[AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa

Tue Oct 19 06:20:32 PDT 2021

I'm pretty late to this party but for the record I just want to second
Spencer's recommendation for The Millenial Farmer on Youtube.  Really
interesting, in-depth, equipment-intensive look at the inner workings of a
modern farm.

SO

On Tue, Oct 12, 2021 at 12:32 PM Spencer Yost <spencer at rdfarms.com> wrote:

> 
> All of this reminds me of a YouTube channel I try to catch from time to
> time.  YouTube is such a rabbit hole and time sink I stay off it but
> occasionally, like in doctor's office waiting room or what not, I'll try to
> catch a few videos from a channel named "The Millennial Farmer".   Many of
> you probably already know about this because it has like 800K subscribers
> but I'll post a link for those who don't.   I bring it up because a few
> years back they were doing tillage in the snow 24x7 and a recent visit to
> the channel had that video highlighted.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0rRUsMDlJ1meYAQ6_37Dw
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Spencer
>
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
> On 10/12/21 10:00 AM, Roger Moffat wrote:
>
> Indeed - conditions were challenging there. Later on they got the cart
> tractor stuck, and so that stopped operations until someone came with a big
> Challenger tractor on 4 tracks to pull that articulated tractor and cart
> out of the mud.
>
> Then there’s a separate album a month or so later when they came and
> chisel-ploughed that same field - there was 4” of ice in the water in the
> ruts the combine and cart had left behing…
>
> http://lisaandroger.com/2009/12/farming-in-michigan/
>
> Roger
>
> On Oct 12, 2021, at 9:52 AM, Bill Brueck <bill at apluscomputer.com> wrote:
>
> Indeed second time worked better.  Good pics.  As a former cart driver I
> can see an irate combine driver listening to the warning buzzer that the
> hopper is full.  That combine hopper is filled to capacity, get that cart
> in here so I can unload, LOL.
>
> B²
> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
>
> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *Roger
> Moffat
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 12, 2021 8:36 AM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa
>
> Bill
>
> This link
>
> http://lisaandroger.com/2009/11/corn-harvest/
>
> should get you there. If you got redirected to the home page, click this
> link again - there’s something bizarre going on that I’ve never tracked
> down properly that at first view you get sent to the home page rather than
> the link
>
> Sorry about that
>
> Roger
>
>
> On Oct 12, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Bill Brueck <bill at apluscomputer.com> wrote:
>
> I’m seeing some genealogy pages and dozens of links…lots of content.
> Which link goes to the harvest?
>
> B²
> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
>
> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *Roger
> Moffat
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 12, 2021 7:28 AM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa
>
> Here’s a photo album of my neighbour’s place in Caledonia, just south of
> Grand Rapids, Michigan - shot these in 2009…
>
> Note the field conditions, and the huge bin on rubber tracks being pulled
> by an articulated IH with 2 large drive wheels on each corner.
>
> http://lisaandroger.com/2009/11/corn-harvest/
>
> Roger
>
>
>
>
> On Oct 11, 2021, at 12:20 PM, Bill Brueck <bill at apluscomputer.com> wrote:
>
> I still have trouble comprehending the magnitude of farming and the rate
> of harvest.  I left the farm for college in 1967 and was gone for about 45
> years when I started helping Linda’s brothers with the harvest.  My job was
> to run the grain cart.  Wasn’t sure how I would handle the big equipment
> but instincts were still intact and I knew where the load was behind me,
> knew how far to swing out to pull up to the semi or to catch the combine.
>
> One thing I never got used to was estimating how much of a field was
> left.  I would look over at the remaining rows of corn and think about
> doing them with a mounted 2 row picker.  A couple passes with the 8 row
> head travelling at 5 mph and it was gone.  And 8 rows is modest equipment
> these days.
>
> I miss the harvest this year but one thing I don’t miss is moving between
> the 2 farm sites, about 13 miles apart and some of that on heavily traveled
> paving as we had a river to cross.  Folks would pass when they shouldn’t,
> and making a left hand turn was especially harrowing as once in a while
> someone would pass just as you were turning…
>
> Here’s a video of us in action, compliments of my grandson.  I would have
> chosen different music, LOL.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfx_d8NTd0k
>
>
> B²
> Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.
>
> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *
> kgwaugh0943 at gmail.com
> *Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2021 10:34 AM
> *To:* Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com
> >
> *Subject:* Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa
>
> I simply cannot get my head around the magnitude of farming today. I spent
> a great deal of time on relatives’ general farms in NE Indiana until I
> graduated HS in 61, and then I was gone! The only wagons we had for hauling
> grain when I was still around were the old (still had wood spoke car wheels
> on them) flat wagons (same ones we used for hay baling, without the
> sideboards) with about 1 foot sideboards---IIRC, we could haul 100 – 110
> bushels of grain. As I and the cousins left, I think my grandfather and
> uncle (who farmed together) did buy a gravity feed wagon, that was modern
> back then!
>
> Gene
> Kenneth Gene Waugh
>
> *From: *Bill Brueck <bill at apluscomputer.com>
> *Sent: *Monday, October 11, 2021 10:24 AM
> *To: *Antique Tractor Email Discussion Group
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa
>
> Thanks for sharing, good videos.
>
> The guy knows how to load a grain cart.  Made me cringe, we can’t run ‘em
> that full, too many slopes and rough ground, we’d spill over the edge
> getting it back to the semi or the grain bin.  Or maybe he drives a semi
> under the cart so never has to move it loaded…
>
> This is my first year for a while not engaged in harvest.  Family members
> have retired, land rented out now.
>
> B²
> Bill Brueck
>    Pine Island, MN USA
>
> *From:* AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> *On Behalf Of *Jim
> Thomson
> *Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2021 8:32 AM
> *To:* Antique <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *Subject:* [AT] Combing soybeans in Iowa
>
> My neighbor called yesterday and asked if I would like to see how soybeans
> are harvested. It is a lot of work especially when done alone. I took a
> couple of short videos to share. According to my neighbor, this is a good
> year for soybeans even with the dry conditions.
>
> https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo
>
> https://youtu.be/hSjSamX-DAo
>
>
> Jim Thomson
> Blairsburg, Iowa
>
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