Spraying Soybeans, John Deere and USDA Rants!

[@chipps1066]

Praise God,no matter what,He's still in control!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

You are correct sir!

[@gregrhodes8451]

Great video Russ! You are right an may God bless our country through these times. 🙏

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Well get through this.

[@koolman2021]

Awesome video thanks for sharing 👍

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks KM!

[@jamesharrod8733]

sorry to hear you so dry , up here we had rain the 4th and 5th, some more rain yesterday, hope your year turns out better

[@Thomasfarmstn]

We finally got a good 1” and tenth last night.

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello, Russ! A good rant alleviates the burden of problems...

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Hey Luis we got over an inch of rain this afternoon.

[@luisnunes7933]

@@Thomasfarmstn Glad to know that, as I hoped you would get it! Blessed rain...

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

Man it went from wet to dry on y'all didn't it!! I enjoy all the videos, love hearing about the chemicals and what you are spraying!! Oh my, those deer antlers though 😳😳😳 Absolutely LOVE seeing Russell helping you like that!! Very good words spoken there Russ, it's truly sad how things are now a days!! Hope things are going well and thank you for bringing us along!! Look fwd to seeing what's next!! Very respectful on the spraying on that landlords field 😉😁🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻🌽🌽🫛🫛🇺🇲🇺🇲🚜🚜👌🏻👌🏻

[@Thomasfarmstn]

May start seeing Russell more. He has been helping me with things around the shop and been helping dad some while I’ve been spraying or planting.

[@Pennies_on_the_dollar]

@Thomasfarmstn I'm looking fwd to that for sure!!!

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Russ enjoyed your video. Your right they can't except who they are. Have a great day.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks James, did your sons ever come to TN?

[@jamesmorrison1884]

@@Thomasfarmstn Hi it's still in the making maybe maybe not sure.

[@JeffClark-rc1tf]

Amen!!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

10-4

[@TAHDAHFarm]

That's for the words at the end. Sadly, it needs to be said.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Tim!

[@robertmiller9645]

And you did a great job of saying it Russ. Hope you get some rain soon corn looks like you desperately need some.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

@@robertmiller9645 got an inch this afternoon

[@randywilson9611]

Great video good to see you Russ

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Randy!

[@regescdo]

Thomas voce falou tudo, Deus, pátria, família e liberdade! Eu sou brasileiro e concordo plenamente com suas palavras...Eu poderia estar escrevendo aqui em inglês, mas aí só seria mais um comentário em inglês. Obrigado!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

It will translate, thanks man for the kind words.

[@nathanalmond8280]

Thanks for sharing the Russ. Yes sir it's dry. Up here too. Hope you are able to get some more rain. Beans can hold out for a bit but corn needs it in a timely fashion. Praying for you. Another thing I am right there with you. You are not alone. The world is going to hell and most people don't know God. He doesn't make mistakes but man does. God Bless Y'all.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Right now the stage our beans are at they are building a root system searching for water. If they can get rain they will be good.

[@JeffMilitello]

Totally agree with you on all of it. People have lost their friggin minds. Don't know what they are thinking. We are dry here in NY too. Not as bad as you as we get some, but it is still dry. We have had a bumper crop of hay this year. Which is a good thing. Was wet to begin with and then it dried up. USDA can report all the acres they want. Doesn't really mean anything. It's what is harvested that counts.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

We had an extremely wet Spring. I keep up with Andy the Grumpy farmer so I know yall were dealing with the same thing. Our first cutting was good. Dad wasn’t gonna cut too much more for second cutting but if it don’t rain we may have to start feeding early.

[@JeffMilitello]

@@Thomasfarmstn Yep afraid we might be feeding early here too. Hope it works out good for you guys. Yep, Andy is a good farmer and a good shit all around as are you. Enjoy watching both of you guys. Like to see how farming is different in different areas. Good way to learn things.

[@dwalke26]

The jobs leaving hurts, big time. You’re right about CNH and other doing the same. I heard the other day AGCO was looking at doing the same, and some of what they were wanting to do revolved around their plant in Hesston, KS. I don’t see companies like Vermeer and Kinze following suit though, and I admire that, probably why we see more of their products out there.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

The thing about AGCO is some of the Brands weren’t American to begin with, Fendt being one and Massey may have originated out of the UK. Kinze is still ran by John and his daughter. I say as long as they are involved they will remain in the US, but they are probably sourcing parts like bearing and other stuff from other countries. I worked in manufacturing and engineering before I went farming full time. Less parts are being made here and outsourced from somewhere else. The main products are just assembled here.

[@dwalke26]

@@Thomasfarmstn I’m sure Kinze is having to source parts from everywhere. It’s sad that you buy a piece of equipment built here, but a huge chunk of the parts come from all over. I saw Deere was looking at moving their skid steer production south, along with other items. They already moved the rotary cutters and front end loaders from Canada to Mexico, and a few years ago they moved the mower conditioners too. I believe John Deere the man would probably be embarrassed at the company today.

[@tonybrown737]

Tell it like it is!!!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Tony!

[@LarryLindsey-i8c]

Well said !! I am 80 years it is a crazy world now been with JD all my life no more with them. Crops don’t look very good here in N Ms. Very bad year for farmers!! Proud I am retired I enjoy your videos and words!! GOD IS GOOD!! MAGA!!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Larry it’s not just JD, all companies are going this way. Did get 1” and a tenth yesterday afternoon. It was blessing that came out nowhere.

[@Husker3435]

Hey hoss, not much to say, you’ve pretty much said it all👌🏻take care and God Bless all y’all…

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Thanks Husker!

[@thomasharrington5369]

👍👍

[@Thomasfarmstn]

10-4 Tom!

[@Doug-In-TN]

I hope you get rain Russ. Tell it like it is!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

We got a little over an inch today!

[@coreytrout3857]

Its dry up here we had 4/10 last week. Maybe we will get back to a wetter pattern but its past make or break on some crops

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I hope we get rain soon, Corey!

[@brian_2040]

Great video buddy. We are going to be screwed if things don't get turned around. I work for a Deere dealer and you bout right, all of them have parts from all over the globe. I really hope they change up, be nice if the farmers would band together and boycott their ass, but probably won't happen. Im praying you and my part of the world gets some good slow soaking rain soon.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I got an inch and tenth at the house. Up the road where I have majority of my corn a neighbor said inch and a quarter. Everyone is using parts from other countries. It’s part of the manufacturing process.

[@craigrudd6093]

you need a rain day video, hopefully soon for you, the john deere hay and forage plant is only 15 miles from my house

[@Thomasfarmstn]

How will this affect your area?

[@craigrudd6093]

@@Thomasfarmstn they layed off 306 people at the end of june, the local farmers are pissed here, and they only screwed there selves

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

My rain gauge is primarily for measuring dust around here. We average only 9 inches per year. Young Russel is gettin it done! USDA; cubicle dwellers crunching numbers instead of going out and doing actual field assessments. The venture capital companies are driving all the corporate wokeness so they play the game to keep the capital flowing.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Looks like I have an Arizona rain gauge. Cobwebs and spiders. When I was out in Arizona I noticed a lot of alfalfa fields. Where does the irrigation come from?

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

@@Thomasfarmstn Believe it or not, we have huge aquifers underground but the battle is on against crops requiring large amounts of water.

[@mattthescrapwhisperer]

@@Thomasfarmstn Alfalfa is a big crop in our area due to all the ranching. We live on a portion of the old Bombacomari Ranch which is part of a several hundreds year old Spanish land grant

[@gregrhodes8451]

Hey ole buddy!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Hey Greg!

[@danielbrown8602]

Feeling bad for the farmers. My lawn is toast.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I got an inch and tenth yesterday and a half today. Been blessed!

[@vernt4583]

It’s a sad times for Americans and corporate greed is everywhere and let’s look who is the major investor of juan Deere. Bill gates!!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Yes Bill is, also the largest land owner as well.

[@wd31981]

Don’t don’t ever trade your backyard. The US is a big big place and corn is grown a lot of places. That’s famers biggest issues. They have zero perspective. One only hears about the complaints never the average crops or especially the great areas. IL, IN, most of IA are looking at record or near record crops. NE and MO also look good.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

I understand Tennessee and the South only grow a small percentage of corn compared to the rest of the country. But I know farmers all over the country. Some are having good years but others aren’t. A neighbor travels for his job. He said he had been all through the corn belt the last few weeks. He said a lot of places were worse than my area. Also how can the USDA calculate corn acres and bushels when all the acres haven’t been reported?

[@wd31981]

@@ThomasfarmstnThe acres are survey based. Yield estimates are just the simple trend. Just warning that there are lots and lots of good corn acres. IL has a chance to top its record corn yield of 214.

[@Thomasfarmstn]

@@wd31981 so last year was a better year all around in my opinion, the price was a lot better. And the USDA has been wrong several times. Btw I wasn’t surveyed.

[@davidwhisnant3230]

Coe s and stock holder are greedy

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Yep, Bill Gates I hear is JD’s biggest stick holder.

[@jamesharrod8733]

agreed russ, even tractor supply went woke - which is marxist background

[@Thomasfarmstn]

Yeah that was in another video. I think my last one.