This Is Why We Don't Have A Grain Cart (Fall Harvest Cont.)

[@chriswithington7557]

You hit the nail on the head. What you do and how you do it is specific to how you operate. Equipment cost money and people don’t realize that. In a corn/bean farm, a cart will sit 10-11 months out of the year. Does it make financial sense to have a cart that cost $15,000 to over $30,000 to sit not making money? What is its pay back time? It’s not about the “flash” in equipment, its about what works for you. You are correct about labor and efficiency. A word to all the viewers, don’t let what the neighbor does and purchases lead you to bad financial decisions. Have seen this too many times. “I have to get a new car and boat because the neighbor has one”. Live your own life with no regrets.

[@robertmiller8336]

I particularly liked your "rant" at the end about the grain cart. My dad was also one of those farmers who looked at what worked. We had a "small" square baler, the kind that kicked the bales into a wagon. Now you could just kick then in and let then fall where they would. Instead of that, someone rode in the wagon and arranged the bales so we could get many more in the wagon. We did co mostly because one of the properties we farmed was about a mile and a half from our place. More bales per wagon,less traveling back and forth. We did not have the newest and fanciest equipment, but we took care of what we had and it lasted. That baler, it was almost 30 years old when we sold it, except where the paint was worn, worked like the day it was new.

[@VictorHugoVHPassos]

I completely agree. Each operation is a different operation. You would be amazed at our 3 crops per year in no-till farming here in Brazil. Highly professional, like you. Loved the video. Cheers.

[@ronaldwinder5051]

I'm just now seeing your video several months after you made it. When you first commented that several had asked you why you don't have a grain cart, my first thought was, what difference does it make if you have a grain cart for your operation or not. I also couldn't believe there are those who question why you don't have newer equipment. It all costs lots and lots and lots of money and as you said very well, each and every operation is different. More power to ya!!!!

[@robhardwick4969]

Been watching your videos for a few months now. Gotta say you do a outstanding job! Very good explanations. Very detailed as well. Moved to Kansas 6 months ago. Gota job at the CO-OP working in the elevator. I must say your videos have helped this old guy understand grain better. Thank you! Plus we have met so many great people here. We love Kansas and the farmers!!

[@jackbarry9469]

That final comment regarding why you dont need a cart where as my family does / we need it, I think is excellent, because you guys are specialists in farming efficiently where you are. We are for our area too. Thats what makes Capitalism, USA, & competiton so great is we can manage ourselves ground level and acheive max output for min input whereas if there were only corporate mega farms or gov't owned it all we'd do lots of unneccesary stuff

[@hughmackellar7941]

i like the way you farm. Smart. One of my cousins told me "shine doesn't make you anymore money",

[@kevindircksen181]

I always said "looks don't plant corn" l like your saying too.

[@chuckbender6169]

I enjoy your videos as a way to live vicariously my dreams of farming. I'm just a city boy, but it seems to me that if your equipment and operations meet your needs, that's what you ought to go with, no matter what others may tell you.

[@iamsecond3625]

Thank you! I appreciate the commentary at the end. Lots of people tell me that I need this or that and just go buy it. But I say I'm getting along fine without, yes that would be nice, but the returns to justify that purchase just are not there yet.

[@friendship1957]

I think you guys have good equipment and appear to make sound financial decisions for your farming operation. I have seen too many farmers and businesses spend themselves out of business. Keep on doing what works for the Peterson Farm Bros.

[@EpicCrafter20]

The less you spend the more you have. Waste not want not.

[@deplorableboomerrube8952]

You put it so well. When we farmed in Kansas, it was a different era, no real double cropping, but we did cover crop for the winter where we did not plant winter wheat. Much of the equipment today was not available back then. And farming is different on each farm. What to plant, when to plant, what equipment to use and what we could afford makes each farmer choose their own path to farming. You guys keep up the fantastic work and we will continue to watch your videos. Thank the Lord there are farmers like you that are dedicated to your chosen profession.

[@rongrose3746]

I feel whatever gets the job done for the least amount of dollars is what you have to with to stay in business !! I like the older equipment ! ! !

[@n2slugs]

I bought a 650 bushel auger wagon a few years back because it was a good deal. Last year it made sense to use it on a couple of big fields. This year I haven’t bothered to hook it up. It just depends on the year. I’ll tell you it takes up an awful lot of space in a shed for no more than it gets used.

[@garywest8901]

Another great vid guys. Drone shots were beautiful. Very well said Mr. Peterson no two farming operation are the same. Farming is honorable occupation. Not a competition. I think you have great equipment . A lot of my stuff in way older than yours. I take pride in keeping my old equipment running and being profitable. Anybody can run all new equipment. Most in debt too.

[@melkebonde1969]

A really good explaining on farmers different perspectives and different choices.

[@woolybuck6852]

Your end of video commentary was well put. It's easy to be a armchair quarterback but get into the game and reality quickly sets in. As it has often been said, if it were easy everyone would be doing it. Keep up the good work and thanx. Cheers...

[@NickFrom1228]

We all have to do the best with what God blesses us with and you guys look like you are doing a good job. But, what I like most about your videos is you are showing the world what farming is like. There are so many people that have no idea and I really like that you are giving them a glimpse into farming. The process, the long hours, the slings and arrows of weather, you name it. Farmers are often viewed as a bunch of rich guys who only work a few months a year etc. I think your videos show the real side of farm life that people can't see anywhere else. Keep up the good work guys.

[@leevanruler119]

Super video! Great explanation on finances and appropriateness of a grain cart. Utilization and available labor is always a challenge in your business and you need to make the decisions on what is the best option considering your personal operation. Keep them coming - good job on the straight talk!

[@cmusic52]

I know I used to not understand why everybody wasn't buying larger combines and graincarts until I moved to east NC for awhile and saw them harvest Corn in May and others harvest from september to december cause it never got cold enough to hurt the crops that were standing in the field, its just a different world when your growing season isn't bumping up against winter on both ends... you dont' have to rush as much, don't need as expensive of equipment to get it all done in time

[@sethtucker3326]

Your Dad is definitely doing it right . To have 3 sons working with him on the farm. I farm to. Looks to me like you have a lot of nice equipment. I'm giving you two thumbs up.

[@farming4g]

Take your time with equipment purchases... a good deal on a good cart will pop up sometime. When we got our cart several years ago, we never thought how much use we'd get out of it... now we wonder how he got without it. Sure (as you said too for a reason) sometimes we don't have an operator for it at times either, but it's incredible with time savings and more storage capacity to keep going. A cart is definitely more useful with 2 combines running, but even with only one keeps it going plus it is a much lower investment vs adding another combine/header combo to the force. It's your operation; you gotta do what you gotta do!

[@Quarton]

Great video! Don't worry about what people say, or think - they're not you, and they're not paying the bills!! Besides, with how expensive things are, you're smart to do what is "right for your farm" and your situation. You'll be glad that you saved money, later, when you have less debt. (Your kids will thank you!) Keep up the good work! Love your videos!

[@TheFarmingLife]

Thanks for another video we're getting spoiled now. Keep up the excellent work thanks for taking time out to make them. Have an awesome day

[@combinelover8988]

I love Sorghum, grain, forage or sweet. Just one of my favorite crops, period.

[@alecfromminnenowhere2089]

You know what you need. Keep up the good work.

[@curtweatherbee2523]

Drone footage is the best 🤓 when farming🇺🇸👍🏻

[@WILLY4961]

You guys are doing just fine without a grain cart that you have to have some one else run for you instead of running another combine. Keep up the great videos and great entertainment.

[@bryanmacfadden174]

Nice clarification of use,cost and need of equipment.

[@matthewsminkmanor9926]

Have you looked into growing hemp for silage? Seems like that is becoming a good alternative and some farmers are reporting it is good for their cattle. Plus it actually gives back into the ground more than it takes.

[@timothywilkins774]

You guys are doing a great job! Love the videos God bless 🌞

[@sclivestock5943]

Awesome rant. You folks need to buy that grain cart to keep all the youtube folks happy. LOL. You have some good videos,just found your channel a few days ago and subscribed. Scott Alberta Canada

[@possleaholsteinspossbrofar8429]

You do what works best for your place. Plan and simple

[@freddeere5343]

In my opinion a grain cart un-loading on the go will make 2 combines equal to 3 combines........yes I agree there are horses for courses , you will be surprised when you get one :)...espescially for blending moisture%....qualities etc plus maybe helpful at planting time:) .......BUT not one size fits all !!! you ALL do a great job :)

[@sjwis]

Very pretty music and video around 11 min. Thanks.

[@7rixee]

Good speech. The smaller capital you can produce amount you will, the better the bottom line. Every kid should learn to distinct between a 'need' and a 'want' = 'investing' and 'spending money'. Compounding interest on investment (and knowledge!) will do great things to you in 30 years, but only you do the right things.

[@elliehermesch8152]

I’m from NE kansas. I love on a farm. We aren’t close to being done harvesting yet 😬😬

[@jameslcoble248]

I agree every farm is different. I know that I would love to have a farm. I think if I'm ever able to ever farm I will stick with one brand and possibly stick with older equipment. Granted the new is much more efficient I just prefer older equipment. Have a great week.

[@paulreed6340]

I would have had the same question prior to watching this video. There is no excuse however for bashing someone else's farming operation. Everyone has their own way of doing things. Aside from that, many people (me included) would love to have an operation like yours instead of being stuck in our jobs working for someone else.

[@christopherjuaire1828]

I love your guys's songs.

[@IH100]

Great video! Loved the drone shots of harvest!

[@curtweatherbee2523]

Very well said about the grain cart🇺🇸 having the best is not always the answer👍🏻 God will see that you get by with what you have and it’s all in his time💫❤️

[@steveminer8341]

Great video. Love the soothing music. Be safe always.

[@richardlong9877]

Loved the rant.

[@zfactortedzabel9267]

Very good reasons for having/not having a grain cart. Remember whose money is being spent on YOUR farm. That's right: YOUR money. Great video!

[@mouscj3]

Great Video... Every Farm should be a little different from the next in how they operate... That is what makes every farm just a little bit Unique... When you speak about you and your brothers and also your dad and a labor force... I was just curious about something... Do all of your wives work full time jobs off of the farm... On some farming operations the wives work right along with their husbands, driving combines, tractors, trucks etc... During planting, baling hay, feeding livestock, and harvesting too... Hope y'all have a Great Week... Thanx for sharing...

[@PetersonFarmBros]

My wife BrookeAnna runs our wedding venue so she has a full time job for the most part, Kendal's wife Caelan substitute teaches, and our Mom helps on the farm quite a bit. They all pitch in with the farming operation!

[@stevebrekken2547]

Awesome explanation!

[@andrewsarles3520]

Smartest rant I every heard on you tube! If everyone and everything was the same it might not be worth watching?

[@plowboy7700]

Do you have to worry about high nitrates when the sorghum sudan freezes? I know we can hay it right after a killing frost.

[@dankeller399]

That's quite the chopping machine. How often do you need to keep the blades sharpened?

[@willgaukler8979]

...learning sooo much....ty...

[@curthiggins8792]

Well said...

[@MotoKeto]

Those older machine are probably paid for so no payment for machinery is a really good feeling. If you have the skills to keep them running you can make money with older equipment. I almost never buy new vehicles someone else can take the big depreciation hit not me.:)

[@jeromemiller5262]

If people want to open their checkbook, they can give input, unless you’re asking for suggestions. Cash buys are much better than payments. Cash reserves are a must in ag.

[@davevaughn6293]

Love your KZbin videos

[@2000chevy4x4]

Another great video! Lol at the money comment... you all spend the money where it needs to be spent! Only you guys know what and when to purchase!

[@quintenwebber4813]

Nice name you have for your KZbin profile.

[@tiger5551]

It’s true, we never had grain cart because it just didn’t seem worth it when our grain trucks could just drive right next to the combine lol

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video

[@ericnelson7320]

What ever happened to wagons? We had a pair of Parker boxes that held 500 bushels each. I realize that the technology from the '70s is way behind the times but we pulled them hooked together with a tractor that was only 100 hp and with only 2 wheels on the cart, I wonder about the compaction compaired to the 8 wheels on the wagons. Also, there's no auger or anything else to fail on the wagons. I moved off the family farm in '85 and moved to Los Angeles and have not kept up with the times.

[@jeffp3926]

Amen! Besides farm equipment is EXPENSIVE

[@briansmit2493]

How many years ago did you get your 7430 loader tractor.?

[@ronaldboake7574]

Well said

[@mcmillianfarms5483]

There’s no cookie cutter farming

[@dannynix6816]

Each operation has to set its priorities.

[@quintenwebber4813]

It is me Trowtt from the Burlington concert and did you know my dad works for 811 or you could call it southern star central gas pipeline.

[@russrecker5344]

Great explanation on the grain cart sir.you'll never stop the naysayers but maybe you will slow them up a bit. You need someone to step up and offer a demo!

[@danielhansencrawford7102]

Just wondering do you cover your saliage to stop it from molding we try to do it when the last truck load is pushed

[@johnsonfarms4788]

We farm 8000 acers and we have two johndeere s670 combines. And a Brent 880 grain cart behind a johndeere 7200r

[@tebfarms939]

Trying to start a pissing contest?

[@richardh8355]

Every situation is different..like the vids. I farm near kansas city

[@myronparks3495]

How many head of cattle do you feed?

[@andrewinbody4301]

Well said son.

[@tiger5551]

It’s just simpler to have grain truck in the field. That’s what we did with our grain trucks when we had harvest. A lot simpler to have grain trucks running to the field than shelling out money to buy a grain cart. Those were the days...

[@FoNsDuD1]

Why does some farmers plant corn at 20 inch space and others on 30 inch space? Does it have any effects on yield and erosion?

[@ronkeking97]

do an equipment tour

[@sandb1000]

Do you have nitrate problems with frost killed cane? I dont know alot about silage

[@glendalenton8954]

You one other guy so far show us this world.. you shows how to make it.. cause I grow a small garden.. when I say small my whole is a 1/4 acer.. so one small corner is my crops... should I move my garden around my yard for better crops? We have lost more than we ate.. help.

[@phalanx3803]

here in Australia most smaller farms like ours about 55 km2 in size still use field bins i.imgur.com/rl3etGG.jpg there popular enough around here that they still make new ones.

[@drewwagner996]

Why do you guys not cover the corn silage with plastic? Would really appreciate if you answered. and thanks for the vids

[@combinelover8988]

Why did you let your forage get so dry, prior to harvest?

[@williamrichards2525]

We are harvesting right now we got 40 80 area to harvest.

[@hardlyableacresrsh7212]

It didn't appear that there was any covering on your corn silage bunk. If true,why?

[@kopenhagenkid]

Was your forage sorghum a good crop

[@joshhandy8895]

Your Farm Your Money. Spend it how you want to. Don't worry about what people say cause they aren't paying your bills

[@nickardoin8430]

Is there no danger of prussic acid poisoning from that cane being that it got a frost on it or did it sit long enough for it to not be an issue anymore? Forage crops are not generally grown where I live and most of the feed that people put up around here, including us, is just grass hay so I don’t know a lot about them. Quite a few different types of grasses are put up for hay around here. Some make pretty good feed, others aren’t much more than straw in quality. I have always heard that cane and Johnsongrass (we have that here and people do bale it and it does grow in some pastures which means it also gets grazed) pose a pretty real threat after a frost. That is one advantage of millet. It doesn’t pose any type of prussic acid poisoning risk after a frost. There are some folks that grow it around here. We tried to plant some this year but it didn’t really grow. Hopefully someone can answer that question for me. Thanks for the video and the candid response about why y’all don’t have a cart. I never ask any farmer about what they do or don’t have because I honestly think it’s just plain disrespectful and not only that, but it’s like you said, they’ve probably already considered on it and there’s probably a pretty legitimate reason for why they do or don’t.

[@claytonbatten7317]

I don’t buy new stuff cause what I have now works fine. I hate that question. 100’s of dollars doesn’t end up in the pocket all the time

[@JalenRose02]

How much you guys farm?

[@PetersonFarmBros]

I mention that near the end of the video!

[@allgoodmwclan]

What kind of cart you thinking of getting?

[@cabbyhubby]

Myself and my friend graduated high school 33 years ago, he has had a bank note since day one on his cows and equipment, I'm paid off , his hair is completely white, I don't have but a few gray hairs, so to speak.

[@combinelover8988]

What variety of forage Sorghum, do you grow?

[@sjwis]

If your feed isn't covered does rain or snow leach out the good nutrients? How cold does it get there? I'm from WI.

[@PetersonFarmBros]

Not many people cover their silage here...we get maybe 1-2 snows per winter and then it melts off immediately. It gets down to 0 degrees F here.

[@CurrentChoices]

Dear Santa,

[@deadghost1964]

(As 🎅) yes?

[@olnamgrunt9857]

Do what works for your operation, that's it

[@cherbert359]

just do you agree with yaw 💯

[@quintenwebber4813]

Like this comment if you think the Peterson Farm Bros should do a parody of Thunder and it should be called Silo.

[@jeankofahl9112]

Never purchase equipment based on one crop years production.

[@freddeere5343]

In australia we call triticale ...rye !! ? ...do you mean rye-corn?

[@puirYorick]

A hybrid of wheat and rye. Probably more its own thing by now, it's been modified and re-hybridized for so long.

[@freddeere5343]

@@puirYorick yes we are talking about the same cereal crop :)

[@quintenwebber4813]

Hope the cats win today. Go K-State Wildcats.

[@ivanbrubaker3369]

Nothing on you, but you will save money with a grain cart. You can save about .75 gallon of fuel per acre per combine with a grain cart

[@PetersonFarmBros]

*if you have an operator (who you have to pay...takes away profit) *depends on the crop and yield (for corn grain cart is used a lot, for 30 bpa soybeans or wheat...not so much) *depends on the size and shape of field *takes into account the cost of the grain cart and fuel usage of tractor *depends on if you can keep your trucks moving Farming variables aren't the same for everyone! Also we have SIX trucks (3 semis, 3 tandems) that we use for silage, manure, grain, etc. throughout the year. Made way more sense for us to purchase our 6th truck than purchase a grain cart.

[@thedumbestofthedumb6343]

Sry about the grain cart

[@The_JEB]

There's no point in spending money unnecessarily, why buy a grain cart when you dont need it, where as you can use that money to upgrade or expand on other things.

[@quintenwebber4813]

Oh yeah the comments that have the Q and Quinten is me Trowtt from the Burlington concert.

[@deadghost1964]

Ok, first of all, you had a wrecked which it is not your fault and you said you have been blessed to have seatbelts on, now on this video, you weren't. My real question is why you are not wearing this time?

[@PetersonFarmBros]

This is just driving the dirt road to the field a mile away from the farm. Going very slow and not meeting anyone. Any trip farther than a mile on a public road would be wearing a seat belt.