OLD ORDER AMISH Harvesting Corn with HORSES and FILLING SILAGE BAGS

Silage bags have become an economical and more convenient method of making silage rather than in the vertical silos that were much more prevalent in years past. The chopped corn is forced into the bag and the tractor, in neutral, moves forward as the bag is filled. The farmer must keep an eye on the amount of silage going into the bag as overfilling it can cause splits. Once the long bag is filled it will be sealed off and fermentation begins.

[@popswrench2]

Love the Amish Chalmers tractors too

[@bradwolfe2993]

the little white mule has an amazing ability to handle the unusual position between the corn and its teammate. awesome teams

[@jeffdymarczyk4413]

Now that’s truest way to live ,The way it’s meant to be!! No processed foods,!!!! Healthy lifestyle 😊😊

[@leonardconlon9319]

Very good video. Very enjoyable to watch. Thank you.

[@klauskarbaumer6302]

Great video. The horses and mules are well-fed. That must be a hellish noise right at the chopper and look, how calmly the horses and mules are working in front and next to it. Is that a recent video? In our neck of the woods (North-west Missouri) the corn is all brown and dried up, ready for combining.

[@JoTa8389-gu9vi]

It's interesting to see the compromises they are making today, the loader, the tractor, the bobcat, the engine on the chopper, and the use of plastic silage bags would not have been allowed twenty years ago. But their use have cut both labor and crew size tremendously. They

[@LancoAmish]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I don’t know if they are compromises per se but the adoption of farming practices at a slower pace than the “outside world” farming practices. The Amish have generally been a couple generations behind the rest of us. They’ve marched forward but at a more deliberate and introspective manner.

[@michaelmills7006]

Looks more modern and worldy than fill a stave silo sitting on a rubber tired farmall m

[@wandapadgett9492]

Great video how many Acres. A day how often do they swap out horses or mules thank you

[@LancoAmish]

6-8 acres a day. Most of the Amish farmers have 15-2O acres in corn. The horses and mules may work a couple hours in the forenoon, have an hour off for lunch and then 3 hours or so in the afternoon. The wagon teams are off every wagon. The team pulling the chopper is off a bit between wagons. The animals have little difficulty unless it’s hot but that would be unusual at this time of year.

[@gordoncarpenter1552]

Do they have silo unloaders or do they pitch silage by hand

[@LancoAmish]

The farmers I know pitch it by hand.

[@gordoncarpenter1552]

I enjoy your videos and being a farmer I wondered how emptied there silos

[@campingfishingloveeveryday3229]

Hey buddy do you know we're lap dairy farm is in landcater pa

[@andrelacombe2131]

Thanks for not having music