a nice day.

[@MillennialFarmer]

first!

[@hookares8551]

What you are calling Tester is what scientists call a Control. It controls for any differences in the position the variety is planted in the field. (If I understand your video correctly). The Variety is compared to the neighboring control and if the control is effected by the conditions in the field, the variety is thus Normalized to prevent false negative or positive results. Very nice program.

[@MillennialFarmer]

HooKares? Correct

[@hookares8551]

Sorry if my comment read as though I was explaining to you, I thought I'd add more explanation for your viewers who aren't familiar with these types of studies.

[@brianbarnes350]

Unfair advantage!!

[@erickurtz2750]

MN Millennial Farmer

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[@MillennialFarmer]

congrats on your miraculous achievement!

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[@icyy0028]

Are you Becky’s husband

[@MillennialFarmer]

Icyy 00 I might be...

[@fensie2724]

First haha