Harvesting Corn in the Mud Before the Rain
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- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Combining corn on the hills in the mud isn't much fun. Why we sometimes have to unload on the road during harvest. See the AGCO Challenger at work!
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MN Millennial Farmer, Zach Johnson, is a 5th generation family farmer from West-Central Minnesota. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experience on the family farm. His vision is to build the connection between farmers and consumers.
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Great video. Farmers/ranchers... the best, never give up, smart, hard-working, straight-forward, thrifty, clever, positive, family-oriented folks
Hey Zack, I'm totally "blown away" by the tool chests you guys have !! You guys have got it ALL !! Every tool you could possibly need !! You must have thousands of dollars invested, just in tools alone !! I guess that's part of your cost of doing business ? I'm more than impressed, my friend. Just love following you, your Dad, Jim, Becky and, of course, your kids !
Oh, add your dogs, too !! Keep your GREAT sense of humour !!
watching this four years later is amazing. you guys have gone a really long way and its crazy
When I am slowed in my trip by a farmer on the road for any reason I just enjoy the opportunity to see what farmers are doing, no worries.
Don't care about the mud or the wait I have time and my car can be cleaned thank u guys for putting food on my table for me n my family
Thank you sir
You need to convince more people to think that way
Doug H. I actually enjoy watching farm equipment working.
The corn doesn’t go on your table....
@@G-Man-kc2nm corn is in everything
Don't apologize for stopping traffic you put food on the table and for that I salute you.
Love the videos. My son is a farmer and it has made me appreciate farmers so much more. Thanks to all the farmers.
His insights are very appreciated, he is very knowledgeable
What ever it takes to get job done. Everybody please have patients for the farmers who work 24/7. Thank you for my food. Be safe always.🤟
I'm a city guy life long, but I really like this guy and his clips keep me glued to the monitor. Keep up the good work!
same
Going back in time and seeing what should be named “Lightninggggg” was nice. Old school ingenuity is a universal farmer’s trait
You never fail to raise a smile. The unnecessarily aggressive, “Hey, thanks for watching” had me spitting out my beer. I don’t know how you find enough hours in the day to work the farm and edit videos. I guess the donut angel helps!
My wife has been taking on a large amount of the editing, that makes a HUGE difference!
@@MillennialFarmer I think it's overdue your wife needs a raise. 😅🤣
@@AwesomeBlackDude a good is an asset to farming and any business they can make or brake you
@Bryan Hawks plll
Jim + Tractor plus cultivator Plus mud equals Jim is stuck
I can be a harsh dude with my comments. You are the funniest dude around. I know you have a lot of critics with your exposure. I think I really feel for you because our farm was attacked by the government and the crooked corporations stealing our hard work. Good luck. I have total empathy for your family. Godspeed!
Thanks for all the great farming videos. I have learned allot from just watching them. I grew up in the oilfield and never knew about farming etc. Please keep up the great work you. All do and be safe. Also I'm glad your daughter is gonna be ok. Can't wait till your next videos. Thanks!!
So much has changed in the last 5 years from this video makes us Viewers proud of your accomplishments
Ahhhhhhh....... Sandwiches and coffee in a nice warm cab while burning diesel. Life is good in that little world!!!!!
Woooaaahhh!!! You make this world go around!! Never say sorry for loading on the road! Without you we have no roads or ppl!!!
The scale of the corn harvesting process these days would have been unimaginable to me as a little kid in the late fifties. My grandpa had a one-row tow-behind corn picker that he used to harvest. My dad was just starting out on his own small farm, and I remember helping pick corn by hand. My dad converted an old hay wagon for corn harvesting, with a bangboard in the middle. He'd park it in the field and then pick the ears off with a special handheld husking tool and bounce them off the bangboard from however far he could toss them, then move down the field a bit and repeat. The ears would then be shoveled into our corn crib, which was maybe 12' long and 4' wide. He only did that for a couple years, then switched to soybeans after our neighbor bought an Allis Chalmers combine, which he let us use.
My dad also put up hay for the cows, using an old horse mower and a dump rake. He would throw the hay piles by pitch fork onto the hay wagon. The hay would be put up loose in the barn by hay fork. Hard to fathom how this could have occurred in my lifetime.
In the time of the good old days and model A's (with running boards) ;)
@@PeteThecurious100 Late 50's/early 60's, actually.
@@markwheeler202 Thank you, Whoops! ;) About the time of the classic Ford Thunderbird, Now those really were the good old days.
My daughter and son in law have a farm. I learn a lot about what they go through running a farm by watching your videos.I play Farm Simulator every day while I watch your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your farm life. Your kids are great. I enjoy it when they go out in the equipment with you. I love taking my grandkids out when I help on the farm. It makes the time go faster.
some of the best video's I've ever seen yes please keep them coming
Honestly have not ran into the loading issue as a motorist but now I know it only takes a few minutes. Thanks for the insight, love the videos.
Never apologize for anything brother you put food on their plates
Love how videos are uploaded daily. Makes the experience more immediate and real. Mud sucks, rain sucks, but farming is the life.
From Italy I have to say congratulation for the hard word and the passion for the videos.
And always GO VIKINGS 💜💛
I just finished corn here in southern Ontario last night and now I am watching corn harvesting on UA-cam. Man I have issues!!
I recently found your channel. I was born and raised in MN. My grandparents were dairy farmers until a barn fire in the 60s. But they kept going with corn and soybeans for another 35 years. Love your vids, your machines and that great accent. It reminds me of the times I had on the farm with the family. Keep it up!
Man you are an amazing dad hard working teaching and helping your kids learn about farming man keep up the good work I enjoy your videos 🤘🏽
Your channel is great. I look forward to all the videos. Keep them coming. Thank you for being a farmer.
I just stated watching you channel and like your content. You show just what it takes to be to be a farmer today and all the things one has to deal with. Good luck in getting the rest of your crop in and I hope you don't get much rain.
I am so glad you pulled the combine in I would hate for the cab corn to get wet
She is such a cutie. Looks like she enjoys hanging out with dad. Stay safe up there.
*about 20 bushel on the ground from over spill* Glad the gage works!
You made me spit my Dr. Pepper out on my TV!
BNSF Bandit best place for Dr Pepper (spit out)
Does Zach have a cab corn meter now?
I enjoy his videos, he has a great personality
We have been using the roads down here as well. So far our grain cart operator has been told he was number one 3 times, helped a lady who go stuck trying to go around us and we’ve had a visit from the sheriff once. Loading on the road is just great fun.
He's like an angle with doughnuts 3:22 lmao 😁😁😁
obtuse? or acute?
breathe and squeeze he’s acute angle
Read this comment before I saw this, ‘twas confused
He is very creative, I like his style
Zack...don’t apologize. Never apologize for what your doing. Nothing wrong with what needs to be done during harvest or planting time.
Doesn't bother me if you load corn in the road, take your time. I live in Florida.
Lol!
HAHAHAHHAAHAHAAHAAHAAHAHAHA
Bo Starbird - yea, but sometimes you have to stop and wait for the Alligators to cross the road. and what about those Burmese pythons? I can just imagine they would be like a long slow freight train.
Me too :)
I do have one question being that I was raised on a farm. I am curious why you would harvest acreage which did not have such a good yield normally and not get your best yield first if there were issues of bad weather coming and possible lose of part of the crop. I am sure there is a perfect explanation, just thought I would ask.
Sunny W - on my land areas to be harvested first has to do with not tracking weed seed, fungus or other diseases to areas not yet infected. a combine is a sure fire way to move these undesirables from one acre to another.
You do what you have too. No need to apologize. Farming is tough and do what is necessary
Zack fuel tank trailer is Great idea beats paying Registraion Insurance inspection Repair maintenance etc for a Fuel Truck
ZACK 👈🏼 🤔 .....
YOU @ YOUR AGE KNOWS HOW
TO SPELL ( ZACH 👈🏼 ) CORRECTLY
Right 🤔 ????? ......
@@blitzburghbilly7813 it's spelled both ways..
@@chunkmen
OK THERE ( 2 Cent ) 👈🏼 .......
WHERE & WHEN 🤔 ??? .....
HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT SPELLED
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several of my friends have it spelled as zack, as well as several film directors, and famous athletes. not spelled zack there is also Zac Efron.
Come on man, get off his butt! I have two friends named Zack (not abbreviated), and at least 3 more named Zachary (Zach abbreviated). It truly does go either way, and you may need to re-evaluate your temper if you're getting upset about possible incorrect spelling of a name that isn't even yours on the internet. Grow up, nobody is perfect! Also, until you use proper grammar, I wouldn't really worry about other's spelling, grammar, pronunciation..etc. Have a good day and stay safe bud!
I know this is your livelihood and you work hard at what you do but I could watch this 8 hours a day and never get bored.. Thanks for posting
HEY! Thanks for the bonus harvest footage.
His insights are very appreciated, he is very knowledgeable
Hello from a small farm in the northern parts of Sweden! Nice to see how things are runned overseas, in similar conditions!
Damn farming simulator 2019 looking good
Your my Fav pastime as an elder these vids keep me informed of the awsome jobs Farmers do all over our lands tytyty and be safe too....=) GB
Love ur vids man keep it up. I've learned so much from ur videos
Bless your daughter, she loves being with you whether it’s in the tractor or truck
One time i was scraping the mud and someone was honking at me all the time... well i'm glad I have a truck horn on my tractor..
Much respect for cleaning the road. Too many around here don’t scrape their mess. We always did it.
He always delivers quality content, I respect his work
Congrats man your channel is doing great.
Love that you have your daughter with you. It's a shame more parents don't do the same, doesn't matter what you do, just spend time with them the reward is the greatest.
I guess the one dislike was the guy in the car who passed on the shoulder of the road?
i think so too hhh
Did they need help with getting out of the ditch? If they're in that much of a hurry, leave sooner.
Sorry I have NO patience for people who think they are more important than anything else.
I enjoy his videos, he has a great personality
That was perfect timing. I grew up with broadacre farming in Australia where anything other than bone dry meant no harvest, and I was thinking "don't all them Yankees run tracks on their gear?" You answered the question I had forming in my head right on time.
Doesn’t bother me when farmers load on the road. Totally understand.
Wherever I am I always share the road and have lots of patience and respect for farmers. Good of you Zach to bring light to the issue of inconsiderate and impatient drivers on the road. Darn rain is really hammering you guys....so sorry to hear that brother. Best of luck moving forward. Cheers.
I'll take your cold and rain if you take this damn hurricane. Sounds like a good swap from my end. LOL. This thing is going to devastate most of the 2018 cotton crop. What cotton it doesn't blow off it is going to blow the plants over. Praying for all the North Florida and Georgia farmers.
South Georgia Farming - I'm guessing you are talking about the approaching Michael? I'm up in central North Carolina and still have long maturity group 7 beans in the field. Florence gave me 7.5 inches of rain and thank God no real wind damage. at least Michael is projected to be fast moving. speak a Word of Faith and say my plants will withstand the storm. then believe what you said so you are protected. there is a power in the spoken Word. God spoke His creation into existence. Jesus said "peace be still" to kill a storm. you say, my plants are going to do a little wind dance and be just fine. God loves you, release His power through your spoken word....
I realize they might not catch it all with the wind but safety glasses do have a purpose. I sympathize with your muddy conditions but even more pleased to talk about the cost of "tracks", etc. Keep up the good work...
Hey if you have to load on the road.. then load on the road. What people don’t understand is that you have to make a living as well. Another fact people don’t get is that without farmers we have no food. People got to learn things they don’t understand..
That’s a ball buster about road use; I ride through farm lots to/from work on a motorcycle so I’m always conscious of poo, grain, mud etc. But I like to eat, so i always figure it’s just part of the deal. Not fond of stuff on the road, but less fond of not eating LOL.
zack i know what you are talking about,we had to fill trucks on the road,then the cops came out and told us to get them of the road, i asked the cop if my trucks where licensed and for road use and if road fuel tax didnt allow my to do this,he could not answer my.he left.
auto-correct on phone?
the only other options are to pull the trucks through the mud (that would make a mess of the road), or if you had a gravity waggon and auger you could fill the trucks from the field and eliminate the mud, but that would cost a lot of time.
In MN your plates and road fuel tax definitely don't allow you to do this. MN Statues 160.2715 Right-Of-Way Use, (a) Except for the actions of the road authorities, their agents, employees, contractors, and utilities in carrying out their duties imposed by law or contract, and except as herein provided, it shall be unlawful to: (1) obstruct any highway or deposit snow or ice thereon
The section contains no exception for farmers.
I don't think the Sheriffs department is going to hassle them during harvest.
Give the cop some donuts!😁
I am a Deputy Sheriff now but back in the 80s we farmed soybeans here in GA. it is just fine if you need to block a road for a while. love to see the videos f y'all farming on a larger scale then we ever could.
*Video should have been titled "I'M SORRY!!!"* lol, awesome vid, THX.
Great PSA about the mud and loading on the road. I wish I could share just that part with everyone.
If you want your "corn flakes" you're gonna have ta wait 3 minutes ✔
As long as it can be cleared quick for emergency vehicles,I don't see a huge problem,it's fairly obvious it's a farming community,you should be expecting that type of delay on occasion
@@nicke1903 exactly. Being a farming community is the key. If there were emergency vehicles we would immediately stop everything and clear the way
He is very knowledgeable, I appreciate his insights
If you have any fancy golf courses around, the plastic tops are good for roof over driver. Noticed the bucket loader did not have a cover. Got one for free as the shop was putting fancy fiberglass ones and he indicated to take all I wanted of the original plastic tops. My dad has a Modified MF 232. When he bought it it did not fit in the garage so he cut off the roll bar. Using the cut top I used C channel to hinge it and found threaded holes in the top. Fashioned a mount for the golf cart top. To put it in the garage the top of the roll bar and roof flip back over the cutter. Not fancy but it keeps him out of the rain.
1:07 so this is where orange bic lighters are grown
Nothing but respect for the farmers! I’ll sit and wait all day for you guys... I’ll just watch Millennial Farmer while I wait lol! Awesome videos buddy, keep em coming!
I like his style, he is very creative
Little mud never hurt no one, well there was that one time.. Raining now here in MPLS, or should i say STILL...
Crazy to see this older video! You’ve come a long way since!
Lol you almost sound Canadian with the amount of “sorry’s”
West Central MN looks very nice because it's rural .. You just have to deal with more winter weather and snow ..and mud
"I know there's a bathroom out here somewhere" lol
@Damnit Bobby lol
tmi
@Damnit Bobby #2 can be off the ladder too!!
@Damnit Bobby go off the top!!
👏🏻😂
lol you guys go above and beyond! You shouldn’t feel bad for the work you do! Everyone else can slow down for a minute!
Good luck with harvest
I'm glad you guys can still do farm about 4 years ago we had to quit the dairy and the rest of it because times got to tough sadly, loved doing it but it was just to tough to keep going wish I could do it again!
Watching born to farm 101 livestream also!!!
Derek Adams thanks for watching!
@@BornToFarm101MN thanks for streaming man
People are just to impatient most of the time. And think farmers are the worst but most of them still think that their food just comes from the grocery store. Keep doing your thing Man. Me and my family has been waiting close to a month to start turning wheels. And the wait continues
For Pete's sake we are SORRY!
Dangit! I missed a perfect opportunity for that!
For the most part people are just in too big of a hurry to go nowhere , I was raised on a farm and sometimes you just have to get the crops in! There is no courtesy for others just trying to do a job and I always say if you're in that big of a hurry , you should have left sooner!
We have a river barge elevator loading and storage in our town and the farmers that use it in the fall create a unloading line over two miles long. We don’t mind it at all because we know it’s their living. I get excited to see all those grain trucks lined up especially when they harvest the white corn. A poor average is over 300 bu per acre. An ear of white corn is so large it sure makes the combines smoke.
You can now add that fancy led to the discharge orger now :)
It's on my list!
Excellent!!! Do you plan to add any other led lighting? :)
when it rains it get muddy
Great video. Your right. Farmers gotta do what they gotta do. It is what it is. Thanks for taking us along.
If you want to see idiots drive pull some farm equipment onto the road. Never fails.
That’s the truth! I grew up on a dairy farm in Wisconsin. There were no shortages of idiots driving!
Put a concrete truck stopped in the road. Same result
I am by no means a farmer but with me living in the country and the countless times I have been stuck between machinery and have cars try to pass when it is unsafe I will always protect the farmer and try to block that car from passing when it is unsafe. Even when machinery are in the road or semis are in the road and getting loaded from the tractors I will always pull in on a angle to block that other lane so that car can't get through until it is safe to do so.
That or rubbernecking. Of course they will do that if there is just a squirrel or something shiny.......or a shinny squirrel!
So do you guys power wash these machines weekly? In my opinion they're just too expensive to just let sit an be muddy, I know with my small bx2370 subby I like to atleast give it a scub once a week.
Hands down the best farming videos on UA-cam! I’m from Western, Wi and love watching the videos.
A fellow cheesehead!
2 miles from the Polk/Barron/St Croix/Dunn county intersection.😊
He is very inspiring, I admire his passion
The townies sometimes need to be reminded that the roads were built to
facilitate farm money in the first place. It's just that they get to use the roads
the 364 and 44/100s days of the year. It's like the interstates were intended
to facilitate the military and convoys get grumpy looks from minivans.
It's a hoot seeing people trying to tailgate tanks, what? are we going to be
intimidated? It's better to hang back some in case one of those 5lb blocks
of rubber flies off the track.
Not many people know that the Interstates where built to mobilize armour across great distances,
rochrich we have a two hour tractor drive from one farm to the other. Amazing how impatient people can be and how dumb also. Passing on a double yellow curve or nope stopping for our flagger as we approach over passes or bridges that can’t handle the tractor and their car...
@@adamkruskama8455 my mom had somebody get so impatient with her driving the speed limit that they passed and made my mom and an oncoming 180k semi truck both take the dirt shoulders to keep from hitting that a$$hole
tractorboy31 yeah we try and pull over where there is space but on one road there is only 3 spots in 20 miles. Almost a few close calls town people are of questionable intelligence
@@adamkruskama8455 evidently some people missed that sign during their DL examination. Should there be a moving violation ticket for the ones who interfere with necessary farming operations. I'm positive that there's a ticket for leaving too much mud on the road.
Hey Zach Thanks for sharing harvest 2018 with us. I'M trying to get mother nature to give you good harvest weather. Ila looked so cute in the truck with you what great memories she will have your an awesome Dad!!!
I like his style, he is very creative
GODSMACK HELL YES
Got any Pantera ?
Now THAT was music! Godsmack, FFDP,
I grew up out in rural Minnesota and can tell you there has only been a couple of time I have had to wait for trackters and farm equipment. Just give them a break they are hard working people just like you. Great videos bring me back to my childhood seeing all the farm activities.
TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and corn harvest!!!! #SKOL
You are very nice to say sorry so many times. City people need to calm down this time of the year in the country. I would have been not so nice to them but you took the high road and were very diplomatic. Thank you for everything you and your family do to feed this great nation. SAFE HARVEST.
He has a great personality, I enjoy his videos
Your video is private
Quit out of it and go back in
thank you for your service to this great nation!
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Quite amazed there is no footage spooking dear out of the corn rows. I use to see it at my uncle's farm all the time. Love the vids. Takes me back to a better time in my life 10-15 minutes at a time.
I have the utmost respect for the big farmers I live among. I do my tiny micro hobby farming so I'm bias a bit maybe in supporting farming, but I always give guys room, don't rush to pass implements on the road etc. I drive my tractor down the road sometimes too so I feel for them. My farming is micro scale for fun so I'm never serious with my movements, but I understand those around me that are depending on it for a living.
I enjoy his videos, he has a great personality
Friday I got 🌧 out, got to work on Saturday and worked 4 hours today & doesn’t look good till Thursday. I feel your pain.
Watching this in preparation for this coming harvest. Promises to be a real dewzy.
This channel will be very successful because anyone can watch it. Nice family videos.
Do you ever get the single figure salute from drivers? When my brothers receive such a salute when moving farm equipment they like to think that the drivers are telling them that they are the best farmers because they are No. 1. 😃
BTW, your batting a 1000! I have yet to leave without a laugh or a smile, and I see I check your channel before anything else now. Way to go, keep them coming! Love that family of yours as well
He is very inspiring, I admire his passion
701 K subscribers that is just awesome you and your family deserves every bit of it you all work so hard.
Thanks Terry!
Hey guy! 5 years ago you said no way to tracks on the cart! Look at ya now!!!!!! Keep at her ❤❤
You're the best brother. We learn so much from you. Andddd me and my girl just purchased a 14 acre farm. I cant tell you how stoked I am. Great work as always. Workin American Farms 👑
The 9870 was really impressive when you pulled it into the shop!!