Once the snow is gone off of the fields, it doesn't take very long until it's time to start planting again. Most people around here plant either barley or a grain-hay crop. The grain-hay crop that's become popular over the past few years is a three-way blend. Although various blends exist, I have been using a blend that is peas, oats, and barley. Where I'm set up for hay, it's easy to grown and sell a grain-hay crop, without having to worry about the fluctuating barley prices, as well as needing the extra equipment to handle small grains (combines, trailers, etc.). In this video I show us using the John Deere 4640 with the old John Deere LL-A grain drill. It's an old drill (seeder), but it does plant a good grain crop. The other items in the train are first, a danish harrow (three-point held spring tooth), a roller to flatten out the ground and push in our many rocks, then finally the grain drill itself. Also in the video is a 1972 John Deere 4020 and an Iron Bull gooseneck trailer. Lastly, I often have people mention the rocks and state that we should pick them. For the record, we do. Every. Single. Year. These fields just grow more rocks than they do crops, or so it would seem! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjC5H8MaEc8

The blades on the swather, being recorded with the iPhone 5s Slow Motion high-speed recording camera. Both idle and high-rpm. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxBzVO3tFoA