Farming VS Rain

[@thomasdiaz5116]

It amazes me how the equipment has evolved since I left Southern Minnesota to join the Air Force in 1982. Thank you for sharing and best wishes for a good growing season.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Thank you for watching!

[@toddbehrends1373]

Another informative video. I like how you explain the process that you go through when planting. For us city slickers we see that there is more to farming than meets the eye. Thanks. Stay dry!!!!! Oh I also like your 'behind' the scenes action..... eating a long john, having lunch delivered, belching. You never bring a boring day on the farm.

[@CarlGorn]

This has been the most crazy spring I can remember in my 48 years. Winter dragging on 'til April, April showers coming a month late, flowers freezing, which means a serious hit to fruit crops, especially apples. My wife and I will be lucky if we can get our balcony bucket garden going before the end of June!

[@easylooker4889]

You can actually plant faster with row cleaners with just wheels. They never slung up the roots like your tracks are doing. The row units did not bounce around as much with the row cleaners moving the clods out of the way. Made a much more even seed bed and even emergence as well. On our Kinze we have a slanted bar that hugged the wheels that keep the wheels clean as well. But at the same time we didn't work the ground either. It was notilled

[@linusbastien2431]

Ontario,Canada iam a 55 yr old farm hand lol,we dont have 1 acre of anything planted.It rains 1to 4 inches ever 3or 4 days.and lol for the next 3 week.oh the winter wheat is toast,there is some good YOUR VIDEOS THANK YOU I do enjoy .

[@LBertao]

love when that weird red thing shows up in a video haha

[@andrewmason7424]

I work for a fertilizer company in Michigan, and it’s been raining non stop last night and today. Supposed to continue for the next couple days. Makes for a slow shift!

[@franrautiola2619]

Totally hi tech farming, I grew up on a farm in the 50s and very early 60s, the equipment you have nobody could have imagined at that time, there was a big jump in farm production from horses to the farm machinery in my day. There was much bigger jump in production with the type of farming equipment now available. Keep up the interesting videos

[@genebontrager7433]

I enjoy your videos so much. My wife and I had a small dairy farm 30 miles east of Buffalo NY but the equipment was very small. I think that is why I enjoy watching your videos with the new equipment I don’t know how you can afford to have so much newer equipment.

[@jimlovesfarming6332]

12:30 RIP red can It was a good can he was there when you were thirsty but now he's gone.... Left not forgotten red can you will always be in out hearts..

[@rodneyhickman598]

Whiskey River one of my favorite songs.

[@anthonybanda8192]

Here in michigan we call our field cultivator a digger as well. We enjoy the videos and we watch them while we farm as well. We have 3500 acres and custom farm another 1500 to 2000 acres depending on the year and weather in our area. Nice video stay safe and farm on my friend! I'm watching this video again I'm starting to think about planting season it's only 7 to 8 weeks away .

[@kencraft2751]

Hey Zack, down in southwest Georgia, hot and dry, 11:03pm waiting on a pivot to finish watering peanuts we planted couple days ago, opposite end of the spectrum!

[@RTN_570]

Was that a Black Rifle Coffee ad I heard on your radio at 1:54? Best coffee ever!

[@MillennialFarmer]

Heck yeah it was!

[@cliffbays5913]

No ear plugs!! I have the same problem from "back in the day" when we ran open headers - sometimes straight and only about 10" long. I now wear ear protection even when running my zero turn at the race track.

[@leroyroutt4791]

I never get tired of your satirical humor! I feel for you farmers who constantly race against mother nature, shoot. . I have a hard time keeping 6 acres of grass cut between showers!

[@mrtundra22]

I work for Centra Sota Coo-op in Central MN and it was busy last week before all this rain. Love spreading pre-plant fertillizer in the spring. Be interesting to see how this wet spring works out towards end of june.

[@dougmcgregor8690]

WOW WOW WOW ... can't believe you are already over a 1/4 million subs ... congratulations!

[@leelahd4428]

I am in southern Alberta, and our big rain prediction last weekend totalled 3/10s. We desperately need rain. I know to much isn't good , but better than none at all.

[@comm1508]

blimey you'd think an experienced guy like you would know how to fix the problem put more air in the tracks! keep up the good work.

[@bradcoddington1679]

Yea they were looking a little flat on the bottom to me also

[@mikea8882]

Looked like a red Amish buggy being chased by a corn planter!!!

[@kmjsuperfly1]

All that coordination is easy. Just hit H Key to hire a new worker.

[@maxjager2154]

This still is not Farming simulator. But the workers need a lot of coordination too.

[@MillennialFarmer]

lol, I wish it were that simple!!

[@ultansadventures]

I would like to think that Jim is more intelligent than the FS workers and he is not found crashed into a tree spinning his tracks trying to drive through it

[@krisbower8816]

HA HA HA HA HA!!!! Seriously though, looking very forward to this map!!!

[@krisbower8816]

@@ultansadventures :)

[@bookofthomas]

Thanks for taking the time to video your profession!

[@tylermartin4726]

Down here in Ohio, we only have 30 acres of corn planted (last week). We might get to the point where we only plant the farms that are supposed to be beans this year and let the corn ground sit idle this year.

[@cuznjo1]

you make me laugh, i sometimes think you spend too much time in the tractor alone. lol

[@Jesse_Jessie_James]

We are finished planting corn glad we are. Now taking a road trip this Friday see in-laws.

[@belfast479]

Just so you know, you explain things very well. I'm a non farmer and I can follow you easily. BTW thanx for sharin.

[@Kinaatta]

For me, AgCam is one of the neatest things on this planet.

[@MillennialFarmer]

I wanted to share it with everyone, instead of just me and Rodney knowin' it

[@popcorn4me12]

Goes from Whiskey river to Feels good to be a gansta.....Loved it

[@jasonmitchell7849]

Love it when that Case International tractor pulling a JD planter appears in your video.

[@iam106racing2]

2 peices of sheet metal attached to the bogey wheel or the mounting bracket for the track system will help shield it..

[@wbball15]

Final 90 seconds were my favourite.

[@DumbOhioFarmboy]

P-day -18... we have yet to see the sun or the soil for the water has consumed everything. I took apart and put back together the kinze for the 10th time in 18 days while the weather channel played messages of despair repeatedly in the background... 6 inches last week 3 more this week... plant by July is our new slogan.

[@kassakassa2010]

"You can tell it's an AG cam because of the way it is!" That's pretty neat! Love it! Keep up the awesome content.

[@williamuskoski1385]

Just look at it

[@jamenodell]

Hopefully it won’t rain as much as they are saying and you guys can get back into the fields. Love the videos, keep them coming!

[@chrisdiamond9418]

That's pretty neat! That's why its called neature.

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Ya Id say you should have a sort of shielding over top of the gauge wheels on the back side, it will sling around but will fall off after if designed correctly

[@avahon]

Tough everywhere!! Many haven't turned a wheel yet in SE South Dakota.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Same here in se ontario

[@massimopecile9666]

Here in italy we have got 2 months straight of water, in my zone we abandoned sowing of mais

[@rexjohnson5109]

I worked on farms back in the 60’s-70’s some tractors had bad mufflers or straight pipes and with no cabs started my hearing loss I’m not sure they even had earplugs back then I thought it was cool then not so much now I remember in 1975 it rained all spring just like now and it was June when we got to plant and we finished on 4th July just in time to cut wheat and if I remember right the crop was good of course that all depends on GOD and what increase HE provides I wish all farmers a safe and planting season

[@TheGrumpyFarmer]

How come you don’t use a seed tender that you can just load the pro boxes on rather than pick them up and drain them into an auger which puts them into your other seat under

[@travishildebrandt975]

I wish we had that kind of rain coming in Southwest Saskatchewan! It’s a Desert up here!

[@therealRustyShackleford]

I think there is about 220 acres planted in Indiana. #220/221....whatever it takes.

[@rustyschackelford9645]

In south east Indiana everybody is going at it like they're killing snakes!

[@rongrose3746]

Rusty Shackleford , if that much !

[@aaronfogg302]

We hardly have anything planted. About 200 out of 4500

[@brinkme1772]

YES!! A Mr. Mom reference!

[@therealRustyShackleford]

BrinkME, I get excited whenever I can squeeze one in. Especially if it’s a Smokey and the Bandit reference!

[@Nope-55]

We have nothing planted in southern Illinois and calling for rain till June

[@MillennialFarmer]

That's just nuts

[@genechronister7085]

Nice vid! Been there fighting rain for our hay!

[@michaelvangundy226]

I can remember, in the way back machine, that grandpa would plant milo in those fields that were way late.

[@eileenerickson1875]

Sounded like you need a good fabricator for that planter problem…the Welkers have a pretty good fabricator for items such as yours, I’ll bet Mr Leg Arms could dream up a cover! 🙂

[@B-Rac]

Hey Zack....could you bolt a piece of steel on the green frame that is just above each track. The steel would stick straight out to the end of the tracks. Weld a piece at the end to make a T and have have a piece on each of the ends the would be close enough to the tracks to knock of residue but not touch the tracks? Not a farmer but a fan so it may sound ridiculous but just a thought.

[@davidraaf3865]

Could you add a fan, kinda like the big square balers use to help clean the tracks?

[@AgriFarmModelsTV]

You ll have to trial a “what the heck is that thing”-trac at this stage 😂👍

[@mathbrown9099]

Zach, I’m frightened because I’ve begun to understand your planning and execution. Maybe it’s because I spent 7 years in Ea. WA farm country with them tater farmers. Thanks for the nudge! I stopped back by to tell you that I’ve not even begun to level off on your “humor.”

[@sheilagibson982]

Wow, farming is so much work!

[@vernoneakins5756]

some shop push brooms mounted would knock the residue off before it got to the planter units.

[@hmaulick2214]

your sittin better then us over in Midwest Wisconsin.... not a single acre worked out of 3000 yet.

[@thekurtz84]

HMaulick same here in Illinois don’t have one seed in the ground yet and more storms tonight.

[@nigelclats6970]

I think I may have issues,but that bucket swinging on the drill would really get to me 😀😀

[@vicreece8681]

You get the nice lady to tell you the Crop and Stock Prices. I wish I had the nice lady to tell me the Crop and Stock Prices

[@buynsell365]

I always love the "Hey, are you ok" ..........LMAO !!!

[@jerrypelletier2328]

I love it, millennial heath food with white icing and colorful shots!!!

[@joeslont7510]

Still have not done a thing in the field in northwest Indiana yet rains every day this month so far

[@Whereismy10mm]

Looks like you need some fenders built to block the residue from getting onto your gauge wheels.

[@davidp8594]

Zach & Becky, Great video. I thought the tile guy was gonna fix that busted tile for you.

[@koolman2021]

Nice video that is a awesome planter and tractor have a great nite

[@Jtrieskey]

Have you considered making something to cover the row units between the tracks? Something like a cheap roll-up sled might do the trick.

[@thekillingbunnygaming3906]

Well at least you got something in the ground. Us here in Eastern Indiana having nothing in the ground.

[@tjake801]

Illinois is only 20-something% planted as opposed to avg. 90%...very wet here...not much sun

[@bigbird8960]

indiana isn't any better, most people haven't barely even started planting, most of what was in is early early stuff.

[@advorsky1]

You make me laugh! I would spend a week of my vacation to come up and help either in the spring to help plant or the fall to help you harvest all you’d have to pay me is food!

[@boardthunder4936]

Dry fields in central Florida too

[@evanthomas1629]

You are lucky, here in Ohio we have not started any planting because it is so wet.

[@chevymetrodriver]

Same here with southwestern Ontario

[@thedonleroy]

Isn't this weather something else? We were able to get all our corn in & are down to our last bean field but it is our wettest field with a bunch of ditches so I think it's going to be a pain to get it planted. I was watching a video of it snowing pretty good on May 19th in MN. Now that's getting scary. Thanks for the video.

[@05xlt]

I hope you’re packing heat in that cab in case you have an encounter with a biting goat or a mountain cougar. Nothing too powerful, you just want them to know that you think they’re neat but you respect their distance.

[@samtalley791]

Ah the late season radio shuffle. Classic county, todays country, classic rock, comedy. Repeat in a different order.

[@diersirrigation]

Did he mooooooove over? You didn't show it? The only thing that is dry this spring is your humor. 😉 Keep up the good work. What does Zack say when he sees a blue or an orange tractor?

[@charlie29943]

Count Your Blessings , We are in a Triple digit Heat in FLA,, Send that rain over Here.

[@brianhubbard6423]

Yeah! But who's cow? And if he was there before you shouldn't you mooove over and be a deere about it. 😃 God bless you and your family.

[@MillennialFarmer]

I see what you did there!

[@timdenowh95]

Hey Zach, a moldboard plow would take care of the corn residue issues. :)

[@tylermartin4726]

Using a moldboard plow also leads to excess surface erosion. It’d be better to just deep rip.

[@danfinley3690]

Another great vid of planting thanks for the laughs

[@SmallMartingale]

I've been list to your Field Work podcast. Are you considering implementing any of the soil conservation practices you've been discussing like strip till? Really been enjoying the show btw, listening on TuneIn radio.

[@mattyc195]

Great video and thanks for sharing.

[@cartercampbell8299]

That sucks hope you get your planting done soon

[@tierfuehrer2]

From my computer farming still looks very easy. -Seeding, Harvesting and drinking beer in the barn.

[@guetterfarm]

Tile issue might be ice, guy by monte found tile plugged with ice yet🤷‍♂️ doesn’t surprise me with the winter we had👍

[@MillennialFarmer]

that's crazy, it's getting late now!

[@thyslourens8794]

love to watch you farm

[@Adam_Poirier]

Such a strange year for weather this year. Great video Zach hope all is well

[@ivanmoreau1798]

Rains good and rains bad. Mother nature dictates no matter what! Good luck neighbors to the south!

[@jwjco]

lots of rain up here north east of you . just got home from town and it poured all the way

[@luisSoto-ti2ch]

Soy agricultor en rio bravo tamaulipas mex. Desde aqui sigo tus videos brother

[@techrja]

" I see a john deere planter, and a john deere sprayer " - This quote reminds me of that Robert Mizzel TG4 song of that John Deere Beer, " He's got a john deere tracter and a long green trailer, john deere mower and a john deere baler"

[@two-strokesmoke7289]

"it gonna rain now until about the 4th of July"........LMAO!!!

[@codywalters8234]

Whats so funny about it

[@two-strokesmoke7289]

What isn't funny about it? Crosspatch, no sense of humor at all anymore, anywhere..........geez

[@MillennialFarmer]

So far I've been accurate, we're looking WET!

[@Theghostofpeter]

MN Millennial Farmer, that what she said!

[@deannelson9565]

I don't know it's fairly accurate for out here in North Dakota! Got two or three inches in the bag already and plenty more more to come. luckily the gaps between the shower seem to be getting a little bit bigger in the forecast just enough to get some small Windows opened up every once in awhile.

[@jasontcolson]

Shields for the planter? Sounds like a job for May Wes.

[@thomassteltz4173]

Well on the bright side corn and bean prices will be up this year

[@bradfordlunt1468]

May the rain gods be with you!

[@mattpeacock5208]

The way you talk about how all the vehicles have to be synchronized reminds me of my studies of World War I and II. Grunts can't get too far ahead of mech which can't get too far ahead of fuel which can't get too far ahead of spare parts, and NO ONE can get too far ahead of food and warm clothes, (Winter is always right around the corner). Man, you REALLY ARE fighting a war. The logistics of farming is a major project EVERY YEAR! It'd be easier to over-sea a major highway or pipelne construction project!!

[@MsMsmak]

Ok so what that sounds like to me is "we got this doohickey here connected to the left handed smackgrabber and it gets in the way of the yagglesnapper and the residue gets so big it interferes with the wheels slinging it around the whakamole yig yang. They're supposed to get out of the way of the tps report which interferres with the line slagger.

[@waterskiingfool]

Always racing the rain

[@TheCrewChief374]

I noticed you got to deal with the bomb cyclone, much like we did down here in my area of the country. Needless to say, the flash flooding and the tornadoes haven't been enjoyable at all. Moreover, the weather was bad enough to close the school a family member works at here in Oklahoma on both days. Which from what I can recall is the first time they closed school for this type of weather outbreak.

[@leegoldman7491]

Zach have you ever planted in the rain? I'm not talking about a little shower I'm talking a real good rain and what would be some of the down fall or how about when it starts to streak lighting...

[@brianelifritz4806]

I Love your videos. I watch them over and over

[@sgttackleberryoef8266]

13:09, makes me laugh everytime. Thanks for another great video.

[@timheasley612]

That dead body was a total waste of a good life I was in tears 😭 watching you worship the tin Gods 💚💚💚🍀🍀💚😳

[@chrisflood646]

looks like you need to make some fenders for your tracks