Farmer Josh Practices Harvesting Written on September 24, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
Well, I can now add combining corn to the list of things I’ve done in my life! The farmer who is mentoring me began harvesting this past week and I was able to go out for a day and learn how to operate the combine so I am ready for when it comes time to [...]
Chopping Corn Written on September 10, 2009, by Josh.Baynes.
Perhaps you have seen corn fields this early September that appear to have been combined. Actually, they have not been combined, they have been chopped. Below are some pictures of corn being chopped for silage. Silage is used to feed livestock. Essentially the machine you see in the pictures below, called a chopper, is mowing [...]