I Gambled $40,000 On My Farm...And I Could Lose It
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Is my farm in trouble, or did I make the right decision? There is a lot on the line!
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I used to love working with my dad. When I was younger he would take the lead. As I grew he let me take the lead. Sure miss My dad . Keep up the good family team work Cole.
While I’m not an agronomist or botanist, I think your scientific approach to systematically analyzing the various independent and dependent variables that contribute to your crop yield calculations has merit. So long as you’re tracking the data accurately and with a high degree of precision, with enough time you’ll discover the weakness - I’m sure of it, provided that you account for things out of your control like number of sunny days, rainfall quantities, etc.
I also think economically your capital investments will also eventually yield benefits the longer you have them; e.g. two sprayers, two larger silos, etc. because your amortization will kick in at some point the longer you keep those assets.
Still love the basketball shorts/boots combo 🤣🤣🤣 but I’m dying for a return to the farmhouse renovation!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you. There are an incredible amount of variables, isn’t there?
The shorts and boots is surprisingly comfortable 😉
Another benefit of having a larger, faster line of equipment is we now have the ability to spend more time working on other projects which further progress the farm. 😁
@@ColeTheCornstar I’d agree. The efficiencies you achieve with more equipment pay dividends in terms of time. And we must never forget that time is probably the most undervalued commodity we have! Looking forward to the farmhouse renovations whenever you return to them my dear Mr. Cornstar!! 🔥🔥🔥
from Farmer to Farmer, happy for you! I'm in a similar position, we have a 15,000 acer farm in Australia. family run! but a broken family. I invest all my spear time in to the farm. just Dad and I..
We had 10,00 acres and it used to take 5 of us. But equipment has improved dramatically. That new sprayer system is awesome. I miss it.
I really feel sorry for everyone in Canada affected by the fires. They got to be huge, the smoke has crossed the Atlantic and are visible in Sweden. My thoughts are with everyone that is losing lives, homes and livelihoods.
He who controls the weather controls the people........The fires in Cali, there were talk of beams of light from the sky to ground, which they said started the fires, not lightening.......people said they couldn't see what they came from, but they seen the beams enough times that it was coming from a machine of some kind.........You must remember that these people don't care about your life nore mine, they have something to push an agenda they will do ANYTHING.
I realize now a farmer is a scientist, mechanic, electrician, etc
And a gambler
Cole, you are my #1 framing channel, I follow 4 others. Your sharing the nuts and bolts of what and why is most informative.
Simple math, really: 40k of product on 250 acres, or 160 an acre. Divide by about $4, and you need to yield an extra 40 per acre to make it work. Thing is, if you have to keep dumping product on every week or every other week, the costs to get there may exceed your initial return....
But... if the process improves your soil overall, you will regain that lost cost over the years as they fields will product better. So you never know, depends if you are playing checkers or chess.
I know you dont often break glass stuff - but perhaps buying a suction cup tool for handling glass would be very helpful for you to find ways to move/grip glass panels of things in much safer way and with less risk of dropping breaking things if applied properly.
I cannot tell you how excited I am to find this channel! Born and raised in Iowa. I grew up on an old farm, in a old farmhouse, etc. My parents have lived out there on the property for 45 years. Unfortunately the old farmhouse was so old (mid 1800's) that it is no longer there. They had to build a new house 20+ years ago, because the farmhouse was in disrepair.
Anyway, this brings my inner child's heart so much joy to see your farm and beautiful farmhouse.
Another great video Cole. I have a tip next time you break or strip a screw, quick fix use the drill chuck, put it over the broken/stripped screw tighten chuck and put it in reverse.
I really like how you explain things, you make it plain and simple even that I can understand. I'm hoping you get the rain you need to make the crops work for you as you put your best foot forward each and every day. Prayers to you and the family.
WITH ALL THOSE FANS OUT BTHERE RUNNIN,, THAT SMOKE SHOULD BE GONE
Yes Cole the fires up here in Canada are brutal people are dieing from the smoke plus’s a the houses that are burnt up pray they get them under control.
LOVE! There was the moment, when you two were doing the "couple thing". KEEP GOING, as that will be the basis for a wonderful family. Oh, and it is based on a couple, and how they behave with each other.
Well you broke all this down so that I could understand your goals and gambles. I am rooting for your farm! I enjoy the informed decisions you make while taking the risks to hopefully get higher yields. Ever striving to be better and eliminate the weaknesses. I so admire you for the way you cut the fluff out of everyday operations so you will have that $40000. Thanks for taking us along.
Try plowing to get to the fertile soil.
Cole, thanks for wearing protective clothing and gloves, so many farmers ignore the fact they are working with dangerous chemicals, great video
Details matter....the very philosophy my hubby teaches to his Intro to Engineering/Manufacturing students. Thank you for living out this example via Cornstar Farms. Hard work and perseverance will pay off!!!! Blessings to all!!!!
Cole, thanks for another interesting & informative video. Canadian wildfire smoke is bad here in Michigan as well :(
BTW, now I'm hungry for Hamburger/Hashbrowns... thanks Neva ;)
The smoke is NOT normal wildfire smoke! I’ve live in the PA Appalachian mountains all my life. We didn’t have smoke like this with fires burning locally. First of all, satellite footage showed Quebec’s fires all starting at the EXACT same time on a CLEAR day(NO lightening) Toxin tests show plastics, formaldehyde, heavy metals, & other aggressive cancer causing agents in it which WHY it’s so heavy! Our air quality was at code red last weekend AGAIN.
Trudeau’s all in on 15 min cities. He’s corralling rural residents into cities.
I see your dealing with another globalist.
Smoke is free. I live in Saskatchewan Canada. We have about 30 wildfires in the northern areas. They slowly getting under control.
My heart hurt watching screws go into that beautiful trim. You have a gold mine in salvage for restoration of old homes. Most of it went to the dump already. That wood paneling, doors, hardware, cast iron tub($200-300 at least!) I’ve restored a lot of old homes
Well first of all ur crops are dry land crops if u put center pivots on ur farm ur crops would do better and if u would do some deep ripping after harvest and do some cultivating at this time of year crops would be better but guess being a 6 generation farmer from Central Nebraska don't have a clue about growing corn or soybean also if u spread some cow or pig manure out on fields u see u don't need as much fertilizer as u use now
Your skid loader windshield could be getting broken by rocks from vehicles passing you in the opposite direction. The plywood in front of it is a great idea. If you get tired of doing that, you can put on some protective film. It helps with all but the biggest rocks.
The nutrient study you are doing is fascinating. I can't wait to see the results!
He is a true Iowa farmer. The boots and shorts😂
next time my wife complains about how I'm dressed, I'm showing her that clip.
These days if I hear someone say follow the science, I rarely believe them.
But the way you're taking samples from the cornfields for the scientists to analyze, that makes sense.
Canada has stopped doing forest management burns in the last decade to appease environmentalists, so lots of fuel to burn unfortunately. Small burns here and there would prevent catastrophes like this.
What "environmentalist" are you referring to? From my limited knowledge of Canada's government, forest management like this is on a provincial level.
@@shawnsgprovincial governments are smaller and more easily influenced. Provincial elected officials are more easily pressured by electioneering. Everyone believing that environmental groups are not dangerous in their religous-scale devotion to dangerous "pseudo-conservation" practices are ignorant and foolish.
We've had that Canadian smoke here in Ohio as well, and as you said, I do not remember that ever happening before and I'm much older than you. I pray they get them under control. This was a great video, not just because we saw Nave, but your approach to making your farm efficient is very informative. We rent land to a farmer, and I really wish he would try to adopt some of the practices you do.
When those fires have been deliberately set, it's for a reason. I suspect that the powers that be are trying to disrupt the growing season here in the US. And also with all of the contrails that are being purposely left, it does make one wonder what the reasons for all of those. I have seen some video out there that is making me ask why.
The smoke is suppose to last all summer according to our weather people in Dayton, OH.
You have no idea I’m in Saskatchewan lol and the smoke has been terrible lately
Well I realize I am from old school farming but we always stayed average to above average back in the eightys we tilled our ground year in every year we were in Indiana black ground maybe big difference. All I am saying maybe try part of your farm doing some tillage just to try something different maybe it wouldn't cost as much as more chemicals who knows just a suggestions not my business
re: Flowmate. since different chemicals have a different electrical conductivity, how does it measure flow correctly? Does it first test the conductivity of the given material? If so, couldn't it give a warning if something is not registering? Interested in how that all works.
re: fires. yeah, I think we all need to pull up our big boy pants. the forces of nature seem pretty angry and who knows if fires, flood and drought are going to become something people can plan around at all. shrug
re: averaging land samples. using end rows should usually distort data in a way the work put into it isn't worth it - maybe you can find samples which don't lean to such extremes.
re: video. thanks
I love to see the fine points of a plant a tree or pretty much anything in nature. As a nurse I know the working of the human body from beginning to end. Gods design in everything is simply amazing.
A few things, 1) the mix-mate is a serious time saver. 2) I applaud the tissue sampling would the application of the micro-nutrients be better at initial planting rather then over canopy application. perhaps next year that would be a worthwhile sampling. also is the pH project also in progress? Thank you.
It is a shame that Farm Machinery can't go safely fast enough to keep from getting hi t on the Highway.
People have been arrested in Canada for starting some of those fires
And yet when steam engines were throwing sparks all along the right away decades ago no such major problems. Climate change is the difference!
I hope the trial work for your farm and you get the results you are looking for. Enjoying see you come back with more UA-cam.
Maybe do a good till every 5 yrs or so maybe rotate around & do a few fields a year
I was unaware of any corn 🌽 growing in Australia 🇦🇺…… so I checked …… apparently we do grow corn …… strictly only Non GM corn and less than 500,000 tonnes in total. Corn is only grown in parts of Northern Australia (Queensland and the Ord River Area of Western Australia)….. so I learnt something about my own Country. It’s not strange that despite me growing up on our Family’s Farming and Grazing property, I knew nothing about our Countries corn 🌽 production…… those Australian corn areas are both about 2,000 miles from home.
Thank you ever so much for non GMO I only buy non GMO
What do you grow?
@@MaryWehmeier , in our area , we grew barley, wheat, rye, oats, lupins, field peas, canola……. the most common was barley and wheat.
Cole, you should come out with your own sweet corn seed line. Be big on here
Cole show us the your boy
Thank a farmer🙏🏻💪🇺🇸
The wild fires here in Canada are some of the biggest we have ever had not to mention more fires than we have ever seen
These fires are a little suspicious. Apparently, some were started by arsonists. Were these volunteer arsonists or paid for? The PM did say we are in for a bunch of wildfires cause by climate change. My question is, are they cause by climate change directly or by people who will make money/benefit otherwise from climate change.
I feel you should have ordered two windscreens, as it’s bound to happen again. 😂
I don’t know about “imperial” evidence that can tell you something works vs. “empirical” evidence, now that is makes sense to me, lol
I was going for empirical 😂
Cole, I follow three different farming channels, you being one of them. The other two are pretty established large operations. I have enjoyed watching you learn, grow, take over leading your family farm. One day you will be like the other guys, and will have built a legacy for your family to carry on! Keep it going!
The fires were never this bad. I’m up in MN and about two weeks ago. It was so bad it felt like you were standing next to a bonfire. It’s terrible. I’m surprised to hear you down in Iowa are experiencing it as well.
We're getting it in Baltimore, MD.
Oh no you’re getting a bit of smoke
Imagine what it’s like being on fire
Cole's maturing!! He got dirty, and didn't call for momma corn star!! Atta boy!
😂😂😂
Great video Cole! Thanks for sharing insight into your different programs, very educational!
Love the longer video.
They make window blankets that go on easy, use it on any window facing forward. Rocks bounce
Cole ur always teaching us about the science of growing corn thank you it is fasinating to say the least
I love any house video. Even if it’s just hanging a window blind. And I’m so happy to see your beautiful wife.
I hail from Canada. If silly people would not light the fires it would just be a normal year.
Cole, the best advice I ever got that I can pass on to others when it comes to constantly changing and trying different things and new approaches. It is very important to keep meticulous records of what and when things were done and all of the outcomes. This also means keeping records of all the environmental factors that took place during the trial period. Also keep up with the things that affected when different things got done and if they where done on time or did an equipment breakdown cause something like an application of product get delayed. It’s a lot of data and information to keep up with and decipher but that’s how you can take advantage of past trials and not repeat one that didn’t have the results you wanted.
Nave: Don't put this on the internet!
Cole: 👀
Put a bullet proof vest or life jacket over your bulldozer window. I saw someone do that to their side by side when it was going to hail and I thought it was a genius idea 😂
I have to add minerals every year to my crops it works increase returns
The sad fact is everything Cole is doing is killing the soil and depleting the hummus, the use of all the chemicals is adding salts to the soil.
Cole complains that his production is not what it should be, and is not even average, but the truth the usage of chemicals, and doing nothing to build the soil is what is robbing his yield.
The corn numbers of the 1970’s and 1980’s if grown to day would not yield worth a darn, because it was genetic engineered to grow in the soil of today.
In Europe where the fields have been farmed for thousands of years, modern farming techniques of heavy industrial farming mono cropping and bi-cropping was killing the soil, and was depleting the biomaterial from the soil, and what was even worse was the beneficial incests and microbes in the soil was absent because of the extensive use of all the chemicals.
Europe has gone to soil farming and is now farming to produce Hummus, and the abolition of the usage of chemicals. Today in the once sterile soil, it is teaming with life. Cole has no earth worms in his fields, but in Europe where they are soil farming, earthworms have returned and thriving.
Cole is using insecticides and it tills the earthworms and the soil, and his son will inherit a farm of dead soil.
Cole the weak link is you are doing nothing to build the soil, growing only corn and soybeans and not doing a multiple crop rotation and only cause you to spend more on chemicals.
The goal is not how much yield you can get, but getting a consistent yield that one’s not deplete the soil.
Growing Corn, Milo, Grain Sorghum, barley, wheat, Oats, Rape Seeds, soybeans, alfalfa, and other crops in rotation and allowing the soil to lay fallow every so often build a rich soil that does not require chemicals, Andy healthy soil teaming with life,and not dead soil in which is sterile of life and microbes.
Cole you talk about being a good steward of the land, but how are you doing that because everything you are doing is killing the land?
Tell us that, my Grandfather always said the dumbest farmer was a college farmer, because they spend more to grow a crop, to drive up yield and in the end grow less than the uneducated farmer of old.
Fun fact: Earthworms aren’t native to North America.
Todays screws are no match for those old native hardwoods.
Congrats to you and Naive on the baby!! I'm expecting my first born in November 😁
As a Canadian sorry aboot the smoke eh
You might want to think of doing some deep ripping to break up the hard pan .
Hneiva looks gorgeous. Motherhood looks good on her.
She’s a wonderful mother ❤
Cole your smile and enthusiasm at the 17:00 mark. Made the video for me. Thanks for sharing. Hello to Nave and the Bambino. Thank you for sharing your life with us.
Cole would you say that it's more beneficial for a future farmer to go to college for agriculture or horticulture instead of business?
Personally, I think the best of both worlds is find someone who is really good at business, and learn from them. Then take those skills into agriculture and you’ll do great. 😇
Any updates on your silos?
Been wondering this for a while myself.
It's in the courts. We'll get an update in about 5 years
I was just wondering. I don't want to see DC up on those unsafe walkways. You either.
Not yet
Canadian wildfires are usually big and in areas that are difficult to put out, so structures become priority. This year is really bad. Some days it has the ability to create the worst air quality in the world (worse than Bejing who has the title of almost always being the worst in the world). This years smoke has made it to Europe . Millions of acres have burned and it is still early in the fire season.
Wow Cole, I was watching some of the videos from 3 years ago. Just to remember what the farm looked like. Wow! You have done so much. I've been watching for years but I forget where it all started. Just amazed how far ya'll have come.
Hi Cole was just wondering with your booms out in front of the sprayer don’t the spray droplets get knocked of the plant by the machine? And does this effect yield?
I live in Ohio and I'm 58 years old and never seen smoke from Canada come in to my state we always had nice clear blue skies .
Those fires are done on purpose, just like in California. I don't remember fires like that growing up. Fires that actually melt cars into a liquid.....??? There's videos showing fires in California and weird things happening.
I'm really curious to hear what the added profitability of all these expensive program acres will be. I think it's awesome to try, but I'm skeptical.
Looking at a yield map of a field brings me a lot of comfort. Some areas will do 50 to even 100 bushels better than the field average. This tells me that we can make change, it’s just a matter of figuring out what is different in those areas. 😇
@@ColeTheCornstar the variable yields reminds me of one of my favorite parables. The Sower. God bless.
I'm 65 years old, at age 14 I worked for a farmer that was 68, we always cultivated corn, it breaks the soil that was his thought easier for the roots to grow, I realize we have come a long way with fertilizers and weed killers and time management, seed is better, ect, but something to think about, regards.🇺🇲
I’ve hoed more than a few rows of corn on the homestead.
I saw your tractor in the gowry 4th of July parade this week. Pretty sweet machine
Canadians new fire prevention diverse programme is working great this year. All fires are lit at the same time... What could go wrong?
Great Cole, you are trying hard to have the best and highest crop your lands will yield. Never realized what went into farming corn and soybeans. For sure soil conditions.....Love watching you all work at your farm. Now how is the house plans going??? Little Edward is going to be running around soon and will need more room. Just saying.
Getting there 😇 I’ll be making a video about it soon. 😁
I am literally shocked to see views of the corn fields. In literally every direction, there are no tree stands to break winds. It's just wide open fields nearly for as far as the eye can see. I am reminded of the Dust Bowl of 1935 . . . is the risk of that happening again worth another several rows of corn in every 20-40 acres of land? Really?
Unlike the 30’s they don’t plow the soil.
Great video, as always! That window in the house with the stained glass is awesome! Reminds me of my childhood home, I’m old btw. Loving the longer format too as I sit here drinking my morning coffee procrastinating!
You’re right about the wildfires. I’ve never noticed haze from smoke here in Ontario. But it’s been bad this year. Alberta in western Canada is basically on fire every summer and is almost a way of life out there. But it’s not regular on the east coast.
hi Cole et al, thanks for a fascinating video as usual. it seems that the shortage of good old fym is causing you issues with the soil. We are so fortunate on our farm with a supply of that. looking forward to the harvesting data on the high management crops.
I think if it was me I would have kept my chemical. If already paid for it would make less the next year cheaper. To much over thinking can hurt
You know if mother (weathers) doesn’t cooperate your screwed
5:54 - Cole making moans and groans and grunts like Daddy Cornstar. Fatherhood will do that I guess
Alberta had over 100 out of control wildfires in less then a week. Most are very big and there destroying lots of homes
Smoke from Canada wildfires is almost an annual event in Washington State. These are just big fires with a weather system drawing the air south.
We got the smoke here in Upstate NY an we have Never had this
Wondering why the yield is below average?
Corn is notoriously hard on soil. Thousands of gallons of chemicals have been dumped on that soil with no rest, for DECADES.
It’s rather amazing it even grows weeds, let alone corn or soybeans. 🤦🏼♂️
Go COOP. Put killmat in my wife's Corolla. Made it sound way more solid. Cut noise. Absolutely changed from driving a tin can to a nice car.
11:20 U could mount one of the cameras on the back of the trailer by the mud flaps and see if they are indeed dragging and kicking up the rocks.
I really enjoyed the head cam more then i thought i would.
Daddy Cornstar is shirtless! Give us a calendar pose!
some years ago, I worked for a greenhouse plant grower. He was very detail oriented when it came to forward thinking about plant nutrition and related thins. His big crop ws poinsettias for Christmas. His growing methods were very scientific. Every two weeks he sent tissue samples like you are doing, to a major poinsettia grower on the west coast. They would send back a report with very detailed formulas for the nutritional needs of the plants. At the time it was a very new idea. He grew the finest crop of poinsettias I have ever seen. Was it worth what he was doing, it sure was. I hope your experiment proves to be worth it.
I feel your pain with Japanese beetles, they showed up today and I had to spray for them , so destructive
This is to all of the Moon tribe. I wish I could put into words how watching y’all’s videos gives such joy to my days. Your Legends are a thing of beauty and magnificent animals. Bless you and your family for the selfless “legacy” you are creating for these animals. ❤
Buy a VT and start tillage again. That’s where your yield went, IMO.
@Cole, does your farm offer Harvest Host Camping? It's where full-time RVers come and live and work your farm -- and they pay to do it.
Hey Cole, enjoying your channel! Got me hooked on your renovation of the 'mansion'. great job. Hey, regarding crops, I've been watching UA-cam videos on Hemp crops and the benefit to the soil trapping nitrogen back to the ground, plus the plant is desirable fiber crop, hemp oil and seeds. I believe it is also bug resistant! Any thoughts? Don't know if there are processing plants in Iowa that would make it profitable. Anyway keep up the good work. Well done.
might try rubbing the screw threads with beeswax or bar soap before you install them. makes it much easier.
In addition to tissue samples, have you thought about testing your soil and ID micronutrients and bacterial and mineral and pH differences so you can custom fertilize - only add what’s needed? Or have you done that? Or is that a waste?
How many years have you only had corn and soy beans grow on your fields? My guess as a total nobody is that soil fatigue is a huge factor in your mediocre yield.
Go one year with 0 chemicals of any kind. Instant savings. Hopefully lose little yield or bugs take it all.
Fires aren’t new. Had Canadian smoke when I was a kid in the 70’s. Not good and poor forest management, but not new. Forests have always burned. They’re made of wood, which is flammable. Biggest forest fire in the us was in like 1875.
Cole,
Just discovering the channel and I think it's great! Quick question: is there a particular name for the testing program that you're using?