Who cares? All those US farms are going bankrupt, they lost their workers, and everyone either doesn't want to buy from them or cannot afford to buy from them.
All this needs is an additional few mechanisms to pop the corn, add melted butter and salt. Then I can lay in the back of the other truck and have it dumped into my mouth.
It's not AI, it's from a YouTube channel called Zach D Films and I wish people on Imgur would credit him instead of just stealing his content for fake Internet points
The guts of a combine vary somewhat depending on brand and age. This setup is somewhat different than any North American machine I’ve seen. Does anybody know what brand this might be? The long separator tubes look a little like a claas, but claas has a more conventional transverse cylinder ahead of the tubes to actually thresh the grain.
Mostly, yes. There will be cases where the farmer has to ship the corn to a drying factory in order to get the appropriate level of moisture in corn kernels.
Some have dryers on their farms as well and will cycle the grain from a 'wet' silo > dryer > 'dry' silo. Source: used to watch a lot of Millennial Farmer and that's how he was setup
Ooo... an area of my expertise. This is what's called "wet weight" vs "dry weight". There is a moisture sensor as the kernels get dumped into the reservoir. Farmers get paid based on the number of bushels but only up to a certain moisture percentage. If the corn is wetter than that, then they get paid proportionately less. Most of the time, this just is a thing that they accept, as sending the corn to a drying facility first is usually more expensive than the difference in payment.
Delaying harvest creates risks. Ears fall on the ground for example. Risk of a snow/windstorm flattening the field is another.
Better to take a little dockage at the elevator than wait.
Also, the natural moisture % that the grain can dry down to is a function of ambient temp+humidity. Areas with wet, cold conditions in late fall can see situations where the corn will NEVER dry down to “acceptable” moisture content. So it’s gonna need to be dried regardless.
When I was ~5, was told to get something from the shed. There were 100s if not 1000s of earwigs above the folding shed door. Then there were 100s if not 1000s of earwigs ON me. Screaming ensued.
Up north here, they pretty much wait until the first freeze to harvest them, so they're pretty dead, Jim. A year or two ago, those who waited a bit too long got boned... We had like two inches of snow while some corn was still up. Combines in snow is not something we see often.
You can pick corn with snow on it theoretically. The colder the better I’m told. If everything stays frozen inside the machine you’re ok. But if it starts slushing up inside it’s over quick.
I think the bigger issue is a mix of mud and slippery snow since it was early snow and the ground was nowhere near frozen. They were lucky that it was the flat fields, the ones next to the road are ending in a slope, with the river about 30' down. That's brown pant territory in something heavy if you lose traction going down.
MaverickTitan
Anyone else just see a giant robot Squidward devouring and shitting corn?
Defcon2
When does it smooth out the DInglebob with the Schleem?
modi123
Is this the river of dreams Billy Joel sang about?
tontze
Forgot the popcorn part :(
spittytrinkles
Slower, you dirty little harvester.
mormonbatman
The corn must flow. I did not say this. I was not here.
TofuGolem
Who cares? All those US farms are going bankrupt, they lost their workers, and everyone either doesn't want to buy from them or cannot afford to buy from them.
katzohki
All this needs is an additional few mechanisms to pop the corn, add melted butter and salt. Then I can lay in the back of the other truck and have it dumped into my mouth.
CafeNervosa
I didn't see any Ogres
Defcon2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMJk4y9NGvE
saintrod69
they fall through the cornhole.
landisfloatingrock
Step one for creating the internet
4horsemen06
Mmmm nice fluid sim
salunatics
manystripes
justplainvanilla
ButtblasterMcAssmaster
Cawn!
fformulaa
Process flows baby! Yeah! Can you dig it it! Woo!
AspiringAuthor123
Thanks for posting a Zach D Films video without crediting Zach D Films on YouTube. It sure is great that you got all those fake Internet points
smellsmiketeenspirit
Musheens are steeling our jobs.
Thornaxe
They can have this one.
halfabubbleoff
This is field corn, not sweet corn.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
The teeth grab the stalk, pulling it inside....
epithymetic
Something something dentata
OhIfIMust
DrNicholasRivierA
I googled "when the teeth grab the stalk", but this was good, too.
gearsmith
You had me at "Teeth grab the stalk"
solutionorppt
Every one of these AI narrated how-it-works videos sounds just like the Plumbus.
AspiringAuthor123
It's not AI, it's from a YouTube channel called Zach D Films and I wish people on Imgur would credit him instead of just stealing his content for fake Internet points
SlayerOfGoat
Uh, a river of corn? That's clearly a cornfall, thank you.
Cranbananarama
Just don't go chasing it.
MapleSyrupMafia
You're really corny...
herrcane
stryhf
A cornucopia of... corn?
monkeyfly
Anyway, here's cornerfall.
Froggie243
Goddammit +1
Thornaxe
The guts of a combine vary somewhat depending on brand and age. This setup is somewhat different than any North American machine I’ve seen. Does anybody know what brand this might be? The long separator tubes look a little like a claas, but claas has a more conventional transverse cylinder ahead of the tubes to actually thresh the grain.
OmnibusLatinName
John Deere uses that arrangement. (the company I work for makes some of those parts)
OmnibusLatinName
There's a bunch of animated Youtube videos availble
Thornaxe
Hmmm. Yes that’s true, the X series have a double rotor arrangement.
TakuanSoho
LadiesInboxMeYourInsecurities
Un-fun fact the 'corn' in your shit is just the husk. The kernel inside the corn is digested properly but the husk isn't and is full of shit
MrNobodyLivesHere
Yeild is shitty, 400 kernels per acre....
ABotImNot
How do you figure that when there's probably 400 kernels per ear of corn?
You thinking bushels per acre maybe?
PutItInNeutral
What if I want corn on the cob?
linexnewt
then don't harvest it this way
drochleprechaun
The VAST majority of corn in the US is not grown for human consumption. (It's only like 2% max)
This is how the majority of corn would be harvested if you're shipping it to an ethanol plant or a cattle farm.
Stuffitwithbeans
Then you want a different kind of corn.
TsubakiTragic
corn on the cob is sweet corn. This is #2 corn which is for animal feed, ethanol production etc.
VibratingNipples
so dry corn?
Thornaxe
Yes. As a farmer, my only complaint with the video is them showing the cornstalk being green. The plant should be yellow and dead.
Linkisactuallymydad
Mostly, yes. There will be cases where the farmer has to ship the corn to a drying factory in order to get the appropriate level of moisture in corn kernels.
MostAwesomeDan
Some have dryers on their farms as well and will cycle the grain from a 'wet' silo > dryer > 'dry' silo. Source: used to watch a lot of Millennial Farmer and that's how he was setup
abmoraz
Ooo... an area of my expertise. This is what's called "wet weight" vs "dry weight". There is a moisture sensor as the kernels get dumped into the reservoir. Farmers get paid based on the number of bushels but only up to a certain moisture percentage. If the corn is wetter than that, then they get paid proportionately less. Most of the time, this just is a thing that they accept, as sending the corn to a drying facility first is usually more expensive than the difference in payment.
Linkisactuallymydad
Thank you for this! I grew up on a farm helping my dad harvest corn during my high school years but I was angsty and hated it lol.
Thornaxe
Delaying harvest creates risks. Ears fall on the ground for example. Risk of a snow/windstorm flattening the field is another.
Better to take a little dockage at the elevator than wait.
Also, the natural moisture % that the grain can dry down to is a function of ambient temp+humidity. Areas with wet, cold conditions in late fall can see situations where the corn will NEVER dry down to “acceptable” moisture content. So it’s gonna need to be dried regardless.
raitchison
This kills the corn
SquashDemon
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1YnNmZGR3MXgxc3oyaTdiM205OHVkdTJlMTNxaDlhemNnd21maXdnMSZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/AxaKe2ImWL2Du/200w.webp
Cornflakes91
~still alive, still alive...
Murdertron5000
Today is harvest day, and for the corn, it is the holocaust
VoidForScreaming
Still a better love story than Twilight.
swedeonamoose
Not the earwigs tho, damn things are everywhere.
Kotarisu
When I was ~5, was told to get something from the shed. There were 100s if not 1000s of earwigs above the folding shed door. Then there were 100s if not 1000s of earwigs ON me. Screaming ensued.
theskepticinme
This happened to me with daddy-long-legs in the doghouse. It’s been a lifetime to try and undo that trauma
TheTojo15
I’d have never gone back to that shed for as long as it stood. Did you go back??
Kotarisu
Never stepped foot near that thing since. Sometimes I see it, driving by, and want to light it on fire though.
Botticelliii
It's the only way to be sure.
Thornaxe
The stalk being green is the only flaw here. The corn plant is dead long before a dry ear of corn goes through the combine.
OdinYggd
At least through this process of harvesting yes. Choppers on the other hand, think wood chipper on wheels.
Thornaxe
Yes. Forage harvesters/choppers are an entirely different beast.
MapleSyrupMafia
Up north here, they pretty much wait until the first freeze to harvest them, so they're pretty dead, Jim. A year or two ago, those who waited a bit too long got boned... We had like two inches of snow while some corn was still up. Combines in snow is not something we see often.
Thornaxe
You can pick corn with snow on it theoretically. The colder the better I’m told. If everything stays frozen inside the machine you’re ok. But if it starts slushing up inside it’s over quick.
MapleSyrupMafia
I think the bigger issue is a mix of mud and slippery snow since it was early snow and the ground was nowhere near frozen. They were lucky that it was the flat fields, the ones next to the road are ending in a slope, with the river about 30' down. That's brown pant territory in something heavy if you lose traction going down.
Thornaxe
Going hogging can be fun. But yea, sliding into a creek would definitely suck.