HARVESTING 11,000 Acres of Soybeans

so so hi big tractor power fans this video comes to you from a western kentucky farm that is harvesting 11 000 acres of double crop soybeans there are a total of five class 9 543 horsepower 400 bushel john deere s790 combines equipped with 45 foot wide mcdonne fd 145 draper heads harvesting the crop double crop soybeans are soybeans that are planted directly after the winter wheat harvest in the early summer this way the farm is able to harvest two crops off the same fields in one year during the video we'll take a ride up in the combine cab and visit with my friend matt who works at the farm to talk about what it's like to run a large combine like this s790 and also what it takes to bring in 11 000 acres of soybeans so let's head out to the field so you can see and hear all this farming action we kind of take a look at some of the combines coming across here we're in a rather large field right here uh this is kind of right by the home farm we're not far from the shop and the bins yeah a pretty big block of ground broken up into several fields but uh this is your kind of first section of beans out of 11 000 acres that you're cutting how many uh how many acres are right here in this block that you guys have covered so far this uh this particular field we're in is uh about 650 and then uh going back towards the shop uh that field is 700 and then the one at the shop is 300 so you know all together probably close to 2 000 or so on this area makes it easy when you've got these big headers you're not having to get them on and off and yeah we hover somewhere from one field to another it's pretty nice not having to unload it so when you're when you have good running like this and again we can look out the front here and see some more of the combines coming across with the rain carts how many acres a day does each machine on average cover uh 150 to 200 probably um of course we can't really start as early in the morning as we'd like to and can't run late so on a good day if you get 150 to 200 you're doing good per machine and what uh what do you what time do you typically start in soybeans uh it all depends on how heavy you do there is and if you got a nice foggy morning usually don't get started to 10 11 o'clock in the morning so we try to be running by nine if we can but you know it all depends on the weather certainly how on average how late you run a night when you're probably about i don't know nine nine o'clock or so nine ten o'clock if we can if the wind blows you know it stays windy and stuff we can run later but most of the time by nine o'clock it's pretty pretty tough well that makes up for the corn harvest days that you start at eight and go down yeah i get it at midnight right get an extra two hours of sleep every day it's pretty nice that's good well i i appreciate the the ride along and it's always great to see these combines sure and uh if people uh people always ask are you on youtube but you are on instagram where can they find you on instagram my handle is iammat567 uh i'm not on youtube because i don't have time for it my youtube appearance appearances are on big tractor power so thanks for that well we appreciate you sharing um your your work day with us yeah and if people want to see what uh matt's doing here on the farm he posts almost every day and also uh has a fun fact friday so it's definitely good to check them out on instagram and we'll take a look another look at the grain cart coming up here on load so when you're running a 45 foot head like this and you're on loading on the go uh combine has a pretty good reach with a 20 and a half foot unloading auger uh not too many issues as far as the reach or worrying about where the card is yeah you got to get a little close to the cart but uh you know if we got a good car driver he uh he can usually keep it in line well we can see also uh you've got a camera down here yeah that allows you to see right where you're you're pouring it not as easy to see as porn or wheat with all that dust yeah it's kind of dusty out there the lens gets dirty after the first time you unload too so it doesn't really stay clean take a look back here and actually see the inside of the bin and see all the soybeans flowing into the 400 bushing tank and it's just about empty and the grain carts on its way so soybeans are the lowest yielding crop that you harvest in the year uh so you've got five combines out here with the 45-foot drapers and then how many grain carts are keeping you guys running uh we're running three grain carts right now yep these big fields really we could get away with two but uh these bigger fields it's nice to have three because it's such a long long travel time to the truck and all that but and when you're doing wheat and corn you've got four carts going to keep everybody we run more combines in uh in wheat too so that's you gotta have four well we can see uh we're coming up here to the headland and the combine's on auto steer and matt is able to control everything over here with this joystick and as we approach the headlamp the combine is going to meet to alert him that it's time to turn around it's currently traveling at just under four and a half miles per hour and i imagine that um is a good speed to keep this combine fed yeah yeah it depends on the size of the crop too and the material you're putting through it less wheat straw you can go faster obviously if you're not putting half of the wheat crop through your combine but here we can see the header the header has these belts in it that feed into the combine and carry the crop in without as much stress on it and we're turning around to the next pass so matt just engaged auto steer and he doesn't have to steer it it'll take over and guide itself right into that next 45 foot pass you can get a better look at the bean crop out there uh these are planted on 30 inch rows matt yep 30 inch uh what they call ribbon rows they're actually a seven inch wide row that's 30 inches apart so they are instead of being like a conventional planter being all in a straight line these are seeds are actually scattered out in a seven inch wide row so it gives them more room to to grow and they emerge better and they definitely come up through the wheat straw pretty quick compared to the uh the planters and the single disk drills so how do you like uh running this 45-foot mcdonald it's a it's a good hitter i like it i think we've actually traded for a couple deer headers for next year so we'll uh we'll have a good comparison and see which one does a does a better job and all that but uh we've ran these macdons for years and really like their performance they're good headers well it'll be interesting to see how the um two different brands stack up so one question i know a lot of people always ask as we're going across the field here we can see we're running at a slight angle to what the beans were planted what advantage does that give you as far as harvesting it helps helps feeding it in the header a little better it's um you know as as you're going across the rows it kind of sweeps throws sweep across the cutter bar and keeps the wheat straw going at the same time that's a our main deal is because there's wheat straw down there and you know it helps to go at an angle it keeps the trash off the cutter bar even still there's times where uh like if we were cutting wheat and had to stop for any reason and you know put a pile of straw in one place or something it'll tend to push up miles now cutting on the ground so that's the main reason makes sense so overall though cutting you know these are double crop beans so they came right after the wheat there really isn't too much issue running the wheat straw and stuff you can do the combine again you're just cutting a little bit lower yeah like you know cut wheat you're off the ground cut beans you got to cut on the ground but it all depends on your uh your wheat too this year we had a lot on the ground so we had to cut the wheat really low which is kind of a pain when you're cutting wheat but in beans it's really nice because there's not much straw down there this year and it's cutting really good and this type of header has pretty good flex to follow the train of the field yeah it does follows it pretty well so how how are the double crop beans uh doing so far this year uh we've got pretty good deals this year so far around 60 62 bushel average uh so far that's pretty good i think that our the later planted beans are going to be a little uh worse because they took a took a hit during a drought in august and uh i think it kind of stunted their growth a little bit and put a hurt on them but i still think they're going to do okay but just not not 60. that's always the challenge i mean you you started harvesting around the 10th of june but it's normally the first of july before the wheat harvest ends so you're right the planters are running right behind the combines [Applause] [Music] so so [Applause] [Music] [Music] so so [Music] so so i hope you've enjoyed spending some time out in the field with these big class 9 john deere s790 combines and in the cab visiting with my friend matt i'd like to hear in the comment section below this video what type of combine or combines that you're running in your farming operation and the crops that you harvest if you've enjoyed the video consider subscribing to big tractor power youtube where there are over 2 000 videos of farm machines in action if you would like to see additional videos featuring this large western kentucky farm continue to watch the video for a few more seconds to the end screen for a direct link to those features as always thank you for watching [Music] [Music] you

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Published: Fri Dec 24 2021