Wheat Harvest 2023 at Crossroad Farms in Indiana
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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Mike Less - Farmhand Mike
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.
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. 👏👍🇺🇸
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These machines help agriculture develop rapidly
Heavy machines are mostly manufactured in Vietnam
I like Mike less videos on KZhead from the imperial county California 👍👍🇺🇲
The bail drop at 49mins 👌🏼 It’s definitely not that blokes first day 😂
Your videos are incredibly informative and helpful for farmers. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and experience!
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.
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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.
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.
John Deere must love it, when these guys walk in their front door...
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.
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?
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?
@@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.
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.
Great video Mike,nice combines.
Magnificent video, fantastic means. Excellent to leave trees edge of plot. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🚜🚜🚜
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!!!
Quite an operation. Thank you for giving us a bird's eye view of all the goings-on.
Hey Mike! Great video again! Thank you! Here is Max from Austria.
Excellent Footage
Brilliant video mike, thanks 👍
Your video is very good, I really enjoy the machinery during harvesting ❤
You did a great job, best Sunday breakfast, enjoying it so much!!
Bella! That'll make a lotta pasta!
Great views.
Great video, as always.
Excellent video 😎
X9 1100 😍😍
Excellent video. Really enjoyed watching!😀
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.
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..
@@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.
Great video Mike. Good job overall!🍞💰👍🏗☕
that grain cart operator had a busy day keeping them 2 combines rolling.
Wow, what an operation! The money in equipment there is just amazing.
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
Great collection of equipment!
Feeling so proud as one of John Deere's suppliers.
Oh how those fires made for some spectacular sunsets
That is a monster combine 😮
totally amazing the volume these machines do, sure do appreciate our farmers, God Dang
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
I love the of that john deere.baler
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.
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.🌄
Excellent video Mike ... thank you
You'd love to work there right away, what awesome machines, I love it. 😍
That is some impresive machinery
Awesome!))
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. 😊👍🏻👍🏻
Nice equipment
Well Mike you were correct that was some video man I could watch that again thanks ever so much again 😂🏴👍
Glad you enjoyed it
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.
Capacity to new levels! Keep up the good work. Great video Mike. Your drone shots are excellent..
Harvest is a great time to experience hands on at least once in a lifetime.
Thank for a nice video
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...
Wow! What a beautiful combine harvester, i wish i had one myself😍
SUPER NICE THANK YOU
You're right. That Deere baler is the coolest sounding piece of farm equipment.
Great video!
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.
The Logistics of Farming, too many people in this world take the intellect of a farmer for granted.
always love ur vids brother much love brandon mb canada
This Wheat looks really nice buddy! Fire in the hole!!
I did enjoy... Thank you.
That was awesome
Capacity to new levels! Keep up the good work🤠
Wish I had access to such equipment in real life! Amazing
I love the new system of bigger bales and stacker. great videos.
Hi Mike . Thank you for that information . Keep the videos coming mate they are brilliant
Did anyone else think the JD hay baler had a good beat? I was jammin a few songs in my head with that beat.
Very good 💯💯 thanks
Great video JOHN DEERE MIKE
This video was so informative and entertaining! I learned a lot and can't wait to see more from this channel.
Perfect video 👍 great machines 🚜👍
Приятно смотреть,как все это,происходит….Здорово!!!!👍👌
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!
Alat berat modern yang sangat bagus sekali luar biasa manfaatnya. Pekerjaan petani lebih efektif dan efisien
Wow, superb machine ❤ Easy for farming
I love this video 👍
Awesome video mike!
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 👍👍👍👍🚜🚜🚜🚜
They Defiantly have the best equipment money can buy with the John dear and Wilson trailer you can't get better than that IMO.
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.
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
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!
Had to get to 1:39:22, but there it is Mike Less Horse music. The world is GOOD.
Joe mcknight9671, may the Goodness bless you! Finally someone -that being you-said that the world is GOOD!
Смотришь как люди работают и поражаешься,на сколько у них всё качественно,и техника и урожай обработка , просто молодцы
another dreams for me is driving combine
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.
Thanks, Well I guess I could do that in the future.
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!
This is why food is so expensive! This could have cost half as much as what was spent!
@realemonful this has nothing to do with the price of food. Lol. Farmers don't set the prices for their crops they sell
@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?
I like that straw stacker, great video Mike.
*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.* 👏🚜🌾
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You can tell these machines come from Vietnam
Wow, this one is an epic!
Those bailers are remarkably steampunk sounding.
I would love to watch such machines harvest. they are amazing
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.
No, I want to watch the machine. I HATE from the cab views. Shows you nothing.
@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.
Worth an Oscar for that mike from another mike in the uk brilliant ❤
Almost two hours of power! 😉 Thanks a lot for the video! 😊👍🏻
awesome Mike, what a cool video packed with all kinds of harvesting gear, be cool to go back and see them do all that corn for silage, way to cool.
It isn't usual to have planting tools wider than your tillage tools. Great video Mike!
Great work as always 👍
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