It Is What It Is

[@Machines.In.Action]

The perspective looking down on the truck is wild! This really shows the size of the equipment used in modern farming!

[@davidanalyst671]

3:23 Sometimes you gotta give the bins a little pat pat. Tell them you love them.

[@jayjaygee3306]

Running a big horse at sunset. Nothing like it. He'll treasure those times as long as he lives. Love your stuff. I've watched 'em all.

[@erickamekonapeper4007]

1:32 🫡 Zach I love how you care for your Father and do most of the tedious or hazardous things that need done. ❤ I wish I could just talk with my Dad how you two are. Let alone work together daily during challenging situations and getting through it well together thinking 💭 instead of getting upset and delaying the thinking ❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸 you are lucky. Both of you. God Bless and keep it up 👍🏼🇺🇸

[@randycarson3476]

I am so impressed with your son. I believe he's 14 now and he's driving that huge piece of machinery like he's been driving it for 25 years. Your son is a hell of a man

[@johnharrington1008]

Thanks!

[@jimkavalier2831]

Leave the hatch door on top open. Fly your drone up to check bin levels. Just learned this from an Oliver KZbinr!

[@rsh769]

Great video, great people, great equipment, and of course cool dogs. Im glad there is such a video, where there is no politics, but only nature and people and a little dust. Hello from cold Russia.

[@carrollpruitt7356]

Love your channel. Just an old retired guy here.

[@jakegolden397]

LOVE your Chanel by the way! I watch the farmer around work ground and plant and harvest like a little kid!

[@oldslow3694]

just learned a tool trick, i like how the 2 wrenches were used to loosen & tighten the chain adjustment

[@scobro1963]

It’s great to see Jim!

[@kustom4935]

Thank you for all the long hours and hard work... wishing you a safe and bountiful harvest.

[@rumriverpikelake]

Really liked that final shot of tillage at sunset. I'm with you - love the smell of the fresh-turned dirt.

[@Jack-ne8vm]

7:51 Bosuns sling on a boom, like sailboats up the mast !

[@kerrypope767]

Bos'n

[@jerryfischer3988]

Thanks for the info on the camping and shooting spot. We'll see when we can come up and use it next year!

[@leerader2854]

Thanks for your future service, soldier! Safe travels!

[@rantonio]

I love watching harvest!

[@Mom-us5qy]

Just graduated boot camp a week and a half ago, still catching up on all the videos lol, keep it up

[@workinprogress5936]

Welcome back! There's a lot to catch up on.

[@Marshall_Weber]

Congrats 👏

[@Traks_threw_life86]

Awesome brotha!!

[@truthandfreedom885]

Army? What Fort?

[@johncollins500]

Welcome home & thank you for your service

[@Rusty.Shackleford1098]

6:12 that’s not a wrench that’s an adjustable hammer

[@lukesa7770]

On the topic of tiling that field. Not many around here(manitoba, about 5 hours north of you) tile, it's just starting to catch on. Alot around here use scraper and create ditches through the fields to drain.

[@lynwessel2471]

The old county tile mains were put in 100 years ago here in southern MN. Getting troublesome and replacing them will be EXPENSIVE.

[@Wi11duhbea5t]

The last shot with the plow across the sunset was badass

[@KellyBenedix]

I love how you love your dogs!!!❤

[@gailp9432]

Excellent closing shot. The future of farming in America. 😊

[@russellnesbitt4548]

I've called those birds 'sea gulls' all my life, and I live by the Salt water. But last year we took our RV to Alaska and found out from a forest ranger there are no birds called 'sea gulls', they are just gulls. There are many Different kinds of gulls. It's sorts like calling a Bison a buffalo. Thanks for your channel, never miss an episode.

[@FarmGatherings-k3l]

I also just graduated from the training camp, I always follow the videos you share, thank you very much!

[@KNJensen]

@2:45 looks really good with the 3 red trucks lined up ;)

[@benriser4018]

I am not a farmer but I really enjoy the window into a different lifestyle than my own. I appreciate any time you take the time to explain things. Would love to know why you want the peak up in the bins. I’m sure it’s got something to do with the way the air flows from the fans through the grain but I don’t know the why.

[@glennspreeman1634]

Beautiful sunset!!!

[@mbillinois]

We patch minor holes in our leg system with an epoxy embedded with hard beads in it from S&S Urathane. Can be applied to the outside of the pipe.

[@SamuelManaole]

I can tell Onyx recognizes safety first, learned as lot over the years and with the racing too. Great parents /Great grandpa 😉🙏

[@edsecorr7812]

Great job keep up the great work love your videos thank you

[@rosshall641]

Up here in southwestern Ontario usually what they do is they rent it for 10 years when they tile on the owner's property

[@TaquitoAddict]

Fall tillage was always my favorite job on the farm. A crisp weekend afternoon cruising across stubble while listening to football on AM radio. Good times.

[@davidcolgan3268]

This video took me back 50+ yrs. As a couple of naive teenagers, my brother and I attempted farming. Probably the most enjoyable part was fall tillage but only 56” a pass with a 4 x 14” plow behind a JD 720D. And your comments about tile brought up another memory about 80 acres we were renting. It was very wet, and the landowner had already bought the 4” tile but would not pay anyone to install it. Good luck with corn harvest. May you issues be few!

[@robdixon945]

Thanks for the show guys 🍻

[@garymarch6438]

Metric Crescent Wrench You are Funny!!! HA HA HA!!! Seriously I have enjoyed your shows for years!!! You have such a strong family!!!! Thank you for making these videos.

[@louispaparella5766]

Actually...there is an adjustable wrench with metric on one side and standard on the other

[@gregjaniga1201]

That was awesome with Onyx in the field with you learning life lessons that will last him a lifetime.👍🙏🏻 When the school bus drove past, nothing like hands on experience.

[@johnking8679]

With my inherent fear of heights there's NO ways I could climb your grain bins. I'm a retired Shell Oil employee from Zimbabwe and it was all I could do climb their fuel tanks for dipping !! At least their stairs curved around the tank and had a handrail !! NOT like your vertical ladder without side hand rail etc !! They're scary, but you don't seem to have a problem climbing them !! Good for you, Zach !! Been following your channel (off and on) for a couple years now !! So great to see your family from time-to-time - especially young Onyyx who is not only growing so fast but is also a BIG helper on your farm !! I'm sure both your Dad and wife are proud of his help, as well as that cute daughter of yours !! God Bless your entire family !!

[@lukefriesenhahn8186]

Glad to have a video from you today. 😊 Thanks Herr Johnson.

[@deerwhisper9791]

Your dad has good taste in trucks finally,I have the same truck and color

[@patrickburgmeier7902]

What is your reason to have the peak up Zach? Put the peak down aka coring the bin, lessens the the fines and the air pressure resistance in the center of the bin were the fines are with most resistance?

[@trentwatts4913]

Does your header have both choppers or just stalk Stomper’s on it

[@joe12984jf]

For some reason the whole grain bin site and legs and everything are really interesting to me. Would there be any chance to have a video made of how everything flows and works??

[@John-Canada123]

Awesome 👍😎 It's thanks giving in Canada

[@steamboatwillie935]

Didge: I could have caught that birb!! 🐦

[@scottmcnabb-m6d]

The Polaris is cool and the dogs love it to .

[@dougpeebles2383]

When I did moldboard plowing back in the 70s/80s the seagulls always seem to show up out of no where and bring their friends with them. They liked that fresh soil being turned over so they had their pick of the earth worms. Seem like they had built in sonar to where ever there was some plowing going on.

[@davidwalters7757]

Love watching your family farm Zack!Ive been a subscriber or fan since I think almost day 1 of your videos!Im sure its lots of hard hard work but I always told myself if I ever had a chance to be a grain farmer I would!Im almost 50 years old now so maybe in my next life Zack!!!Hope you bring in a heck of a crop this year and years to come!!

[@MillennialFarmer]

Thank you!

[@jimpolk]

Beautiful view from the top Zach

[@steveneal2706]

Great video guys. Thank you very much

[@jamesducey2685]

What a wonderful sharing by a grand ag crew. And there are plains gulls that fly in flocks as they migrate in autumn.

[@Broken_AK47]

i would like to work for ( and with ) someone like you. keep up the amazing work. watching since over a year now.

[@eman11000]

When it comes to the headers for the beans which is better? The John Deere header or the Honeybee?

[@TravisSmith-cd6hk]

Really surprised you don't have a cam mounted on top of that setup where u was at thatd be cool to see you guys work your way back toward the farm on harvest!

[@davidcudlip6587]

@ 7:49. That's some killer pheasant cover in the distance. Getting to be that time of year.

[@chuckbeam7898]

Hey MFarmer Border View out indicator lights on outside of bin to show how full it is. Maybe it’s something you would have interest in

[@JD9RX830]

Dangggg. I thought I was the only one that kept a metric crescent wrench on hot stand-by! You never know!

[@georgiacornjerker1457]

“Nope, gotta go deeper”. That’s what she said. Bahahahahahaha

[@jonessmith2068]

That is some nice country you live in loved the view from the top!

[@Jaredstubeify]

18,603… in eight minutes! Damn fine work Johnson!

[@mikesmith4644]

7:45 that view though. Better than my office window. 😐

[@cmc7106]

Your son is so fortunate to grow up in this family!!

[@scottw4336]

Love you guys. Thanks for the motivation 🤙😎🤙

[@BNU30C]

All the black shortline implements are kinda punk rock, I like it.

[@McMinn1981]

Millennial farmer I would say your between the age of 42-44. Love your stuff been watching for years

[@austinsunnarborg8081]

I’ve been to the shooting park for that high school trap competition that you mentioned it is a fantastic place. I would definitely recommend checking it out.

[@docjohnson9639]

Looking good! 💪 Up in Alberta, Canada. We got some lovely frost the other day. Oh, sad days. Lol

[@davidevans474]

Good memories for you and your son 😊

[@MagicalAscension]

It's been great watching your son grow into being such a confident, capable young man. 🎉

[@ianwood6864]

Hi you two, I wish you and all the team all the best, A special thanks to the video editor I wish you all the best. From Ianwood ❤️❤️

[@danherrmann8755]

Thanks for the ride. Busy day.

[@DanShike]

How's the sound system in a combine these days? Kinda sounded like that might be kinda rockin'

[@sautry31]

Sometime will you explain how you choose what tillage equipment to use and what all the ones you have do?

[@richardgauthier2155]

Great video...again! Open end adjustable wrench = Multi mm, All16ths.

[@mikerobertson2993]

Beautiful sunset

[@SteveNicoson-u1i]

Thanks for the video everyone!!!’ It was interesting. Busy time for everyone. Harvest season is always busy busy. Thanks for explaining some of the processes with your grain bin system. Some of those parts are extremely hard to get at. Can see why you need a crane to reach some of the parts. Wow. Glad you were able to get the tillage machine going. Onyx is doing a good job with the tillage machine. He is really growing into a lot of the projects on the farm. Doing good onyx. Combines running good in the beans. Corn 🌽 harvest next you are saying. That is a busy time. Good to see Jim helping. Hi to your dad also. Thanks for everything. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.

[@FalconXE302]

Its quite amazing how wildlife like the seagulls learn they can get a good feed following the farm machinery... and not just any farm machinery.

[@springettner4448]

After harvest can you do an updated farm tour?

[@dieseldoctor2221]

Great video Zach!!!

[@mr.notsure9679]

18:31 What about the Flux capacitor?

[@DougFritzler-z5h]

We farm 1 1/2 circle by the cemetery. The crops does good. I tell my cousin that because is a cemetery.

[@cameronalexander7939]

That metric cresent wrench must be made by the same company that makes my adjustable hammers looks similar

[@asmrhead1560]

I didn't quite catch it from last video, is it the shape of the vents in that bin that prevented beans from raining out of it before it got "roof bulging" full?

[@susanmallen5264]

“Not it!” Made me laugh.

[@brend10tv98]

Hey Zach! Would be cool if you could say what the day of the month it is when you start filming the video or if it could be stamped in the video somewhere. That way with the busy season we can see what day stuff is going on since the videos aren’t able to be uploaded same day. Those of us who follow you on social media see what you post daily. Would be nice to compare days and see progression. Keep up the good content. Thanks!

[@leebaughman]

Maybe someone else has asked but I’ll ask any way. You can’t get some type of grain bin fullness sensor?

[@lynwessel2471]

Yes you can.

[@lawrencekiel-sr2772]

You're like a good dad. When the bin is nearly full, you pat them till they burp, then fill them up full.

[@andrewpryor3613]

I thought when you first bought the 8 wheeler you weren’t happy with the compaction? Just wondering whatever happened with that?

[@DougFritzler-z5h]

We are on our last half of circle of corn in Western Nebraska

[@danielrichardson3613]

Jim should do radio or audio books. Cracking voice 👍

[@bjl1226]

You mentioned elevators. In my younger days, when I would climb the derrick on drilling rigs, we had a harness attached to a cable, which went uo to a pulley and had a counter weight on the other end. It was like climbing in zero gravity. You may want into look into it. Made it so easy and didn't burn you out by the time you got to the top.

[@lynwessel2471]

One of my neighbors made one years ago for his 90ft Harvestore silo.

[@joelhenderson5404]

Zack you are in the great lakes area that's why there gulls.

[@wainepate7191]

Lots of gulls here in central Montana also. Greetings from Choteau

[@Fire33410]

Have you ever unloaded and shot grain past the grain cart?

[@Gicek97]

Do you also do or consider deep plowing from time to time to break through the hard ground below your average tilling depth?

[@AlabamaLinemanFarmer]

Yes it’s called ripping

[@Gicek97]

@@AlabamaLinemanFarmer thanks, I didn’t knew that

[@carloszeldenrust1735]

If you put in windmills the ground around it won't have worms due to the vibration from the windmills.

[@craig.s4324]

How much ground do you least ?

[@tiddums1151]

I wish your videos were longer as you have always been my favorite KZbinr. Love your sense of humor.

[@magnumardent]

As much as I enjoy you, your family and your father , that Jim fellow must be the coolest guy on KZbin.....regards from Scandinavia😊