Seeding Oats and Alfalfa

Spring field work is here! We are seeding oats, alfalfa, and grasses. The oats act as a nurse crop so that the alfalfa and grasses have time to establish themselves. Plus you are getting a crop off that field in the meantime while the hay is growing! We are using the John Deere 7405 and the Great Plains 10 foot drill. Also the 7810 is smoothing up the fields with the drag. Thank you all for watching. We hope you enjoy the video!
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[@wilscooley3083]

Nice work. It’s nice to see a 40 cow dairy thriving!

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Yes, sadly there's not that many of us left.

[@GierokFarms]

Thank you!

[@uhitskyle]

Y'all a the most respectable people on youtube. I love what you all do and I wish I could farm for a job everyday

[@crystalparrish2087]

Boys I just found your channel love your channel that 1066 is my favorite I own a Massey Ferguson salvage yard but the international is where my heart is this is Steven from Arnett tractor and salvage Greensburg Kentucky keep making good videos

[@samkoeller9417]

Planting started around that mother's day weekend in South East Minnesota

[@GierokFarms]

Interesting

[@robertpayne2717]

I remember using an old set of bedsprings behind a 110 john deere lawn and garden tractor to prepare the finish seed bed for my moms garden it worked really well.

[@bobseehaver1054]

now I seem to know why your area looks so familiar , I have family up there in colfax, ( the FREBURG FAMILY ) THEY ALSO own a big beef and dairy farm ,, and some hogs ,, i really enjoy seeing you do farming with older equipment ,, as long as it works fine ,, keep using it .. would like to see milking videos with other family members also ... and to meet your mother in your videos ,, like watching your dad... now its moms turn ,,, lol ... keep up the fine job with your videos ... and thanks so much ..

[@matthewdavis4081]

The terrain there at your farm is amazing I love how the fields roll and the driveway leading to the fields and pasture just disappear into the distance. Here in Central Ohio it's all the same and flat were I grain farm and have my flock of sheep. I really enjoy your videos from milking to chores to following along in the field thank you and looking forward to the next

[@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9]

Your lucky we are either at the top of hill, the side of a hill or at the bottom of the hill and depending on rain we are trying to get back up the hill.😆

[@GierokFarms]

Thank you Mathew!

[@CraigArbet]

Nice drill I didn't know Great Plains No Till drills had three compartments to plant three different crops.

[@russellhansen7622]

Great video. Also using old manure spreaders for trailers, what a great idea!

[@GierokFarms]

Thanks Russell they turned out pretty nice

[@johnmcmccormack9203]

Great video once again boys, you certainly have a great looking seed bed let's hope you have a great crop. Nice to see things being done really well 👌

[@GierokFarms]

Thank you John!

[@anthonyhengst2908]

So nice to get back in the field again. I hope for all of us an awesome growing season and a later frost. I love to get out and do tillage work.

[@GierokFarms]

Thanks Anthony!

[@joutdoorsmen23]

Pretty cool video nice job!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@GierokFarms]

Thank you

[@dannycocuzza4842]

Great channel 👍 thanks for sharing

[@karljacobson1575]

Started corn planting on April 20th in north central Kansas. We were very dry but have received 3 nice rains!! Finished with beans on the 25th of may!! Enjoy your channel....

[@GierokFarms]

That's awesome! Thanks Karl!

[@bapasrcadventures3619]

Awsome views on your farm. Such a good sight to see you planting. Good video as always

[@GierokFarms]

Thank you!

[@hettro-cv6082]

Great video!

[@GierokFarms]

Thank you

[@andrewpeterson5977]

Around where I am we do not use a drag at all. We chisel plow in the fall and then reel disk which is minimum tillage. Then drill and then we use a cultipacker to pack the seedbed down. We to plant oats and alfalfa. We also use a 10 foot drill but ours is a bd1110. That also plants our beans and then a 4 row planter for corn. All our cops are in and looking good so far

[@GierokFarms]

I love hearing about all the difrent techniques. Glad the crops are doing well in your area!

[@bhain40]

I’m in SE MN and I planted oats on May 5. I too, have an off the farm job, so missed a week and started corn on 5/14.

[@GierokFarms]

Yeah seems like most of us had a late year but I think everything will catch up

[@markdallmann7887]

Your ground conditions looked great. And with a little rain after seeding you should get a beautiful stand. The only question I have. I why are you using such a large tractor on your drag? With all the nice small light tractors you have. Wouldn't you want to trade lightly ony your newly seeded alphalfa? We always drag with one of our smallest, lightest tractors. I realize you had duals on but I would still use lighter tractor. Most every thing is planted here I'm west central Minnesota. We farm in Southern Meeker and Kandiyohi Counties. We had a very late start this year also. Most everything didn't get planted til the 15th to the 26th of May. Which for this area is about a month later than normal. I really enjoy your show. Keep up the great work on both the farm and the videos.

[@GierokFarms]

Thank you Mark! Yeah we could have used a small tractor but the 7810 floats so well and is less likely to spin out climbing the hills. But yeah it's been a late year up here

[@johnthompson4162]

Looks like you all are doing a good job there. We always used to seed 2 bushels of oats instead of 1.5 like you are doing. Looks good to me. John T.

[@GierokFarms]

I love hearing about everyone's opinions on seeding rates thanks John

[@robertpayne2717]

I had a 20ft. Standard grain drill 40 years ago 7.5 inch spacing I planted winter wheat, rice, and solid stand soybeans. My only regret is that I wish it had a fertilizer box on it, would have loved to have been able to put phosphorous down with my wheat planting and potash with my soybeans. I usually planted behind a doall finishing harrow or sometimes in rice directly behind my landplane....

[@lyndenhovell7997]

Perfect planting weather! You put a lot of faith in your camera mounts. Are they magnetic?

[@GierokFarms]

Yeah it's a big magnet. I get riskier as time goes on lol

[@JohnDoe-dk8zz]

Im here only because of that 7810 :)

[@jamesbreault5762]

Haven't started cotton in my area yet ,will start in about a week. Good stuff man 👍👍👍👍👍

[@GierokFarms]

That's exciting

[@jermynpedretti4761]

Things were earlier than normal to an extent and or timely down by Genoa (LaCrosse) and seemed a couple weeks later up here around Baldwin Wi

[@GierokFarms]

That's good to know

[@larrygulick3778]

Love the small farm videos. Reminds me of my Grandpa's farm when I was a kid. Will you chop the oats?

[@christiandamgaard1129]

Hi, i live on a dairy farm in Denmark, we started plough in early april, and seed it all before the 10 april🤠 i love my life on the dairy farm. /15 year old boy.

[@GierokFarms]

Welcome to the channel. Glad to hear everything is going well over there!

[@JCMoncur]

Why do you drag harrow first and then drill behind it? I used to drill and pull the harrow at the same time to smooth out the field so when it comes time to run equipment over it to process the crop it’s smoother to drive on.

[@GierokFarms]

Sounds like a good idea to do it at the same time

[@Michael-qu8gh]

We planted our oats and alfalfa in the beginning of April. We usually try to have them planted by the end of march.

[@GierokFarms]

I hear ya we would prefer that too!

[@geraldsundberg3610]

nice video.

[@schrandagriffin4794]

How to you keep washouts and gullies, also that would make a lot of hay haulers trying to stack on trucks. Lol

[@GierokFarms]

Thank you

[@jamesryan9206]

Planting started around the same time in upstate New York north of Albany.

[@8tomtoms8]

I'm curious that you don't use a cultipacker for your final pass. Is it because your fields are too rolling for the packer to made contact everywhere or does the drag just work better for you guys? Your fields look great regardless!!!

[@GierokFarms]

Ya I don't think a cultipaker would work on our fields. Thanks Tom!

[@thomascottrell1837]

Does it wash bad if you get a heavy rain before it’s established

[@GierokFarms]

We prayed for a week or two of calm weather

[@uelizemp1525]

We sow the grass at the end of March. (in Switzerland) Ten days ago we sowed the corn. When do you do that? Thanks for this top Video

[@GierokFarms]

We planted corn mid may this year

[@GierokFarms]

Normaly we try to plant earlier!

[@petercahill3859]

Western kentucky looks to be slightly ahead of schedule. Most of the corn is in and up. Plenty of moisture and heat on the way this week.

[@GierokFarms]

Glad to hear!

[@robertpayne2717]

I was strictly conventional tillage. Because at the time no-till was in its infancy and herbicides were not advanced enough for notill. I still used a moldboard plow and chisel plows

[@geraldsundberg3610]

What do you do off the farm?

[@GierokFarms]

Work for an agronomy business

[@kevinanderson89]

How many acres did you plant? Last week got in 19 acres of alfalfa/orchard and oat and then got 1.6 rain that was great.Hope you get a good stand.

[@GierokFarms]

Talk about perfect timing! We hope you get a good stand as well!

[@bobmakow55]

You were talking about soil possibly clogging things up, what about smaller rocks, can they get lodged an mess things up?

[@GierokFarms]

Lucky we don't have a many rocks, but I bet it could if you ran over one just right

[@veachfarms]

Don't know where you're located but it's the same in IL. We went straight from winter to summer it seems😬

[@GierokFarms]

It was a late year that's for sure

[@hankelrod7315]

Did I hear you right - 16 lbs alfalfa & 17 lbs grass? What kind of grass?

[@gerryheckmann3167]

At the cost of fuel, is dragging worth it?

[@GierokFarms]

Yeah especially that first field because it will be left in hay longer than usual. We are shapping the field for the next couple years! Thanks for commenting

[@robertburden1509]

👍👍

[@paulkuhlman3157]

Grain drills don't have markers??

[@tkinvy9750]

What job do you have off the farm?

[@douglaspierce316]

grand junction co first cutting of alfalfa may 25

[@GierokFarms]

Wow that's exciting

[@dougdodge8801]

you should have a dragon behind the seed drill that's what we do in Oregon

[@GierokFarms]

Interesting!

[@chuckwilliams9090]

We want to see the results in a few weeks and months.

[@Breakitbryce]

How farming is supposed to be

[@GierokFarms]

Thank you

[@adelacampos9822]

Traducciones

[@ScottThomas-l3v]

Do you not own a pickup truck. Never see one

[@daspicsman]

What’s the little doohickey in the front bin that has the washer on it. On the drill. I used to live in Amery WI over close to Stillwater MN. The winters were brutal!

[@GierokFarms]

It is suppose to have a. Piece of foam on it and it tells us the level of the seed box. It's like a fuel gage

[@daspicsman]

@@GierokFarms oh ok. I would never have guessed that.