Heavy Rain caused a Flood

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[@Darksteel76]

I watched this video and kept thinking. Back during the drought we all prayed for you guys to get the rain. I think we all prayed a little too hard. 😅. Keep up the great work

[@keithfrazier2558]

I was thinking the same thing. Now I pray for Idaho with a.l their water debacle they told farmers to stop pumping from Aquafer...but the new Cobalt mine by Biden and how many other politician investors can pump 24/7

[@benny8300]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@kelly-annejenner486]

I’ve been praying too, though I’ve been praying for good hay weather this year after last years was so bad ☹️

[@mikebonge7206]

Will u get all that new growth baled. Or have to leave it for cows to eat

[@georgedavidson1221]

Mike. Mitchell. and family farms 10,000 acres ,south Saskatchewan, dry land farming , low yields , 5 bushel / acre yields Now he is getting rained out , but he has a crop in the ground. And praying if he gets another rain in a couple weeks. They should be able to get a 40 bushel crop

[@darrylolson6292]

SPECTACULAR drone footage! It shows the scale of flooding.

[@meghanplamondon8639]

In the future, instead of praying for more rain or dryer temps….I’m just going to pray for you to get the perfect weather you will need at that moment in time. Covering all my bases. Good luck with your new lake front property. ❤

[@b2617]

I'm sure it will work this time 👌

[@OregonBob1955]

God Bless all the Farmers in the World! Past, Present and Future.

[@cyndicuster4992]

I am looking forward to Cole and Tiffany to have the next generation to teach what your dad had taught you. Love how you and your dad work.

[@williamhyney9640]

Most people don't get how the weather effects the farmer and the crops... It sucks for all of us farmers... Prayers and thoughts to everyone that is dealing with this.....

[@jeb3415]

Crop shortages equals food shortages for livestock and humans. And the farmers know how to survive. Don’t know that I can say that for the majority of the mouths they feed.

[@pamelapeters6841]

This just breaks my heart. You guys work so hard. I appreciate your attitude even though it is a difficult time.

[@anthonyhengst2908]

I think there's plenty of moisture now. You guys are drowning over there. Your drone views really put the conditions into perspective.

[@michelletauson2867]

Prayers for all impacted by this flooding. I am so sorry for all the farmers who lost crop fields.

[@kenheatherjackson164]

We feel so bad for the farmers everywhere this year. It’s a hard go when Mother Nature cooperates let alone this happening. Cole/Brian I wish you and your family all the best this year. Stay strong!

[@marymonson2187]

This reminds me when my daughter bought me a ticket to come see her in Aberdeen SD. 19 years ago. The pilot went low so we could see the destruction of the rains, it looked like a gigantic quilt! Beautiful blue water outlined by trees on four sides covered such a vast area. I had heard about all the rain that got dumped in SD, but I was not prepared to see the destruction from up above, that’s a whole new level of understanding of what we cannot control. ❤

[@mnbednar8071]

Hard to believe all this water after the drought from last year. Every year is different and things can change quickly. Hoping for the best for Sonne Farms.

[@moneyandtimefreedom3352]

Lake Sonne is WAY bigger than anyone ever thought. Looking forward to fishing it.

[@jeb3415]

Lol next video: Cole pulls into the feed lot with a pontoon hooked to his truck.

[@deborahb7284]

I've been thinking about you and hope the rain isn't too hard on you. I have found out. I'll pray for many blessings this summer for you and the family.

[@charlesowen501]

Cole and Brian, I watched this video and my heart hurt for you guys. It made me want to cry, but I love your attitude. You can’t fix it so move on to the next task and get what you can get at harvest. Keep on keeping on!

[@dalewadsworth5703]

Great aerial footage Cole. Wish you could send that rain down our way in Texas . Have a blessed week Brian and Cole

[@desertdweller4951]

After a great 1st cutting and planting. It's heart breaking to see the fields flooded. Thoughts and Prayers the water recedes soon and most of the seedlings survive 🙏 If it wernt for bad luck there'd be no luck at all. Hang in there.

[@curtparker5339]

I'm sorry to see all that water. I'm thinking about all the drown out. Mother nature is a bitch at times. I pray for you and your wife and family and friends. Good luck. ❤❤🚜🚜 Stay safe 🙏 ♥

[@xlandros]

Start a fish farm I guess! Hope things turn out all right for you guys, and all the other farmers affected by the flooding.❤

[@MovingPicturesAVideoMetropolis]

I'll stop complaining about the puddle in my basement.

[@KrazeeFoxx735]

Looks like Minnesota, land of 10,000 lakes

[@SteveWilliams-d9e]

Great attitude Guys.Its allways tough when you get flooding like this but there is a silver lining with replenishing the ground water after a Drought!

[@scotthawkins1538]

Keep on keeping on !!! Rain or shine your work is never done !! Thoughts are with you and your neighbors 🙏

[@MrCrazycook8]

I gave you a 'like', I don't like what you had to report about... seen this theme on too many channels. :(

[@M8dev]

I live in canton, the floods were so bad, my basement thankfully didn't flood but it could've been worse

[@fleminj2pa]

One extreme to the other, this year vs last. No doubt you guys would love to see a happy median.

[@maryannardan4159]

Love the rain gauge, It is really getting a work out this spring/summer. Great drone footage, love it, but brought tears to my eyes

[@leekillman802]

With that much water, you can consider crawfish aquaculture. For years you dealt with not enough, now it is too much. Hopefully soon you can take a page from The Three Bears. "it is just right".

[@bigmothertrucker4514]

All that water is crazy. Hopefully have some good sub soil moisture after this. Here in central Alberta Canada we are still in a drought. We finally had a 3/4 inch rain the other day but there is still cracks in the ground. That’s the biggest rain we have had in 2 -3 years. Love your channel man I watch every video you put out keep up the good work

[@jeanhorne5893]

Thank you Cole and Dad Brian hope you all and your families are doing good.Thank you for sharing everything.Sonny is growing.God bless you all.

[@Zack-yw2jm]

I have a suggestion that you should get a grapple like you have on the pay loader you need one for the tractor and the skidsteer

[@georgeegly8354]

I'm sorry I wished you would get rain I didn't mean that much

[@delphinabunter1469]

😢 a farmer’s lot, feast or a famine. Feeling your pain.😢

[@JimSteinbrueck-it6kf]

With John Deere closing the plants in Moline, IL and Davenport, IA and moving the work to Mexico are you guys going to assess your future tractor needs or just keep running what you have until 2026 when the plants I’m Mexico open?

[@francrawford3246]

We call that kind of rain a frog strangler. Fish on the road, be sure to use your signals when passing or you'll have fish sticks.

[@darrenpautzke3795]

Omg that is a boat load of water. I pray you are all good. The drone footage was amazing. You all rock. Good to see little dog. Praying for you all and hoping for a speedy drying up. Peace.

[@kenlawhon-vf7bt]

How is your stock, everyone accounted for???? Wow! The drone videos were awesome… unbelievable God bless.

[@SonneFarms]

Cattle are all good!

[@mikka811]

Hey Cole, it would be fun if you could fly your drone over your properties and fields while narrating. It would give us an idea of how big it is in our mind. If you’re shy you could have the clip narrated by your wife! I would really enjoy it and probably would be a first on KZbin. Thanks Dan

[@lindagentile2380]

Oh My thats is a lot of rain... PRAYING the farm/crops will recover Cole & Brian... Most important factor is EVERYONE'S Saftey. GBY ALL 🙏❤️💙💖💙🐕🐕...💙🤗✝️

[@ullmannone]

Amid all your hard work, many days of tilling, cultivating and planting the soil, there is so much futility. So much loss. But your spirits are indomitable. You labor on because that's all that you can do. And you provide us city-born folks with an example of strength and resolute will that there will be better days ahead. Godspeed to you that it will be so!

[@matthewbaumann6236]

I hope you guys have some good crop insurance. It looks like you have some good swimming holes though. My thoughts and prayers go out to you. It is very hard to see your hard work being wiped out. Mother Nature can be a tough partner. Hang in there we are all with you.

[@SteveNicoson-u1i]

Thanks for an amazing amazing drone video on your flooded areas. Absolutely incredible footage!!!!!!!!!! Great job shooting the drone footage Cole. Water everywhere for sure!!!!!!!! Sorry the water has a lot of your acres flooded out. I liked your statement about that is what it is and you and dad were pressing on, nothing you could do about it. Agree with your outlook on the situation!!!!! Nice work you and dad do fence building. You build some of the finest fence work I have seen. Great!!!!!! Once again, sorry some of your acres are flooded out. Hang in there. About it for now. You and dad take care and be safe. Thanks for everything. The Iowa farm boy. Steve PS. Lots of flooding here in Iowa. Complete towns under water. Terrible.

[@scottyirish3231]

Prayers from Sturgis....I really feel for y'all 🙏💪💪💪💪💪

[@thedonleroy]

I always check your area when I look at the weather radar. I started looking a while back hoping to see you guys were getting rain. When I saw radar screen I was wondering how much rain you guys were getting.

[@phyllishalley8972]

I was sad to see all the water.. 😢 thank God you got all the hay in . Could you tile some of those fields or no?? More prayers for you. ❤️🙏🇺🇲

[@cliffordarnoldussen]

Golly it looks like somebody turned a faucet on and forgot to turn it off I really feel sorry for you guys all your hard work

[@tomwinegar1371]

My goodness. Drought to pothole country in 48 hours. I hope and pray your crop loss is minimal.

[@ronhoffman632]

Its tough to see all those acres under water. I guess that is what crop insurance is for. Hopefully the weather for the remainder of this year will be favorable. Love your channel.

[@Farmer_Gage7120]

That week I ended up with about 6 inches which is plenty

[@jonpittman7374]

I think the drought is over. Sorry you got so much rain that it caused damage

[@johnnylindsey5808]

Good job guys may the force be with you

[@steveneal2706]

So sorry about y'alls flooding and we are dry down here. Little to no rain for a while now. Awesome video guys. Thank you

[@markgoulding-vm8bj]

Hang in there guys , this too will pass .God Bless all farmers

[@silentHangus]

Why doesn't uncle jeff help do the work at uncle jeffs place?

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

Uncle Jeff is doing the other things that need doing n Uncle Jeff's place....while the fencing crew does fencing?

[@paulpence8895]

Think it was in 94, we got 12.5" on July 4-5... We had a 4th party at the house, remember it started raining at about 11 pm... Yep, what a mess... good luck guys!!!!

[@genegustafson1665]

Since may 1st we have had over 15 inches of rain and it's not going to quit anytime soon, as I been keeping track of every storm, but I haven't been keeping track of the rain fall, but we got about 5 inches from last Thursday night

[@bryanhubner9848]

Way to go…prayed too much for rain 😂😂. I’m glad it wasn’t any worse than it is for you guys ☹️

[@beckyheinzeroth5057]

You are flooded and we are praying for rain. My son in law's corn is more brown than green.

[@ScotWalt858]

I've been wondering how you all made out with the rain. Glad it's not worse and that you are all OK!

[@byamrcn]

Here's hoping for some speedy drainage. Sorry to see this.

[@jamesrabbits7434]

How is your garden doing? I can't believe all the rain that most places have had this year. Stay dry and safe.

[@dannaumann9758]

Hey Cole-your “fly-over” of the countryside rivals “network coverage”! Sure is beautiful country. Oh, and chuckled on the “Russian” water! Great Video!

[@kevingamoe9375]

Gotta love all the cloud seeding the government is doing

[@EricCarlson-bz2pt]

That day was unreal, airplanes pissing constantly.

[@marklen2322]

The farmer next door has had hay down for three weeks. Going to be a though year to find good hay.

[@SonneFarms]

That would be tough!

[@paulfrank5613]

Wow, that’s a lot of water. Been watching the flooding down the Missouri and wondering how you faired. Thanks for the video.

[@Ghost-Mama]

That aerial view gave a nice view of the layout of the landscape. It would improve the farming and hunting and crop yield’s as well as free forage for the cows 🐄 🐄 🐄 to plant hundreds of apple 🍏 🍎 tree’s 🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳 around the crop edges and roads and natural borders and fence lines to also act as wind breaks, and protect the soil from erosion and increase bee 🐝 and insect populations to pollinate your crops 🌽🌾. It wouldn’t use any space that you aren’t using now and it would improve the land quality. You could buy them, but they also grow quickly from seeds in a makeshift greenhouse if you got bored and had some empty plastic restaurant cups sitting around. Red solo cups work too. Your deer would sure love 💚 the nibbles 🍏🍎 too. Maybe even pear 🍐 in your area and some nut 🌰 trees. Nut tree’s also grow pretty fast in a green house and you have plenty of poo 💩 for later on when they need it. Anyways, more pollinators increases crop yields. Take care Cole. 💚

[@calblue95482]

drought last year, floods this year, SMH,, hang in there farmers!!!,, Good news is, you probably dont have to bale ditches this year!

[@centexan]

That's the life in a farm. When all else sucks. There's always repairing stuff to do.

[@patriciaemeigh4370]

Flooding is sad. All those beautiful planted fields. Drone shots really show the reality. Praying that the unaffected fields yield you a bountiful harvest.

[@garyflint1793]

My part in this Sonne Farms business is to PRAY and I’ve let you down. Was so looking forward for a bumper crop this year . Maybe it’s still possible for a miracle! Me hopes so!

[@jksr2112]

Feast or famine . It’s a sign of the times ahead . Good times I’m praying for .

[@sheumais63]

Diversification is always worthy of consideration. Fish farming... Hopefully it gets a good chance to drain away before any more arrives.

[@joseviana2112]

waiting to see you hit a rock when you're planting posts.....😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MWT5428]

I’m gonna have to go back and watch a lot of videos because I not getting any notifications from your videos. I’m still subscribed but I haven’t been getting notified. I missed like 13 videos. I thought you quit making them. Glory to GOD!

[@briansonne814]

every monday wednesday and saturday

[@johnkruger3661]

In 2013 we had 13 inches of rain overnight and 25 inches for the day from a Cyclone there was a little water around cheers from Bundaberg Australia

[@sawboneiomc8809]

Don’t watch that show buddy....it’s a trap...there’s no way you can come out good watching it with your wife. Women watching other women will draw you into a conversation you aren’t prepared to have....run away!

[@pamalvestad3848]

My kids live Spencer Iowa as well many dear friends. 40% of the community is declared a disaster. 15 inches in 48 or so hours. I have never seen so much water standing in fields. Some say this is worse than the flood of 93

[@christopherleblanc9599]

beware when the water disappears ,, most likely tractor size bog holes hidden every where ,best of luck 🥸🤓 Canada

[@ILUVBIGBUCKS]

Dang! Too much of a really good thing. It seems like it is almost always too much or not enough. I sure wish we could have taken about 3"-4" of what you guys got this past week. We need it bad and you got too much. The life of a farmer/rancher in a nutshell I guess. LOL

[@cajunnathan4586]

Somebody needs to dig a drain ditch to the creek

[@SonneFarms]

its coming from the creek and going to rivers

[@JohnJ-q5j]

SACRED BOVINE are you going to have to replant those Fields ?

[@normasimon5634]

Hi, yes, thank goodness it's not snow. Here in southeastern Minnesota, we have the Mississippi River, and she created today. But, they are talking another 2 inches of rain tonight - tomorrow. My basement, was finally drying out. Thoughts and prayers for you and all.

[@Nancy_S68]

I was wondering how bad the flooding in your area was. Hope everything dries out quickly.

[@DonMedford-vl2yt]

As a person who grew up on a small grain farm and owned one myself, I understand how you must feel. Too bad you did not get that 8" spread over June, July and August LAST year.

[@mlehman14]

Which model rain gauge is that? I'm currently in the market. And I hope this recedes quickly. Thank you

[@СергейПриймак-е3ф]

Ha-ha-ha! We - Rushins - we always over the road! And over the water. And when water over the road, we over the water and over the road same time. Soviet Union disappeared, but tradition of being over the water and over the road over is strong!

[@kevinsterne590]

Hope things are moderating a little better for ya'll! Hows the culvert doing that you put in a few years ago and got me (and a few others) on this channel?!?!?

[@wnyoutdoors5732]

Cole did you even realize you had a mouse in your pants it's at 12:40 in the video runs out of your pant leg then runs under the pallet while you're dumping the concrete into the hole😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jamesbyrne5734]

Geez . That’s a lot of water . Any chance of u harvesting it and sell it when it’s needed 🤔😅. Sorry to see ur crops under so much water🥴

[@stakman78]

I'm a metric kiwi, I get so lost you measuring your rain. A big event for us is 200 too 300 millimetres. Your 8 is 200mls for us.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

That's a lot of rain, wow what a scene with those aerials, love them. I need to put a fence up around my waterer with pipe, maybe I should get out there and do it, we'll see. I hope you don't have too much loss on your crops, good luck with the hay. Thanks and I hope you have a nice day.

[@bradley7723]

Mother nature is a fickle mistress, she'll show you one thing and do another, she keeps you guessing, hopefully she'll chill out for awhile.

[@gracewashburn8276]

I think it’s time to start getting the animals together in pairs of twos and maybe you and Brian would like to start building an ark because you are awfully far inland and that’s a lot of water kid I dame be safe be careful make sure you get your swim fins and your floaty and a cold drink to go floating down the driveway and out to the next cattle pasture😮😮😮😮

[@tommiller6042]

My heart out to you fter all the work and expense then this

[@barbcoleus]

Sonne Lakes. All that water is no joke. I’m so sorry for all your crop losses. That drill for the fence posts looks like what my dentist uses 😊

[@rriflemann308]

This should do wonders for your water table. (The silver lining to a exceptionally large cloud)

[@teresamason3930]

Well, Cole you sure do know how to stay married. Those Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders got nothing on your wife! 😅

[@elizabethdixon8038]

Guys, you are killing me. Who’s puppy is it and what’s his name, he is so cute and it looks Ellie really likes playing with him.

[@mossfamily2000]

I did an Indian rain dance here in Iowa hoping we would get more rain (we don’t really need it) apparently the rain gods thought you needed it instead 😂. Hope it soaks in quick and you don’t lose much crop.

[@rogerembry4777]

It just makes you sick to see that