Mowing Sorghum Sudan Grass near Payne Ohio

[@lfeco]

Impressive mower to cut it that fast. Look forward to the chopping vid also.

[@brentreid7031]

Crop has a nice color to it . Interesting to watch. I liked your joke Mike, Good one LOL. Thank you for the video.

[@chesterpanda]

It’s really cool sight when you drive through that area and see all the wind mills.

[@brandonriggs1788]

It reminds me of the massive wind farms on the outskirts of Dodge City Kansas.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video Mike, Sudan grass looks like a good option when the traditional forages or off the menu, thanks for sharing

[@eddiebalentine7938]

Another great video.Looking forward for chopping.

[@MrPummi88]

Endlich auch mal ein Ammi, der weiß, was eine Fronthydralik ist. Toller Schmetterling!

[@mariussnyman3882]

What a beautiful farm!!!!!!!!!u are blessed! !!!!!!

[@wolfgangoberkofler2785]

Great video! Tough work for the mowers! Looking forward to the chopper video! Greets from south tyrol, the northest part of italy Wolfgang

[@masseyfergusonsudan8916]

Beautiful farm and grass cutting in professional level. Good job

[@dreabalderas1]

Very cool! I’m from Paulding. I have it growing in my back yard :)

[@myopicthunder]

Amazing farm and location, US farms are another level.

[@steveb5278]

Awesome love the raw sounds 😄😄

[@plowboy7700]

Dad and I grow this in Western Nebraska. Rotate it in with wheat to help with weed control and Mello the ground for notill. Works great for feeding cows in the dead of winter.

[@bobnewhart4318]

By that do you mean to plant Sudan grass and wheat together, or follow a Sudan crop with a white crop after harvest?

[@davehughesfarm7983]

Now this looks like a fun job.........We grew some sorghum sudan this year to chop for silage ...Corn got flooded out 3 times in N Missouri....

[@Homegardener55]

Pretty cool video, my University is trying out planting BMR sorghum sudan grass and intercropping soybeans for more protein. Should be interesting to see what happens

[@ohiodairyfarming6382]

last year we made two cuttings off of ours first cutting was as tall as our tractor and second was about 3 feet tall but we had great rains last year this year we’ve gotten two cutting and hoping for a third but when it gets about 38 degrees it gets frosted and becomes toxic

[@Bernie5172]

I loved playing in the Sudan grass cover crop. when I was a kid

[@jeremyswindell7460]

Nice video mike! Its good to have joke thrown in there. They can cover some ground quik. Thanks for video.

[@downhilltwofour0082]

Beautiful field. Thanks for sharing!

[@TimberTitansUS]

*Great video machines*

[@carlwolf4865]

I remember my grandpa and dad would grow this if a field was wet in spring, stuff would be 8ft tall and green chop it into a bunk for the dairy cows.

[@rickburns8492]

Saw this had to watch it, I live in Antwerp just north of Payne nice video.

[@koenmarist7857]

Very very nice mike

[@khehraharmandeep]

3:00 pure scenary 🌪

[@gregadomeit4020]

That mower makes quick work of that being so thick and tall. I've seen it grown abit in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.

[@blairthandi7058]

Such a fascinating video. I live in the Sumas Prairie, and my neighbor plants triticale. This is the first time I have heard of Sorghum Sudan Grass. Do you have a link to the video of it being chopped?

[@sharpshooter7127]

You know that guy had to change or at least flip the knives in those disc mowers. The fields look huge good video 👍🚜

[@cya329]

Crazy this is near Payne, OH. My father grew up there and I lived not far from there.

[@scruffy6151]

I liked your wind turbine joke.

[@ThatOliverGuyChris]

I thought it was good, too.

[@christyler7391]

Should face those giant fans towards the sky so they blow the hot air back towards the sun..Sad part is there's not enough giant fans on earth to blow away washington's hot air..lol

[@captaindee6130]

Now that is some impressive forage. Nice tractor and mower combo too, and it looks like he's laying it down fast. And the best part: WIDE SWATHS!! Letting it dry properly! Looks like it will make a great crop of feed. I wonder how much field of view he has looking out over that stuff?

[@randallmidgley7589]

I'm Fan of the fan jokes brother💊😎👌👍

[@stillwater62]

I could watch that for hours.

[@PEThurman]

That was so nice of them to turn off the fans for you.😜

[@josippenezic7106]

Yes there is herbicide Syngenta Primextra TZ Gold (312,5 g/lS-metolaklor+87,5 g/lTerbutilazin ) we use that in Croatia

[@rafbressana9988]

Nice vid mike and beautiful plain👍

[@dirtthunder1638]

The Orange Foolus thinks the wind turbines causes cancer. And that's not a joke... Great video Mike!

[@peanutsmith1462]

Mike you killed me with the fan joke 😆

[@dreabalderas1]

Sorghum syrup is so good as well! YUMM !

[@Boodlemania]

That's a really nice stand. I wonder what the seeding rate was.

[@jasongeyer7292]

Looking through videos and this is just down the road!

[@brink1553]

I have cut Sudan and Johnson grass here in North Texas. If one does not use a mower /conditioner, it takes a long time before the grass can be baled.

[@Kingfisher1215]

Wonder if there is nutritional differences between mowing multiple times and mowing once.

[@lwilton]

"Big fans" -- Where I live used to grow citrus. If the temperature drops below 28F the crop will freeze. All the flowers will drop off any won't mature into oranges, or the oranges will drop off before maturing. To prevent this they had "wind machines" which were big electric fans on tall poles to keep the air stirred up in the groves.

[@asmrhead1560]

A buddy who works on them says "They're wind turbines. They're only windmills if someone is turning grain into flour down at the base of 'em" :)

[@AdriaanVerburg]

Windmills.

[@rodneyhickman598]

Nice video,pretty green fields!!!

[@douglasmacarthur8775]

For anyone who has never grown it, the words " fast growing" isn't an exageration. If you got heat, this takes off like something I've never seen !

[@southronjr1570]

Curious about the cutting pattern, is there a specific reason it had to be back and forth like that? Most farmers around me cut it in a continuous pattern by starting on the outside and working their way in. Having to constantly turn around, lift, then reset the cutters height on every pass is mighty inefficient.

[@xSCHEF]

With a triple mower why are we still talking about efficiency? Also the mower auto adjusts height and carries a crusher at the back which speeds up the drying process. This setup is all about efficiency.

[@southronjr1570]

@@xSCHEF I am referring to fuel efficiency, by lifting, turning, and then heading back the same way, he is burning fuel turning around and wasting time, thus killing time efficiency also. It sorta negates the reason behind the efficient cutters. I am asking the question if there is a specific reason for making the turn and interupted straight cuts neccesary. This is the idea behind industrial engineering, reduction of movements, cutting 10 seconds off a process here and 10 seconds there was the reason Ford became such a powerhouse and enabled his company to mass produce Model T cars. It is somewhat an off chute of my previous job where I was paid by the job, and not the hour meaning that if I could turn a job that normally would take 2 hours into 1.5 hours, I could fit 1 or 2 more jobs in per day, making more money.

[@MrThisIsMeToo]

@@southronjr1570 Since you are an expert in the matter, I would suggest you posting a video of you and your triple mower being more efficient. Would be beneficial for all, I am sure you would agree.

[@southronjr1570]

@@MrThisIsMeToo By no means am I an expert, just a pior guy who studied ways to make more money when I was poor, now I am sure there are some professors who are efficiency experts who could do a much better job posting videos about it at thier local AG schools

[@scottodonahoe9505]

No wind no = no power ! Great plan !

[@christyler7391]

There was article other day by washington times saying most of those windmills aren't recyclable so 720,000 tons of windmill waste goes into landfills,even better plan. No power = landfill waste

[@scottodonahoe9505]

@@christyler7391 I read that article too .

[@LandwirtschaftForstwirtschaft]

Very cool Video

[@TBonerton]

Look at that green energy just sitting there not generating energy. Meanwhile this diesel tractor is happily doing its job.

[@petehutzel3778]

Mike, i loved both the fan jokes. And the Global Warming one reminded me that here in the orchards of Washington State, we use fans to avoid Local Cooling! Cold air pools in deep mountain valleys on clear nights and can damage the crop. Giant fans are used to blow the cold air off the orchards. I know it will be a cold morning when I can hear all the nearby fans blowing at 5AM.

[@northernillinoisdronephoto]

Best video yet

[@richbowser9500]

Mike, if you had congress out there they could create more than enough wind for the windmills.

[@carlhelmick8104]

I remember when hay cutters use to have rattly clunky sounds. Now they sound like a big old giant lawn mower. Big difference in today and yesteryear. I remember when they only had sickle bar hay cutters . Now they got rap around hay cutters . Like that jd, there. Wow. And they run faster now than they use to. Man how times have changed. Hahahaha I remember pick hay up by hand. I would have quit if I walked up and looked at that field of hay with the small bails. Hahahaha😀😂😂🤣😂🤣. Awesome, now ain't they.

[@jeff2146]

whit what your saying about the sorghum then i wouldn't be surprised to see it replace corn for silage within that region as it seems to be much easier to handle and better for the environment as it doesn't needs chemicals

[@samson1200]

Great Video Mike. I was thinking you could tell little kids the Big Bad Wolf was retiring and put them up to maintain his legacy.lol

[@ahmedkenain9548]

Im from sudan . Good job

[@klaudheath2665]

😂😂keep the jokes going mike ....cracked me up Hi from nz always enjoy your vids mate ,thanx

[@austinrobertson1134]

we grew sorgum sudan on our far tuis year to graze cattle on we could graze 600 herd herd on 35 acres for a whole week super thick stuff planted it early may and have graved it to stalks 3 time and the cows are due for another rotation into the sudan

[@StJamesCustoms]

So satisfying to watch!

[@onionfriend9799]

Do these mowers have the ability to condition the crop? Never been around anything like that before

[@thomasthums]

How many cuts can you have a year? And what are the dry matter and protein levels?

[@TWOCOWS1]

then what happens after the mowing? how do they collect the cut down sorghum plants?

[@davidcurry4433]

Be interesting to see what it's done to the blades at the end. Doesn't sound as if it's struggling

[@Firelord360]

Hell yeah Ohio, that is right next to me, I am from Van Wert

[@2of2DCH]

Makes for an attractive looking field.

[@Doyle-Nutbush]

Any ideas on how many tons to the acre this yielded ??

[@barrybardo3249]

Another great video just curious what kind of camera do you use

[@jasonprocai1020]

We used to chop one forage wagon every night for the dairy cows and feed into a concrete bunk.

[@isacshephard5021]

I farm in western Oklahoma I usually plant Sudan mid-April to late May I usually get to cut about mid July and again in September

[@khmeragriculture9863]

Good video

[@carsonward665]

Hey Mike which hybrid?

[@LonniePawl]

You mowed that down like butter

[@petericyou856]

Good joke, put a smile on my dial.. cheers.

[@dougforr4704]

How many pounds per acre are you getting?

[@alfredocervantesvallejocer5319]

Buenos días, disculpa,que planta es y cual es la finalidad del corte a temprana edad?

[@georgecass8529]

Why wait a day to chopp ??

[@sprayguy9]

Wow. the spread of fertilizer doesn't look too uniform around the 7 minute mark of the video. Rookie spread? or just a bad job?Crop is very strippy

[@robhyde8067]

Question, why skip?

[@ghirdjdid626]

but how can you do it exactly cutting like that ???

[@michaelvogel2522]

Years ago we would put up 300-ton we were getting 30-ton to the acre off of it at 21 to 23% protein

[@bigwheelsturning]

Our neighbor chopped his Sudan grass when it was about 10ft tall. Lots of silage for the pit.

[@formerfarmer1718]

Well, Honey, you can’t watch TV tonight……..no wind.

[@arronlockyer5424]

Does this regrow every year or do you have to replant it?

[@farmhandmike]

It would actually regrow but once it get a freeze I believe its done.

[@michaelelledge5987]

Why do they skip rows

[@bluefleet1655]

Don't see many John deeres with front 3 point hitches

[@xSCHEF]

Bluefleet OC in the States ;) Don’t see many tractors in Europe above 150hp without front 3pto.

[@goliathprojects7354]

I see this kind of grass for the first time. Guess the needed temperatures make it rather useless in Germany

[@tgailrosendahl8542]

Mike what us the difference between southern and Milo

[@antonyfarming]

Fantastic video footage and drone footage glad they switch off the turbines so you could film with drone lol😀😀😀👌👍

[@realredditstories420]

You cant turn off a wind turbine. That's like trying to turn off the wind🤣

[@antonyfarming]

@@realredditstories420 as I own a wind turbine yes you can switch off we do every year for service 👌

[@toddjacobs5660]

Thing does'nt waste no time & does a good job .

[@seibelmark2175]

What are those 9’ mowers nice video

[@eisen.dieter]

How many rabbits and Deere get hurt by cutting?

[@endutubecensorship]

One would hope they would get out of the way when a huge/loud machine comes towards them. Do you know how many animals get harmed making your food?

[@eisen.dieter]

@@endutubecensorship little deere kids dont run away when loud machines coming. They go down on the ground and just stay so.

[@endutubecensorship]

@@eisen.dieter You are right, if a fawn is alone it will stay in place. If it's with mom it will follow her. Perhaps I misunderstand your original comment. Please explain to me what you meant

[@toddjacobs5660]

That thing sure cuts fast...

[@casycasy5199]

how does he know where to cut he spaces the row perfect

[@nicholaswjamrock]

I have sorghum sudan that i cut every six week for a whole year, when i cut its about nine feet tall

[@mouscj3]

Great Video Mike.... Love Those Fans... Hahaha

[@lucianomoreiralisboa1270]

Gostaria de saber qual a cultura que está sendo colhida e o que será feito com ela? Ah, muito bom o vídeo, 👏👏👏

[@northernillinoisdronephoto]

This needs to be on oddly satisfying

[@kreed1004]

can you guys imagine eating up a nice bowl of that sorghum sudangrass silage? maybe with a little dash of black pepper and a microbrew

[@tonybullock9559]

Like the jokes need more and interesting info on the crop thanks