This is Starting to Get Embarrassing... and expensive

[@krill3333]

"No Rain: is a great tune. Thanks for reminding me of that.

[@SUPERSORNO]

I have never ever seen someone have so many BAD things go wrong baling ditch hay. I really feel for you fellas. dang!

[@amym8479]

Sonne Dad and son demonstrating perseverance with this ditch hay. Thank you for sharing. Great video.

[@jeanhorne5893]

Thank you Cole and Dad Brian for sharing everything.God bless you all.

[@williammerry4746]

It is so so good to see a fine father and son work so well together. What a fine example you are. And thanks, Cole, for taking the extra time to make the videos and explain what is good. Good on you.

[@dalewadsworth5703]

A man that whistles while he works is a happy man Cole. Enjoy the rain and cool temps. Pray for those who need it . Be blessed in all y’all do.

[@roberthoffman5145]

Thank you Sonne farms!!!

[@randy6650]

Enjoyed watching the video Cole and Brian 😊

[@barbarafoster6757]

Another benefit of having the ditches hayed is that it makes everything look nice and neat.

[@SonneFarms]

it sure does!

[@crazyoldbat7600]

Except the equipment.

[@sheldonbenson4510]

Cole you and your dad are very hard working guys I love your farm and the cattle and I love your dads sense of humor and hello from Ontario Canada ,also I am 72 years old when I was younger I worked on my uncle's farm where we milked the cows by hand and haying season we baled square bales and loaded them by hand

Must have been before they invented forks.

[@quentinroaldson3041]

Not forks but bale hooks

@@quentinroaldson3041 Fancy. Of course there were no electric wrenches in those days.

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

I noticed dad always has a pair of pliers in a belt holster. Working on a ranch/farm that would seem to be standard operating equipment! lol At least carry a Leatherman type multitool in your pocket. The value is off the charts.

[@josephmelson7591]

So true I have a cheap dollar store pair of pliers in my pocket when I don't have a multi tool in there I just electric taped the grips back on today LMAO it should last me a few more years lmao

[@kandilulufarrington912]

That was one very weird video on your song of the day! 🥴

[@markpeterson6836]

And the mechanics at the dealership always know those customers cuz the bolts are rounded off on their equipment.

[@patrickwiseman2012]

Knipex pliers wrench is the magic solution to having pliers but not rounding nuts

[@coltlewis5871]

Sure beats using your teeth 🤣

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great job putting up your gates Brian and Cole

[@hilltopfamilyfarm1978]

I know what you’re going through. I am having to fix the gear box on my cutter this year for the second time, my back glass got busted in the tractor, had a hydraulic hose bust on the rake, had a J tube break off the rake, just yesterday I had a bull die unexpectedly and if we don’t get some rain soon I am going to have to start feeding hay that I am going to be short on because it is so dry this year…Farming is hard but I love it.

[@SonneFarms]

oof!

[@greggardner2823]

May all you folks that keep us feed find solutions is difficult times. My prayers are with you.

[@briansonne814]

sounds very familiar hilltop farms

[@jporter504]

You were right, I did not think I knew the song but recognized it immediately.

[@tommychew6544]

That video title was spot on after seeing that last shot for sure. Hope you got that thunderstorm, without hail or too high of winds of course, a little lightening adding nitrogen to the rain is a good thing.

[@brandygray5894]

Sorry about all the broken stuff 😮 Keep your head up and push forward 👍

[@h.j.patterson9681]

Brian and Cole, y'all are just snake bit on the ditch hay. Prayers that you get some rain and that next year you're in the fields only. Thanks for keeping us fed.

[@torchandbucket4214]

You guys are a lesson in mind management. You take everything in your stride and come out smiling (just). I'd never heard of ditch hay before your vids, and I wish I hadn't...... Keep rolling ❤

[@scottlee1211]

Oh no…another window…yes sir ditch grass is getting pretty expensive! Love the channel and the videos! Thanks

[@lindagentile2380]

Yikes... Ditch's are a problem for sure... I Love watching you, Cole & your Daddy work together... Someday it will be You & Your Son... Hugs & Blessings Always 🙏❤️💙💖💙🐕🤗✝️

[@jamesmarsh4957]

love the song of the day , great choice Brian , really loving that older tractor

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Blind Melon is a good band. No rain isn't so great though, been a problem this year. Fortunately many of our fields are low enough to grow something even if it is only canary grass.... Dad pastures right to the road. We live on gravel roads so the grader man doesn't care for that too much but Dad likes clean ditches. I was so interested in Storla Station so when I found they have a website I had to check it out. Lo and behold there's a picture of Brian on the store history page. What an incredible story of neighbors coming together. A true cooperative. Some day when I go to the corn palace in Mitchell, I'm going to find Storla Station. I have to support more than just a shirt but I will get one of those too.

[@briansonne814]

thanks anthony

[@rylanbriss6956]

Cole, try feathering up the hydraulics on the rake when u are raking it up hill. Then the tire will grab and move it where you want. We do a lot of ditches to.. they suck. Windows busted sucks. Hang in there. It’s been a tough couple years.

[@dennishill3463]

Thanks and GOD BLESS 😀

[@robkent6321]

Love the sound of the 4050 when you start it. Classic JD power.

[@johnsmith-xr6qy]

I am waiting to see how well the drive thru gate works. Good luck with the rain!

[@DanielMCkinney-b5m]

Put that on at KFC b some craic

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank you for sharing your videos with us

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great video Cole and Brian

[@jasonlange3605]

I enjoy watching the 4050 being used. I hope you use it for more things and in more videos. My uncle bought a 4440 back in the early 80’s. Such a great tractor. Thanks for sharing your story.

[@danielrandolph9170]

Wow that will shot up the cost of cutting the ditches ooh my ! Good video Cole and Brian yal stay safe & best of luck on the rest of the ditches !! Daniel from central Mississippi

[@scottlitton1987]

We got gates like that on end of our barn, The horses figured out how to open them to get in the barn. We thought someone was leaving the gates open until we seen a mare do it. Putting snaps on the chain is easier than chasing critters in the dark.

[@mustanglady7843]

Now that is funny to me, but I don't have to wrangle horses up at night either! Thanks for sharing your story!

[@cathiwim]

Actually you are supposed to put one hinge post facing up, and the other one(usually the top)facing down, to prevent people and critters from lifting the gates off the hinges.

[@scottlitton1987]

@@cathiwim they didn't lift off the hinges. Watch the video again and look at how the chain latches. The mare figured out how to get the chain loose.

[@waynejones5239]

Some animals are pretty smart and if the chain is a little loose they can open the gate we had to put a safety on opposite side like a Caribbeaner

[@bryankeator8396]

You guys definitely brighten up my day. Thanks. Country has a lot of fixing to do. Just about every day is a struggle in some aspect. But you guys are living the dream. Things aren't always easy. But always have a smile. You guys both have a good one

[@SonneFarms]

Our pleasure!

[@America-First2024]

Might be able to weld the cutting bar on the mower. Assuming none of the gears and bearings are damaged. Might also consider using the Farmall with an older Vermeer baler for ditch hay. 😊

[@paullittle4040]

They say bad luck comes in 3's. Well you and your dad have enough bad luck then! Hope things go better for both of you soon! God bless.

[@brynredmon7869]

Cole be thank full for those cool mornings and heavy dew. I’m from Texas and we have hot dry days with hot dry mornings. It was 85 this morning and just as dry as it was the day before at 104 at 4:00 pm I’m tired of the dog days of summer

[@MT-STUFF]

Need an old square baler to do the ditches and an old H just for fun to pull it. Keep up the great vids

[@darrenpautzke3795]

You weren’t just kidding when you said that, the ditches were costing you money!😢Hope you got some rain so maybe you can do a second cutting in the fields. Or are you just letting the cattle eat whatever shield you had set for a cutting? Anyhow, good job keep up the good work God be with you guys to keep you safe.

[@johntolbert4566]

yes after hearing it i reamembered it , im 68 a lot of the songs you put out i do for get the name bt always reamember the song . Thank for the song of the day . and yes cole if i dont remember the song i stop your video and go lisen to it before i restart your vid

[@LFH-qt8ez]

Great video 👍😊👍

[@SonneFarms]

Thank you 👍

[@stevenicoson6670]

Thanks for another great video. It was interesting and enjoyable. Know what you mean by ditch baling and mowing gets expensive. You folks have had a lot happening with your ditch mowing I must admit. Wow. Not a bearing case out on the mower. Like Brian said , that will be expensive. Sorry. We never liked doing it either. Always something happened. Oh my. Hopefully you will get enough bales off the ditches to offset the cost of repairs. Interesting. Thanks for the song of the day Brian. Don’t know that one. Will check it out. Thanks Brian. Nice drive thru gate Cole. Next time remember the chain for the gate. Just giving you a bad time. Hope you get the rain they are talking about. Your soybeans look great. About it for now. You both take care and be safe. Hope the ditch mowing goes better for you. Thanks for everything Sonne’s. The Iowa Farm Boy. Steve.

[@lindabradford4918]

Happy to be here Cole!! Now Brian I think you are making some of these songs up!

[@lesterhertel2945]

Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊

[@ljh456]

The window at the end threw me off 😂

[@jordanroberts1519]

Two shattered windows...on two different tractors. That has got to be some kind of record, Brain!!!

[@briansonne814]

two windows is cheaper than one rear tire

[@williamwarnold6737]

I’m very impressed at your hooking up the trailer skills, that wasn’t beginners luck 🍀. Glad you’re getting some hay made, every bale counts. Be safe out there. Greetings from Ireland.👍

[@fazerainbow5674]

awsome video cole stuff can for sure get costly if it gets damaged for sure hopefully this storm is not bad or doesnt happen that way you dont need to worry lol thumbs up and shared

[@dougvinduska9593]

Hope the rain helps on the third cut of alfalfa. Any bikers heading to Sturgis stop at Storla Station for some merchandise? Tell uncle Jeff and the Intern we would like to see them in a video again.

[@jeffreyshier9021]

Cole, your mother and father raised you with a good moral compass.👏👏👏

[@marlanaphipps1403]

I like your new toy at the end of your video Cole!🔥 so glad to see you guys get done with the ditches!

[@Ordrock7]

You guys need to go by the Army and Navy store and purchase a few Ammunition Cans, and weld yourself a shelf or something that can hold the ammo cans, and stick some Acme hand tools into it on each piece of equipment. The Ammo cans have a rubber seal and they will last for a really long time. I have had these ammo cans for over 4 decades and they still have a seal and keep everything I put into them dry. I use them mostly for ammo that I make and the gunpowder. Scott in southern Oregon

[@Dan-qy1rg]

You all are like me, the best intentions in mind, however sometimes a guy has to question that decision. I could see all those things happening to me and my son when doing hay. Last year I thought I would jump in and bale some hay without powdering the roller, not the right decision. That cost me around $300 or so dollars, the netting wrapped around the roller and caused the sensors to miss align. Anyways, good luck with the rest of the ditch hay, as always I enjoyed watching. Have a great evening!

[@infiniteadam7352]

I keep checking for a new video, its been two days, starting to miss you two...

[@michelpicton8357]

Great content 👌

[@timharmon458]

Thanks for the video!

[@denisedenomme361]

Love the gate ,it save some steps and time.👍❤️🇨🇦

[@kenveum6456]

I like watching the puddles gather rain too

[@mcsgary]

I don't comment much. I love and admire the relationship that Cole and Brian have. I think that is the most important aspect of your videos. Regardless, I also very much enjoy the videos of working on the farm. Brian, you have done well producing a young man I would be proud to call son. Either that or it's good video editing. Brian, I love music and your song of the day. I had never heard of Blind Melon and I watched the video for No Rain. I was as muched impressed with the video on Shannon Hoon. Thanx for expanding my music knowledge and appreciation. Here's one back at you. Amazing Rhythm Aces "Who will the Next Fool Be". Actually anything by them is great. Thanx for causing me to expand my music knowledge. I love all music. Thanx Cole, love you and Brian and even Cooper.

[@SonneFarms]

Thanks

[@rushhookhornadventures20]

I’ll be coming thru the area in a week and can’t wait to see what the fields look like especially corn

[@SonneFarms]

starting to change fast, harvest is upon us!

[@tombratton3196]

Oh no! Looked like you lost another big tractor window due to ditch hay and rocks.. I always say, "How do you appreciate the good times without the bad times" ;)

[@johnfrederick9632]

We had the same in line rake you all have and a Gehl. I was never so happy when I saw our new H&S Hi capacity V-rake show up and the other two turds leave!!!

[@johntyrrell3191]

Great song of the day. Never new the name of that song but now I do.

[@brucerleech]

thanks

[@RupertCampbell-g9c]

Seems like you like that "New" old tractor. We like that series too. happy haying.

[@bradenmacke]

You should put a magnet in front of your bailer pick up so you can get any of the metal out of the wind row

[@BobSwisher-tj2rc]

I have busted some gage wheels on my baler this year. I realized the manual screw nut wasn’t letting it float up. I would like to bale some Highway right of way areas.

[@PAfarmboy]

Hey Brian, that was the best ho @2:33 I've seen in a long time. 🙂 Hope you guys can get through the rest of the ditch hay without anymore breakdowns.

[@curtisowens4588]

I love when Brian gets tickled by something you say Cole such a great father son duo. I would say what else I am thinking but I will let you be the comedian on your channel. Keep up the good work guys.

[@scottharrison9107]

Always have to watch those last 10 seconds 😮

[@imceltic52]

Finally got some rain here middle of Texas, but it’s back into the 100s tomorrow

[@homey3051]

Thanks for another video

[@SonneFarms]

Thanks!

[@chuckyc6912]

Awesome work. Keep it up

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great job raking Cole

[@marymcnabb1179]

You could use the ditch hay to blow into the building you set up for the calfs to lay on in the winter.

[@waynejones5239]

That would be a bad idea calves will chew on anything that is different and small shiny things they could swallow

[@jacobsmith9135]

That smile at the end😂😂

[@amesapiary6481]

Cole, maybe you Could run that ditch Hay full of cans through the bale processor and those cans might clean all that net wrap out.

[@tonygrimes13]

Net wrap is cut off first.

[@amesapiary6481]

Nope, you just run it right through, doesn't even slow it down. But it does build up on the shaft and can be a real pain to clean off.

[@brynredmon7869]

Also Cole a blue wrench (cutting torch) works great on wire, stuck bolts, nuts, etc.

[@dannaumann9758]

We always called it the “gas axe”!

[@maryannardan4159]

love the song of the day, very good Brian!! Your such a great master of choosing just the right song. Wow haying the road ditches is getting expensive!!

[@chrismayhew1723]

Your right didn’t recognize the song by name definitely recognized it once started listening to it and love that song. Always thought it should be called have it made instead of no rain.

[@davidandrews8631]

Great song of the day!!

[@valleyviewacres9120]

was gonna say "the only thing left on the joys of ditch hay is a blown window on the baler tractor" hopefully you got what was ready baled before the rain hit.

[@chadtosh6831]

Had a john Deere baler. Was very disappointed in the quality and strength of the machine. Replaced it with a new Vermeer this year. Very impressed so far. Seems much heavier built and the monitor is way nicer.

[@hannahangusfarmx4]

Awesome song haven’t heard it in forever and yes I did not know the band Name thanks

[@williamhills6039]

If you bale the same dotches next year and walk them in the spring and pick up the trash from winter , wouldn't that solve alot of worry. I realize that is also calving time though. Been watching your videos since you retty much started them and have learned alot. Never to old to learn something

[@tonygrimes13]

Doesn't stop the dickheads between Spring & baling time!!!

[@briansonne814]

@@tonygrimes13 lol

[@jeffjohnson-so4yk]

Ditch hay. The gift that keeps on giving. Bet you'll be glad to get back in the field.

[@erichaskell]

Blind Melon reminds me strongly of why I love 70s music.

[@mossfamily2000]

Great song choice. Great under rated band in my opinion

[@brianmartin2071]

Cole , rather than cut the ditches could you not run a solar powered electric fence along the edge of the road a section at a time and let a few animals feed on it moving the fence every few days. Might be less expensive in the long run especially after the problems you have had. Great video as always 👍 much appreciated.

[@DanielMCkinney-b5m]

The long acre

[@steveneal2706]

Oh gosh Cole. I am so sorry bud. Anyhow, the ditches are looking good. Thank you guys

[@mel-il4yu]

Ohhhhhh noooo! Sorry that you guys are having to deal with ditches.

[@mjkrigging6374]

So what stops the cows from walk8ng out the drive through gate?

[@briansonne814]

poor judgement

[@O.KFarmToysdeutzallis6275]

what kind os sprayer is that in the back of the gator?

[@SonneFarms]

Cobra by A1 Mister

[@ryanbachman9227]

Do you ever use your spray in your claven barn lol. When it’s all dried out to kill any bugs in there? Great videos

[@MrJudgementday99]

Awesome song of the day.

[@fhbbi]

Song of the day: Blind Mellon, "No Rain", because of heavy chemtrail spraying across sky. Love your pets.

[@revtoyota]

You might need to weld some support on those brackets. At least for use when ditch bailing.

[@christophervick548]

Hey Cole what’s the length of y’all’s cattle trailer and how many head of cattle y’all run? Thanks

[@d.lagumbi9230]

Cole your pay is self inflicted hard labor for the next 35-40 years. But you get to live a good life. I trade you jobs in a second. Another great video. I appreciate you.

[@lordchaa1598]

What concerns me most is the wire you don’t get, that inevitably ends up in the bails that are going to be fed to the cattle. We have a hay surplus here in the Mid East coast. I wish there was a better and cheaper way to get bails to you.

[@DanielMCkinney-b5m]

Yeah if a cow eats a small nail or piece of steel it stays in their stomach and can make it s way to punch a hole in its heart . some diet feeders have large magnets on the discharge for this and some farmers even put magnets in the animals stomach for this . steel is a bitch

[@hankelrod7315]

I’d bale high moisture stalks & wrap them behind the combine shelling HM corn before I would mess with ditch hay again

[@markbeckendorf7434]

MN opens crp up for haying. Did SD do that for you guys?

[@briansonne814]

yes but we dont have any