Wheat Harvest 2023 at Crossroad Farms in Indiana

9 місяців тому

Wheat Harvest 2023 at Crossroad Farms in Indiana
In this video I am out at Crossroad Farms near Williamsport Indiana. To start of they are busy harvesting their 2023 winter wheat crop using two of their John Deere X9 combines both with 50 foot wide flex draper heads. After the wheat is harvested they are raking, baling & stacking the wheat straw then tilling the ground and planting soybeans.
This is a long video with lots of different tractors and equipment running to get the job done.
John Deere X9 1100 combine with 50 foot wide head
John Deere X9 1000 combine with 50 foot wide head
John Deere 9620RX tractor pulling a Brent 2596 grain cart
John Deere 6125R tractor pulling a New Holland H5980 wheel rake
John Deere 8R 370 tractor pulling a Deere L340 baler
John Deere 8320R tractor pulling a New Holland 340 Big Baler
John Deere 8310R tractor pulling a New Holland 340 Big Baler
John Deere 8345RT tractor pulling a Mil-Stak PT2014 bale stacker
John Deere 9R 540 tractor pulling a Deere 2680H high speed disk
John Deere 9630 tractor pulling a 50 foot wide Salford Disk/Finish Tool
John Deere 8RX 410 tractor pulling a Deere DB60 planter (48 row on 15'' Spacing)
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I filmed and edited this entire video with permission from Crossroad Farms. This video is Not to be copied and reposted in any way.
Mike Less - Farmhand Mike

КОМЕНТАРІ: 533

@tynewydd100 9 місяців тому

Mike, thanks, great videos. That is our food, that is the source. Then the journey to our table. People need to know. All that investment, high risk due to weather and other factors. It could all go wrong. Thank the farmers.

@para1324 6 місяців тому

Respect sent to all famers. The same respect sent to the designers, engineers and fabricators that build these fantastic farming machines. Thank you for sharing this great video, well done sir. 👏👍🇺🇸

@Kami-vw2co 5 місяців тому

😉

@TechFarmInnovations. 2 місяці тому

These machines help agriculture develop rapidly

@newtech68 2 місяці тому

Heavy machines are mostly manufactured in Vietnam

@franciscosandiego3026 9 місяців тому

I like Mike less videos on UKposts from the imperial county California 👍👍🇺🇲

@shanevellacott9473 9 місяців тому

The bail drop at 49mins 👌🏼 It’s definitely not that blokes first day 😂

@FarmTeck92 5 годин тому

Great video again! Thank you!

@otofarmingdocumentary Місяць тому

Your videos are incredibly informative and helpful for farmers. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and experience!

@england670 2 місяці тому

I love all the noises that the machines make. Fascinating to see how this farming works. I would have no idea if it wasn't for this video. I'm subscribing.

@selcukvural3734 9 місяців тому

Siz bu işin hakkını fazlasıyla veriyorsunuz. İki seneden fazladır sizi izliyorum, sizin kadar kaliteli video çeken birini görmedim

@richardgrumpywelsh2485 6 місяців тому

Mike I am one of many that has never seen such great equipment and I have lived my entire life of 90 years in the USA. It takes great skills to build and operate the harvesters. Thanks for showiing this video to us.

@sp9600 7 місяців тому

Love all the stats on these machines. Found your channel because I am a fan of Tracy Zeorian who introduced me to these big harvesting machines.

@scottrosevold3645 9 місяців тому

John Deere must love it, when these guys walk in their front door...

@Snowtruckdriver 9 місяців тому

Let's see. 2 Combines at a million a piece, Bank out wagons and tractors anoer million a set. Three tractor and three balers @750 t0 850 a piece, bale wagons times 2 gotta be another 1.5 million. Then the ground prep and planting. More money than I've seen in once place in a long long times. Great video Mike.

@clfhnt 9 місяців тому

Great work Mike!!! In this day of AI where the computer reigns supreme your farm videos show the amazing role hydraulics play in our everyday lives. What would we do without them?

@HAWKSTA24 9 місяців тому

What the heck does AI have to do with this video? More importantly, where is your mind at to be watching this video and compare it to computers and artificial intelligence?

@joescheller6680 9 місяців тому

@@HAWKSTA24 well if you would care to check it the whole combine is run and controlled by computer that regulates everything on the machine. Nothing functions on machine without it.

@joeahopelto8032 7 місяців тому

The equipment can rely on computer control without the fairy-tale AI. The computers still have to be programmed by humans. I'll accept AI after one computer falls in love with another computer, they get married and they give birth to little computers. It ain't gonna happen.

@pavelkubes1 9 місяців тому

Great video Mike,nice combines.

@robertomoschetti1019 9 місяців тому

Magnificent video, fantastic means. Excellent to leave trees edge of plot. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🚜🚜🚜

@K-ForestryMachines 5 місяців тому

Outstanding video. WOW! Thank you for your hard work feeding and providing for this great land of America and Thank you for documenting the process. Awesome!! May you and all your families be blessed and prosper!!!

@wry569 7 місяців тому

Quite an operation. Thank you for giving us a bird's eye view of all the goings-on.

@MG-ge5xq 9 місяців тому

Hey Mike! Great video again! Thank you! Here is Max from Austria.

@TheThelight 9 місяців тому

Excellent Footage

@paulcleal3613 9 місяців тому

Brilliant video mike, thanks 👍

@Growplantss 7 днів тому

Your video is very good, I really enjoy the machinery during harvesting ❤

@timhaleightorrez1915 9 місяців тому

You did a great job, best Sunday breakfast, enjoying it so much!!

@willwill77 9 місяців тому

Bella! That'll make a lotta pasta!

@lesliewoinarowicz7018 9 місяців тому

Great views.

@sean3223a 9 місяців тому

Great video, as always.

@glennrhinehart3186 9 місяців тому

Excellent video 😎

@gdenner1 9 місяців тому

X9 1100 😍😍

@ExNerd58 6 днів тому

Excellent video. Really enjoyed watching!😀

@AdamSmith-uv6kr 7 місяців тому

This farm operation isn’t far from me and it’s awesome seeing the video. It’s a huge operation and Mike has really gone through hoops to give us this inside view because we’re seeing more of the operations in this video than you can even see in person. Very private ordeal with multiple landlords and owners. So thank you very much for this opportunity. For those wondering how large this farm operation is just know for North America and the Midwest it’s a big operation and closed info to the public for several reasons.

@davehughesfarm7983 7 місяців тому

Because in that area they probably have ran some families out of business and are not liked......Do ya really need all this? NO. But its nice to watch and Mike does a good job for sure..

@switzerblitzer2701 6 місяців тому

@@davehughesfarm7983 Yes Dave, you are probably right on target with your post. The bigger problem is that Crossroad Farms didn't get this large all by itself. They had over $15.5M in help from the federal government, courtesy of the American taxpayer. Almost anyone can make it with that much financial backing without having to do any more work to get it. Farming is considered to be of a national security type business and if that is the case then there should be more people on the land and not less and less farmers. It's a can't fail dilemma which guarantees wealthy farmers to become even more wealthy at the taxpayer's expense. Subsidies SHOULD be based on need, income and start-ups and NOT volume of production. I was born and raised farming too and our backup was livestock and not subsidized crop insurance, price guarantees, etc. A big belly is quickly becoming a trademark of modern American farming. Isn't it comforting to know that most all the equipment in this video is "owned" by the American taxpayer but the taxpayer will never see a return on investment? Take a look.... farm.ewg.org/persondetail.php?custnumber=A03182883 BTW, nice video Mike.

@martinhiemstra5067 9 місяців тому

Great video Mike. Good job overall!🍞💰👍🏗☕

@edniemyjski3303 9 місяців тому

that grain cart operator had a busy day keeping them 2 combines rolling.

@midrone66 9 місяців тому

Wow, what an operation! The money in equipment there is just amazing.

@steveraleigh1149 9 місяців тому

The music by Berty Solo was excellent!! Watching the work combined with that music...well all I can say is...the next thing I know...the sun was coming up!! LOL

@jazzerbyte 9 місяців тому

Great collection of equipment!

@tenzcosmeticmachines 5 місяців тому

Feeling so proud as one of John Deere's suppliers.

@brakel8r 6 місяців тому

Oh how those fires made for some spectacular sunsets

@williamstentzsr.9568 5 місяців тому

That is a monster combine 😮

@davefricke2689 9 місяців тому

totally amazing the volume these machines do, sure do appreciate our farmers, God Dang

@tgh223 5 місяців тому

im finally glad to see a video were a combine operator knows how to set the reel speed and not thrash the crop before it reach the platform

@danareynolds1976 9 місяців тому

I love the of that john deere.baler

@armchairgeneral7557 9 місяців тому

You get a really good grasp of the amount of material going through the combine when you see that one rake pass was half a combine pass. Pretty impressive.

@230bu-ac. 3 місяці тому

Your almost at 3 million as of the 25 jan 2024 I wondered why then i watched it all Mike not bad not bad at all my friend a little bit of everything in there which is good Keep up the good work.🌄

@edlandess6877 9 місяців тому

Excellent video Mike ... thank you

@rocxgaming6368 3 місяці тому

You'd love to work there right away, what awesome machines, I love it. 😍

@Crodmog83 6 місяців тому

That is some impresive machinery

@russell1821 9 місяців тому

Awesome!))

@scottpykare801 9 місяців тому

Mike, I've been watching your channel for years. You have countless great videos. This is in the top 5. I'll be watching this one many times!! Thank you for your time. 😊👍🏻👍🏻

@flights47 6 місяців тому

Nice equipment

@alexthomson719 9 місяців тому

Well Mike you were correct that was some video man I could watch that again thanks ever so much again 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

@farmhandmike 9 місяців тому

Glad you enjoyed it

@bobbydee1187 9 місяців тому

We farmed 750 acres in Aurora Indiana just south of Connersville for most of my childhood. That area is now the Brookville reservoir. I sure wish we had some of this equipment growing up.

@user-qp1dr5yq8k 9 місяців тому

Capacity to new levels! Keep up the good work. Great video Mike. Your drone shots are excellent..

@JJKHaywood Місяць тому

Harvest is a great time to experience hands on at least once in a lifetime.

@user-wc8uj4wr8s 6 місяців тому

Thank for a nice video

@onurcan8434 7 місяців тому

Having the combine harvester spread the hay on the field surface is a very good tactic. Thus, the straw that receives 1 - 2 winds dries instantly and becomes ready for bale making. The most important thing in the baling business is to first make the straw very thin, and then move the straw bales as soon as possible before they get caught in the rain. nice workmanship...

@ThaoHolman-to9ox 3 місяці тому

Wow! What a beautiful combine harvester, i wish i had one myself😍

@kenbettygregor3900 6 місяців тому

SUPER NICE THANK YOU

@teampenn2007 8 місяців тому

You're right. That Deere baler is the coolest sounding piece of farm equipment.

@rzizmont89 9 місяців тому

What can I say? This farm is awesome project. Your video got something. It's not just a movie, it's an art, art of farming.

@scottgragg6587 2 місяці тому

The Logistics of Farming, too many people in this world take the intellect of a farmer for granted.

@ronaldcasselman1190 6 місяців тому

always love ur vids brother much love brandon mb canada

@farminginbrazil 9 місяців тому

This Wheat looks really nice buddy! Fire in the hole!!

@h-aaskov618 9 місяців тому

Great video!

@robertmycroft8268 4 місяці тому

I did enjoy... Thank you.

@dsop66 7 місяців тому

That was awesome

@framfull 9 місяців тому

Capacity to new levels! Keep up the good work🤠

@Blanchette2845 4 місяці тому

Wish I had access to such equipment in real life! Amazing

@cornflake73 6 місяців тому

I love the new system of bigger bales and stacker. great videos.

@stevewilliams4102 3 місяці тому

Hi Mike . Thank you for that information . Keep the videos coming mate they are brilliant

@KyleCapps1977 9 місяців тому

Did anyone else think the JD hay baler had a good beat? I was jammin a few songs in my head with that beat.

@user-th9iz9ec5r Місяць тому

Very good 💯💯 thanks

@sandrodalazem5834 9 місяців тому

Great video JOHN DEERE MIKE

@AdelynHicks 4 місяці тому

This video was so informative and entertaining! I learned a lot and can't wait to see more from this channel.

@AntonFujdiak 8 місяців тому

Perfect video 👍 great machines 🚜👍

@user-yp1pl5gy3w 7 місяців тому

Приятно смотреть,как все это,происходит….Здорово!!!!👍👌

@joegotz1971 9 місяців тому

I would like to run the JD with the speed disk. Not too much thinking involved. Although I did see Tracy Zeorian drive the combine with her feet on the windshield and the combine was running itself!

@MrBuost 2 місяці тому

Alat berat modern yang sangat bagus sekali luar biasa manfaatnya. Pekerjaan petani lebih efektif dan efisien

@edu.thought 5 місяців тому

Wow, superb machine ❤ Easy for farming

@osaretinmiller 16 днів тому

I love this video 👍

@mcd5082 9 місяців тому

Awesome video mike!

@user-yr5ee9vm9e 9 місяців тому

I'm A firm believer in tillage but it's what ever works for the soil type, no till will be cheaper but I'm A keyboard farmer these days..........Great Vid 👍👍👍👍🚜🚜🚜🚜

@JustMyFish 7 місяців тому

They Defiantly have the best equipment money can buy with the John dear and Wilson trailer you can't get better than that IMO.

@87aeromonte 9 місяців тому

These boys don't mess around! From working around them most of my life, it is the fastest wheat operation from planting to harvesting is a slick operation. Let alone their corn/soybean harvest.

@luuk341 3 місяці тому

When I was a kid I helped a local farm at harvest time. That farm was a MUCH smaller operation. We baled straw and hay and loaded the bales up by hand on old flatbed haywagons behind a john deere 2030. Mind you, I'm only 28. This was early 2000s. Those bales were much smaller than these. But boy that Bale picker in this video is an awesome machine! I can still smell the diesel from that tractor, I can feel the late evening sun on my skin and the dust in my teeth! Good times

@T3RS1 8 місяців тому

There is something amazing to see these machine operate under those turbines! Modern technology all over the place so I do not know where to look first. Amazing footage! Beautiful!

@joemcknight9671 9 місяців тому

Had to get to 1:39:22, but there it is Mike Less Horse music. The world is GOOD.

@brianzybura8633 8 місяців тому

Joe mcknight9671, may the Goodness bless you! Finally someone -that being you-said that the world is GOOD!

@user-ip2vg1rz5k 5 місяців тому

Смотришь как люди работают и поражаешься,на сколько у них всё качественно,и техника и урожай обработка , просто молодцы

@pamanthanos9742 7 місяців тому

another dreams for me is driving combine

@mikenewell3524 5 місяців тому

mike, I have to say that you are doing an absolutely Awesome job with your videos. I would like to ask. Have you ever thought about doing a video on how to operate a chopper or combine. I will be retiring from my welding/fabricating job in a couple of years and would like to learn how to operate the newer choppers.

@farmhandmike 5 місяців тому

Thanks, Well I guess I could do that in the future.

@dcrosco1458 9 місяців тому

@mike less Love the videos you do a great job. Question for you, How does the wheat harvest look around the country from where you have been this year?

@swagzoneus 5 місяців тому

Wow, this video is fantastic! Excellent job, Mike! The harvesting and bailing are done so efficiently. I can only dream of having access to such advanced equipment in real life. Truly amazing!

@realemonful 4 місяці тому

This is why food is so expensive! This could have cost half as much as what was spent!

@farmerjohnson8121 3 місяці тому

@realemonful this has nothing to do with the price of food. Lol. Farmers don't set the prices for their crops they sell

@Hinesfarm-Indiana 9 місяців тому

I like that straw stacker, great video Mike.

@AgritechFutureUS 8 місяців тому

*Great job, Mike! Your farm videos highlight the crucial role of hydraulics in our modern world. It's incredible to see their impact on our daily lives.* 👏🚜🌾

@markunger8890 4 місяці тому

😊😊😊😊😊

@newtech68 2 місяці тому

You can tell these machines come from Vietnam

@AndreiTupolev 9 місяців тому

Wow, this one is an epic!

@FineFlourishes 9 місяців тому

Those bailers are remarkably steampunk sounding.

@mousefarm 7 місяців тому

I would love to watch such machines harvest. they are amazing

@sipdachery3 8 місяців тому

If possible, some inside the cab shots would be awesome, too. This video gives a great appreciation for the amount of work that goes into farming.

@scrambler69-xk3kv 6 місяців тому

No, I want to watch the machine. I HATE from the cab views. Shows you nothing.

@sipdachery3 6 місяців тому

@scrambler69-xk3kv I didn't say the entire video... Very odd to take such a stance on someone else's opinion... 🤔 I'm curious about the controls and monitors. You can have your own curiosities... it's ok.