A GIANT 2,000 Pound Rock is in My Field!

A MASSIVE 2,000-pound rock appeared in one of our fields, and today, Dad and I embarked on a mission with the John Deere tractor to remove it from our cornfield. Initially daunted by its sheer size, we took a break to clear smaller rocks. Determined, Dad later resumed the challenge of moving the colossal rock. Stay tuned until the end to find out if we conquered this monumental task!
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Matthias, aka HiTech Farmer, is a 5th generation family farmer from Southwest Minnesota who promotes agriculture by capturing it through the lens of a camera, one video at a time. Passionate about emerging farm technologies and the benefits of 21st-century precision agriculture tools, such as farm equipment, GPS, and autonomous tractors, Matthias is determined to bring new methods into his operation. These methods can improve his farm's efficiency and sustainability into the future. Learning from his parents' (Mike and Dawn) work ethic, Matthias sees every day as an opportunity to educate and entertain about the daily triumphs and challenges his farm faces, whether technology-related or not. His mission is to share his enthusiasm and knowledge of agriculture as he embarks on what it means to be a farmer in the modern era.

[@admirableawesome2317]

first, really enjoy your channel! thanks for the info

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Thanks so much! More exciting things coming

[@AmericanFarmers]

Good work getting those rock out! It’s always best practice to remove them before they grow bigger 😆

[@HiTech_Farmer]

You got that right!

[@scotttesch4319]

You guys are awesome...i love family farms...i like when you include your parents

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Thanks so much Scott! I'll include more of my parents

[@christinaschwartz2148]

When my dad was a boy he used to walk in a field with a bucket picking up rocks, today we have better equipment and don't have to work as hard. Also, Great video.

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Picking rock is not for the faint of heart. Thanks!

[@MrCrazycook8]

Hey, did you rock 'n' roll? Rock on Ooh, my soul Hey, did you boogie too, did ya?

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Reminds me of a David Essex song...

[@thomasbee5218]

what a royal MESS - MARK THE ROCKS with some long flags - take them out AFTER harvest

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Problem is the ground may be frozen or really wet after harvest when we have time

[@rogerembry4777]

People pay good money for rocks around here

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Yes, if we lived closer to a larger city this rock in particular would bring a couple hundred bucks. But instead here its sits

[@zilla2006able]

how many Grain Trucks do you have on your farm??

[@HiTech_Farmer]

2 grain trucks, both will be in action this fall. Possibly have my brother Matt having one

[@zilla2006able]

@@HiTech_Farmer ok cool thanks for asking my question :)

[@Mark-ff9en]

Does the wind and or rain actually get rid of the rocks?

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Only time will tell... stay tuned

[@johnmedici6655]

You should have waited until after harvest so your not destroying your crop!🤔

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Ideally yes, but to manage the workload after harvest as winter could be setting in, we sacrifice some crop.

[@rau123]

Large rocks.. most of it is under the dirt.. they're land icebergs!

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Never thought of it that way

[@asquithmainlines699]

The biggest rock I have ever seen a farmer deal with is when my friend got a call from a neighbour to see if he could bring his JD 4 wheel drive over. They started to dig out a rock about the size of a basket ball the more they dug the bigger it got. Finally they switched to a back hoe and it turned out to be about eight feet tall and about 6 feet thick at the base like a big arrow head. They decided to dig a deep hole beside it and push it over so it laid flat but the hoe could not push it over. We ran a big sling around the top and used the 4X4 to pull it over. By the time they were done the hole was big enough to park that tractor in.

[@HiTech_Farmer]

WOW. That would make GREAT content for KZbin! Problem with burying rocks like that is eventually they will come back to the top...

[@asquithmainlines699]

@@HiTech_Farmer Yes they were laughing about that at the time. Since they buried it about ten feet deep they figured that would be the next generations problem.

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Lol, poor kids or grandkids might pass that problem on and on

[@oscarwindham6016]

I'm glad I don't have to pay you two by the hour.

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Haha

[@oscarwindham6016]

@@HiTech_Farmer Glad you have a sense of humor. Only kidding..., for the most part.

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Only kidding, as in you're going to start paying us by the hour??

[@oscarwindham6016]

@@HiTech_Farmer LOL

[@raincoast9010]

The arms on that loader are not strong enough to be playing with those big rocks.

[@HiTech_Farmer]

It does appear that way

[@lindanelson8400]

I sure hope you never get a wind big enough to take that large rock away. 🪨 There won't be much of anything left standing. 😊

[@HiTech_Farmer]

You got that right Linda!

[@rk3739]

Why are you guys digging up and trampling your good crop? Can’t you dig rocks when there isn’t a crop in the ground

[@HiTech_Farmer]

The crop will come off at some point in October or November, at which point winter and freezing temperatures could be an issue to prevent us from getting the rocks. So we give up some crop this way, but solve a problem without letting it go another year.

[@rk3739]

@@HiTech_Farmer Seems a bit counterproductive in my opinion especially since you’ve lost so much from the floods already . I understand you live in a different part of country than I do but wouldn’t it be better to get them out before planting, maybe delay planting by a day to get those rocks out. I don’t know, you seem to be driving over your profit in this video.

[@shanehumphrey4827]

@@HiTech_Farmerthats a lame excuse dude. The crops come off in early fall !! There is a month you can dig the to rock before there is 12” of frost. Frost will help bonehead !!

[@HiTech_Farmer]

Most of the rocks don't get "shown" until after planting and several rain events that wash water off the top of the rock. Ideally we would have them out before planting, yes

[@shanehumphrey4827]

@@HiTech_Farmer so why are you out there now?? Ohh just to make a stupid video. !!! You can remove after crop is off!! Dont give us your bs excuses

[@cliffordarnoldussen]

Why are you doing this when you got a crop in the field I don’t understand that why don’t you wait until you take the crop off Percy you guys get all the flooding and lose it all now you’re digging it all it’s not smart

[@Brian_in_Indiana]

In Minnesota, the ground can be frozen November through March.

[@harrietweber2520]

The rocks could probably hurt equipment in caring for and harvesting the crop. Please trust the farmers know what they are doing.😊 Plus they're not doing the whole fields.

[@Beyonder8335]

Pretty negligible amount of loss in the grand scheme of things. with as far north as they are conditions are also probably pretty poor right up until planting, leaving minimal time. Not to mention the fact the rock picking is pretty much never ending, odds are you discover a few during planting or something and it’s best to get them out before harvest.

[@Brian_in_Indiana]

@@Beyonder8335 Yep. If left to mature, each plant they are ripping up might make them 3-8 cents so they're losing a few dollars in corn for each rock they pull up. The tractor they were using drinks 3-8 gallons an hour, so the $$$ spent on fuel used was probably on par to the lost corn.

[@billiebruv]

Use a friggen excvator