This video IS the reason why we watch Erin Holbert. You take us along and we learn by your example. I'm older than your dad and am a retired engineer who left the farm after high school. So all the computer controls, gps, and sensors are all things we never had. It would be really interesting if you went through all those features that are now integral to modern farming. In our day, having an umbrella over your seat was tall cotton. Things I wonder about are things like what do you do if the GPS goes out while you're planting or what happens if there is a software system failure on the tractor can you manually run your implements, etc? You get the idea. Now that we've accepted you can have an oven in an air conditioned cab for your lunch, hold our old hand and bring us up to speed on working with computers on the farm equipment. Good stuff as always, you do good work and I'm sure your dad is very proud of his daughter!
Similar background farm, career as an engineer, now back farming (using refurbished 1950s equipment). Failure rates of complex systems are high. Then when they fail it's constant calls back to the brand dealer. Even though I can do it with my technical background, you spend all your time waving the wands of a Fluke to figure out where the problem is "and I just want to put seeds in the ground". I may upgrade next year to the last of the mechanical no-till planters as I'm working Regen Ag techniques now.
@@jvin248 That is kinda sorta what I was figuring. I was an industrial engineer by trade and I did have as clients three major construction/ag equipment mfr's, among others. I met a fellow once who was pretty good at hacking those onboard systems in combines. Seeing all the trouble the mfr's had at the factory getting those systems to pass their own internal tests before shipping to dealers told me that from the farmer's perspective, if you didn't have an "Erin" to understand and interface with those things, no Fluke meter would ever be up to the challenge. I watch This Farm Wife channel where she is married to an old school farmer in NC who uses old school eqpt. exclusively. So he trades the grief and expense of modern tech for the burden of hammering out bearing races and the like to keep his equipment running. Did I hear correctly that John Deere had a minor revolt on their hands from farmers disputing ownership and licensing of the onboard software on their tractors?
I don't have the opportunity to talk to too many farmers but I just want to say I don't take for granted what your family and the rest of the farmers do. My grandfather was a farmer and he would recruit us grandkids to work on the farm. It's hard work and extremely carefully planning and unfortunately luck is mixed in there too. I do appreciate and respect all that work hard to bring us the food we put on our table.
Young lady you always impress me and are an encouragement to all young people who need a lesson on perseverance and persistence. Blessings upon you and your family! ❤️🔥
I love this girl/woman. You can really see her enthusiasm for the first day of planting. She really loves doing what she is doing. And Erin, if you are reading this, I have to say that I have been watching your videos since you first started. I remember how awkward you said you felt with the camera and not knowing what to say. Today you are just a real natural with the camera on you....great video, great audio and you seem so calm and relaxed speaking to the camera these days. It's a pleasure to learn all about farming from you and your life on the farm. Thanks!
Hi Erin.. I've been "binge" rewatching last season's planting & equipment maintenance episodes.. Hope you'll have some new ones coming this spring.. Always enjoy seeing what's happening @ Holbert Farms..😉😉 God bless..
I feel your pain and the stress of first day planting . I have been doing it for 30 years myself. Hang in there Erin . Thank you for the great videos . From a fellow farming friend in eastern Washington.
Awesome farm family n well maintained organized equipment yard. You are the real deal and an awesome young Lady!! Job well done! Love your videos and insightful commentary!!❤
Call it "Fertile Mind and Body". This wonderful young lady has no idea how wildly successful it would be. Best to her and her diligence, perdistence and care for the land and others.
I am convinced you REALLY know what you are doing and are not just an actress. Love all your amusing facial expressions and have a lot of respect for someone who is not afraid to get her hands dirty or wear a dirty face. You are a real farmer and nothing fake about you. Thanks for letting us ride along.
Great job on video Erin, you did an excellent job explaining things about the technology, with the monitors and everything. The first day planting gremlins always seem to show up. This spring planting season has been a real challenge, it certainly causes a lot of stress on everyone. But as usual you came through like a champ, with your excellent work ethic, and great attitude, and winning smile. Love your face smudges of graphite, I hope the rest of the planting season goes great for you, and your family. Take care of yourself Erin, and stay safe, and God bless you Erin, and your family.
Yea!!!! First day of planting!! Not bad at all for the first day. As you said, "It could always be worst." . I think I have told you before, as an old man, all those computers scare and confuse me. LOL
Your such a computer guru, I really like your getting down to earth dirty hand and smudged face shows you are a farmer. Thanks for showing everyone how thing go
Love the cascade of your expressions while dealing with frustrations and progress in real time; it connects to all of us in any profession. Out on the field, checking the seed depth, you became a time machine in a way, illustrating what farmers have been doing for thousands of years tending their fields. Great wide angle shots of the machines too. Thank you Miss Erin for another wonderful video!
Amazing stuff! We have planted corn, peanuts, cotton, soybean, and tobacco but not on this scale. Interesting how far technology has progressed! Thank you Erin for sharing! Always interesting to see young folks getting involved in Ag! God bless!
Thanks for showing us the many ups and downs for a first day of planting. It is not easy to get it all dialed in the first day. Happy to see a bit of progress, even though you wished for more.
As a sprayer operator I always appreciate when the end rows are done first. My boom width makes it so that I can do my trimming pass by lining up the center of my machine with the inside most row of the end rows. Makes it super easy, I can go a lot faster, and it's a lot easier not to hit things. If I'm lined up right, the only thing I will hit on the border of the field is anything the planter operator hit, and usually that's nothing. If the end rows are done last, the section/row control makes it a lot harder to find the right line (if it's there at all).
On your planter check the electric connector on the back for each row; I have heard others having problems about the connector not making good contact.
Hope you were able to look and see what was going on with the planter when you got back to the shop.? Just like any job, it's tough. Praying for you, God Bless you and your family. And grant you peace.
Great job Erin. Just keep your head up and it will all Workout for you.There are always bumps in the field That you will get over. Will say a little prayer for you and dad that planting Go’s well. Be safe
Wow! It's amazing how far ag tech has come. When I was getting my degree in the early 90's they were working on refining GPS on the sprayer and planting implements.
Hey Erin. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Planting started and you’re back in your tractor happy place. Good luck to y’all this year. I look forward to your videos. First day went pretty good it seems like. Keep a positive attitude like always do. Keep the smiles going, dirty face and all, so cute. Such a role model for young people!!!! Take care Be safe Happy planting!!!!
Well done Erin, you just have to realize that the bad days allow you to appreciate the good days more. Hope the remainder of your planting season goes well, and you have a good summer growing season.
Erin, you are an inspiration because you stop, get out and go trouble shoot to see what the problems may be that are not allowing the seed to go into the ground. You are methodical and check tubes looking for seed. You maintain your composure. You are a great girl and blessing to you.
I like the old equipment without all the electronics on it they don't break down as often. You look cute with dirt on your face makes you look like you've been working. Which is What you do you work hard everyday that's part of working on a farm. Stay safe and good luck.
Had to look this up: Graphite powder is added to seed before running through planting machinery to lubricate the tubes and gears used in planters. Talc is added to seed to help absorb moisture (humidity) on the seed and help it "slip" through machinery. Hope I got that right.
Graphite is not only a lubricant, but it is also a partial conductor of electricity. It lubricates the seed going through the machinery and it also drains off the static electricity that would cause the seed to stick to the metal parts of the planter.
it's funny that you shut the planter down and start it back up and it's just fine I guess it needs a minute to think about what it's doing aka time to go to work
Excellent video, too bad the rain couldn't have held off for a little bit longer, but you got something done, I'll be curious to know what you finally found wrong, thanks for sharing Erin
Bummer, you can send some of that rain down to Tennessee. They say we have a 50/50 chance this weekend. Bone dry, creek is still running so it's not too bad. Seems like we have a drought once a year. It moves around too. Never know when it will be.
Erin, nearly all advanced planter systems like you have will fail in the electrical systems. Farms are dusty, gritty, muddy, and wet. Common failure points are going to be: sensors, connectors (oh so many connectors fail!, including where they attach to sensors), switches, and where wires can rub against other equipment features. Get a tube of 'dielectric grease' and put that in any connection you repair to keep the moisture out of the contacts and thus eliminate corrosion. If you know areas of the equipment that tend to fail from using prior versions of that machinery and experienced problems, you could even protect parts before you get into trouble.
Even when Erin is having a bad day, she remains the most adorable farmer on the WEB.
This video IS the reason why we watch Erin Holbert. You take us along and we learn by your example. I'm older than your dad and am a retired engineer who left the farm after high school. So all the computer controls, gps, and sensors are all things we never had. It would be really interesting if you went through all those features that are now integral to modern farming. In our day, having an umbrella over your seat was tall cotton. Things I wonder about are things like what do you do if the GPS goes out while you're planting or what happens if there is a software system failure on the tractor can you manually run your implements, etc? You get the idea. Now that we've accepted you can have an oven in an air conditioned cab for your lunch, hold our old hand and bring us up to speed on working with computers on the farm equipment. Good stuff as always, you do good work and I'm sure your dad is very proud of his daughter!
Similar background farm, career as an engineer, now back farming (using refurbished 1950s equipment). Failure rates of complex systems are high. Then when they fail it's constant calls back to the brand dealer. Even though I can do it with my technical background, you spend all your time waving the wands of a Fluke to figure out where the problem is "and I just want to put seeds in the ground". I may upgrade next year to the last of the mechanical no-till planters as I'm working Regen Ag techniques now.
@@jvin248 That is kinda sorta what I was figuring. I was an industrial engineer by trade and I did have as clients three major construction/ag equipment mfr's, among others. I met a fellow once who was pretty good at hacking those onboard systems in combines. Seeing all the trouble the mfr's had at the factory getting those systems to pass their own internal tests before shipping to dealers told me that from the farmer's perspective, if you didn't have an "Erin" to understand and interface with those things, no Fluke meter would ever be up to the challenge. I watch This Farm Wife channel where she is married to an old school farmer in NC who uses old school eqpt. exclusively. So he trades the grief and expense of modern tech for the burden of hammering out bearing races and the like to keep his equipment running. Did I hear correctly that John Deere had a minor revolt on their hands from farmers disputing ownership and licensing of the onboard software on their tractors?
There is no one better than a country girl. PERIOD !!!
I don't have the opportunity to talk to too many farmers but I just want to say I don't take for granted what your family and the rest of the farmers do. My grandfather was a farmer and he would recruit us grandkids to work on the farm. It's hard work and extremely carefully planning and unfortunately luck is mixed in there too. I do appreciate and respect all that work hard to bring us the food we put on our table.
Young lady you always impress me and are an encouragement to all young people who need a lesson on perseverance and persistence. Blessings upon you and your family! ❤️🔥
You know what they say "being positive brings positive feedback"
Good luck Holbert Farms with your planting your 2022 crops
Let’s do this young lady, good luck with your crop.
Agree! Best of luck.
I love this girl/woman. You can really see her enthusiasm for the first day of planting. She really loves doing what she is doing.
And Erin, if you are reading this, I have to say that I have been watching your videos since you first started. I remember how awkward you said you felt with the camera and not knowing what to say. Today you are just a real natural with the camera on you....great video, great audio and you seem so calm and relaxed speaking to the camera these days. It's a pleasure to learn all about farming from you and your life on the farm. Thanks!
Hi Erin.. I've been "binge" rewatching last season's planting & equipment maintenance episodes.. Hope you'll have some new ones coming this spring.. Always enjoy seeing what's happening @ Holbert Farms..😉😉 God bless..
I feel your pain and the stress of first day planting . I have been doing it for 30 years myself. Hang in there Erin . Thank you for the great videos . From a fellow farming friend in eastern Washington.
The palouse? That's the most under-appreciated landscape in America. Just gorgeous.
Awesome farm family n well maintained organized equipment yard. You are the real deal and an awesome young Lady!! Job well done!
Love your videos and insightful commentary!!❤
You should start a makeup line,Farm Dirt by Erin!!😄😄
Funny..!
You half to be a gorgious farmers Daughter likr Erin to make that work thow.
Call it "Fertile Mind and Body".
This wonderful young lady has no idea how wildly successful it would be. Best to her and her diligence, perdistence and care for the land and others.
I am convinced you REALLY know what you are doing and are not just an actress. Love all your amusing facial expressions and have a lot of respect for someone who is not afraid to get her hands dirty or wear a dirty face. You are a real farmer and nothing fake about you. Thanks for letting us ride along.
She also perseveres under the pressure she gets from Dad. I bet he is one proud Dad!
another girl who ain't afraid of getting dirty; is Ag with Emma.
@@glcmranger421Agreed and I could not work for a man like her dad.
God Bless all the farmers, Thanks Erin for what you do.
Great job on video Erin, you did an excellent job explaining things about the technology, with the monitors and everything. The first day planting gremlins always seem to show up. This spring planting season has been a real challenge, it certainly causes a lot of stress on everyone. But as usual you came through like a champ, with your excellent work ethic, and great attitude, and winning smile. Love your face smudges of graphite, I hope the rest of the planting season goes great for you, and your family. Take care of yourself Erin, and stay safe, and God bless you Erin, and your family.
Yea!!!! First day of planting!! Not bad at all for the first day. As you said, "It could always be worst." . I think I have told you before, as an old man, all those computers scare and confuse me. LOL
Great video Erin
So beautiful even when you're dirty !!!
Dedicated farm girl,that's awesome!
Great job seeding Erin
Sweet music background!
Иришка молодец скучал по тебе 👍❣️😍
We are blessed to have you working hard for us every day. Farmers are my heroes.
Haven't watched you in awhile, glad to see you are still farming : )
Your such a computer guru, I really like your getting down to earth dirty hand and smudged face shows you are a farmer. Thanks for showing everyone how thing go
You are amazing, thank God for our farmers. God Bless you and your family.
You do a great job with the farm equipment Erin
Love the cascade of your expressions while dealing with frustrations and progress in real time; it connects to all of us in any profession.
Out on the field, checking the seed depth, you became a time machine in a way, illustrating what farmers have been doing for thousands of years tending their fields. Great wide angle shots of the machines too. Thank you Miss Erin for another wonderful video!
Amazing stuff! We have planted corn, peanuts, cotton, soybean, and tobacco but not on this scale. Interesting how far technology has progressed! Thank you Erin for sharing! Always interesting to see young folks getting involved in Ag!
God bless!
I was just watching and thinking about centuries ago planting one seed at a time by hand to feed a family and you are feeding the world.
Another great vid! Allways great to be turning dirt!
Thanks for showing us the many ups and downs for a first day of planting. It is not easy to get it all dialed in the first day. Happy to see a bit of progress, even though you wished for more.
Erin actually does her own planter fixes and adjustments. You go girl!
I enjoyed this video. I hope your dad's day went well.
Farming can be frustrating at times but then you have that 1 super great year and say "It's worth it ". Good luck and be safe.
Wood Chisel and a hammer make quick work of those pro box lid clips.
A excellent video , you have a lot of screens to watch as well as driving the tractor , I hope the rest of the farming year goes better .
You are the future of agriculture
Thank you for the awesome video content and how well you explain all you do keep up the great content
As a sprayer operator I always appreciate when the end rows are done first. My boom width makes it so that I can do my trimming pass by lining up the center of my machine with the inside most row of the end rows. Makes it super easy, I can go a lot faster, and it's a lot easier not to hit things. If I'm lined up right, the only thing I will hit on the border of the field is anything the planter operator hit, and usually that's nothing. If the end rows are done last, the section/row control makes it a lot harder to find the right line (if it's there at all).
Haven't seen you for a while great to see all is hard at it! Take it easy till next kid.
Thank you Farmers!
Get it, Ladybug
Good to see you going again, take care and may God bless you all and keep you all safe, send.the rains to Amarillo, Tx.
On your planter check the electric connector on the back for each row; I have heard others having problems about the connector not making good contact.
Hope you were able to look and see what was going on with the planter when you got back to the shop.?
Just like any job, it's tough.
Praying for you, God Bless you and your family. And grant you peace.
Your foot seems to be healed perfectly. Well Done. A Respirator well fitted is advised for mixing those powders.
🤣🤣🤣 and get your vaccines too, especially out in fresh air🤣🤣🤣
Great job Erin. Just keep your head up and it will all
Workout for you.There are always bumps in the field
That you will get over.
Will say a little prayer for you and dad that planting
Go’s well.
Be safe
You still go beautiful girl because you can do anything you set your mind. I still believe in you
Wow! It's amazing how far ag tech has come. When I was getting my degree in the early 90's they were working on refining GPS on the sprayer and planting implements.
thank you
Hey Erin. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Planting started and you’re back in your tractor happy place. Good luck to y’all this year. I look forward to your videos. First day went pretty good it seems like. Keep a positive attitude like always do. Keep the smiles going, dirty face and all, so cute. Such a role model for young people!!!!
Take care
Be safe
Happy planting!!!!
I admire your outlook on life not many young people your age have a positive nature.
You make me laugh 🤣.
God bless you and your family.
Love your soily makeup, looks beautiful on you !!!!
all in good time, you will get there you always do
Thanks for your videos, I enjoy them. I am also sure that sure that the talc and graphite on your face would work better on the seed. LOL
Tip for those lid clips, we use box cutters and the blade slides thru no problem , working on a farm in southern illinois.
Happy planting Erin love ur videos God Bless from your Neighboring State Ohio
Well done Erin, you just have to realize that the bad days allow you to appreciate the good days more. Hope the remainder of your planting season goes well, and you have a good summer growing season.
Erin, you are an inspiration because you stop, get out and go trouble shoot to see what the problems may be that are not allowing the seed to go into the ground. You are methodical and check tubes looking for seed. You maintain your composure. You are a great girl and blessing to you.
Awesome Awesome double thumbs up👍👍 Love the video God bless you and your family praying that you have great planting and harvest 🚜🇺🇸
I like the old equipment without all the electronics on it they don't break down as often. You look cute with dirt on your face makes you look like you've been working. Which is What you do you work hard everyday that's part of working on a farm. Stay safe and good luck.
Just a lovely woman!
Had to look this up: Graphite powder is added to seed before running through planting machinery to lubricate the tubes and gears used in planters. Talc is added to seed to help absorb moisture (humidity) on the seed and help it "slip" through machinery. Hope I got that right.
Graphite is some dirty material, gets into everything and makes a huge black mess. I used to machine the stuff on a CNC Lathe.
Graphite is not only a lubricant, but it is also a partial conductor of electricity. It lubricates the seed going through the machinery and it also drains off the static electricity that would cause the seed to stick to the metal parts of the planter.
This ^^ is very interesting .. thanks guys 🥂
I use it to a small extent at home and it is a great dry lubricant. Just messy at times. 🏍🇺🇸🎒
Ugh, you are the absolute epitome of beauty. Grew up farming a few thousand acres. I help from time to time, when I'm not offshore.
Nice to see you back in the tractor again. God Bless you young lady
Great job young girl more cooking videos from time to time thanks
I enjoy your videos. Hoping your planting goes by with little to no problems. Be safe & Keep Smiling.....
Woo hoo, seeds in the ground. You go you.
Peace and love, Tim
Best of luck from your planting. 👍👍👍
Very good video 👍
thanks for the ride along Erin
Your graphite/talc makeup is beautiful!
Good to see you back.....midwest farming
We just love your videos. Very relaxing. Thank you.
I seen Chet on Larson farms using a tool made to remove the clips on the seed boxes. Not sure off hand if they have the same design on.
First day planting is always stressful especially if the weather is going against you!! keep up the great work
it's funny that you shut the planter down and start it back up and it's just fine I guess it needs a minute to think about what it's doing aka time to go to work
Excellent video, too bad the rain couldn't have held off for a little bit longer, but you got something done, I'll be curious to know what you finally found wrong, thanks for sharing Erin
Good luck to you and your family this plant season. Be safe
This weather this year is testing everyone. The life of a farmer is never easy. Stay away from those straight winds. Hang in there. 😊
Thank you for the content from a fellow Hoosier.
Bummer, you can send some of that rain down to Tennessee. They say we have a 50/50 chance this weekend. Bone dry, creek is still running so it's not too bad. Seems like we have a drought once a year. It moves around too. Never know when it will be.
Wishing you all the best on getting crops planted and have a great harvest from Wabash Indiana.
You are loved more than you know! Blessings!
Git r done Miss Erin. Looking very beautiful.
Great luck on the growing season Erin. I hope you grow 28ft tall corn!!
How late are you for planting this season? Our deadlines have past up north here .
awsome great job erin the first planting of the the year 2022 style and profilling in the farm in dana ind and have yourself a good day.
I hope your luck changes and things get better for you.
hey Ms Holdert!
Tops in my books, Erin. Keep up the great work.
Good job Farmer lady .
Good luck with your planting.
You remind me of a Rod Stewart song , You Wear It Well.
You guys should grow some hemp it would help you’re family’s business.
Your amazing Erin great video hope the rest of planting goes good.
Zack had the same problems maybe worse with his planter kept having to restart was about to buy a red or blue planter then it started working.
Erin, nearly all advanced planter systems like you have will fail in the electrical systems. Farms are dusty, gritty, muddy, and wet. Common failure points are going to be: sensors, connectors (oh so many connectors fail!, including where they attach to sensors), switches, and where wires can rub against other equipment features. Get a tube of 'dielectric grease' and put that in any connection you repair to keep the moisture out of the contacts and thus eliminate corrosion. If you know areas of the equipment that tend to fail from using prior versions of that machinery and experienced problems, you could even protect parts before you get into trouble.
Is that a 4020 I seen behind you in the shed. The first time I pulled a plow I was on a 4020. Where is your farm at?
Great video. You rock girl.