Chopping corn

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

Helped a local farmer who went back to chopping his own corn. With our crappy weather the custom harvester hadn't made it to his farm. Here in Otsego County New York its muddy! Lets see if the pictures show up. lol

8NHENRY · Oct 20, 2018

thanks for the pictures Greg, can almost smell,the fresh cut silage!

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

(quoted from post at 12:30:47 10/20/18) thanks for the pictures Greg, can almost smell,the fresh cut silage!

Thanks Henry! That field wasn't muddy but they only chopped 4 more loads all week. Seems to want to rain every other day.

2underage · Oct 20, 2018

Good picture and a good topic. I used to live over the hill from you in a little town called Jefferson. I moved here to the St. Lawrence valley back in 72. The flat land here is some different from those rolling hills of the Catskills. It has been a dry year here and it would be easy to shovel some dust even today.

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

2underage, I have worked in Jefferson installing radiant heat in the East End Garage as well as a couple house foundations. We go that way on occasion as my Mother in Law lives in Roxbury. My Wife went to school in Stamford from 78 to 87.

Bob N.Y. · Oct 20, 2018

Is that farm along Rt. 7 between Schenevus and Worcester?

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

Yes, where are you at Bob? I-88 is in the back ground I think on the first picture.

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

Yes, where are you at Bob? I-88 is in the back ground I think on the first picture.

larry@stinescorner · Oct 20, 2018

Yes,,thanks!Great pictures!!

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

Larry Thanks. Larry do you use a lap top? I found the 3 dots that Grandpa Love mentioned clicked on that. I had to go to my photo's to resize them first and I clicked on the ones I wanted then they appeared at the bottom.

Bruce from Can. · Oct 20, 2018

Hey Greg , same conditions here in South Central
Ontario. Rain just about every other day, not a lot,
but keeps my clay ground sticky. Custom harvesting
is alright on a normal year, but they get slowed
down by weather too, and the last few guys get
crummy quality feed because of it. That is why I
have stuck with doing my own, besides, my crop is
too small for the big dogs to want to bother with.
Only 25-30 acres. They want a minimum of 50
acres to bother pulling in.

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

Bruce, exactly! My dad and I had no where near as nice an outfit as my neighbors but I liked chopping corn. I remember in the mid 80's when it was muddy I was pulling the wagon as my dad was chopping. Sucked when I bogged down and got peppered with corn! lol

showcrop · Oct 20, 2018

It appears that your friend is a good conscientious farm manager. My neighbors never bothered to line their bunker.

flying belgian · Oct 20, 2018

Is there some rye inter-seeded in that corn? Or perhaps it is some regrowth of alfalfa.

SVcummins · Oct 20, 2018

Or just an organic weed / corn crop

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

SV Cummins, They are not organic. I believe they had to replant due to cutworms. In previous years that I helped the corn was way taller than the tractor. He's not happy this year as it's too late and corn is actually to dry. Just a bad year they usually have great corn.

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

They have farmed all their life and their dad died while they were still in school. I think over 50 years.

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

Flying Belgian, Not sure if regrowth or weeds.

Old Scovy · Oct 20, 2018

Hi Greg I was going to ask you a couple stupid questions and then I just called Loren and got all the answers I needed. I also was a great one for chopping corn. I always liked silo filling in the fall. Always able to grab a bunch of grapes or apples even some farmers that we filled for had some hard cider to sip on. I wouldn't drink it or any thing else today but when I was younger I thought it was a big deal. Chat again some time. The Old Scovy.

NYOlivers · Oct 20, 2018

Nice pictures, it's not to awful wet around
here yet. Some places worst than others.
Now you just need a Oliver in one of those
pics...lol

greg oliver · Oct 20, 2018

NYOlivers, Raining again now at 7:00. Have a project 1600 I helped on. Has the creeper drive.

Philip d · Oct 21, 2018

He?s lucky to have some decent backup equipment and
someone willing to help. There?s still a lot of corn that was
destined for silage in PEI that got frosted hard and a large
portion of it now will go for grain corn.

NYOlivers · Oct 21, 2018

I like those set back front axles. I have not seen many tractors around with the creeper drive. It rained here most of the afternoon and evening here yesterday.

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