MODERN CLASSICS TACKLE CORN SILAGE 2024

[@bigtractorpower]

Looking good. Whopper Choppers are so cool.

[@macfarms]

Thanks!

[@melanieharrison7465]

Hi Scott amazing scenery on your island! When we were milking in a tie stall we had a feed cart that was also a mixer .might work in your barn.Thanks for the video.

[@macfarms]

I've seen them. I think they'd definitely work. We missed out on one selling fairly cheap a couple of years ago it was even fairly local to us. We were talking about putting a stationary mixer in at the time, so we didn't really consider buying the tmr cart. But then we didn't end up putting a stationary mixer in either lol just the way it goes sometimes, I guess.

[@penndragonharvesting8217]

Awesome to see the 1915 back in action!

[@penndragonharvesting8217]

On that note, I'm pretty sure a local feedlot that I did a coop placement at had one with a six row head on it, it was impressive how fast it filled trucks and it seemed to chop it really well

[@macfarms]

Yeah this one would probably be better off with a 6 row, we'll see how much power the kernel processor soaks up when we get that on. We will probaby stick with the 4 row unless we can find another smoking deal on a 6 row haha

[@onehappyfarmer3461]

Always enjoy the drone shots of the area with the ocean in the background.

[@macfarms]

Thanks Jeff!

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Hi Scott. I was wondering how the new head was working. 👍🏻 Can’t wait for the plowing 👋👋👍🏻👍🏻🇨🇦

[@macfarms]

It probably won't be as pretty as some of the plowing you see on the island haha, gotta love rocky ground 🙃

[@noelstractors-firewood57]

Ya. Rocks are not your friend when plowing. 👍🏻

[@farmingfishingfamilyontari2814]

We’ve had good luck with Acuron the last years. Post plant- 6 leaves. Tank mix with glyphosate= clean fields and max yield. Just a suggestion. You probably don’t need my help farming lol

[@macfarms]

Acuron is what we usually use just didn't happen this year for one reason or another. Worked out in the end I guess the silo got filled lol

[@kenhill7105]

Every chopper's the same. The more you push into it the better a job is does on the cut.

[@macfarms]

Yeah thats what I've noticed, when we had all that down corn it was barely feeding anything through it and the cut was really long then. I think they are meant to be run close to capacity. Once we get the KP on I'll have a look at speeding up the head a bit and hopefully that will make a difference for us.

[@jankotze1959]

Thank you Mac, this was awesome, the shots in the silo was great, can you remind me what engine is in the silage harvester

[@macfarms]

Thanks for watching Jan. The harvester has a 3306 Cat engine in it, 270hp. The older parts machine we bought has the same thing.

[@mainefarmer1363]

You may have said but how many day corn was this ?

[@macfarms]

72 day, the last little bit was Dekalb I'm guessing around the same but I don't remember lol

[@phillipmaxfield7516]

Do u have the max knives on the head? Like all chopper u can run less and it will give u longer peaces

[@macfarms]

Yeah all the knives are in it

[@kswaynes7569]

Good looking corn Scott. How many years have you been growing corn? Is this the first or second year with the new to Super Dave, White planter?

[@macfarms]

5 years now, 2019 was the first year growing it. This was the first year using the White planter and no plastic.

[@kswaynes7569]

@ I was thinking 6 years. White did well.