We were located in Northeast Arkansas upper Mississippi Valley Delta at the time it was mostly Cotton, Soybeans, and Rice, winter wheat. Now its mostly Corn, soybeans, and rice. Its runs from heavy clay to sandy loam and sandy soils a hundred years ago it was mostly hard wood timber most tracts of land fall into a natural 2 to upwards of 4 percent natural grade and were surveyed out in either 40, 80, or 160 acre parcels. Mostly they are square or what we call long 40s,80's and most 160s are square. There are some fields that have been changed by either drainage district ditches/canals or other man-made features They are the reason why most people parked and scrapped their moldboard plows and went to disc and field cultivators. Moldboard plowing was just too slow 🐌. We were one of the last farms to moldboard plow but, alas we quit voluntarily in 1986. My IHC 720 6-16 onland plow left after our sale in March 1987 I now regret that decision I'm 66 years old now. I sold my 80 acre farm and house 2 years ago...

With a set of semi-integral plows, I prefer the "plowing around" method. The beauty of semi mount plows is that a good operator can make a dead furrow so smooth that its unrecognizable.

Your videos are very educative thank you so much

Well explained...its like you simplified simplicity even further.

Your videos are very informative,

I occasionally cross plow after flattening. I put as many woodchips and leaves as i have time to put in until i can't pick-up a handful of soil that doesn't have woodchips and leaf rubble. And the turning plow finds tons of worms. 4" of mulch put out with a blower really cuts down on weeds. I rarely have to add chicken coop cleanings so as to make the corn plant a dark rich green,ie sweeter corn.

What I did on one of our 160s last time was find the center of the field and do a reverse of plowing out and make a short pass plowing inward until you get a square thats even on all sides and then start going round and round. Im telling you it was the fastest and most enjoyable plowing because you never lift out, you just plow. But I liked to pull out just past the corner and go back and double up on the corners now and then to keep them kinda square so you dont have huge triangles left in the four corners when you get close to done.

In both cases you are placing a furrow on unploughed land. Especially when ploughing in you need to turn the centre run over first then turn it back again. Likewise when ploughing out, you turn the furrow in but then turn the same furrow back out again. Generally you don't cut those initial furrows as deep.

Hi Joe, I'm a new subscriber. I really enjoyed this video. I'm looking forward to trying this pattern in the field. Can you offer some advice on discing and cultivating? I have a small (tiny) tractor but it does the job. Do you go across the ploughed ridges with the disc or can you go in line with them? Then do you go across with the cultivator after that?

Years ago my cousins used moldboard plows to built terraces on the contours of their fields

Have you ever used a Tumble bug Plow. I would suggest you use one. no dead furrow.

thank you for your amazing video! when you're plowing out or in, and your playing the headland, how do you drive your machine to the beginning opening to plow in the same direction. do you drive around the edge of your plowed field?

Where are you folks out of ? It looks like youhave a diverse amount of crops, do you harvest mostly vegetables or berries? I would like to hear more about your crops and the rewards and troubles you face with them. I really like your channel, I like your knowledge and analytical explanations of things. Very informative.

@yourlocalfarmer4888

2 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for the wonderful comment, Doug. We are just north of Vancouver, Washington which is just north of Portland, Oregon. We like to refer to ourselves as the less weird side of the Columbia River! We were a grain farm all through the 80s and 90s, but transitioned to a direct market fruit and vegetable farm in the mid-90s. We have gone from farming 750+ acres with 2, 110 horsepower tractors to farming 105 acres with more than 14 tractors!!! We are the largest direct market farm and have the largest pumpkin patch in our county of 500,000 people! Again, thanks for the comment and I hope to be doing many more videos soon!

Hey Joe! Thanks for the informative video! I am conducting research on field patterns and was wondering if you can recommend any plows that don't leave back or dead furrows in the soil (or aren't directional, so to speak). I was wondering if chisel plows would fit this description? Can you recommend any other plows?

@masterdynamo6457

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I'm obviously not Joe, but yes, chisels would fit that description. Disc plows would, too, if there are two rows of discs. It's quite intuitive -- just think about where the soil goes as it leaves the plow.

Yes its a long video get over it. ! This is all information you will need eventually. Thanks very much.

Plowing was always slow usally Most people quit because it takes more time most want to go wide and fast disc and field cultivators I have hit old stumps and roots with breaking plows.

@yourlocalfarmer4888

2 жыл бұрын

No, moldboard plowing is definitely an issue nowadays as labor is SOOOOOO expensive! We are in Washington State where our minimum wage is $14.50/hour! If you watch my video about our tillage machinery I mention that we switched to chisel plowing in the early 80s because it was faster and used less fuel per acre. I will say, one of the biggest things that people miss about what we do as farmers is the business management portion. We are constantly looking for ways to reduce expense per acre, whether that is fuel burned, wear parts like shins, shares and landsides, or the labor spent driving the tractor... Thanks for the great comment and have a wonderful day!

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@yourlocalfarmer4888

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

Rototilling is so much easier.

Answer is Keverland reversible plough .

I have 70 acres near La Center.....i would love connect.

How do you tie in angles say a 45?

@yourlocalfarmer4888

2 жыл бұрын

Joshua, all I can tell you is, do the best you can... If I had a triangle field, I would try to use one side as an edge, and then try making small swipes on the opposite point as your work toward the center... That's the best I've got for you... Maybe I should say, don't farm weird fields! LOL!!! Just kidding of course! Have a great day.

Hey Joe, I bought a 4-bottom mouldboard plow from a neighbor that needs new shares. The problem is, there's no identification plates anywhere on the plow so I can find replacements! The only hint is the markings on one of the shares that identify it as "Adams-DF 16H(could be BF instead of DF).I'd appreciate any help from anyone! I can send pictures of the plow if that would help. Thanhs

@yourlocalfarmer4888

Жыл бұрын

So, there are several companies that sell aftermarket plow parts such as Shoupparts.com. Many of these online parts companies will have diagrams of the wear parts with measurements of the bolt spacing. Don't worry about the make or model of your plow. Just use your parts to match up the ones you need. Also, be aware that some companies stole (borrowed) parts from other plows. For instance, it was common for companies to use John Deere moldboards and shares because they were so common and readily available. Hope this helps!

Head land? End rows!

Anyone else using this for Farming Simulator 22? lol

i think you should shorten the video. you may get more views. most of us click on the short videos. nice informative video though. ty

@yourlocalfarmer4888

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment. Yes, I know it is a long video, but I wanted to make sure I covered everything. When I sold tractors I talked plowing with several novices and you could tell that they were just thinking about sticking the plow in the ground. I wanted to convey that there needs to be a certain amount of thought and planning that go into this. I will say that with practice these concepts become second nature and you won't have to spend time "diagramming" the field before hand because you can kind of plan it in your head.

@robertpayne2717

2 жыл бұрын

We always had mostly square or rectangular fields and most were 1.5 to 2 percent slope Mississippi river delta we always laid off in lands we plowed primarily for residue control in rice or corn stubble All rice ground was mostly flood irrigated.....

@robertpayne2717

2 жыл бұрын

Most of our fields were in 40 or 80 acre fields. I had a John Deere 5-14 integral plow later i went to a 7-16 IHC onland integral plow both had coulters. I always tried to plow my rice stubble in while still green usually right behind the combine. We were able to use a disk and or just field cultivator then pulled a float or landplane then planted the following spring.

@vtlpluyr

2 жыл бұрын

We have odd shaped fields. I take the disks and make a few rounds until it’s well worked up. Clumpy and a bit messy yes. I then “plow in” in sections. Drove my father batty, said he was embarrassed to see it…. Works really well for me in those strangely-shaped fields. Sadly he is no longer around to get upset over it and it was one of the very few things I did that annoyed him enough to get angry about. In the spring when we do secondary tillage nobody would know that I did it.

If your smart you buy a rollover plow and forget all this foolishness and less compaction on the headlands.

Ridiculous!!

People !! Find a different source this man is way off