Last Day of Picking Corn! Harvest 2023!

It is the last day of picking corn for the 2023 harvest season. We had a great final day of picking. The wind howling and the corn leaves in the air, really brought this beautiful fall day together. Thank you all for watching! Make sure to leave your comments down below!
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[@user-du1um2pl4g]

❤❤❤ I just SHARED THIS VIDEO WITH A FRIEND FROM SOUTHERN MN. THAT HAS A PICKIN AND SHELLING SHOW IN THE FALL !!!! HE ❤ LOVE'S YOU GUY'S TOO ❤

[@DrEVIL-og4qv]

I worked at IH's FARMALL PLANT in Rock Island, Ill most of the time the 686's were built. I wasn't sad when they discontinued that line of tractors and built the 786's. Like many other commenters I grew up on a farm in NW Illinois, Dad raised 700-800 head of hogs every year, 80 acres of ear corn picked every fall, put in our huge corn crib and ground to feed the 40 head of cattle who also got 3-4 bales of alfalfa hay. Dad had several cattle butched and sold to friends and family, the corn fed beef was better than ANY other type of beef. Hogs ate ground shell corn all bought at the feedmill, by the time I was 8-9 years old I was making the 5 mile trip to town with my 1939 FARMALL H and Hieder auger wagon 2-3 times a week for hog feed. I did spring fieldwork, Dad bought me a John Deere R diesel about Christmas of 1963 for spring fieldwork spring of '64, Just what every 10 year old wants, a John Deere. We still had 22 acres left to plow when Dad got rid of it, I finished plowing with our Super M-TA. I cultivated corn, mowed hay, raked hay, and in 1963 Dad bought me an Original Cub Cadet to keep the place mowed up nice. By about 1967 Dad would pick with our 2-ME mounted picker on the '51 M, I'd haul in and unload. By 1968 I was working for neighbors doing fieldwork as well as still helping Dad. About 1970 I started working for our largest hybred seedcorn company rouging and detassling seed fields. Our small town of 5000 had THREE seed corn companies. When I was about 5 years old my folks bought me a Saint Bernard dog, a great pet for a young farm boy. We got a second one while I was in high school, and we bought Our son one when He was 6-7 years old. Would be nice if you could shop more shots of your St Bernard out and about.

[@Timkrenz-gr6ol]

❤😊 GOOD 👍 STORY❤😊

[@Northernman68]

Love it,it's like going back to my childhood days.

[@ArmpitStudios]

11:29 That’s a pretty Star Wars sort of look you have going on there. 🤓 Thanks for all the picking videos. I wish that was my job.

[@tsparky236]

I love all your vidoes but these right here bring back a lot of memories? Super M and lots of corn, thank you very much. Of course with a 410 along just in case a pheasant wanted to come home with me. LOL

[@jamesstabler3083]

Went back to new idea corn picker ,have more control over feed then having to relie on feed company ,bought one and rebuilt it love channel

[@VIVA4EVER2001]

I grew up on our small family farm in Dorset England, I just love your videos, love to see real farm machinery thats not reliant on computers! , just skill, experience, good engineering and lots of lubricant. Thanks for sharing

[@bruceprentice6441]

I agree with your principle on equipment value, I said the same thing about my forage harvesting equipment. I owned it, the equipment worked as intended requiring few repairs. My only real cost was my fuel and my time. The equipment has little resale value. And the cows eat the feed just the same. Great video !

[@philipalanparish65]

You. Can’t beat ear corn for cow feed🌽🌽

[@bustersmith5569]

THANK YOU,,,,👍👍🙏

[@demkad3629]

КЛАССНАЯ НАСАДКА К ТРАКТОРУ

[@johnhenderson299]

Great video

[@ryanbachman9227]

I remember when my grandpa picked corn we got ride in the wagon but when it was getting full we had to move the corn around. Best years of my life. God bless

[@danw6014]

Mounted pickers started out in the 40s. John Deere discontinued their mounted picker in 1973 when they introduced the 30 series tractors. I believe the 300 was dropped in 1987. New Idea discontinued their 324/325 pull type picker in 1984. White (Minneapolis Moline) discontinued their 1200 stationary sheller in 1975. I remember how difficult harvesting our 1992 corn crop. We were using New Idea pickers then. We had a muck field that we had to let sit until the spring of 1993. There was a lot of down corn by then but it wasn't to bad with our picker and shelling unit with the 4020 power shift only having to wear a Tshirt and not a heavy winter coat. A lot of guys lost hands running pickers so be sure to shut it off before trying to unplug it. Plugged stalks can get pulled through faster than you can let go of them.

[@Timkrenz-gr6ol]

❤😊 AROUND 1974-75 WAS THE LAST YEARS GREEN GIANT IN LE SUEUR MN PICKED SWEET CORN WITH A MOUNTED PICKER❤😊 BY THEN NEW IDEA CAME OUT WITH THE UNI SYSTEM !!! THERE WAS A PLACE GREEN GIANT HAD CALLED THE BRICK BARN WHERE THEY MADE SOME PROTO TYPE 3&4 ROW HEAD'S FOR THE UNI SYSTEM❤😊

[@davidbeland1370]

We don’t have a mounted picker but we still have pull type 12 and 8 bed pickers. Makes good feed. Notice everyone doing snaplage? Keep up the good work!

[@chrisburke848]

Phd in corn picking. Great vid.

[@jimkruszka3817]

glad everything is going well, nice to see full cribs

[@hayfork100]

The corn looks beautiful this year! The corn is standing up very well compared to a lot of prior years. Enjoyed all the conversation your Dad did at the beginning of the video. You can tell he is VERY HAPPY with this years harvest. I'm happy for all of you.

[@minidigger1000]

This is real farming keeping them old machines running, good on you guys for that your father is a great man very knowledgeable

[@randycharest4507]

Totally enjoyed watching the video guy's 😊

[@steveschweiger6569]

Love the sound of RED POWER. Can’t be beat.

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Remind me as being a farm kid growing up the 50s an 60s, we had a picker like that. Class of 1970

[@bapasrcadventures3619]

Hey don’t let dad have all the fun! Glad you got the chance to pick. How many acres does it take to fill the 3 cribs?

[@danw6014]

It looks like the cribs are the same size as mine which would shell out about 1000 bushels.

[@bryankeator8396]

I remember the one year I thought you guys used two pickers. But last two years only one. Do you still have another picker. Have a good one

[@keithfulk6600]

My Dad used a two row on his Super H to pick all his corn. Up until about ten years ago. Bring back a lot of memories

[@DonWelter]

Always a good feeling to complete corn picking. Getting the time of year when the weather can change from warm and tolerable to cold and miserable in a couple of days. Your daily maintenance helps keep the picker going.

[@jimjohnson9237]

I really enjoy the explanations that you both do. I’ve been away from farming for a lifetime but you never lose all the interest. I appreciate how well you take care of your equipment. Grease and oil are cheap in comparison.

[@alisciamarotta3888]

Hiya Aaron thank you for the great content. I always watch and enjoy your videos. Glad to see all cribs full, the cows will definitely enjoy. Nice to see all the older equipment still in use.

[@markflick1641]

Really enjoy your dad explaining things . Reminds me of my dad and uncle. Thank you for that . Great to see the youngsters running the picker 😁 . I never get tired of harvest ,the smells are unique . What a view

[@alanpranke3299]

Thanks for all your work. Having done all this work, I can easily appreciate the time to stop and set up the camera.

[@petercahill3859]

Cool,shot from behind the picker. You can see how it all works.

[@jpeel2066]

Great video. Love watching harvesting. All the best 🇬🇧.

[@ronzezulka6646]

Hey Aaron,,thanks for the ride along. Lots of memories of our mounted New Idea on the 560 diesel.

[@doncc6080]

COOL love seeing ears of corn going in the bin. Good feeling to have more than enough. My brother started a small dairy farm in River Falls in the early 70's. Is that close to you?

[@MATTREBARCHEK28]

HAVE A GOOD THANKSGIVING TO THE GIEROK FARMS LOVE YOUR CONTENT

[@messengercreekexotics]

Great videos of picking ear corn. Brings back the memories. Though used a John Deere A with a 237 mounted picker. And if you didn’t have crib space there was always snow fence to make temporary cribs.

[@frankhoffman1895]

Feeding ear corn is the best feed in the world for cattle and hogs. We still pick and fill the crib. We pick 6-800 bu.a year. Fill the crib and fill three wagon loads and grind off the wagon. We use a New Idea 325 narrow row and use a 656 same tractor as your 666 but ours is gas and use the 966 once in awhile.

[@DaveSkornia]

Hi. If y'all ever get tired of the open picker I sure love the John Deere 300 3 row picker behind a cab tractor. After having several NI pickers the JD huskers sure are simple and with the combine corn heads with adjustable deck plates there is very minimal shelling. To avoid tipback I have found that by planting two similar length maturities side by side in 4 row blocks extends the pollen shed time to help ensure full kernel development on the ear especially in dry years. Beautiful farm you have out there

[@russellhansen7622]

Thanks for taking us along that's awesome. You just need to find a sheller unit for that picker then you wouldn't have to get somebody to combine😬

[@lazeppelin1]

I always wanted to see those mounted corn pickers run. My dad had one on our old M. But I was too young to watch it.

[@robertlusnia506]

Enjoyed your video, keeping them coming

[@codyraisor6316]

Still ear picking corn here in Kentucky at 29 years old

[@teresadroessler9872]

Thanks for the great video, running the mounted picker is my favorite job

[@clinthochrein888]

Between me my dad older brother a sister would run the wagons or unload them while our hired custom picker guy was out in the field . Besides doing chores a mom would be in the house getting Dinner going.

[@michigantler5046]

cool

[@tonycoupland6281]

Yes most definitely ground ear corn makes really great cattle feed!!!

[@michael-z5c6x]

We still run a Allis charmers mounted corn picker on our wd.

[@anthonyblalock1790]

Amazing team I really appreciate you guys. You guys are always getting things done efficiently

[@banjobenson9348]

Nice of your Dad to let you run the thing for a turn.

[@Josh-me7iy]

Love the videos im a young guy that loves picking had 3 pickers at one time before was forced to sell my equipment, miss picking good corn have picked 200 bu corn many times, shelled out what i didn't feed to steers did around 40 ac a year. Keep the good videos coming

[@farmshoffman8475]

How many acres does it take to fill all three cribs , great awesome video

[@frankgyomoryjr6167]

Do you chop or disc your stalks?

[@dennis82468]

When are t-shirts and hoodies coming?

[@oddJOB7036]

Your a medieval juoster driving that unit. 😊

[@jordanficek4805]

Hey guys great videos! I’m 29 and Iv used a 2 row pull type new idea and one row Oliver picker my whole life and I absolutely love picking! Keep up the good work guys!!

[@minidigger1000]

You should raise the guards on thr rear of the picker your losing the odd cob out the back

[@wallacewimmer5191]

😊

[@robertmacleod4058]

I always wished IH had put the 16 speed transmission into the 686's instead of sticking with the old 10 speed that dated back to the M's. It sure sounds nice, though! I am curious does the 686 have the mechanical TA or the hydraulic one that will hold back on a hill?

[@charlietanner6211]

old style wont hold in low

[@dicksteffen1025]

I spent many an hour on an MTA with a NI SuperPicker on it. 1/2 the time with the husking attachment, half the time with the Picker-Sheller. I always liked that rig. I always particularly liked putting up the ear corn. Just something about it. An enjoyable experience.

[@donaldberg7955]

Do you Chop the Stalks prior to tillage.???😊

[@billcreed6882]

I watch every one of your videos. Do you do anything with the corn stalks? Like bale them for bedding? Or maybe let the cows out there for food?

[@markschwab7829]

Definitely brings back memories of when we used to do that. Great video of you guys getting the job done. Do you make cornstalk bales for bedding after you get the corn picked?

[@benrogers5808]

Let Mason He’s run the Oliver for a couple days and you’ll find out how the coolant is getting into the oil.

[@eddeetz493]

Keep an eye on This'll do farms and sonne farms utube channels cooping direct beef and pork box sales. Your next leg up, Gunderson Locker plant, Mondovi, WI. Processing packaging. Venison ring sausage and butt bacon specialties. Im a former blue gold retired from Oscar Mayer, Frito Lay, Dreyers Ice cream and worked for Jack Link in college. Good luck and enjoy the process.

[@philipalanparish65]

What row spacing do you plant? Aren’t all mounted puckers wide row?

[@veetwin75]

What do you do with the field of stalks once done harvesting, turn the cattle loose in there to feed or plow it under, what is the process for it?

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

I think last year they used a stalk chopper and then the stalks were baled. They used them for bedding.

[@t-rex558]

Why don't you switch wagons out in the field? That's what we used to do when we helped our neighbor. Also it looked like you could get a little more on the wagons.

[@bustymaiden]

Dads love not using ppe lol

[@br927]

We had pigs and we were feeding them some wet shell corn, well they had pushed it up against the barn and it got hot and burned the barn down! so, could you run that type picker on a wide front?

[@jameslesliejr.5636]

🚜🌽🚜🌽🚜🌽🚜🌽🚜🌽🚜🌽👍

[@bustersmith5569]

The 1650 is fixed ?,,,,

[@kahlerfamilyfarms]

Hey Aaron where did you go to college? UW? Dairy science or something or agronomy?

[@kahlerfamilyfarms]

Think we got a spam account on here

[@Blackwellll3066]

I'm courious if yall would ever buy a self propelled picker?

[@user-zn5me2jo9q]

In all due respect, your going way too fast with that mounted picker!! That is why your running gathering chains off and plugging up. The machine has to be able to pull the stalks through without pushing the plant forward first.

[@RandyKlager-tm7yn]

I would give you 2500 for that picker

[@stanleybaker8707]

Why are you wearing a mask?

[@charlietanner6211]

lovevyou,re videos i always thoughtabout takeing rolls off late model ihc head and put on a picker that would wake them up we used to wrap chicken wire on snapping rolls we had ferguson ihc h/m 227 deere pickers one yr in late 60s we had great yr here in mo jd/a/227 picker would not go 150 ft before hopper filled up corn was great elevator to wagon couldnt take it fast enough there is i bet a lot of ear crn picked still iowa co girl her family does if i was young i would get ih or deere pull type they will take combine narrow corn heads if a wet yr i would hoook cat to it