A Week In The Life Of A Farmer During Corn Harvest (Ep. 46)

WE HAVE COMPLETELY FINISHED SOYBEAN HARVEST, AND IT'S TIME TO FOCUS ON CORN! In today's episode, Andy takes you through an entire week of corn harvesting action. The farm completes that removal of their last field of replant soybeans, so they out the hammer down on corn. The week is full of grain cart action, bin loading setup, and much more! Thanks for watching!
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Andy is a 6th generation farmer from Central Illinois. On this farm, Andy works alongside his father, Marty, his uncles, Chris and Jeff, and his sister, Katie, to grow corn and soybeans on some of the finest dirt in the world. Andy and his family are deeply rooted in the area, operating a large farm that traces it origins back into the 1800s. Although some tracts did not stand the test of time, Andy and his family still grow corn and soybeans on fields that have been in the family for longer than even the oldest members of the farm have been alive. We do, we have, and we always will take tremendous pride in calling this piece of paradise our home. Andy was a Bronze Tablet graduate of the University of Illinois in the field of Crop Sciences, following the same path as his father and late grandfather.
It would be misleading for Andy to claim that this life is one that came by chance; rather, as a member of two multi-generational farm families, it was simply in his blood. His passion for agriculture traces back to his early youth--some of his fondest, earliest memories being of days spent riding in the combine with his father and grandfather. Although his understanding of the lifestyle was much less complex in the beginning, the love he has for farming, and its industry has only appreciated through time. As this dream blossomed into adulthood, Andy now works relentlessly, and tirelessly, to chase his own dreams and to build a farming operation of his own alongside his family.
We, as a whole operation, are handymen, electricians, mechanics, landscapers, accountants, economists, caretakers, stewards, and, most importantly, farmers, and we take an incredible amount of pride in our work. There is no challenge too overwhelming, no situation too stressful, and no problem too difficult for us to take on, and we want to take you along with us. Welcome to our farm and welcome to our lives. You have the best seat in the house to watch the everyday chaos of farming unfold--we usually only get concerned when things aren't going wrong!
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[@tinajackson944]

I am also a new subscriber and I love the longer videos!! Love your format where you explain things with great detail.. would love to see more of your Sister in her combine. Great job!!

[@abrahmdufort8873]

I get the same motion sense after baling small square bales, I can feel the rocking from the plunger action on the baler!

[@spideybrent]

Hello from Canada longer videos the better thanks for sharing

[@kevingordon7426]

Good video. Nice to see someone close. I live in the Danvers, IL area and grew up Minier, IL area.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You live up in Black dirt country. Thanks for stopping in and watching.

[@lisseree1]

Thanks!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thank you so much for your support!

[@lisseree1]

@@aTrippyFarmer absolutely! Your videos are great! We just spent some time on the family farm near you (Mattoon.) What an amazing, beautiful, and PRODUCTIVE place to live and work. We love it so much! Keep up the great work (and content!)

[@tinajackson944]

Also meant to ask you if you are friends with the Welkers from Montana. Great family and his filming skills are so excellent. You are doing a better job at filming than you did in the beginning. Keep up the great videos, I'm still not caught up from watching from the beginning.

[@2009deerejohn]

Thank you for the screen shot around the 23:12 mark, the symmetry made me very happy:)

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Sometimes I put way too much thought into the editing of those drone sequences... but they usually turn out alright!

[@Andaman1979999]

This is the 1st video i have watched and i love the musical choices

[@aTrippyFarmer]

The music is the most important part!

[@AureFreePress]

Hi Andy.. Happy Sunday to you.. Looks like you had beautiful harvesting weather last week... Thank you for the ride along ❤️

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bobbyflowers4859]

Awesome video. Yaasss, baling wire. 🤪 I also recently lost my dog, Sierra, on Sept 1st to cancer. I had her about 10 years. She loved riding tractors, four wheeler and pickups.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I'm very sorry to hear that. Dogs are members of the family... it's tough that they always go so soon. Sammy was my uncle's dog that lives at the main farmstead, so I am going to miss his presence as we work around there. Thanks for the comment!

[@Marshall_Weber]

Awesome Video and RIP to your friend!!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I will miss seeing him at the farm. I am sure his owners will miss him the most!

[@charlesdoepping5616]

Ok i finished the video now let's get a hour long one going on...lol

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That would need a lot of footage!

[@charlesdoepping5616]

@@aTrippyFarmer im sure you could handle that lol

[@deepwoodguy2]

Good Job, that is a lot of jobs you do over the week.... So what is your favorite Job?? Maybe climbing to the top of a grain bin, putting on your Superman cape and fly over the corn, and be your own Drone. Great vid 👍😎😁

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I enjoy running the grain cart when everything is meshing together well. Occasionally, we hit stride and harvest with almost perfect efficiency. The drone is fun to fly, but it is challenging to do that and focus on driving. Thanks for watching!

[@zoxby8923]

You read my mind! Love ending my night with a good blow :-)

[@calebfritchtnitch8684]

Right there with ya.

[@tricogustrico]

Eli was the star of the video.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

He is very knowledgeable about farming even without getting to spend much time on one. Farming KZbin is neat!

[@randallbyrd1973]

Awesome video TY for sharing. And a great job

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks for watching!

[@charlesdoepping5616]

You could never make a good video to long...great video

[@aTrippyFarmer]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@andban92]

We have each 1st Saturday in Month right at noon potential warning sirene testings. It scarres me each time cause they are loud as f. I live pretty close to them.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

They've done it all of my life, but it still catches me off guard.

[@billylee4719]

I'm a new subscriber and I'm from Texas talk a little slower. LOL. Enjoyed the video.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

You're not the first person to say that... I just get too excited! Thanks for watching.

[@willr69420]

I'm a new subscriber and had no problems watching through to the end! Thanks to your content and editing skills the time flew by and only seemed like 10 minutes! Keep up the good work!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks for the kind words, Will. I hope that you enjoy your stay.

[@abrahmdufort8873]

Hey Andy, how's your battle with caffeine going? I gave it up 3 months ago! Feels so much better without it! How about you?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

I started using again… 🤕 I’ve limited myself to one strong caffeine drink in the morning, preferably before a workout. I do consume some diet sodas during the day, but I don’t count those. I feel much better with just 1 than 3-4 like I was using before.

[@abrahmdufort8873]

@@aTrippyFarmer I stopped coffee and sugar at the same time, not that I am super strict, but I try my best, I sleep so much better than before....stay strong!

[@tomharrington1393]

👍👍

[@bljjrklj]

Why was the name and artist of that Rainbow song. Awesome video. Keep making your videos.You make em.....I’ll watch em.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Calling Me - Ooyy. I appreciate your viewership!

[@brandonspellman1768]

Hi Andy i heard you say something about being short handed i love farming dont it for years now i live kinda close to shelbyville IL if you need any farm help we can talk more thanks you make some good content

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Thanks, Brandon. Shelbyville is just down the road. I’ll keep you in mind!

[@brandonspellman1768]

@@aTrippyFarmer i also have a house in charleston

[@ryanmorse8900]

My mom stepped in a bean stubble field and it went through her shoe into her toe

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Ouch! I can feel the pain just thinking about it. I hope she heals quickly.

[@shawnduma]

I would like to come work in your farm....

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Haha flex seal is for making boats, not fixing things!

[@gavinburkett5829]

What are the roller things on the end of ur dads corn head for

[@aTrippyFarmer]

Those are to help feed corn that has fallen over. We haven't had much need for them for a few seasons, but we leave them on.

[@xavierflament2312]

Hi ANDY I'm french farmer and i'm surprised to see that you storing the corn without drying it!!! what is the grain corn moisture? it's really intreresting!!!!

[@aTrippyFarmer]

We live far enough to the south that our corn is often dried down by the sun and wind. A lot of this corn was going into the bin at 12-15% moisture. We are losing money at 12% just based on weight, but everything will store for a long time if necessary at those moistures. Thanks for the question.

[@trystanschroeder8778]

Just wondering, why do you guys have such small headers on your s series? Anyway great video👍

[@echutch]

@ Trystan I’d say because they are only running 1 cart. Man power?

[@trystanschroeder8778]

@@echutch ok, nice profile picture

[@aTrippyFarmer]

That's a great question. We have ran two combines for decades, so it is tough to switch away from the benefits that it can offer. If we were to go to a 12 row cornhead, it would most likely involve making an upgrade in one combine, which would be very expensive. It is in the plans at some point, just not yet.

[@trystanschroeder8778]

@@aTrippyFarmer ok thanks for the reply!

[@5thgenerationfarmer211]

What do u plant with a db60

[@aTrippyFarmer]

It’s a 1775NT 60’ ExactEmerge for corn. It’s a 3pt, not a drawbar. I do like the DB planters, though!

[@jeffthole315]

How many acres do you farm?

[@aTrippyFarmer]

A few thousand.

[@Melting_Fireman]

I'd rather see 20 minutes or longer on the farming videos than 5 or 15. It makes more of an opportunity to showcase your operation. Then again trying to keep people's attention is hard after a couple of minutes on videos if they aren't interested.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

We live in a very fast-paced world. Thanks for spending a little time watching my video. I definitely appreciate it!