Hey I'm not a farmer but discovered your stuff on RUclips shorts and I think this is super interesting stuff and I'm thankful you've made this channel to make that possible. Thank you!
I work in landscaping and boy does this topic hit home with me. The amount of venture capital injected Harvard business school grads has done the same for loyalty to equipment, Concrete products, irrigation parts, etc. The number of vendors I have that I can rely on has dwindled down considerably in the last decade.
We are expecting our first new corn to come in by end of the week(west central IL) and everyone will be going by next week. Corn is hit and miss depending on when it went in and the ground. Beans......there's fields dropping leaves already.
I could not AGREE with you MORE. Those of us in Sustainable, locally sourced organic agriculture are a great assest to the community. This summer I did a CSA with 3 other farmers. We could only supply 90 people 1 box per month. If 90 people need 3 organic small scale farmers, there is no way we can supply +350 million Americans. Yes, this was a tough year do to drought and the CSA being new, but large scale farming feeds 95% of America. We have a long way to go if our model is to replace BIG AG.
Where I work, they don't have any people my age(20 yrs). I work in a construction equipment shop and my company just doesn't want to lose any money on training someone new or give them a fair salary. So with my job in particular every 2 years or sooner people leave. And I have only been here 9 months and I'm already considering a different job. They are only hurting themselves and can't seem to figure it out.🤷
Youre gonna find that in any repair shop no matter what industry. It boils down to its their money not yours almost every time. I left the shop i spent 5 years at over a $1.50/hr raise a year ago. Tried 2 other shops around that area with no luck. Now im making $7.50/hr more because my boss gets it. Unfortunately finding a good job nowadays is equivalent to finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
You guys hit the nail on the head with customer service with these bigger coops that seen to continue to get bigger. Not all are poor at service and products but there sure is a HUGE disconnect from management down to grunts in the field. Sad to see these once great coop locations employing 20 people at that location to n only a seasonal location now. Love the content.
I would love for you guys to have my brother on for your podcast. He really is extremely intelligent at being a mechanic on farm machinery, large equipment. He works for Deer and he knows so much with how the industry of fixing and it hurting the bottom dollar but he’s smart enough to help you get going now and not waiting a week.
Hey y’all. Been bringing the show lately. Two things I’d love hear anything about hemp farming. Things like profitability and usage for hemp products. Second, I heard someone say 2x2 farming and that sounds like the dream. Just wondering how attainable that is and the inputs it would require to be viable.
In my opinion every company (or government) starts out with a lot more Indians than chiefs but as time goes by chiefs continue to delegate out their responsibilities to new “little chiefs” who think they are now too good to actually do the work so now the few Indians who are left are overwhelmed and begin to not care.
i worked in ag after college for one of the major grain companies. long term, it won't pay super well all things considered. i made more money in year 2 of software sales than i would have in year 25 with cgb. that's an ag issue across the board
As a semi driver with an older truck, you're describing the semi truck mechanics to a tee. You can't plug a computer up to this motor to see what's wrong. The old guys know what's wrong just by listening to the motor. Problem is they're over 60 and are retiring. No point in teaching the new guys an old motor, just tell them to plug in the computer and replace the part it tells you to. My local CAT dealership won't work on truck motors anymore, they'll order and sell parts but that's it.
The problem with labor from the business owner side is also there is no loyalty. If I train you and you leave I just lost buko bucks. It's a hard problem to solve.
You should talk more about how crops are commodities...the race to the bottom. If you can add some value to the crop before it leaves the farm (package some popcorn, etc.) you could at least set your own price. I hate the price taker vs. price setter problem the farmer always faces. I know you can store crops on farm, market crops, etc. but do you really have competitive firepower doing that?
Well unfortunately the young guys now don’t care about the old stuff because they weren’t raised around it. The old guys don’t care about the new stuff because they weren’t raised around it and don’t want to deal with the technology. I’m not saying it’s right, but dealers don’t make money off the guy farming five hundred acres anymore, it’s the guy farming five thousand or more. I’ve been hearing this since I was a kid but I think it’s finally coming true. We’re going to have a handful of mega farms farming all the ground in any given county and that will be about it. Sad but probably true!
I worked in the customer service industry for years and it was always said that the customer comes 1st and now no one gives a shit. Go to grocery stores or McDonald’s where there tends to be a younger generation working the cash and they don’t pay attention to customers they talk to each other instead of the customer and IMO it is so fkn rude to not even say hi. As a customers we pay your salaries and if another company comes along adopts the missing links in customer service well your outta business and that’s the bottom line.
Waiting for the day you guys start talking about yield farming crypto and using DeFi. A few simple interest starters would be staked eth, aave interest-bearing tokens or Alchemix self-repaying loans -Not financial advice, there are risks involved
My grandpa was born in 1936. There was only one country he referenced during his tyraids. I was lumped in with that country once in second grade when i did a shitty job burying a water main I dug myself by hand. He made me a hand that day and not a finger. I am a better man for it.
At the farm store I asked the young clerk if they carried a "draw knife," he looked at me like I was a damn alien then said "uh, you mean like, for drawing?" then pointed to their pocket knives. The older clerk behind him looked like he wanted to slap him upside the head then took me to where they were
My family farms 8000 acres in central North Dakota. And we absolutely no till and have a joke dont wear nice shoes to the bank. Church is ok but not required. Lol
The pandemic just exasperated this problem. The “Great Resignation” is here. Technology is not in a place to replace all of this skilled labor that we are going to be losing. End result is everyone suffers
Man you guys need to get mike roe on this podcast , alot of what tork was saying is the labor problem, the reson these places dont have youth to work the floors is bc all the youth are getting gender dagrees
as a business owner, your plumber is 100% correct. finding good people is literally the hardest part of business.
Hey I'm not a farmer but discovered your stuff on RUclips shorts and I think this is super interesting stuff and I'm thankful you've made this channel to make that possible. Thank you!
I work in landscaping and boy does this topic hit home with me. The amount of venture capital injected Harvard business school grads has done the same for loyalty to equipment, Concrete products, irrigation parts, etc. The number of vendors I have that I can rely on has dwindled down considerably in the last decade.
We are expecting our first new corn to come in by end of the week(west central IL) and everyone will be going by next week. Corn is hit and miss depending on when it went in and the ground. Beans......there's fields dropping leaves already.
I could not AGREE with you MORE. Those of us in Sustainable, locally sourced organic agriculture are a great assest to the community. This summer I did a CSA with 3 other farmers. We could only supply 90 people 1 box per month. If 90 people need 3 organic small scale farmers, there is no way we can supply +350 million Americans. Yes, this was a tough year do to drought and the CSA being new, but large scale farming feeds 95% of America. We have a long way to go if our model is to replace BIG AG.
Where I work, they don't have any people my age(20 yrs). I work in a construction equipment shop and my company just doesn't want to lose any money on training someone new or give them a fair salary. So with my job in particular every 2 years or sooner people leave. And I have only been here 9 months and I'm already considering a different job. They are only hurting themselves and can't seem to figure it out.🤷
Youre gonna find that in any repair shop no matter what industry. It boils down to its their money not yours almost every time. I left the shop i spent 5 years at over a $1.50/hr raise a year ago. Tried 2 other shops around that area with no luck. Now im making $7.50/hr more because my boss gets it. Unfortunately finding a good job nowadays is equivalent to finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Your language makes it to where I will not lessen to this around my children.
Same
You guys hit the nail on the head with customer service with these bigger coops that seen to continue to get bigger. Not all are poor at service and products but there sure is a HUGE disconnect from management down to grunts in the field. Sad to see these once great coop locations employing 20 people at that location to n only a seasonal location now. Love the content.
Swearing is like the ultimate show of passion behind words. I do the very same. If I'm swearing I'm caring
I would love for you guys to have my brother on for your podcast. He really is extremely intelligent at being a mechanic on farm machinery, large equipment. He works for Deer and he knows so much with how the industry of fixing and it hurting the bottom dollar but he’s smart enough to help you get going now and not waiting a week.
Hey y’all. Been bringing the show lately. Two things
I’d love hear anything about hemp farming. Things like profitability and usage for hemp products.
Second, I heard someone say 2x2 farming and that sounds like the dream. Just wondering how attainable that is and the inputs it would require to be viable.
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I hope y’all are doing good! Thank you for gift!🙏🏻
Labor is considered a commodity, but SKILLED labor is definitely not a commodity.
In my opinion every company (or government) starts out with a lot more Indians than chiefs but as time goes by chiefs continue to delegate out their responsibilities to new “little chiefs” who think they are now too good to actually do the work so now the few Indians who are left are overwhelmed and begin to not care.
i worked in ag after college for one of the major grain companies. long term, it won't pay super well all things considered. i made more money in year 2 of software sales than i would have in year 25 with cgb. that's an ag issue across the board
You ain’t the only fucking one Sawyer!😂😂😂😂😮
Great episode!
It was a D John Deere. It was 100 years since the first one rolled off the line. 1923 to 2023
As a semi driver with an older truck, you're describing the semi truck mechanics to a tee. You can't plug a computer up to this motor to see what's wrong. The old guys know what's wrong just by listening to the motor. Problem is they're over 60 and are retiring. No point in teaching the new guys an old motor, just tell them to plug in the computer and replace the part it tells you to. My local CAT dealership won't work on truck motors anymore, they'll order and sell parts but that's it.
Blah-hahaha 2:40 as he was saying it, I was thinking about that movie!
The problem with labor from the business owner side is also there is no loyalty. If I train you and you leave I just lost buko bucks. It's a hard problem to solve.
I hear you embracing part of the change in Ag but partly frustration for what's been killed off. I think it used to be a lot better myself.
Do you ever get the sense what they're doing is slowly retiring your family farm right along with the local ag service?
"The easiest way to ruin a small (company) is to turn it into a big (company)." Insert the word (farm) and consider if the same principles apply.
Wooo Barntalk!!!
You should talk more about how crops are commodities...the race to the bottom. If you can add some value to the crop before it leaves the farm (package some popcorn, etc.) you could at least set your own price. I hate the price taker vs. price setter problem the farmer always faces. I know you can store crops on farm, market crops, etc. but do you really have competitive firepower doing that?
Well unfortunately the young guys now don’t care about the old stuff because they weren’t raised around it. The old guys don’t care about the new stuff because they weren’t raised around it and don’t want to deal with the technology. I’m not saying it’s right, but dealers don’t make money off the guy farming five hundred acres anymore, it’s the guy farming five thousand or more. I’ve been hearing this since I was a kid but I think it’s finally coming true. We’re going to have a handful of mega farms farming all the ground in any given county and that will be about it. Sad but probably true!
Barn Talk "B.T.O." love it
Love it buddy
I worked in the customer service industry for years and it was always said that the customer comes 1st and now no one gives a shit. Go to grocery stores or McDonald’s where there tends to be a younger generation working the cash and they don’t pay attention to customers they talk to each other instead of the customer and IMO it is so fkn rude to not even say hi. As a customers we pay your salaries and if another company comes along adopts the missing links in customer service well your outta business and that’s the bottom line.
You do have a good podcast 😊
I heard you cuss and thought "he sounds just like me"
Waiting for the day you guys start talking about yield farming crypto and using DeFi. A few simple interest starters would be staked eth, aave interest-bearing tokens or Alchemix self-repaying loans -Not financial advice, there are risks involved
Hog man is back again
Talk to some more mechanics and talk more about equipment service and heavy industrial maintenance
My grandpa was born in 1936. There was only one country he referenced during his tyraids. I was lumped in with that country once in second grade when i did a shitty job burying a water main I dug myself by hand. He made me a hand that day and not a finger. I am a better man for it.
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At the farm store I asked the young clerk if they carried a "draw knife," he looked at me like I was a damn alien then said "uh, you mean like, for drawing?" then pointed to their pocket knives.
The older clerk behind him looked like he wanted to slap him upside the head then took me to where they were
Only use the f bomb maybe once or twice per show. It becomes tasteless if cussing is over used. That’s just my view. All good I love your show!
If you raised and loaded pigs, you learned how to swear young. Lol. I could swear pretty good by 14.
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My family farms 8000 acres in central North Dakota. And we absolutely no till and have a joke dont wear nice shoes to the bank. Church is ok but not required. Lol
Your pork is pretty good too
Barn Talk is for men what the View is for women
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The pandemic just exasperated this problem. The “Great Resignation” is here. Technology is not in a place to replace all of this skilled labor that we are going to be losing. End result is everyone suffers
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Don’t quit cussin because people are upset about it that’s how real people are! Keep it real no one really cares
If you’ve farmed as long as you claim you haven’t learned much
Man you guys need to get mike roe on this podcast , alot of what tork was saying is the labor problem, the reson these places dont have youth to work the floors is bc all the youth are getting gender dagrees
Yanks are gas, first 5 minutes talking about swearing
Your microphone is just like a mask for 3rd graders.
Im a little hard of hearing and i need to see your mouth moving.
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