Post by jwaldrip on Mar 12, 2009 22:58:12 GMT -5
Four Leaf Farms
The original ground was purchased in the early 1940s. We are located around the town of Franklin, Indiana. We raise on an average year 675 acres of corn, 465 acres of soybeans, 280 acres of wheat, and 56 acres of hay for a total of 1456 +/- acres. The farm rents 530 acres of ground (500 tillable). Some tillage is done in the fall, as well as stalk chopping, with more field prep occurring in the spring. We plant Beck’s seed. My dad co-owns the farm with his brother. Grandpa is retired but still helps out. I am a college student and help on the weekend and on breaks. Dad has a herd of 10 Polled Hereford cows, and sells some of the steers for 4-H projects/showing while selling the remaining steers at a sale barn. He also raises Holstein Dairy steers. He gets them from our friends dairy farm. The steers are raised in a feedlot across from the house. Some heifers are used as replacements, the rest are sold for 4-H projects/ showing. We grind our own feed and store it in hopper bins. Corn is picked and stored in the cribs down the road. We contract out the first cutting of hay to a friend with a bigger mower. Our hay is too thick for our haybine on the first cut.
Tractors/ Harvesters/ Misc. :
1992 Ford Versatile 976- 360 HP
– chisel plowing, plowing, field cultivating
1994 John Deere 4760
– disking, grain cart, anhydrous application
1968 John Deere 4020D
–cutting hay, spreading fertilizer, grinding feed
1962 John Deere 4010D
– baling hay, manure spreading, culti-packing, feed work
1976 John Deere 4430
– planting
1951 Farmall H
– running elevator, pulling hay wagons, occasional manure spreading
1977 John Deere 4230
-spraying, auger work, stalk chopping
2002 John Deere 9650 combine
New Holland skid-steer
John Deere ZTR- 6ft. deck
Polaris Mule
Trucks:
Dodge 3500 extended cab, dually
-daily driver, pulling cattle trailer
Dodge 2500 regular cab
-pulling trailers, pulling anhydrous
Peterbilt 379
-hauling grain
GMC 9500 grain truck
Chevy C-60
-flatbed, used as sprayer tender truck
International box van
-hay/straw deliveries, at fair (equipment storage), seed transport
Service truck
Implements:
Planting/ Crop maintenance:
John Deere 7000 8-row planter (scratch-built)
John Deere implement trailer (scratch-built)
Tye Series 15’ V No-Till drill (scratch-built)
Pull-type sprayer w/ 60ft. booms
Field Prep:
20’ disk (scratch-built)
John Deere field cultivator (scratch-built)
10-bottom plow (scratch-built)
Chisel plow (scratch-built)
42’ FarmHand cultipacker (scratch-built)
Anhydrous applicator
Harvest:
John Deere 893 corn head
John Deere 925F grain head
Killbros 475 grain cart
Hay equipment:
New Holland haybine
New Holland square baler
Hay rake
Hay tedder
Cattle:
New Idea manure spreader
Feed:
FarmHand feed grinder
Grain-O-Vator feed wagon
(4) Killbros 350 gravity wagons
(1) Killbros gravity wagon
Trailers:
14’ bumper pull flatbed trailer
30’ Featherlite Cattle trailer
Wilson Pacesetter
Seed Tender trailer
Round bale trailer- 6 bales
Long header wagon
Short header wagon
Fuel trailer
let me know what you think
The original ground was purchased in the early 1940s. We are located around the town of Franklin, Indiana. We raise on an average year 675 acres of corn, 465 acres of soybeans, 280 acres of wheat, and 56 acres of hay for a total of 1456 +/- acres. The farm rents 530 acres of ground (500 tillable). Some tillage is done in the fall, as well as stalk chopping, with more field prep occurring in the spring. We plant Beck’s seed. My dad co-owns the farm with his brother. Grandpa is retired but still helps out. I am a college student and help on the weekend and on breaks. Dad has a herd of 10 Polled Hereford cows, and sells some of the steers for 4-H projects/showing while selling the remaining steers at a sale barn. He also raises Holstein Dairy steers. He gets them from our friends dairy farm. The steers are raised in a feedlot across from the house. Some heifers are used as replacements, the rest are sold for 4-H projects/ showing. We grind our own feed and store it in hopper bins. Corn is picked and stored in the cribs down the road. We contract out the first cutting of hay to a friend with a bigger mower. Our hay is too thick for our haybine on the first cut.
Tractors/ Harvesters/ Misc. :
1992 Ford Versatile 976- 360 HP
– chisel plowing, plowing, field cultivating
1994 John Deere 4760
– disking, grain cart, anhydrous application
1968 John Deere 4020D
–cutting hay, spreading fertilizer, grinding feed
1962 John Deere 4010D
– baling hay, manure spreading, culti-packing, feed work
1976 John Deere 4430
– planting
1951 Farmall H
– running elevator, pulling hay wagons, occasional manure spreading
1977 John Deere 4230
-spraying, auger work, stalk chopping
2002 John Deere 9650 combine
New Holland skid-steer
John Deere ZTR- 6ft. deck
Polaris Mule
Trucks:
Dodge 3500 extended cab, dually
-daily driver, pulling cattle trailer
Dodge 2500 regular cab
-pulling trailers, pulling anhydrous
Peterbilt 379
-hauling grain
GMC 9500 grain truck
Chevy C-60
-flatbed, used as sprayer tender truck
International box van
-hay/straw deliveries, at fair (equipment storage), seed transport
Service truck
Implements:
Planting/ Crop maintenance:
John Deere 7000 8-row planter (scratch-built)
John Deere implement trailer (scratch-built)
Tye Series 15’ V No-Till drill (scratch-built)
Pull-type sprayer w/ 60ft. booms
Field Prep:
20’ disk (scratch-built)
John Deere field cultivator (scratch-built)
10-bottom plow (scratch-built)
Chisel plow (scratch-built)
42’ FarmHand cultipacker (scratch-built)
Anhydrous applicator
Harvest:
John Deere 893 corn head
John Deere 925F grain head
Killbros 475 grain cart
Hay equipment:
New Holland haybine
New Holland square baler
Hay rake
Hay tedder
Cattle:
New Idea manure spreader
Feed:
FarmHand feed grinder
Grain-O-Vator feed wagon
(4) Killbros 350 gravity wagons
(1) Killbros gravity wagon
Trailers:
14’ bumper pull flatbed trailer
30’ Featherlite Cattle trailer
Wilson Pacesetter
Seed Tender trailer
Round bale trailer- 6 bales
Long header wagon
Short header wagon
Fuel trailer
let me know what you think
