2024 West Texas Cotton Harvest (day 1)

Off to the races!!! We had a slow start (on purpose) to 2024 cotton harvest.
We got moved to the first field & wanted to make sure everything was running smoothly. Pretty good start to 2024 cotton harvest.
As always, thanks for watching!!
Instagram: wildwestfarmertx

[@larrycaughron1321]

I grew up in cotton patches in northeast Gaines Co. We had a 2 row attached to a 4020 J/D and blew the cotton into a trailer pulled by the tractor. In the later '60s, we got a basket mounted on top of the 4020. Boy, we were in tall cotton then. Good luck and stay safe.

[@wildwestfarmer]

Thanks! Some of my earliest memories were in a 283 mounted on a 4430

[@airmecher]

I'm from Terry county, Brownfield, and can attest to the difficult times farmers can have. Keep it going and good luck!!

[@wildwestfarmer]

Thanks! You’re not too far away from us

[@fredtucker9236]

From Meadow (actually Needmore)

[@embry1961]

Casey. I just stumbled across your channel great job. I grew up in Idalou and played ball with your dad. I think video was filmed on our old farm the Embry/knowles place. I’m happy to know good farmers are taking care of that place. Lots of memories right there.

[@wildwestfarmer]

That’s awesome. Thanks for watching! You are correct that’s where it was. Hopefully we are doing it justice.

[@Prouddadofone]

Very interesting. Never seen cottonpickers working before, you must have to clean rads and air filters every day it looks like! Good luck with the rest of your harvest

[@wildwestfarmer]

Yea we clean the whole machine every single morning.

[@FarmGearInnovators]

This is what hard work looks like! Even with a tough crop, you guys make it happen. Respect to all the farmers out there! 🙌💯

[@wildwestfarmer]

Thank you. Greatly appreciate it! & thank you for watching!

[@JohnathanBruner-t2d]

NEW SUBSCRIBER. I know ALL their is to know about cotton production. I started back in 1976 in Georgia. I do know it's risky. I also know that I hated to see a full moon. That's when the bugs hit. Good luck pardner. Make a lot of money. I've been to the Lubbock area many times.

[@susandailylife]

You make farming look so enjoyable and fulfilling

[@waynethornton5678]

Nice video, I lived in Lorenzo for a while and graduated from Petersburg in 77 worked for Wylie mfg and farmed some for Jimmy Byrd there in Petersburg. I appreciate the hard work you and your family do!!!

[@wildwestfarmer]

Thanks for watching! Then you have definitly driven by our fields. Thank you appreciate it!

[@Bar_S_Farms]

Great video Casey! We farm about ten miles north of floydada and we are expecting to start stripping sometime next week. We were pretty fortunate to catch some timely rains and I think we will have a decent harvest this year. I love seeing the ol basket strippers running we still run two 7460’s

[@wildwestfarmer]

That’s awesome. I enjoy watching your shorts! Hope y’all have a good/safe harvest

[@toddsmith1244]

Brings back good memories farming around Becton to Estacado

[@nealparnell5403]

Good job. Hope it gets better. Good luck. God bless!

[@wildwestfarmer]

Thanks Neal!

[@helland846]

My grandfather would have us walking with sacks behind that thing picking what it leaves.

[@danherrmann8755]

Thanks for the ride. Now back to growing cannibus for cloths. And paper.

[@rubenbenitez8225]

What part of west texas. And worked in all categories module builder, Cotton Stripper, and boll buggy. Good luck in the harvest. God bless

[@Bar_S_Farms]

Idalou area

[@rubenbenitez8225]

@@Bar_S_Farms I've been in that area working

[@toddatglencovewoodworks]

Greetings from the DFW area. I learned a lot in this video. I had never seen a module making machine and that was very interesting!👋

[@wildwestfarmer]

Thanks to Cheeto for catching that time lapse. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@susandailylife]

The fresh produce you harvest looks so delicious and healthy

[@wildwestfarmer]

Thanks. This is not cotton candy. It’s real cotton

[@TimMai-tf5pc]

Seems cotton flies everywhere! Very interesting. Thanks for filming.

[@wildwestfarmer]

Yea it’s a messy job. Thanks for watching!

[@terryrogers1025]

I know absolutely nothing about cotton harvesting, not mention planting and field care. Found this very interesting, I am subscribed and will follow this with interest, thanks for the video, enjoyed watching, wish you a good harvest season.

[@wildwestfarmer]

Thank you!! Glad you found it interesting. We started this journey to help educate people about farming. I hope by the end of harvest we will have answered all your questions!

[@susandailylife]

I am in awe of how much you have accomplished with your farm

[@John-nc4bl]

Casey, thanks for your excellent video.

[@wildwestfarmer]

Thanks for your continued views & comments. Appreciate your support!!

[@fredtucker9236]

I just watched this video first one. I grew up in Terry County and went to Meadow graduating in 1964. I spent Christmas holidays and Saturdays in the trailer behind a 1940's 2 row drag behind Oliver or newer tractor mounted Minn-Moline fan assisted stripers forking and tromping cotton and sometimes pulling the Oliver with a 720 Popping Johnnie all in dryland cotton. Sometimes in cotton that was 5-6 acres to a bale. So modules and the round bale multiple row machines that pick or deburr in harvesting is BIG improvements.

[@chrisw.4318]

Have you done a video explaining the pros and cons of the stripper over a picker? It seems like the stripper requires a much more involved operation with two extra pieces of equipment (buggy and module builder) and the tractors to run them; not to mention much greater fuel, maintenance, and labor costs.

[@wildwestfarmer]

They make a stripper baler & a picker baler. We run older machines that do require more machinery. I have not personally ever ran a picker. So far this year we have averaged .8 gallons of fuel per bale harvested with all the machinery we run.

[@randywilson9611]

Great video good to see y'all

[@reginaldstallworth2424]

Worst cotton ever seen

[@rexmathis8340]

3.5 bale cotton right there! lol good luck!

[@fredtucker9236]

WOW!

[@jeffrosen8237]

Looks like a project to be done on a calm no wind day. Do they have a truck come and pick up the module?

[@jonathancunningham2686]

Nothing like digging the saws out. Dig turn dig turn dig turn

[@wildwestfarmer]

We will save the chokes for a later video lol

[@r3b3lxxleader]

I mentioned in your previous vid we were about a week and a half from spraying to kill it, haven't done it yet but close, but we're also trying to figure out whos gonna harvest our crop for us as we contract that job out.

[@wildwestfarmer]

That’s awesome. Good luck to yall on getting your crop out!

[@DunnHaven]

I take that back yall making pretty good

[@wildwestfarmer]

No we’re still making pretty bad 🤪

[@shaneconrad7816]

Looks like a lot of cotton is left behind.

[@cajunnathan4586]

I buy as much cotton products as possible. I support the Cotton Industry & Farmers

[@wildwestfarmer]

You are a wonderful person. Thank you for the support

[@roberthoudek7105]

Tx snow😊

[@PaulReynolds-e3s]

Would you share the spacing of your cotton spacing please and what made you go with those widths?

[@wildwestfarmer]

50/30 for irrigation purposes

[@charlesmoore6660]

I don't know anything about cotton. Is it hard on the soil? How much fertilizer did you put on it? ( NPK) Do you use a rotate crop?

[@wildwestfarmer]

We have tried everything but the drought hurts us - especially the last 3 years. This field had zero fertilizer.

[@process-stories]

this part is so cool 10:50

[@JBGOTGAME]

I just bought land out there do really need irrigation or does it rain there doing the growing season

[@wildwestfarmer]

All depends on the year. This year was hot and dry. Thanks for watching!

[@JBGOTGAME]

@@wildwestfarmer yeah I’m about to subscribe to your channel to stay updated and really appreciate your hard work sir clothing me and every one else

[@NA2k5]

Hello neighbor farmer

[@agriagri5520]

Сколько центнеров хлопка с гектара собираете?

[@bandit6048]

When people were picking cotton we didn't have a cotton mess on the ground.

[@jerrydunn9549]

I prefer broadcast strippers with pre cleaner it’s gets rid of the burs we put the cotton in trailers it makes it easier to get it out at the gin plus there’s less waste left on the stalks but I do remember growing up having to go out and hand pick the cotton I always hated that job having to drag the long sack behind me things have changed over the years things are so simple cotton strippers made harvesting a lot better

[@wildwestfarmer]

We used to run broadcast headers that came off of Allis-Chalmers cotton strippers. The brush headers these days are impressive.

[@CheeseMeme985]

So much waste. Wonder how much if any does it make a difference. Here is arkansas you'd think it's winter time with so much cotton along the highways

[@agriagri5520]

Для чего такое междурядье?

[@wildwestfarmer]

30/50 row spacing

[@agriagri5520]

@@wildwestfarmer у нас междурядье делают 90 см. И старые комбайны к нам привозят из США и Китая

[@DunnHaven]

Not with cotton short like that anyways

[@wildwestfarmer]

It is what it is.

[@DunnHaven]

@@wildwestfarmer can’t make it every year huh down here in nc we preparing to get into but it’s a good damn crop just gotta keep these hurricanes off it

[@DunnHaven]

Your not making no money off that at all

[@wildwestfarmer]

You’re exactly right.

[@PeteMenix]

I’d like to see you and Wild West farmer in a game of poker

[@davidlamle3598]

You leave alought of cotton behind. Got to something better than a John deere cotton picker

[@wildwestfarmer]

Cotton stripper. Yea we pick up quite a bit we don’t leave it in the field