My renters rolled in with 2 combines, 2 semis, and a big grain cart. One combine has a 40 foot draper head and the other a 30 foot head. Unreal how fast they can move soybeans. I rode on the 40 foot, a quiet comfortable ride. I had an 8 row machine when when I quit but nothing like this. We had a cold, wet spring and a hot dry late summer. It hurt the yields but still coming in at 50 bushels plus. I am not complaining.
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The Lick farm moved in to day at my place two huge combines two big grain carts 4 trucks thy will be here all night by sunup a half section will be gone these guys don't fool around
Carrots, trucks with two 20' trailers. Passed three of them on our 50 mile trip to Klamath Falls on Wednesday and met three empties headed back out.
I saw a video recently on turnip and carrot harvesting, fascinating pieces of machinery. When I was a small boy Stokeley had a cannery in town. There was a pea vinery not too far from us. They closed and everyone went to row crops. One of the bigger outfits in the county starting raising vegetable crops several years ago. Now you see fields of watermelon, pumpkins, and some cabbage. Still lots of tomatoes south of here going to Red Gold cannery. A neighbor raised limas years ago and I remember a crew from Wisconsin coming in with brand new Oliver tractors and edible bean combines. I wonder what the next few years will see. With grain prices I expect to see another shake out like the 80's. I saw an article about a huge outfit based in Michigan declaring bankruptcy. They are or were an 83,000 acre operation. A neighbor quit and sold out a year ago. The ground brought $2000 an acre less than that sold not too long before. Decided I wasn't in any hurry to sell.
We just finished corn last night (feed corn silage for dairy cows). Just a 2 row tow behind chopper with a tip wagon that feeds a couple of pretty used up farm trucks. I'm pretty sure my brother in law said we did 120ish acres. Just him running the chopper, and a driver in each truck and one person pushing up and packing the pit. Most are family, then there is me, 2nd in Command of Volunteer Labor (pretty sure I'm just commanding me...). We talked about some of the "bigger" farms (they milk 160ish head) that have access to the big machines and huge herds, and extra labor. We kept having a hard time trying to figure out how they made payments on new machines, employees, feed, grain, etc... It's a tough row to hoe, don't matter if it's grains, animals, etc.
Thanks for letting me rant for a bit!
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this is one of our bigger fields, not ours, it's rented. topping off the Autocar for another load, about a 30ish minute round trip
Our beans went bye-bye Saturday, 70 acres doesn't take long with a 35' header.
Had a good yield this year, we got lucky with the rain, much of the field was 3' tall.
With rain forecast all week, there were more grain trucks on the road last weekend than cars, everyone going all out.
Did see someone moving a grain cart the other day, 2000 bushel on tracks, what a monster!
Ed
Lots of corn gets chopped for silage,never seen any beans around here.