Name: John Deere 5410 Tractor with JD 540 loader
- Is a Tractor Description: John Deere 5410 tractor. Equipped with a John Deere 540 front end loader on the tractor. S/N: LV5410S140760
2022-11-10 Harvest Ethan Rocklin mowed corn stover in G1 main plots: Reps 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5. Corn stover was mowed into windrows so that they could be bailed. The 6 rows (15 ft) in the west micro-plots of each rep were not mowed. Equipment Used: JD 7420a tractor and Loftness 15 ft Draper Windrower Shredder. Joe Simmons bailed corn stover with Krone 1270 square baler. Equipment Used: JD 7520 tractor with Krone 1270 square baler. Equipment Used: JD 5410 tractor (with loader) was used to move/load bales. Equipment Used: Dodge truck and gooseneck trailer were used to move and weigh bales. Portable scale was put on the rear of gooseneck and bales were place on scale to obtain weight. Bales were taken to KBS Dairy Center to be used for bedding for the cows.
2025-05-09 Soil Preparation Rototilled and seeded grass in alleyways within rep 6 plot housing the frame experiment. Rototilling was done on 5/8/25, done with John Deere 4400 tractor and 660 rototiller, to an approximate depth of 6". On 5/9/25 rototilled areas were rolled with JD cultimulcher and JD 5410 loader tractor. This was done before and after seeding of the East-West alleyways. Seeding was done with LESCO commercial spreader with a drop attachment, seeding rate was approx. 9 lbs / 1000 square foot or 400 lbs / Acre.