Farming VS Rain

We switched back to planting corn after spending a day doing soybeans. We're racing the rain and trying to get our last 200 acres in! This has been a rainy spring but the farm work never stops.
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[@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!

[@LBertao]

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

[@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.

[@daltonbialke2588]

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.

[@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 :)

[@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!

[@bradfordlunt1468]

May the rain gods be with you!

[@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

[@cuznjo1]

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

[@macfarms]

Mad dash to get seed in the ground. Sounds like us trying to seed 10 acres with our 5ft Brillion. lol

[@krisbower8816]

Farmin'! Belchin'! :)

[@sgttackleberryoef8266]

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

[@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!

[@allenschmitz9644]

whats up with all this rain in may...we got the same rainy forcast for the month of may in centrail ohio...to the end of the month..this is cramping my retirement style.

[@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.

[@mikea8882]

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

[@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!

[@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?

[@timheasley612]

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

[@AgriFarmModelsTV]

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

[@samstarceski656]

Now that farm view app on your iPad could a fella use that as a cheap guidance system instead of spreading the money on a ez guide or jd system for small jobs? And how much does it cost you to run that app? Also I like the ag cams might get some for myself!!!

[@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

[@alexandermaree6910]

Love farming, hope the rain doesn't last too long🚜🌾Like the jokes about Case ih, but I am a Case guy but JD isn't bad 😂

[@IIPOLOII]

Dang feel like you guys only have warm weather for 2 months

[@skeeteracfd103]

That red thing was a UFO (unidentified farming object).

[@therealRustyShackleford]

You can tell he’s a millennial by the way he is.

[@daisyladybug]

Rusty Shackleford how neat is that. Haha

[@MillennialFarmer]

That got a solid lol out of me🤣🤣

[@krantzfarming170]

@@MillennialFarmer but does he know how to drive a standard

[@krantzfarming170]

@@MillennialFarmer I did that to nick on one of his livestreams he hot in the fummins and I said hold on is that a millennial driving a Manuel

[@mrprimor227]

You sure because he would be a millennial that is a productive member of society and that never happens.

[@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 .

[@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

[@America-First2024]

Was the last minute plus in memory of the can? 🍺 😇

[@MillennialFarmer]

I'd like to think so....

[@mrad6529]

Anyone else ever get a sore neck after running tractor? I'd try to switch sides and just was all wrong.

[@chriswinter7107]

Zac, I love your videos. But bro. You're one sick puppy. Love the humour. Any update to having the farm on Farm Simulator 19?

[@MillennialFarmer]

It's being done, hopefully mid summer! Look for news on that soon!

[@thomasfick6332]

Does he have a map for 17? If so, what’s the name?

[@owenhill4309]

That would be awesome to have map of fs19

[@evanthomas1629]

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

[@chevymetrodriver]

Same here with southwestern Ontario

[@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!

[@AgriFarmModelsTV]

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

[@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9]

Great video even though you run Chevy and John Deere my grandparents would come back and haunt me if that was in our driveway but I won't hold it against you hahaha we did run Chevy when we were drag racing but that's is far as we go on Chevy

[@damiano8590]

Noooo you didnt show what you got for lunch. I'm disappointed in you 😉👍

[@davidp8594]

Damian Olszewski Inquiring minds want to know! ;-)

[@damiano8590]

@@davidp8594 yes

[@conrad463]

Lutefisk and a side of fries?

[@mouimet1980]

He said he was full of bologna

[@MillennialFarmer]

Western burger with onion rings!

[@koltens.4854]

I bet someone could weld up to covers over the tracks that went up to most of the tracks so it wouldn’t shoot it over it

[@cdawggaming9618]

Love the videos Zach

[@farming4g]

I swear sometimes you have a recliner in your tractor.... and you must have colorblindness. CLEARLY, you can't see how awesome those red machines are LOL Trying to look at it this way (it's hard but...): if the weather keeps this up, perhaps grain prices will improve because crops can't get it... but then again the political machine take priority over prices sadly.

[@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.

[@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

[@majesticlion1548]

How many acres do you have in total?

[@MillennialFarmer]

1,707

[@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.

[@jordanmeyer2503]

I can't imagine how stressful getting everything done is

[@dennishayes65]

There’s Linda Brekey again on your radio ! Excuse you for your BURP !

[@MillennialFarmer]

Linda speaks to me during lunch time frequently

[@TacoStacks]

If it ain't raining... it's raining.

[@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.

[@willreaves402]

Can you explain the John Deere training wheels on the planner 😂

[@MillennialFarmer]

You must be an Instagram follower?!

[@davidp8594]

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

[@tdog-dl6ms]

I’m 14 and want to use FBN I was wondering if it would be worth to get the 1 year subscription. I’m just getting started running my own operation with 15-20 acres. I have lived on a farm my entire life and my dad works 450-500 acres.

[@buynsell365]

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

[@michaelvangundy226]

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

[@XxDakoXx20]

Hey crushed can in a sleeve. You OK? You OK?

[@Nope-55]

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

[@MillennialFarmer]

That's just nuts

[@rodneyhickman598]

Whiskey River one of my favorite songs.

[@andreww.9939]

Was that last minute of the video with no footage or sound there so that you have time to let that moo-rvelous joke soak in? Ok I’ll stop now lol.

[@massimopecile9666]

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

[@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.

[@genechronister7085]

Nice vid! Been there fighting rain for our hay!

[@timmattingly2954]

That was a John Deere planter pushing a red tractor.

[@MillennialFarmer]

lol!!

[@bobbypool923]

Genesis 8 (NASB) 21 The Lord smelled the soothing aroma; and the Lord said to Himself, “I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man’s heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. 22 “While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease.”

[@owenhill4309]

Do you put nitrogen in your fields before you plant?

[@banjobenson9348]

FArm on oh frozen tundra dwellers, could it be global cooling upon us earthlings??

[@mauriceartiles3968]

Same shit going on in WI, haha got 50 acres planted out of 500

[@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.

[@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 .

[@callummilne4716]

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta……. I mean farmer!!!!

[@RTNeuf]

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

[@MillennialFarmer]

Heck yeah it was!

[@MordusdepleinairQuebec]

we haven't been able to start yet here in Québec. 3 weeks late

[@adrianklaver113]

Rice farming I tell ya:) Re: tracks catching debris. Maybe something like: www.brushsolutions.net/ mounted to side of tracks.

[@supercg01]

What weather app do you use?

[@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! 🙂

[@tylerw1418]

Damn it feels good to be a gangster. 👍🏻

[@chrisdavies8232]

Great video and that looks like awesome part world you live in? How many acres you farm? We farm about 3000 and contracted to do another 2600 acres?

[@rashke19]

We can't farm without rain, and can't farm when it does rain, go figure... On a side note, those red things are taking over faster then expected, real issue will be when Massey Ferguson red things start to appear.

[@Sittinhere]

Not much is being put down around the area of Sioux Falls, SD. Just so much rain. However what app are you using that has a forecast to July 4th??

[@ToneySpamony]

how fast are you working? you keep saying the time over the radio that its 6:55.

[@DuhtroitHD]

I wonder if anybody caught the "You can tell its an Ag cam because of the way it is" reference.

[@MillennialFarmer]

There were a few!

[@brawler4456]

2:08 "hoi yah, fill me with your seed" i'm 21 not 12 and i still write comments like this. nice to meet you.

[@MillennialFarmer]

🤣🤣

[@jwhitley101whitleyfarms9]

I didn't get to see the whole video earlier when I was baling hay and I just now got to see the end that was funny the kids couldn't stop laughing

[@tylerlinneman1821]

“You can tell it’s an ag cam because of what it is”😂

[@agtech4580]

Send that rain north to Saskatchewan we are in desperate need of some

[@dougmcgregor8690]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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...

[@markbarnett5478]

What are those row markers for

[@philipkimber6302]

You guys have too much rain. Over here in South of the UK we have not had any meaningful rain for almost two months. Weird weather. But does it normally rain this time of year for weeks where you are ?

[@BruceBergman]

Just got this October 1 2021. Please Please PLEASE 🥺 put dates in the Video.

[@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.

[@Zach-sv7ej]

MN Millennial Farmer How can I start working on a big farm like yours? I have prior experience in agriculture

[@cu3tom_xd149]

Hi Can i have one of those doughnut lookin things pls 😁 Lovin the vids keep it up:)

[@HubersRanch]

One of the best parts of the videos are the clips after the official ending, I always wonder what you come up with next :)

[@ssss1167]

I cant find information about INTENSIFY from CONKLIN . Maybe its my localization . I know they have IBA 0.64% and GA 3 0.7%this product have but i dont know have many use per acre and how many gallons water per acre ???This product its better than Mega Gro L ??? PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME

[@ausshot83]

Great video. Just a question I'm new to the channel and was wondering why you use numbers instead of names Many thanks peter

[@mickrobinson1634]

Here in the UK most of us plough all that "shit" under !! So we don't get your problems with the planter ...

[@davekimbler2308]

Ya sure ya betcha! It’s rainin bulls and heifers here toooo ! It’s so wet I can’t get the rest planted and the window is closing ! Dang it !?!?! I did get that tarp down so at least that parts done ✅! Maybe the summer will carry out farther then usual, say 2 to 3 weeks ! What’s the germination on the soybeans your planting ? I hope ya get everything in ! I think it should be KNEE HIGH BY THE END OF JULY ! Lol. SKOL BUD !

[@TheGrumpyFarmer]

Other seed tender not seat under dam phone

[@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.”

[@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