My Farm Is Flooded

My farm is flooded, weeds are growing, and equipment is breaking. We have a lot of work to do.
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[@frankvleut9143]

Hi Cole, the hole in the pump is created by cavitation. The implosions of the water, due to pressure differences around the impellor, eats away the pump from the inside. For a better understanding of the process, you can search for ships propellers cavitation. Yours, Frank V, Dutch rice farmer in the Philippines.

[@birdsndog5819]

The seriously bright people from all over everywhere who watch whichever KZbin channels. And bring some thing, positive, constructive, unique. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@katieallen3927]

Mother Nature is not an easy business partner.

[@cannon3267]

aaaannnnndddddd ..... that's why farmers buy crop insurance. hope coles policy is paid up and covers flooding losses.

[@user-wu6pv4ke1j]

How safe is the stuff y'all spray for the run off and aquifers 🤔🤢🤮????

[@spex357]

Geo engineering/global dimming is going on all across the west.

[@robsterenborg]

@@user-wu6pv4ke1j i am feeling more and more uncomfortable with these gazillions of herbicides sprayed each year. A lot will end up in our water system no matter what the manufacturers are telling us that it is save. It is not ! And it is a vicious circle where we have to ask the question are we killing ourselves? This way of farming is not sustainable especially when you look at his numbers. Bigger is not always better and he needs to diversify. And his Bin site is still unsafe and not working properly

[@wps620]

Cloud seeding

[@michaeltablet8577]

It takes a lot of guts to be a farmer. God bless you all!

[@cindyjohnson2300]

Very enjoyable video. Happy Fathers Day to all the cornstar family and employees.

[@NicoleJohnson-si1fh]

Well done! The effort and passion are evident.

[@goodpplz123]

You’re like the Energizer Bunny! You just keep going and going. I don’t know how you do it.

[@terryprideaux]

Congrats on the success of the go fund me fundraiser. You are a godsend Cole!

[@ky.gambler5281]

Where is it ?

[@terryprideaux]

@@ky.gambler5281 check the last blog about the mansion

[@iamtheonenonly250]

@@ky.gambler5281should be under the video before this one

[@johnnaughton4215]

What is the go fund for

[@terryprideaux]

@@johnnaughton4215 watch the video

[@cindyzelmer9228]

❤❤I hope your Dad is okay from his fall. Glad you got a sprayer working.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Thank you Cole! Really enjoyed riding in the sprayer! God bless your family! Always amazing! Thanks DC!

[@Lisa-xy4nm]

Thank you for your educational videos. should be shown in our schools Then all will have such a appreciation of our farmers Thank you cole❤

[@s.reeves4703]

Thank you for explaining everything to us newbies..❤😊

[@ratdogtaylor-qf1lp]

I always watch but rarely comment so I just wanted to tell you how you make every video so interesting, with the farm, with the family and I'm really enjoying the remodel. I will be sad to see those end but look forward to the end result, it's going to be a beautiful home for your family to enjoy for many, many years to come. God Bless

[@territ1231]

The drone footage was amazing!! All that water!!!!😮😮😮

[@robinghunt]

Hopefully the rain increases your overall yield for the year. Praying is all that can be done.

[@andrewreimer9318]

I have been watching you from almost the beginning and I have learned a lot from you and your family it's been amazing

[@jameskrutsinger2339]

It was a pleasure meeting you today, keep up the awesome videos.

[@edwardbrewer3247]

It is good to see you Daddy Cornstar. Your all-star family is uplifting and worthy of all the respect that we can send you.

[@jerrilynmyers329]

Love your long videos. My father was a farmer, and I miss it. It's fun to watch your good energy.

[@williambryant5946]

Cole, I hope you see this! I just saw a waterproofing that looks like it would be perfect to use on the inside of your basement walls to make sure it's 100% waterproof. AMES Blue Max waterproofing coating. I really hope you see this before you have poured the basement floor because this needs to be painted on the interior of the basement walls and down across the top and inside of the footing you're putting in, down to where your pipe will be. It will seal and cracks between the footing and wall where water could possibly come in and also the entire wall. After it dries it's paintable with latex paint so you can paint it white if you choose to leave the basement walls exposed. If you're planning on finishing the basement like you would the rest of the inside of a house, with sheetrock and flooring, this would be the perfect stuff to use. I really hope you see this!

[@ChrisHarding-lk3jj]

Coating the inside of the basement walls is just a band-aid fix and does nothing to solve the underlying issue. The only permanent solution is to dig around the exterior perimeter of the foundation and address the problem.

[@markadams5429]

​@@ChrisHarding-lk3jjI believe William was passing that information on as an extra precaution. That is the way it seems to be written anyway.

[@Katie-fg8kc]

@@ChrisHarding-lk3jjYou are correct but it will also hold the water in the wall.

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

I had to do both! French drain and waterproofing

[@theboz1419]

If you add a coating it needs to be on the outside of the foundation wall, especially in his climate. Any water trapped in the walls will turn to ice in the winter. Ice is not something you want in a foundation wall.

[@ER-xl6cs]

You are always working hard! Great job on the farm, the house, with the family and your community!

[@darlenehanfmann896]

Chicken spring…Daddy Cornstar is a stitch😂♥️

[@tanianigelwade8935]

We're praying 🙏 that God looking after your family and the farm. XOXO 🙏 😘 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@azuthal]

dad cornstar is my favorite person to hear from.

[@davidwagner9644]

I am pulling for you Cole but I can see how all this rain water sux big time. Too much in a short period

[@ivcmom75]

We got over 3” of rain Thursday night in central Illinois. Wind laid the corn flat but it’s standing straight today.

[@randyhome1544]

4” of rain in Galva, KS from the same storm.

[@999pr1]

Mostly dried up by the time it hit the IN line, we got .68, some areas less. Over the years the IN/IL state line has been a rain stopper.

[@brendahaire8824]

Happy Father’s Day Cole and Daddy Cornstar

[@terrytrammell7388]

And Roman

[@dalegereaux1863]

Great show ! 👍 You do an excellent job explaining all of the different things that go into running your farming business ! 👍

[@judyfenske1429]

Cole, If my eyes are seeing your land correctly, it looks dry. Some folks will think you are on a different day. BUT, you are not on a different day. My relatives live 30 miles west of Omaha, Nebraska. From my time living in West Point, I have driven through drenching rain to Omaha and past the same fields absolutely dry on the return home. SAME day. That is par with the flat areas. Like yours. Your spirit is very good . I like the " Farm Life". Thank you.

[@petercozzaglio6070]

Good afternoon farm family.

[@user-zh7hk7xf3v]

You definitely put your all into everything you do, including these videos. Great info, great explanations and detail. Love your vids and family!!

[@rover1102]

You should map the water. It might help show which areas might be better or worse during a normal rain year. It is a way to quickly map your gradients. Might check how the flooded areas are impacted for nutrients.

[@pattyroe2305]

Ceramic paint imbeds in the block or stone. A rubberized coating acts like a water balloon. Dig down aound the outside of the foundation and install a french drain system. Have your downspouts draining into that french drain. Put dirt against the foundation at a 30-degree grade.

[@tamicoil7069]

NW Iowa got a bad hail storm that wasn't forecasted a few days ago. Flattened everyone's fields, broke windows in houses, shredded siding, and if course destroyed roofs. I need new roof and siding. Another storm forecasted for tonight with lime sized hail. Keeping fingers crossed they are wrong.

[@elizabethtovar3603]

🙏

[@elizabethtovar3603]

🙏

[@debbiebaker8243]

I enjoy your enthusiasm.

[@kenwoodfl]

Happy father’s Day Cole, DC, and all other fathers!

[@dalemoody6366]

Happy fathers day to all the fathers out there😊

[@lorismith9105]

I so impressed!!! Great job you two!!!

[@robinwelander6780]

You all are awesome ! "Happy Father's Day " ! "God Bless you all "

[@LeanneLeroy-ou7ob]

You definitely deserve more recognition for this!

[@patriciasears4209]

Sorry your farm got flooded.

[@knucklebumpfarmsofficial]

Sorry to hear about the flooding, Cole. You're a rockstar and a cornstar!

[@dalegereaux1863]

I'm glad to see that the water receded before it did very much damage. With the corn as high as it is, the extra water may have done more good than harm. 🤞

[@steveneal2706]

Another great video. Thank you guys

[@patgraceffa9984]

Thank God for farmers ❤ love the videos Cole. Thank you!

[@judywyse7088]

Thank you. Your videos are so helpful. Keep up the good work !!

[@user-sb3lw7ng6h]

Happy Father’s Day!!

[@greggkiest1069]

Daddy Cornstar on Sprayers. No chicken spring. Cracked me up.

[@conniedowd3234]

Awesome farm work gentleman!🎉

[@grantcurrin4934]

Two weeks ago we had 223mm rain, our region was declared a disaster area. Many folks homes were flooded. We welcome rain in our dry area but not all at once. Repairs take time. All the best Cornstar family, thank you for your documentories.

[@veraobyrne7502]

Happy Father’s Day Cole!

[@constanceblair6625]

Enjoyed all the farm happenings update.

[@DawgGoneOutside]

Love the behind the scenes view into farming!

[@robertmiller2849]

Wow. Just wow!! Love Rocky 👍👍👍👍

[@connieverbeck1110]

I am so sorry this is happening!! 🙏 it dries quickly!!

[@billsrq1788]

Happy Father's Day and Hello from Siesta Key Florida

[@TheDarkPreacher65]

Gonna be mostly in the 90s this upcoming week, Cole, make sure everyone is staying hydrated. Don't forget your sunscreen. Hope you have a good Father's Day tomorrow.

[@dennishill3463]

Thanks and GOD BLESS 😀

[@Mr-MH227]

Brilliant video and thank you 👍

[@darrellgambrell371]

Here in SW Il. 25 mi...SE of STL, MO., Corn was planted in two periods. The 1st planting is now nerly waist high, while the 2nd period of planting is barely 6in. out of the ground.

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Cole enjoyed your video thankyou. Had to laugh on your description on what the sprayer was doing just funny on how things went. Have a good day.

[@stang10189]

Cutting a week's worth of work down to 2 days. That's awesome, and reason alone to have the 2 sprayers.

[@waynep343]

Cole are you going to fly your drone over it and take pictures so you know exactly where it flooded to so you know where to move the soil around to to stop it from flooding again

[@johnunsicker7440]

Waste of time. The reason it flood was the fact they got 3 inch of rain in like a 8 hours and truthful more like 3 hours and then had rain before that as well. The ground just can't take that much water that fast a quarter to half inch in a hour to two it will handle mostly but not 3 inch in a a few hours. At 3 inch or rain that is 81,298 gallons of water per acre or 1.87 gallons per square foot. It was all surface water and probably gone in 24 hours or less.

[@natevanlandingham1945]

No way your going to stop that flooding from happening. He would have to build like 5-10 ft tall levies around those creeks to keep it in the banks😂

[@franciscodanconia4324]

@@natevanlandingham1945 And if you build levees, the fields won't drain into the draws. Best you could probably do is dredge the creeks deeper.

[@hollyporter1193]

Cole as I read comments, I was amazed at the negativity. You do not deserve that. You are a great hard working Christian husband, father, son, & friend. I enjoy all your videos. Do not let them get you down. Praying for you Young Man! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@GeraldMiller-mp8fc]

A lot of farmers all over the world are hard working. Not just Christians.

[@DrMJJr]

@@GeraldMiller-mp8fc Exactly.

[@user-tj4xr9re1e]

prayers for cornstar farm

[@izb1678]

I like the way Cole says SOY beanz

[@gregwindschitl1896]

I really enjoyed your videos, keep up the informative content!

[@jackierindlisbacher9725]

Love watching you 🎉❤

[@johnevans4015]

Another reason for having two sprayers and even better if they are the same make so you can swap parts and troubleshoot👍👍👍👍

[@nancyk4679]

And even more rain this coming week. Good luck

[@jaymondy]

When you are able to run duo sprayers i imagine you can also have one person running support in the semi with the mix mate, so one person is going between the two and not sitting idle. in addition to all the benefits DC listed.

[@mickichikwinya5519]

Glad you have another source of income.

[@lorismith9105]

Cornstar family just ignore all the Naysayers. God Bless you all. Daddy Cornstar is so sweet. That must be why Cole and his siblings turned out so well. I don’t farm but I have so much respect for what you do. A big thanks from Ohio.

[@jamescarnes5550]

I love your corn star farming laugh out loud play on words

[@janeyjanedee2493]

Respect for you all.

[@jameskotsch8271]

Wow, you have a river in your field.

[@LLJ0316mv5ox]

So very sorry dude! Sending prayers and love

[@williambryant5946]

We've had a really wet rainy spring this year in NC. Lot more rainy than its been in the last few years.

[@redbovine]

I’m up toward the mountains. We had that wet spring too then it cut off. .2” in 6 weeks. Corn in my area is starting to tip back. It twisted 3 weeks ago.

[@wkjeom]

It rains a lot in Houston. But this year it beat any rain I've seen before. Of course, that's not counting hurricanes and other tropical storms which occur much less often. We actually live a bit north of Houston.

[@williambryant5946]

@@redbovine This week has been the first dry 5 days we've had. Supposed to be no rain next 5 aswell.

[@joshwagner5414]

What a crazy idea about just swapping pumps. Such advanced ideas

[@Ralph94967]

Cole great vid bud hope daddy corn star didnt get to badly hurt when he fell off the ladder

[@jimpolk]

Happy Father's Day Cole

[@johnkranz4004]

Good work Cole and Your Farther

[@Chico-td2fy]

Happy Father's day guys! 🌽🌽⭐️⭐️

[@davidobrienirl]

You always said you wanted your own swimming pole Cole. :-) Good luck!!

[@sallyhenrie8150]

If the high spot is Mt. Everest then the Hansen Farm is now the Amazon.

[@MisFakapek]

Well, nature is pretty much asking you to create a retention pond ;) Would be useful for the dry days, which will certainly come...soon

[@barbaralewis3281]

I'd really love it if you referred to Cornstar Farms as "our farm". We see the work that Daddy & Cooper put in; the time Summer spends behind the scenes doing her job, the sacrifice that I'd guess Momma contributed thru the yrs contributing...Grandpa Cornstar....I love watching the video's....I just wish you'd refer to it as"our" farm..

[@SeattleDonna206]

Strongly agree.

[@dalegereaux1863]

Nice electrical troubleshooting with DC ! 👍

[@arkbear1]

🙏🏻’s for good outcome

[@sharonwilson8208]

After the first 4 rounds of rain and tornadoes, we too have these gnats that absolutely swarm you and bite. The mosquitoes are awful as well. It's been slightly warmer in South Central Iowa. We had almost 3 weeks without rain and everything has finally soaked in. The fields look like they may be okay. It's early, but the plants look like they had just enough time to get the roots established. There's been a lot of debris and not quite sure where some of it came from. With the tornadoes, the debris could have come from the next county. I don't know about you guys, but we've had storms come from the North, West, and South catching another front and moving East Northeast. Very odd weather, and mild temps! This weekend it's supposed to be well over 100°. Very odd weather. Praying that everything works out for your family and farms. 😊❤

[@zippitydoodah5693]

Love to y'all Cornstars!

[@Greywolfe24]

People need to understand what farmers go through. I know I did it growing up in Indiana. We used to farm 2000 acres back in the 70s. The practice is different today. But it’s still unpredictable. Tuff business.

[@stephenriley9084]

On balance, on schedule 👍. Regards, Stephen.

[@glenbo2464]

Thank goodness Iowa has crop insurance for corn and soybeans to help farmers if and when needed.

[@stevenlapham5254]

commodities - interesting to understand - thank you

[@barbaralennon321]

My dad farmed from 10 years old with horse and plow, then first tractor during WW2. Added dairy cows. He had to worry every year about the weather. Farming is not easy. Saddly after he died we had to sell the land. There will always be good years and bad years. Good luck Cole.

[@davidgreen484]

Good evening Cole

[@samsquanch6984]

Freaking love this series

[@melindabeyers6394]

Hi Cole, I grew up in the midst of wheat fields and cherry orchards in Oregon.. I have really enjoyed learning more about the intricacies of farming. When you stated that the more mature soybean plants would shade the soil preventing weeds from germinating, I thought wouldn't a good layer of mulch would do the same, and then you wouldn't have the expense of the weed poison. Have you considered using regenerative farming methods?

[@Wild-Wisdom]

I didn't think I'd stay for the whole video going in. But I did, definitely interesting. I think the storms captivated me from the get go. I do wonder how our farmers survive taking such losses though

[@angelalarratt6843]

On no the rain never seems to stop at the moment