Looks pretty easy today compared to the 50's thru the 80's, better mowers and rakes. Try baling all that in small square bales, no cabs or air conditioning. Bale 1000 bales a day and put up in the barn. I'll do it your way all day long... great video!!
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
Jrbpa 57 Couldn't agree with you more. I baled a lot of hay in the 90's...Lots of small squares and sweaty days. Not as difficult nowadays.
@MajesticSkywhale7 жыл бұрын
go look up the Krone Big M 500 and weep at how easy they have it today...the thing is really cool though
@baylerrobertson71296 жыл бұрын
I still do it like it's the old days, averaging 1200 small square bales a day, and I do all the stacking. I'm 14, too.
@MrScott40206 жыл бұрын
Use to put up 24-36,000 small squares for years. Now we round bale half our hay and use accumulators and grapples for the squares. Can't find the help.
@f-j-Services5 жыл бұрын
This is how I still do it, used to have no rops on 1066 but got canopy recently. NH baler knotter always breaking. Use a 65 cub to rake it with a small wheel driven rake it works great though 3rd gear at idle moves a lotta hay! Have to go full throttle on the hills and lug it hard but it does it.
@banksjim7 жыл бұрын
From Monett but live and work in Dallas now. Need more videos like this to remind me of home... and comments like those in this thread to also remind me of how fun and hard handling hay was as a teen in the 80's. Great work!
@johnmyers84887 жыл бұрын
Sure brought back some good memories of summer haying. Myself, my favorite job was round bailing and wrapping. I didn't like taking to much. Thanks for the nice visit.
@jwbfarmservices46967 жыл бұрын
Hi there my name is john i am from Bedfordshire in Gt Britain . I love your film and Missouri look beautiful it's what i call God's country I hope the hay season goes well for you and your family's. And you have a good season I look forward to seeing more thank you .
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
+JWB Farm Services John, thank you so much for the comment! Glad to hear from you. It's nice to hear from folks on the other side of the pond. Take care!
@jimmyjolly41845 жыл бұрын
@Steve Slade actually SC is Gods Country from the mountains to the Sea . Not too many places you can drive 4 hrs or less and be at either one
@johnmoore80166 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a very good video, it made remember when I worked on a farm as a teenager.
@drewwilke17336 жыл бұрын
Love the video. I'm in Mt Vernon Missouri making hay is my favorite job. We put up about 5-600 bales a year and wrap about 4-500 of them
@StJamesCustoms6 жыл бұрын
I love it! Thanks for sharing! Brings back memories.
@Drizz526 жыл бұрын
Drone pilot doing a great job
@tallfarmboy6 жыл бұрын
+Drizz52 I appreciate that, thank you!
@jayrock4ya5 жыл бұрын
Awsome!!!!! Great video!! Watched chuke2009 fix his round balor, then wondered how it worked, so I watched a cgi video of its insides. Know I'm watching this. Holy crow alot of processes. Thx!!!
@bronney6 жыл бұрын
Love the closed captioning. For those of us that knows nothing about farming they're really informative :D Nice hair cut on the kid btw. :)
@tallfarmboy6 жыл бұрын
bronney Thank you so much for the comment! Appreciate the feedback. Best wishes!
@merlenewalker89975 жыл бұрын
Beautiful to watch and do harmony is glory
@214920059734947 жыл бұрын
I just came across ur channel today. and realized y'all are really close to me i live in Carthage. I grew up in ash grove mo most of my life. That's cool as hell to have a KZbinr so close :-)
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
+Billy Bell Good to hear from you! I wouldn't call myself a "KZbinr", though... Just a common guy that has a nerdy habit of flying drones and telling the story of Agriculture.
@tinhhuynh26995 жыл бұрын
Yes, thank you farmers
@whataguy70325 жыл бұрын
Man, that is some nice looking hay and high yield, too. Looks like he was getting a full bale about every 500 ft.
@tomjones82096 жыл бұрын
I’m not a John Deere fan but that was a great video!
@thomasleight72006 жыл бұрын
I all ways liked riding when cutting hay
@alexborash98335 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@shereemorgan14306 жыл бұрын
I love the round bales.
@dwightarnold69805 жыл бұрын
AC is also nice to have John Deere's really have a good AC system
@KaerntnerLandwirtschaft5 жыл бұрын
We dont have those problems with the baling tractor, we have a big maschine park with around 20 balers 8 times roundbalers of the type Krone Ultima and 12 times square bales. Our main job is to be a maschinering for the farmers around our place (austria)
@billcoley85205 жыл бұрын
This is all fine and dandy unless you have hay fever,,, I can’t remember how many times I sneezed and blew my nose. My father n law bailed square bails and loaded them in semi truck trailers,,, that’s where it really got bad
@tallfarmboy5 жыл бұрын
Hay fever is no fun. There are great allergy medications now... I personally take a Zyrtek pill every day.
@AndersonCattleCo7 жыл бұрын
Good hay making vid I hay by myself so the hay gets raked in the dark or in the morning with the dew but it is also Alfalfa. Mind you I bale most of it in the dark to. Any how it looks like good feed I love drone vids of tractor work
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
AndersonCattleCo. Doing it by yourself would be a challenge. Keep up the good work, someone has to keep feeding the world!
@johnnybarbar74356 жыл бұрын
Can the swing stops be adjusted on the trailed mower so you don't have to drive on the edge of the cut crop?
@JohnDoe-jq5wy5 жыл бұрын
Make a round baler that will continue baling and drop the finished bale. Cut baling time by 15-20 percent.
@tallfarmboy5 жыл бұрын
Continuous balers are on the market now. They definitely save time.
@robhayes51547 жыл бұрын
good looking operation. I'm looking at a 7210 4 wheel drive has yours been a good tractor. Anything I should look for.
@hankelling58335 жыл бұрын
great video. i rode a horse drawn mower with my dad.
@daveknepp77187 жыл бұрын
Nice video, thanks for sharing.
@sairaqsa5 жыл бұрын
Well done guys.
@jackiejohnson60646 жыл бұрын
Your operation. is not much different then how we harvest Alfalfa in California. I've been doing it most of my life. The only difference is we do 3 twine square bales and we use New Holland bale wagons to.remove bales from the field. love your video
@perryspradlin93567 жыл бұрын
I thought where i used to farm had point rows . That one big point row!
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
The dang railroad runs just west of this field and makes a mess of many fields. This is a HUGE point row, you are right.
@bmbpdk6 жыл бұрын
Really good video and love the descriptions 👍
@tallfarmboy6 жыл бұрын
+GamerBrian81 Thanks for the comment, I appreciate the feedback.
@codyludwig28113 жыл бұрын
how fast do you go when raking hay with v rake like that I know if its heavy crop they can plug up Im getting into starting a hay farm but I dont know much about hayrakes I was gonna get a v rake and a trailed one to so if I only have flip over one swath I can lower the side the swath is on a leave the other side up
@tallfarmboy3 жыл бұрын
You kind of already understand the speed limitations of a V-rake. The rake that is being used here can be adjusted much wider or narrower depending on field conditions. If the hay is very dense, we narrow the rake down to only windrow 2 cut passes of hay. If the field is less dense, we'll widen the rake out and can take 3 cut passes into a windrow. The wider the rake is set, the slower you must travel because the hay has to travel across the rake in a much flatter plane than when the rake is narrowed up.
@cielopachirisu9295 жыл бұрын
It’s almost harvesting season
@KevinA-zp4li7 жыл бұрын
Love the drone footage. Awesome views. One question, with disc bine, why windrow, instead of laying hay out flat.
@KevinA-zp4li7 жыл бұрын
Not even same field. Different machine cut that hay. Good quality video, just not realistic. Thanks
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
KevinA 1962 If the hay were not in windrows, the tractor would drive over the crop when cutting it. It would compress it into the ground. The width of the tractor wheels allow it to travel over the windrow without damaging the crop. Much of the high yield hay around here gets tedded to spread out to dry more.
@jucatorro5 жыл бұрын
Nice Video, question, how long does it it typically takes for the hay to be curated ? do you leave it there until its REALLY dry ?
@tallfarmboy5 жыл бұрын
Depending on how much sunlight and humidity there is, sometimes 24 hours will cure the hay properly, but usually 2-3 days of dry time is needed for the hay to cure properly.
@finlandfarmer18607 жыл бұрын
Nice drone footage and good looking, flat fields you have there. How many hay / silage crops do you harvest per season?
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
Finlandfarmer Well, we have a big variety of forage crops. Usually our cool season grasses like fescue will only give 1 harvest. However, we have Bermuda and some other warm season grasses that will yield 3 or more cuttings depending on our rainfall. Our good legumes, like alfalfa will yield several cuttings as well. The flat fields are very nice and well suited for cropping, but our soil depth isn't as good as some other states like Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois.
@grantdubridge79956 жыл бұрын
My dad just bought a brand new John Deere 3020 last month. But he only has five acres and doesn't do any haying.
@tallfarmboy6 жыл бұрын
Grant DuBridge They are excellent older tractors. They hold their value very well and are very sought after here in Missouri.
@Knidix6 жыл бұрын
That's almost harvesting season
@rodrigoastinzatostado97666 жыл бұрын
That's a nice head you have on your shoulders
@Knidix6 жыл бұрын
Away with you vile beggar
@bigears44266 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know where to buy the little canopy the john deere raking had
@brianlb784 жыл бұрын
What does a round bale usually sell for in MO? There a decent demand in that state?
@PriceBrosEqAG7 жыл бұрын
Cool video! Is that a Sitrex Magnum?
@northernvirginiahayandstra55707 жыл бұрын
Good video
@randymaylowski24857 жыл бұрын
that is a nice video of that, and yeah farmers have to deal with that hard work, which I should say its not near as ward how farming once was before, when they inveted machinery. cause sometimes I feel bad for the old timers who did farming in the past in the old fashioned hard way. but now I thank it's kinda funny, cause nowadays well"! at least my area people don't wanna stay in the farming business. cause I don't mind to farm, I rather to farm them living in the city and working in side of a office building...lol but that's my opinion. so I'll say farming is a perfect thing to keep doing. so good work guys.
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
Randy Maylowski You are so correct... Farming has changed so much from years past. Used to be so labor intensive and now it is becoming more and more automated with less and less people producing more and more food. Quite amazing. Thanks for the comment!
@randymaylowski24857 жыл бұрын
tallfarmboy well you are welcome, for the comment, and Yeah I also thank its just that nowadays young kids just don't wanna get dirty A's in farming whys, and yeah that's another thing I thought of before, ever since they maded machinery they probably thought something like they didn't need to help other people out anymore, which is sad. but inerways again your welcome for the comment.
@grantdubridge79956 жыл бұрын
I noticed, on the first curve in the video, the mower did not just follow the tractor but turned only enough to follow the grass edge. Is the mower directed separately with a joy stick or something?
@tallfarmboy6 жыл бұрын
Grant DuBridge The mower is controlled via a hydraulic ram to change the offset of the mower to the tractor... So, when turning or transporting, the mower can be ran either straight behind or at an angle, offset to the path of the tractor.
@grantdubridge79956 жыл бұрын
tallfarmboy and I see the skilled tractor driver used that ability to control the turn.
@vladghelu5164 жыл бұрын
I'd like to be a farm boy one day!
@debackerfamilylivestock46805 жыл бұрын
What are you getting far as tons per acre?
@tallfarmboy5 жыл бұрын
It depends on the crop, but our cool season grasses in a good year will yield 2 to 2.5T per acre. In a bad year, lucky to get 1.5T.
@danvanhoose67837 жыл бұрын
What is the average weight on the round bales?
@adrianwurtz95065 жыл бұрын
For how long are you letting it dry?
@thomasthompson14445 жыл бұрын
So why is it so hard running the baling tractor ?
@tallfarmboy5 жыл бұрын
Mainly just a more important job. You are weaving back and forth on the window to make sure that the bale forms properly, also closely watching the monitor to see when the bale should be wrapped... Also, if the bale isn't made properly, it makes for more problems down the road with crooked stacks and loose strings. A good bale makes everyone else's jobs down the line easier.
@Railfanable5 жыл бұрын
How many acres of hay do you process a year?
@tallfarmboy5 жыл бұрын
This is actually 2 operations. But, combined between the 2 of them, they bale over 1000 acres a year. We've got a lot of cow/calf operations in our neck of the woods. This year (2018-19) has been tough to find enough hay as we had a pretty good drought during our prime hay cutting season.
@ValleyFarm7 жыл бұрын
very informative and I love the footage. our small operation is in the southwestern corner of Pennsylvania so we don't have the nice laying ground like you guys got. your lucky lol. we bale on steep hills with all 4 wheel drive tractors (except the ford 4600). love that old girl. anyways, it was a fantastic video. thanks for sharing. feel free to subscribe to my channel. I try and post farming videos myself when I have the time.
@vtec-woof47736 жыл бұрын
What's the price of a big square bale ?
@ChrisWilhite7 жыл бұрын
How does the driver of the baling tractor know when the bale is ready?
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
Chris Wilhite In the cab of the tractor, there is a digital monitor that shows the pressure inside of the baler and progress of the bale. They also have an audible buzzer that goes off to tell the operator to make a bale.
@STEVENRAY187 жыл бұрын
yes that's what I'm saying there's nothing rough about making hay nowadays we all have tractors with cabs and air conditioning and a little refrigerator cooler in there to keep our water and stuff in really the only time we have to stop is to use the restroom because for some damn reason they haven't put a restroom in the cab of these things yet I'll never figure that one out LOL but I was farming in the sixties and I know exactly what it's like to spend 12 14 16 hours on a tractor with no cab and it being a hundred plus outside so yeah whenever they said on there that bailing the hay was the roughest part or whatever that was that they said it's like oh my God how old are these kids they obviously know nothing about life 30 years ago 40 years ago
@glaciersridge57375 жыл бұрын
What modle is that cutter?
@iveyfarms25243 жыл бұрын
Where are located at?
@tallfarmboy3 жыл бұрын
Southwest Missouri.
@HayMap7 жыл бұрын
Looking good! Check out our hay baling drone videos!
@46rambo497 жыл бұрын
what's you % of alfalfa? we went all grass, count your blessing manual tractor my favorite the new ones monitor everything for you "if you keep equipment updated" and the cost that involves, and you have to have a "service technician" work on it because they have the codes, sad not be able to work on your own tractor
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
46Rambo This is all grass hay. Several local farmers still bale alfalfa, but not nearly as much is raised as grass hay in our area.
@jakegardner1606 жыл бұрын
46Rambo I'm a feild service mechanic and farmer myself. Just remember you'd be nowhere without us "service techs" and u can work on your own stuff it's just going to be more time consuming without the computer I've worked on many case tractors without and use of computers or scanners
@kalvinhrutkay73506 жыл бұрын
I have a the same 7710
@Amaranthian4505 жыл бұрын
Are you feeding beef or dairy?
@tallfarmboy5 жыл бұрын
This is for beef cattle. There used to be several dairy farms in our area, but most have disappeared or given up milking in exchange for beef cattle. We are right in the middle of cow/calf operation territory.
@Amaranthian4505 жыл бұрын
That’s great I prefer watching feed be put up for beef. Dairy guys do things a little “weird” for my taste. Haha I also farm a few beef cows mysel
@lakestl50007 жыл бұрын
What part of Missouri? St. Charles area here
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
+lakestl5000 Southwest corner of the state.. Between Carthage and Lamar.
@bmbpdk6 жыл бұрын
You dont ted it before raking?
@tallfarmboy6 жыл бұрын
GamerBrian81 It depends on the humidity and the weather forecast as to whether or not it gets tedded... Also, the density of the crop has an impact on that as well. The field that got mowed in this video got tedded the next day.
@bmbpdk6 жыл бұрын
Okay, thanks for the explanation
@chisonlin6 жыл бұрын
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@JohnDoe-jq5wy5 жыл бұрын
HEADS UP, buy a Claas Cougar, efficiency BEYOND
@bnsfbandit98074 жыл бұрын
Yes because money grows on trees
@nathanratchford99967 жыл бұрын
Hay!
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
Nathan Ratchford You weren't the first comment this time... Slacker.
@nathanratchford99967 жыл бұрын
tallfarmboy it was past my bedtime....
@bestfriendsforev75007 жыл бұрын
Where is this in missouri
@tallfarmboy7 жыл бұрын
BigG Just north of the little town of Jasper, MO... In the southwest corner of Missouri.
@shafiqchak204 жыл бұрын
sir price
@alphasxsignal6 жыл бұрын
I can see robot machines doing this in the future running off GPS and camera detection.
@decnijfkris37065 жыл бұрын
What's on that land beside? Potato?
@tallfarmboy5 жыл бұрын
It was freshly germinated Soybeans across the road, and wheat in an adjacent field as well.
@decnijfkris37065 жыл бұрын
We don't do soy beans anymore. Agriculture is heavily subsidised in Europe. In the past they started with subsidized soy beans to make petroll out off but that did not come of the ground. We hardly consume soy oil in Europe. We have some wheat and some corn to feed cattle. But it ain't much. Indeed hay is the nutrient in winter to give to eat to livestock. Indispensible to have something green and fresh next to processed cattle fodder. And feeding them too much with mais will get meat with mais taste. Some farmers do only potato but this year yield was very low due to lack of rain so very small potatoes.Last years farmers could survive here on cultivating only potato. But the crops change practically from year to year here according to what is subsidized most. All at the sudden they all do green peas, then they all plant mais,then they do leek, there is no line in it. I live in a region where chicons originate from. Every household held small chicon beds in the seventies and then it all disappeared first to water culture @@tallfarmboyand later to greenhouse culture in France. But I remember the time especially in winter when the vegetable companies came on Friday night at home to load chicons that were shipped right into the States by boat. Agriculture ain't simple today even with the money farmers get from Europe they have hard to cover costs. Farmers here mostly can't count. They have big John Deeres, much bigger than yours, to work on a good 20 acres of land. You can see from here, or there, that that is all oversized and that paying off loans gets difficult. In nothern France farmers have much more land. There they do much sugar beets. We make our sugar from beets. In the States they make that from cane. But I like sugar cane sugar too….on all homemade pancakes. Most people in Europe think milk bottles grow on trees. Bye baby & Succes!
@jamesrivis6205 жыл бұрын
Thankyou to all the farmers BUT ...... NO ROUNDUP PLEASE.
@thomasleight72006 жыл бұрын
And guy rakes really slow
@vvojtek42426 жыл бұрын
am polish boy am searh farmergirl
@STEVENRAY187 жыл бұрын
oh yes nowadays making hey is just a rough such a rough a stressful job I just don't see how those farmers do it all of that time that they spend setting in that air conditioning tractor and monitoring all of the functions of the Baler on the computer screen I'm just I just feel so sorry for them it's just it's just just the roughest hardest life of of anybody on the planet it is the roughest job of ever yes I'm being a smart-ass there's nothing rough about it
@Sirisma6 жыл бұрын
Hey just a protip, figure out how to add outlines to your text. White lettering with a 3 pixel black outline works well. It's hard to read some of that text otherwise especially on mobile.