Ok, well I am not very savvy when it comes to uploading things to the internet or various websites. But, I have recently uploaded my first YouTube video. Its called "Farming in the Dakotas ", and my username is Kriegsmarine. ( Yes, I know that the kriegsmarine was the German Navy during WW2). I haven't figured out how to upload my video here.....sorry. It's not exactly an exciting video, just what we do when it's harvest season.
Load your vid to youtube then copy and paste the link here. You can't upload a video on FHC, just a link.
Here is your video. You just have to select the icon two to the right of the smiley face. Then paste the YouTube link there. Looks like you were harvesting in the rain. Was that corn? Was it for silage? Or going to be dried out? And pardon me for poking fun but it reminded me of this.
Nice Steve. Every time I watch today's machinery I then think back to the says when we picked corn one row at a time and that was before picker/shellers! I also remember those days when after school ther were always wagon loads of corn for me to shovel into the corn crib. Amazing the difference.
If it were for silage, you would be chopping the entire stalk rather than just getting the kernels of corn.
Been there,done that Dennis. Dad was one of the first guys in our area to get one of these. We used to ride in the top of the elevator when we went to other farms that dad would pick for.
Ok. Looked at again and saw the shredded stalks coming out of the back of the harvester. I figured one wouldn’t want to harvest in the rain as it would require more energy to dry the product or risk spoilage if not dried right away. Not going to pretend to know how that whole system works.
Yes, we had a light rain that day. And, yes, that was field corn, used for feed and ethanol production. We were hauling corn to the bins (silos). Usually when it rains, nothing is going to the elevator as the moisture levels will be too high to get a decent price at market.
No idea, i just drive trucks. If we were hauling to the elevator I could tell you moisture levels and FM (foreign material).
My buddy went to school with the guy that owns the mill where we sell our grain. Not sure why but we always get good test results on that stuff.
No worries.. if you film with a phone or a tablet it’s easy to do. The software now makes it easy to playback on those devices. When you then try to watch in a traditional computer screen, it only fills up 1/3 of the screen. Let us know when you post your next video!!
Some people dream of fame and fortune, mine has been being a farmer. I live vicariously through my farming friends and wife's cousin.
