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[@jeffwilken4578]

Feel your pain Nick...got to put a new feederhouse chain in our 8240 couple days ago...picked up a rock in soys. Fun times.

[@joehajek5576]

Back in the early 80’s, my grandpa ran a t post through his new 1460. Made a hell of a racket! It came out the back curved like the concaves with one side shaved off. Only damage was a broken sickle section. We still have the t post in Dad’s barn.

[@alanklages3853]

I like how you keep your positive attitude during times of adversity. I guess if farmers were not optimistic there would be much less food available to feed a hungry world. We are having the opposite of you this year. After an extreme drought last year we got lots of moisture this spring. The dry land farmers are having wheat yields 50% above normal. Irrigated folks got delayed in planting spring crops so harvest is later. In my case the hard red spring just ripened enough last week. I got one set of trailers cut then we got 4/10” of rain the next day. Was able to bale straw yesterday, but too wet to combine or bale the hay that was almost ready before it got wet. Oh well, I guess I will have some time to make some minor repairs to the old 1460 so it can chew through the tough wheat straw better. Only planted 120 acres, but it is thick, going about 100 bu/acre.

[@alancooper5386]

harvest 2020 our neighbour picked up one of those metal T post, ran it through the combine and straw chopper blew it out, through the windsheild of a passing trucks through that guys chest and through the back of the truck then landed in the middle of the gravel road. quite a police investagtion on a lonely country road, ussally get 20 farm trucks go by a day, turned into hundreds of city folk checking out crime on the farm.

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Wow that's a horrible, tragic event but amazing how it happened

[@pricepatrick616]

I'm from Georgia but I went to college at Montana State University.One field up there equals a city w population of 1000 people down here

[@tompinnef6331]

haha plastic swimming pools. We used cattle tanks in my youth. When it was cold - Hillbilly hot tubs .. raised them and put a fire source under them... Sorry the crop yield is so bad. Looking forward to a better year in 2023. Hope the crew / family and you are doing well. Take care - Be safe and God Bless.

[@michaelwinter9733]

Reminds me...I need a new kiddie pool. We use it to wash our trucks with a dedicated soft bristle shop broom.

[@douglasneidert9873]

You're not supposed to be combining in the fence row!...lol. The things you find in the field! Hopefully the wheat will go better than the barley!

[@karldawnlang8936]

Mmuullttii... tasking. Sometimes can be too much. Awesome video.

[@theburnhams2925]

I "knew" the instant you said "new cutter bar" that you were gonna run into something "un-cut-able" But thanks for lettin' us ride along...

[@bradh7472]

Oh my gosh I cant watch this anymore! The frustrations with the rocks is driving me nuts. I cant imagine what you are feeling being there dealing with the constant down time.

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

We know harvest will end soon.(which it has)

[@automandan]

To Welker Family 👪 ❤️. I'm sorry that this years crop wasn't as productive as it could been. 2022 has just been an awful year for farmers and people in general. However we just got to look to God and trust him 🙏. Sometimes it's hard especially when things aren't looking up. I've had to work on my trust issues with him. Last month I got covid and it wrecked me bad. My digestive system is crap I've been to the doctor 3 times for my digestive and acid reflux issues. And I've been to the hospital twice so far. Not to mention I also have had vertigo issues as well. So the last month has been crazy. However I know God will get 🙏 me through it I just have to trust him. That's what need to start doing is trusting God. We may not understand why he does what he does. However there's a reason. Well I've preached enough take care Welker Family 👪 and God bless 🙌. 🙌

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

You're right. He needs to test us for us not Him.

[@anneoreilly4900]

Did I see fire flys? Brings back childhood memories. Sorry about the drone but thanks for including the footage.

[@digger5858]

Beautiful video and a really nice sunset!!! Sorry your harvest wasn't as good as you were expecting.God bless you guys !!

[@chrisandkristin]

I had a fence post go thru a 2388 a few years back and punch a hole in the bottom of the fuel tank. I don't honestly know how it made it past the rock trap.That was in soybeans. Then the same year, doing corn, same combine with a Geringhoff chopping head on it, ran an electric fencepost (a round one, not a t-post) thru the #1 row unit on that head. That Geringhoff Rota-Disc head chopped about half of that fence post in 1" pieces before it finally got caught somehow in the snapping rolls and wrapped a full turn around the outside roll before it locked that row unit up. I hate fence posts. They are from an era long gone when the early settlers had livestock. And yet I have a feeling they will still be coming out of the dirt 100 years from now and getting into combines.

[@donbennington677]

I really feel for you guys. I drove a combine for over 40 years in the UK and had 2 years when the yields were terrible. One year was due to disease and the other due to a storm that laid the whole farm flat and I mean flat, before it had chance to fill. I would wake during the night wondering if I had the machine set right. I'm praying for you all may, God bless you and keep you. I've been a subscriber for quite a while and like the videos a lot

[@jaybernieschoep3491]

We were dry for long time. We chopped everything off in august.

[@stevenicoson6670]

Thanks for another great video Nick. Most interesting. Wow. A fence post ran thru the combine. Oh my my my. I obviously could not hear that noise but from what nick and leg arms showed us that had to be one bad bad bad racket. Wow wow. Last I knew combines were not designed to handle fence posts. I am so sorry guys. Wow. Thanks for the drone footage. Was great to watch. Brings back the farming in America feeling. Thanks. That fence post really torn up the combine insides. All of you are very skilled at putting it back together. My compliments to each of you for making it work again. Marching across those hail fields and seeing zero bushels registration has got to be hard. But all of you march on and do your best. I have one hundred respect for you. You simply make it work. Bottom line you all make it work. My compliments gentlemen. There are a lot that would just fold. But with my compliments the Welker family farm just continued on. Way to operate guys. About it for now I guess. You all take care and be safe. Stay away from the fence posts, little bit and I mean a little bit of humor. Looking forward to the next video. Thanks for everything nick and bob and leg arms. The Iowa farm boy. Steve. PS. This old man is some better but a ways to go yet with this nasty covid. Your videos sure do help me get thru it. Bless each of you!!!!! ❤️❤️👋🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Really hit you hard. Good to hear recovering, prayed for fast healing

[@stevenicoson6670]

Thanks to you, Bob for your well wishes. Appreciate that. Your prayers helped me. Bless you Bob. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.

[@regconrad7783]

That’s a scary thought a blade going through the oil pan just had that door off to change rotor gear box oil in my CR my beater drum is different interesting to see CaseIH beater drum i just put a Redekop blades on my chopper they are smooth don’t wear out self sharpen really like the kit.

[@badgerpa9]

Those rocks are probably from Canada to bad you cannot charge them for the damage. Stay safe and healthy!

[@hvy1ton]

Glad the fence post hitting the chopper knives didn't start a fire. We lost 4 knives and tore a knife holder off once. So many sparks came out the back of the combine, it looked like fireworks.

[@builderbob4167]

That Welker Farms intro/logo has some AMAZING beard growing power!! Same shirt, same hat, but much fuller beard after the lightning strike than from before it!! Great video as usual. Thanks for taking us along!

[@rodneywroten2994]

It is so sad for crop damage but to machine damage is double trouble. good luck guys

[@2509498788]

I like the videos from the air, a lot of acres and it sure looks flat. Some very beautiful scenes with the Sun. Very good editing.. you show what a farmer's life is all about.. It's amazing what the weather can take away from you$$. Thanks for sharing your experience

[@wendyjohannes30]

Great t-shirt!! We appreciate your testimony!

[@warrenneyens]

Hello still praying for all farmers

[@user-iv9sy1og8e]

My neighbor had a chopper knife come off and went though oil pan last year. Locked motor up in seconds.

[@adendennis123]

Nick if u r ever in a pinch with those chopper knives u can take the opposite side off so its balanced and keep running until u get some new ones

[@patrickerger1483]

Keep keeping on guys.

[@alexhancock9966]

I hope that one day I can go to Montana - being able to see the horizon in all directions must be an awesome view. Thanks for all of the beautiful footage!

[@jasonklabunde6415]

Yes , I am ready for some barley action, the malted barley that is in beer is my preference. Keep growing the barley.

[@bobbygibson3586]

Thank you for feeding us brother. God Bless you and your family

[@Fallen4242]

Props to you all. When you fix something, you fix it right. I hope you guys have a very good harvest this year! Thank you for the vids.

[@peterpenberthy2918]

You had me at 'Aircon'.

[@patrickburgmeier7902]

More awesome drone footage. You're right Nick. The taller the stubble the more snow that it will catch. .

[@pattipowell7788]

Footage from the drones are AWESOME! Even when you crashed the drone..we were right with you! The shot of the combines and sun setting with The😮 Beautiful American Flag flying just humbles you and makes you thankful to be living in America and so thankful for all the farmers and all their hard work! So Thank you #WelkerFarms #LarsonsFarms and all the other farmers everywhere‼️

[@died4us590]

Bummer the drone crashed, but yeah, great footage.

[@karenchesnut6292]

Noth8ng makes me happier than seeing the combines in the field!!! I miss my home...thanks for what you do.

[@williamsmith8819]

To have a view like you guys do for sunsets I would give up A/C and music. Great video!!!!!!

[@tomn7087]

Enjoyed watching the "fix -n". Great drone footage, thks for taking the time

[@josephroed6920]

I sure hope you guys can Make a good crop Next Year i grew up farming Now i do Flooring Farming is very much a Chance really enjoy your Tubes Keep rocking on Please

[@TonkaTruckF350]

At 13:21, it looked like the intro to Farming Simulator. Great drone footage!

[@Jeapify]

I picked up one of those cordless fans that uses your tool batteries and it is so nice. Just a little breeze makes those jobs in stuffy places a million times better.

[@bobmiskimen8203]

For the small sheet metal punctures, cutout the damage with a circle saw and place a two row surround doubler with solid rivets (Think a circle bonded with RTV and riveted while wet)

[@trevorbacelli]

Great video as usual Nick, thank goodness you fellows can fix most things the stone stuck in the front was a pain, but those chopper blades are something else to fix, job well done Nick, Bob I miss Toby it would be super to keep him on the job with you, he sure is a wonderful friend to have, I'm sorry to see so much Hale damage but at least part of the Barley patch was missed and you had some good results,Nick you do a fantastic job with the Drone beautiful filming, its a pain you had crashed your Drone , but I believe you will have it fixed & up and running in a short time, Bob, Nick,Scott wonderful video , Barley is almost finished harvesting, so next is the Spring Wheat,on that note God Bless, Cheers & Best Wishes to All your Family, Regards Trevor.W.Bacelli. Biloela Qld Australia.

[@edgundlach2811]

Hi Nick and the Welker Family. It's a joy watching your videos. I join in with your other youtube friends, I do not like watching your struggles. Because you have all put Christ in your life you persevere in a peace filled joy. Blessings to you all. Ed from Chicago 🙂

[@creatorwords4113]

The drone footage...spectacular!

[@eddienash5426]

Appreciate you guys and your families!

[@leroybrownlee3043]

I’m not finished. Waiting for parts!

[@johnsebar7807]

when working under the header is it locked out some how so it doesn't come down on your head. that would be a bust.

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Yes. We lock the cylinder

[@curtusw]

The trade off between you and me is I am a truck driver you get to go home everyday and I stay out away from home

[@toddatglencovewoodworks]

Just when the drone shots were getting good….😮. Best wishes for the rest of the harvest!😊

[@BlueSkyPilot.]

It's always disheartening when so much seems to break in such a short time, it seems to come in waves on our sod farm here in Nashville Tennessee, but it's farming, so we except it and always push forward even when it seems like there's no end in sight. To me it's not just farming it's a way of life and what makes farming so rewarding. To a true farmer, nothing is impossible, where there's a will there's a way! Amen! I share the look on your face and the feeling when you know you've broke something knowing it's going to cost you, not only money but also time and effort, or should I say your back neck legs and arms and sometimes more Lol! You know what I mean? For me sometimes cost me an hour or so late at night soaking in a tube of hot water for my tired achy bones and muscles.. sheesh! I think all this resonates with most farmers. Lord willing all your hard work will amount to something good in the end. By the sweat of a mans brow must he now put forth his hand and eat. God bless you all!

[@a.randolph8112]

Thank you for all that you do! Much love to you from down here in Bozeman!

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Thanks neighbor.

[@davidl.miller8168]

God Bless you guys with a safe harvest. I hope the yields get better for the next crop. How are the two home builds coming?

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Video coming soon

[@nancypreston9926]

Great video, and prayers the harvest improves. God Bless from Southern Oklahoma

[@cassiuspuckett8789]

When you have a field loss like that, it must be hard to continue and be optimistic about farm like. Good luck on the rest of your harvest.

[@jeffreynelson6795]

Great drone shots. That sky makes an amazing backdrop.

[@byronhaynes1284]

Thumbs up to SimpleSafe. Had mine for over 10 years. What type of drone do you fly.

[@mikesummerfield5051]

Best drone footage of any farm channel!!

[@maxtrue9744]

I love the fly by and seeing Nick with his hands not on the wheel but on the drone controller.

[@kopenhagenkid]

Awesome drone footage

[@willyfindlay4398]

just hope your crop of videos on KZbin yeild better than your crops this year. How are the house projects getting on ? Good luck wishes from Scotland.

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Vids coming 👍

[@RonSales]

Get someone to come in and turn it into hay for feed this winter.

[@MilkMan608]

You guys have the right attitude and faith in God needed to succeed.

[@tristen2264]

That shot with the drone while you guys are out in the field made it seem like it was a video game it was crazy

[@danhouse]

your drone shots are soo awesome. I love the upclose views of the Barley 😁

[@jackludwig1832]

Brother Bob, you and the boys are doing a fine job! wish I was there! When are we gonna get some more footage on the new house project!

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Soon👍

[@louispaparella5766]

Thank you Bob, Coby, Scott, Nick, and the entire Welker clan for being strong enough to continue to fight the good fight to feed us, in good years, and bad. Peace Out

[@morgansword]

Nothing stops a Welker from a smile!

[@danssmokintreasures]

That is one one of the best drones I have see as far as video quality. Thanks for the video Welker folks.

[@arthenry498]

My drone hits about eight feet up on the shed, or backs into a tree at about 23 feet up. But, it was a good hit and tumbled all the way to the ground. Cost me two propellers and the embarrassment of an audience but did not have to climb or cut down the tree. And my vocabulary was drastically limited by the age group of my audience. BUTT, I did learn not to mix propellers from different manufacturers on the drone. Amazing how much damage all that whirling stuff in a combine can do when eating rocks and metal fence posts!! I'd bet the sound of that can almost stop your heart.

[@maxhax4243]

excellent drone shots one this one - Case IH is probably not paying you enough for this excellent publicity :D

[@rayanderson4119]

Wow, I can't imagine what a fence post would have done to our old JD 6600. Is it the rotary design that allows them to take so much abuse or just the heft of everything these days? Hope you have better days ahead and get to fill those bins to bursting!

[@280813jb]

How many years since there was a fence in that field? Very lucky on how little damage was done to the combine. Great video.

[@garycountryman5412]

Nick, you can add aircraft to the list of things you can fix. Heart breaking to see your low yields. Thank you for all the things your family does to bring food to my table.

[@duggydo]

I hope things improve next season for you guys. I'm glad you had some crop insurance. With the increased cost of fuel, fertilizer and chemicals, would you have even been able to cover the input costs with this crop?

[@mathbrown9099]

You guys are great farmers😊

[@sunelarsen]

Those drone shots are so good

[@daftDAFdriver]

It’s hard to watch your planted fields not harvested, tough decisions, you guys have great strength and resolve to stay going

[@yeahboiii6640]

Sad on the drone! Very good looking drone shots! 👍👍

[@kdh1309]

Next year will be the year to make up for all these short years ! We hope !

[@Token_Civilian]

Bummer about crashing the drone, but I do have to say that was some epic footage of the bins, the sunset, flying past the combine and the crash.

[@papaburf7275]

Yes but that footage was looking awesome,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,right up until it crashed. Excellent video - thanks for sharing!

[@theburnhams2925]

"....I crashed my drone..." Yes Nick, we SAW that.... You can commiserate with Daniel (Triple R Farms) as I think y'all have a contest of some sort goin' on (about how many drones you can crash) Have you considered insurance? An' yeah, t-posts don't combine well... I "found" one on my first use of a brand-new rotary cutter. Pretzel-ed it....

[@thomasleonard1846]

Probably need a different head for t-posts! - feel your pain! Ben there, done that!

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

You're getting pretty darn good with that drone. Visually, this was quite enjoyable. My question would be how did that fence post get there?

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

It was a offense in the combine........

[@monkeybarmonkeyman]

@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob Oh ho! 😂

[@harveystephens6115]

Enjoyed. Farming, gotta live it!!!!

[@steveneal2706]

awesome video Nick , Scott and Dad. Sure hope you can get enough crops to pay the bills. Really sorry for all of the bad harvest. What do y'all do in the fields that you dont cut.? Do you plow it under ? Thank you guys from Gurley Alabama

[@noelhohberger1188]

Sad too see so much crop damage.

[@ejharrop1416]

So sad to see the hail damage. So many farmers are struggling this year and some may not make it and that is just wrong. Someday I hope and pray the government elite finds a way to truly help our farmers. 😢. Not going to add anything more, don’t want to get put into KZbin jail. Thank you, take care and God bless.

[@davidkimmel4216]

Your family is awesome. Thank You for taking the time to share your thoughts and videos with us all.

[@martinmooneyham9706]

Would it make sense to cut the barley that was hailed down for bailing into barley straw bales for feeding cows?

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Wasn't much left.

[@martinmooneyham9706]

Ok I'm sorry

[@Adamu98]

Whats rougher is we're going into a rare third consecutive la Nina. This happened only three other times since they began studying it. Which means another dry winter for the states.

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Been watching that too. Hard to get warm waters off south America

[@Frankestein01nl]

Amazing Drone footage one again, Nick... **Crash**.. oh... OH well, carry on! ;)

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Nick

[@TheEpicDragonCat]

Just did a barley harvest is FS22. Wish you guys had the yields I did 😢

[@tdb2042]

Your drone shots are beautiful. Makes me want to come back to Montana for a vacation.

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

@RobertWelker can livestock use the barely straw? Any neighbors who can bale it & use it? Hate to let it in the field if someone could use it. If not, it’ll make some good carbon for compost material for next year I guess.

[@RobertWelkerFarmerBob]

Leaving it will catch more snow if there's a lot. And you're right, organic matter is what our ground needs

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

@@RobertWelkerFarmerBob catching snow, yes, makes sense! I’m heartbroken that drought & hail has done so much damage to your crops for the past two years. I’m sure that all generational farms have suffered cycles drastic cycles up & down like this but continued pushing forward. That’s an asset of farmers I admire the most.

[@bigunone]

Why is there a picture in my mind of Nick standing in front of Leg arms bottom lip quivering, the glint of tears in his eyes holding his drone up and asking him he could please fix it again?

[@Brobro449]

You guys NEED to buy stripper headers. Changed my dads cousin operation dramatically. Also our one guy we hire to help seed canola said they don’t have to scrub the ground yet get just as much seed as if they ran a Draper and scrubbed the ground. The biggest thing aside from hitting 500 rocks is the amount of straw the keep for the winter to hold snow

[@SomeTechGuy666]

Stripper headers lose a lot of grain. Just run the header higher. With continuous cropping, you need to control straw. You can't leave it 18" high after harvest. It helps to cut it shorter and put it through the combine.

[@Brobro449]

Huh interesting coming from some one tech guy. They don’t have the opportunity to leave 18” of stubble when there crop is only 10” high. Also the point of leaving the stubble is to catch snow is the winter because they get almost no moisture. They can easily seed into that. We had guys direct seeding into 3 feet high corn that got hailed in July