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olivetroad

Posted 9/13/2021 19:36 (#9218661)
Subject: Results of baling standing corn

Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251

I asked on here a few days ago about how to deal with the need to remove some standing corn for a neighbor that needed some temporary parking.

Good or bad, I ended up swathing it, and round baling it. Our trusty old Opal the Field Queen chopper ingested a row chain last week, and is in the shop, so it was going to be too involved to get another chopper ready, and also to then have to haul the silage 18 miles to our pit. Not enough sugar for a cent type deal.

It actually worked rather well. We mowed it Saturday morning, and decided to let it wilt a bit. We baled it this morning (Monday) after we had 90 degree weather Saturday and Sunday, and a drying wind.

It dried enough that the baler was showing it at 30 to 40% moisture, which I wouldn't trust with the wet ears and size of the stalks. We made smaller bales, 4x4's that averaged 1450 pounds each. We put 3.5 wraps of net on them. We elected to not tube wrap it, we just hauled it straight to the farm we have cattle on. I fed 3 bales in a TMR to some cows, and 2 bales to some bred heifers this afternoon. I replaced the silage they had been eating in the mixtures with the baled corn, so it wasn't much of a change. If I keep feeding it at that rate, or more, I'll use it up before it gets bad I think.

I was glad we used a baler with knives, it did a really good job tearing up the stalks. It fed out really well.

I got the hula hoop out to check ear loss. Based on the Swather cutting 6 rows per pass, and stand count of the corn, we lost from 1/4 to 1/3 of the corn kernals by weight. There was zero loss on the outer rows, it was all under the windrow, mainly from loose partial ears the baler pickup couldn't pick up off the ground.

If I did it again, I would use a 3pt disc mower with no conditioner rolls, and rake it as soon as I cut it. The ear loss was almost totally caused by the conditioner rolls popping the ears off the stalks, or crushing them into pieces.

All in all, it worked well for free corn. Of course chopping it would be better if there was more of it, but for the small amount, the bales sure were nice to get it hauled away easily.

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Dave9110

Posted 9/13/2021 20:55 (#9218859 - in reply to #9218661)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

north-central Indiana west of Fulton

Interesting, looks pretty good. If it is as hot and dry there as it has been here, it was ideal. Typical weather here would be hard to do that is my guess.

olivetroad

Posted 9/14/2021 05:54 (#9219246 - in reply to #9218859)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251

Dave9110 - 9/13/2021 20:55

Interesting, looks pretty good. If it is as hot and dry there as it has been here, it was ideal. Typical weather here would be hard to do that is my guess.

Hi Dave,

Yes, it has been hot and dry. Which makes for a good parking lot!

cowsncorn

Posted 9/13/2021 22:02 (#9219038 - in reply to #9218661)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

ne ne mo

Did you have to mow it before the pumkins moved in? Is this an agrotourism venture?

olivetroad

Posted 9/14/2021 05:59 (#9219251 - in reply to #9219038)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251

cowsncorn - 9/13/2021 22:02

Did you have to mow it before the pumkins moved in? Is this an agrotourism venture?

Hi Steve, those poor pumpkins don't realize the storm coming their way! Half the kids getting out of their cars will stomp on the green ones, and the other half of the kids will throw them at each other!

Yes, it is a big deal our neighbors have done for the public for years. They have a big corn maze, and a big red barn full of slides, corn pits, gumball mazes, etc. The food trucks line up, and they always have a huge crowd.

http://callawayfarms.com/

Edited by olivetroad 9/14/2021 06:08

JDSWMO

Posted 9/13/2021 22:10 (#9219058 - in reply to #9218661)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Put a bug in his ear about coming back just before frost and baling the volunteer corn, provided it rains.

junk fun

Posted 9/13/2021 22:17 (#9219069 - in reply to #9219058)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Wisconsin

JDSWMO - 9/13/2021 22:10

Put a bug in his ear about coming back just before frost and baling the volunteer corn, provided it rains.

It would have to be a "high traffic" corn variety, wouldn't it?

olivetroad

Posted 9/14/2021 06:05 (#9219258 - in reply to #9219069)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251

junk fun - 9/13/2021 22:17

JDSWMO - 9/13/2021 22:10

Put a bug in his ear about coming back just before frost and baling the volunteer corn, provided it rains.

It would have to be a "high traffic" corn variety, wouldn't it?

Haha ! That's right!

olivetroad

Posted 9/14/2021 06:03 (#9219256 - in reply to #9219058)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251

JDSWMO - 9/13/2021 22:10

Put a bug in his ear about coming back just before frost and baling the volunteer corn, provided it rains.

Good morning Jim,

That's the problem, NO RAIN!

After the deluge we had in the spring, someone shut the pump off. We can't buy a rain for nothing now. No fall pasture this year, and the 4th cutting alfalfa we mowed yesterday is really, really thin. And get out your Red Ryder BB gun, because that's about what the soybeans are going to look like. This year started with good promise, but is not ending well for us here.

eight

Posted 9/14/2021 06:46 (#9219310 - in reply to #9218661)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

South Texas

I wonder how far you can open up the roll gap on that head and if it would still feed well.

olivetroad

Posted 9/14/2021 08:16 (#9219512 - in reply to #9219310)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251

eight - 9/14/2021 06:46 I wonder how far you can open up the roll gap on that head and if it would still feed well.

Good morning Ryan,

We made two passes with the rollers set for hay, then we opened them up all the way. There really was very little difference in how much corn was crushed. It fed through really well both ways. I was surprised at that. I think a 3pt disc mower without rollers would be the ticket for this.

johnwayne360

Posted 9/14/2021 07:13 (#9219363 - in reply to #9218661)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

near dyersville iowa

Just a quick note/question. A couple years ago, dad had cheap tires on his new truck. I accidentally gave him 3 flat tires driving through a corn field after harvest. Do you think you might need to do something to avoid flat tires on " city" vehicles before parking them out there?

olivetroad

Posted 9/14/2021 08:24 (#9219528 - in reply to #9219363)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251

johnwayne360 - 9/14/2021 07:13 Just a quick note/question. A couple years ago, dad had cheap tires on his new truck. I accidentally gave him 3 flat tires driving through a corn field after harvest. Do you think you might need to do something to avoid flat tires on " city" vehicles before parking them out there?

Good morning Wayne,

I was concerned about that, but they park on stalk fields every year with no complaints. We did rotate the head down as much as possible to cut as close to the ground as we could. It ended up smooth (for a corn field!).

runningtowin

Posted 9/14/2021 15:40 (#9220135 - in reply to #9218661)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

east central nebraska

Thanks for the update.

chickenqueen

Posted 9/15/2021 08:27 (#9221246 - in reply to #9218661)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Mid MO

We hauled into Calla
way Monday. Saw a haybine running on the N side of I 70 and wondered if it was you(:

olivetroad

Posted 9/15/2021 18:31 (#9222029 - in reply to #9221246)
Subject: RE: Results of baling standing corn

Kingdom of Callaway - Fulton, Mo 65251

chickenqueen - 9/15/2021 08:27

We hauled into Calla
way Monday. Saw a haybine running on the N side of I 70 and wondered if it was you(:

Yep that was us, baling and bundling it right now....

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