Trouble on The Farm

[@bluegrallis]

There are FAR to many ill-inform people, that think making fuel out of corn is a sinful waste of a good food source. It's too bad they don't understand that the protein content isn't used to make alcohol, but IS used by meat growers to grow FOOD for their tables, by way of the dried distilling left-overs.

[@MillennialFarmer]

And there haven't been any ethanol subsidies in 10 years (can't say that for the oil industry), they count rain water as an input when calculating the energy it takes to make it, they don't account for the fact that corn would be grown on most of those acres anyway, and every small engine on our farm has been just fine running it for 20 years! "BuT I ReAd oN tHe iNtErNeT".....!!!

[@nickberg4379]

@@MillennialFarmerEthanol is just fine in a regularly run internal combustion engine. I just don't like it in my boats, chainsaws, dirt bikes, snowmobiles, weed trimmer, pole saw, ice auger, log splitter, rototiller, or pressure washer. That stuff all gets non-ethanol 91 octane premium spiked with Seafoam. That way I never have to clean a carb. Our kids won't have to worry about this when electric motors are in everything.

[@rodjohnson2938]

@@MillennialFarmer Not quite true: while the ethanol industry no longer receives a direct subsidy, their very existence is due to a government mandate that ethanol must be blended. If the mandate was lifted, most of the industry would go away. So to say it is unsubsidised (because the ethanol producers don't get a direct check or direct credit) is really misleading.

[@NorthernContrarian]

@@rodjohnson2938 You cannot equate a government mandate to a government subsidy. The fact that government mandates create industries is a whole different discussion and there are many people who make a living of government mandates existing. If all red-tape and bureaucracy and were to disappear most lawyers would go out of business as an example. Subsidies are a direct monetary input into an economic activity. Once the monetary input is pulled it's no longer a subsidies activity.

[@reedbreneman9443]

@@MillennialFarmer I own a small engine repair shop and I can show you tons of damage done to carbs and engines by ethanol.Also My truck can run on E85 if you want really crappy gas mileage so wheres the benefit in that? Theres certianaly no cost savings.Ethanol is not all bad ,Just not the great thing its made out to be.

[@vinnyp6685]

At the end of Onyx's baseball game, invite the whole team over for ice-cream at the farm. Then announce you will bring out the ice-cream as soon as all the bins are cleaned!!

[@jayjaygee3306]

A genius plan!

[@MillennialFarmer]

I like it!!!

[@bigham1jb]

I did that at work once. I said hey I am having a hayride after work. One of the guys asked what I wanted him to bring! I replied you will probably want a pair of gloves! 😂 No one showed up? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@bluegrallis]

😁😂🤣

[@viper8870]

Brilliant!

[@jonathanpowers2373]

Thanks for supporting the ethanol industry. I have worked at the same ethanol plant for over 20 years.

[@randydally377]

After having issues with carbs on saws, mowers and trimmers I now only use non ethanol gas in all my equipment and have zero issues since making the switch. Not an ethanol fan here.

[@freedlunregi]

It’s not good in diesel either. Everyone blames emissions but maybe it’s the poor fuel quality?

[@bradlloyd358]

Ya - same here - ethanol is not my friend

[@RDW303]

In my 2-stroke engines, I use non-ethanol gasoline in them. Yes, my small engines operate better and I can store fuel in them longer. But for my vehicles, ethanol works OK in them even though I do not get as good of mileage. But figuring it out, cost wise, ethanol and non-ethanol gasoline cost about the same per mile. My problem is to find a gasoline station that carries non-ethanol gasoline.

[@bradleymincey6905]

Your singing cracked me up!! Here comes the sun, udaladoodlie

[@superfarmerj4885]

When my grandpa got older he used a snowblower to clean up around the edges of the bins. He used that same trick when he overflowed a bin once.

[@jayss10]

That is actually an awesome idea.

[@MillennialFarmer]

I've heard of it but never thought it would actually work

[@shanebeeson4123]

As long as it’s brushless electric. Dust and spark or combustion engine don’t sound like a good plan to me

[@superfarmerj4885]

@@shanebeeson4123 He used his a electric one as it is really hard on the a gas powered motor.

[@marshalloutdoors1791]

We are very appreciated for the video. Stay safe.

[@379insk]

I'm a grain farmer and I hate ethanol fuel! Has extremely short shelf life and destroys gas lines while gumming up carbs.

[@BigCreekFarms]

I have to kinda agree with ya but i hate soy diesel far more

[@ollie-lk5dx]

I don't know understand why your having so much problem with ethanol, I have a old IH truck from 1961 and I have 2 Oliver's from 1965 and a 1974 Oliver tractor that are gas and I don't have trouble. In my small engine's I make sure to run them dry before storage. If they sit to long the ethanol can absorb moisture. My IH truck is all original, on my one Oliver I had to replace the float. I thought it age related maybe I'm wrong. I raise spring wheat soybeans and a little corn, Sometime I sell to ethanol plant.

[@tim2applecell323]

@@ollie-lk5dx black plastic floats swell and get heavy, had the old Chevrolet truck flooding and gasoline in the oil couple years ago, changed to a tiny Holley with metal float. Bottom of fuel bowl in the old carburetor is almost rotted out from ethanol fuel.

[@J-1410]

Same problems here. Hollet carbs are great and all until you have to rebuild them. And rebuild them again. Easier to spend $3.60 on no ethanol 91 than to sit and fix things that for some reason, don't happen on no ethanol 91.

[@J-1410]

@@ollie-lk5dx we have a 63 1600 IHC. Vaporlocks on ethanol e10. Doesn't on 91 no ethanol. Same with the 1970 IH gas tractor and the 77 Ford trucks.

[@jacobbishop1477]

Love your puppies ❤

[@va3kbc]

When we were cleaning out our bins following the sweep auger we used a broom. Would broom behind the auger and then lift up the sweep auger and pull it up over the pile of corn or beans thendrop it down. We had a rope on the end of the sweep.plus we had it set fairly low. Sometimes we had to push it along.Easier to cleanup that way. We also had an overhead bin so we filled that and the truckers could fill themselves when ever they came to get another load. Best investment we ever made was the 1850 bushel overhead bin.

[@kygreenskeeper8326]

Enjoyed as always my friend...I live on 600 acre cattle farm in KY....I suffer from equipment envy with every episode!!! Thanks brother!

[@JohnMphs]

If you want to drive the grain cart, etc.. you must sweep out grain bins as well.

[@cjracing5629]

Ethanol also makes for some good racing go go juice! 🏁 was nice to meet ya, my friend got a good kick out of it!

[@jasonhoffman5545]

Glad to see everyone is doing well. Started to wonder. Stay safe in those bins.!!

[@tommathews3964]

Does my heart good to hear a Millennial singing a Beatles song!!

[@georgedavidson7986]

Zack. You have heard this before. It takes more energy to produce and transport a bushel corn than you get out of it gas energy The good thing is the mash goes back to livestock farms Ethanol is really an expensive subsidy to farmers. But that is the way it is

[@sweeternutsyum5926]

Don't forget solar and wind can never come close to what fossil fuels as well

[@thepottmi]

You are wrong. It take .7 BTU of energy to deliver 1 BTU of ethanol to the pump. It take 1.4 BTU of energy to deliver 1 BTU of gasoline to the pump. then add in that you get animal feed back, it burns cleaner than gas alone, and replaces MTBE as a gasoline additive.

[@Ben-fk9ey]

@@sweeternutsyum5926 The thing with green energy is you want it to be as diverse as possible so you don't have to rely on the sun or wind alone. Tidal, hydro and thermal thrown into the mix can help plug any gaps.

[@sweeternutsyum5926]

@@thepottmi you are using cherry picked data

[@montiro8999]

A wind turbine cold deliver a 1000 times more energy than 1 acre of soybeans ethanol does, adding to that cars average a 30-35 percent efficiency.

[@zachrobertson4302]

Was that the same circuit you loaded on with a different auger/different silo? No issues... But your dad tripped the breaker on that same original circuit... Are things loaded up electricity wise? No issues before... Could it be an issue with an auger to shut it down? You've got dry product down low. I dunno. I wish I was there to help you to keep things rolling. The problem might be too many catfish in the river. My dad told me a while back when things didnt figure out, he said, "Well let's go fishing." He caught a 45lb flathead. I said, "Great, what about tomorrow? I guess I'm running the bush hog". Shortly after, I caught a 50lb flathead. 2am tomorrow, this will all be a memory Lots of northwest Missouri love...

[@icesawman4275]

debate~~ i throw about 150 small engine carburetors away each year, ethanol/water damage and see about 1 out of 4 engines with cylinder/piston damage. started seeing problems about 10 years ago.

[@1776REIGNS]

Found the debate I was looking for before mentioning the same on what ethanol does to carbs.

[@petebusch9069]

Could not agree more, I run non oxy in all my small engines as an alternative. I also believe many home owners give up on their snow blowers and lawn mower and end up hiring a service due to ethanol, they run great for the first year but after that its in the shop.

[@sethhaltom8004]

That's cause your not supposed to run an ethanol blend in that type of equipment. There's literally radio ads about it where I live.

[@larrygro]

20 years here. Zero problem. Even if I don’t drain them every fall. I think there is another issue and it’s not ethanol

[@truckercowboyrobertharris6787]

Hauling is my favorite part of your videos when you haul corn.

[@iowafamilyfarmer1062]

You like the smell of ethanol in the morning. I like the smell of captain crunch peanut butter in the morning when we take our white corn to Quaker in Cedar Rapids

[@mattbarnes3467]

" Nope. No problems." Dad chuckles as he hangs up.

[@timothyputzke1250]

Good to see your wearing a high quality dust mask's. I got really sick once cleaning a bin of soybeans that had mold. No mask.

[@billb48843]

Question -- why haven't you guys gone with an above the trailer bin or 2? One that will hold maybe a truck full and second the same size and then gravity dump into the trucks?

[@billb48843]

Something like this - www.agri-systems.com/overhead-support-structures/#

[@Bigbear4224]

I had a similar problem almost 20 years ago with a 200 amp sub panel breaker that started tripping out. It fed underground like yours. Turned out mice had gotten in the quazite box underground and chewed through parts of the insulation on one of the 3 phases, shorting it out. I hope you don't end up having to replace the feeders. It can get expensive quick no matter what it is.

[@kb7722]

What amount of petroleum based inputs (how many barrels of dirty oil) did it take to plant, fertilize, spray, harvest, transport, and process that corn into "clean energy"?

[@thepottmi]

it take 0.7 BTU of energy to deliver 1 BTU of ethanol to the pump. It takes 1.4 BTU of energy to deliver 1 BTU of gasoline to the pump. Thank you for asking.

[@kb7722]

@@thepottmi is that starting with corn arriving at the plant or is that from the planting of the corn forward or do you know?

[@thepottmi]

@@kb7722 includes all fertilizer inputs and fuel for the tractors. As corn yields go up and it take more energy to get fracked oil those ratios are going to continue to favor ethanol. It also includes that ethanol is not delivered by pipeline so it has a higher delivery charge.

[@AllanSitte]

Becky gets you ice cream?!? She's a keeper I tell ya. Lucky guy.

[@kawhileonard1571]

I love to see someone like Zach grow so fast on youtube by being himself and doing his everyday job. So much respect

[@chadkrumwiede8412]

I ran into Zach and Onyx in the parking lot at the local Fleet Farm while in Alexandria, was a little star struck and didn't know what to say other than love your videos and keep up the good work! Also need to add the Duramax looks great with the leveling kit and bigger tires!

[@thomasvogelgesang667]

You can make unloading grain bins fun to watch. Cleaning the floors of the bin can sometimes just suck, but it has to be done.

[@majcorbin]

[Q] Why do, grass fed Colorado Beef, prefer grazing in the Marijuana fields? [A] it is a Classic case of the POT calling, the Cattle BACK

[@trellenrussey8432]

Mmm. Yuck

[@kenraterink]

Anything with a carburetor hates ethanol.... I'm glad a local station has rec gas so I'm not dealing with bad gas every other week

[@rockeerockey6941]

Injectors hate ethanol every bit as much as carbs. Gasahol was nothing more that corporate welfare for the corn belt. Congress is NOT the taxpayers friend.

[@Rsenior1981]

Carbs hate ethanol when the carb sits for a long time. If it's used regularly, NBD. If the bowls are drained before storage, NBD.

[@kenraterink]

@@Rsenior1981 I couldn't get it to last more than 10 days in my dirtbike... stabilizer in snowmobile and still needed to clean carbs every fall because the pilot jets would be plugging with varnish

[@gregjames5070]

Injectors in my car love ethanol of the e85 variety.

[@rockeerockey6941]

@@gregjames5070 Does your car have plastic injectors?

[@artd.]

Circuit breaker worn out. They can only trip so many times before they won't reset. An electrician told that when they trip, they arc and after so many times they wont reset because they don't make good contact and will not carry the load. Now I always have spares. Just a thought.

[@willtreat3552]

Missed you. Please keep posting

[@chuckbauer653]

We grilled the Dakota Pure burgers on Freedom weekend. Delicious!

[@waynertimms]

I like the hauling and bin work.

[@bryanatwood9803]

Try using an infered thermometer on all your connection lugs, loose terminals cause heat and tripping breakers, then again, you most likely had a local tech look at the system.

[@paulcopeland9035]

Infrared (or infered.!.) are extremely handy all over the farm. A quick shot with the laser and an overheating bearing (lets say) can be replaced before shaft damage or worse. Lubrication issues can be caught early and all kinds of mayhem averted. Your suggestion is a good one. The one thing I can't figure out is that a farm of this scale and one that is maintained as well as it seems on the videos, doesn't have a lot of these critical maintenance tools! Oh well, I guess the local handymen like it just fine!

[@davidsellars4327]

Zach, I would only point out that a lot of nitrogen fertilizer is made from natural gas, which is a fossil fuel. On the other side of the coin, as you have made note, once the corn goes through the ethanol plant, it still is great animal feed. I will not let ethanol anywhere near my small engines.

[@thepottmi]

it takes 0.7 BTU of energy to deliver 1 BTU of ethanol to the pump. It takes 1.4 BTU of energy to deliver 1 BTU of gasoline to the pump. That includes the energy required to create fertilizer.

[@getreal9799]

As an old electrician told me once "it is either a fuse or something else" in this case it looks like something else.

[@JC-uq5gi]

Because it's not a fused circuit, so safe bet. Lol.

[@markreetz1001]

He must have been a genius--wow! lol

[@neilallen2144]

Zach said the breaker was hot. Bet its a loose connection at the breaker. We deal with that very issue constantly here in the oil and gas fields.

[@kevinnorsworthy3926]

Always check the easy stuff. Look for loose wires then measure amperage to see if the draw has increased beyond the breaker capacity.. if so why…

[@shanejohnson896]

Thanks for the videos, my son is a big fan and we enjoyed watching you race in Sauk Rapids the other night.

[@bigham1jb]

Must be a Millennial breaker. Can't handle the heat and breaks down under load!

[@pdc023]

And no telling what may have triggered it this time. :)

[@deerepasture]

😆

[@2cylinderfarmer]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@TheHonestPeanut]

Nah it's a boomer breaker. When it gets old it costs more to keep up than it was ever worth.

[@petemac7969]

@@pdc023 It was "feeling" overworked!

[@kopenhagenkid]

Good luck hauling the rest of your corn Zach

[@tompinnef6331]

Hauling corn - life on the farm. Those are 'giant' bins compared to what Grandpa had. Then he also had ear corn yet back then. take care - be safe - hope the family and you are doing well.

[@dkkauffmanjr]

Haha okay as a mechanic I would like to debate my good sir. So first it takes more fuel with ethanol to equal without ethanol, not as efficient to combustible engines. Second ethanol attracts more water causing more corrosion and damage to entire fuel system, sensors, etc. Hence why companies make products to help remove ethanol from gasoline. 👍 Love your channel and have the upmost respect.

[@paulcopeland9035]

Give it a few years and we will all be sitting around the fire, drinking beer, and discussing "amperage"!

[@7rixee]

True, the benefits are like magic: non-existant 😁

[@davidanalyst671]

Glad to see green corn and its higher than the knee. The last video was sad when you were talking about the rain situation

[@michaelvangundy226]

Like everything else. It usually gives a few warning signs before it catches on fire and burns down the farm.

[@kevintanner4881]

Onyx has it made when I was a kid we didn't get to rid are four wheelers and dirt bike till we got some work done on the farm

[@cmpphilip]

Please let us know what was wrong with the electrical system. Something simple like a tired circuit breaker or something more complicated. During that real hot spell the cooling fan on the big shop compressor kept coming on when the unit wasn't running, turn out the sun was shining through the door and heating the sensor up.

[@ronchappel4812]

Haha,thats a good one

[@ke6gwf]

My vote is a tired breaker and high ambient temperatures.

[@buckrogers2828]

Most likely motors are hot high ambient temps you get heat soak then add running temps =Phut.

[@HalfCutGarage]

Ooooo the suspense !!!!!! I'm thinking loose lug terminal somethwhere on the leg!!!!

[@chandannel]

Ethanol is great for boosted applications and making horsepower. However, it takes 1.25 gallons of E for 1 gallon of gas. Calculate how many more truck loads that is to deliver to gas stations and how many more gallons of diesel used to deliver those tankers.

[@larrygro]

So reducing emissions should never be taken into account? Tell the government. The government has created a lot of hoops to jump through in the name of “ controlling emissions “. Why is this one the one that takes all the heat?

[@KHAWorkBD]

I like your machines very much, I see you from Bangladesh

[@herbieschwagerl4780]

Start with a amp meter on load side of main breaker. Shouldn't be more than 75% of main breaker rating. And to find out what amp it is tripping at. Possibly a motor getting ready to go, or loose wire connection.

[@larrydartel1610]

Breaker trip problem,, loose connections on breakers(connection acts like a heater/also losing phase) loose connection on loads ( single phasing) breaker bad( se contact in breaker)

[@larrydartel1610]

Bad breaker (loose/ bad connection inside,/lost of phase, resistance phase to phase), dead varmint on wires acting like a load,,

[@eb17816]

The Minnesoyta shirt is awesome.

[@dustybottoms3834]

Another great video! To clean the bin floors, have you seen the paddle brooms you hook to a weed eater? A friend of mine uses one to get the gravel out of his grass and back into the drive. Thought it might make your bin cleaning a little easier. Stay cool

[@johnmoore669]

Sounds like a bad breaker- Hopefully they get it fixed asap for you... Great video and I hope Ms. Becky took you for ice cream lol.. Have fun and Be Safe ! :)

[@nonstopfarming8515]

With your breaker situation I think it might be a weak breaker. Last fall we had the same problem with the breaker for our dryer. Now that it is replaced it works just fine

[@stanleyharrell6009]

Onyx will go into stealth mode now. You mentioned him helping clean out bins.🤣🤣 I used to hate doing that growing up. My Dad and Granddad never had the floor sweepers. It was a LOT of shovel work.

[@louis111]

I wanted to say how much I like your videos and admire your hard working.

[@lucascady4992]

Tripped breaker usually means a lose wire in the panel...

[@teujke7978]

If there was a lose wire that would mean his installation wouldnt work, and if it somehow was lose it should not wait 5 mins before kicking out.

[@lucascady4992]

Thanks for the TIP! In my experience, on thing's like a corn drier/grain elevator, etc., is that there is a lot of moving parts, a lot of vibration, what may have been tight a month ago/a year ago can eventually work it's self loose.. lose wire cause heat, trip breakers...

[@royaltutranch]

I won’t debate you on what you’re doing Zach. I really respect you and your work ethic and I think up where you are, with plenty of moisture and decent conditions, growing corn for fuel is fine. I have a problem with doing it here in my neck of the woods, northwest Kansas. I think it is extremely foolish and shortsighted of us to pump water out of the ground to grow corn in a climate not really conducive to growing corn, and basically turn our groundwater into fuel. But as you can tell from my pic, I’m a rancher. Not a farmer anymore. Keep up the good work bud.

[@aidannelsen5771]

Put a gopro on top of a trailer and film a time lapse of filling, driving, and dumping at the plant. Would make a cool clip I think

[@darrellbarrick7748]

Hello Zack, was in your part of the country the other day. I made a delivery in Belgrade, Mn. Sure is pretty country up your way. Keep up the awesome videos!!

[@deadghost1964]

No wonder why he didn't answer all of your post because you spell his name wrong.

[@joeramirez1872]

Breakers ware and as motors ware , the will draw a few more amps,

[@scrotiemcbogerballs8286]

I love corn squeezing myself lol in my truck and in my liquor thanks for everything buddy god bless everyone That breaker it’s hopefully a bad ground causing everything to run hot

[@workinprogress5936]

Not watching because you ignored us for a few days.... ahh heck, I can't stay mad with those puppers in the beginning

[@maynardholmes8870]

Was thinking of passing over your channel and then I previewed it and the first thing I saw was the dogs I’m hooked I’m subbing right now and I will show this video to my pug when I get off the road

[@masonlapointe7820]

This is the best day when millennial farmer posts

[@travissteinkraus6307]

You guys talked about bin entrapment last fall. I don’t know the statistics but sweep augers are pretty dangerous. I know of 3 people in our area that have been tangled up with those things. One has a prosthetic leg because of the sweep auger. He was very lucky.

[@mrwulfgar2001]

If I was too guess, bad breaker, or one of the motors could be going causing a higher amp draw on the circuit.

[@jimdavis4373]

Test the Amp draw. On the motors.....had to replace the big 10 horse motor on top of the leg...a bad job and dangerous!!!!!!

[@paulurbaniak5429]

Hey Millennial Farmer I recently got some of your merch I got a hat and shirt they're both very comfortable great for the outdoors so thank you and keep up the great work

[@typeebs93]

I think the "If I m good Becky will take me for some ice cream" may have been code for something. I'm not sure though 🤔

[@stevem7189]

How are your crops doing with the lack of rain? Praying for all the farmers out there.

[@andrewyates7629]

Oh jeeze I sure hope you tell us what was happening with the breaker

[@andrewmurphy7401]

Despite the many differences and similarities of farming between the U.S. and Australia, you will be pleased to know if you ever decide to come Down Under to drive trucks that the tyre pressure gauges we use are exactly the same.

[@tctarheelfarmin358]

We only use ethanol in our field because of the corn lobby. The energy needed to create it mitigates the environmental benefits. We simply grow too much corn

[@OOpSjm]

Most of US corn production goes to ehtanol fuel

[@mikewhitman830]

Iowa State University did a Farm Energy study. It found it takes 34 gallons of diesel per acre of corn grown. How many gallons of ethanol are made from that acre you ask? 328 gallons on average.

[@OOpSjm]

@@mikewhitman830 hasn't even gotten to the plant yet. Try again

[@anstromwally6708]

What’s the problem of growing corn for ethanol?

[@mikewhitman830]

@@OOpSjm uuuuuhhhh....huh? I wasn't making a statement either for/against. It was a statement of facts. I didn't elude to fuel consumption for transportation of corn or fuel. Reason is, is because it varies so greatly that no real average can be produced. But if making a stupid statement makes you sleep better....ok. 🤷‍♂️

[@johnduke8968]

Got that Everglades shirt on 👍Florida AG! Got to get you and the Master pipe layer out on the airboat

[@dougpeebles2383]

For some content ideas maybe you could fit in an update on your Dad's lawn that you seeded down last fall.

[@X-4RCH]

Probably asked and answered, but how come you don’t use snow shovels for the bins? Wider angle, plus more ergonomic design for less back strain, similar volume per scoop… thoughts?

[@TroyboyTheiste]

I remember my uncle having a dog that barked every time you started diesel.

[@davidchase8815]

Renewable and environmentally sound with the exception of the multiple fuel pumps and fuel injectors (and carburetors on small engines)you have to replace due to the high water content!!

[@quikflag]

Ethanol is not even close to being a carbon neutral or carbon negative fuel. While the ethanol combustion produces less carbon dioxide than gas the ethanol plants create an enormous amount of carbon dioxide as a by-product during production. Then the corn production and transportation with tractors and trucks emits a significant amount of carbon dioxide.

[@josephcihlar5691]

CO2 IS produced during fermentation but that gas is captured and bottled for industrial use else where.

[@quikflag]

@@josephcihlar5691 Not at the plant Zack goes to. At plants where it is bottled what happens to it after that? Back into the atmosphere.

[@larrygro]

Corn oil, C02, distillers grain, all byproducts of ethanol. Stop bitching about a renewable resource. Do you bitch about the enormous infrastructure that has to be created for wind energy?

[@yeetymagee961]

1:35 did you know you can use that same tool to see how strong your glass is?

[@lesleyboeder1798]

Yup it still takes a lot of diesel fuel motor oil, chemicals and man-hours return that corn into ethanol

[@terrymertz1923]

yep, you dont get something from nothing! so whats your point?

[@deaddoll1361]

@@terrymertz1923 The point is all the inputs make the outpt uneconomic.

[@asmrhead1560]

@@deaddoll1361 Which is a Green Lobby lie.

[@raprock5000]

I believe I read it's something like 10 gallons of water wasted per gallon of ethanol.

[@tim2applecell323]

@@raprock5000 I agree ethanol is not efficient and I hate ruining my equipment that could last all my life with the 💩. The waste from corn distillation is a fine live stock feed and was probably priced low enough to help feed cattle. A dairy farmer I know was using what he called corn slop on silage and claimed it is high protein yeast and some nutrients from corn. Waste not, and all that.

[@sryan286]

"take me to get some ice cream" so that is what the kids are calling it now a days. :)

[@Thor_Odinson]

I'd be interested in seeing some non-biased numbers on the carbon used vs how much produced. I see a bunch of stats thrown around but they seem to be supporting a conclusion rather than trying to make an impartial case.

[@ke6gwf]

Most people misunderstood the purpose of the ethanol and thus approach the numbers wrong with. B10 is to make the gasoline burn cleaner and cut nox emissions and such, it oxygenates the fuel, and so has an impact much greater than simply replacing a gallon of gasoline. So it's not about carbon reduction at B10, it's about smog reduction in high population density places, and it works for that purpose. The corn lobby is also trying to push b85 which is a while other subject that has issues lol

[@darkker1532]

What usually gets used for the emissions numbers(generally pro corn) is the lifecycle analysis report(from 2010 estimates) afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol_fuel_basics.html#balance It does make some assumptions about one industry making improvements, and none for the other. It also doesn't appear to try and balance the energy deficit between the two fuels, nor address formaldehyde and acetaldehyde from ethanol combustion. Which is all to say, there are no simple answers in life. Rather, it's a matter of choosing what set of trade-offs you prefer.

[@J-1410]

@@ke6gwf B10 or E10? Biodiesel in Gasoline is new to me if it is B... Also I have been in a few infinite loops of "how much diesel and Gasoline is used to make and distribute one gallon of Ethanol and then how does it compare to normal Oil"? And I've tried corn boards, USDA, the oil companies, ethanol companies, and no one really had anything on it, unless its dollars from 2003.

[@mkzenthusiasts]

@@ke6gwf smog? Lol. Thekitty cats fixed that problem and my 2016 lincoln gets more power with premium non ethanol

[@ke6gwf]

@@J-1410 Sorry, I meant E10. I mainly deal with diesel, which is often B20 or above, and I wasn't paying attention lol

[@twcstransam]

It never gets old seeing them play.

[@MillennialFarmer]

5,879th

[@davidd2613]

🤣🍻🥃🤟

[@deansmit8794]

All the way from south Africa and its amazing to watch

[@bcdieselsofficial]

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[@valvemonky4734]

5,880th

[@seanzyw.2603]

Your dad reminds me of my grandpa Gene rough and gristly corn and soybean farmer in Indiana that had a Hog Farm also. Thank you brother for sharing your life with us.

[@stevenicoson6670]

Thanks for another great video Zach. Enjoyed this video. Sorry for your electrical problems. Problems like this can be frustrating for sure. I am like you not much on electric problems. Usually takes a lot of tracing and backtracking on the system to figure it out. Electrical people are good at it and will have it figured out in a flash. Just frustrating trying to get things done. Know you want to get the grain hauled. Hang in there. Glad you are getting some of your old planter parts sold-very good. Let’s us know what the electrical problem was. Interesting. Take care and be safe. Thanks. The Iowa farm boy from years ago.

[@michaelschroeder3043]

Each time the breaker trips it gets weaker. So when you find out what's making it trip I would replace breaker.

[@paulanderson262]

The first thing I would look at on the breaker issue is a poor connection on the breaker itself. The connection heats up underload and transfers the heat to the thermal switch on the breaker and trips. I've seen it before.

[@kriskohut7159]

Your Dad looked pained when he mentioned fertilizer prices, I know I am not too enthusiastic!!!

[@CARyan08]

1,000,000 subscribers this year? Let's push the actor that plays Millennial Farmer into the 1M club. What say y'all?

[@carolesrex4539]

Iam curious how many times do you guys clean the bins .. I mean like really clean deep clean them :)

[@WickedGamerCollector]

Thanks for another awesome video, I really enjoy watching them 👍

[@alexmendoza4072]

Anyone else think this camera quality is to damn good!!! It’s almost as if we’re there with zach like virtual reality 😅

[@FureFarms]

Yeah it is amazing!

[@mrfarmboy5430]

Just 14000 km away

[@agroimport386]

Hi! Which camera do you use?

[@lil_skipp]

was it the breaker? they get weak with age sometimes

[@leonardfarm416]

Sugar beet ethanol beats corn based all hollow, efficiency in production, less water. we had our augers able to spool backwards, usually a stone

[@thepottmi]

Hi Leonard... Tell us this: 1. Do beets store well such that beet optimized plant can operate year round? 2. How much protein and oil by product is there in beets? Serious questions.

[@flatbedtruckingsamrides.9355]

Was it a loose lug in the panel with a worsening connection?