Chopping and Bagging Haylage

With questionable weather ahead, Alan decided to bag some of the 2nd crop hay we have on the farm. Alan had a partial bag left over from bagging the chopped straw, so we hoped to fill it up. Alan and Paul cut 2 different fields of hay. With the hay down, it was time to chop with the Gehl 400 Chopper on the International 1256 tractor. The International 1066 was purring on the bagger while the 820 John Deere hauled chopper boxes.
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Trinity Dairy was established in 2006, in Minnesota. Alan and Jennifer farm with their 5 children; Jessica, Justin, Jordan, Joshua, and Jason. We milk a mix of 33 Jersey, Holstein, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, and Ayrshire cattle. We also enjoy sharing our family's love of Draft Horses and using them for logging and other farm work. Dairy Farming in Minnesota can be challenging, but it's a lifestyle we really enjoy. Subscribe today to watch our small family dairy farm and family grow while continuing to thank our Lord for the blessings we've been given.

[@Travis_Rivers]

That's gonna be some milk making feed right there you guys 👍👍

[@jameshinkle6830]

Those were some big thunderstorms. Love to watch them from a distance at night. Those pesky deer are gonna have to be taken care of this fall. Put some good meat in the freezer and let the kids have some memories with you. Love the channel.

[@bruceprentice6441]

Watching your video made me nostalgic for the past. I enjoyed watching your older iron out bringing in the crop. I had very similar equipment. I think that bagger might be the best investment on your farm, certainly cuts down the number of small squares you need to make. Great video!

[@sammathias3498]

Love your videos, we just need more of them more often...Thanks for all you and your family do..🎉😊

[@alfredomarotta6604]

Thanks for sharing another enjoyable video, kudos to the person behind the camera.

[@drknockers5716]

Love your videos

[@richardgash2349]

Thanks for sharing

[@davidmuise388]

Thank you sir for the wonderful video I enjoyed it very much much take care god bless

[@johnbeam-d3v]

We use to have a cutter almost identical to yours. We used a massey 1105 to pull it . Pretty sure it was smaller than your 1266. 3 gehl wagons we pulled with MM670's. Also a 6500 chevy dump truck. I miss the days of cutting silage. Best memory of the farm. Thanks for sharing. Lot of great memories back in the 60's,70's and 80's.

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

I had forgotten about the offset tops on your wagons, and wondered for a minute about low trees...😂 Great video, Allen. I think it's funny that "everyone" made open auger pick up heads for years, but the new heads for the big choppers have a canopy over the auger and pick up. Gehl shrouded the auger back then. Ahead of their time!👍👍

[@anthonyhengst2908]

I too was going to ask about the manure pump situation but you already answered that. That fine grass is hard to chop in a New Holland Super 717 as well. Frost is on the way. We have Meyers wagons and the grass comes out in big chunks sometimes. You have yo be watching it it doesn't slug the blower.

[@trinitydairy]

We had a 717 for years.

[@KeithFinkFamilyFarm]

Wow! I love this show, it's so realistic. I actually felt like I was getting the work done even though I was just sitting in my chair watching you do it! Thanks for making me feel productive today! Keith-

[@nailbender7223]

Thanks for another video. I probably have missed a few lately but hope to catch up on them sometime.

[@TON_KROW]

thank you

[@chrisburke848]

Nice video, thanks for keeping us up to date!

[@dandowns2665]

That lightning was pretty cool.

[@Mr.Becker-fq4bj]

Love the video. Hope the fix on the barn cleaner went well.

[@ralphriddle8864]

Very nice job and God bless y'all

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

I double checked today to see if KZbin had changed my subscription for you (just before it brought this video up.) Sorry about the manure problems. How frustrating. Love you guys.

[@alostpilgrimsjourney5953]

I admire your family and sure enjoy the videos you produce.

[@marionberry6909]

Good video

[@kevinanderson89]

ALWAYS like seeing the cows. As a former dairyman and still have holstein around, enjoy seeing the girls . One of the best cows I had was a hojo.

[@richdillon2157]

Hey All, That is some nice looking hay silage you chopped. Reminds me of my home farm and when we did Hay silage. Now the video you took of the Thunderstorms off in the distance reminds me of the thunderstorms we get coming off of the Gulf of Mexico. Where my horse farm is, I am only 35 to 40 miles from the Gulf, Which is west of my place. And yes, As you know we have a big Hurricane moving our way. The 1 AM report for today9/25/24 is for Helene to grow very big very fast and possible Cat 5 hitting the big end area or Panhandle around 125 MPH or higher. Possible wind gust up over 200 MPH. Of course our farm is on the dirty side of the storm, Wish us luck! Enjoyed your video, Thanks for sharing.

[@trinitydairy]

Good luck!

[@johnhenderson299]

Great video

[@doublejfarmshomestead4501]

I sure enjoy your channel. I’d love to be able to sit down and talk with Alan sometime. I really appreciate your family

[@JeffRonsman]

Ag Bag makes a great bag if you unload fast ! Keep it happy ! Can’t wait for the chopping corn videos !

[@lesterhertel2945]

Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊😊😊

[@markklumpp39]

YES! I truly enjoy and look forward to your videos!

[@leonjennings4632]

Thanks For Sharing This With Us Always My Favorite Time of Year Getting The Chopper Ready For The Harvesting My Favorite Job On The Farm I Was Raised on A Beef And Small Pig Farm But Before That I Hired Out To Neighboring Farms To HelWith Dairy and Fieldwork It Takes Me Back Especially Enjoyed One Farm I Worked or Dhould say Helped Out on He had To Go Help Neighbor While We Were Chopping Corn I was Hauling Wagons But He Went To Help Called Me Over Said This Gear Watch out For Holes for Wagon Wheels I'll be back After That I Chopped All The Time on His Farm Our Good Lord Took Him Way to Early Resulting From Car Accident Bless Him But I Love Watching Fieldwork Form Spreading Manure To Planting Plowing discing bailng Chopping Blessings To You All And Please Be Safe ✌️

[@Thewilsonfarm]

Really enjoy your videos. Always look forward to them. Your farm reminds me of mine alot.

[@canvids1]

I so enjoyed your video thanks. I dought that those round bales will keep the Deer away as they can jump pretty high. string some fencing wire around that may help. How about some lights that the movement will turn them on and scare them.

[@countryboy3201]

Great video thanx !!

[@gregwilson3371]

Kinda jealous of u guys with having all that wide open back country to play in for the kids

[@ronzezulka6646]

Hey Allen,,,Spirit is a milking machine. Very nice.

[@ThomasNorton-tl7ji]

You have problems with the deer on your silage bags I have problems with the bears tearing open the wraped silage bales

[@leonardconlon9319]

How did you make out with the manure going to lagoon? Like your videos. Thank you.

[@andylieffring3987]

What’s the difference between the 400 and the 600 Gehl? The 600 was a popular model where I live in south eastern Wisconsin. Love to see those old choppers still at work

[@trinitydairy]

They are pretty similar, I think the 600 is newer and built heavier to handle more horsepower, the 600s also have the blower on a hinge so it can swing out of the way, the 400s have a fixed blower.

[@govegasorgofarmin7942]

You ever had problems with raccoons in your corn silage bags? This summer was some of the worst damage we have ever had from raccons.

[@trinitydairy]

So far I haven't had raccoons, mainly deer and turkeys.

[@Timkrenz-gr6ol]

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[@johnmcclelland5265]

Love the shots of the lightening

[@tomeversman3837]

I'm sorry if I missed an episode but we're you able to get your manure system fixed?

[@trinitydairy]

No it's still plugged, we've been cleaning the barn by hand for now.

[@decboy100]

thats about 60 litres ,,ireland european measure,,,tats a serious amount of milk from one cow in a day

[@scottmakurat5159]

Why are the roof back on the wagons

[@trinitydairy]

We moved them back because our old corn picker, had a grinder, and they had to be moved back so the auger would clear the roof.

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

Hey All. Hay looked just right for chopping. Alittle dusty at times but . Looked nice. If we chopped and it wasn't chopping good enough? We would adjust the knives. And the sheer bar.. ours was adjustable. You have a Miller that's giving 107 lbs of milk a day? Nice... oh hows that ideal with the straw in a bag turned out for you? Did it work?

[@trinitydairy]

Yes, the chopped straw is really nice. Just grab a scoop with the skid steer.

[@ronzezulka6646]

Holy chicken and cheese melt,,was that a tornado touch down?

[@trinitydairy]

Not far away was a tornado touch down.

[@kennyk6345]

I haven't seen the 560 for quite a while. Did I miss something?

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah, it got sold.

[@Stephenklausmeyer-hr9rb]

Alan, what were your grandpa's favorite tractor makes and models to farm with?

[@trinitydairy]

He didn't really have a favorite brand, as long as they were a good reliable machine, but I think that little 820 JD, was his favorite tractor on the farm.

[@jeronbuchholz6513]

Hows the manure pump situation?

[@trinitydairy]

Still plugged, we're cleaning barn by hand for now.

[@jeronbuchholz6513]

@trinitydairy sorry to hear that hopefully you figure it out have you scoped it with a camera to see what is happening?

[@trinitydairy]

@jeronbuchholz6513 no, the pipe is still full of liquid, so a camera wouldn't see anything.

[@colorado1088]

@@trinitydairy What is your thinking on a plan of attack on the pipe blockage?

[@trinitydairy]

@colorado1088 pull the piston and go in from the barn end.

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

Did you chop it fine? Or just put it in the bag fairly corse??

[@trinitydairy]

It was fairly corse, that chopper doesn't chop very fine.

[@markklumpp39]

Question. I know you were gonna bale it, but why not rake it 2 rows into one for chopping?

[@trinitydairy]

I didn't want to put to much through the chopper at once, that 1256 has quite a bit more power than that chopper is rated for.

[@markklumpp39]

@@trinitydairy we had an old gehl chopper and had the same issue. More tractor than chopper capacity. Plugged it a few times in my day. And that ain't no fun....actually not plugged mostly but shear pins

[@grantmagnuson4883]

You’re bad at your boxes look like they are made of wood, so you need to get some house paint and paint them before they rot, and the sides fall apart on yet. Probably be a good idea to paint the inside too! A good job for your kids

[@frankfillioe6173]

Put some in the freezer and they won't go on bag. Taste good too.

[@trinitydairy]

We try. Our area is bucks only again this year, so that doesn't help.

[@jeffreykerr8034]

Did you ever get your manure pump working again pumping out to the lagoon

[@trinitydairy]

Not yet, we're cleaning the barn by hand right now.

[@mikei2141]

Thanks for sharing

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍Great video Alan and Jennifer great camera work wouldn't a couple of dead deer bodies work I know that works well to keep geese off grass and cereal crops they land on and graze The storm looked impressive shame no sound your hoj cows a kiwi cross Freisian cross Jersey (landrat)

[@baker4030]

Could you rake into double windrows to cut time, or is it too much on the chopper?

[@ronniewayne5748]

Awesome video!

[@dawillieman9238]

Would you not think of buying a bale handler and put it on your skid steer? I don't have a skid steer but I have fitted a handler for lifting wrapped bales of silage to the front of my digger. I only had a cheap second hand one for some years but last year I bought a brand new Irish made, elephant trunk type handler for 2000 bucks with brackets to suit my digger. Now I stack the bales of wrapped silage 4 rows high. So I have over 500 bales in a concrete yard in a pyramid shape.

[@trinitydairy]

Yeah I'm looking at getting one.