We ALMOST started planting...

[@russkes9745]

It's fun going back and rewatching these videos, I remember watching these when they first came out. Things have really changed in the last 4 years

[@brandonsalisbury3991]

Love catching up on these older videos. You’ve grown a lot, and yet stayed the same hardworking, dry humored farmer!

[@smhammer92]

"got her" I got hooked on these a few weeks ago, and now I'm starting at the beginning, and working my way thru. I think this is your first one liner that you have become so good at.

[@roseofsharon1001]

I am an aspiring farmer and find your videos very helpful. Thank you for going the extra mile to capture the process.

[@MillennialFarmer]

kaylon henderson Thanks for watching!

[@dieuloan5118]

kaylon henders

[@farmerswave4154]

you've taken this farming seriously, and have been well schooled on many levels , staying unto date with changing methods. thank s to you and your previous family of farmers. I think its time to feed myself.. you all be safe

[@MillennialFarmer]

farmers wave Thank you!!

[@annafraley5388]

Good show, everything looked good there. Much bigger equipment than we had in Nort Carolina back in the 70’s anyway.

[@thedonleroy]

This MN weather is something else. They're saying maybe some rain & snow & highs only in the 30's. We got our wheat in but only planted a 13 acre piece to check the planter out. Hope the weather straightens out soon.

[@steveg2509]

thedonleroy I

[@andrewmicas4327]

Its interesting in the Uk how we adopted the pick hitch. Drawbars like you use were more common when I was younger. John Deere don't like to standardise.

[@rogerwilson9361]

MN Millennial Farmeryou done a nice job explaining the process how to see the digger good job and yes planting corn when there cold not helpful to plants.

[@vdpeer]

Really cute little one. Reminds me of our second daughter who is now 41. She was always beautiful.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Dixon Peer Thank you!

[@godoftheinterwebz]

@@MillennialFarmer Why was that child not wearing a seatbelt?

[@SoybeanFarmer3300]

planted 8.2 acres of soybean last Saturday. started raining around 10pm Saturday night and did not stop until around 11am on Tuesday. way to much water in those bean seeds. some serious flooding all around me here in North Carolina. some wash on one of my fields. enjoyed your video, felt your pain on the inference of being able to just go and do.

[@57fitter]

Your little girl was hammin' it up!!

[@louisnemick317]

Thanks for explaining every thing for us that are not farmers.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Louis Nemick absolutely!!

[@2fast2x42]

Thank you Millennial Farmer for another awsome video :) I think I've seem them all. I've learned more from your videos than most people do in agri.school. Unfortunately, im not a farmer, but I grew up in the middle of huge fields, so I love everything about agriculture. And I would like to add that's an awesome kid. He's going to make you proud, although I bet he already has. Greetings from Norway :)

[@MillennialFarmer]

2Fast2X thank you!!

[@farmerjohn7765]

We have planted around 450 acres down by Glenwood/Villard. Still have around 1900 acres to go north of the interstate. Regrettably, we are in a rain delay. So we are hoping to be able to get into the fields hopefully next week. But I am not holding my breath!

[@waterskiingfool]

Looked like you were going full send with the cultivator

[@backwoodscountryhallgren2033]

around here indiana corn heads are poping up now some beans. nice video sir .

[@MillennialFarmer]

back woods country Hallgren Thanks!

[@scottkailey1]

Must feel good to be back in the field.

[@MillennialFarmer]

It was feeling good until we got some freezing rain last night!

[@JoeyCampbell988]

That machine looks brand new. Not even a scratch on the hitch

[@cree878]

Never thought I’d be binge watching 2017 videos in 2021 😀

[@Momofamlly]

Hey me too!

[@cree878]

@@Momofamlly 😂

[@Nitz02]

We're just about there for planting too. Just a lot of water sitting in our fields.

[@ianrobinson1589]

As always another great video - love how you explain every thing so clearly - keep up the good work Cheers

[@garlandremingtoniii4679]

Yep. Lots of wind in this video. Buts ok. It's great!!!!

[@jasonricks1112]

i like your channel its good channel love the combines planters everything awesome thank you

[@jasonprocai1020]

Absolutely love the videos, keep them coming.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jason Procai Thanks for watching!

[@RiverbendBicycles]

I really enjoyed the format of your videos. Very informative. We've been struggling to get things planted this year as well. Ripped in the fertilizer last week and the next day it rained 8 tenths. It rained another 3.5 last night, with more expected later in the week. We're classified as almost a desert, with 100% irrigation, but I feel like a dry land farmer this year. I should mention I'm talking about sugar beets. Beets that should be coming out of the ground right now, not waiting to be put in the ground. Good luck to you.

[@MillennialFarmer]

RiverbendBicycles Where are you located?

[@Philm88]

RiverbendBicycles the joys of farming. wouldn't have it any other way. it would be boring if everything went right..but sleeping at night would be nice

[@RiverbendBicycles]

Worland Wyoming.

[@BornToFarm101MN]

Ran about 50 acres today to make sure everything was working before we got rained out. Lots of guys gun shy about the wet, cold forecast around us. Not much in the ground yet...around the Faribault area.

[@Cruisingthroughitall]

If you want to reduce the wind noise on a camera you can buy fluffy dead cat stickers to go over the mic which helps greatly!

[@brianhubbard7606]

A day of hurry up and wait! Great to see what it takes to feed the world.

[@Pakoloko107]

Very good, here where I live in the south of Brazil the land and 80% clay, I am fan gives agriculture of you congratulations

[@MillennialFarmer]

Vsjunior sani Thank you!

[@Pakoloko107]

Take a look at my videos, buddy.

[@garlandremingtoniii4679]

I can lay back on my big old king size bed and watch your video for hours. What am I saying, I do!!!!!

[@rattlinurcage3]

The Gopro footage was great ! Not much field work up here yet.

[@garlandremingtoniii4679]

I know a pretty good size family owned farm over in Hurdsfield North Dakota that switched all there large size JD Tractors and all there JD Combines over to Cat Challenger. After about a year I asked Todd how is it going with them?? He said great!! Number of Combines they traded was 5. What's your opinion on Cat Challenger??? Also, down in Alabama Georgia North Carlonia, your large soybean peanuts Cotton family farms have been switching over to them.

[@davidlogan7750]

Great video very informative

[@farmermatt629]

I've got my corn and beans planted ..... 2" tall corn and 7" of rain in about 30 hours were flooded pretty bad going to have to re plant flooded areas more than likely

[@garlandremingtoniii4679]

Have you tried the head set go pro? They nice!! With or without let's say a winter head beanie!!!

[@samuelhudson2620]

Just a suggestion, run the bolts for your hammer strap from top to bottom instead of bottom to top, that way if the nuts ever work loose you'll lose a nut instead of a bolt. It's a little safe that way.

[@AndersonFarms]

down here by marshall, there were quite a few guys out on saturday evening,sunday and monday. Sucks that its gonna get rainy and cold again.

[@tysonfrank2105]

Anderson Farms over a ways west of you we've planted 800 acres already.... almost half done... kinda sucks it's raining again

[@Vaneps0]

Anderson Farms we've been spreading turkey poop since Sunday, bout half hour south of these guys. Couple guys have planted around us

[@AndersonFarms]

What county would that be. We are a little south of marshall.

[@Vaneps0]

Anderson Farms Pope/Stevens. Just east of the bump

[@bradyford6901]

i live in sw mn in murray county and we could only get 112 acres in and it’s raining so we might have to take prevent plant and we feed 2500 head of feeder cattle

[@tysonfrank2105]

we planted over 800 acres in SW Mn in the last 2 weeks.. almost half done now

[@olivermohwinkel9409]

Listening to Linder farm network good old Lin kettleson

[@gib815]

Yeah.. A+Heading , I can't get the other 4 guys who use auto steer on to this after many years, they won't listen or change from A-B setup that the salesman trained them from 10 yrs ago... near I80&I39 in illinois we put in 680ac Sat-Tues, then quit, big rain coming. .5" last night but another 4" predicted thru Monday. And it is a freezing 42 deg right now. UGH.. :(

[@farmerboyjmd]

Good to see other farmers have frustrating days too

[@MillennialFarmer]

Most of the day was good, just a frustrating ending. Might have been a blessing in disguise because we're actually getting some snow today.

[@michaelheinen8526]

GREAT VIDEO,very imfomative,do`s and donts, on how to set implements,enjoy your vids,thought maybe u take an after school cookie break,LOL

[@MillennialFarmer]

michael heinen I always take cookie breaks, just don't get video of them!

[@canvids1]

My first time finding you and enjoyed this video and have subscribed.

[@MillennialFarmer]

canvids1 Thank you!

[@Farmable]

We have been planting non-stop the past 3 days!

[@2fast65]

great video thanks.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Thanks for watching!

[@petemiller2598]

The adjustment handle on that digger sounds like it could use some WD-40 Specialist ™ spray.

[@WorldsOkayestFarmer]

JUST FOUND YOUR CHANNEL. NICE EQUIPMENT AND NICE FARM!

[@MillennialFarmer]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@ScotWalt858]

All good!

[@andrewmaas6620]

if everything goes good we will be done planting beans tomorrow we finished corn last Friday

[@MillennialFarmer]

Andrew Maas Where are you located again?

[@andrewmaas6620]

we are in Clark county Illinois

[@liamfanny9802]

Thank you scruffy 61

[@howardyounger5456]

you are great at expaining everything.do you in Mn have a smaller window to plant corn into. how many day corn do you use,or does it still work that way. love the digger cool how farmer from different areas call equipment.kids they are so great when they growing up.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Howard Younger Our planting window is always variable. It's hard to know when we should and shouldn't start. Sometimes we just don't have a choice. We plant 90-100 day corn

[@samtalley791]

Good you do an over view and review of your gas 1 ton. I'm looking at a few right now and for me I just don't think I need a diesel. (I just sold an 07 Duramax)

[@MillennialFarmer]

JohnDeere3020Boy It's been good for us. The 6.0 is not over powered by any means but we don't pull any heavy stock trailers or anything. I would have a diesel for a lot of heavy pulling.

[@samtalley791]

What I'm facing is I need something to drive that reliable for everyday use but pull things when we get into hay season heavy plus pulling anhydrous in the spring. Other than that we go from southern Indiana to Princeton, Minnesota once or twice a year with a camper. i think a diesel would be nice but I just think I could get a nicer truck with a gas motor than a diesel.

[@toby.maximillian]

The go pro is good, btw can you do some videos on how the stone picker works?

[@edwardpulley2741]

I love your channel keep it up

[@TangoUniform300]

I really love your channel!

[@mikeyc1928]

Really frustrating. Hammer strap bolt-hole pattern different within the same manufacturer. Hopefully, not on purpose. Maybe just not thinking or a standard not followed. You have really improved your videos Zach. This video is still very good though. Thanks.

[@tractorboy31]

with a friends help i built a one piece hammer strap for my jd 520 so i can pull my 9 ton equipment trl. i hauled a shed up to my brothers house behind the tractor since i needed tractor to load and unload it and the trl is what i haul the tractor on

[@MillennialFarmer]

tractorboy31 that sounds handy

[@tractorboy31]

One inch bolt threads into the hammer strap thru the hitch pin hole and a 5/8 bolt thru the second hole then drop a 1 inch pin thru to connect to trl. I want to convert the wood trl from ball to pintle then i wont need to remove hammer ever? That would be nice

[@jasonmushersee]

5 days left to get 110 day seed in the ground

[@blossomquisno9187]

Why didn’t you change the whole draw bar?

[@southernfarmer8526]

Great videos! Just curious to why you call it a digger and not a field cultivator? Just curious if the lingo is different from here in Mississippi.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Joe Pugh I think it's just a different lingo. Locally we all call them a digger but when explaining them to the Deere dealership we usually call it a field cultivator.

[@southernfarmer8526]

10-4! Preciate it!

[@dstrickler96]

Great GoPro footage! Where can I get one?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Derrik Strickler I personally got mine from a local dealer because I felt bad for him. You can check around in your area for a credible source/dealer but they can be hard to find.

[@dstrickler96]

Is it standard on bigger equipment to not have a forked hitch end on the implement side thus requiring the hammer strap?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Derrik Strickler Yes. The heavier implements and larger framed tractors are all that way. The tractors have large forks on the draw bars.

[@zfilmmaker]

Don't complain about all the snow and rain you had, its already bone dry here in Virginia. I've asked this, and I don't think you responded but....how many acres do you plant?

[@MillennialFarmer]

zfilmmaker right around 2,500 acres

[@lynwoodrohrboughl7361]

Do you guys have Rattle Snakes up there

[@brucej.4074]

Anyone know where he is located?

[@michaelcarley7016]

You have the cleanest equipment ( and nice stuff) Do you have father / brothers as well or are you a solo farmer?

[@MillennialFarmer]

I farm with my father and we have some other seasonal help also.

[@hunterfarms6257]

You guys ever pull packers behind cultivated ?

[@hunterfarms6257]

Cultivater

[@MillennialFarmer]

Hunter Farms We do pull a roller over the soybeans post-plant, but no rolling basket or anything behind the cultivator.

[@williamdunn1707]

Why does the CO-OP put the fertilizer on cant you do that?

[@justincase2830]

Very informative.What % Stine corn do you plant? We planted Stine beans last year but have not used Stine seed corn as of yet.

[@MillennialFarmer]

keith sorensen We are trying our first 120 acres this year. Never had it before.

[@justincase2830]

We liked the result of the yield of the beans but of course it was a very good year for yields in general in Mn.We noticed they took to wet conditions better than some other varieties in that they were shorter but the pod count was greater and they didn't seem to be harmed by this condition as much.(Adapted to wet feet better.) For what this is worth.

[@jackybruckers]

Are the ground prices and rent prices in your area still payable ? Or are they going to be unaffordable like here in Belgium ? 25-35000$ per acre or 500 till 750$ for seasonal rent ?

[@MillennialFarmer]

jacky bruckers If those are U.S. dollar prices, we are nowhere near that. We will all be out of business long before rent gets anywhere near $750! That would destroy farming here locally. There's nobody around who could make that cash flow.

[@ederlima03]

Great video man. How a do for say with you?

[@novarejaxx9473]

What is the White enclosed trailer for

[@MillennialFarmer]

Hauling race cars around!

[@Heimerviewfarm]

What size shovels are you running?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Midwest Allis Fan Honestly I don't know. I just keep buying the part number that the digger came with! They're probably 7-8" wide?

[@chucknowakowski6676]

Why coop spraying nd not you? And coop of what?

[@lowercherty]

Tonight's rain and snow going to make any difference?

[@MillennialFarmer]

B Laquisha Yes, we could be planting this morning but have decided to wait until after the cold rain and snow.

[@brinkme1772]

Do you typically adjust per field every season?

[@MillennialFarmer]

No, once the cultivator is set, we won't adjust it much at all.

[@chicagojoe2737]

your vids are great! you sure have some nice equipment to work with! do you have any formal schooling in ag ?

[@MillennialFarmer]

joe wisman No I don't. Just born and raised on the farm! I do wish I had some though.

[@chicagojoe2737]

MN Millennial Farmer home schooled ! O.J.T. ! lol . thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@liamfanny9802]

Just wondering when he says about renting the tractor of the landlord at the start is he renting the farm or what??can any 1 get back to me thanks,

[@scruffy6151]

Liam Fanny they rent some land how much i do not know.

[@zackbundy8097]

could you have just swapped drawbars or would it not match that way either

[@MillennialFarmer]

Zack Bundy Honestly I didn't even look into it, I figured we need a strap either way so may as well get one coming.

[@alkanin2810]

how fast were you pulling that? I was pulling our 24 ft Hinker at 7.5 mph with a T7.235.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Alkanin 5.4

[@alkanin2810]

MN Millennial Farmer You have a lot nicer setup. Like the video and fast reply. we had frost last night here in Iowa. lucky we didn't have anything up yet

[@tunintunin3417]

Of course, it is a JD, everything is proprietary.

[@devonbakken825]

What area in Minnesota do you live?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Devon Gaming South of Alexandria

[@vdpeer]

Curious, how much land do you rent?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Dixon Peer Over half of what we farm. Around 1,300-1,400

[@bengamblin8408]

What's with the race trailer

[@MillennialFarmer]

Ben Gamblin We race dirt track cars

[@gunner1811]

Couldn’t you just swap out the whole draw bar instead of changing the hammer strap?

[@Sabres140]

How many people help you run the operation?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Shawn Catherwood Full time it's just Dad and I. We also have 1 guy who helps us out whenever we need him and a couple of seasonal guys.

[@Sabres140]

Nice. How many acres you farm?

[@MillennialFarmer]

2,500

[@Sabres140]

cool. I'm from southern saskatchewan. farm 3,000 acres. Durum, lentils, flax, canola, peas, winter wheat we grow

[@MillennialFarmer]

Shawn Catherwood Nice! I know a guy who sells farmland near Saskatoon.

[@mattradil5898]

In the footer

[@mattradil5898]

I meen floter

[@quinnwandschneider3091]

What state are you in

[@MillennialFarmer]

quinn wandschneider Minnesota

[@OurIndianaHome]

RIP Floater.. 11/2019

[@markmcculfor6113]

I think it a different one, the one that crashed was a case right?

[@mccandlessmotorsports264]

Do you race?

[@noelhohberger1188]

Ru usually doing all this by yourself or does your dad still farm?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Noel Hohberger He farms yet and was around all day working on other things. We do have seasonal help also.

[@pierreperrin7069]

nice video.

[@petrokemikal]

ANNNnnnnd Rain... lol

[@kamleshdhankhar6564]

You do it all alone

[@MillennialFarmer]

Kamlesh Dhankhar oh heck no! I just film alone!!!

[@kamleshdhankhar6564]

Oh my god I am a Indian farmer I am glad you replied I do 89 acres alone Its just me my tractors and combine Trust me on that

[@masonroberts622]

You need to get yourself a duramax instead of that old gasser

[@NoWay23548]

Something tells me that a guy who can’t do nothing for ten minutes isn’t a big book reader.

[@AM-kc3xg]

Renting.....Landlord? Do you lease all your farm land?

[@MillennialFarmer]

No, but we do rent/lease a little over half of the land we farm.

[@AM-kc3xg]

If you don't mind me asking......does it work on a percentage of the profit or a flat rate for the land?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Aaron McMahon Most rented ground in our area is straight cash rent. We do have one piece that is "share-cropped" meaning the land owner gets half of the crop, but they also cover half of the input costs. We have several "flex-rents" now where we pay a minimum cash rent and then use a formula to come up with a price to see if we will be paying any extra for that year or not.

[@AM-kc3xg]

Very interesting......thank you for allowing me such a personal insight into your farming operation.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Aaron McMahon Thanks for watching! Are you a 'non-farmer'?

[@godoftheinterwebz]

Why was that child not wearing a seatbelt?