Taking the Roadside to the Steers

[@LVFFarmVlogs]

If our road ditches weren't so steep I think a lot more guys in my area would do the same thing. Only bad part would be all the trash from the litter bugs.... But hey, its a win win for you and the county or township!

[@atwoodca]

I'd like to agree but, not a win win for a bovine with hardware. Not worth for me.

[@storminnormanz]

i believe the reason grass is so good and thick next to the road is because the rain runs down from the yellow line on down since the road is crowned toward the ditch so its getting double the rain everything else gets

[@lukestrawwalker]

And nutrient runoff out of the fields... plus vehicle exhaust is basically fertilizer in a way... carbon dioxide and used to be a lot of sulfur from diesels (before no sulfur diesel anyway). Later! OL J R :)

[@fredf3391]

Good job ,Yeah in years past county did good job of mowing but now they drive around looking for asparagus in spring . Good help hard to find.

[@jedadruled984]

Wow, the little Ford is amazing.

[@America-First2024]

The county used to mow the ditch twice a year, late spring and late fall. Now they mow once, mid summer. Anyway Good Video!

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video

[@joshuak.8690]

Great way to get feed and make the roadsides look good.

[@boehmfarm4276]

They look very good because the cut material is removed. Yet another reason I hate bushhogs.

[@rogerholloway8498]

Fair looking stuff for the most part, good idea! Might as well make it pay!

[@justincase2830]

Some how it doesn't surprise me that the county flunked the ditching project. I have seen their works in the county where I farm. At least the result is free feed for the livestock.

[@jamisgood21]

That is awesome! Now that's low cost feed!

[@roseryanrussell9919]

Well at less the grass is going some wear good hope the cows Will like it .🐄🐄🚜🚜

[@michiganfarming1955]

our county has no problem mowing but getting them to use that blade that fixes the roads is another story

[@boehmfarm4276]

Haha, yeah, all your gravel roads up there.

[@AaricHale]

Crazy how what your mowing looks just like in front of my house almost to the tee.

[@AaricHale]

We wait till county mows and we always go out and collect it. Kinda was thinking we might be only people to do what your doing.

[@iowadairyboysFarms]

Damn that's a good idea

[@boehmfarm4276]

Thank you, I have one every once in a while.

[@lowellburwell6695]

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[@paulcasefarms9933]

Good video. Have you ever tried to make silage from your flail chopper ? I have some early year fescue That I cannot bale and I have plans on weaning some calves and silage would be a goodfit to feed them through the winter. I have been reading a lot of people making haylage but only in bales or from alfalfa.

[@boehmfarm4276]

We tried this machine on wheat silage one year. We partially filled the silo..... that was a terrible idea. A flail chopper is fine for collection of material for quick feeding. The pieces are left too big, and can weave together in a silo, so it's a knotted mess. If you can make a pile, maybe that would work better, as I see some UK videos of using flails on grass and making piles.

[@alastairmccormick9657]

Yep in Ireland the long acre also! Are they grey clouds or is it that the Ford is working hard 😓?

[@boehmfarm4276]

We have been in a very wet pattern of weather much of the summer.

[@postymalone4531]

Alastair McCormick hey cousin

[@markgamble8377]

Have done that before.but nowadays be afraid of stuff people throw out. Just mowed yesterday.been almost month of rain here.upstate ny.haying tractor sat so long.grass grew up touching belly of 656 row crop.

[@boehmfarm4276]

Yep, I feel you're wetness. I have gone a few weeks without mowing any hay either. It's not always raining, but no sunshine.

[@dehavenfamilyfarm]

Cool idea!

[@egolliher6933]

Not getting rich but one loaded time that's what makes a farmer great video you ever get that combine up and running or is it done to get some mechanical help

[@boehmfarm4276]

Dad's combine runs, mine still needs an engine swap.

[@42lookc]

I was surprised you didn't turn the chute towards the ditch to keep that junky weedy stuff out of the feed. A Crop Chopper is the real thing for roadside mowing though.

[@davidwatt7663]

Does that little Ford have the 4 hi 4 low non synchro box ? As 1 low looked very fast on camera! Nice video thank you. DW

[@boehmfarm4276]

Yep. first and second are very close in speed. It's big jump to third.

[@jankotze1959]

Ones again it's amazing what the little Ford can do although I think it is about on the top end to expect out of it, was that the 3910? I know the 2910 right fender need paint

[@boehmfarm4276]

This video has the 2810. We have 28, 29 and 6610.

[@jankotze1959]

Awesome, thank You

[@trevorgough942]

By a very British morning you mean sunny,warm and gorgeous right?..

[@boehmfarm4276]

Foggy and damp.

[@richardbyrne9647]

Can you please dop all the bales on the same fald please

[@tomjones8209]

I went as far as baling the sides of my road before when I had a shortage of hay . Do what you got to do .

[@boehmfarm4276]

The township is sometimes too quick.... they will make that single pass early in the spring.... And then it would be good weather the week after they cut.

[@johnnyholland8765]

County here don't mow either. Landowners who have mowers usually do it. Hope your county hasn't sprayed that. Would be bad for the cows.......Be careful of noxious weeds too.

[@boehmfarm4276]

I am very good at spotting the bad weeds. The township is too cheap to spray.

[@johnnyholland8765]

Our county is broke too. No industry here to help out. Tax burden falls on the landowners.

[@Theblindfarmer]

Do you have any issue with picking up trash for example pop bottles

[@boehmfarm4276]

We have a bucket full of cans and bottles in the barn. Since we use wheelbarrows to feed, we see all the green chop and can pick trash out.

[@leehilton9932]

#500!! Glad you cut it. I wish more ranchers, farmers would

[@boehmfarm4276]

We have the cleanest roadside in the township.

[@leehilton9932]

@@boehmfarm4276 i bet. And anyone traveling throu there probably says the same thing

[@boehmfarm4276]

Cleanest roadside, but dirtiest road when we get to hauling manure.

[@leehilton9932]

@@boehmfarm4276 i bet it does! A good rain probably takes care of most of that.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@boehmfarm4276 LOL just fertilizing that roadside grass... no wonder it's doing so good! Once all that stuff washes off into the dirt on the roadsides LOL:) OL J R :)

[@williamwells7775]

did you manage to sell the 6610? if so i can see you wanting a big tw in its place haha. great video jacob!

[@boehmfarm4276]

I want a TW, would probably trade the 1466 on one. The 6610 is still here, buyer ghosted...

[@williamwells7775]

Boehm Farm ah how annoying

[@trevorgough942]

What do you mean by “ British morning “ ?? We have lovely mornings

[@boehmfarm4276]

Foggy, cloudy, and damp.

[@matthewjohnson3910]

Good video

[@Gustav4]

Nobody does things like you do it here in my country in Europe, is it because Americans are poor or whats wrong?

[@boehmfarm4276]

At least in the UK, frequent machine turnover is used to spent profits before government can take it all as taxes, and there's low low trust machinery longevity. So a similar concept is that manual transmissions in cars are much more common in the UK because of bad automatics a long time ago. I reference the UK because I studied abroad there in College. I don't know if poor fits, but there is very large farms here, and the difference in scale hurts the small guys. In Europe, you have land that has been partitioned off with hedges and stone fences, which you historically value, Those fields limit the size of machine that can be used. In the US, we don't have centuries of agriculture portioning out the land with hard walls, which lets big farms not down a tree line when they buy out the neighbor to create bigger fields. So the only way to run a smaller farm is with older machines because they don't make affordable small units.

[@rustyrelicsfarm2406]

Oh well free feed for your cows.

[@thecornishfarmer7217]

What country is your farm in?

[@boehmfarm4276]

USA

[@roygunter3244]

There is a place along the interstate near where I live that has a great stand of red fescue, it goes to seed every year since they only mow twice a year. I always think of how expensive red fescue seed is and how foolish it is to let hundreds if more than a couple thousand pounds of seed go to waste. Kentucky has places where farmers bale hay along the interstate, every state should encourage it and allow farmers to do it and improve the soil to make it more fertile. It is just a waste to have good cattle feed go to waste, a good steak, roast or hamburger just being mowed down is silly.

[@boehmfarm4276]

I'd be all for baling the interstate medians. Some states claim it would be distracting and dangerous. How would it be any worse than the tractors out there with bushhogs?

[@Doobie2100]

I love flail chopping

[@boehmfarm4276]

Me too.

[@curtweatherbee2523]

👍🏻🤓🇺🇸🐝

[@farmboy4350]

Hey man what’s that machine called that blows the grass into ur wagon??

[@billypierce4247]

Flail chopper

[@alastairmccormick9657]

Or a doublechop in Ireland

[@WhiskeyKing813]

What is the make and model of the chopper?

[@boehmfarm4276]

It's a new Holland 38.

[@danfike3016]

If you still have the 6610 put it on the fail chopper

[@boehmfarm4276]

We still have it, Buyer ghosted. We have chopped with it before.

[@billdepew2506]

What happened to the 1086?

[@boehmfarm4276]

It needs a toplink cover.

[@prestonkerr4421]

Do you not have problems with trash in the ditch?

[@boehmfarm4276]

Oh, not too bad. We have a bucket full in the barn from the summer's roadside green chopping.

[@lukestrawwalker]

@@boehmfarm4276 Advantage of living off the main roads LOL:) OL J R :)

[@farming4g]

Hope not too much litter?

[@boehmfarm4276]

If the spout is set right for filling the back of the wagon, aluminum cans will sail over the back.

[@emile81]

Not affraid to gather some trash with the grass ?

[@boehmfarm4276]

We mow often enough, and with the spout set just right, I can send aluminum cans sailing over the back of the wagon.

[@dairyinc.3651]

Nice Ford , my old Man had a 5000 he sold when he moved regretted it for ever, kept his 4000 she needs her engine rebuilt but we ran that sucker close to 35 years on mixers and manure spreaders . Spreaders and mixers got bigger so there's not much work for it anymore but I'd still like to fix it .😎

[@boehmfarm4276]

If you have watched us long enough, there's plenty of work for smaller tractors.

[@pocketchange1951]

👍👌🇨🇦❤

[@fordfarming7700]

I’d rather see someone feeding roadside then leaving it lay!

[@boehmfarm4276]

Me too!!

[@alancooper5386]

just wondering, how many days do u get temps above 90F between May and October each year??

[@boehmfarm4276]

Well, much of May and June were above 90. I think we average 21 days above 90.

[@robertmacleod4058]

Worried about chopping up some metal?

[@boehmfarm4276]

Since we feed with wheelbarrows, we see all the grass and stuff go by, and we can pick it out.

[@elmcustomharvesting1072]

Do you ever find trash in the feed. I would be worried about tin cans and plastic that the cattle could eat. People like to throw the trash out have a great day

[@boehmfarm4276]

W have a bucket full of cans and bottle in the barn from picking it out of the grass. We hand feed with wheel barrows, so we see all the grass before it hits the bunk.