Picking Corn on a Small Family Dairy Farm! Harvest 2023! (Part One)

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

These old tractors are more likely to still be alive in 50 years than the new stuff we get today.

[@leejacoby5610]

Agreed, way too many electrical and software issues on the newer tractors and equipment...

[@lorikreklau5900]

My grandson watches your videos all day long over and over again

[@mweisen1001]

This is farming I remember! You can save a lot of money farming with the old farm equipment. It's built to last and when something goes wrong it can be fixed with a hammer screwdriver pilers and adjustable wrench. Had them in every tractor toolbox. I moved away from farming because my wife was not happy on the farm and money was tight. My love for her was much stronger than my love of farming but I always want to get out into the fields every spring and fall. Love your videos and keep up the good work.

[@fullers1966]

It wasn't long enough was enjoying watching this video

[@markschumacher7408]

I love this comment.

[@bruceneerhof]

A 686 with a mounted New Idea picker is the ultimate setup!

[@davidking3096]

What about the deer? did he find it?

[@douglasmacarthur8775]

23:11............great sight. You captured the crib that is already full, the elevator filled to capacity, and the field already picked in the background.

[@KennethWilliams-ob7vo]

I like farmall and johndeere 2cylinders grew up on them

[@rayjerome3832]

My friend has a shirt that says Oliver the other green tractor!

[@DonWelter]

Good working conditions. Picking corn on an open tractor in cold weather can be a miserable job...especially with a chilly North wind.

[@banjobenson9348]

we had the famous heat houser

[@Snowtruckdriver]

Great video I could have watched for another hour.

[@larrykrise3609]

enjoyed the vidieo.thoughts of the good ole days came back.this is how dad and i did it.

[@tammygurke7482]

Also, can you do another questions session soon….all us fans need to meet Momma Gierok😇😇😇😇

[@clinthochrein888]

Weather like that made it very enjoyable. One of our gravity wagons was a J&M just like the red one . Only the tires were used automotive tires that happened to have white lettering…..made it look sporty 😂

[@rayjerome3832]

Several years ago i had a pinhole in a sleeve on my 986. That was some nasty looking oil when i discovered it on the dipstick.

[@KennethWilliams-ob7vo]

I used to milk 24 Holsteins by hand when I was in high school and we farmed 200 acres

[@chwilliams5]

Yup, oil and filters are cheap insurance. No sense making any issues worse than they already are. Thanks for great videos.

[@lynpostlethwait3083]

Very great video for the farm again from Rome ga

[@lillianvanalst9453]

Memories. I have a picture of my, late, father in law on an H that had a 2 row mounted picker. My late husband is on an M, pulling wagons , as is my son, on another M. I'm in east central Minnesota.

[@hturbo1007]

I still think it's the thermostat. The same problem came up on another channel a few years ago, and he discovered that it was the thermostat. It's easy to take the thermostat housing off and inspect it. At least then you can check that off your list of possibilities.

[@AndrewSpitzke]

Cool tractors and love the 686 on corn picker

[@GARYPETERSON-t9u]

COB CORN IS A WISC. THING- EVERY OTHER PLACE CALLS IT EAR CORN

[@troybankey1766]

Well 1650 gas were none to leak coolant at bottom O ring of the sleeves is what been told

[@gregcatlett1458]

Thanks everyone nice to have the whole family helping out in many ways. 👍🙏

[@paulmartin8784]

Nice job videoing

[@marklen2322]

You need to put a can of Heat in all the tractor oils to eliminate the condensation over the winter.

[@danw6014]

One possible way to monitor coolant in the oil would be to change out the drain plug for a drain cock. Coolant should show up on bottom of the crankcase of a cold engine. Just crack it open before you start it. I love picking corn. After I had gotten a little experience I was put on that job hardly unloaded wagons. I'm betting if your corn is anything like mine this year there is enough moisture in the stocks to keep the ears. I know in cold weather everything gets brittle and once the gathering chains touch the stock the ears get flung off

[@Timkrenz-gr6ol]

❤😊 THAT'S HOW GREEN GIANT IN LE SUEUR MN USE TO PICK SWEET CORN 🌽 UP UNTIL 1974-75 TWO ROWS AT TIME !!! THE 706 GERMAN DIESEL FROM OUT AT FARM HAD SWEET CORN 🌽 DUTY FOR A FEW YEARS. A 560 GAS BEFORE THAT AND A M FARMALL BEFORE THAT ❤😊

[@3069mark]

You guys have such a beautiful farm. I love how you take good care of your equipment and everything and are so organized. I love to watch farming done the way it was done when I was a boy in the early 60's.

[@larryklostermann5779]

We had a New Idea 2 row pull type picker. Nice machine. Great video brings back lots of memories.

[@markschwab7829]

I remember doing that when we had cows keep the wagons in the shed and the earcorn will slide out easily just like yours does. Great video!

[@jimvanderlinden7249]

I love watching these videos as it brings back many memories.

[@kensmithler5965]

Great video Aaron, I love all the different angles and views you set up for us with all your great narration as to what is happening. Wish we had a few clips of your Mom and Owen doing barn chores. It's all interesting to me! Keep up the amazing videos!

[@anthonyblalock1790]

Amazed at the team effort really great family

[@guernseygoodness]

You guys have many pheasants out there? Seems that with your corn fields and the cover the birds would get from the wood lots, it would be excellent habitat.

[@mikewithers299]

This video brings back many memories of helping grandpa and my uncles on their small dairy farm in upstate NY. I could watch this for hours, but then feel guilty bcuz im not helping get work done. Lol. Our farm had lots of brands of equipment, but my favorite was the 1964 Oliver 1800 fwd. The corn grinder was run by a long belt from an antique Case. One of the few tractors with a belt pulley. It was "state of the art" for the 1940's 🤣🤣 but you use what you got. 2 row corn picker and field chopper made feed for decades!

[@michigantler5046]

good job

[@markflick1641]

Great video . Always liked harvest time . Olli seem to be running fine . What a view !

[@johnthompson4162]

I think Aaron needs some time on the corn picker. Great video, looking forward to part two. John T.

[@alexweis9706]

Please show how do you get on the corn picker the tractor please tell keep making more videos ❤

[@mikesallewsky4185]

Back in the day our neighbor had a single row New Idea picker. He was harvesting cobs and we were working in the field beside him. We notice that the bin door was open on the wagon and cobs were going in and right back out the open door. We waved and yelled trying to get his attention. He just smiled and waved back. No idea how long it took before he noticed.

[@kimrick5195]

😅😅😅😅😅

[@romainjarrot7463]

@@kimrick5195😮😊😊😮😊r😢r😊😊😮😊😮😢r😅😢😊😊t😊😊😢😊😊😊e😊

[@hillbillyfranks]

I like watching that kind of farming Every time I turn the video on brings me back So stay safe and have a good day Did you ever find a deer

[@nathanalmond8280]

Thanks for sharing the video. I always enjoy them.

[@ronzezulka6646]

Inexpensive and effective. Even the cob does have a small relative feed value when ground.

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Adds fiber, and you can reduce or eliminate hay in the ration, depending on the target. 👍

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

@gierokfarms.. oh, really?

[@rayjerome3832]

I think your elevator is the only one in the country that gets to be in a shed. We have 3 of them. I'm afraid they would take up half the shed!!

[@bhain40]

I had always seen the grates in the elevator, but Dad never opened it and I never knew what it was for. We had a wood slat crib. Seeing corn get under the elevator chain and ride up sure did make me groan. What a pain fixing that.

[@johndeere-jh1pd]

Great job

[@jerryrobson9309]

I was wondering it your thermostat was stuck open is why you was getting colant into your oil.

[@headglitch7003]

Stick some buckets under your elevator screen to catch the loose as it falls through and empty them to the trailer as they fill and your tarp cleanup will be a lot easier when you change cribs.

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Heck, they could just park the grinder infeed auger under it, and grind as hopper fills or wagons unload. Got to be better than shoveling!

[@dlzastera]

Always a good idea to close the door on the gravity box when it's get emptied.

[@tammygurke7482]

You are ‘our’ favorite you tube farming channel. So educational. Aaron thank you for taking us along. We love your videos❤❤❤❤❤my hubby is a big Oliver fan. They use to have an 1850 when they farmed.

[@AirplaneDoctor_]

Also if you run grain buggies make sure you turn the pto auger off after you unload. We unload the combine on the move and my sister had folded the grain buggies auger after emptying into a grain trailer and forgot to shut the pto off. When the combine started unloading into the buggy all you could see from a distance was what looked like a snow storm of corn with my sister driving obliviously along. She no longer drives the grain buggy....

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Give her another chance, she probably learned from the first time. Farm kids hate making same mistake twice. Might make new mistakes, but not repeats!

[@mikewithers299]

Very true. The tongue lashing you get from wasting food will be lesson enough. Especially on small farms. Ask me how I know 🤣🤣

[@AirplaneDoctor_]

​@@MorganOtt-ne1qj Farm kid, my sister was 44 when she did it.

[@ThomasDrehfal]

Great video Aaron!

[@Meister775]

I think I saw an old EZ Trail wagon on the farm. They still make ‘em in Arthur Illinois

[@stanhensley3082]

What beautiful day to pick corn!! November can be NOT so much fun to do field work! It can rain,snow,and have 30 mile per hour wind all at the same time.Hope the weather stays good for farmers to get their crops in.Seams like havest is a little late this year?? 😮 Careful out there everyone working long days havesting!! Thanks 😊.

[@stevesundermeyer4139]

I grew up on a dairy farm in central Wisconsin. We picked corn with a 1 row woods brothers picker. It took us forever. We also green chopped for the cows and it was a very efficient way to feed them. We opened up the oats when they first headed out and sometimes even grew sudan grass for green chopping.

[@jerryfischer3988]

Just love your corn picking videos 😊

[@neilweber6338]

You might have a little more field loss with picking, but you’re gaining the cob, which is a good source of fiber Plus naturally dried corn has a little more nutrients in it because you haven’t cooked it out in the dryer.

[@frankallen9419]

If you run the Oliver and you find coolant in the oil after a few hrs it's possible to have a cracked block or if it has sleeves a cracked sleeve

[@erniezsigo3926]

Just found your video great content. Reminds me of 40 yrs ago of picking corn and putting into cribs with that same elevator that your using😅😅😅

[@timsticha650]

With all of the videos you all posted I like the corn picking videos the most. Looking forward to the stock chopping and round baling videos. Thanks for sharing.

[@hturbo1007]

You were talking about having to add the the radiator. If you added ( let's just say a half gallon) was the oil a half gallon fuller than it was supposed to be?I think it was condensation from a thermostat that was staying partly open.

[@jvin248]

great looking corn! Also factor into your ear vs combine comparison the extra complexity, maintenance, and repairs on those combines. Plus a combine is like buying a tractor to sit all year except for harvest. With the mounted or pull-behind picker you have a tractor that can work other jobs every week plus possible redundancy if the picking tractor goes down you can fairly easily sub in another tractor. So is this corn you planted with the new no-till corn planter?

[@Printerman62]

I think my dad was the last guy I saw poor waste oil on chains to lubricate them (1972 ish). Only a farmer knows that kind of resourcefulness.

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

I never ran a mounted picker, rode along on both mounted and Uni System pickers as a kid. When it was my time to operate, I ran a 2RN NI 325 pull type. 1 year it took me until March to finish picking corn. Yeah, we lost some yield, but we had good corn to grind until after the next harvest time. And even after I stopped milking cows, I used ear corn in the rations of my kids 4H market steers. Hit 4.39 lbs/day of gain on one of them. I owe it to the ear corn and only tweaking my Dads recipe for growing fat steers!

[@guydaubenspeck9206]

I'm in Western Pennsylvania we're just ready to start picking now and we still grind ear corn for our beef cattle did it when we milked also we have a custom ground feed business that we use a lot of shelled corn in

[@dalehellenbrand357]

The might Oliver they all sound like a bumblebees why is that 😂😂

[@Todd1976]

Love your operation, I'd like to see some new milking videos. The way you guys milk just takes me back to when I was 14 and the first dairy farm I ever worked on. 33years ago and that dairy farm is long gone now🥺

[@jpeel2066]

Great video. All the best 🇬🇧.

[@dekr3415]

Never seen anything like it!

[@MrTonyharrell]

Weld some higher sides on the elevator.

[@t-rex558]

The corn loss is a way to help feed wild rabbits, squirrels, pheasants and other wildlife for a day of hunting in the future. I our area, northwest Ohio, farmers are taking out fence rows for more ground to farm and the wildlife is not as prevalent. Lot of deer but rabbits and pheasants are hard to come by. With modern equipment there is far less left on the ground.

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Unless you have a hunting lease that pay$, you want to save every kernel of grain. Wildlife is wonderful, but it was here before farming, and it adapts at least as fast as we do. Great observation, though!

[@hughperkins707]

I live in western Canada and have never seen corn other than for winter grazing. I really enjoy watching corn being harvested either with combine or pickers. 👌👌 What do you do with all the stocks left standing?

[@boatanchorengineworks9005]

I had a backhoe (see my videos) that when I bought it was dripping antifreeze into the oil. Its a different engine of course, but it was recommended to try Conklin Dike. That was over 3 years ago and I haven't had a single drop since or issue with the cooling system. Worth a last ditch try if maybe there is a small area with the leak.

[@chrisheinen9628]

Does the corn stay exposed to the elements in the Cribs all Winter long.

[@banjobenson9348]

yes it does

[@mikewithers299]

That's the only way to dry it out so mold doesn't grow. It will all get ground up to become grain and put into a bin once harvest is done. Can't believe I still remember all this! 🚜🚜

[@GracieCasper]

I am surprised that picker takes it going at that speed? When we used to pick with the identical picker we only ran in 2nd gear with a JD 730.

[@rayjerome3832]

I totally agree that's my experience too!!

[@raymondhenderson1516]

Great video and still remember the times mounting the picker back then on our narrow front John Deere 3010. If the mounted unit better for your operation vs a pull type picker?

[@alithemagicbum]

👍👍🍻

[@nealyerges8882]

Have you adjusted the width of the snapping rolls to cut down on shell lost? I notice the bottom of cob had lot of shelled off.tightening rolls might help

[@leejacoby5610]

If I remember correctly on the New Idea pickers You could adjust the stripper plates too, not just the snapping rolls

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

You can adjust them, but almost have to expect butt shelling in dry corn. But the NI pickers try to reclaim every kernal.

[@hturbo1007]

@@leejacoby5610 there are no stripper plates on the New Idea picker. I know because I still run one. I believe the International Harvester 234 picker has the stripper plates.

[@haulingit1793]

do you bail your corn stalks

[@ArmpitStudios]

Nothing better than ear corn!

[@keithmaurer7082]

Where are you able to find parts for the picker any more? Ear corn makes the best cattle feed

[@MikeGray-n7n]

Old tractor keep working no computers

[@mweisen1001]

I agree! I don't see that new John Deere still running 80 years from now.

[@edelm6062]

where did all the logs come from and what will you do with them?

[@joelzeigler2784]

Can't you run your heifers on the fields to pick up the corn on the ground

[@Blackwellll3066]

I'm courious if yall would ever buy a picker sheller....

[@woodwelder]

I’m interested to know why you got a new idea picker against a IH 234 ? In my humble opinion a better harvester..?

[@banjobenson9348]

because this one was 250$ or so in the 80's

[@williammatzek4660]

You have oliver. Have you seen Stanley?

[@christopherpyle3503]

What oil do you guys run in your tractors?

[@sickbertmodelfarms5475]

How much do you think it costs to put up a corn crib like you have?

[@dalehellenbrand357]

My dad always said cows 🐄 milk better on cob ear corn 🌽

[@firecaptaintom]

Did he get the buck?

[@tammygurke7482]

Aaron any CHANCE you will sell sweatshirts???❤❤❤

[@allenclor2910]

no Allis Chalmers orange hats

[@leejacoby5610]

Yes definitely need AC Orange caps

[@joelwindsor525]

Why not pt the wagon on the tarp under the elevator save some shovel work

[@richardtiley5375]

I farmed with old stuff and new stuff give me new anytime old as my Farmall mechanic use to say old Iron

[@mweisen1001]

Do you like the new stuff over the old stuff. It was not clear to me

[@jeronbuchholz6513]

Find deer?

[@normangarrand1106]

I'd hire a combine they'd have it done in 1 day LESS WASTE.

[@hturbo1007]

Where would they store the corn? At the Co op? Then pay drying and storage fees. They only pick around four thousand bushels per year. They're only at the most losing around two bushels per acre. The way they're doing it is more economical.

[@outhouse9451]

You guys are losing like 50 bushel an acre on the ground 😂

[@paulhall883]

Geez how did come up that number such silly remark

[@hturbo1007]

If it was 50 bushels to the acre, the ground would be yellow with corn. It's closer to around one to two bushels per acre.

[@indrekkpringi]

Why don't you show your cows being milked every day? It should be real exciting. And interesting. Or... you could show yourself sleeping 8 hours every night... it should be real exciting and real interesting. (I actually worked on a dairy farm and know how exciting and interesting it is)

[@JimWalter-h3k]

Put some bars leak in the radiator