Cleaning the Grain Pits

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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2024

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  • @deandanielson8074
    @deandanielson8074 5 лет назад +100

    Hi Zach, you are such a fine example of the "work ethic" and the need to get jobs done even if unpleasant. I would tend to procrastinate and that doesn't work on the farm. Thanks for showing the "less than fun chores" as well the super neat chores such as seeding or combining. I have a question on the micro-managing. You mention "down to the acre level" but it seems to me that you are adjusting to even smaller pieces of land -- which is incredible when you think back even a few years ago. Thanks for making the investments that keep food production high at a reasonable cost to the consumer. A great video. Thanks!! - Dean from Edina

    • @MillennialFarmer
      @MillennialFarmer  5 лет назад +20

      Thanks again Dean!! Always appreciate your thoughts! The acres are managed at a 1-2.5 acre level but usually the programs we use, use an algorithm to blend the acres together based on averages, so there aren't hard breaks or 'lines' between the acres for certain applications. Did I make that clear as mud? Maybe it wasn't even what you were asking?!

    • @brandonb9452
      @brandonb9452 5 лет назад +2

      Millennial Farmer That answers what I was wondering too. Thanks Zach

    • @patrickrohl6618
      @patrickrohl6618 4 года назад

      5

  • @sixbox9634
    @sixbox9634 5 лет назад +2

    Millenial farmer is the only channel that I subscribe to and wathes all the videos on when they come out. 😊

  • @tonypeden8092
    @tonypeden8092 3 года назад

    The secret mad skills of a crop farmer! I spent my teenage years on a farm and helped out my uncles whenever I could. I mostly mastered backing up anything with two wheels but anything with it's own steering continually frustrated me. One of my uncles would always come to my rescue and made it look so easy it made me mad. Now I watch you back up the deep bander with the trailer behind it! Respect.

  • @georgenetroe2670
    @georgenetroe2670 5 лет назад

    I met a little boy name Luke. I was sitting in a Chick-fil-A waiting on my Great Grandaughter for her school celebration. He and his parents sat down. As soon as the boy saw me, he ask his mother if he could meet me. I had no clue why so I ask. As it turns out I had my MN Millennial Farmer shirt on. The mother explain to Me Her Husban works for a Family Farm in Middlesex Co Va in Waterview Va on the Rappahanock River. Every night or every new Video which ever comes first. Dad and Son watch you. The effect you have on the future of Young people, and Adults are so rewarding. I got to enjoy your hard working so Thank you. I did give all your deserving praise. My wife and I will be ordering a Shirt for Dad and Son. Thank you to you and your Family for sharing your life.
    Thank
    George Netroe
    Deltaville, Va

  • @adame2806
    @adame2806 4 года назад

    Nice to have someone
    bringing awareness to the agriculture industry and what farmers really deal within a daily basis

  • @msavage899
    @msavage899 4 года назад

    I grew up on a dairy farm in Maryland, they changed to grain after Grandpa passed, so I know how rough it can be. I think most people just don't understand what y'all yo through and what happens to us as a country if farms are hurt by the economy. Love this and Welker farm channel, hope to see many many more videos.

  • @sebastianelmqvist7071
    @sebastianelmqvist7071 5 лет назад +4

    Hello from Sweden!!
    I have been addicted for you videos the last week and I watched atleast 20 of you videos again.
    I love farming and my dad is a farmer.
    Keep up the great work

  • @joannford5860
    @joannford5860 3 года назад

    Hello Zach Thanks for sharing you cleaning job of the pits as it shows that your work may be unpleasant but you get it all down JOB WELL DONE!

  • @brianbarnes350
    @brianbarnes350 5 лет назад

    Another awesome video. I worked at our local elevator one summer as a teen. We had a big storm blow through at the beginning of the 4th of July weekend. After three days in the 90s, they hand me a ladder and 5 gallon bucket and tell me to start bailing. I can still smell it!

  • @gkloepper
    @gkloepper 5 лет назад +30

    Hey Zach, I am actually pretty interested in your meetings with any agronomists! Doesn‘t matter if it‘s fertilizer, varieties or cover crops, I would like to hear more about that stuff.

    • @prezzle208
      @prezzle208 5 лет назад +1

      My farm boy came out and i got really excited when he started talking about the variable rate maps and what not.

  • @bradoneil2674
    @bradoneil2674 4 года назад

    Hi Zach thank you for all you do for your Country

  • @lotahitchanova
    @lotahitchanova 4 года назад

    I would consider using a vacuum truck to wash down and suck out your grain pits. No confined space entry, no messing around with a pump, no stinky water pumped out to the surface ( and the mud it creates) No having to run absorptive corn through to get that last little bit of water, no having to run your fans or clean out the bins. A Millennial`s dream come true!

  • @slew320
    @slew320 4 года назад

    Im not a farmer, im an electrician but watching theses videos really inspires me to buy a farm always a fun watch keep up the great videos.

  • @Greg_Gatsby
    @Greg_Gatsby 5 лет назад

    I'm enjoying a much-needed rainfall in East Tennessee, which we haven't seen in 3 weeks or more. On my covered porch. With an adult beverage. Life is good.

  • @FrankieT666
    @FrankieT666 5 лет назад +8

    I always love the humor in the videos

  • @isbcornbinder
    @isbcornbinder 5 лет назад

    I respect you. Without your level of organization, you would be lost. You are number one in my estimation. My Dad used to say, "It takes a special kind of man to keep his wife happy, look after his children and run a farm."

  • @blackdeath5026
    @blackdeath5026 4 года назад

    I agree 100% farmers are and should be in the best interest of everyone in the country

  • @samstarceski656
    @samstarceski656 5 лет назад

    With our silos we use black plastic waterline to unplug the pipes. Works like a charm and is strong enough for really plugged material.

  • @ocb8486
    @ocb8486 5 лет назад +3

    Hi from norway,keep up the good work,farmers are the backbone of nations 😍👍

  • @northsimulation3386
    @northsimulation3386 5 лет назад +109

    To the voice of David Attenborough: A adult male Millennial Farmer approaches and starts work on his food storage system to get ready for corn eating season, their species will be very busy in the next coming months but they will be storing food for the winter. Soon they will enter hibernation as the cold winter approaches they will crawl into their caves and settle down for the winter and wake up back again for the warm spring weather.

    • @MillennialFarmer
      @MillennialFarmer  5 лет назад +28

      🤣🤣🤣 I even read it in his voice!

    • @northsimulation3386
      @northsimulation3386 5 лет назад +5

      😂😂

    • @kodez79
      @kodez79 4 года назад +1

      ... This species does not hibernate like other hibernating mammals. If we take a look inside the hive, we will see them working along on what looks like maintenance tasks. We do not know if there is any significant energy savings to their method. It seems that they offset the lack of energy saving with a steady stream of hamburgers that keeps them going through the long cold winter.

  • @Karen-ne4qq
    @Karen-ne4qq 5 лет назад

    I really appreciate the video Zach. Made me feel good about the small building we put up over our pit. Our situation is different; with a small farm our pit conveyor has to last the rest of my life. Everybody says mats help but you still get some water in the pit. Keep up the good work. Good luck with your cover crop. I seed 38 to 40 pounds of rye after corn before soybeans. Tall rye is no problem to plant into, thick rye is a different story.

  • @grantdubridge7995
    @grantdubridge7995 5 лет назад

    A couple of days ago, I went into the basement of a rental property and powerwashed two years of sewage backup back down the hole it came up. It was about 4 inches thick. It smelled very nice also.

  • @harridene.-.3762
    @harridene.-.3762 5 лет назад +6

    Everything i whatch off your channel I use to help my dad on my farm

  • @TheVideoSteve
    @TheVideoSteve 5 лет назад +7

    Becky, good job editing and the kids are just SOOOoooooooo cute !!!!! Hello from East TN

  • @southstreetbarbecue7875
    @southstreetbarbecue7875 5 лет назад

    Watching this reminds me that I'm really happy the farmer I occasionally work for uses augers instead of pits. I'm positive the job would be given to me if it had to be done.

  • @keithkrone77
    @keithkrone77 5 лет назад

    I love the constant work.

  • @timjones5381
    @timjones5381 3 года назад

    All the segment are outstanding

  • @charleshirtiv1242
    @charleshirtiv1242 5 лет назад

    So glad your going to try cover crops! I'm excited to see your results!

  • @mikemuniak4711
    @mikemuniak4711 5 лет назад

    I wish all ppl new just how hard it is to farm and just how much we need farmers and farms

  • @patricknesburg575
    @patricknesburg575 5 лет назад +2

    Dont leave us hanging in the dust, need to see some cart racing videos of the 73 in action!

  • @wayneconnell5385
    @wayneconnell5385 5 лет назад

    Zach you are one smart dude.

  • @allenmoore4186
    @allenmoore4186 5 лет назад

    Great video Zach! Can’t wait until harvest begins for y’all!

  • @geoffhirsh2402
    @geoffhirsh2402 5 лет назад

    Impressed with your backup skills!

  • @lotahitchanova
    @lotahitchanova 4 года назад

    On the augur spout that fills the truck, there is a Y fitting on the end ( I think you called it a reducer). The flanged dead end of that Y fitting can be used as a clean-out port. An iron bar of sufficient length such as 5/8" rebar could be inserted through a hole of adequate diameter in the dead end and run up the down tube. We welded couplers on the rebar to allows us to add lengths easily. A man basket for the skid steer is a quick ans safe work platform for heights. The clean-out port can have a swing over cap for when its not in use.

  • @farmerwannabe2767
    @farmerwannabe2767 5 лет назад +1

    Up in delphos Ohio were going on beans already which is really surprising seeing the spring we had

  • @jocalafarms4051
    @jocalafarms4051 5 лет назад +4

    Great words to live by. You always need to pump it.

  • @jamesyates9378
    @jamesyates9378 5 лет назад +2

    There always working hard. Thanks mappers paradise. Great video Zac

  • @austinwilson210
    @austinwilson210 5 лет назад

    We use rye as a cover crop all the time and it gives us abit of extra credit mainly with our corn

  • @wendymangas5973
    @wendymangas5973 4 года назад

    I'm glad to see that you are wearing your respirator in this video maybe you should have worn it when you were cleaning out the dryer as well. Keep up the video's, thanks John.

  • @robyarroch5712
    @robyarroch5712 5 лет назад +1

    We picked 110 acres of beans yesterday in central Wisconsin!

  • @ryanhagerty4799
    @ryanhagerty4799 5 лет назад

    Im getting PUMPED for harvest videos!!! Love driving along in that combine!!!!🌽🌽

  • @danfinley3690
    @danfinley3690 5 лет назад

    Thanks Zack keep the videos coming thanks for the update

  • @dylanlutz8045
    @dylanlutz8045 5 лет назад +22

    It's hilarious when you ask the dead animals if their ok!

  • @danielrandolph9170
    @danielrandolph9170 5 лет назад

    Good video Zach sounds like it a little high tech on adding fertilizer .looks like u had a good productive day. Be safe

  • @michaelplus-trojan_dc8687
    @michaelplus-trojan_dc8687 5 лет назад +6

    gotta love rotten corn, one of the reasons i used to be a farm hand instead of actually being a farmhand now :)

  • @tylerlinneman1821
    @tylerlinneman1821 5 лет назад +3

    When you said you were gonna back that chisel with the cart on the back I was like, “that’s cute.” That was impressive

  • @zRugerHD
    @zRugerHD 5 лет назад

    Milwaukee battery leaf blower, works wonders for cleaning out grain bins after you run the sweep auger!

  • @johnfranks
    @johnfranks 5 лет назад +7

    A high pressure drain clearing nozzle might work. Cleans corn out of clogged poop pipes...

  • @zachw5085
    @zachw5085 5 лет назад +3

    The young ladies are adorable! Looking forward to some "corn shelling vigdeos" in the words of some of your esteemed colleges. Keep up the excellent work Zach. Cool name BTW!

  • @rapturebound197
    @rapturebound197 5 лет назад

    Zach I appreciate your thoughts on the current political aspects that are effecting farming. Americas' farms are the core of our great country and farmers and their family's are selfless, hard working heros in my mind. I enjoy your videos and find them not only entertaining but very educational, insightful and interesting.
    God bless you and your family!

  • @TheBILLANDERSON
    @TheBILLANDERSON 5 лет назад

    from UK ,,,,Thank you kind sir ,,

  • @daniel00120012
    @daniel00120012 5 лет назад

    I'm pretty stoked for the map!

  • @gamingdude3925
    @gamingdude3925 5 лет назад +8

    Great job dude I watched you since 2015

  • @angelrangel9276
    @angelrangel9276 5 лет назад

    Cant wait till December ...it's going to be awesome to play on your fram

  • @jeffgarcia5807
    @jeffgarcia5807 5 лет назад

    Good luck in the race!!!

  • @shalininaicker
    @shalininaicker 5 лет назад +4

    Send some rain down to Australia. Our poor farmers down here are into the 3rd year of a severe drought.

  • @rashke19
    @rashke19 5 лет назад +1

    Maybe those guys that do maintenance on your grain dryer could do something related to turkey burger gas, it seems you can produce bunch of it. Maybe if properly stored can keep the grain dryer running for month or so.

  • @zachkoser7664
    @zachkoser7664 5 лет назад

    When we plug a tube we usually use a 25’ stick of 1/2” rebar and can poke it from the end. Works well

  • @theyarddogs4100
    @theyarddogs4100 5 лет назад

    That's right take care of that boy's car looking forward to more video's. Carl

  • @anthonykendall1430
    @anthonykendall1430 4 года назад

    Several years ago I worked at a grain elevator. First day I was tasked with cleaning out the boot pit of the leg had me really wondering how much I needed a job.

  • @CPUDOCTHE1
    @CPUDOCTHE1 5 лет назад

    We are about 3 and a half weeks from a killing frost and yesterday is the first I have seen any soy beans starting to turn.

  • @CRUZER1800
    @CRUZER1800 4 года назад +1

    "You OK??" always gives me a chuckle.... Thanks....

  • @gavinhix
    @gavinhix 5 лет назад

    My grandfather leased 40,000 acres in Haskell County Tx, He farmed 30,000 acres in Cotton and Maase. He had 52 head of Angus cattle on 5,000 acres with a creek running through it . He would rest 5,000 acres each year, and rotate which land rested each year. He would grow hay in a field across from the barn as needed. He would fill the barn with hay and pull bails each morning to throw over the fence so the cows could choose to eat hay each day, or the natural grass that grew there. I learned to drive on that farm, and learned how to use a shotgun. He had a Winchester 12 gauge auto that was rigged to hold 8 shells. In summer, I would spend a couple of weeks there, and he would choose that time to rotate the hay in the barn, and have to shoot the rattle snakes that we would come across between hay bales.

  • @andrewruble7706
    @andrewruble7706 5 лет назад

    Another gem Zack. Sorry to hear you lost your helper already..Next time keep a case of trophy's handy. Seems they love getting them for whatever it is they do..

  • @Northern_Farmer
    @Northern_Farmer 5 лет назад

    Yea a covered drive through over the pit would be nice...the feed mill here has a incline to the pit so it drains off better

  • @ourcountryadventures
    @ourcountryadventures 5 лет назад

    You may officially be a youtuber 5 commercials though out your video. I watched them all hope it helps your pocket book. Me and my 6 and 4 year boys cant wait for your videos to come out.

  • @jimmytreadway3195
    @jimmytreadway3195 5 лет назад

    Enjoy the channel .just want to say when as an electrician when the trade wars make me loose my job I dont get any subsidies

  • @syodom623
    @syodom623 5 лет назад

    Well give some of that rain to Mississippi. We need it real bad! To dang hot as well.

  • @chase8148
    @chase8148 5 лет назад

    Zach something to consider next year call your local septic tank service and have them suck it out then you won't have stink water mucking up your yard.

  • @chadshafer8095
    @chadshafer8095 5 лет назад

    Great Video, Always enjoy watching you.

  • @madranchtrucker6955
    @madranchtrucker6955 5 лет назад

    My unofficial favorite part of farm sim, playing jenga with the equipment. Granted, virtual equipment doesnt care when you bump into walls, or other vehicles haha. Good thing I'm more careful with my day job!
    As always Zach, good stuff. Always enjoy your videos and a glimpse into farming life.

  • @paulstutelberg952
    @paulstutelberg952 4 года назад

    Hello Zach I have been following you for couple years now, I used to farm In years ago in your area in late 80s decided to subscribe. I miss it sometimes.... I enjoy your vids. Keep up the good work.

  • @mitchellwilson1997
    @mitchellwilson1997 5 лет назад +10

    You’re very lucky Zach. In Australia at the moment we’re having a massive drought, Most farmers have no water so all the crops and livestock are dying... with not a single bit of help from the Australian government, it’s really sad to see.

    • @MillennialFarmer
      @MillennialFarmer  5 лет назад +5

      I've recently started to hear a lot about this. Very sad

    • @fowletm1992
      @fowletm1992 5 лет назад +1

      East Australia is really rough at the moment
      Lots of hay being cut over here in the West to send over there
      Some areas over here got hit by frost and wiped out the wheat crop so it's being baled as well
      You cant buy a baler even if you want to the whole country is sold out atm

  • @griffendenys7468
    @griffendenys7468 5 лет назад

    Last year we planted rye as a cover crop and this spring it was so tall it was over the hood of the tractor

  • @MidniteLiquid
    @MidniteLiquid 5 лет назад

    lol. You are getting asked where the Farm Sim map is almost as many times as the average Farm Sim mod creator gets asked if a particular mod is coming to consoles.
    I bet you guys can't wait to get harvesting! Looking forward to seeing your experiences during harvest 19!
    Thanks for sharing the ins and outs of your days with us.

  • @ziicutie
    @ziicutie 5 лет назад

    correction agriculture is important everywhere in the world we can't live without food. I would say health related or food related or other things that are involved with staying alive are where the strongest markets will always be and are also the most important.

  • @outofcontrol9886
    @outofcontrol9886 5 лет назад

    GOD BLESS THE AMERICAN FARMER!!!

  • @lrcb40
    @lrcb40 5 лет назад

    Love those pups!

  • @deebodixon494
    @deebodixon494 3 года назад

    You are the man Zack attack! 💯👊🏾👊🏾

  • @colonialroofingofnorthcaro441
    @colonialroofingofnorthcaro441 5 лет назад

    Hope we get to see some of the race

  • @randallparker8477
    @randallparker8477 5 лет назад

    The week before you gotta go down in the pit, use some riddex septic enzyme down in the muck if the "water" is low put enough extra in so the riddex can work. Then when you suck it out the smelly stuff is partly brokedown/eaten by the enzymes. Not so stinky.

  • @meskwaki54
    @meskwaki54 5 лет назад

    Love that Starbuck DQ

  • @oldsailor8593
    @oldsailor8593 5 лет назад

    The money you receive is a small amount for standing tall on the front lines of this trade war that must be fought and won. Thank you to all American farmers you deserve so very much more. I pray for y’all and our President during this battle that should have been handled a long time ago. I believe he will stand with America’s farmers and remember all the sacrifices made this year!

  • @letzrockitrite8469
    @letzrockitrite8469 5 лет назад

    I love being subscribed to this channel !.... super good and interesting information .... yer humor's good too !.... always love the kids angle since I have 9 of my own... love and respect me some farmers, that's for sure..... consruction worker now in Idaho....

  • @Maxdcat12345
    @Maxdcat12345 5 лет назад +14

    To much cab corn last season? Cant wait for cab corn 2019!!!

    • @robdavis1176
      @robdavis1176 5 лет назад +4

      That's why he needed to procure an additional half load of corn. Maybe he should let his wife drive next time, and this wont happen.

  • @koolman2021
    @koolman2021 5 лет назад

    Awesome video thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @smcox1991
    @smcox1991 5 лет назад +6

    “And buy frivolous things like grain bins to impress chicks” 😂🤣😂🤦‍♂️ 17:03 that’s what she said

  • @markreetz1001
    @markreetz1001 5 лет назад

    Mannnn! You always get the coolest jobs!!

  • @dalebuchanan4224
    @dalebuchanan4224 5 лет назад +3

    If only the Australian government would see that agriculture is a big economic driver and that it is it's best interest to support farmers.....

    • @jamesheinjus6204
      @jamesheinjus6204 5 лет назад

      You're spot on there useless pricks in government

    • @fowletm1992
      @fowletm1992 5 лет назад

      Our prices are far better than what they get to make up for subsidies

  • @calebwiseman2887
    @calebwiseman2887 5 лет назад

    I love everyone of your videos and I have an addiction to watching You 😅

  • @kopenhagenkid
    @kopenhagenkid 5 лет назад +1

    Great video

  • @57fitter
    @57fitter 5 лет назад

    HI Zach! or Becky! I won't be asking about FS AT ALL. I farm with dirt, grease and real tractors. I won't say what color. I also don't want subsidies and therefore don't TAKE subsidies. The grain market isn't that bad and I sell cash grain, not forward contracts. People that need 9.00 beans to get by have leveraged themselves into trouble. That's all I have to say about that.

    • @MillennialFarmer
      @MillennialFarmer  5 лет назад +1

      So you prefer to take less money for your grain? Interesting concept.

    • @57fitter
      @57fitter 5 лет назад

      @@MillennialFarmer Zach, I said it already just like you did. I don't WANT farmer welfare. So I don't ask for it.

  • @alanwilcox2008
    @alanwilcox2008 5 лет назад +1

    Hey Zach : This is your most informative video so far.... Great Job ! ( Becky probably put it together though ) Farming is more than sitting in an A/C or heated cab all day listening to Led Zeppelin. I am 100% behind the subsidy program. It’s not welfare, it’s a business sustainability strategy.
    How was Onyx’s race? I predict Isla will be a racer too.
    Captain Al from Tampa 😎

  • @eriktwite
    @eriktwite 5 лет назад

    The subsidy thing is what it is. Ultimately we all need to make a living and keep the bills paid. More of a hand up than a hand out.

  • @MrAvfc14
    @MrAvfc14 5 лет назад +9

    Taking a subsidy is not welfare. Farmers deserve to get paid a fair wage for their products. Markets will rebound and we all will benefit from helping farmers.

    • @MillennialFarmer
      @MillennialFarmer  5 лет назад +1

      Agreed, thank you

    • @davewood406
      @davewood406 5 лет назад

      There's no reason to believe markets will rebound. Now, this crop, sure, bail out the farmers(25 to 30 billion dollars that no one voted on) but next year, if they plant unprofitable crops and put their hand out after...Well, their high horse just turned into those little horse figurines you get at TSC for your kids.

    • @MillennialFarmer
      @MillennialFarmer  5 лет назад +1

      @@davewood406 if the payments comes from the same place as it did in 2018 it's from the CCC pool, which was voted on a long time ago and is available every year for ag 'disasters'.

    • @davewood406
      @davewood406 5 лет назад

      @@MillennialFarmer HR 2157 Yeah, ag disasters, not deliberate trade policy. I have no problem assisting when unforeseen circumstances arise. When you look at signing up for your next contracts, will you move forward if those contracts are unprofitable without figuring in subsidies?

    • @MillennialFarmer
      @MillennialFarmer  5 лет назад

      @@davewood406 we never figure subsidies into a cash flow. And yes, most likely, because moving forward and planting the crop is closer to a profit than not doing anything, and there are no other 3rd crop options in our area that are anywhere near as profitable at the moment.

  • @mullet_man3388
    @mullet_man3388 5 лет назад

    so clean pits yeah are they clean

  • @pauljohnson9759
    @pauljohnson9759 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the video.

  • @sixtoes2313
    @sixtoes2313 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the video !

  • @danielevans6885
    @danielevans6885 5 лет назад

    I dont know what you would do without her! U would have never got that yellow thing fixed! Lol. That's awsome

  • @kevinwatts8784
    @kevinwatts8784 5 лет назад

    2 inch water lines work perfect for getting down spouts unclugged.