We're Picking Rock

We're picking rock and hauling corn. It wouldn't be a day on the farm if something didn't break in the grain bins.
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Zach Johnson, the “Millennial Farmer” is a 5th-generation farmer who’s spent his life growing, working, and learning on his family’s farm. His wit and dry sense of humor appeal to children and adults alike. A product of the millennial generation, his appreciation of new technology blends with his old-fashioned work ethic, and he offers a unique ability to deliver his message in a way that resonates with lifelong farmers as well as those with no knowledge of agriculture.
With growing consumer awareness about where their food comes from, Zach has identified the need for an independent voice from the front lines of agriculture. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experiences in the agriculture world while providing farmer-to-farmer education to help facilitate a collaborative conversation between farmers and the public.
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Edited By:
Becky Johnson

[@nerdfs6950]

Prayers for your dad

[@JustMe-pp1mp]

Dear Editor: You'll probably never know how many of us appreciate the work you do behind the camera. Many, many thanks!

[@jayjaygee3306]

I second that! You guys make a great team working both sides of the camera. Many, many thanks from all of us!

[@amargill4819]

THANK YOU BECKY

[@kolle4543]

Couldn't agree more!

[@tonnyplaysgames220dailygam5]

Yes Thank You for the great videos!!

[@matthewshaw3718]

Always a good woman behind a successful man!

[@christophersanders4108]

When you were finished with getting the Rock Picker ready to pick and you smiled at the camera, you are a funny dude!!!!!!!

[@champaignfarmer7455]

My wife’s frustrated, just finished planting 450 acres in 2 days....now it’s raining in central Ohio and here I am watching Zach farm! Lol You got me hooked, bud! @millenialfarmer

[@bradroon5538]

Cortisone has collagenase. That's the digestive enzyme that breaks down your connective tissues. This weakens the cartilage and tendons around your joints and makes the strain less intense. That usually makes the joint feel better, but it comes at the cost of weakening your body.

[@alexmikhael5061]

old farming neighbor was also a MASTER MASON .... he would say ''this rock costed me money, I dang (not that word was used) SURE going to USE it!!!'' he had an awesome stone patio, and a BBQ and a FIREPLACE and .... ;)

[@FreedomRock44]

I did not quite see that dirt to well I think a couple more Doughnuts would help me to determine the quality of that soil!!!!!

[@agger838]

Zach im pretty sure the chain hook for the the hammer strap goes below the draw bar, not sandwiched between on top

[@gregjames5070]

Clearly he doesn’t care. 🤷

[@scrossman8991]

My heart sinks when my guys tell me there's a problem with the grain bins. I know it's going to be a ballache of a dirty job to fix.

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

I’d LOVE to pick rocks, I’m always out scouting in someone else’s rock pile. River rock, of all sizes.For what you ask? Well, my rock garden! They don’t need food or water, & they can’t die. Unlike my huge bird garden (with a squirrel jungle gym) vegetable garden & Gerber daisies. The rocks do have mint plants to keep them company though.

[@TUBEllaki]

You Know! You Scah need a break and it's snowing here in Finland now!

[@stevie3275]

Jim the Man the Legend

[@bloodyscalawag]

As a non-farming person, I think we all believe farmers just get in a tractor and plant all our food, easy right? But you guys really do a great job showing how much work really goes into American farmers, thanks for your hard work and putting food on my table.

[@schuylerwhite5975]

I really like that red Ram, nice truck!!!

[@peterpenberthy2918]

Can I volunteer to drive the Rockpicker? I'll even supply my own beer!

[@timrowland1490]

I am proud to say I have ran the big 8 wheel tractor 🚜 pulling a plow on 400 achers for land development some 27 years ago when I lost my daughter who was only 10 days old she went to be with GOD AND JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD 😇thank you Zach for your you tube channel 🤓😂😎

[@andywintz959]

Can’t wait to see the new tractor in action.

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

Don't you have a grain vac for when the sweeps fail?

[@edwardhill1935]

If you get a new camera can you post what you bought thanks.

[@derrickleung8014]

Heh I got a Welker farm Intelligent AG ad before the video started.

[@johnscott7128]

Those rocks are ripe for picking already?

[@jamesalexander3360]

One of Maine best crop is rocks

[@Mom-us5qy]

'rock pickin

[@jamesthomas3749]

Hey! I'm eating corn while watching u play with corn! What do ya know.

[@richardjellis9186]

Doesn't that rock picker BALE THEM up for you.? Looks BROKEN to me.!🧐!. (😂.!!.) LOVE THE VIDS KEEP'EM COMING RICH(UK) 🥰🥰🥰.

[@wbball15]

What impact socket set do you have, MnMF'r???

[@edwardwaldner3162]

Why dont you set aunix up onthe rock picker

[@tamb0448]

Are those fbn jackets for sale ? Look nice

[@oldman512]

Ask your wife for Christmas you want some more storage barns

[@mtpocketswoodenickle2637]

Are those rocks GMO or heirloom?

[@rodda1121]

4:30 Cyrus the Virus from ConAir

[@lawnboy1898]

“Back in my day we had to pick rocks using a stone boat and a team of horses. You don’t know how lucky you are nowadays.” -My father, at least twice a spring

[@shawnzulawski2008]

Yes sir.

[@stephenlloydott]

Flat bed wagon with dad driving and us kids picking rocks. We also had a good rock harvest. 😀

[@jbbuzzable]

And then came the 2 cylinder JD. One small step up and push the hand clutch to move ahead. I grew up on the farm, but sometimes would hire out as a teenager. Had a neighbor who would get a few of us for rock picking. We had great times, even though it was tough to get out of bed the next day with all of the sore muscles knowing you had to do the same thing all over again.

[@clayton.waymire]

We did it by hand🤣🤣

[@GoldCountryTrapping]

And dont forget how the horses would head to the next rock on their own......LOL

[@jasonedwards7740]

We call the rocks winter pumpkins here in Indiana! Lol

[@hollysmith8010]

Haha we call em a pain!

[@kelleyfarms8034]

And we call them a rock 😂

[@lucascady4992]

Exactly!!

[@ryanlewis6386]

Where in Indiana are you from cause I live on The Shelby county Decatur county line In St. Paul Indiana in southeastern central Indiana

[@mattpeters7884]

I am a arborist, I spend my day hanging from a rope using a chainsaw up a tree but yet farming is so dangerous it makes me nervous, see farmers in bins and auger right next to their feet makes me have sweaty palms. 😬😬🤞🏻

[@jbbuzzable]

I've done both. Kind of a toss up in my opinion. Both very dangerous. I'm thankful that I survived both without serious injury.

[@aperson7624]

The auger is off and wouldn't be turned on...unless, ya know, someone pushed the wrong button (lockout-tagout? On a farm?! LMAO pls). The much scarier part is the holes in the floor you can only kinda sorta see. All those dips in the corn? There's a hole there with a very strong chain and paddle arrangement that would tear your lower leg clean off and not even notice. He dances around those because while the auger was off, those paddles very much were moving.

[@jbbuzzable]

Just a quick search for Workers comp. insurance rates for employers. Pruning/logging looks to be 2-3 times higher than row crop farming. Not to say that is necessarily an accurate indicator of which is more dangerous.

[@ancientsalt4291]

Did tree work for a month. One our crew members got super effed up when a 5 meter 40" oak bounced off another bucked piece on the ground and broke his jaw. (Ground line got pulled the wrong way). I was done after that. Not worth 13.00 an hour to me.

[@ancientsalt4291]

Did tree work for a month. One our crew members got super effed up when a 5 meter 40" oak bounced off another bucked piece on the ground and broke his jaw. (Ground line got pulled the wrong way). I was done after that. Not worth 13.00 an hour to me.

[@witty1764]

You had a new grain cart driver last fall. Maybe its time to teach him to pick rocks.

[@witty1764]

What a surprise to see on Instagram today.

[@byamrcn]

There's always something so satisfying about watching rocks banging into that bin.

[@sealevel1919]

If your listeners were wearing headphones they felt like they were standing next to you when you tightened that hitch. I did. Great video

[@aarontalley821]

Haven’t watched it yet obviously but I’ll go ahead and say it. Another great video! I sure miss farming

[@David-xl8zf]

Someone once told me something along the lines of "It never f*ing ends..." 🤣

[@Mrsnichols1965]

I wonder how many caught the quick reply from Becky? I don't blame her a bit. Be safe, Zach.

[@DIYAmateurHour]

That's what I should have told my dad I was doing when I use to rip the Ranger around the yard! I'm tilling the dirt dad, not tearing up the grass!

[@omniviking]

Ya need to hook the rock picker into your yield monitor so you know how many bushels your getting an acre.

[@قاسمقاسم-د2ت3ز]

فؤكذ¥》》》》》| 《》》 |》》《 》 》》《》《《》《

[@daronrr]

Can we get a "Dad's new lawn update?"

[@Leofred2000]

Yes! See if its as good as the Freedom Factory

[@wideslammer]

@@Leofred2000 I had to smile when I read your remark. I wonder how many of us on this channel also watch Cleetus.

[@ColeTheCornstar]

9:40 I always wondered how they made buttered popcorn

[@stuartkcalvin]

Cheeky

[@dhamma58]

@@stuartkcalvin and icky!

[@cruzforster5918]

Ahahahahaha

[@wyattross2155]

dust control

[@andrewmattinglymattingly8309]

Hey cole

[@hunterheathtx7815]

I’m in the tractor fertilizing corn right now in Texas and at the beginning of the video when the truck beeped during start up I freaked out and said “WHATS WRONG WITH MY TRACTOR”. Then realized it was the video🤣🤣

[@MillennialFarmer]

I get that a lot 🤣

[@ohioanfarmer7173]

From Laura Farms to Millennial Farmer videos!!

[@niniv2706]

Small world ... He does like to try new things . I knew it .

[@mikepomatto4287]

“70 percent of the time, it works every time.”

[@taylorjennings2218]

When you thought Zach was actually fixing something, but it turned out to just be a w-d40 commercial.

[@EDBZ28]

Lol

[@TheRipper5418]

It's NOT the SIZE of the TOOL that Matters, It's the Amount of TORQUE a MAN Uses that Counts!! 😎

[@delbutler885]

But if you over torque an undersized shaft you will ruin the nuts.

[@TheRipper5418]

@@delbutler885 😂

[@mykee426]

@@delbutler885 😂😂

[@zippythechicken]

16:00 mins in before the first rock gets picked... then 3 rocks get picked after considerable effort... and thats it

[@jerrylong3580]

You have perfected a new soil test. We shall call it the roost test.😂😂😂

[@rogue9ine]

When I was 18 I worked for a farmer who had a theory that rocks must breed. He figured it was the only thing that made sense. Pick them all and next year the field is full of rocks again.

[@assassinlexx1993]

"Bunny rocks" all shapes and sizes. Unfortunately machinery likes the taste of them.

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

When you only pick up the big ones, the little ones grow up.

[@hairlesscat6458]

Just gonna through it out there, what would rock sex look like?

[@YouTube_Professor]

@@hairlesscat6458 I bet it’s dirty and hard.

[@assassinlexx1993]

@@hairlesscat6458 Dusty

[@FarmandSpeed]

"Wreck the threads on this new bolt yet" Just remember Crossed threads are better than No Threads! LOL

[@jbbuzzable]

No need to buy those expensive self-locking nuts.

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Cross thread is better than Loc-tite! ;)

[@FoolOfATuque]

You really only need the threads at the pitch diameter anyways. You can take to top of the threads off no problem!

[@RDAmidwest]

I'm now inspired to fire up my own John Deere...and mow my little third acre! Exclusively no-till, just an occasional dethatch... Love your channel ❤!

[@pauls4460]

I'm thinking Onyx should be able to run the rock picker with an hour or so of instruction. He probably would not mind.

[@Invictus13666]

Except by the time they adjust the tractor seat so he can drive he won’t be able to see out the back very well.

[@Nappylou69]

Rock Pickers, looks like all the time playing Foosball comes in handy tiny tap back and forth and you score.

[@jasonasselin]

I would like to come see and pick some of those rock piles you have.. Let me know!

[@spaulson54]

I try to convince people the rocks fall from the sky. Gotta stay on your toes out there.

[@aarontalley821]

Man the 80’s 90’s comedy references are great! I love those. “Not so much here or here but right here” 😂😂

[@derekkienzle2582]

Good God what happened to your face?

[@rhyspudding]

Chris Farley reference!

[@lincolnsweazy2502]

Zach has inspired me to want to be a farmer. Love the vids!❤️

[@dawnlemay2790]

Me to

[@lincolnsweazy2502]

What is?

[@pasz6768]

If people only new the challenges a farmer has on a daily bases. Keep up the great content, cheers 🇨🇦

[@s.pursell8901]

Zach, rock seeds are not a good cover crop. Lol

[@spideybrent]

ello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Great show’s thanks for sharing with us.

[@SkyhawkCaptain]

If its not dry.......and its not wet........would you call that.....................Moist? :) Also, 7:50. I love a good Tommy Boy reference!

[@echutch]

I always stop...calibrate and listen...when I’m setting up guidance systems...I’ll try your hammer strap technique next time I’m changing out a hitch.

[@johnthelesserofthethirdoft863]

Not for nothing, Jim is my favorite cast member of the Millennial Farm.

[@timmiller7037]

I would love a video on Jim.. his background and stuff.. he seems like a interesting guy!

[@wcooman1694]

You damn spoiled kids with yer fancy rock pickers...My dad always figured why spend money on a machine when you got kids.

[@rneuf.mp4]

Early gang 🏆🏆 greetings from Saskatchewan, Canada 🇨🇦

[@randallharmsen5802]

Those aren’t rocks! Dad blew some out of the field that was bigger than than rock picker. Blew as in dynamite 🧨. One had fifty sticks and I was the one picking up the pieces of granite for days.

[@edconder2956]

My daughters have enjoyed past rock picker videos. Happy to see the 6R out there this time. Hint: I think the magic sauce was the montage and song selection.

[@patrickbachman2184]

Anyone who thinks rock pickers aren't needed obviously have never had to pick up a piano and carry it up a flight of stairs.

[@wideslammer]

When I was a kid, my brother and I would pick rocks on our uncle's farm. He took the rack off a hay wagon, put some wide boards on the frame and take us out into the field. After it was loaded with rocks, he would pull the wagon onto the rock pile, where we would push or throw enough rocks off until we could move the boards and let the rest of the rocks fall off between them.

[@CrazyBackwoods]

Wouldn't a rock/Skeleton bucket for the front work easier and faster.....just scoop and go no stopping or waiting

[@adammiddleton4037]

Definitely

[@LeanneDonnellan]

yay another video, watching from ireland 🇮🇪

[@jasonthompson8668]

i would like to take that rock picker out that is cool id be picking rocks all day Millennial Farmer you crack me up with your dad jokes lol

[@mattlies7426]

Great to see the Millenial Farmer wearing the safety glasses. Best of luck with the grain bin issues.

[@kimblastein]

You should invest in a medium size rock crusher whit all the rocks you have on the property then you have material for the roads to use

[@Whathefleck]

Love the Tommy Boy reference haha..

[@deepsleep7822]

4:45 - the air bath. I've done it many times.

[@asmrhead1560]

For people who don't know, that area is full of Canadian top soil and rocks (thanks, Canada!) that was bulldozed south by glaciers during the last ice age. The glaciers melted leaving the rocks scattered around in the nice, rich soil and like Zach said they get raised up to the surface by frost heave and tillage.

[@tylerbrown2817]

When

[@gunther482]

@@tylerbrown2817 Around 10,000-12,000 years ago for the majority of Minnesota. Really most of the Upper Midwest was covered by ice at some point but it varies where you’re at. Where I’m at in Iowa we haven’t had glaciers for at least 100,000 years as an example.

[@GKsGS400]

WhoooHooo New Camera coming.. LOL I should talk. I'm still using my Hero2 on my channel!!

[@dunnjob]

We need to see Onyx running the 9570 this spring. I can imagine that big goofy grin as he is turning some dirt.

[@kdh1309]

Noticed you didn't say " Farmers have big tools ". Just sayun

[@mattunes5823]

It feels like once the rock picking video comes out you're really starting field work for the year.

[@HalfCutGarage]

Thats right! Kick the dog!!!! Ha ha ha JK

[@TheTurpin1234]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that can't hammer left handed. I just don't get it. It just doesn't work very good.

[@MM-dn3de]

I remember the miles I walked picking stones. With peas gotta be extra careful. Using a hoe for pumpkins.

[@pettergardo3874]

Zach I’m guessing your family is from Småland in Sweden, so you can add a couple of hundred of years of rock picking. Småland is one of those hopelessly rocky places (one of the reasons people left for the states).

[@DumbOhioFarmboy]

I'm assuming you checked torque spec on that cat 5 drawbar off camera... looks like at least a 4 or 5 uga duga spec to me.

[@ericdevaere9726]

And Vise Grips don't slip off like a chromy combo wrench 👍

[@karlvanhorn6524]

Love how organized and clean he keeps everything. This is a guy I would love to work with and for

[@RearEngineShop]

Just found your channel. Super entertaining. I have a ton of respect for farmers because of how hard they work. Your videos really show that. 👍

[@mathbrown9099]

Zach, Becky, et al; I can’t wait til this amazingly entertaining channel gets to 1M. I’ve been watching since you all had sub 300K. Keep it, ah, you know.

[@tyrankin2767]

We just picked a rock out of our field with our 4020 loader and we blew the front tires out 😂

[@trevorkasas6520]

Hey zack love seeing all the Canadian made equipment on the farm. Degalman, mandako. Just awesome to see. From Saskatchewan.

[@calebmaendel3740]

Just wanted to let you know that degalman industries is in Hillsboro North Dakota

[@darrylpaulhus3069]

Made in Canada based in Canada ND is tge USA arm

[@trevorkasas6520]

I didn’t know that they were based out of the ND

[@calebmaendel3740]

@@trevorkasas6520 Since 2016

[@trevorkasas6520]

Cool thanks I learn something today. That’s good

[@KillerRito7]

Start a series on playing fs19 on the millennial farmer map plz. Like if you want to see it.

[@KillerRito7]

If Zach ( Millennial Farmer) doesn't then I will make vids on the map on my channel starting first May

[@joserangel8493]

Your dad with the 2021 ram 😱 and you with the duramax 😱🔥😂

[@evandwright]

I actually don't think his is a duramax, I think its a gas

[@theboat6582]

gas not diesel bud

[@joserangel8493]

@@theboat6582 no they are not they are diesel

[@johnblaha275]

?????? Where did You get those Goggle Protective Glasses for by the Bins so Nothing gets by Your Eye's?????? (PLEASE Share with Doug-O Larson he's been looking for a Good Pair.) Thank YOU. And Share with Other Farmer's...👓👏🏼💯🇺🇸⛺🚜🚛🌽🌱(John B. Wisconsin 🇺🇸🐄🧀🍺🏈🏀⚾)

[@frikkieholl9136]

"Needs a little wiggle , that's what she said" the most funniest part

[@clearingbaffles]

And a B I G G E R L O N G E R hitch pin she chuckled

[@cancerous_panckake2210]

I thought I was looking at an fs 22 thumbnail for a minute lol

[@richardteeman4320]

The Rock picker saves a lot of money over long period of time by not getting equipment tore up