We Use the Coolest Machines for Seed Corn Harvest

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  • My seed corn fields are harvested!! This was such a cool process to watch and be a part of. Thank you so much to the amazing crew for letting me be involved as much as I was! You guys are amazing.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 574

  • @mikebunner3498
    @mikebunner3498 2 роки тому +3

    That dump cart is full of money, so to speak. Thank you for these videos. Best of luck and please take care. I so enjoy your can-do attitude. I think you are doing just fine. Take your time. Be safe. Thank you to all of our farmers. USA! USA! We still feed the world.

  • @mbatson13
    @mbatson13 2 роки тому +54

    As I guy who has lived his whole live in the San Diego area, it's hard to comprehend how much land is out there. Makes you appreciate how much work our farmers do to put food on our tables. Thanks for the perspective on where our food comes form!

    • @phongon2005
      @phongon2005 2 роки тому +3

      You should dress like Daisy Duke for Halloween. I am still wondering how did I end up on this channel.

    • @TheTubaEmporer
      @TheTubaEmporer Рік тому

      Truly impressive it’s like driving through the Central Valley in Ca

  • @iVenge
    @iVenge 2 роки тому +4

    I am a 100% city boy from one of the biggest cities in the world, and I am addicted to these videos. Everyone in the country needs to see these videos. They are informative beyond belief, entertaining, and they teach anyone who watches them to appreciate the farmers in our society. Keep up the good work on both fronts!

  • @johnkrauss4178
    @johnkrauss4178 2 роки тому +4

    The last year I farmed 1978 we grew seed corn for pioneer. We grew sugar beets as well. One uncle had dairy/crop farm the other an orchard. Both gone now to homes it breaks my heart. I am new to your channel but have fallowed Kate from Katesag. You both do a great job of showing how our food gets to our table. Thank you our farms were established in 1862 my daughter would have been 5th generation as well.

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 2 роки тому +2

      That's like a friend's parents' farm - used to go there in highschool. Now a whole lot of houses. I guess the problem 20-30 years ago was the cost of living went up, many farmers didn't have much funds stashed away for retirement, the pension didn't make ends meet, and the kids didn't want to farm like their parents did. The developers started eyeing off farms within easy reach of the city and would make the farmers an offer they couldn't refuse.
      It's quite understandable, but I find it ridiculous that we build houses on good farming land. :(

    • @mat1500
      @mat1500 2 роки тому

      And engineered inflation Steals and taxes spending power security from everyone's retirement funds or Pension funds so they ultimately in most periods of time become not even close to what the earner thought they were going to have to retire on in terms of Financial security through purchasing power just like now many retirees increasingly are going to have to try to earn more money to get by one way or the other social security has never kept up with inflation nor proper investment interest return and it is not now as ever keeping up guess who botches it the worst which party just look at what's happening now and you know

  • @steveschilt7217
    @steveschilt7217 2 роки тому +1

    Thank y’all have a beautiful day ❤️

  • @rob6154
    @rob6154 2 роки тому

    Without y'all , nobody would get there 🌾 grains and food and corn and all...🤠👍

  • @brucelloyd7496
    @brucelloyd7496 2 роки тому

    Praise to the Farmers of the world. We all need to eat.

  • @paratrooperlane7022
    @paratrooperlane7022 2 роки тому +2

    Your smile is Contagious, I pray life! Never takes it from you.

  • @1972Showtime
    @1972Showtime 2 роки тому +5

    I have learned so much about farming watching your videos. So cool. Keep up the great work you two, it is awesome.

  • @johndavidson6867
    @johndavidson6867 2 роки тому +2

    Awesome, it was a joy to see you in a different type of farm machine Laura. Great to see Grant's pride in his wife and the work see does, and for me the adoration in the eyes and facial expressions of you both as you interact with each other, a match surely made in heaven. I look forward to seeing you both in your roles as harvest masters on each farm as harvest moves into high gear.

  • @edporter9355
    @edporter9355 Рік тому

    We NEED our hard working, knowledgeable, farmers and appreciate all of them. Thank you Laura , Grant and all of the family. We are grateful...Michigan

  • @tedhansen3846
    @tedhansen3846 11 місяців тому

    Seeing the beautiful yellow ears of corn makes me hungry

  • @hugeblue
    @hugeblue Рік тому +1

    7/12/23 - Thanks for the education on the seed corn! laura is truly a farm girl! Great job laura.

  • @southernjoes8372
    @southernjoes8372 2 роки тому

    I admire your willingness to conquer your fears.

  • @nerfherder5569
    @nerfherder5569 2 роки тому

    Very cool. People underestimate what it takes to grow crops and to be a farmer.

    • @rcairflr
      @rcairflr 2 роки тому

      Yes they do, but they always underestimate how rich many farmers are. If you listen to the press you would think it is 1960 and they all work 12 hours a day 7 days a week, 365 days a year and they are all out in their B John Deeres plowing 10 acres a day.

  • @jimsmirh2406
    @jimsmirh2406 2 роки тому

    Every man needs himself a Laura. She’s a one of kind.

  • @brianscharsch9767
    @brianscharsch9767 2 роки тому +1

    Thank God for our farmers ! Thank you Laura farms 🙏 We pray for your Grandfather 🙏🇺🇸

  • @Plowguitarist
    @Plowguitarist 2 роки тому +1

    Warms my heart to see you so excited and happy about working the family farm. Beautiful farm btw, and congratulations on finishing school. Your parents have to be sooo proud.. hell I’m so proud.

  • @lancecornell5371
    @lancecornell5371 2 роки тому +33

    I remember the old days when we picked all our corn on the ear, with a tractor mounted corn picker. Amazing to see 14 rows at a time done.

    • @RustyCarnahan
      @RustyCarnahan 2 роки тому +11

      The old days are still alive and well on Sunny Grove Farm in Ohio. Last year we picked almost 3000 BU of ear corn with a pull type. This year we have a JD 237 picker on a 3020 gas tractor

  • @johnwyoder
    @johnwyoder 2 роки тому +7

    I have to say, I've been watching your video and farming journey from the beginning, and this??? This video is, IMHO, your best one yet. Really loved seeing the seed corn harvest operation, and absolutely loved you guys together at the end. And huge props for having the guts to talk about not working on Sunday. That's unfortunately a principle that has been mostly lost in today's busy society. Blessings to you and your families as you get rolling on this harvest! ❤️

  • @SU-vy8nb
    @SU-vy8nb 2 роки тому

    damn, idk why but i miss these 14 hour days, no overtime pay, no AC in most of the combines i worked in. We were chillin.

  • @eagle___shadow
    @eagle___shadow 2 роки тому

    Good morning everyone...but actually afternoon 😁😁

  • @jessiegoss3712
    @jessiegoss3712 2 роки тому

    We use to gather sweet corn on the Cobb in a horse drawn wagon . Some of it was to eat and some was for the animals. I was about four years old then. Almost 60 years ago. But that was the last time my Dad raised it. Lol

  • @familygene9030
    @familygene9030 2 роки тому +6

    Laura's smile makes my day

  • @davestevens4263
    @davestevens4263 2 роки тому

    Your a perfect you tube person, easy on the eyes & bubbly & great at talking to the camera / us . Keep up the great content & entertainment.

  • @suspiciousperson5324
    @suspiciousperson5324 2 роки тому

    One should not forget the design engineers who's ingenuity made all this possible.
    Whilst all this looks easy, we must remember it is a high risk industry.

  • @OutThere5
    @OutThere5 Рік тому

    That’s a lot of corn! Good job operating that beast. You guys are awesome

  • @lewthrasher5865
    @lewthrasher5865 2 роки тому

    I think both your parents have so much enthusiasm has made you 2 have a great spirit in doing farming. Keep it going.

  • @barrygrant2907
    @barrygrant2907 2 роки тому +16

    Watching the harvest puts a smile on my face . . . and I don't even have to get my hands dirty.

  • @mikebunner3498
    @mikebunner3498 2 роки тому

    Don't worry, Grant will be ok. Best of luck to each and every one of you. THANKS!

  • @blazz573
    @blazz573 2 роки тому

    What a great video. I have to show it to my little son - he is already a huge JohnDeere fan.

  • @peer_64
    @peer_64 2 роки тому +1

    So cool to see you harvest your own seed corn with a big smile on your face and Grant supporting you. Brings back the old times when I helped out my friend on his parents farm. The whole neighbourhood helped each other and was like one big family; best time of the year🤗

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 2 роки тому +1

      That's what happened during harvest time in my neighbourhood, too. None of the farmers owned a harvester, so they'd pool their funds and hire one, and go around each others farms as a crew and get the harvest in. All these farmers (or their fathers) had gone to school together, so they'd known each other for donkey's years. :)

  • @westrotter7847
    @westrotter7847 2 роки тому +2

    Those sweetcorn harvesters are really different and super cool to watch !!!!👍👍🌻👍

  • @joefudd
    @joefudd 2 роки тому +5

    All of Laura's videos are good, but that one was extra informative IMO. It answered a lot of my questions about seed corn harvesting and why it is done this way. Just look at the smiles on her and Grant's faces when they got to run the combine! Kids on Christmas morning! Nothing faked about those smiles, yee naysayers/Debbie downers out there! I know it's hard work (not everything is as easy as driving a machine as people assume and we don't always see all of the hard work that's being done off camera) and the grass is always greener in other pastures so to speak, but the more of these videos that I watch, the more that I become envious and jealous of this kind of life. I think that many out there would agree. Thanks again Laura for another awesome video and teaching this ol' boy something new! :-)

  • @davidbudka1298
    @davidbudka1298 2 роки тому +1

    I worked in a seed corn plant for a year and a half, and I was a seed sampler. In your video I get to see what went on in the fields. I mostly sampled the sorted and treated corn, sending the samples to laboratories in Iowa and Minnesota. I now work in a flour mill in Omaha! Hi neighbors in Clay County!

  • @kylewilliams956
    @kylewilliams956 2 роки тому +2

    Thats nice machine

  • @mtnviper1963
    @mtnviper1963 2 роки тому

    Grant is a really, really, really, lucky guy! Really!!!

  • @robmeng9416
    @robmeng9416 2 роки тому +8

    kudo's to Laura & Grant so inspiring, keep up the good work, our world needs more younger folks like yourself ......

  • @joemac3118
    @joemac3118 Рік тому

    Thanks for sharing your cool adventures with us 👍

  • @inscrutableone
    @inscrutableone 2 роки тому +5

    Gosh darn it, you two are so adorable together, and that is not the sort of thing I would normally say. Of all the wonderful things about you Laura, it is that you picked Grant, a more supportive and kind guy I could not imagine. I truly hope you are both as blissfully happy together as you seem to be.
    Sweet corn harvesters, I never knew that, I and I used detassle corn every summer!

  • @rosematz9276
    @rosematz9276 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you inviting us along your interesting and important farming work. I hope all your hard work will reward you all greatly. Best to a wonderful couple.

  • @rockmack7343
    @rockmack7343 2 роки тому +3

    well, thanks for taking us along for the ride. You two always leave me with a smile on my face.

  • @nelsoncreekfarm
    @nelsoncreekfarm 2 роки тому

    Yay. Great job driving that picker Miss Laura. Whew. For a second there I thought Miss Laura hadn't shaved her legs. Thanks for that view Grant. LOL : )

  • @fredtucker9236
    @fredtucker9236 Рік тому

    Awesome that you were allowed to run the cob picker!!

  • @stevendewell5505
    @stevendewell5505 2 роки тому +24

    When I was a kid this was how we did it. I spent many hours riding in the wagon playing at dodging the corn ears with my siblings as they come flying out of the picker. We dried the ears in what is now an old fashioned slat sided corn crib. Back then it was also later in the year and we did it in the snow . I remember when I was older waiting to switch wagons with the corn picker and standing up close to the motor on the tractor to stay warm. No cabs back then.

    • @steven.h0629
      @steven.h0629 2 роки тому +6

      makes you wonder what another hundred years of farming (feeding humans) evolution brings

    • @stevendewell5505
      @stevendewell5505 2 роки тому +3

      @@steven.h0629 Another 100 years! I'm only 70 man! But your right. Probably be all computer run Farmers will only be there to unclog the headers and fix the chains and belts.

    • @ronaldrankin9918
      @ronaldrankin9918 2 роки тому +1

      We picked 2 row at a time. It was work but some how satisfying

    • @cdjhyoung
      @cdjhyoung 2 роки тому

      Steve DeWell - ear corn was picked later in the year to let it dry down farther before cribbing it.

  • @rudyrodriguez8432
    @rudyrodriguez8432 2 роки тому

    You guy's are "AWESOME!"

  • @guydaubenspeck9206
    @guydaubenspeck9206 2 роки тому +1

    Laura for a very informative video. I have sold seed for 35 years, and I have not ever seen how they harvest it in order to have it usable for drying and grading and I never knew just quite how they kept a variety separate now I know. We harvest part of our crop on the ear and part of it with the combine for our cattle and our feed and grain business we also have a neighbor or two that you sweet corn pickers for sweet corn. I knew that they harvest seed corn on the ear but I never do quite how so again thank you

    • @hazeltonfarmsllc7490
      @hazeltonfarmsllc7490 2 роки тому

      Been farming all my life never knew how did seed corn great video I'm 68 yr old

  • @blainelanders2361
    @blainelanders2361 2 роки тому

    Wonderful driver in a wonderful harvester.

  • @lincolnshirepoacher894
    @lincolnshirepoacher894 2 роки тому

    Crikey Laura, you are a doppelganger for the Duchess of Cambridge.

  • @kryptoskaos6214
    @kryptoskaos6214 2 роки тому

    Laura...he's a keeper, hell yeah

  • @b_lumenkraft
    @b_lumenkraft 2 роки тому +1

    Oh my gosh, every time i watch a farm video & the wind is going i am like "why wouldn't you do a voice-over for god's sake???". And you are, doing it! You actually did eeeet! THANK YOU! :D

  • @richletram539
    @richletram539 2 роки тому

    You two are the most adorable farmers in the world! You are such a cute couple. I could watch these videos all day. 😁

  • @alanmccoy8924
    @alanmccoy8924 2 роки тому +4

    After running the 2 row mounted New Idea mounted picker years ago, that was absolutely awesome seeing all those ears flying off the elevator.. WOW! Thanks for taking us along.

  • @michaelfranz6937
    @michaelfranz6937 2 роки тому

    This was really interesting to this city boy! Thanks guys!

  • @carlaustin7398
    @carlaustin7398 2 роки тому +15

    Excellent job. Great to hear the pride in Grant's voice when he was talking about you operating the havester.

    • @mikeapenhorst7706
      @mikeapenhorst7706 2 роки тому +2

      You looked nervous but ya did a excellent job n had fun too

    • @vk2ig
      @vk2ig 2 роки тому +2

      Her dad speaks about Laura with a similar note of pride. Very impressive.

  • @stephentebbutt7161
    @stephentebbutt7161 2 роки тому +5

    Way to go Laura, beautiful eyes and smile, you nailed it. I'm fascinated by what happens on your farm. Love from Australia 🇦🇺 xx

  • @johnsollazzo1142
    @johnsollazzo1142 2 роки тому

    Laura i live in New York im so proud of you and your family for following your family tradition my wife and I travel through a lot of farmland and always wondered how it is to work on a farm you and your husband make it look so easy but I'm sure it's hard work good luck always keep smiling 😃

  • @joelfeiock4718
    @joelfeiock4718 2 роки тому

    ready to go with you all on the wild harvest ride

  • @jeanburgin160
    @jeanburgin160 Рік тому

    So amazing to see your process of growing the different corns!

  • @williamrandall6472
    @williamrandall6472 2 роки тому

    So cool to see Grant's appreciation of his wife's accomplishments, Bravo!

  • @richardclark9027
    @richardclark9027 2 роки тому

    Pure talent. Beautiful. Very exciting

  • @donwaggoner2454
    @donwaggoner2454 Рік тому

    You are doing a bang up job running the seed corn combine. YOU GO GIRL!!!

  • @clayrowden3916
    @clayrowden3916 2 роки тому +1

    Cool stuff LFs. High end stuff run by high end folks. Thanks for farming!!! Keep em comimg.

  • @rickstrandberg6398
    @rickstrandberg6398 2 роки тому

    God bless you, I love America!

  • @kellywilliams1265
    @kellywilliams1265 2 роки тому

    Love your man's shirt 🇺🇲💯 God bless y'all and thanks for sharing 🙏🇺🇸🤙😎

  • @richnelson2055
    @richnelson2055 2 роки тому +3

    Great overview of seed corn harvesting. With three harvesting machines in the field at the same time the landscape changes very quickly. Love the variety of machines you get to operate.

  • @melkingrealestate
    @melkingrealestate 2 роки тому +3

    Love this video. Brings back memories of working on my Grandpa's farm when I was a youngun. We hand picked and dried in a slatted corn crib as well. Grandpa would start the old John Deere and hop off and pick with us. Thanks Laura and Grant.

  • @choiricefarming5927
    @choiricefarming5927 2 роки тому

    America is great and you are even greater

  • @johnmyles1497
    @johnmyles1497 2 роки тому +2

    Well done all the way from Ireland 🇮🇪love your UA-cam OXOX

  • @andytidwell4148
    @andytidwell4148 2 роки тому

    Me and my brother grew up on a farm the first tim we planted corn us and about 7 more boys that lived close picked it all by hand and hauled it to town in pickup trucks along time ago

  • @terrencejohnson85
    @terrencejohnson85 2 роки тому

    Horses sweat, men perspire, women glisten!

  • @johnkabel285
    @johnkabel285 2 роки тому

    You guys and gal have clearly established trust with the seed company, to be contracted for such a specialized large crop. Good QC, excellent destroying back when, and now picking right on spec. Way to go!

  • @siriusgremlin5998
    @siriusgremlin5998 2 роки тому

    Fine NY built machine 20 miles from me went to Nebraska just so Laura could test drive it. Looks like she likes the machine.
    BTW Laura, you gotta supervise Grant a little tighter. Caught him snoozin on the machine cutting beans. He's got time for naps he has time to clean the glass.
    Best to Grampa.

  • @davidwilliams26
    @davidwilliams26 2 роки тому +1

    Nice video enjoyed. Wish your grand dad a speedy recovery from one bee to another. May you all stay safe and healthy.

  • @perryfisher3373
    @perryfisher3373 2 роки тому

    "Shouldn't be harvesting on Sunday"
    I love your family more with every video I watch.
    Don't change.

  • @roses5831
    @roses5831 2 роки тому +1

    Love this video. My dad works for Oxbo In Illinois

  • @j.darrenwright1708
    @j.darrenwright1708 2 роки тому

    What a fun couple!

  • @SDMF5000
    @SDMF5000 2 роки тому

    I'm not sure how i ended up here....but damn, she has the cutest smile ever.

  • @rafaeltorres9399
    @rafaeltorres9399 2 роки тому

    I heard there were these machines to harvest your crop, never saw one in action and what a pleasure to see such a down to earth, beautiful Laura describing how you do it. I love your video 👍

  • @maddogskip4149
    @maddogskip4149 2 роки тому

    I'm in Ohio and it looks a lot like Nebraska, corn and bean, alfalfa fields everywhere. Ths city is creeping into the country but its still not uncommon to drive down the road behind a combin or tractor hauling something.
    Farmers work long hard days and people just don't appreciate just how much the weather can effect what they do.
    Keep up the door job!

  • @JohnDoe-jq5wy
    @JohnDoe-jq5wy 2 роки тому +2

    This all GREAT!!! Wonderful to see you both so full of alignment and joy

  • @jamesola7968
    @jamesola7968 2 роки тому

    I swear that kids smile could make world peace

  • @vk2ig
    @vk2ig 2 роки тому +4

    That was a great video, Laura and Grant! Thanks for posting.
    It's very impressive how you can be shown how to run one of these machines, and then you do it as if you've done this job before. Your ability is reflected in the fact that this crew trusted you to do the job. Well done!

  • @adked1841
    @adked1841 2 роки тому

    How cool to be able to do something new like that...Id be nervous too...LOL

  • @rypkepaulusma
    @rypkepaulusma 2 роки тому

    Funny to see a John Deere cab on an Oxbo machine. Good thinking 💪

  • @randallbyrd1973
    @randallbyrd1973 Рік тому +1

    That was awesome TY for sharing

  • @martyshaffer1951
    @martyshaffer1951 2 роки тому +2

    Watching you operate that corn picker reminds me of a kid in a candy store. That was the biggest smile on your face. Took me back years.

    • @rightsideofthegrass8114
      @rightsideofthegrass8114 2 роки тому

      She did have added color to her face, ... probably not from the heat of the day. We saw no heart-rate monitor to record. The experience was great to see.

  • @lewthrasher4194
    @lewthrasher4194 2 роки тому

    I find it very cool watching you 2 in your daily ventures. I lived on a horse farm with some cows and pigs. We grew alfalfa to feed them and to sell. Those bales are dam heavy. In my day all bales were put on a trailer by hand.

  • @VirgilKane1865
    @VirgilKane1865 2 роки тому +2

    There are a bunch of seed corn fields around here and we always see corn husks flying around this time of year!!!

  • @kevinmonahan2783
    @kevinmonahan2783 2 роки тому +3

    I never saw how sweet corn/seed corn was harvested. I assumed it was with the conventional combine. Thanks for the lesson, heavy equipment operator myself, dozers, excavators, road graders, dump trucks that sort of stuff. Never got to play with much for farm equipment, some great stuff there.

  • @Maxid1
    @Maxid1 2 роки тому

    When I was a kid, we had this hand crank box that took the dried kernels off the ear and spit the whole cobb out.

  • @garysoutham8746
    @garysoutham8746 2 роки тому +1

    Hi Laura and Grant , Very nice seed corn harvester. You DEFINATELY need one of those for your farm...one day. You two looked excellent in the drivers seat. Well done. I am a subscriber and watch all of your videos. Awesome job !!

  • @domenicocaminiti6862
    @domenicocaminiti6862 2 роки тому +2

    You two are the coolest. Keep up the good work, pride, joy and love. You are an inspiration to many.

  • @ajayr8781
    @ajayr8781 2 роки тому

    Cool people using cool machines

  • @buchzone
    @buchzone 2 роки тому

    Das ist ein sehr schönes Video aus dem jeder was lernen kann. Viele Grüsse aus Deutschland.

  • @pamalvestad3848
    @pamalvestad3848 2 роки тому

    So enjoyed getting a better understanding of the seed corn harvest. Nice to see the start to finish in the field

  • @bubbaray2240
    @bubbaray2240 2 роки тому +11

    It's so cool to watch this. And to see how much work goes into farming.

  • @zurdoremi
    @zurdoremi 2 роки тому

    you guys take care of yourselves around those giant machines!

  • @msain427
    @msain427 2 роки тому

    GRANT IS SOOO LUCKY TO WAKE UP NEXT TO THAT SMILE

  • @williamjones3462
    @williamjones3462 2 роки тому

    Running those massive heads and not bumping the others in the field. Good job.