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#No till farming corn is planted in the spring -
#checking to make sure corn seed is planted at the correct depth -
#Corn has started to grow -
#Mature Corn -
#Corn Tassels -
#In late summer whole corn stalks are harvested with the corn chopper -
#Corn Silage is the main feed ingredient for our cows -
#The chopped corn stalks are called corn silage -
#The header that cuts the corn stalks -
#Corn silage gets hauled to a bunker silo and unloaded -
#Two tractors move corn silage and keep driving over it to pack it down -
#Tractor piling up corn silage -
#Another load of corn silage delivered to the bunker -
#Tractor packing the corn silage -
#Tractor on top of silage bunker -
#After bunker is filled & packed, plastic is pulled across the silage to cover it. -
#Tires are placed on the plastic to keep the plastic in place -
#Bird netting is stretched across the tires to keep birds from pecking holes into the plastic -
#Close up view of top of bunker with plastic, tires & bird netting. -
#Cow manure being spread on the field for fertilizer. -
#Corn is shelled in late fall. A combine separates the corn kernels from the stalks and cobs -
#The corn kernels are stored in the combine until it's full. The fodder )corn stalks and cobs) come out the back of the combine -
#The shelled corn gets loaded onto a truck and hauled to grain bins for storage -
#Full truck load of shelled corn -
#Truck delivering shelled corn to grain bins -
#Shelled corn being unloaded -
#Rye is planted in the fall after the corn is harvested and manure is spread on the field -
#Rye is mowed in the spring -
#Mowed Rye is called ryelage -
#After rye is harvested, manure is spread on the fields (according to the agronomists recommendations). Corn or soybeans are then planted. -
#A chopper chops the rye and blows it into a wagon -
#The ryelage is blown into upright silos by a blower -
#The ryelage is fed to our heifers (young cows that have not had a calf yet) -
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