Sloppy Seconds

[@jeremyhartman1225]

Thanks for the videos. Your scenery is very nice. I enjoy the variety of crops you guys grow. 👍

[@jamesneal2705]

Hey Conley, is there a cotton gin nearby in the mountains or do you take it back to Grimes County. Did you get any moisture over the holidays?

[@conleybanman]

Nope it all goes back to Gaines and no moisture just a lot of humid and foggy days

[@robertreznik9330]

Up on the northern high plains of Texas we finished hauling to the gin last Saturday. Do you still have cotton up north? We planted only 1/2 of our normal acres. It made 2.33 bales, last year got 2.9 bales/ac. We put on 1" in August to keep watering corn in the Summer.

[@conleybanman]

Yeah we still have cotton up north definitely not doing as good as down south. A lot more heat than usual plus a really late rain gave us a lot of immature bolls that got boll locked and didn’t make anything

[@icebabysnocain]

Take what ya can get when ya can get it = sloppy 2nds. Considering the nature of the plant you don't seem to get much fluff build up on the machine. Do you wipe it down at every pee stop? The cotton fluff would be very fire prone I imagine . I wonder what most cotton is used for. I liked seeing your reflection in the back window. Good video. Pax.

[@conleybanman]

Yea if I can I clean off the stripper twice a day with a large air compressor

[@geomark8851]

Did you grow up in Dell City? Do they have a high school there? Where do you have to truck the cotton to? Not many gins nearby. Can you see the Blue Origins launches? Bet you are pretty good at repairs because it is a good drive to the nearest dealer!

[@conleybanman]

We haul all our cotton to Oasis Gin so it’s definitely a good drive. But we didn’t grow up in dell we took over that land not too long ago but yes you kind of have to get good at repairs and have to have a lot of parts on hand

[@X1Trickle]

Conley if you ever get the time, would you be able todo a farm tour?? Great video btw, liked the dark to light part, just thought you where cleaning the camra hahahaha

[@conleybanman]

Haha thanks by far my favorite transition. And if I find the time I should you interested in land or equipment or both

[@jamesneal2705]

Hey Conley, did you use chemical defoliant or wait for a freeze?

[@conleybanman]

We use a defoliant it works better than a freeze

[@MrSnyper360]

So are the pickers yours too? Or is it like peas or seed corn where they send a harvest crew and equipment to take the crop off for you? Or do you contract out your harvest and just have your own machine for clean up like this?

[@conleybanman]

Nope we own it all just sometimes we need a picker and sometimes a stripper. The only thing that we don’t harvest ourselves is corn for silage that the dairy comes and takes it themselves

[@John-nc4bl]

Conley, I thank you for another interesting video.

[@leeforeman3656]

Good afternoon Conley. Do you sell cotton worldwide, or is it mostly for the US markets. 👍

[@ΑντώνηςΒελλιος-λ2υ]

Hello Conley from Greece, how many acres of cotton crops?

[@piperdoug428]

i get why you named it that but man that term is disgusting