Name: Truck # 1754 (Todd's Blue Truck)
2022-05-10 Harvest Mowed and baled corn stover at Marshall Farm corn field (M1). Bales were transported to KBS Dairy, the diary will use the bales for bedding in the cattle barns. On November 24, 2021 baled the headlands and west side, however the baler broke so we could not finish the field. About 10 windrows (12 corn rows) were made November 24, but were not baled. These windrows stayed like this over the winter and were raked twice with rotary rake on 5/10/2022 to dry out underside of windrows. See attached for yields.
2020-11-07 Harvest Harvested switchgrass at Marshall Farm. See attachment for yield
2020-11-05 Harvest Harvested switchgrass at Lux Arbor See attached for yields
2020-11-04 Harvest Harvested Prairie at Lux Arbor. See attachments for yield
2020-12-10 Harvest Mowed and baled corn stover at Lux Arbor corn field (L1). See attachment for yield. Staff from the KBS Dairy Center drove the red semi up to/from Lux so that bales could be transported on that truck and trailer.
2022-04-29 Harvest Harvested switchgrass at Marshall Farm. For each load we recorded number of bales and weight: see attached.
2022-04-28 Harvest Harvested Switchgrass at Lux Arbor. Number of bales and weight taken, see attached
2022-11-10 Harvest Mowed and baled switchgrass at Marshall farm. see attached for yields.
2022-11-11 Harvest Mowed and baled switchgrass at Lux Arbor. See attached for yields.
2022-11-11 Harvest Mowed and baled prairie at Lux Arbor. See attached for yields
2022-12-06 Harvest Mowed and baled prairie at Marshall. See attached for yields
2022-12-07 Harvest flail mowed/windrowed and baled corn stalks at Lux Arbor. See attached for yields
2023-12-14 Harvest Mowed and baled switchgrass at Lux Arbor (field L2). Removed bales from field on December 15, 2023.
2023-12-15 Harvest Mowed and baled switchgrass at Marshall Farm (field M3). Removed bales from field on December 16, 2023.
2024-04-10 Harvest Mowed (harvested) switchgrass in T6, reps: 6, 5, 4 and 3. Micro-plots in the Northwest corner of each rep were already harvested in fall of 2023. Equipment used: JD 4995 Discbine. These four reps were harvested and bailed same day. T6 plots were not harvest in fall of 2023 due to prolonged wet weather. Locations where the bales dropped from the baler were marked with JD GPS on the LTER Gator. T6R1 and T6R2 were harvested on 4/15/24, due to weather.
2024-04-09 Harvest mowed and baled Lux Arbor Prairie. 15 bales, 11,400 lbs. took bales to Tim Osborne
2024-04-16 Harvest flail mowed corn stalks then baled. 41 bales, 25,980 lbs, moisture 6.8 %. This was the 2023 stover harvest. Unfavorable harvest conditions prevented harvesting the stover in the fall of 2023. Taken to Andy
2025-04-12 Harvest Harvested Marshall Farm Prairie Field (M2). This is the 2024 growing season harvest. M2 was not harvested in the fall of 2024 so in the spring of 2025 M2 was harvested. The field was not harvested in the fall of 2024 for several reasons: had a late frost date in 2024 so biomass did not senesce and dry down enough to bale. After the biomass did senescence in the fall of 2024 we received consistent moisture in the form of rain and snow that prevented M2 prairie field from being harvested in the fall of 2024. Grab sample Moisture: 4.5%
2024-04-08 Harvest harvested Marshall farm prairie, mowed on the 8th, baled on the 9th. Picked them up and took to Tim Osborne. 19 bales, 13,780 lbs. This is the 2023 growing season harvest. M2 was not harvested in the fall of 2023 so in the spring of 2024 M2 was harvested. M2 was not harvested in the fall of 2023 because of adverse and unfavorable harvest weather to complete harvest in the fall of 2023.
2024-10-29 Harvest Flail mowed/windrowed and baled corn stalks at Lux Arbor (L1 field). See attached for yields
2024-10-30 Harvest Mowed and baled prairie field (L3) at Lux Arbor. See attached for yields
2022-11-08 Harvest Mowed (harvested) switchgrass in T6, reps: 6, 5, 3, 1, 2, and 4. Micro-plots in the Northwest corner of each rep were not harvested, these micro-plots will be harvested separately. Equipment used: JD 4995 Discbine. Reps 6, 5, and 3 were harvested and bailed on 11/7/22.
2025-04-23 Harvest Harvested (mowed and baled) switchgrass in L2 (Lux switchgrass). Equipment used: JD 4995 Discbine. JD 7520 tractor and Krone Baler, JD 6140R tractor to move bales to the trailer, Dodge 1 ton truck and trailer. Locations where the bales dropped from the baler were marked with Ag Leader GPS on the JD 7520 tractor. This is the 2024 growing season harvest. L2 switchgrass was not harvested in the fall of 2024, L2 was harvested in the spring of 2025. L2 was not harvested in the fall of 2024 for several reasons: had a late frost date in 2024 so biomass did not senesce and dry down early enough to bale. After the biomass did senescence in the fall of 2024 we received consistent moisture in the form of rain and snow that prevented L2 from being harvested in the fall of 2024. Grab samples were collect to put in dry to determine percent moisture in the switchgrass. Grab sample Moisture: 6.9%
2025-04-24 Harvest Harvested (mowed and baled) switchgrass in M3 (Marshall Switchgrass). Equipment used: JD 4995 Discbine. JD 7520 tractor and Krone Baler, JD 6140R tractor to move bales to the trailer, Dodge 1 ton truck and trailer. Locations where the bales dropped from the baler were marked with Ag Leader GPS on the JD 7520 tractor. This is the 2024 growing season harvest. M3 switchgrass was not harvested in the fall of 2024, M3 was harvested in the spring of 2025. M3 was not harvested in the fall of 2024 for several reasons: had a late frost date in 2024 so biomass did not senesce and dry down early enough to harvest (bale). After the biomass did senescence in the fall of 2024 we received consistent moisture in the form of rain and snow that prevented M3 from being harvested in the fall of 2024. Grab samples were collect to put in dry to determine percent moisture in the switchgrass. Grab sample Moisture: 3.25% Four headland passes around the entire field and about 170 addition area was harvested from west side of the field on April 24, 2025. Remainder of field was harvested on April 25, 2025.
2025-11-04 Harvest Mowed and baled prairie field (L3) at Lux Arbor. See attached for yields
2025-11-05 Harvest Harvested switchgrass in L2 field.
2026-04-22 Harvest Harvested (mowed and baled) switchgrass in M3 (Marshall Switchgrass). Equipment used: JD 4995 Discbine. JD 7520 tractor and Krone Baler, JD 6140R tractor to move bales to the trailer, Todd's semi (# 1754) and trailer to move bales. Locations where the knots on the bales were tied and where the bales dropped from the baler were marked with Ag Leader GPS on the JD 7520 tractor. This is the 2025 growing season harvest. M3 switchgrass was not harvested in the fall of 2025, M3 was harvested in the spring of 2026. M3 was not harvested in the fall of 2025 for several reasons: had a late frost date in 2025 so biomass did not senesce and dry down early enough to harvest (bale). After the biomass did senescence in the fall of 2025 we received consistent moisture in the form of rain and snow that prevented M3 from being harvested in the fall of 2025. Grab samples were collect to put in dry to determine percent moisture in the switchgrass. Grab sample Moisture: % Four headland passes around the entire field. Field was harvested on April 22, 2026.
2026-04-23 Harvest Harvested (mowed and baled) prairie in M2 (Marshall Prairie). Equipment used: JD 4995 Discbine. JD 7520 tractor and Krone Baler, JD 6140R tractor to move bales to the trailer, Todd's semi (# 1754) and trailer to move bales. Locations where the knots on the bales were tied and where the bales dropped from the baler were marked with Ag Leader GPS on the JD 7520 tractor. This is the 2025 growing season harvest. M2 prairie was not harvested in the fall of 2025, M2 was harvested in the spring of 2026. M2 was not harvested in the fall of 2025 for several reasons: had a late frost date in 2025 so biomass did not senesce and dry down early enough to harvest (bale). After the biomass did senescence in the fall of 2025 we received consistent moisture in the form of rain and snow that prevented M2 from being harvested in the fall of 2025. Grab samples were collect to put in dry to determine percent moisture in the prairie. Grab sample Moisture: % Four headland passes around the entire field. Field was harvested on April 23, 2026.
2026-04-24 Harvest Harvested (mowed and baled) corn stover in L1 (Lux Corn Field). Equipment used: JD 7420b tractor and Loftness mower/winder. JD 7520 tractor and Krone Baler, JD 7420a tractor to move bales to the trailer, Todd's semi (# 1754) and trailer to move bales. Locations where the knots on the bales were tied and where the bales dropped from the baler were marked with Ag Leader GPS on the JD 7520 tractor. This is the 2025 growing season harvest. L1 corn stover was not harvested in the fall of 2025, L1 corn stover was harvested in the spring of 2026. L1 was not harvested in the fall of 2025 for several reasons: had a late frost date in 2025 so biomass did not senesce and dry down early enough to harvest (bale). After the biomass did senescence in the fall of 2025 we received consistent moisture in the form of rain and snow that prevented L1 from being harvested in the fall of 2025. Grab samples were collect to put in dry to determine percent moisture in the stover. Grab sample Moisture: ?% Four headland passes around the entire field. Stover was harvested on April 24, 2026.