Beans 1996 vs 2018

Jeff in ND · Sep 30, 2018

The farmer who rents the family farm was getting his beans in this weekend while I was around to deal with a HUGE tree that had fallen across the driveway and blocked access to the building site.

I took a little time to go check out how things were going before it got dark.

This reminded me of my late Dad combining beans on this same field in 1996 and I had some VHS tape of that:

Soybean harvest 1996:

Dad was using the 1968 Deere 45 he'd had since 1974 and he farmed 4x36" rows. That 45 was getting pretty worn by '96 but still going.

The renter is a bit more modern and has this 2004 Deere 9660STS. I don't know what width of head. I rode a 'round with him.

Soybean harvest 2018:

That 70 acre field got knocked off a lot faster than Dad would have been able to manage.

Looks like bean harvest is in full swing or near to in that area of Minnesota.

Philip d · Sep 30, 2018

Those are really nice pictures,thank you for sharing.

MikeinKy · Sep 30, 2018

Back in 1975 I had a new Massey 510, which was big back then. Now my Case IH 1660 is a little bitty combine. This is my last year except for the hundred acres that I own. I have a neighbor who has had a jd 4400 since 1978, and is still using it. I am hauling a load of beans for him tomorrow.

kruser · Sep 30, 2018

Thanks for the pictures - A "few" years sure makes a difference !!!

fixerupper · Sep 30, 2018

And in 1996 the beans weren't planted with an auto-steer equipped tractor. That's a pretty bean field.

jeffcat · Sep 30, 2018

What i see in a lot of pictures like this, new verses old. The OLD
pitures many times look as if you will be lucky to get a truck load.
The new photos look as if you will need a couple of railroad cars. Do
you know the yields then and now?

paul · Sep 30, 2018

I ran dads 45 Hilo until 80.

Beans were 25-30 bu then.

I hope for 50 now, got close to 70 couple years ago. I have wet high ph ground, beans don?t like my dirt that well.

Paul

Geo-TH,In · Oct 1, 2018

I think my Dad bought a JD 45 around mid 1950's. It was only a
two row. Came with a Clear Blue Sky cab, solar heat.

tomstractorsandtoys · Oct 1, 2018

I started out with a 45 combine bought in 1989. First fall that I did corn it did not have a cab and I thought I was gong to freeze to death a few days. Had a cab the next fall. Thanks for posting. Tom

Jeff in ND · Oct 1, 2018

Not sure what yields were in the 90s, probably in the mid 30s at least? The renter was getting stuff all over on the yield monitor as one could expect going across the field. I saw anything from 8 to 50 during that round. Had a lot of rain this summer so some low spots were stunted despite tile. That is another consideration, there has been a lot of tile added to this field since 1996 too. I remember cultivating or "walking the beans" back when and lots of drowned pot holes that I noticed were not blackouts as would happen in the past.

Jeff in ND · Oct 1, 2018

(reply to post at 14:49:05 10/01/18)

Dad's had a cab/heater. A neighbor had one w/o though. Lots of dust in the cab, especially with oats. Kept a short handled broom in there to sweep the inside of the window! The combine and heads were bought from another farmer. Dad had the bean head (12ft?) and a 235 corn head as well as a belt pickup for windrows. Took most all day to take the reel and sickle off and install the belt pickup so about 10 acres of oats could be done and then put it all back before beans. We'd also have to take off the chopper and maybe put that back on depending how much straw was needed for the barns. We had cows/calves and hogs too. Oats was used for the hog feed.

That 45 was a big step up from a Case A6 he had prior.

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