That is really cool. I'm amazed watching that tractor driver back the planter up in a semi circular arc and line up for the next pass. Makes it look so easy but must have years of experience and really knows his equipment well. Thanks for sharing.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

9 ай бұрын

It is something to see that's for sure and he makes it look easy!

@joman388

25 күн бұрын

Maybe the GPS backs it up for him. thanks

Dad, I’m done planting! I’m going back to bed till the bus comes!

That turnaround in reverse is most impressive thing in the video

@FlyBuy777

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed I would say he has been doing that for awhile.

@mnotten1

3 жыл бұрын

The guys that grow seed corn (and soybeans) do that reverse turnaround all the time.

@Zavernus

3 жыл бұрын

Auto-steer, just have to pick up the implement and the computer does the rest.

@FlyBuy777

3 жыл бұрын

Zavernus, yep you are probably right. Most all the big farms use gps now days.

@solilasmail8212

2 жыл бұрын

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i am 80 years old i planted corn when i was 12 year sold with a camel one row walking drill that was pulled with a mule the progress in farming method changes that have happened in my lifetime are amazing

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!! The technology and equipment has advanced very rapidly! I often wonder how far it will go before there's no bigger and better.

@verngoossen2020

2 жыл бұрын

$ 800,000 or some where in there----------

@Iforgotme

Ай бұрын

I am 84 years old. We used an ultramodern 2 row corn planter, around 1955, pulled by a Farmal tractor. I think the used planter cost dad about $45.00

Thank you so much for not using terrible background music! Very interesting video!

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I try to use just actual tractor footage for the sound

Amazing soil, Absolute skill, wonderful equipment.

The first time I saw him back up n turn around I'm like dam boy got some skill!! But with 120 ft you better have the skills to pay the bills

Back in the 60s near Kingaroy QLD we used 2 row planters

You make backing up to new rows look so easy. Congrats

Make two rounds have to fill seed again. !! Nice looking

Top quality reverseing! Give that man a medal!

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

He's got it down to a science for sure!

God Bless The Men and Women Who work so Hard to Feed Us.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

I wish more people thought like you!

Buy as many as possible, in 50 years this thing is going to be really cool and really rare

Nice to see another Michigan farmer on KZread. I like seeing what they are doing in Michigan.

Love to see my grandpa's face if he could see that.

@bobgleaser7106

3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, We had a TWO row J D corn planter.

@JJ-jo5vd

3 жыл бұрын

@ bob gleaser: I still have a 2 row JD corn planter that gets used every spring. Although it only gets used to plant 5 acres of sweet corn.

@evilroyslade2491

3 жыл бұрын

1948 Grandpa's planter was pulled by a horse named Prince, can't remember if it was 1-row or 2-row, all his equipment was pulled by 2 horses, Prince and King, one was lazy and the other had to slow down.

@ckaitken9735

3 жыл бұрын

When you were the talk of the town with an 8' disc.

My parents lived just outside Moline and JD has an R&D field next to them. Got to see this being developed years ago. It was beyond impressive on just how big it was.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! They are very cool to see in person

120' at 6mph = 87 acres an hour. Impressive.

@fraserrose4209

3 жыл бұрын

35 Ha/hr for the metrically inclined.

@ryanwulterkens1044

3 жыл бұрын

They need a high speed kit lol

@mashakampembela2552

2 ай бұрын

​@@fraserrose4209Total fantastic my dear friend.

That's a neat move to assist the hydraulics in unfolding and folding, moving the tractor. Nice video, thanks for sharing, and bothering to video, it is appreciated.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! We enjoying filming and sharing with everyone much more to come!

@johnpowers1125

3 жыл бұрын

The tractor is in neutral. The planter moves the tractor as it unfolds.

Great video. Wow! I remember when a 12 row was a big deal. It would take 2 hours for one guy to refill it.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Equipment sure has changed over the years.

Wow- that's a huge planter. Saves a lot of time and get the job done faster.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

Жыл бұрын

It is impressive to see in the field!

It would’ve taken me 2 or 3 days to plant what that planter can plant in just an hour with the planter I started out using. Our planter was shorter than one of the outside wings on that planter. Actually we started out with a 2 row planter and then upgraded to a 4 row. The technology and equipment used in farming today just amazes me. That planter could probably plant our whole 79 acre farm in less than 2 hours. It would take me 4 or 5 days with no breakdowns.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how far Agriculture equipment has come in a short time. I often wonder at what point will we reach the top on the size of equipment.

@oghuzkhan5117

2 жыл бұрын

maybe you should buy 1 of these and finish your job within a day, instead of spending 4-5 days on the same job. Saves you money in the long term

@cdjhyoung

Жыл бұрын

I talked to the owner. This plow averages 118 acres an hour while in use. The most we ever planted was 325 acres using a 4 row planter. I just can't imagine something this big.

@cdjhyoung

Жыл бұрын

This PLANTER averages 118 acres an hour.

@Eric-dr5bj

Жыл бұрын

​@@MichiganFarmPhotosIt has to be near due to field constraints and transportation

wow that's massive and the person is great at judgment when it unfolds its perfect spot. nice video thank you farmers for hard work

@delbutler885

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that GPS line makes everyone a genius operator

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

Still have to get it there, it's a big help for sure but still have to know what your doing

Dude he is so good at turning around

@MichiganFarmPhotos

Жыл бұрын

Yes he had that down for sure! He makes it look easy

HUGE planter!!! This operation must farm big acres to warrant needing a planter that big? The only planters I've seen that size is in western Kentucky where some operations farm 20,000 acres or more. That planter will make quick work of most fields. Thanks Jeff for your efforts. Really enjoyed this one!!👍👍😁

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

They farm a good amount of ground but they bought this planter used for a great price

It’s amazing the seed gets out to the ends every time...awesome

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Sure is an impressive planter to watch

Can you imagine how long the row marker would be lol. Planted 4 rows when my dad farmed in the 80's,seeing a 6 row or larger was big stuff.

@mnotten1

3 жыл бұрын

No markers- all steering is with satellite guidance.

@2chipped

3 жыл бұрын

@@mnotten1 yeah that would be extremely inefficient, and poor population. Much less when the combine hit the field ,hence "can you "imagine how long the marker would be "

@koreyknafel8621

3 жыл бұрын

60 feet

Agricultural machinery is a vital tool for enhancing food security, reducing poverty and improving livelihoods of millions of people around the world.😊🥰☘️

There were 2 of these in my area, one by Wateman, IL the other near Seneca, IL, back around 2010, but they didn't last long, big troubles with getting cracks in the frame, so was to much down time.

@user-if2xp3um2r

2 жыл бұрын

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Sweet heaven almighty that things a monster. What a beast! Very impressive

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

It's amazing to see in the field very lucky to have the opportunity to film it.

I find farming therapeutic. 😇

New farmer next door has one similar but he has 12 tires on the tractor and 3 water tanks on the front of the tractor as well as the tanks on the planter.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thanks for watching our channel. Is it in Michigan? Sounds like an impressive set up.

it's amazing that the people who invented these modern machines

@MichiganFarmPhotos

11 ай бұрын

I agree!

Saw one of these for the first time last year. They are so unbelievably long when you see it in person. The guy was using it on a this really small field and ended up only making 3 passes to finish the entire field. He was in and out in under 20 minutes!

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

They are something to see in person they are huge!

@billhazard4946

3 жыл бұрын

Take longer ta fold out and close than plant!!!

Thats alot of backing around... but who wants 96 end rows lol

@dietrichjohnson9556

3 жыл бұрын

when Bauer built the first 48 he tried it on an 80 of ours. its amazing how 96 end rows eat up an 80

@demoking681

3 жыл бұрын

The man in our are only does 48. The way the wheels pivot he can get it turned with his cat challenger.

@Blue_Shirt_Guy

Жыл бұрын

Also wouldn't it be nice to have square flat fields

That's some handy backing skills

@self_made-self_paid2143

3 жыл бұрын

most of these big tractors like this work off GPS cordinates and just about drive them self.

@huntingandstuff9489

3 жыл бұрын

@@self_made-self_paid2143 I'm familiar with that but I didn't think they worked backing up. I'm sitting in a swather with GPS right now

He’s following the line in the tractor. That’s how he was lined up perfectly on edge of the field.

@pathumsenanayake247

Жыл бұрын

Plow

That thing is crazy. It looks like it is doing a lot of overplanting though, unless they have control over the individual rows.

@johnallen5996

2 жыл бұрын

Oh it does for sure. At least down to 2 rows. Maybe singular control

@EtzEchad

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnallen5996 It’s an option, but not necessarily installed. Obviously, it would make sense to buy it on that monster.

Nice camera work...wonder what the compaction is in center rows... noticed it was sinking a tad in the moisture areas... wouldn't want to get that stuck...buy a welder !

john deer is the best for me

*That contraption is insane. It appears to be doing some serious overplanting, unless they can control each row individually.*

@MichiganFarmPhotos

7 ай бұрын

They can shut rows off to prevent over planting

If he can drive a 120 foot drill that well with 2 kids on his lap he's a better tractor driver than me! UK Farmer

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Haha 3 kids in there actually! He is a very good operator.

Awesome equipment, thx ; great shot too !!

Watched another video on this they didn't show how it folded up for transport here in PA about the biggest planters are 16 rows this must be truly impressive to see in person

@MichiganFarmPhotos

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's a very cool machine to watch! The folding process is pretty neat as well! Thanks for watching

I know you already know this but wow that is one big planter! Very Impressive!

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, very impressive machine to watch work.

@lucianolezcano1596

2 жыл бұрын

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Wow!!!! That’s huge happy farming from California

Nice job Lance

That is a wonderful long printer

What impressive piece of machinery. It's most definitely that tractor operators 2nd day on the job not his 1st cause they make backin that thing up look like just another day in the office. (Tilt of the hat to em) You definitely can save a lot of time with the extra width of the machine but you better have the backin up skills to execute that move properly otherwise you'll be losing a lot of time.🤷👍😎⭐

Farm I worked on in college used a 6430 JD and a 4 row JD 1700 no till planter.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

It's crazy how much farm equipment has changed!

Nice video Jeff! It was always a challenge to get that entire planter in frame while still staying relatively close to the machine

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, It's very difficult to film but such an impressive unit!

@dennismeyer7770

3 жыл бұрын

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@chadsanders7276

2 жыл бұрын

Are you kinda upper mid state

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

Yes located between Flint and Lansing

We had a 4 row planter, and it took about an hour in a half. With this we’d probably be done in 15 minutes.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

Farm machinery sure has changed! We had a 12 row growing up which we thought was huge!! Nothing compared to this it sure was an awesome experience to watch it in the field.

What a smooth operator

Majestic planter!

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

It is something to see for sure!

Very impressive machine! That planter is huge!!!😮

@MichiganFarmPhotos

11 ай бұрын

Yes it is! Very impressive to see in person

In-effing-credible!! My dad boasted about turning over 40 acres with a 2-bottom plow and an F-20 and a full day. Now .... ?

M&M farms ran one of these. RIP Rory & son.

Is there possibility of having such a machine for planting cassava or this same can be converted to such?. Thanks for your prompt response.

Awesome tool!

So cool

Looks intimidating, looks expensive to repair but boy I want one. Liked to of know how many acres and amount of time it took. Nice drone footage.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

This planter can cover 90-100 acres an hour

@johnnywright1864

3 жыл бұрын

Every 363 feet with it is 1 acre

I love it too, what a great thing to see, very impressive! Those 120' tool bars are out there to snag if anyone wanted one. The high speed tech kind of made them obsolete. I don't know that their is anything invented that could pull one that's been converted to ExactEmerge or Precision where the planting speeds are up to 12 mph. Their is a lot of 20" row spacing now also, boy that would be a lot of weight. What I'm waiting to see is someone build one, and in place of the chemical tank, mount a combine engine, and have it on tracks, with two PRWD combine rear drive units. It would just run at max speed, and put a bypass valve so that it could never push the planter, it just gives the effect of lightening the planter weight from the perspective of the tractor. Hell, if you're going that far, take those final little wings that drop down and extend them to the full legnth of the planter and have a 200' unit. Do tow between for your chems and hell, might as well do it all up and run 3 in between, one bigger chemical one, and 2 more central commodity seeders. Build one on 15's and make it so that it can tow a 2nd unit behind, powered also, and you could precision pant wheat at 7.5". Am I the only egg head who sits around and day dreams about this stuff?

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

It will be interesting to see if there is a high speed version on the DB120 done by someone. And where planters will go in the future!

@LtColDaddy71

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganFarmPhotos JD makes a 90' spaced on 20's like I am on, and they are cheaper to pick up than a 60'. I went and converted it all over to ExactEmerge and let me tell you, it's great for the conventional till custom soybean planting when the ground is pretty level, but it takes ALL that 15 liter cummings that's over clocked to run at 675 horse has, to get to 10 mph. On my organic cover crop ground, 7-7.5 is all she's got. Up in Canada their is an outfit running a 212" drill, but they have that one off Big Bud with the V-16 Detroit. I think it's a 12V71, about 700 hp and who knows how much torque. But it's not going 10 mph.

@LtColDaddy71

3 жыл бұрын

@@briannelson6173 I do great in tilled prepared seed beds when doing custom work, but going through 6-7’ of covers slows it down significantly. Are you on 20’s also. That’s adding the weight of 18 more row units. Where I’m saying the traction CAN’T exist without some type of radical planter mods, is on a 120’ tool on 20’s. Let alone, the beef is there on a DB120, you could put bigger fold out wings on that thing! The planters I have, at a mere 90’ on 20’s with Exact Emerge can’t be acquired from JD’s standard menu. It stops at 5e, probably because they done want it coming back on them that they don’t make a tractor that can pull it 10 mph.

@LtColDaddy71

3 жыл бұрын

@@briannelson6173 like I said, we’re on 20’s. It’s more weight. Their is a lot less flexibility with organic. Getting your covers to establish after the cash crop before winter kill means you won’t have the fertility you need next year.

Wow! Awesome!

Impresionante me gustaría saber cuántas hectáreas siembra x dia

Nice equipment. Wish there was a walk around or at least some closer views. What is pulling it? Never got close enough to be sure which model JD I was looking at. When I first was allowed out on my own to plant corn as a kid, our farm had just moved up to a 4 row planter and about 70 hp lol. We really thought our equipment was getting large when we could hydraulically fold stuff wider than 30 or 40 feet and run down the road. ;-) Now, 60 foot planters are commonplace. Now 120 feet... that's still quite a beast!

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, I thought I had some close up shots in there. The Tractor is a John Deere 9410R and it is pulling a John Deere DB120 which is a 48 row 30" corn planter at 120' wide per pass.

@kennethstanton5407

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganFarmPhotos Thanks for the added info! That would be a good addition to your caption. A dime over 400 HP. Up until the early to mid1960s, lots of farms had less than 25 hp planter tractors. The BIG 40 and 50 hp tractors were reserved for tillage. Apparently things changed lol.

those new cars that drive themselves must got the idea from Deere. omg how far we have made it in 100 yrs

Beautiful. Apparantly this farm doesnt know their own equipment needs according to some comments below.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, There are lots of internet farmers out there.

Amazing working

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@tractorsinpakistan

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichiganFarmPhotosLove u dear

Perfect job 👌👍

Amazingly💯💯💯

Awesome videos‼️ About how many acres a day can the 120’ wide corn planter in Michigan plant.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Depending on fields and travel between them they say you can plant 80-100 acres an hour

Brilliant machinery

Some amazing driving

@mitch1348

3 жыл бұрын

100%. I struggle to mow in straight lines. I can't imagine planting like this.

@russellcraig6711

3 жыл бұрын

@@mitch1348 its called GPS, no effort required except setting it up

Equally impressive but not communicated in this video, modern farming techniques have resulted in the amount of food per acre, called “yield” to increase dramatically. For example, in 1935, average corn yield was 20 bushels per acre of land. Today, that number is over 170 bushels of corn per acre. That’s more than eight times as much food per acre of farm land. Modern seed is more drought and insect resistant too. It’s amazing to me how far we have come.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

Жыл бұрын

I agree I have never done a video on seed genetics and changes in agriculture as a whole I just touch on the equipment side of things.

New subscriber. What a planter.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for subscribing! Yes it is a monster planter truly something to see in the field.

And how much money would one of these machines cost someone?

@MichiganFarmPhotos

Жыл бұрын

Brand new without looking, but for the planter and tractor I would guess over a million dollars. Both of these units were bought used at a fraction of New price

Is that ground that fluffy? I don't see row cleaners on the planter yet it's making pretty big ridges

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes this was very fluffy ground

Yeah they plant there smaller farms with two 16 row planters

I like this i want to come and learn about farming because Tanzanian farming way is extra ordinal😂😂

didn't even know we had farms big enough to need one of these here in Michigan.. I can see them being used out west of the Mississippi, in states like Minn, Kansas, Iowa, and the like, but not in a state that is half forest.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and the comment, Actually there are 4 or 5 DB120's in Michigan

@kevindircksen181

2 жыл бұрын

If I had to guess, I say that is most likely one of Boersen Farms rigs. They have a massive operation up there, I've heard as much as 120,000 acres.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

Boersen went belly up a few years ago this was one of his planters.

@mwnciboo

Жыл бұрын

@@MichiganFarmPhotos Not surprised....None of that equipment is cheap and that is not a huge field. Doesn't look a 500 acre field.

@jimcronk8178

Жыл бұрын

​​@@MichiganFarmPhotosWRONG!! Boersen was still planting with a 48row DB120 in 2022!! He isnt belly up...YET

Una domanda: quando trona dietro, rovina il seminato?

Imagine the length of marker arms if they would not have gps guidance.

Reversing skill 👌👌

@MichiganFarmPhotos

Жыл бұрын

He makes it look easy!

Awesome machine but would you constantly have to stop and refill? Can it be paired with a seed cart?

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

They can plant longer then you would think on a fill. You can plant about 90-100 acres an hour

@allthegoodnameshavebeentak6585

2 жыл бұрын

Run a 1300 bushel bourgault air cart and you could seed forever

@razorzedge666

2 жыл бұрын

@@allthegoodnameshavebeentak6585 Yea too right, mad not to

I do have a question though ; JD make a high speed planter that you can pull as fast as you want. Wonder if that model is one of them. That would be sweet.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

This is not a "high speed" planter but covers a ton of ground fast!

Does GPS auto steer reverse the tractor to line up the next run? If done manually would be double impressive.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

I believe he manually backs it around he's a good operator!

@fraserrose4209

3 жыл бұрын

Reversing a trailer behind an articulated vehicle (or one where the back wheels steer) is easier than a conventional machine because you have more lateral authority over the drawbar. Also, longer drawbars help. That being said, that planter is freaking huge, I don't envy him backing it on camera. If he is anything like me, he could back that thing fine all day, but as soon as someone is watching...

@shaneb472

Жыл бұрын

@@MichiganFarmPhotos at one point early in the video he’s shown backing up and the footage was shot from ground level in front of the tractor. You can see him working the steering wheel. Pretty incredible

sir , i play farm sim love huge machines like the DB 120 . like to keep it as real as i can ! so was wondering can you hook a seed cart to a DB 120 ? thank you if you get a chance to reply

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

I would say no, they aren't really designed to pull a seed cart.

Does JD come out to repair and replace seed baskets/rollers etc… Seems like that could take all off season to repair and maintain

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 ай бұрын

Haha, No JD doesn't come out and I believe the maintenence is relatively low.

How many acres do you farm?

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

Alan, thank you for watching our video. This farm grows a good amount of acres I don't like sharing actual numbers as it is not my place.

Servicing that thing is going to be a real treat! LOL Awesome machinery nonetheless!

@MichiganFarmPhotos

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I would hate to grease it! Sure is an impressive piece of machinery though

The ends of the planter in the Same time zone?

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

LoL, It is a huge planter!!

Looks like the center of the planter is trenching really badly.

@MichiganFarmPhotos

4 ай бұрын

The one field in the video was very soft, and the wheels were cutting in pretty deep.

@GOLTURBO555

Ай бұрын

@@MichiganFarmPhotos flaw

My planters here in norway is 6 meter, and thats big here in norway haha

Meanwhile down under they are pulling two this size behind one Baldwin!

@MichiganFarmPhotos

3 жыл бұрын

They run some huge equipment down under!

Why do you back up when you get to the end rows when you could just drive forward?

@MichiganFarmPhotos

Жыл бұрын

With that large of a planter, it's easier to back around. There's only 1 headland pass, unlike your smaller planters, which will have 2 or 3 headland passes so they have room to turn around.

👋😊👍thanks

There is something WRONG with any system where you don't have to stop every 5 or 10 minutes to unclog a planter head!

Muito bom excelente, mas a volta eu não faria esse tipo de situação

Awesome

Wonder if he ever got it stuck in the mud! Now that’s the video I want to see😂

God! You Are Enourmous!

@John-kr7iz

3 жыл бұрын

thats what she said!