Should we really be planting corn!? Hydraulic blow out!

[@howardyounger5456]

we got that weather yesterday it froze the top quarter inch of ground really unuseable for Colorado this time of year. it is just like my dad neibor use to say that is why farmers dont go to vegas. great video good luck.

[@dhisfaa_ugandadhisfaa_ugan4216]

Great agronomic procedure!! Well-done, so far! I look up to acquire one by 2020 in my village garden work!!

[@j_d1480]

Well, did you?

[@mrih1586]

The best farm channel on youtube.

[@barrychouinard4019]

Looks like we missed the snow. Getting started a couple days early looks like it will work out this time.

[@steveminecraft219]

On April 30 we had 20 inches of snow on the ground. 2 days earlier it was 70 degrees outside. The weather is crazy!

[@LandonHarris.]

Man everything on tracks... real deal! When is a new combine on tracks gonna come? LOL! Really enjoy watching your operation!

[@MillennialFarmer]

Landon Harris We have gotten to like the tracks! the combine won't be on tracks for a while yet!

[@57fitter]

Quite evolved from a 7000(which I just got) and a 494 which is what I used in 2016! Nice tools Nathan!! Still raining in Indiana but relatively warm rain. Mushroom rain, I'd call it.

[@daveschuetrum576]

Really good video quality. I enjoy the explanation a lot. I wonder about all those things when I see the tractors out in the fields.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Dave Schuetrum Thanks for watching!

[@thedubiousproject9271]

its awesome to see farming on that scale! wish it was possible over here...

[@wbball15]

Enjoy your channel. Just found you this weekend. Good luck with your crops this season. Looking forward to seeing what happens.

[@MillennialFarmer]

wbball15 Thank you!

[@MyOLD36chevy]

I am a new subscriber and I find it interesting that farmers are suppose to bee dumb or at least under educated. What I see here is someone who must know about everything from seeds to computers to very sophisticated machinery and dose not mind being in debt for the rest of there life, it must be an addiction but I like your videos so keep them coming

[@marcth37]

Here in Quebec province i ve seen corn being planted as soon as April 19th one year...Btw the tools of a farmer:the wescot wrench!

[@Gunnut880]

In western Kansas it has been in the upper 30 degrees range for two days with allot of rain and snow some corn has been planted some even emerged out of the ground, and also winter wheat was heading out those fields are laying down flat with the heavy snow. Looks like you have better conditions than what we have right now.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Gunnut880 That doesn't sound good at all...

[@robertreznik9330]

We are in Western Sherman and Moore county South of Colorado Kansas line. May 1, we had a low 30 and a high of 33 in 36 hrs. There were Thousands of cattle killed in our North area but when this area has 16 million head of cattle that is not much. Last year there were 30,000 milk cows killed in the blizzard. About 1/3 the corn was planted around us. We just had 122 acres of research seed wheat trails for Texas AgriLife and should make around 100 bu. Looks like good data on their new varieties. It will be published in the Fall. The 2.5 to 3" helped to give us a soil moisture profile of 40 to 70" for when we get planted in corn, grain sorghum, and cotton.

[@B.E.Long.63]

Nice setup you have there, good luck with the planting...

[@MillennialFarmer]

Bill Long Thank you!

[@TwoHappyChildrenFarm]

great in field fix. I hate leaving the field half planted with rain coming.

[@chicagojoe2737]

thats a nice set up ! good luck with your corn ! hopefully everything works out for you!

[@roynelson7613]

Hey what's up my new friend I just recently subscribed to your channel I have seen a few of your videos on KZbin on the Xbox but I can't leave comment and all that other stuff so I come to my tablet try to help support your Channel thanks a bunch for the cool video man it's wild when you see a tractor driving itself doing the best it can and that planter with those tracks that is wild man

[@scottbowdish9814]

Nice video!technology has come a long way the last planter I used was a j d 7000

[@qkopp279]

Much better quality and more frequent vids are awesome! Keep up the good work!

[@MillennialFarmer]

Q kopp Thank you!

[@canvids1]

This old guy here in Toronto Canada sure likes your videos thanks. *****

[@furyjay]

just found ur channel keep up the good work we already have corn knee high down in south ga.

[@roynelson7613]

Hey what's up brother I was going through and watching some of your videos today your rotor videos it's cold out here I think it's less than 50 which would be a heatwave up your way but cold for us man I have learned a few things off of your Channel and just wanted to say congratulations again on the big 20K man and to be perfectly honest with you man I think you're going to end up with one of the biggest channels ever in the farming industry you don't just bail hay or you don't just mess with livestock you got a pretty good-sized operation and it's just cool man but we are a jack of all trades and a master of none LOL always a big thumbs up brother I'm not going to leave a bunch of comments today but wanted to stop in and Wav a hand and say hello

[@grantstrop2341]

Great video, you should do an equipment tour!

[@MillennialFarmer]

Grant Strop I did a quick one a couple months back, check it out!

[@rc3140]

Wishing you all the best this growing season,take care ☕️🍩cheers.

[@mattg1987]

Just found your channel, I enjoy the content and the information.

[@gregorydowler1968]

Very cool videos man. You've earned a subscriber. Like your equipment there too. Nice JD on tracks.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Gregory Dowler Thank you!

[@Lilmistergamer]

quite a bit of corn in the ground up by breckenridge mn. for over 2 weeks. I personally do not, trying to get sugar beets done first

[@Tigersfan829]

it's supposed to rain 36 hours straight in MI the next couple days! ugh!

[@stevehornung5243]

I want to thank you for your very informative videos . Although I am not a farmer most of my closet friends are . I have been a far laborer off and on at different times . Although I am now handicapped I was an electrician and did a lot of work for different farmers , wiring several grain operations . My question for you is , have you ever applied chicken manure to your ground ? I do know that it has some very good affects to the soil . I admit that the I do not know the properties of the manure . I know a few farmers that swear by it . I would like to know your thoughts about it . It would make a good video for discussion . THANKS FOR THE GREAT WORK YOU DO! Steve Hornung Connersville Indiana

[@MillennialFarmer]

Hi Steve, we don't have many large poultry operations in our immediate area, but in the past we have used "turkey ash" which is turkey manure after it is burned down and the energy was used for something else. There's a plant about 30 miles from us that has it available. It was a good fertilizer, however we aren't able to apply it with a variable-rate system (yet), so all the acres end up with an even spread. On top of that, there has been a high demand for it in our area so it's actually more expensive than regular fertilizer. It's something we always keep our eye on though. Possibly again some time.... Thanks!

[@stevehornung5243]

Where they get it around here is around 150 miles into Ohio. One farmer built a huge shed to house it and hauls it in during the winter. That made the communities fur fly on the zoning issue. I appreciate your response . Keep up the great videos . Steve

[@robertreznik9330]

MN Millennial...You really have the spring planting down to a week or so. Here corn is planted from April 1 to July 1

[@MillennialFarmer]

Robert Reznik We will be finishing corn in the next couple of days. With good weather, we can plant everything in about 2 weeks.

[@tbfarms4430]

Howdy I love your videos nice machinery how did you get such a large operation

[@MillennialFarmer]

Thanks for watching! My family has owned our farm since it was homesteaded in 1876. I'm fortunate enough to come from a long line of hard workers!

[@AndersonFarms]

Hydrualic oil + Dust = a big mess. Do the tracks on the tractor make a ridge when turning? Enjoy the videos

[@MillennialFarmer]

Anderson Farms A little bit. With a wider planter we don't have to turn as sharp so that helps a lot, we also have the tracks set at 120" wide which helps even more.

[@pepifarms5009]

we're having the same problem in michigan, awesome equipment.great video.what's the horsepower on the tractor

[@MillennialFarmer]

Pepi farms 8360 is the model so I believe 360 engine horse, because they don't rate it by the draw bar anymore. Someone correct me if I'm wrong...

[@pepifarms5009]

Thanks and pray for better weather.I mine it's only may now right

[@thomasstegmuller4181]

Nice videos , love them keep up the good work !;)

[@benburns5995]

Notice you are not using your row markers. I assume you don't need them with the GPS and mapping of the fields?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Ben Burns Correct. I usually use them on the end rows but don't always need to

[@jonathancurry2120]

Oh I though you where in Iowa because in low a there is nothing but corn everywhere u go

[@ianrobinson1589]

Another great video - thanks

[@workingtorelax1223]

I’m probably gonna sound like a nerd but I think that planter is so cool how they operate.

[@Cruisingthroughitall]

Are the tracks on the tractor so wide and narrow just for planting rows, and then brought in and fattened out for cultivation etc?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Alexander Williams We have a different (larger) tractor on tracks for tillage work. These tracks will stay where they're set (120" apart, 25" belts).

[@TheRustyRailz]

Is that planter a DB60?

[@2xKTfc]

Kinda late here but I'll try: For a non-farmer, could you point out why you're planting at a slight angle to the passes you did when preparing the field? I see that a lot here too, in planting as well as plowing etc after harvest.

[@davidwoermansr]

He's actually planting straight with the field they work it at am angle to get as much residue chopped up and turned under as possible so it decomposes putting the nutrients into the ground

[@2xKTfc]

@@davidwoermansr Thank you! That makes sense, I didn't know that the implements hit the residue better when they don't run perfectly parallel with the planter. Now that you explain it, I can see that though. Cheers!

[@davidwoermansr]

@2xKTfc no problem that's what this Cannelton is about learning from city folk to us farmers I sure couldn't put my farming out here without being turned into Peta for butchering my own critters and or fishing hunting and gathering the majority of my own food what I buy is mainly spices snd seasonings as long as our 10 acre garden when we get everything we need I attend farmers markers and easily clear a grand a day 3 to 4 times s week I try to hit the local to me farming towns plus I always leave care packages for my renters and at the house of the guy and blades and clears the snow from my road

[@jasonmushersee]

yeah planting is all about making the right timely decisions. it's still better to get something in the ground when you can vs stacks of expensive seed on pallets collecting dust. my dad was real particular with me about seed depth, population, soil moisture/texture at the time of planting and even which direction the rows are planted for proper drainage when the june monsoon rains hit. helps a ton to have crop insurance because once it's growing they have to worry about the weather.

[@MillennialFarmer]

There's a lot of variables, that's for sure...

[@jordanvinski3601]

We about had that luck starting out, blew a valve on our 4wd u joint started vibrating and then another 4wd rear ended bearing went out

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jordan Vinski Some days don't go your way, I know the feeling!

[@gib815]

Jordan, we also had a rear end bearing go out on our 9630, very very expensive. There was suppose to be an oil cooler kit put on to remedy that bearing failure. Then the park sensor went bad, so after in road gear and slowing down to like 1-2 mph, the tractor would slam into park, so it got traded in for 9560r

[@MillennialFarmer]

Thats no good, hopefully you have better luck with the 9560

[@norWISequipment]

Man I like these videos

[@MillennialFarmer]

norWISequipment Thanks for watching!

[@Homiesrock12]

damn your going fast with that planter

[@MillennialFarmer]

Homiesrock12 Fast-forwarding (editing)!

[@Homiesrock12]

Great video by the way

[@tlsolsma]

Curious why you don't run trashwheels in front of your rows? Is there benefits to it?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Travis Solsma we haven't tried trash whippers for several years because we always had issues with them bunching up

[@SjaakSchenning]

Great videos, keep on!!

[@donald1056]

Do use 90 - 120 day for maturity or is there something in between for up north

[@MillennialFarmer]

Donald Ellett We plant all 90-100 day corn in our area

[@christophermclaughlin1142]

As fancy of a tractor/planter setup, it's hard to believe a farmer when they say they aren't making any money. Corn looks to be where all the money is at. Big yield equals big profits ayy.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Christopher McLaughlin fancy tractor/planter setups are a necessary business expense and come with some massive payments. Keep that in mind...

[@alexbrowneudora]

Yup 14" of snow here in Kansas...

[@MillennialFarmer]

Alex Kansas I heard about that... Probably destroy a lot of wheat?

[@alexbrowneudora]

MN Millennial Farmer yeah it's tough so it might make it. It's all bent over and the temps tonight are really the problem. We'll see what happens but there is a loss in yield for sure

[@backwoodscountryhallgren2033]

how acres of corn you guys have plant now 😀😀

[@MillennialFarmer]

back woods country Hallgren roughly 1,400 acres of corn and 1,100 acres of soybeans

[@ryguy975495]

what are your heat units

[@garlandremingtoniii4679]

If my typing is off at times I'm trying to get used to this new IPAD PRO 12.9. Used to my Alienware R17 laptop

[@lowercherty]

In like a lion, out like a lamb, supposed to be for March, not May. We're scheduled for 4 inches of snow and ice tomorrow. Could be why no one farms here.

[@LandonHarris.]

I Believe it is a 9570RT.. Which is 570HP.

[@MillennialFarmer]

B Laquisha Where are you located?

[@lowercherty]

Near Hibbing

[@bigsasquatch7027]

So do you have 2500 acres of actual farm able ground or are you counting trees and pastures?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Big Sasquach 2,500 tillable acres. We own some and rent/lease a lot of it.

[@stagmite11rs68]

What tractor was this?

[@miketandeski4959]

Great videos...what area of mn you from?

[@MillennialFarmer]

mike tandeski thanks! West central, near Alexandria

[@jackybruckers]

In what month do you usually harvest the corn ?

[@MillennialFarmer]

jacky bruckers Early October through mid November typically

[@tf7274]

Do you get tired or people asking if you are in Iowa or Nebraska? Haha....people don't read.

[@chadrotvold5730]

Do farmers plant corn before winter?

[@davidwoermansr]

No it would freeze and die like a garden they're planting in the spring except winter wheat that's planted in the fall and goes dormant for winter

[@garlandremingtoniii4679]

Man. I love doing that!!!

[@mattzuck1545]

What is the model number for that tractor

[@MillennialFarmer]

Matt Zuck 8360RT

[@mattzuck1545]

Thanks

[@PeterIJmker]

Nice . Well done

[@Jon_Chapman]

just how far north are you ?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jon Chapman West central Minnesota. 100 miles south east of Fargo, ND

[@Jon_Chapman]

so the wapaton area ?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jon Chapman Farther aouth. Near Alexandria

[@Jon_Chapman]

I'm up near Detroit lakes.. that's ​why I was asking

[@ekdog91]

how did your hydraulic blow on you?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Eric Kessler it ended up just being an o-ring so it wasn't a big deal. Hours and hours of high pressure just does goofy things sometimes!

[@waterskiingfool]

At least it was just a coupler and not a hose

[@zbowler03]

Hey I love your videos can you please make some every day

[@MillennialFarmer]

Zachary Saurini If I had the time I would!! Thanks for watching!

[@zbowler03]

MN Millennial Farmer what are you guys doing planting

[@MillennialFarmer]

Zachary Saurini Because of the rain we got we haven't been able to plant since the day I made this video. Hopefully tonight...

[@zbowler03]

MN Millennial Farmer in Central New York were my family farms are we have not even started yet because it's so wet and we are still getting rain

[@MillennialFarmer]

Zachary Saurini that's no good. what crops do you plant?

[@jonathancurry2120]

Are you n iowa

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jonathan Curry Minnesota

[@tkalmi09]

lol u out planting today???

[@tkalmi09]

how many acres do u have put in the ground so far?

[@johnbates7424]

I'd like to drive a tracked tractor . They not to popular in west TN.

[@zacbrown650]

John Bates they are pretty popular in middle Tn.

[@reidmuxfeldt4548]

what hybrid are you planting ?

[@MillennialFarmer]

reid muxfeldt In this field I split the planter with Stine R9428-32 and Channel 197-66VT2

[@reidmuxfeldt4548]

we should film breaking down the yield data with ag solver !

[@MillennialFarmer]

reid muxfeldt We might be able to arrange that!

[@iowadairyboysFarms]

Pretty cool video

[@MillennialFarmer]

iowadairyboys Thanks!

[@donald1056]

Lost a gallon or 2 of oil is all - which is enough

[@ethanweatherhead3974]

MN Millennial Farmer - Some long rows compared to our fields in Ohio. Also how many acres do you farm?

[@buffalostate1]

2500 did u not watch

[@57fitter]

; > )

[@ethanweatherhead3974]

buffalostate 1 - No I did not hear that part.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Ethan Weatherhead Yep, 2,500! about 1,400 of corn this year

[@noelhohberger1188]

good stuff

[@MistressOP]

No till & specialty grain crops make more money per acre.

[@davidwoermansr]

Depends where you live

[@MistressOP]

@@davidwoermansr true but most folks live closer than they think to a mid-level Metropolis. And a good small grain program with labeling as organic will yield more almost anywhere but alaska and hawaii. maybe mississippi and alabama. You can even take out a map look for high dollar store location then figure out if you are within semi distance. Depending on how clean your grain crop and be. You can buy a small scale grain cleaner and even bag it yourself. IE bobs mill. Too many farmers don't join co-ops and don't take the extra step to make smart movies and instead chase this idea of the indy farmer standing alone and getting snaked by commodity crop prices. And the customer that big Ag tells to scorn and not listen to is the one that actually keeps you in biz and creates that multi milliondollar brand

[@jasonvortherms1167]

Hope you have good luck this year I will watching the updates hopefully the white combine don't come for you, I mean hail

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jason Vortherms None of that stuff!!

[@babawawasrk]

do you cry if corn doesnot germinate

[@MillennialFarmer]

steve kelly We will have a solid stand, the worst that happens is the population gets cut back and affects yield some. We're confident we will be ok or else we wouldn't be planting it. Like I said, sometimes we're between a rock and a hard spot and have to make decisions like this.

[@cl112688]

pretty ridiculous that youtube has restricted this video!

[@MillennialFarmer]

Chase Livingston What? What do you mean??

[@MillennialFarmer]

Chase Livingston I never got any kind of notice or anything? What is restricted?

[@cl112688]

I may have jumped to conclusions but somehow I had the "restricted mode" on this morning and when I scrolled to the comments section it said the comment section was disabled due to restricted mode on. So maybe it wasn't necessarily your video. I sure hope not. "youtube" has been pretty ridiculous lately with it. Check to make sure your video is still monetized (if you do that for your videos). Keep em coming man as I sure do enjoy them!

[@MillennialFarmer]

Chase Livingston Thanks! I couldn't figure out why they would restrict it.

[@57fitter]

A long time ago, my puter wouldn't let me get on a page for a weekly paper (online version) called The Farmer's Exchange. Got to thinkin' about it...email was farmersexchange. Yeh, really.

[@ethanpilko5157]

24 row planter

[@MillennialFarmer]

Ethan Pilko Yep!

[@babawawasrk]

sounds like fargo slang

[@MillennialFarmer]

steve kelly 100 miles south!

[@blakemalone5481]

John Deere all the way

[@AASparkChaser]

Define far north.

[@MillennialFarmer]

AASparkChaser not as far north as you I'm guessing (Roseau, Pembina?). But our soils are heavy, similar to the RRV. I just glanced at your list of videos but didnt watch any, did you run the I-500 on sled?

[@AASparkChaser]

MN Millennial Farmer Thief River Falls. No, I was just watching the I-500.

[@AASparkChaser]

Never mind. I figured it out. You are WAY south. Down in the tropics.

[@MillennialFarmer]

AASparkChaser we're in the central part of the state, about 100 miles straight down 94 from Fargo

[@AASparkChaser]

MN Millennial Farmer I know. I Googled it. WAY south. In the tropics! But I do enjoy watching your videos. Or any farming videos for that matter. I rent out my land these days to a young fellow who is married to one of my relatives and who is farming with his dad. I am seriously thinking of farming my land again when I retire in 2 1/2 years. Maybe some of your farming down SOUTH could be incorporated up NORTH. One advantage we do have though is tabletop flat land where every square inch of every quarter section is 100% tillable. If there is a pothole we drain it with scrapers. Tiling is slowly being accepted. Corn is moving into the area thanks to Al Gore and his global warming. I sent a message to one of my old farming buddies the night he was combining corn just south of Thief River Falls and he was getting 160 bu. per acre at 15% moisture. A couple of farmers I know with corn near St. Hilaire were running close to 200. P.S. We consider anything south of Highway 10 to be the tropics.