Harvesting Corn Silage on Amish Farm In Lancaster County, PA with 12 Horses

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Published 2022-09-22
Three teams of 4 horses/mules each harvest corn using a Lebanon Silage Processor.

All Comments (21)
  • @Adam_Poirier
    It's funny to pull a engine powered machine with horses it's like at that point just get a tractor lol
  • @johnperi1165
    When I watch how they work hard together it warms my heart. Families being together. Men doing what they enjoy. Team work. Planning and job satisfaction. Well done folks. i admire your religious, social and work ethics. Its how the world should be.
  • I was in Lancaster last weekend and on Saturday I seen an amish family out cutting corn like this into silage and I seen another family cutting down the corn stalks and stacking them and taking them back to the silo to cut up as silage. Love watching them harvest corn, tobacco and pumpkins.
  • @steves5666
    Definitely, please give the Amish our sincere thanks for letting this to be filmed. Someday they may no longer do it like this, and it is important to document this way of life. As you mentioned the process even changed since last year.
  • Imagine pulling into one of their fields with a huge 900 hp 12 or 18 row harvester and blowing thru a field in no time. Its nice to see some old ways still today. 🙂
  • @markgroth4380
    That's a great idea using the skid steer to run the wagons, having hydrostatic drive works great for keeping it aligned with the bagger.
  • Very interesting video. Thank you. The corn looks very clean
  • @Ticky66MN
    What a wonderful video. Very well done. Thank you.
  • Hello good video of chopping corn. Not silage yet till it is fomented in the bag there. Have a great day.
  • I like the mixing of technology, motors there where they make sense, horses and mules where it is appropriate. This cuts down on expenses, adapts the speed to a more human level, and teaches patience. The res.t of society could learn from that
  • @haweater1555
    I would think it would be difficult to give voice commands to the horses amongst all the machine noise.