Spreading chicken litter

In this video we show you how we spread chicken litter. We are using our 8R250 to pull our chicken litter spreader, and our 7430 to load it.
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We are a small, multi-generational family farm that has been no-till for over 4 decades. Our farm raises winter wheat, rye, corn, and soybeans.
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[@jackie-rl8pq]

Thanks for explaining what you are doing & why.

[@corndynasty]

We try to do our best.👍

[@ernesthouse4706]

How do you guys like that 7430? That’s one of my favorite tractors

[@corndynasty]

We really like it, the only problem we have had is a small hydraulic leak that we fixed ourselves. Very reliable, and I really like that it doesn’t have all the government junk like the newer tractors. Thanks for watching👍.

[@michaelking5764]

What state do you farm?

[@corndynasty]

Kentucky, in United States.

[@dickcarter4650]

what a cheesy operation! If you want to see how it's done, come to central Ohio and watch M&W Farms. Spreaders that hold over 2 semi loads and quad trac tractors that travel at road speed.

[@corndynasty]

We don’t have anything close to that big around us. Sounds really cool! But also expensive.

[@tf7274]

The gases coming off the manure are just as important as the litter itself...if you can incorporate it into the soil quickly, you should see a bump. We have 90k birds...if I could haul in the rain and have some one behind me discing...that is ideal.

[@corndynasty]

This was in the fall of last year so we actually spread a rye cover crop on the entire field and incorporated it with our turbo till directly behind the litter spreader. In the spring when we sometimes spread chicken litter we will just spread the chicken litter on top and then later turbo till right before the planter. But I agree whenever we till it in the corn looks very dark green and healthy. We love our chicken litter but it can be a lot of extra work.

[@tf7274]

@@corndynasty I always have to laugh...people always think all our corn looks great because of chicken manure...although we can only cover 3% of our land with it...

[@corndynasty]

I would say the ground we put chicken litter on looks better than the ground we didn’t put it on that year. I would say it has a lot of extra benefits that dry fertilizer doesn’t have. But it’s got more compaction which makes things difficult with a no till farm. Most farmers can’t do chicken litter because it’s so much extra labor and time. But a smaller farm like us has the opportunity to apply the litter. My point is that I think it not only looks better but it can outyield dry fertilizer. Looks can be deceiving though. I’d like to do a side by side with litter and dry fertilizer some day to see how much a difference it makes.

[@tf7274]

@@corndynasty Agreed, all around.