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Warch Watch
video pick  Combining corn with New Holland CR970 and a 12 Row Drago header.  Indiana/US
Mar 2nd

How to grow Winter Wheat

In central Europe Winter Wheat is usually sown between the 25th of September and 5th of October...
Mar 2nd
Warch Watch
video pick Lexion 480 terra trac unloading
Mar 2nd
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John Deere 9750 STS Combine loading chaser bin at a speed of 14 km/h
Mar 2nd
left cut right uncut that stuff looks very close to the...
Mar 2nd
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Lexion 460 harvesting clover seed in Australia
Mar 2nd
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Newholland CX and Volvo FH, seldom picture for harvest in Switzerland
Mar 1st
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Starting a T-150K tractor  with gasoline starting engine, that is interesting i didnt know that they...
Mar 1st
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Tandem Tractor from Alta
Mar 1st

Some facts about Rye

You can grow Rye after you have grown Rye the year before. It is sown until the end of September and...
Feb 29th
A Rye field in Russia
Feb 29th
Warch Watch
video pick Fendt 512C diggin Sand 
Feb 28th
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a few more videos today
Feb 28th
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video pick but in some cases it’s not the rain that made the fields muddy  (rice harvest) 
Feb 26th
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Feb 26th
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sometimes it’s better to stay of the fields after a rain
Feb 26th
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Testrun with the New Holland CR9070 Elevation combine
Feb 26th
to catch up with the last days i will post a few more videos...
Feb 26th
Warch Watch
video pick NewHolland tractor with JD seeder and air-cart stuck somewhere in Russia
Feb 21st
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JD 4wd with JD air disk drill
Feb 21st
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the problem with this kind of sprayers is that chemicals can...
Feb 21st
sprayer as a swather
Feb 21st
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wet Milo harvest in Nebraska
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
Have you ever wondered what is behind the header of a...
Feb 20th
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video pick harvesting canola / Manitoba, Canada  this video is very well made i guess running...
Feb 20th
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Food And Beverage Stuck 
Feb 19th
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video pick fun with a Caterpillar MT855 in the snow
Feb 19th
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today a few pictures and a video pick
Feb 19th
Warch Watch
video pick sorghum harvest with gleaner  combine (36 ft/ 12 m - draper head) 
Feb 18th

Winter Barley

A few days ago I posted some basic knowledge on malt barley so in a follow up today I am talking...
Feb 17th
Warch Watch
video pick 28 ft (9,3m) Shelbourne stripper header
Feb 17th
regarding to the video on youtube, now you see what the...
Feb 17th
now we talking hills
Feb 17th
BIG BUD watch the quads
Feb 17th
rice harvest
Feb 17th
Feb 17th
a follow up of yesterdays video pick
Feb 17th
Warch Watch
video pick Video Taken in Winkler, Manitoba, Canada. Over 90 combines combined 64 ha  in 11...
Feb 15th
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World Harvest for Kids Combining truely amazing and for a good cause Record Harvest For Kids
Feb 15th
road train
Feb 15th
this is a 100 t short storage bin for the time when...
Feb 15th
Feb 15th
today a few pictures from Australia
Feb 15th

things to know about malt barley growing...

MALT BARLEY - crude protein has to be below 11,5 % - seeding March or early April     -...
Feb 15th
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todays video pick Cameco + Fendt about 1 m deep plowing
Feb 15th
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wow thats what i call strong hydraulics, Fendt 930 vario
Feb 15th
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todays video pick water leveling 
Feb 14th
rice farming
Feb 14th
Feb 14th
deep plow
Feb 14th
i hope you like the picture series
Feb 14th
today a few pictures
Feb 14th
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todays video pick  Harvest on Glenvar farm in West Australia. Two Cat Lexion 580 with a Massey...
Feb 13th
Claas combine undercarriage for rice
Feb 13th

Conversation metric Tonne to Bushel

1 t Canola/ Mustard/ Canary Seed = 44.092 Bu
1 t Peas/ Wheat/ Beans/ Lentils = 36.744 Bu
1 t Flax/ Rye/ Corn = 39.368 Bu
1 t Barley/ Buckwheat = 45.930 Bu
1 t Oats = 64.842 Bu
1t = 2204.6 Lbs
1kg x 2.2046 = Lbs
Feb 13th
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todays video pick case tractor stuck 
Feb 12th

Conversion Bushels to Lbs

1 Bu. Canola/ Mustard/ Canary seed = 50 Lbs
1 Bu. Flax/ Rye/ Corn = 56 Lbs
1 Bu. Peas/ Wheat/ Lentils/ Beans = 60 Lbs
1 Bu. Barley/ Buckwheat = 48 Lbs
1 Bu. Oats/ = 34 Lbs
Feb 12th
Warch Watch
todays video: New Holland CX 840 is Harvesting Rice.
Feb 11th

Panicum miliaceum - common millet

Millet has its orgin in China and Mongolia where it was one of the most cultivated crops around...
Feb 10th
Panicum miliaceum engl. common millet frz. millet...
Feb 10th
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video pick of the day  unloading on the go with claas jaguar 900 field shuttle (audio does not...
Feb 9th
Claas combine with baler and a midwest header. Why a baler...
Feb 9th
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todays video pick a combine that nealy gets stuck during 2007 harvest but is able to get without...
Feb 8th