Wheat Harvest 2023 at Crossroad Farms in Indiana

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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)
Thanks for watching and check back often for NEW Videos from my channel.
I filmed and edited this entire video with permission from Crossroad Farms. This video is Not to be copied and reposted in any way.
Mike Less - Farmhand Mike

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  • @ColinJonesssss
    @ColinJonesssss8 ай бұрын

    Farming simulator in real life😂

  • @tynewydd100
    @tynewydd10010 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @para1324
    @para13246 ай бұрын

    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. 👏👍🇺🇸

  • @Kami-vw2co

    @Kami-vw2co

    6 ай бұрын

    😉

  • @TechFarmInnovations.

    @TechFarmInnovations.

    3 ай бұрын

    These machines help agriculture develop rapidly

  • @newtech68

    @newtech68

    3 ай бұрын

    Heavy machines are mostly manufactured in Vietnam

  • @MysticalAgricultureTV
    @MysticalAgricultureTV13 күн бұрын

    Watching this video makes me appreciate the hard work and dedication of farmers even more. These machines are essential tools in modern agriculture.

  • @selcukvural3734
    @selcukvural373410 ай бұрын

    Siz bu işin hakkını fazlasıyla veriyorsunuz. İki seneden fazladır sizi izliyorum, sizin kadar kaliteli video çeken birini görmedim

  • @richardgrumpywelsh2485
    @richardgrumpywelsh24857 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @otofarmingdocumentary
    @otofarmingdocumentaryАй бұрын

    Your videos are incredibly informative and helpful for farmers. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and experience!

  • @ViralJRus
    @ViralJRus5 ай бұрын

    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!!!

  • @franciscosandiego3026
    @franciscosandiego302610 ай бұрын

    I like Mike less videos on KZread from the imperial county California 👍👍🇺🇲

  • @scottrosevold3645
    @scottrosevold36459 ай бұрын

    John Deere must love it, when these guys walk in their front door...

  • @midrone66
    @midrone669 ай бұрын

    Wow, what an operation! The money in equipment there is just amazing.

  • @robertomoschetti1019
    @robertomoschetti101910 ай бұрын

    Magnificent video, fantastic means. Excellent to leave trees edge of plot. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 🚜🚜🚜

  • @sp9600
    @sp96008 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @england670
    @england6703 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @shanevellacott9473
    @shanevellacott947310 ай бұрын

    The bail drop at 49mins 👌🏼 It’s definitely not that blokes first day 😂

  • @Snowtruckdriver
    @Snowtruckdriver10 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @wry569
    @wry5698 ай бұрын

    Quite an operation. Thank you for giving us a bird's eye view of all the goings-on.

  • @paulcleal3613
    @paulcleal361310 ай бұрын

    Brilliant video mike, thanks 👍

  • @scottpykare801
    @scottpykare80110 ай бұрын

    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. 😊👍🏻👍🏻

  • @timhaleightorrez1915
    @timhaleightorrez191510 ай бұрын

    You did a great job, best Sunday breakfast, enjoying it so much!!

  • @AdamSmith-uv6kr
    @AdamSmith-uv6kr7 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @davehughesfarm7983

    @davehughesfarm7983

    7 ай бұрын

    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..

  • @switzerblitzer2701

    @switzerblitzer2701

    7 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @MG-ge5xq
    @MG-ge5xq10 ай бұрын

    Hey Mike! Great video again! Thank you! Here is Max from Austria.

  • @pavelkubes1
    @pavelkubes19 ай бұрын

    Great video Mike,nice combines.

  • @sean3223a
    @sean3223a10 ай бұрын

    Great video, as always.

  • @onurcan8434
    @onurcan84347 ай бұрын

    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...

  • @danareynolds1976
    @danareynolds197610 ай бұрын

    I love the of that john deere.baler

  • @JonCarton
    @JonCarton9 күн бұрын

    My 2 year old loves these videos

  • @edniemyjski3303
    @edniemyjski330310 ай бұрын

    that grain cart operator had a busy day keeping them 2 combines rolling.

  • @lesliewoinarowicz7018
    @lesliewoinarowicz701810 ай бұрын

    Great views.

  • @tgh223
    @tgh2235 ай бұрын

    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

  • @Crodmog83
    @Crodmog837 ай бұрын

    That is some impresive machinery

  • @edlandess6877
    @edlandess687710 ай бұрын

    Excellent video Mike ... thank you

  • @martinhiemstra5067
    @martinhiemstra506710 ай бұрын

    Great video Mike. Good job overall!🍞💰👍🏗☕

  • @gdenner1
    @gdenner110 ай бұрын

    X9 1100 😍😍

  • @230bu-ac.
    @230bu-ac.4 ай бұрын

    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.🌄

  • @TheThelight
    @TheThelight10 ай бұрын

    Excellent Footage

  • @brakel8r
    @brakel8r7 ай бұрын

    Oh how those fires made for some spectacular sunsets

  • @user-yp1pl5gy3w
    @user-yp1pl5gy3w8 ай бұрын

    Приятно смотреть,как все это,происходит….Здорово!!!!👍👌

  • @jazzerbyte
    @jazzerbyte10 ай бұрын

    Great collection of equipment!

  • @armchairgeneral7557
    @armchairgeneral755710 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @user-gf5dq1lw6l
    @user-gf5dq1lw6l4 ай бұрын

    Молодцы ребята Дай Бог вам здоровья успехов в вашем нелегкой благородной работе желаем процветания и благополучия вам .

  • @tenzcosmeticmachines
    @tenzcosmeticmachines5 ай бұрын

    Feeling so proud as one of John Deere's suppliers.

  • @williamstentzsr.9568
    @williamstentzsr.95685 ай бұрын

    That is a monster combine 😮

  • @pamanthanos9742
    @pamanthanos97427 ай бұрын

    another dreams for me is driving combine

  • @MrBuost
    @MrBuost2 ай бұрын

    Alat berat modern yang sangat bagus sekali luar biasa manfaatnya. Pekerjaan petani lebih efektif dan efisien

  • @JJKHaywood
    @JJKHaywoodАй бұрын

    Harvest is a great time to experience hands on at least once in a lifetime.

  • @davefricke2689
    @davefricke26899 ай бұрын

    totally amazing the volume these machines do, sure do appreciate our farmers, God Dang

  • @willwill77
    @willwill7710 ай бұрын

    Bella! That'll make a lotta pasta!

  • @rocxgaming6368
    @rocxgaming63683 ай бұрын

    You'd love to work there right away, what awesome machines, I love it. 😍

  • @glennrhinehart3186
    @glennrhinehart31869 ай бұрын

    Excellent video 😎

  • @ronaldcasselman1190
    @ronaldcasselman11906 ай бұрын

    always love ur vids brother much love brandon mb canada

  • @rzizmont89
    @rzizmont899 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @scottgragg6587

    @scottgragg6587

    3 ай бұрын

    The Logistics of Farming, too many people in this world take the intellect of a farmer for granted.

  • @ronaldmolinasandoval1849
    @ronaldmolinasandoval18499 ай бұрын

    🇧🇴 Fans n1 👀 bolivia 💯 👀 saludos cordiales desde Sudamérica Santa Cruz bolivia 🇧🇴 👍 excelente trabajo con el video 📹 👍 💜 amigo me gusta me encanta ver este tipo de videos 📹 📹 👀 👀 👍 👍 Okey 💯 puntos 👏 😊😅

  • @ThaoHolman-to9ox
    @ThaoHolman-to9ox4 ай бұрын

    Wow! What a beautiful combine harvester, i wish i had one myself😍

  • @Blanchette2845
    @Blanchette28455 ай бұрын

    Wish I had access to such equipment in real life! Amazing

  • @teampenn2007
    @teampenn20079 ай бұрын

    You're right. That Deere baler is the coolest sounding piece of farm equipment.

  • @swagzoneus
    @swagzoneus9 ай бұрын

    The complexity of agricultural machines is a symbol of human dedication in operating the agriculture industry.

  • @steveraleigh1149
    @steveraleigh11499 ай бұрын

    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

  • @Growplantss
    @Growplantss22 күн бұрын

    Your video is very good, I really enjoy the machinery during harvesting ❤

  • @russell1821
    @russell182110 ай бұрын

    Awesome!))

  • @FarmTeck92
    @FarmTeck9215 күн бұрын

    Great video again! Thank you!

  • @sandroantonioblancomanquia6740
    @sandroantonioblancomanquia6740Ай бұрын

    es muy lindo la agricultura y las súper máquina.. igual excelente bonito la parcela

  • @user-ip2vg1rz5k
    @user-ip2vg1rz5k5 ай бұрын

    Смотришь как люди работают и поражаешься,на сколько у них всё качественно,и техника и урожай обработка , просто молодцы

  • @bobbydee1187
    @bobbydee11879 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @cornflake73
    @cornflake736 ай бұрын

    I love the new system of bigger bales and stacker. great videos.

  • @alexthomson719
    @alexthomson7199 ай бұрын

    Well Mike you were correct that was some video man I could watch that again thanks ever so much again 😂🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    9 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it

  • @KyleCapps1977
    @KyleCapps197710 ай бұрын

    Did anyone else think the JD hay baler had a good beat? I was jammin a few songs in my head with that beat.

  • @Hinesfarm-Indiana
    @Hinesfarm-Indiana10 ай бұрын

    I like that straw stacker, great video Mike.

  • @osaretinmiller
    @osaretinmillerАй бұрын

    I love this video 👍

  • @edu.thought
    @edu.thought6 ай бұрын

    Wow, superb machine ❤ Easy for farming

  • @stevewilliams4102
    @stevewilliams41024 ай бұрын

    Hi Mike . Thank you for that information . Keep the videos coming mate they are brilliant

  • @zapbranigan8029
    @zapbranigan802910 ай бұрын

    Truly a thing of beauty watching this operation.

  • @user-yr5ee9vm9e
    @user-yr5ee9vm9e10 ай бұрын

    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 👍👍👍👍🚜🚜🚜🚜

  • @ExNerd58
    @ExNerd5821 күн бұрын

    Excellent video. Really enjoyed watching!😀

  • @kenbettygregor3900
    @kenbettygregor39007 ай бұрын

    SUPER NICE THANK YOU

  • @user-tn6on3uz3h
    @user-tn6on3uz3h10 ай бұрын

    Best big farming video this year. Thanks

  • @farminginbrazil
    @farminginbrazil9 ай бұрын

    This Wheat looks really nice buddy! Fire in the hole!!

  • @stephengordon576
    @stephengordon5769 ай бұрын

    the precision and uniformity of all this just makes me feel so very good.

  • @JustMyFish
    @JustMyFish7 ай бұрын

    They Defiantly have the best equipment money can buy with the John dear and Wilson trailer you can't get better than that IMO.

  • @ndtschau
    @ndtschau10 ай бұрын

    Almost two hours of power! 😉 Thanks a lot for the video! 😊👍🏻

  • @robertmycroft8268
    @robertmycroft82685 ай бұрын

    I did enjoy... Thank you.

  • @framfull
    @framfull10 ай бұрын

    Capacity to new levels! Keep up the good work🤠

  • @vojtechfarkas885
    @vojtechfarkas8858 күн бұрын

    Farming simulator 22 anyone? :D Played with these exact machines in my setup. So satisfying to see the real behemoths chugging through the field.

  • @AdelynHicks
    @AdelynHicks4 ай бұрын

    This video was so informative and entertaining! I learned a lot and can't wait to see more from this channel.

  • @aldolajak1267
    @aldolajak12676 ай бұрын

    It's a good thing that there are wind turbines nearby, so that they can frequently recharge the batteries of these massive harvesting machines.

  • @AndreiTupolev
    @AndreiTupolev10 ай бұрын

    Wow, this one is an epic!

  • @luuk341
    @luuk3414 ай бұрын

    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

  • @dsop66
    @dsop667 ай бұрын

    That was awesome

  • @clfhnt
    @clfhnt10 ай бұрын

    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?

  • @HAWKSTA24

    @HAWKSTA24

    10 ай бұрын

    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?

  • @joescheller6680

    @joescheller6680

    9 ай бұрын

    @@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.

  • @joeahopelto8032

    @joeahopelto8032

    7 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @joemcknight9671
    @joemcknight967110 ай бұрын

    Had to get to 1:39:22, but there it is Mike Less Horse music. The world is GOOD.

  • @brianzybura8633

    @brianzybura8633

    9 ай бұрын

    Joe mcknight9671, may the Goodness bless you! Finally someone -that being you-said that the world is GOOD!

  • @FineFlourishes
    @FineFlourishes10 ай бұрын

    Those bailers are remarkably steampunk sounding.

  • @andresj361
    @andresj3614 ай бұрын

    I live in central California so all I know about harvesting is either fruit/vegetables/almonds. A lot is done by hand. Seeing grains being harvested is dope as hell.

  • @h-aaskov618
    @h-aaskov61810 ай бұрын

    Great video!

  • @user-wc8uj4wr8s
    @user-wc8uj4wr8s6 ай бұрын

    Thank for a nice video

  • @joeahopelto8032
    @joeahopelto80327 ай бұрын

    Thanks, Mike for excellence in recording this harvest. This video ranks there with the Parkside Farms harvest video of a few years back. I'm looking forward to more from you this harvest season.

  • @swagzoneus
    @swagzoneus5 ай бұрын

    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!

  • @realemonful

    @realemonful

    4 ай бұрын

    This is why food is so expensive! This could have cost half as much as what was spent!

  • @farmerjohnson8121

    @farmerjohnson8121

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@realemonful this has nothing to do with the price of food. Lol. Farmers don't set the prices for their crops they sell

  • @user-qp1dr5yq8k
    @user-qp1dr5yq8k10 ай бұрын

    Capacity to new levels! Keep up the good work. Great video Mike. Your drone shots are excellent..

  • @aleksandrnehay7376
    @aleksandrnehay73766 ай бұрын

    вы супер. спасибо вам

  • @jeffreyhoover2105
    @jeffreyhoover21056 ай бұрын

    Wow mike you were sure busy in this video you did a fantastic job on this video. Thank you mike keep up the good Gog bless keep up god bless

  • @mikesmith480
    @mikesmith48010 ай бұрын

    Worth an Oscar for that mike from another mike in the uk brilliant ❤

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