24,000+ tons of Corn Silage in 6 days

Corn silage harvest at Stone Ridge Dairy Farm in Central Illinois. Green Earth Ag Service LLC conducted the harvest using up to three John Deere 9900 Self-Propelled Forage Harvesters running at one time. Chopping started on August 23, 2019 and they finished 980 acres in 6 days for a total of 24,261 tons (average of 4,043.5 tons/day). They averaged 356/tons per hour over 68 hours with the last day averaging 602 tons/hour. Overall it took 917 loads averaging 26.5 tons each to bring in this years harvest. Music is Wicked Things by Quincas Moreira.