Can We Finish This Big Job?

[@harolderwin5354]

They are harvesting cotton in my home state of Alabama. When I was a kid, 70 plus years ago, we harvested cotton by hand; pulling a seven or nine foot long sack behind us to stuff the cotton into as we pulled the locks off the boll. A very lengthy back breaking endeavor. The average amount of cotton that a good man could pick in a day would weigh about 210 to 250 pounds and a fully ginned bale of cotton would weigh about 500 pounds. The un-baled cotton would be about 1500 pounds give or take. Things are a lot different now with new technology and machinery.💪

[@Bfranklyn731]

@@harolderwin5354 that sounds tough as nails like the people who did the work- tough as nails!!

[@piepawrench]

My dad was born and raised in Tx. and had to also work in the cotton fields, He told me stories about an old woman that was a migrant worker and followed the crops. He said she rode/drove an old buckboard pulled by a mule. He also told me she played the harmonica, and he said she also always had a cheek full of Tabacco. Now, his story went on to say that she taught my dad to play (her) harp, harmonica but he would have to pick out the pieces of tobacco first. Dad was born in1922, so he was around 7 or 8 when he was in the fields and with this old woman. My brother and I, yrs later also picked up the harmonica and learn to play, but not like dad could. He could play the blues like nobody business!!

[@iphobley]

Thanks for sharing your memories, really interesting.

[@FarmerPro-w4k]

you had a great childhood

[@DreamFarmUS]

That sounds like such a labor-intensive process! Harvesting cotton by hand is definitely no small feat, especially with those long sacks to manage. It must have taken a lot of strength and endurance to pick that much in a day. The transformation in agriculture over the years is remarkable-modern machinery has certainly changed the landscape of farming. Do you have any particular memories from those days that stand out, or perhaps lessons you learned from that hard work?

[@jeffhoberg1995]

You have a great operation Laura. It’s fun for us non-farmers to see your amazing success with everyone working so hard. We appreciate you and the entire family! Keep it rockin and keep the videos coming.

[@jdskibum313]

I appreciate all the knowledge. I am 59, from GI and live in Lincoln. Your videos taught me about an industry I grew up near, but not actually a part of (save for detasseling 3 summers in the 70s, Peterson Farms). I never knew you blew off the stubble from the previous previous day. It makes sense, but not if you don't think about it. Thanks again for teaching those of us not involved in farming what exactly that industry entails.

[@don-dspid2404]

There is something so relaxing watching harvest equipment rolling.

[@stevea9604]

So satisfying looking at the drone shots 👍🏻🤩

[@daleyates2261]

I am 66 years old and love watching your videos please be safe and keep them coming

[@sterlingspencer2934]

You closed that ladder like a pro Laura, I remember when you first tried to figure the combinatio to getting the ladder up and down!

[@mayforddavis9291]

Congratulations on finishing bean harvest.

[@DarrylSparlin]

I just love watching farm videos. Wish I could ride along in one of those big combines. Thanks for sharing. God bless our farmers.

[@أشرفبلاش]

I am from Egypt, I love this channel! My greetings to you guys.

[@BurningBroadcast]

Been watching your videos for ages, but it just remains special what sort of fancy equipment there is. Designed to harvest at this scale. Imagine having to harvest that by hand 😮

[@johnensminger7675]

Looking good, Laura! Thanks for sharing your life and taking us along for the ride! Love the channel content!!

[@FarmGearInnovators]

Poor skunk! 😂 Love that you keep it real-those green stems and weeds are all part of the farming story. Awesome job finishing soybeans! 👏

[@9maris]

I live in farm country in upstate New York. I love this stuff and have learned a lot.😊

[@Sailor376also]

Laura, I wave every time I go by. I am the guy who frequently has a canoe on the roof of my F150 headed to or from the Green or Colorado Rivers. "This is great. This is wonderful." Eau de Skunk. I have one that likes my house and visits every couple of weeks,, eye watering.

[@RonaldBailey-v9y]

i went by youre place on i-80 in feb and march 2002 as a over the road trucker. it was on a dedicated run from chicago to heward calif and back. . i was new to trucking and i was with my trainer. i dont believe you were even born then in 2002. lol you do really well in the big rigs.

[@davidhuffine5084]

I like watching the combine . It is all different than when I was young . The old machines could be driven down the road . I remember People having 10 corn heads . My dad had a two row corn picker . It got job done , But it took longer . Thanks for sharing , Laura . Seeya in the corn .

[@StephenMoore-vc7ku]

I live in Australia & I’ve heard stories about how bad skunks smell when they spray 😮 I just joined your channel a week ago & I appreciate you letting me come along with you😊 Stephen 🇦🇺

[@samlague4409]

Such a beautiful smart and wonderful creator. Great videos as always Laura

[@landmaster23]

Thanks for the work all farmers do in USA. I worked on my Aunt J coffee farm (200 Acres) in India all work done by hand to pick coffee beans. I loved rural life. We had to watch out for Elephants.. DDL

[@elwoodsummersjr596]

Great video, it's so heartwarming to see such hard working young people, and then add Laura's Beauty to the mix, awesome to watch. Lots of love from pa ❤❤❤

[@russellbowman8051]

So Talented Laura !! You Learnd Well From Dad!! Thank You !! And Appreciate You For all You Do Keep Smiling On! 😅👍👊❤️

[@Fonda-d3x]

The production quality is getting really good with the drones, music, scene cuts and audio. Well done!

[@stevea9604]

Amazing what they do with just a phone too 👍🏻🤩🤔

[@TomRowan777]

Ditto! Great job with the Drone footage and the editing is as professional as anything else on TV. Very satisfying and Zen Harvest! Happy Harvest Moon Laura, Grant, & Gage!

[@godoftheinterwebz]

it's taking away from the genuineness of the videos

[@phillip9468]

G'day Laura, Grant & Gage from W.A. (in Oz.) even though it's a couple of days after the vid landed in my phone. (?) Well W.A. does stand for Wait Awhile according to those in the eastern states. Banana benders, Cabbage patchers, Crow eaters & Apple munchers. Nothing like interstate rivalry, hey. The use of the drone gives an overall picture of the size of the fields you are working & also adds to the high standard of video you have achieved in the years your channel has been up & running. Thank you all,& stay safe.

[@johnensminger7675]

Looking good, Laura! Thanks for sharing your life and taking us along for the ride! Love the channel content!! Goo Team!!😊

[@gregrussell5374]

Wow. Nice job. I can tell by all three’s tone of voice that you get along well and work well as a team. This is interesting to watch.

[@conradhawkins1426]

Remembering watching JD Combine harvesting especially at night. That was 3 decades ago. Started watching because I've lived in Iowa 52 yes and just wanted to learn about farming. Also helped manufacture lots of Green and Red parts from railings to Rice Chutes. Even some hydraulic hoses and even rotomolded part on front of JD combine. Thank You...

[@johndodi]

Love the overhead video shots. 7:32

[@hotbug597]

I must say, this is professional quality work. I am so impressed and proud of how far you have come with your videos. This is ready for the history channel or some equivalent venue.

[@charleswelch249]

I'm glad you finished the beans. You are definitely correct about making sure you blow off your combine daily. That's the #1 cause of fires during harvest season. You lose a bearing, and it overheats it's an instant fire. Hopefully, corn harvest goes well, Laura.

[@DavidIngalls-n2f]

I drove by this summer on 80 and gased up at Arora truck stop on my way home from my brother's in Lincoln MT. too n/w Pa.

[@johnensminger7675]

Great job on the drone footage!

[@snowman1185-v]

Impressive! I remember watching you, I think, three years ago. It's nice to see how far you've come.

[@gregboyd7728]

With Laura’s energy level and the blue and yellow outfit I kept thinking, “Minion”!

[@patbrewer4205]

You’re always so cute and smiling 😊

[@bobtucker8875]

I drive truck some years for different farmers hauling different kinds of products in S-E Idaho. Always enjoy the start up,but then I'm glad when it's over. TKS for sharing 😊.

[@kurtkrim7378]

I did custom combining in the summer of 1976, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Home in north central ND. I so enjoy your channel and your positive and smart attitude.

[@bay9876]

Almost sayng goodbye to 2023 growing year. Will miss the planting, fertilization and harvest, but with the end comes next year if we're all here. Love this channel and mouser Pepper.

[@waynewilliams839]

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[@letsgonutty]

I enjoyed watching both, you and your parents during harvest season. It is so heart warming to see you all reaping the bounty of all your hard work throughout the season doing your best to steward the land and helping to feed the world as the Lord has given us command to do. God bless your entire family for your part in His name! Larry

[@frankdeegan8974]

Two of the over the road trucks I drove had an automatic transmissions and I loved them both one was equiped with a radar breaking system to keep a safe opreating distance between trucks too.

[@oldgrizz8720]

I like the smell of skunk. Grew up in the city, grandparents lived in the country. When we smelled skunk we knew we were getting close to grandma's love, kisses, and homemade donuts! Now when I smell skunk I get sentimental.

[@michaelwilliams7481]

Laura, and Grant, I was wondering if the weeds are the most troublesome for clogging-up the head! I hope your yield is up this season. Next onto your biggest crop. Love to you all from Mike. ❤

[@edwardh1591]

It has to feel good to be done with the beans. My cousin has 100 acres to go. So he is excited to be finishing up. Have a great day!😊

[@paulwalters6879]

I’m so excited for harvest time. Thi s great,

[@burtisbills1668]

We drove down I80 from Utah to the audobons bird watching blind. I love the Sand hill cranes. Every time I wast your channel I get a big smile. Keep up the good work

[@mcrsdad]

Fascinating machinery and the long days and hard work associated with operating it. Plus the work you put into producing informative videos that educate and entertain. Thank you.

[@PatrickGilmore-yf6hx]

I love watching your channel. I am 56 years old and would love to learn more about farming. I love the country lifestyle.

[@BerkeleyClayton-gu8gw]

I know u guys will be glad when those crops are in!!!!!

[@westrotter7847]

We're ready to do corn now !! It'll be so much fun to see that corn disappear into the combine !!!!😊

[@marklohmann6267]

Another good production. Especially liked the music.

[@davidgoertzen250]

I worked on a custom harvesting crew in 1988. We used to load trucks alongside the combine as they were cutting. As like g as you didn’t try to shift gears, it went pretty well.

[@guybarriault3304]

Good job you guys, love to watch the way you guys work and explain in detail what you're doing. Have a good corn harvest hope everything goes smoothly.

[@bjarkekorsgaard]

It is so nice following you doing the harvest and you are doing well - thank you 🤗

[@markhickox1379]

If you have to shave the ground and I had a problem with too much moist green matter then I would spray a desiccant on the low spots at least around 10 days before you combine That should solve plugging the combines with wet plant material and get rid of the green beans you likely are also seeing.

[@MikeLandis-h2b]

Perhaps all the fields could be leveled before planting time, and save trouble with clogging problems in the combine? Maybe the wet crop would be dry like the rest of the field?

[@timothycampbell9994]

I’m a retired OTR driver from San Diego ( via Wisconsin) my run for 32 years was San Diego to Chicago then Milwaukee ( food ingredients) back to LA via Interstate 80 to SLC , York was my first break at Petro , best buffet , would see the planting in the spring and harvest in the fall , retired to Wisconsin where I grew up and live in a farm town now enjoy your channel and your dads channel too,

[@DashaDmitrieva-ti3pb]

You look flawless, can’t get enough.

[@richj551]

weird bot

[@iotandcoffee]

Hello Laura and team, congratulations on the wonderful work you do. I watch all your videos and I find it very interesting how you solve problems, always with willingness, joy and you always have your wonderful smile; many times I have a bad day and when I get home I run to see if there is a new video, because when I watch your videos I feel an indescribable peace and my problems disappear like magic. A big hug from a subscriber from Brazil.

[@rickyweber2651]

I love the drone footage Laura, you Grant and Gage (plus Pepper) enjoy BE SAFE Happy Harvest 2024.

[@anoka114]

Maintenance always keeps you moving. To many businesses don't do it and have breakdowns when they least need it.

[@ChrisHessert]

Really enjoy your channel and episodes. Thank you.

[@brentgroth767]

Farming and teaching for the masses. Good job

[@jongrossardt7542]

We passed nearby last weekend - was westbound on I-80 out of Lincoln but turned south on 81 at York then back on Sunday. Was a beautiful weekend.

[@tomrogers323]

Great content as usual plus the drone footage! Looking forward to the corn harvest as well!

[@CACTUS48]

I am a Marine Vietnam Veteran 76 now, 1st MAW DaNang, you are hard working people...

[@OGWT]

Y'all might need to chat with KZbin about your subscribers.. This video is the first one of yours that came up on my list this morning, in quite a while. I checked and you've done 14 videos that never showed up on my list. I've been a subscriber since you started (I used to live not that many miles east of you long ago). Anyway, I'll be binge watching to get caught up. Have a great day!

[@Uncle_Jenny]

Have you activated notifications? (Clicked the bell?)

[@yankeetango]

Excellent production and narration as usual. Love the drone shots!

[@brianpesci]

I hope you had an excellent crop this year, can't say enough about the respect I have for farmers.

[@Captain-Max]

Love harvest videos, so mesmerizing.

[@keithbennett5519]

Amazing job u all stay safe out there

[@larrymoffitt2386]

So happy to see the soybeans done, finishing up on that odd-shaped piece of land. Soybeans are fine because we need them for tofu, but nothing satisfies like the crunch of corn stalks in the combine. The next month or so will be such fun!

[@juice_box23]

Laura, I love this channel so much, you are so entertaining and this is such a fun channel to watch.

[@markklumpp39]

Hi all. Really enjoyed the drone footage. Gives a perspective of the real size of the field

[@thomasb188]

I learned a lot about farming from you Laura. I like learning new things on a daily basis. You are just great sweetie!!!!! Have a great day!!!!! 🙂🙃🙂

[@rwadecarter9806]

There is the World right in front of you here. Commerce moving down the highways, Food being harvested for us and the World. thank you all the hard working farm businesses. I have irrigated enough cotton, alfalfa fields to understand.

[@pglick123]

The drone shots are beautiful!

[@Kinghauler2012]

Wow. Seeing gage next to the combine really gives a size perspective. That thing is a beast!

[@jaymass1178]

Lol. Not really

[@VonBluesman]

I thought you had all of your corn harvested but I saw some standing. 😱😎✌️

[@KellyVanDaHuvel]

When working around the sickle you should ware groves when breaking the bolting lose. One slip of the wrench your finger may come off. Good pair of guard groves keeps your finger on. Experience is always better than having a finger missing. Grew up on a farm, saw examples.

[@stevecollins1196]

Really love the video guys much love and respect thanks for sharing ❤❤❤

[@williamgerhard4787]

U got me cracking up great job guys as always

[@kraigvollmer788]

Nice to be done with beans we got are beans done about two weeks ago we had two combines going we have been doing corn for about a week.

[@5777alan]

What an awesome operation, and pretty cool drone shots!

[@stevea9604]

Absolutely

[@stevea9604]

Betcha those beans smell great after that skunk 😮

[@ssfoste]

Very good informing and well-done video, thank you.

[@brokenbritain9441]

I really enjoy that it's just like one big lawn mower🙄😳😁

[@hempy351]

As for the skunk smell - when I was in high school I was helping my dad lay out some irrigation pipe, and as we were loading the pipe onto the trailer so we can lay it out on the field, there was a skunk that had made a home in one of the pipes, and it was not happy at all for disturbing it. While we didn't get a direct spray, I had caught a whiff, causing me to dry heave. To this day whenever I get a faint smell of a skunk when driving by an area, I get flashbacks and become a bit ill. 🤢

[@admranger]

I have definitely driven by that field on I-80. Did it again this year heading to Lincoln for the first Husker game of the year. Short drive from Vegas. 😎

[@duanebolen543]

You should do that when done for the day when you are dirty an grease when bearings are warm from running so they take grease better

[@buzman7811]

Thank you for your videos, quite the education.

[@allanvanuga9196]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@kenbettygregor3900]

YES WE ALWAYS LOVE YOUR VIDEOS , THANK YOU

[@cdalton3169]

Just exceptional videos, Laura. Stellar content!

[@Mark-jp9dz]

When it is really hot , fires on a corn field (or other dead vegetable matter) is not just a matter of rubbish on the combine getting caught in the machinery and friction causing a fire - although this is the main reason. However, when it is really hot, the cutter bar hitting a stone can cause a spark that will set the whole field on fire. In Australia, in certain areas, when it exceeds a certain temperature, harvesting has to stop due to the fire risk.

[@ashutoshpandey4761]

Great job Laura

[@NeilMaclachlan]

Super video... watching the combine harvesting the soy beans....stay safe and see you soon

[@regor2102]

Grant, when did you last adj your brakes? A bad way to test brakes is to see if the tractor will move with the parking brake on, then try the trailer brakes with the parking brake released and the handbrake pulled back. It beats nothing. I know you don't do steep grades so they don't need adjusting often. But it nice to know you can stop fast when needed.

[@raven4592]

Great video folks really enjoyed it,thanks

[@kroadie3936]

The Laura team will work to keep you on the job no matter how early or late you are working!

[@hamlett22me]

A little financial breakdown request... I noticed bean and corn price per bushel are down quite a bit compared to last year (beans are at 9.70 today, down from last year's 14.10 and corn is at 3.73 as of today, down from last year's 4.92). How are you all dealing or going to deal with that? It would be super cool to see a chart of sorts, breaking down costs associated to planning, purchasing, planting, the maintaining of crops, land, equipment, etc... and harvest. A little biz refresher of sorts, and perhaps a path one might take to maximize income on harvest when the market doesn't cooperate. How do good farmers navigate that ballot of supply and demand? Great vid!

[@douglasjackson1998]

I don't know anything but what I've learned watching Laura and her Dad farm soy beans and corn on KZbin. I don't remember whether the Wilson farm (Grant's family) has a bin site, but if you watch LEAAD Farms, you'll see that the Carlsons (Laura's family) have a bin site on the farm. For those having their own bin site, in addition to allowing the ability to dry the crop, in case circumstances (like weather, etc) require that they harvest it with higher than sale-able moisture content, they also have the capacity to save back part of the crop on-site, and hope (bet) that the price goes up within the coming year. Depending upon how much capacity is in-use, they can even loan (or rent?) capacity to their neighbors. I'm guessing that there might be commercially available elevator space in the case they want to get the crop off the farm, but REALLY don't want to sell it yet.

[@jaymass1178]

They're getting screwed selling straight to the elevator at harvest time. That's when prices are the lowest due to high supply. Any decent sized farm has a grain facility, storage and dryer. We rarely sell any of ours during harvest and we farm about 6,000 acres. They need to invest in storage, but I don't think they are a big enough farm to justify it.

[@tsmartin]

1:35 Need to be cleaning under that attachment so the bar sets down on the base plate.

[@firstfreonwarrior]

Great drone footage. Excellent work guys. Regards from the UK.