Picking Corn Has Come To an End! Harvest 2023!

[@ethanlee9441]

Last time on Gierok farms.......I like that it sounds like a soap opera on tv.

[@dainwilliams4265]

Always a pleasure to see the family working together. Father and his sons working in harmony, that's a great example you Dad is setting

[@mikebrown1188]

The old picker does a clean job. Love watching these old pickers still working.

[@PrimitiveSkillsnet]

Looking at the way he collects corn kernels is very attractive, those ears of corn are very full. I lost my crop this year and was destroyed by rats a lot.!

[@carlosrestrepo5109]

I am very sad that you lost your pigs, I send you my sincere condolences

[@oiuqator]

My condolences to Duong

[@UquqhhzHau-kc1pv]

My deepest condolences to you

[@عمرطانون]

I'm sorry my friend for your loss, life is like that sometimes bad things happen to ú

[@joaovitorfernandescortelii8884]

Sometimes, the things that break your heart heal your eyes.

[@alithemagicbum]

Happy Thanksgiving to you, your family, friends as well to all my fellow subscribers. Gooble, gooble till you wooble.

[@jvin248]

Great to see the corn cribs packed full going into the winter.

[@kevinwittstruck8764]

Have a happy Thanksgiving to you, your family and your friends

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Good luck picking your ear corn 🌽

[@larryklostermann5779]

Nice video, glad to see the corn cribs full!

[@HM-0410]

I can just imagine how proud your dad is to see his sons working the farm that way he can have a break. He has raised 3 wonderful sons that he will be proud to let them take over one day. God bless you and your family.

[@myronparks3495]

Ear corn makes some good cattle feed.

[@randycharest4507]

Totally enjoyed watching the video guy's 😊

[@lwinnekins4303]

I like the way you clean up around the cribs when finished unloading. I live by the old saying, "waste not want not".

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great video Gierok Farms

[@anthonyblalock1790]

All of you guys are good at your tasks and believe me safety is paramount to a great operation. Love the farm and family!

[@grantpowers]

Hi Wisconsin,, farmer from Minnesota here,,, finished my corn picking also 35 acres, filled 2 cribs, I grind it as needed for local farmers who buy it,, used a ih 756 and a new idea 2 row picker and my home made wagon😎😎 almost forgot,, bought 2 hats for next season, happy holidays

[@raymondwaterman6520]

True "family" farm. You guys are awesome.

[@bobsmith1814]

You guys remind me of grandfather’s farm in the sixties. He was a hog farmer in Iowa. I remember one year he had bumper crop of corn and had a huge pile in the barn yard because his corn crib was overflowing.

[@J163548]

Hard work for sure.I worked on a herford farm as a teenager.Hated cold days grinding feed,but loved the smell of sorgum.Sweet smell

[@jerrywalker2699]

I remember stomping the old upright silos during chopping corn. We didn't pick as much but some and had to shovel it by hand into a crib..lots of work but I still love the farm and watching guys like you all doing the chores 😊

[@DonWelter]

Nothing wrong with several people learning how to operate different pieces of machinery. Glad you got that job done before bad weather sets in. We've been holding on hoping the moisture will go down before we start shelling corn. Need to get rolling soon before snow season sets in. Corn moisture levels seems to be a common issue in our part of Ohio.

[@jedrosenthal7485]

As a painter for 40 years, never trust an extension ladder set up on a tarp!! Love your videos, stay safe!

[@danw6014]

Something we've done before is line our kicker wagons with plywood and store ear and shelled corn on them.

[@markflick1641]

River was sure happy to see you 😁 . Good to see you fellows finishing up with the corn without any serious down time . Nice t see Oli still chugging along . Great video , God Bless

[@dalehellenbrand357]

My dad picked corn with a 730 diesel and New Idea 234 for like 20 years

[@nathanalmond8280]

Thanks for sharing the video. I always enjoy them. I knew I was close to your age I was in 86 for graduation. Y'all work well together on the farm. Hope y'all have a great Thanksgiving.

[@virginiagraber9070]

👏👏👏 Year's corn, Done 👌 (Naaman, Indiana)

[@brianwestveer9532]

Have a happy Thanksgiving

[@GARYPETERSON-t9u]

GOOD JOB DONE- HOPE FOR GOOD WEATHER NEXT YEAR-HAPPY HOLIDAYS

[@thomaselittle7822]

I graduated also in 85. That was a good year. I raise feeder beef! The price is good on fat cattle this year!

[@LukeLong-oi4uc]

Great content! Thanks for sharing it! Hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving! Blessings!

[@TimKrenz-j8t]

Dad's a YOUNGER PUP THAN ME!!!😊

[@Daveco82]

Hi River!

[@tandyderreberry]

Love watching you guys videos. And I appreciate all the hard work you put in to your videos. Love yaaaaaaaaaaaaaa mean it

[@Blackwellll3066]

Another great video

[@tractordan933]

I see you have some firewood stock piled for the comming winter, me too.

[@timsticha650]

Great content. Thanks for sharing and Happy Thanksgiving!

[@nashcobb3056]

thank you

[@hillbillyfranks]

I always love watching your videos Just bring back memories With my father and my brothers but we'll grow it up now So you'll have a good day stay safe stay healthy And keep doing what you're doing we love it get your another one

[@robertlusnia506]

Enjoyed your video again, like that tarp you use on the ground looks like a strong one

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Great video! And not much is more comforting than full cribs going forward. Any time you have to make do for having extra is a good feeling.👍 Happy Thanksgiving, y'all, and God Bless!

[@clinthochrein888]

I bet Mason had a blast first time picking corn? He did a good job 👍🏾

[@tomadelsberger6101]

Job well done Have a wonderful Thanksgiving May God continue to bless your family 🙏

[@kcphillips1000]

A well organised and tidy operation. Very impressive ,

[@douglaswhite7328]

love the sound of that M T/A

[@sidqcampbell6892]

smart advice about shutting everything down.. As a boy our neighbor farmer lost both hands in a corn picker.... love you channel

[@mikeburgan7675]

Aweses

[@johndeere-jh1pd]

Like seeing this old school

[@MeetMikeMiller]

You folks have one of the coolest channels

[@MB-dl5lx]

Colder air has more mass on the intake stroke, you'll also need more fuel. On my tractor, I adjust an 1/4 turn on the high jet early winter and back in late spring.

[@CurtisChambliss]

I remember being told in Voc Ag class back in the 80s how old timers that didn't shut down the picker before clearing clogs would notice their glove lying on the ground. When they reached down to pick it up they couldn't because their fingers were still in it!

[@stinkinlincoln6027]

Do you incorporate your St.Bernard on any of your merch? I think your St.Bernard would be a great mascot for your farm.

[@davedave8073]

Rock in roll 🌽🌽🚜🚜🍺🍺🤠

[@dr.michaelr.foreman2170]

One thing I learned working on farms in Kentucky and Indiana, the fuel companies sell the worst fuel to the farmers - full of gunk. Then they keep the best fuel for themselves. Check a filter or in your fuel tank for gunk.

[@CamoDuck]

Can you make a video of what all this corn will be done with im curious to know what all is made and how yall make it would make a great video i think.

[@randybennett5417]

That corn will sure save on your grain bill. Do you mix in alittle mollasas ?

[@lonniebrock3282]

Check your fuel it will gel up in your carb if you use the 10 percent when you get gas i think the 10 percent is a corn additive elenal easy to fix if that's it my log splitter done the same thing run with choke only if that's it wash the gel out of your carb with cleaner

[@bloggstargaming9806]

I know it’s probably too late but could you do a video of taking the corn picker off? We have seen 3 or 4 vids on mounting it. If not all good maybe next year. Keep up the good work guys, thanks for the videos 👍🇦🇺

[@traciekent3030]

Really enjoyed these videos. Next year would you please consider doing a farm fall colors video?

[@jimnorthhenderson8250]

Great video of ear corn harvest. Was surprised you did not have some kind of protection at PTO shaft between elevator and super m. I worked Volunteer rural ambulance for 30 yrs. Once your involved a a pto accident you never forget it. Last one our service handled,, it was determined the farmer got caught in shaft from raveling near wrist area of his jacket. Incident removed arm at the shoulder and his body made many revolutions around pto shaft. It only takes a few minutes to drive a couple steel posts and cut a piece of cattle panel to block accidentally slipping or falling into live pto shaft.

[@rayjerome3832]

Thank you for your time as an EMT. It appears to me all the shields are in place on the elevator. The only possibility of getting caught would be grabbing a hold of the knuckles where the shaft hooks to the tractor.

[@cowshottv5867]

I miss growing up on the farm but I wouldn't have traded it for anything. I love seeing you guys using the vintage iron too!

[@jamesgoodale4497]

Great to see old school corn picking done yet today. If I could ask a question, why dont you use a pull type picker?

[@CuriousEarthMan]

Have you ever used your self-unloading wagons for corn storage? I wonder how much another corn crib would cost. Thank you very much for the video, and Happy Thanksgiving to you all!

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

I have used silage wagons to store excess ear corn after the cribs were full. If the moisture is below 18%, almost anything will work, especially if you feed it fairly fast out of non "crib" storage. Airflow is the key to keeping above that. Ear corn is great feed!

[@CuriousEarthMan]

@@MorganOtt-ne1qj I think exactly along those lines myself. Any idea what a new corn crib would cost?

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

@@CuriousEarthMan I'm not sure if you can find new wire type cribs anymore. Last Company I saw that made them was Behlen, but I don't know if they offer cribs now. IF you can find any, figure around 50¢ per bushel, or 1/3 the per bushel price of a regular grain bin. If you are looking to buy one, Retirement Auctions are probably best place to look.

[@CuriousEarthMan]

@@MorganOtt-ne1qj Thanks for the information, it's very helpful! I was thinking what the Gierok's would have to spend, to more than cover what seems to be their ear-corn storage needs ( plus the pad/foundation of course) That price is good info for me to have too, btw.

[@danw6014]

​@@CuriousEarthManthere are plenty of them sitting empty around the countryside. I bet people would give them away. Just be a matter of taking it down. I've moved two. We unbolted the top and lifted it off with a telehandler using a chain with of all things a corn picker rim and tire through the center. Next we unbolted one side and rolled them up and put them on a trailer. Two or three people makes a big difference vs doing it by yourself.

[@Ticky66MN]

Also a 1985 graduate. Our neighbor ended his farming career getting his arm stuck in a corn picker when I was young. My dad went to find him after a night stuck there. We rented their ground after that.

[@danvanhoose6783]

Our neighbor had a hand with a thumb and pinky finger on it.picker got him.

[@johndelp1810]

Our friend only had his little finger left. Old pickers can be dangerous

[@davidnovinski6809]

I graduated in 86

[@JefferyReed-p8k]

Nice video. Wish you would put a cover on the pto shaft thar runs the elevator. That scares me. You get caught in that it could kill someone. We always did on our farm. Good luck with the corn. Looks good.

[@lorrainestafford3809]

Me to from high school seems like yesterday but it's been along time ago😢

[@Joe-rr3ip]

I remember when getting 100 bushels and acre was genius.

[@grantmagnuson4883]

Check out “Iowa country girl” … father son & daughter running the family farm with 8 Allis Chalmers tractors

[@AmandaDoll-hi4dr]

You and your family have a nice Thanksgiving day and cows 🐄 and bulls and calefs

[@andredejager484]

Great job .How do you stop the rain from wetting your corn in the wire silos ?

[@chuckstewart5154]

Love the basic life

[@robinkellen7949]

Really enjoy your videos. Was that a new Bobcat I see in the shed? 😮

[@stephenshonkwiler]

How did you get your corn so clean? Have you had the husking bed rebuilt or do you have some trick to getting it to remove most of the husks?

[@tractordan933]

It must really be dusty, we don't usually see you guys wearing masks. Glad to hear you enficizing safety, corn pickers caused many accidents back in the day.

[@berniewatts7598]

Couldn't you put the skid steer bucket under the elevator to catch the shelled corn?

[@wesleyharding7544]

What keeps mice out for your corn?

[@oscarwindham6016]

Question - what do you folks do with your corn cobs after shelling? I'm inquiring because I'm thinking about carrying out an experiment that will require a whole lot of whole fresh corn cobs.

[@MaT-1983]

I don't think they shell. They usually grind the entire ear

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Some combines can be equipped with cob savers, but good luck finding someone who is running one and willing to work with you. Anyone who is picking ear corn is feeding the whole ear because it is great in a feed mix. And most people who combine shell corn are always in a rush to get the crop in. You might find someone to work with. Keep asking.

[@oscarwindham6016]

I was wondering if the whole ear was crushed, so that's good to know. I might have to find someone that will allow me to pick up the cobs out of their fields. Thanks for the info.@@MorganOtt-ne1qj

[@oscarwindham6016]

Yes, I just got another reply saying just that. Looks like I'm going to be walking someone's fields and picking up cobs?@@MaT-1983

[@timrydman-mr5hp]

That ladder is not fun. Very nice equipment you have.

[@sperfdairy2160]

How manny bushel do you get in them cribs

[@kenshearer3499]

Curious ? How many acres of corn to fill 4 cribs?

[@marklen2322]

Do you have any idea of how many farmers lost thier hands and arms in those corn pickers?

[@paulhall883]

I do , grew up knowing 3 men lost 1 arm each an , 1 man was taken from feild in body bag , but my dad an uncle an grandad weren't carless they kept all there limbs, this took place in 1950s an 60s

[@karenr67]

That's how we picked our in the 50s. Then we hired shellers to come in.

[@deancampfield4703]

Man I miss them days. Being old now it seems like life was lot simpler than I miss that just sayin 💔

[@jameskelley8839]

ah, yes, cranking up the elevator....great way to lose a mouthful of teeth!

[@allenbloom8895]

What do you do with the cobs ???😊

[@frankdeegan8974]

All the corn in the four cribs is run through the grinder mixed with oats and supplements for cattle feed the cobbs are for ruffage. In the end the cobbs are put back on the land as fertilizer the cattle give the cobbs a head start at being composted ready to feed the soil and the crop for the next harvest.

[@ziogotvgh8655]

how can I get to buy this corn harvest machine to Ghana

[@ArmpitStudios]

Who’s on the back of Mason’s sweatshirt?

[@robertlusnia506]

Have a Happy Thanksgiving