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Rolling Alfalfa with the Farmall F-30 N
Each spring we cultivate alfalfa fields. This is typically done with some sort of danish harrow (spring tooth), drag harrows, and a heavy liquid-filled roller. This is due to our long winters and the damage that is done to the alfalfa fields, as well as the large amounts of rocks that we have in our…
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Raking Alfalfa with the G and 2010
This video is of the John Deere G and John Deere 2010 raking alfalfa. It also has some slow-motion video. Because the large baler needs to be fed so much hay, and the hay needs to be turned to dry, we rake the two rows together. Eventually it will be nice to have a twin…
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1st Crop of Alfalfa 2014
This video is about Harvesting the Alfalfa 1st Crop 2014. It goes from cutting the crop with a pull behind John Deere 945 MoCo Windorower (swather), Raking it with an old John Deere 2010 and side-delivery rake (retro, but when you are starting out from scratch, that’s what you have to do), and baling it…
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Feeding Cattle & Spring Update
Sometimes feeding cattle can be more than just driving out to the cows and dropping off hay. For instance, watching hawks fly by and Sandhill Cranes walk around the field looking for some leftover food (grains) left over by the cattle. This spring has been an interesting one. Although the snow is gone in the…
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October Through December 2012 Photo Journal
I finally got around to finishing the photo journal 2012. As you may notice, there are many photos of me feeding cattle. That’s because with the days as short as they were, my schedule basically consisted of going to work, coming home and feeding the cows, then getting home just in time for it to…
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Shuffling around the Classic JDs
I had to get something out from the back of the barn, and that meant pulling out all of the classic tractors… Since I had them all out on a cold wintery day, I thought that would be a good opportunity to get a quick little video of them running. What you can see is…