MOWING HARVESTING BAGGING Alfalfa with Big JOHN DEERE Tractors

In this video Big Tractor Power is out in the field with big farm machines harvesting alfalfa to make feed for dairy cows. The video explains the mowing, merging, forage harvesting and storage process of haylage. Viewers get to see and hear these big machines at work. Watch for a 245 hp JOHN DEERE 8245R Tractor fitted with a 29 ft 9 in CLAAS DiscoTriple Mower mowing, 130 hp JOHN DEERE 6130M Tractors and CLAAS 1750 Rotary Rakes merging, 616 hp JOHN DEERE 9600i Forage Harvesters chopping, 245 hp and 175 hp JOHN DEERE 8245R and 6175R Tractor s hauling the haylage in H&S 7+4 HD Forage Wagons 175 hp JOHN DEERE 6175R tractors bagging the silage and feeding the farms cows.
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[@vincentvanpaepeghem4844]

Great video Jason! Always loved the smell of fresh cut alfalfa! Thanks for sharing! Have a great and awesome day!

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a great time of year in the field.

[@GMdrivingMOPARguy]

The way that chopper and the wagon tractor made that turn in perfect unison was amazing.

[@scottpykare801]

Thank you Jason for sharing this. Looks like "organized chaos" with all the machinery in the same field! GO BTP💪

[@bigtractorpower]

There are allot of wheels rolling. In corn there is a fleet of semis in action to these wagons.

[@rudrappa.rudrappa7719]

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[@lowtech5530]

I have a neighbor that owns 2 organic dairy farms. It's incredible the amount of corn, soy beans and hay he farms just to feed both diary herds for a year. It's none stop.

[@bigtractorpower]

Dairy is non stop. As these wagons are rolling in to wrap this years silage the TMR is carrying last years crops out to the cows.

[@404nitro]

It's great to get to start seeing all the new farming videos for 2021.

[@kevinfox5068]

Hi Jason, brilliant video showing a professional set up ,not done on a shoe string which is a trap which a lot of smaller farms do ,which is a false economy, the only criticism I have is seeing trailers with there own turn table which can be an absolute pig to reverse. All the very best , Kevin Fox,England Essex.

[@shawnszymczak6538]

I always love seeing the 2wd tractors like taht. Up here in Montana it’s really rare to see tractors that size with little skinny front ends. Always entertaining

[@bigtractorpower]

I like finding modern 2wds at work. They are rare.

[@piperdoug428]

@10:50 sounds like some dry pins eh, that'll get expensive real quick.

[@Dinoxt12]

Bunch of Good Workers...Can't run a farm like this without a lot of Good Hands...Hard to find now days .

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Big tractor Vlog Thanks for sharing, have a great week

[@rauloropeza7496]

Thank you for your videos bigtractorpower you are the best

[@zackwolbert6141]

Wow, that’s a lot of bags!

[@bigtractorpower]

It is. The wrap all their alfalfa, corn and sorghum.

[@jerroldbrethauer6555]

We bag 3 of the 5 cuttings we get in Colorado . We use a 980 Class and a Versa. 1012 bagger

[@bobsmith1814]

Alway enjoy forage harvesting. Great video

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a great time of year.

[@SimonKL11]

Great to see that the choppers are rolling again😁👍 the ag bags look nice👍😉

[@novakcustomharvesting6930]

I absolutely love the look of the John deere choppers!!!!

[@bigtractorpower]

They do have nice styling.

[@novakcustomharvesting6930]

@@bigtractorpower lot better improvement over my 6850:)

[@cagrowin1962]

New holland 1116 swather, Allen 8803 hay rakes with a massey 4345 pulling it, and two new holland balers one a 500 with a gas Wisconsin engine, and a 505 with a deutz diesel, and two other massey Ferguson 235 to pull them. and to pick them up we still have a new holland 1065 going. Love all your work Jason. Thanks.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very very cool. I hope to find a 1116 to film day. I like those Speedrowers.

[@jimsteele7108]

The drone shots are cool!

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s definitely gives a bigger picture of what’s going on.

[@tjcrawford7910]

Wow what an operation

[@workintractorssince04]

That’s some thin alfalfa. They do not get near the yield we do. We couldn’t dream of raking 4 windrows together

[@sean3223a]

Best channel on KZbin, thanks Jason, from Alberta

[@dylanlutz8045]

Awesome video thanks BTP!

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@andrewstich7117]

Nother great video thanks for your time to do the videos and talk about what the farm does with equipment

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@sparsparkster]

Fantastic video! Thank you so much for this great video. There all good but this one was extra fun at least for me. I had never seen silage done quite like this.

[@bigtractorpower]

It is fun getting to follow a farm through a harvesting process. Thank you for watching.

[@ArchersView]

Nice JD's & good drone shots!

[@Chisszaru]

I've seen one of those JD forage harvesters in person. They're quite rare in Sweden. Claas, Krone and New Holland are the most popular choices here. There do pop up some occasional JD from time to time, which is actually a sight to see here

[@Blackwellll3066]

Love the hay choppin video....got to be something a farm thats got 12 choppin wagons 2 choppers ect dont see alot of operations like this alot

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a nice farm to visit. Family farm milking cows and raising grain crops.

[@clintonstubbs2319]

There’s not much of dairy farms in Georgia so it is cool to see a modern operation in other parts of the USA.

[@bigtractorpower]

Dairy is limited here in Kentucky. Only 47,000 cows being milked in the entire state.

[@TryAdaptLearn]

Along with your description which is always educational, the views in the video are awesome including the aerials which are smooth.

[@bigtractorpower]

This was a productive filming trip. Thank you for watching.

[@SebastianWarth]

Awesome Video Buddy!!

[@MrGeroth]

Now that was interesting.

[@timberhills1778]

AWSOME video very nice equipment, milk must be paying better in Kentucky than in Pennsylvania

[@bigtractorpower]

It is unfortunate how the milk market has struggled in recent years.

[@potrilloleyva]

awesome as always

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@timkolb3728]

I always look forward to doing alfalfa. We round bale and wrap all of ours.

[@bigtractorpower]

What tractor and Baler do you run?

[@desross2002]

Same here (eastern Quebec). Fendt 714 and JD V451R baler

[@timkolb3728]

John Deere 6320 and John Deere 330 round baler.

[@markreetz1001]

Looks like they have at least 2 of every thing. Just wondering if using that many bags is more economical than bunks or silos. But i think there is less spoilage and better feed in the bags. Great video Jason.

[@bigtractorpower]

There is less spoilage. I think the humidity and temps here in Kentucky are not as kind to bunk silos.

[@markreetz1001]

@@bigtractorpower Thanks Jason. I can see where heat and humidity could cause issues for feed bunks & piles, no matter how tight you pack 'em

[@tctarheelfarmin358]

We grow alfalfa and triticale for our haylage and corn for silage. We cut with a Krone big M and chop with a Claas Jaguar

[@bigtractorpower]

Nice chopping team. I have a feature on the Krone 450 on the way in May.

[@johnkurtz4652]

We chop about 50 acres of corn silage for beef cows and steers. We use an Agco dt 240 on a Gehl 1250 2 row chopper, an Agco rt115 to move the 3 badger wagons, and bag the silage with a Kelly Ryan 8 ft bagger pulled by an Allis Chalmers 7580.

[@armandoperuzzo3446]

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[@CK-yi6pc]

Cool 😎 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍👍

[@AlextheDutchDairyfarmer]

👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you.

[@CanterburyKiwi]

Nice video btp 👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@bcdieselsofficial]

Sweet video! Did you ever see the videos of me running the 7140?

[@scottstoner259]

You're only 5 hours south of me but your spring is much further along! Our leaves are just starting to pop on the trees. How many cuttings do they manage down there?

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s amazing what even an hour does climate wise. This farm takes seven cuttings from April to November.

[@bobcrone6151]

Wow. 7. Amazing. Wonder which ones yield the best (on average)...

[@2xKTfc]

The modern farmer finds his needles in a haybag. :D

[@novakcustomharvesting6930]

That pto on the bagger is at a relay sharp angle (@9:05) they should slide the tractor draw bar off to the side for a straight shot.

[@wilsonandrade6246]

👍👍👍👍

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@zackeryhills1311]

Could you give Andy at farming fixing and fabricating a shout-out. Thanks 👍

[@mikem3941]

Looks like first crop is short...same here in southern Illinois

[@bigtractorpower]

Alfalfa never really gets big and bushy here. This farm gets seven cuttings from April to November.

[@Nicolasdu5]

10:25 please put some grease in those pins its screaming for some !! 😄

[@paulofrancisco565]

Like 👏👏👏👏👍👍👍🚜🚜

[@bigtractorpower]

Thank you for watching.

[@tete8206]

Great video. For me is back to farming simulator.

[@bigtractorpower]

😁👍

[@jacobbuehne7362]

We have jd 7380 spfh. New Holland haybine We store our haylage in harvestore silos

[@bigtractorpower]

Very cool. Thank you for sharing.

[@brentreid7031]

Your operating would interesting to see. I know lots of people don't like them but I still like the Harvestore's.

[@dong9163]

Must be an older stand. Looks pretty light yield for first cutting.

[@stevepottschmidt2903]

I assume the forage harvester adjusts its speed relative to the wagon to fill the different parts of the wagon( front or middle or back). And the wagon driver keeps a constant speed.

[@bigtractorpower]

That is correct.

[@hanksfarmvideos]

How come they use rotary rakes instead of mergers at this dairy? It seems like up north here in Wisconsin mergers are more common when chopping

[@gabrielbrookesagri9752]

Really don’t need that extra large size header, the 3m will do

[@bigtractorpower]

Better resale.

[@everythingtractors9332]

I'm in love with U

[@sharpshooter7127]

Which crop is harder to process corn or alfalfa hay?

[@bigtractorpower]

Corn. Cracking the kernels and cobs put the chopper to work. Chopping 30ft of long fresh stems is work too.

[@poorfatman5317]

I like your videos usually you describe the Machinery better than anyone else but this time you kind of left out what day was using to put the Salvage in the bags I know it was a John Deere tractor

[@bigtractorpower]

Those are 6175Rs. I thought I mentioned the TMR loader and bagging tractors are 6175Rs. Lots of iron all working at once.

[@johndeerejimmy4019]

Many of us told them to grease the loader last year and they still haven’t done it

[@Jane-rq7sv]

1 view 5 likes

[@bigtractorpower]

KZbin is odd at times. They delay view numbers to verify them.

[@Mark-uq9km]

Are the Ag-bags reusable?

[@perrypavlat6909]

No

[@martingardener90]

Great video but please somebody grease that loader!

[@bigtractorpower]

Not sure why the loader was that way.

[@martingardener90]

@@bigtractorpower Just turn the radio up!

[@williamgordon7548]

I'm no forage chopping professional. Just an old farm boy used to chopping corn silage for beef feed. It seems to me that those windrows are awful small to work such a high horsepower machine. Is alfalfa that much tougher to chop than corn?

[@bigtractorpower]

Corn takes more power but you have 30ft of a viney wet crop collected and woven into a windrow. It takes power to chop the wet stems. The chopper surges allot especially in first cut.

[@benkpsnyder]

What are the square signs on the back of the rake for?

[@bigtractorpower]

They are for visibility on the road.

[@benkpsnyder]

@@bigtractorpower why are they on some equipment and not on others?

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s a European requirement so implements from Europe like these CLAAS rakes have them from the factory. In the United States you just need the orange triangle.

[@luisnunes7933]

Lots of expensive work before reaching the consumer!

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s bunch of time and labor.

[@arzamumma1202]

Why did this dairy farmer choose the bagging system over upright silos and or bunker method ??? My choice would be the bunker. Is the bag re useable for next season ??

[@MissingGhost]

Less spoilage... Profit over environmental concerns. Of course all that plastic is single use.

[@grantgoebel801]

How large of a dairy? Why do they use bags instead of piles or bunkers?

[@maxhallman1036]

If this is the farm I think it is they have 2,500 total and 2,100 milking

[@vehicle_pictures_2328]

Could this also be picked up with a loading wagon? Or does it have to be processed through a chopper.

[@johnthelesserofthethirdoft863]

Usually it’s needs to be chopped or crimped before being turned in silage.

[@maxhallman1036]

Normally it's chopped or baled we don't use loading wagons over here much

[@johnsullivan8631]

How many acres roughly is this field?

[@alexr.416]

Anyone knows what’s the difference between feeding this kind of chopped alfalfa to the cows, and feeding dried bales? Thanks!

[@bigtractorpower]

The TMR process mixes in haylage, corn silage, soybean meal and cotton seed. This farm also puts up allot of dry hay as well.

[@alexr.416]

@@bigtractorpower oh alright. Thank you BTP!

[@stevepottschmidt2903]

Are the bags reused?

[@bigtractorpower]

No. They are torn apart to empty the feed. I did not show it for timing levers of the video but the loader tractor rips off the plastic and carries the plastic to a recycling bin.

[@stevepottschmidt2903]

@@bigtractorpower We had feeder calves when I was younger. Silage stored in a bin. We chopped and blew the hay into the barn. I remember pitching the hay through a hole in the floor/ceiling onto the manger. Then moving it to the trough for the cows to eat. Dad fed out around 60 head each winter. He stopped in the mid-70's. He lost money several years in a row, so it wasn't worth the labor.

[@kentkelly8120]

How many cows does that operation milk?

[@cntslesfabrication]

Jason why have the videos gotten so short lately they use to be 10 mins longer compared to now?

[@bigtractorpower]

The average viewing time on one of my videos is 3-4 minutes and people drop off greatly after that. The 20 minute videos had very very few people that watched to the end. I have found 10-14 minute videos seem to get more views. I like making long videos but it seemed to turn more people off than on.

[@cntslesfabrication]

@@bigtractorpower that makes a lot of sense, now I see why they got shorter. Is there anyway when you do Matt's farm you make the video longer? Because I know a lot of people like those video's just maybe have to put his name in the title or something. Hope everything is going well with you and the family. Talk with you later Sir

[@spliceoncharlie]

At the start of the video you look inside the grill behind the cab of the harvester and it looks like an electrical storm inside the compartment.

[@bigtractorpower]

There are allot of moving parts

[@shawnszymczak6538]

Imagine being that person who disliked this video

[@bigtractorpower]

There are always two from the very start. I don’t mind a dislike but I wish they would share what they did not like.

[@shawnszymczak6538]

@@bigtractorpower some people just like to be angry lol

[@ArmpitStudios]

Why rake into such a narrow windrow if the forage harvester has a 9’ header?

[@bigtractorpower]

You have room to work with no risk of misses and less passes for the chopper.

[@ArmpitStudios]

@@bigtractorpower Makes sense. But I also see room for uneven wear.

[@christianstokes2883]

What town is this in Kentucky?

[@bigtractorpower]

It’s not too far from Russellville

[@maxhallman1036]

@@bigtractorpower I'm gonna take a guess and say it's Robeys farm

[@trevnelson13]

These guys need a versa bagger. Faster, more dense, and much more uniform looking bag.

[@bigtractorpower]

This farm has three Ag Bag and two Kelly Ryans. A near by farm has a self propelled Versa. That farm only bags 150 acres of corn silage. They run a 9410R on an FP240 chopper.

[@freedomring4813]

And to think I use to use a single front tire Allis Chalmers tractor, hit a woodchuck hole and the front would bounce up 2 feet ...but It did wake me up. Kids are getting spoiled these days with the closed cans and AC.

[@bigtractorpower]

I have good memories of forage harvesting in the 70’s with a 656 and 686 on a hay bine and a 1066 on an 892 chopper.

[@DRIFTLESSTECH]

Is there a reason they use bags instead of a pile?

[@bigtractorpower]

The bags greatly reduce spoilage. They seal the feed in completely.