A farmer explains how a modern corn planter works
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- The time is finally here! We just got started planting corn. This is the first of a series of videos about planting. Today I’ll give an overview of how the planter works. Go ahead and ask any questions you might have and I’ll do my best to answer them in upcoming videos. Hop in, let’s go for a ride!
It’s mind boggling to realize how much engineering , manufacturing and labor is required to put a box of cereal on the breakfast table. This is knowledge that should be explained in schools so that folks would have appreciation for America’s farmers.
Everyone thinks that college is the only way to earn a living, and it's damn sad.
What is being shown is a small, almost insignificant amount of the totality of the engineering, manufacturing and labor that is needed to put a box of cereal on the shelf. First of all, field corn is primarily used for animal feed. Secondly, the value of a farmer's crop would be nothing if it was not further enhanced - oats, wheat, corn all need massive investments to get to a product the consumer can use, billions of dollars that food processors have made to convert raw grain into a consumer product, add to that the substantial advertising, transportation and a host of other expenditures and you can see that the farmer is only a part of a very complicated chain. It is a bit like asking what is the most vital organ in your body- the brain, the heart, the lungs? Eliminate one and the others are doomed. The truth is that each is relying on the entire system to function as a whole!
@@c.shoefish Er, I would have the video would have reinforced that college would be a really really good idea to understand, make the best use of, and innovate in farming. College without hands on experience and dirt under your nails? That would not be farming.
Our schools have FFA and I think they are doing a pretty good job. City schools often don’t have that...
But, but Bloomberg said you just have to dig a hole, put a seed in, you put dirt on it add water and up comes corn.
Thanks for your work and for educating us on how our food comes to our tables.
The closest Bloomberg has come to a farm is flying over them in his private jet
Dude, field corn is primarily for animal feed, ethanol, and high fructose corn sweeteners. This is not sweet corn, I'll bet Bloomberg knows the difference! I can also guarantee that if Michael Bloomberg put his vast knowledge to the task of farming he would surpass almost everyone else that is farming, he didn't become a billionaire by being stupid, his intelligence would be rewarded in whatever endeavor he chose!
@@larrydaniels6532 not realy Larry. He doesn't know how good is planted these days most likely he dosen't now what it is fed to, of and feed c corn is used for fuel as well
@@larrydaniels6532 I would bet that Bloomberg would lose more money trying to farm than he lost running for president.
I must say out of all the farmers that do videos on here without question your channel is the best of them all” absolutely brilliant how you teach people like me that’s not a farmer how all things work 👏👏👏
Hey Carl...Great video today! I have never been a farmer and for some reason, now retired, I’ve developed a liking to farming videos. Of the ones that I’m subscribed to you just gave the best step by step process of how that planter works. Others show you the planter machine, load it and that’s it. You have a gift of explaining things that make perfect sense. John Deere should start throwing equipment your way to demo. Keep doing what you are doing! Looking forward to your next video.
Raised on a farm many years ago and long before this technology. Most of the time you didn't know you had planter problems until the plants came out of the ground. I agree with Dennis that all the channels show what is done but you told and showed us how it is done. I'm 100% smarter now.
I second Dennis's comment about your ability to explain things. Thanks.
Thanks guys! I remember dad having to go back with a 1 row planter and fix some mistakes after the corn cake up.
We have come a LONG way from "forty acres, a mule, and a plow".
Yup!
Unless you are the BLM
I moved back to my hometown in June and started working at the local Co-op in July. That is as close as I've ever come to row crop farming. But I've always found it interesting and I want to be able to help local farmers and possibly learn to operate the equipment first hand. I'm glad I found your channel and I have subscribed to learn more from you!
I like all John Deere Tractors and planters too
Wow! I thought I knew something about how some of the automation worked. Turns out I knew about as much as my dog knows about where his next meal is coming from. Amazing Carl, thanks for letting me ride along.
Haha thanks!
Precision planting technology is so nice
That look of contentment on your face when you opened your meal was priceless. 😉
Yum!
I was planting corn yesterday with my uncle
Nice!
Indee 2nd Grade sent my kid here to watch this. This is a great video kiddo loved it.
What?! That’s so cool! Which teacher?
Hey Carl, as a retired teacher I am here to tell you your instructional videos are exceptional. Looking forward to the corn seed info. Good fortune with planting season.
Thanks Carl my Son works JD seeding in Moline IL and has for years .He has talked about the planters but it was great too see it in action
Thanks!
thanks to you ( and your daughter ) I have learned a lot about what goes on all around me .I live on this old farm ( only the farm bldgs. and house ) in north west Ohio I had no idea what they are doing all around me having grown up on the south side of Chicago . I thank you ( and your daughter )
That’s great! I wish I could offer ride-alongs to everyone but CZcams is the next best thing. I’m so glad you are finding value in it. Thanks!
Nice of that person to drop off some food. Our farmers are appreciated!
Another great video!
God bless our farmers!! 🚜 🌽 👍🏻✌🏼🙏🏼
Excellent tutorial video. It has come a long way from the days of a JD 494 planter in my days. 😉
I just sold my 494 a couple years ago. It was a great sweet corn planter!
We planted corn yesterday here in michigan. We had some rain last night. We still might go later on today because it's windy and it's drying fast. We use a kinze 3600 central fill planter interplant planter for both corn and soybeans on a johndeere 8400 r and a case 1245 planter for soybeans on a case 340 magnum . We aso use a 45 foot field cultivator with a johndeere 9560rt .We have 4500 acres and custom work as well. Nice video stay safe and farm on my friends !
Wow you have a lot to get done but big equipment too! Have a good spring!
Things are a little different from when I helped my dad plant soybeans with our two-row planter back in the late 1960's. I saw on a seat at the back of the planter and would raise and lower the planter with a lever. Marker arms would show where to drive on the next pass. Our planter was actually equipped to do check-row planting (Google it - fascinating). This dates to back when horses were used to cultivate corn, so that you could cultivate in two different directions. The wires had knots on them that triggered the planter to drop a seed such that each row lined up with the preceding rows. I can't imagine how much work that would have been, but farmers back in the day took enormous pride in their efforts.
Wow I almost forgot about check row planting! I’ve seen them at antique power shows but never gotten the pleasure to do it myself. I’m not entirely clear on how the wire is handled
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 czcams.com/video/KRveQ5nB0fI/video.html
I would love to see explain how you prepare your soil for planting
Greetings from Kleinburg Ontario Canada. Awesome video. I learned so much. Thank you
Hello my northern neighbor!
I can't wait to show this to my dad. He won't believe the technology. he used to plant corn with a mule, and later with an Army surplus Jeep.
That’s awesome!
Nice video Carl I really enjoyed it. I done some math and if my Iowa public school education is correct then here is my info.
A 16 row planter spaced 36 inches will plant 1 acre every 968 feet of travel. 16 rows at 30 inches will plant 1 acre every 1,162 feet.
Good math. We are on 30 inch rows. We get over about 20 acres an hour at 5mph with turning around
Thanks Carl for taking the time to show & explain the planting process with your planter. Its good that people can the work that goes into getting food to our tables starting with the farmers who plant and harvest it for us. Looking forward to your next installment on this. Take care and stay safe ou there.
Thanks!
For me, your videos do what you say in the introduction. I really love farming, unfortunately, I can't, so it's really enjoyable watching you do all the farming I wish I could. Thanks for another awesome video!
I really really like these type of "technical" videos. I have learnt so much about farming watching your videos.
Thanx man. Keep em coming.
Thanks! They take a lot more time to make than the vlog style videos, but I really like them too.
Farm equipment is getting more hi tech with each passing year, very impressive operation
Thank you!
Carl you are a great coach and video is very informative , Thanks
That planter is totally amazing of what it can do, and how knowledgeable you are about it! Just amazing!
It’s a great machine!
Holy hockey nice machine, great movie and thanks for the info
Hi. Sooo, it sounds like self driving tractors have been around longer than self driving cars? So much technology involved. I assume you input info, like the size of the field, then that corn planter computer tells you what? how many pounds of corn to place in those yellow canisters? You were pretty precise on how many seeds were going to be needed. What counts the seeds? How long have you been using this technology? I assume the technology pays for itself in better planting, less wasted seed n better growth n yield of a field? Yep looking forward to more videos. You are a great teacher !! N lucky to have a great cook that delivers!! Peace to you and yours
Thanks! There are 80,000 seeds in every bag and we could get 100 bags in the tanks if we loaded it all the way. I’ll focus more on computer stuff in upcoming videos. The tech sure does pay. You want to be as precise as possible planting corn.
My opinion only,,YOU should of mentioned row cleaners at 2:00, then at 14:00 show what pressure does,, another great video👍
Love this video.
Ideas...
1. Startup procedures for equipment
2. Quick video going over all the controls
3. Quick cost analysis on equipment and supplies for one field/ one crop
Good ideas!
Very cool technology. I never realized how technical farming has come. Thank you for feeding us !!!!!!
Thanks for watching!
Only an (ex) farm boy (like me) could appreciate this video. Beautiful work,.
Awesome video. Thanks for posting it. I’ve always been curious as to how you plant so many seeds in so many rows. Farmers ROCK!
Good video & awesome drone footage pretty cool ! Yal stay safe ! Daniel from central Mississippi
Thanks Daniel!
Loved this, Carl!
Thanks!!
Looks like you beat Cornstar farm on planting! Pretty Hi-Tech, pretty cool.
Daddy Cornstar wanted to wait for the soil to warm a bit
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 yeah, I heard him explain that.... Guess I'm just stirring the pot between your farms. My bad, lol!
Thanks Carl, you have a good radio voice and it's nice that you dont swear.... good job!!
Funny you should mention that. I used to work at a radio station...
Excellent description/explanation👍
Thanks!
Thanks Carl amazing techno in that cab. You make it look easy. Hope it all goes well and I am sure you have a few clues on what to watch out for when its not working properly. Here in Aussie we call those missed rows in a crop Fox Runs.
Haha! I’ll try to keep the foxes confused
Enjoyed your video. Keep it up put together very nice and informational. I grew up on a farm myself it’s nice to see the different types of farming.
Thanks! What type of farm did you come from?
Dodge Brothers Farm and Ranch a small 20 acre cherry and pear farm. Then worked on 800 acre apple and grape farm. I’m from the Mt.Adams area of Washington.
A BEAUTIFUL day in your office for sure! All I did today was fix a TV transmitter inside a building with no windows. Say, my wife has both our kids to tutor during all this COVID mess. Is your wife also having to tutor your young camera apprentice?
Yes she is. She’s doing great but she’s going to need a week off when this is all over
What your doing is impressive sir
Thanks for showing us how the precision planters work.
I grew up on a farm in the same general area of Iowa about 40-50 years ago. Its great seeing and relearning how farming is done in 2020. The planting has come a long way since the four row, metal plate planter my father used. Thank you for your passion to share.
Thanks! It’s because of people like you that I keep wanting to do this!
Thanks for sharing how your planter works Love the modern tech. Good luck planting this years crop !
Thanks
That's a cool setup! That lunch looks yummo too. I always enjoy your videos. You keep uploading, I'll keep watching. Thank you and take care.
I believe the best food I ever ate was on the tailgate of the pickup when Mom would bring out the sandwiches, cookies, cake and coffee. Didn't get any better than that.
Thank you very much, I want to learn more how to operate the tractor and planter. Also when you do harvesting.
You got it! You might want to check out this one next czcams.com/video/bwOBDW_95RU/video.html
WOW! Amazing explanation of modern farming. Pure pleasure to watch you.
Thank you! I’m so lucky to get to do this!
I always wondered how planters work. Thanks for showing us!
Thanks
I like your videos. It's very cool to see how this works. I learned a lot.
Thanks!
Great episode......thanks for the info. I farmed during fifties and sixties, today’s technology is amazing!
It’s a big improvement for sure!
Hey Carl, this was awesome! I cant believe how automated it is. Your dad must be beside himself when he compares to how it was planting corn when he was your age.
Thanks! It’s a lot different for sure. Dads had a box with 12 orange lights that would flash to indicate that seed was coming out of all the tubes.
Amazing technology and science!
Yes!
Carl, thanks for the detailed walk through of the seed planter. I’ve always wondered how a modern planter works and how it integrates into the GPS/Computer system to manage things. Much appreciated.
Thanks’
The cab of that Deer's starting to look like a space shuttle. Good luck on the corn this year, Capt. Dodge.
It sure is! Thanks!
Very good video - very informative regardless of background.
Thanks!
Content like this is why I love this channel. Living in a fairly rural area most of my life I've always wondered how many farming machines work, and this satisfies that curiosity. I'm amazed at all of the technology and skill that goes into what on the surface seems much simpler. Thanks for the great video!
Thank you so much! This is why I love doing this. If I could bring each one of you along with me in person to ride for a little while and see how things work I would totally do that but CZcams is the next best thing!
Super Awesome Machines
thanks,, i always wondered how the the planter worked,, great video
Thanks!
Thank you for the most exellent video!! Wow I really enjoyed that. Keep up the good work sir.
Thanks!
Great video! Very, very cool presentation on today's planting technology. This, from a guy who learned to plant with Dad's Oliver 88, and a John Deere 494A. Best we could do was find the right plates for population, keep checking visually to make sure the drive chain and fertilize feeders were turning, and fight the manual steering to plant the (4) 38" rows as straight as we could. Therein, was both the challenge... and the art. ;)
Yes! We have lost the ability to drive straight if the gps fails.
Well done and informative. Thanks.
Carl... your planting operation is totally unbelievable & awesome! And really like the way you explain & show how things happens as it's actually happening!!! Coming from a total non-farmer... it's really interesting to see how this happens! Thanks, and we all look forward to your amazing videos!!!
Thanks Scott! Your feedback means a lot to me!
Where I live there are hundreds of thousands of acres of farm fields, but one thing that intrigues me the most is, what are the arms that are folded up on the outer sides of the planter for and what is their function?
Those are called markers and we rarely use them anymore now that we have gps auto steer. The markers draw a line half the width of the planter and then on the next pass you drive right down that line to keep the spacing correct
Things have come along way. I started running a planter in early 70s on my farm. Forced out of farming 2012 but still involved working ground and operating a combine in the fall for farmer ive rented the farm too. Run combine since dad put me on one about 1965 i was 10 enjoyed every minute of it over the years. Planter basics are still much the same but electronics have improved alot. Wish could still plant some enjoyed the mornings of crisp air and finishing fields as you go. Try the best you can is all anyone can ask.
It’s great that you are still able to be involved with the farm work. It’s a brutal business financially and it’s always sad to be forced out. That’s why I am working for someone instead of farming full time with dad.
Love watching your videos! Amazed at the technology today compared to my father’s green machine 70 years ago. (Putt, putt) Always thrilled to pull over on a country road to let the farm equipment by.
Thanks!
Hi Carl, that planter sounds like my Lear jet lol, just kidding it really sounds like the 747 ✈️ y’all stay safe!
Thanks 😂
Excellent video, as a geek I was amazed at the technology you have at your fingertips. I commend you for using it so effectively and efficiency.
Wow men amazing video 👌
Thank you a lot for these videos! Working on a big farm this summer and I need to learn how to operate the big stuff!! How to videos are great. Thanks man
Thanks!
The planter seems to do a really good job of moving the trash off the row for the seed to be planted in.
Those row cleaners are amazing!
I'd say usually the best farmers are smart and learn it as they grow up. This corn planter is rocket science compared to what most city people believe is involved in planting corn. Did you learn by OJT growing up or did you have to go to a school to learn this corn planter? A lot to consider and multi-task while driving that 16 row beast. Just curious how you learned all of the skills involved. Great job explaining all the many facets of the machinery and the many tasks involved in planting. Very impressive! If you ever get the offer, you should do some public speaking. You're very good at communication. I don't see you reading a teleprompter either. :)
Good question! I think I’ll go ahead and answer it in the next video.
Very well produced and informative video.
I enjoy the videos you make.
Thanks for making them.
Thanks!
This was my first time watching very enjoyable
Thanks!
Great video!
Thanks
Enjoyed the video Carl, that was very interesting. Going through the comments below, you got a lot of interesting questions to answer, so that should be a good video all in itself. Look forward to the next one.
Thanks! It’s going to take a few videos to get most of these questions answered!
Excellent...
Thanks for the explanation
Nice job! Great teaching video I learned quite a bit! Shared it with some friends who are mostly city folk! I bet they’ll learn a quite a bit as well!
Thanks for sharing!
That’s a pretty nice setup. Almost looked like you could play solitaire on tha one screen. Keep up the good work!👍
It’s pretty sweet indeed! Thanks for watching!
Good job I really enjoyed your video!
Thanks
Great video, thanks for sharing some of the high tech features involved in farming now a days
Thanks
Love your videos, it's just amazing how much goes into farming. More technology then I would have ever thought. Can you imagine doing all this even just 30 years ago? Or even by hand? Just crazy! Keep up the great content.
Thanks! I remember dads planter 30 years ago and we thought it was pretty cool to have lights flashing on the box showing that the seed was coming out each row 🤣
Hi, am new here and i most say that I truly love every part of the video from the starting point to the finish point of it,think you so so much for you have given me the best reasons to go deep into my corn farming project because i have been researching for the best method to use for past 5 years now that we give me maximum results in my corn farming project that is about to kick of soon.
Am truly grateful to have come across your video,is really really amazing and a partical training to me, love to see more of your explanations videos on land preparation, land tillage, seed planning, watering, fertilising, havesting and storage etc.
Or might as well link me up with reputable company that can setup my corn farming project with all the machinery in place as far as corn farming is concerned as far as is coming from you.
Thank you.
I live up in SK Canada. We don't grow a lot of corn in our province so you don't typically see these planters. Instead we have much larger air drills. Two questions:
1. Are you able to speak to the differences between these two types of seeders?
2. How many different crops are you able to plant with your seeder?
Sadly I don’t know anything about air drills. There just aren’t any around our area at all. Our planter has plate options for all sorts of crops like sugarbeets, edible beans, canola, peas, etc. Thanks for joining the fun!
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 So is it able to plant cereal crops (wheat)?
great video man. very informative.
Thanks!
That's awesome thanks for sharing
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damn as someone who's dream is to become a farmer someday, this is surely a motivation may I ask if how many acres of land you have for your corn? thank you and God bless, hope you see this comment :)
Amazing.
I always look forward to your videos, they are always informative and fun to watch. How is the calf you treated a couple videos ago? How many acres do you plant and how much of each crop? Thank you for another great video.
Thanks! She is doing great! We plant about 2,000 acres and this year only 220 is beans.
Carl thanks for the video’s. I learn a lot but watching them. I’m a young farmer just getting started in farming. How big is your tractor and what size of planter are you planting with. How many acres do u guys farm. What do plant more of corn or soybeans. I see you fertilizer tanks on the back of your planter.
Thanks, i’m answering your questions in the next video!
Good thing you caught that,you bushel per acre would be short,
Once again another great video!!👍 The setup your boss has there makes my 4 row, 7000 JD planter look like a dinosaur!!😁
That’s a pretty darn solid planter though!
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 Thanks Bud!
Awesome video, really enjoy how you explain what's going on, looking forward to more!!
Thanks
Hello Carl, I didn’t realize that you would plant corn this early. In my garden I plant sweet corn around May 15. There were several years, in Illinois, when we had early May heavy rain followed by cold temps in upper 30’s low 40’s. This caused nearly all my seeds to rot, and had to completely replant. Don’t you run the risk of bad wether ruining your planting? Have you ever had unusually terrible weather follow planting? Thanks and enjoy your channel.
Good question. Sweet corn is very delicate and needs the soil to be at 60 degrees Fahrenheit for good results. Our field corn is much more resilient and can handle a lot more adversity.
@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 I'm surprised at the number of people that think this is the type of corn that they eat at the table, but then I grew up in Cornstar County! Good luck with the planting and harvest! I just thought of a fun fact- the county in the USA that produces the most sweet corn is------- Palm Beach County, FL We have fresh sweet corn any time of the year.
Very thorough and good in depth description of how a planter works and Thank You for that.
If you work with air seeders maybe you can describe how they work versus a planter. We use lots of them in Canada for wheat and canola I believe and from what I read they cannot seed large seeds? Not for row crops either.
The seed population must be done by a variable speed electric motor seed wheel? I am a Power Engineer and like technology and you are very knowledgeable. Thanx.
Thanks! I show the meter insides on the next video. Sadly I have never been around the big air seeders so I don’t know much about them.
TY. I was wondering what those round discs did. Pretty smart design.