good day, greetings from Slovenia, Europe, we have a very small farm with 9 bulls and outdated equipment, tractors 20+ years old, and my eyes light up when I see your machines. enjoy your work, greetings from Slovenia
It's also what will destroy the society. At 11:04 you can see the soil that is bare dirt. No cover crop, excessive tillage, no organic matter, and the bacteria die, releasing carbon into the air and forcing "farmers" to use synthetic fertilizer. It's also bad because the soil absorbs less water, so you are more vulnerable to drought. The soil being dried also means water washes away the top part instead of seeping in.
Nearly 60% of the world's agricultural land is used for beef production, yet beef accounts for less than 2% of the calories that are consumed throughout the world.
Love watching your content with my 6 year old daughter so she can see that there's nothing that a girl can't accomplish if she works hard. Thanks and keep it coming.
This girl was raised by her dad, taught all the time, probably an only child, no boys. Dad had noone else to teach, and she was apparently willing to do it.
You are a great personality so that's one reason why I really enjoy your Channel, but as a young feller I was a farm boy in upstate New York, and you're bringing back so many memories even though we raised cattle and sheep, we were helping out neighbors during harvest. During the summer I was tossing bales and then the fall it was corn. I wasn't tossing corn that would be silly... Those were great days. Gosh it's been 50 years. Holy smokes! I miss my FFA jacket 😕 But anyway, love the channel, love the nostalgia and I can't wait to watch more. 💜🌞 May peace and love be with you always, Brother John-Magdalene, SJC
I have no idea why this was recommended to me... But I love it! This is information that EVERYONE needs to know so that they know how much work actually goes into farming!
Unfortunately, @@lenas1471, there's a lot of people that don't even know where the food in grocery stores come from. The farther you get from farm land, the less is known about it.
Americas farmers. Some of the most underrated and underappreciated heroes of America. They should be given an equal level of support as our emergency workers. Without them, we don't eat.
I remember back in the 70's those cutting blades were soft riveted to the bar. Nice to see they are bolted in these days which makes it easier to do a field repair. I'm guessing though they are also easier to vibrate loose?
Your family reminds me A LOT of mine who were farmers. Most of my cousins drove the machines like you are. When I would go to visit during the summer one of my uncles would put me to work too, and I made a little money while I was there. He had a spray rig on the front of a tractor with 6 seat across the front with spray wands going to each, and we would spray for Morning Glory & Cockleburs. Mind you this was eons ago before the cancer lawsuits from herbicides started happening, I don't know if spraying is still done that way anymore. They used to farm wheat, soybeans, cotton, and occasionally milo.
I just stumbled onto your channel and think it's really great because it lets people who live in the cities see exactly what it takes to put the food they buy in the market.
Glad to see a fellow Nebraska farm person on RUclips. Grew in the rural countryside myself as a boy. I took care of livestock, chicken eggs and all, plus attended one of the few remaining rural public schools back then up in Burt County (until it closed). Be proud of your days on the farm, as it's freedom most folks in the city have no understanding of.
So great I found this. Many many years ago my aunt and uncle had a 1500 acre farm just south of Ritzville, WA. As kids we would visit and we had a blast. They had crops and also cattle, pigs, chickens and who knows what else. My uncle decided to start a combine inside the metal barn and also decided to not tell the rest of us. About killed me from a heart attack. Man. My cousin used to have the job of crawling under the combine to clear branches and debris while it sat there idling. This was way back in the 1970s. My uncle retired the year before mount saint Helens erupted dumping ash all over eastern Washington. He had sold the farm to someone else. Had a bunch of great times there. It’s fun to see a modern version of farming like this. Stay safe and healthy Laura, Grant and family.
I live in southern MN and see the farmers in the fields all the time, but I never knew what was going on. Thanks for explaining everything so well. And, your dad seems super funny.
You guys are super cool and what a great influence you will have on the “younger” viewers, I have no qualms about my kids watching your show! Live the dream guys and keep up the hard work 👍🏼
Hi Laura, I'm a weldor down here in Louisiana and I do a lot of contract work on grain bins, pits, rice mills, hopper bottom trailers, combines, grain carts, ect. and one of the best solutions I found to combat bad smells is Vics vapor rub. Just put some in you nostrils and reapply when it starts to ware off. Vics has helped me keep down many a meal.
Vic's is an old wives tale. The only it does is make a bad smell, smell like a bad smell & Vic's. Cops gag too Laura, don't let anyone tell you differently.
I like watching the big equipment. Your dads stuff. But I fully understand the new setup. I know nothing about farming, just watching you. We all appreciate your happy attitude.
Those units that do the cutting are sickle sections (the part you found laying in the header). Some are smooth, others are serrated (such as yours). As the sickle moves back/forth, the sickle sections cut the stems against ledger plates. They are removable plates on the guards that provide the shear edge for the sickle sections to work against, cutting the stems. This is how they worked in former days ... Also, in former days, the sickle sections were rivetted to the bar, not bolted such as yours. We used 7 Ft sickle mowers to cut grass crops. The sickle sections were smooth. We replaced the sickles once or twice per day before sharpening. After a season, the sections were worn out and all sections were knocked off (rivets drilled out), and replaced with new sections. Also, the ledger plates on the guards were replaced once per season - drill out the rivets and replace. As a side note, being able to cut 25-30A per day, per mower, was a very productive day. With three mowers, we had to put in long day to get 80A cut.
Interesting, we called the part that Laura found in the bean head a "knife section" and yep, in my day they were smooth not serrated but the ledger plates were serrated. (sort of) We would pull the whole knife bar out each day and sharpen each smooth knife section cutting surface. At the same time we checked each knife section for "tightness" and if it was loose we had a railroad iron section we used as a portable anvil and we would take a ball peen hammer and "swell" the rivets to make each knife section tight. If a knife section broke we would grind off the top of the rivet and then use a hammer and punch to drive the rivet out. We never used a drill. I don't think our mower would have had the clearance to allow for bolts to be used to hold the knife sections in. Aaaahhhh the good ol days.
@@InquisitiveSearcher Yes, ... I think I remember "knife section" used as well. Yes, smooth sections and serrated ledger plates. Oh my, ... the railroad iron portable anvil, ... right on point!!! We had one that was about 8" long and heavy. But, you are exactly right. It could be put under the sickle bar as the anvil when doing the rivets. We had a heavy hammer and some punches to do the setting of the rivets. We had no portable grinder, hence the use of drill. We had a large, very heavy 1/2" Milwaukee drill for these uses. For the sickle sections, we used a cold chisel to cut off the heads, then a pin punch to drove out the rivet. No, our mower would not have room for bolts either. We used 7 ft New Idea pull-behind mowers for cutting/swathing grass crops. We also did some straight cutting of Spring grains (wheat, barley, oats) with a JD 55 combine, 12 foot header. This was very easy cutting, when compared to cutting the seed crops with the New Idea mowers. I wonder why we did not use hot rivets?
When I was a kid my Grandpa bought a section of ground that came with a grain bin on it. It was full of corn which had sat for a couple years & rain had leaked into it, BAD! After removing the rotten loose corn, there was a 2’ thick crust of corn stuck to walls from top to bottom. It took us a week to clean that out. The smell, UNH. Had to wear respirators for the mold dust also. There’s not many things worse than rotten grain smell!! 😆
Glad you're showing that part off Laura people need to learn that even though we have a good time when we're harvesting and when we're planting and so on there are still unpleasant tasks absolute worst thing that I've ever run into is spilled rotten soybeans. It's even worse than rotten corn. I don't care how nice and how tight and operation you run there's always going to be something smelly on a farm even if there's not any animals on the farm it all goes with territory
Really enjoy your videos!! I know nothing about farming, but have learned so much watching your videos. Thanks ! Your upbeat personality shines thru to your viewers.
As Aldo Leopold noted, there are two dangers in not owning a farm; you think food comes from the grocery store and you think heat comes from the furnace. Farmers feed our nation and much of the world, God bless them.
I work @ a grain elevator in Iowa with my dad with something short of about a million bushels storage between 12 grain bins. Between those bins, our triple stack dryer, 4 grain legs, and 2 drive over pits ive had this same job more than I can even count. And yes, Rotten corn and especially rotten Soybeans= for sure the worst smells. And watching you doing it, well I'm glad I'm not the only woman doing a job like this Lol but I don't have any field experience so props to you!
Love your channel! You may introduce many people to what farming entails. You have tremendous talent in media so I hope your dad can afford to keep you on the farm. Hope you can keep up that excellent reporting on the farm.
I had to sort out the sump pump in the dump pit, pipe dislodged above my head when the guy up top started the pump, got a shower in hot ( pump had been running blocked in the sump) rotting corn and water, couldn't get the smell out of my skin for a week. Both of us were laughing, one of us was almost barfing, fun times.
yrs. ago i worked at a small feed mill. i would deliver feed and farm supplies to local farmers (amish and english). pig manure was always the worst thing that i smelled. sometimes we had to pick up ear corn out of the corn cribs. had to be careful of mice and rats not running up your pants. sometimes we had to go into the pit and clean out all of the feed near the grinder. the wet, rotted, moldy feed. yuck. not fun at all but i am glad for the expierance.
I am extremely grateful for the people and families that do this work so I can have the comforts of just going to stores to purchase these things and have access to these amenities.
The muck coming out of the bucket elevator. 1) Vicks vapor rub applied beneath your nostrils will help with the stench. 2) You don't necessarily need a full blown hardhat, but a field hockey helmet will help protect your noggin.
All the little Gen z marshmallows can learn a little from your positive attitude and great work ethic. You have given me a little more hope for our future.
I've lived in farm country for 16 years- big farms just like this surround me- yet I know less than nothing about farming. I'm really enjoying watching this and I feel like I've learned a lot. THanks
Great content. Love to learn and I live in Nebraska and love watching the cycle of farming in the fields. With channels like this people can see the effort that goes into feeding us all. Also had a good look at how hard it is without all this technology when I was in Afghanistan and a big piece of our efforts to help them move away from poppy farming was to donate or sell the country modern farming equipment which not only helps people make money but also just feed themselves.
A "Slip Clutch" is a torque overload protection device. It's installed in a shaft system where something down stream could jam and it "slips" so the transmission or engine up stream won't get damaged when it is over loaded.
@Fred54 : I always thought of the ratcheting slip clutch as protecting the more delicate downstream device from being destroyed by the much more powerful and robust upstream equipment. The clutch limits how much power can be applied to the downstream hardware.
@@joefudd Torque limiters are good too ... but they need a microswitch controlling an indicator showing when they're open (or even shutting down the power to the drive), as driving a torque limiter for too long where the load half is stalled will destroy the torque limiter.
Family working together. It is Great to see such great personality coming through. While Im sure you hear it more than you want but you really are a beautiful person. Your work ethic and integrity is going to make someone very happy someday. Its awesome seeing you guys in action. The hard work of farming is so rewarding but its even better when you have individuals like this that keep smiling even when things get tough or stinky. Thumbs up. Keep smiling!
I love how you're show people what farmers do and how they bring food, etc. to our tables. You have a very beautiful smile 😍 thank you I am now hooked on your videos
When I was growing up we had some round-top hopper cars on the siding at the Pesotum in-town tower that took on the dregs of a silo full of soybeans. They got left sitting there and the rocking and wind and age of the ties ended up letting two drop their trucks down between the rails. The IC showed up to snatch them away and discovered they had five month old soybean dregs in them and had been open to the weather so they hooked up to a hydrant and washed em down on the ballast. They used a re-railer and left with the cars but left about 5 tons of soy laying in the tower's siding... at the start of the rains. A hard-up Opossum decided to try to eat some and died in the pile. Flies came and laid eggs and their maggots died in the pile. 25lbs of lye and about 300lbs of crushed rock salt were spread on the mess and the smell mostly went away. There was rotting soy between the rails for six more years. Laura... remember to clean out that bucket boot at the end of harvest. Soybeans smell so nice when they're not rotten. You simply do not ever want to discover rotting rats in the bucket boot in the rotting soy.
It's so nice to see other farmers in action in different parts of the country. I farmed with my grandpa in South East Arkansas my whole life. We grew Soybeans and Cotton, mostly Cotton. Nothing like farming, lot of blood sweat and tears with a lot of memories.
Wow kudos to Dad/Grandpa for designing that sump pump set up!👍 Looks like the concrete was formed so it drains out and away too. Very well thought out. I imagine he figured that out after having to clean pits out the old fashioned way.
Iowa boy born and raised, but now I live in Florida. This is so awesome to see. Reminds me of my days back home playing on farms and climbing through the barns. Youre adorable and awesome. Thank you for the videos.
That’s what you would think but most farmers don’t do that because 1. It’s usually freezing outside at the end of harvest and 2. They just want to be done for the winter so they simply put it off until the next year. Might sound stupid but you would understand if you did all this work
Right On. Most of the work is done after harvest and cleaning up equipment is part of it, definitely makes your equipment last longer, stay in better condition , and ready to go for next season. Most of all it helps cut down on unnecessary expenses.
@@VonBluesman I noticed all of the corrosion inside the conveyor box that the rotted beans had caused. The box was galvanized steel. It needs to be stainless.
I'm from Florida. I used to work in the sugar plants in south Florida. When they shut down the plant they perform a total clean out plant wide. This mainly done to keep the corrosion in the steel structure and the equipment. Strongly recommend putting this practice in place in your plant.
good day, greetings from Slovenia, Europe, we have a very small farm with 9 bulls and outdated equipment, tractors 20+ years old, and my eyes light up when I see your machines.
enjoy your work, greetings from Slovenia
This is what actually keeps society running people, so a big thanks to all the farmers!
It's also what will destroy the society. At 11:04 you can see the soil that is bare dirt. No cover crop, excessive tillage, no organic matter, and the bacteria die, releasing carbon into the air and forcing "farmers" to use synthetic fertilizer. It's also bad because the soil absorbs less water, so you are more vulnerable to drought. The soil being dried also means water washes away the top part instead of seeping in.
Did I keep you waiting.
As well as the machinery manufacturers, fuel producers etc. You can extend this to a very big part of the society.
Nearly 60% of the world's agricultural land is used for beef production, yet beef accounts for less than 2% of the calories that are consumed throughout the world.
need to replace all farmers with machines. will be more efficient. we just keep the farmers so they feel like they do something.
Props Dad for raising a solid young woman!
Great to see the family team work!
@King Xerxes you have to be the direct result of a failed planned parenthood meeting!
What are you Canadian?
@King Xerxes your weakness is so obvious!
Something tells me you and your kind will soon starve.
@King Xerxes tf is wrong with you
@King Xerxes your crying because you need to work? good god when did you lose your testicles???
Huge THANkYOU to the men and women who till the ground and grow the seeds. The farmers of America need everything they can get .. Bravo Zulu!!!
So cool to see your Dad show you the ropes and for you to embrace farm life. Really an inspiration.
Suburbanite here. I just stumbled on this. Thanks for doing this. Very cool. Great info and presentation.
Love watching your content with my 6 year old daughter so she can see that there's nothing that a girl can't accomplish if she works hard. Thanks and keep it coming.
This girl was raised by her dad, taught all the time, probably an only child, no boys. Dad had noone else to teach, and she was apparently willing to do it.
pumping the bilge over the electrical cord plugged into an open cabinet is BRILLIANT!
You are a great personality so that's one reason why I really enjoy your Channel, but as a young feller I was a farm boy in upstate New York, and you're bringing back so many memories even though we raised cattle and sheep, we were helping out neighbors during harvest. During the summer I was tossing bales and then the fall it was corn. I wasn't tossing corn that would be silly... Those were great days. Gosh it's been 50 years. Holy smokes! I miss my FFA jacket 😕 But anyway, love the channel, love the nostalgia and I can't wait to watch more. 💜🌞 May peace and love be with you always, Brother John-Magdalene, SJC
I have no idea why this was recommended to me... But I love it!
This is information that EVERYONE needs to know so that they know how much work actually goes into farming!
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Unfortunately, @@lenas1471, there's a lot of people that don't even know where the food in grocery stores come from. The farther you get from farm land, the less is known about it.
just caught this today, (4.24.22) brings back some stinky memories, good on ya for hangin in there, I feel for ya.
Thanks for growing America's food! We are very appreciative and proud of you and all of America's farmers!
alot of it feeds the animals you eat
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OMG! those boots and the shorts..... Amazing! What a woman. Keep it up. America needs more of what you have.
Americas farmers. Some of the most underrated and underappreciated heroes of America. They should be given an equal level of support as our emergency workers. Without them, we don't eat.
Yep you’re right they’re right up. There with us truck driver’s. When it comes to under appreciation.
@@christopherbentley6647 not every family can or will garden for themselves. they'll starve first. So, thank you farmers
@@daftnord4957 its something people can learn, until they have sucess with own products they need to buy food of course.
I agree completely I come from a farming family and the work just never stops . So many thanks to all the farmers out there You guys are the BEST!!!
I remember back in the 70's those cutting blades were soft riveted to the bar. Nice to see they are bolted in these days which makes it easier to do a field repair. I'm guessing though they are also easier to vibrate loose?
Respect! Thank you farmers for all your hard work, and for all the delicious food! You're the backbone of this Country!
Your family reminds me A LOT of mine who were farmers. Most of my cousins drove the machines like you are. When I would go to visit during the summer one of my uncles would put me to work too, and I made a little money while I was there. He had a spray rig on the front of a tractor with 6 seat across the front with spray wands going to each, and we would spray for Morning Glory & Cockleburs. Mind you this was eons ago before the cancer lawsuits from herbicides started happening, I don't know if spraying is still done that way anymore. They used to farm wheat, soybeans, cotton, and occasionally milo.
I just stumbled onto your channel and think it's really great because it lets people who live in the cities see exactly what it takes to put the food they buy in the market.
Most are so unconscious it seems like they think food is made in the back of the grocery store.
I remember performing some of those jobs on the farm. Sometimes, nothing was nice and you were just surrounded with crap all day long.
This is one the best recommended videos from RUclips. I admire this people. I appreciate more every time I get to eat food
Boot pits keep the harvest moving! Be thankful you can use them!🤠
I love how much you are enjoying yourself. Your joy is contagious!
Very pretty smile
I know absolutely zero about farming. City boy. Randomly clicked on a thumbnail one day, now I cant stop watching. Its fascinating
You have the best smile on the internet. Brightens up my day.😀
Creep
Calm down
Down bad
I love these farmers! Even if it takes FIFTEEN HOURS to get from my Plains to their furrowed fields, I’d pitch in.
This reminds me of Clarkson’s farm. Ever since that show I’ve been so intrigued by how incredible farmers are.
I'm right there with you. I found this channel as a recommendation from my latest obsession of Farm Simulator 22.
Glad to see a fellow Nebraska farm person on RUclips. Grew in the rural countryside myself as a boy. I took care of livestock, chicken eggs and all, plus attended one of the few remaining rural public schools back then up in Burt County (until it closed). Be proud of your days on the farm, as it's freedom most folks in the city have no understanding of.
I’ve been so intrigued by how incredible farmers are
So great I found this. Many many years ago my aunt and uncle had a 1500 acre farm just south of Ritzville, WA. As kids we would visit and we had a blast. They had crops and also cattle, pigs, chickens and who knows what else. My uncle decided to start a combine inside the metal barn and also decided to not tell the rest of us. About killed me from a heart attack. Man. My cousin used to have the job of crawling under the combine to clear branches and debris while it sat there idling. This was way back in the 1970s. My uncle retired the year before mount saint Helens erupted dumping ash all over eastern Washington. He had sold the farm to someone else. Had a bunch of great times there. It’s fun to see a modern version of farming like this. Stay safe and healthy Laura, Grant and family.
Proud of you, smart and determined using her life to make an ever better one with her passion of content creating! props girl you deserve it!!!!
impressed with your cleaning skills btw! i need one of you at my house ! lol
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY 💕💕 to you young lady!!!! GOD BLESS you !!!!!
I live in southern MN and see the farmers in the fields all the time, but I never knew what was going on. Thanks for explaining everything so well. And, your dad seems super funny.
What a beautiful down to earth hard working person. Why do I never meet ladies like this in Toronto :( . lol
You guys are super cool and what a great influence you will have on the “younger” viewers, I have no qualms about my kids watching your show! Live the dream guys and keep up the hard work 👍🏼
Very impressive, look,smarts,drive, determination, you go for it .
I was today years old when I found out this channel exists, and I love it.
This is my second video today from this channel and I am learning a lot.
Love how she teaches the viewers!
That how I learned how to use tractor now 13 and driving tractors around jeering harvest
@@lucasdennis1952 cool i run more construction type equitment (excavators, dozers, etc)
@@sdfarms2297 I can drive a harvester and a grain truck etc
How wonderful it is to be alone with nature outside the big city
Hi Laura, I'm a weldor down here in Louisiana and I do a lot of contract work on grain bins, pits, rice mills, hopper bottom trailers, combines, grain carts, ect. and one of the best solutions I found to combat bad smells is Vics vapor rub. Just put some in you nostrils and reapply when it starts to ware off. Vics has helped me keep down many a meal.
Vic's is an old wives tale. The only it does is make a bad smell, smell like a bad smell & Vic's. Cops gag too Laura, don't let anyone tell you differently.
so glad i am too old to comment on this video. makes my life simpler. farming is beautiful.
When you deal with stinky stuff take spongy ear plugs that are pliable and put them in your nose. Works every time for me..
A little vicks salve under your nose is good too.
I like watching the big equipment. Your dads stuff. But I fully understand the new setup. I know nothing about farming, just watching you. We all appreciate your happy attitude.
“Think he will probably dump into me on this load”. My kid brian kicked in. Holy shit I laughed so hard.
Searched the comments just for this!
Your a Beautiful breath of fresh air. When compared to these other crazy ladies on youtube. Even when your doing stinky work.
Those units that do the cutting are sickle sections (the part you found laying in the header). Some are smooth, others are serrated (such as yours). As the sickle moves back/forth, the sickle sections cut the stems against ledger plates. They are removable plates on the guards that provide the shear edge for the sickle sections to work against, cutting the stems. This is how they worked in former days ...
Also, in former days, the sickle sections were rivetted to the bar, not bolted such as yours.
We used 7 Ft sickle mowers to cut grass crops. The sickle sections were smooth. We replaced the sickles once or twice per day before sharpening. After a season, the sections were worn out and all sections were knocked off (rivets drilled out), and replaced with new sections. Also, the ledger plates on the guards were replaced once per season - drill out the rivets and replace. As a side note, being able to cut 25-30A per day, per mower, was a very productive day. With three mowers, we had to put in long day to get 80A cut.
Interesting, we called the part that Laura found in the bean head a "knife section" and yep, in my day they were smooth not serrated but the ledger plates were serrated. (sort of) We would pull the whole knife bar out each day and sharpen each smooth knife section cutting surface. At the same time we checked each knife section for "tightness" and if it was loose we had a railroad iron section we used as a portable anvil and we would take a ball peen hammer and "swell" the rivets to make each knife section tight. If a knife section broke we would grind off the top of the rivet and then use a hammer and punch to drive the rivet out. We never used a drill. I don't think our mower would have had the clearance to allow for bolts to be used to hold the knife sections in. Aaaahhhh the good ol days.
@@InquisitiveSearcher Yes, ... I think I remember "knife section" used as well. Yes, smooth sections and serrated ledger plates. Oh my, ... the railroad iron portable anvil, ... right on point!!! We had one that was about 8" long and heavy. But, you are exactly right. It could be put under the sickle bar as the anvil when doing the rivets. We had a heavy hammer and some punches to do the setting of the rivets. We had no portable grinder, hence the use of drill. We had a large, very heavy 1/2" Milwaukee drill for these uses. For the sickle sections, we used a cold chisel to cut off the heads, then a pin punch to drove out the rivet. No, our mower would not have room for bolts either. We used 7 ft New Idea pull-behind mowers for cutting/swathing grass crops. We also did some straight cutting of Spring grains (wheat, barley, oats) with a JD 55 combine, 12 foot header. This was very easy cutting, when compared to cutting the seed crops with the New Idea mowers.
I wonder why we did not use hot rivets?
I have repaired many of those sections. Ours was riveted in place.
Beautiful eyes on a beautiful down to earth girl, good luck guys, you will have to be impressive and real to win her.
When I was a kid my Grandpa bought a section of ground that came with a grain bin on it. It was full of corn which had sat for a couple years & rain had leaked into it, BAD! After removing the rotten loose corn, there was a 2’ thick crust of corn stuck to walls from top to bottom. It took us a week to clean that out. The smell, UNH. Had to wear respirators for the mold dust also. There’s not many things worse than rotten grain smell!! 😆
Be happy they developed a bolt that can be used to attach the sickle blades and you do not have to replace sickle blades that are riveted into place.
Glad you're showing that part off Laura people need to learn that even though we have a good time when we're harvesting and when we're planting and so on there are still unpleasant tasks absolute worst thing that I've ever run into is spilled rotten soybeans. It's even worse than rotten corn. I don't care how nice and how tight and operation you run there's always going to be something smelly on a farm even if there's not any animals on the farm it all goes with territory
Lol I grew up on a farm, however there is nothing worse than the smell of a week old corpse in an Iraqi sewer ditch...just saying
JUST BECAUSE YOU GREW UP ON A FARM DOESNT MEAN YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH NEVER USING A COMMA OR A PERIOD IN YOUR LIFE.
I'd throw out 4 day old dead cow as a pretty stinky situation. I think potato silage beats it, though.
The cow exploded when I tried to move it...
@@aaronsanborn4291 yeh dead things especially animals or humans smell way worse than rotten plant matter
Homeboy jumping the tractor loves to wake and bake 😂😂
Really enjoy your videos!! I know nothing about farming, but have learned so much watching your videos. Thanks !
Your upbeat personality shines thru to your viewers.
Thank you for farming the beans! Love 'em. Yummy Yummy Yummy.
As Aldo Leopold noted, there are two dangers in not owning a farm; you think food comes from the grocery store and you think heat comes from the furnace. Farmers feed our nation and much of the world, God bless them.
Nothing better than the farming life in my humble opinion
God bless....Prayers for your grandpa and continued success
I work @ a grain elevator in Iowa with my dad with something short of about a million bushels storage between 12 grain bins. Between those bins, our triple stack dryer, 4 grain legs, and 2 drive over pits ive had this same job more than I can even count. And yes, Rotten corn and especially rotten Soybeans= for sure the worst smells. And watching you doing it, well I'm glad I'm not the only woman doing a job like this Lol but I don't have any field experience so props to you!
Love your channel! You may introduce many people to what farming entails. You have tremendous talent in media so I hope your dad can afford to keep you on the farm. Hope you can keep up that excellent reporting on the farm.
at 4:17 the reason the impact couldn't loosen the bolt is because it looks like it was turning clockwise, therefore tightening the nut.
The dry heaves were priceless! Very cool to see how farming takes place!
And when she said dump into me
Brings back fond memories of my childhood!
Love this....so relaxing to watch experts work. I grew up watching combines do their thing on our farm. I can watch them all day.
Country girls farming are my new favorite YT channels. Great vid.
Watched one video (this one) and now I'm hooked. Guess we're harvesting together this year. Lets do it!!
I had to sort out the sump pump in the dump pit, pipe dislodged above my head when the guy up top started the pump, got a shower in hot ( pump had been running blocked in the sump) rotting corn and water, couldn't get the smell out of my skin for a week. Both of us were laughing, one of us was almost barfing, fun times.
What a great group of people! It's inspiring to see you all working together as a team. Thanks for sharing this and God bless you all.
yrs. ago i worked at a small feed mill. i would deliver feed and farm supplies to local farmers (amish and english). pig manure was always the worst thing that i smelled. sometimes we had to pick up ear corn out of the corn cribs. had to be careful of mice and rats not running up your pants. sometimes we had to go into the pit and clean out all of the feed near the grinder. the wet, rotted, moldy feed. yuck. not fun at all but i am glad for the expierance.
Dad's sense of humor is great, sneaking in behind u.
Used to love the start of harvest, best time of the year, also like to see the Macdon header, used to work for them
love your videos, nice to see a family working together.
I am extremely grateful for the people and families that do this work so I can have the comforts of just going to stores to purchase these things and have access to these amenities.
Then why are the shelves becoming bare? I will tell you, it is not their fault.
The muck coming out of the bucket elevator.
1) Vicks vapor rub applied beneath your nostrils will help with the stench.
2) You don't necessarily need a full blown hardhat, but a field hockey helmet will help protect your noggin.
or even a bicycle helmet
A SCBA air pack or at least a cartridge filter whole face mask with an NBC filter. We wear these at work when it gets really bad.
@@joefudd Probably overkill for a job they do once or twice a year.
All the little Gen z marshmallows can learn a little from your positive attitude and great work ethic. You have given me a little more hope for our future.
I really appreciated this video and all that you and your family do. Thank you for sharing.
I've lived in farm country for 16 years- big farms just like this surround me- yet I know less than nothing about farming. I'm really enjoying watching this and I feel like I've learned a lot. THanks
Great content. Love to learn and I live in Nebraska and love watching the cycle of farming in the fields. With channels like this people can see the effort that goes into feeding us all. Also had a good look at how hard it is without all this technology when I was in Afghanistan and a big piece of our efforts to help them move away from poppy farming was to donate or sell the country modern farming equipment which not only helps people make money but also just feed themselves.
tha'ts pretty cool!
Red worms love that stuff. Used to dig the bad bean pile for fish bait at 4-5 years old.
A "Slip Clutch" is a torque overload protection device. It's installed in a shaft system where something down stream could jam and it "slips" so the transmission or engine up stream won't get damaged when it is over loaded.
Yep! Those and shear pins protect and save on even worse damage.
@Fred54 : I always thought of the ratcheting slip clutch as protecting the more delicate downstream device from being destroyed by the much more powerful and robust upstream equipment. The clutch limits how much power can be applied to the downstream hardware.
@@joefudd Torque limiters are good too ... but they need a microswitch controlling an indicator showing when they're open (or even shutting down the power to the drive), as driving a torque limiter for too long where the load half is stalled will destroy the torque limiter.
@@InquisitiveSearcher Depends on where the weak point is.
"The midwest farmers daughters really make you feel alright"
@@mschecter0078 Personally, I'm most impressed with knowledgeable.
Family working together. It is Great to see such great personality coming through. While Im sure you hear it more than you want but you really are a beautiful person. Your work ethic and integrity is going to make someone very happy someday. Its awesome seeing you guys in action. The hard work of farming is so rewarding but its even better when you have individuals like this that keep smiling even when things get tough or stinky. Thumbs up. Keep smiling!
You are absolutely correct. There is no nastier smell in the world than rotten corn, soybeans, or water from the pit.
Dairy pit cleaning
Rotten potatoes
I love how you're show people what farmers do and how they bring food, etc. to our tables. You have a very beautiful smile 😍 thank you I am now hooked on your videos
When I was growing up we had some round-top hopper cars on the siding at the Pesotum in-town tower that took on the dregs of a silo full of soybeans. They got left sitting there and the rocking and wind and age of the ties ended up letting two drop their trucks down between the rails. The IC showed up to snatch them away and discovered they had five month old soybean dregs in them and had been open to the weather so they hooked up to a hydrant and washed em down on the ballast. They used a re-railer and left with the cars but left about 5 tons of soy laying in the tower's siding... at the start of the rains. A hard-up Opossum decided to try to eat some and died in the pile. Flies came and laid eggs and their maggots died in the pile.
25lbs of lye and about 300lbs of crushed rock salt were spread on the mess and the smell mostly went away. There was rotting soy between the rails for six more years.
Laura... remember to clean out that bucket boot at the end of harvest. Soybeans smell so nice when they're not rotten. You simply do not ever want to discover rotting rats in the bucket boot in the rotting soy.
What a spunky and fun sense of humor you have. I think its awesome your a farmer. Keep up the good work hun.
Also, no lack of things in the grain leg to get a young lady's hair caught in so watch out Laura...
It's so nice to see other farmers in action in different parts of the country. I farmed with my grandpa in South East Arkansas my whole life. We grew Soybeans and Cotton, mostly Cotton. Nothing like farming, lot of blood sweat and tears with a lot of memories.
She is so adorable and cool! How can you not love this girl!? ❤💪
Great kids both of them, I am sure their dad is proud of them both.
Tip on checking moisture on beans. Bite into it and if you feel a little snap or crack that usually means they are below 14 or 15%
Then I caught a glimpse of the farmers daughter!!! She was all tanned up and my kind of pretty!!!
Ayooo
it always good to see farms no matter what the size is still own and run by the same family
Wow kudos to Dad/Grandpa for designing that sump pump set up!👍 Looks like the concrete was formed so it drains out and away too. Very well thought out. I imagine he figured that out after having to clean pits out the old fashioned way.
I don’t know where I was living my hole life that I didn’t see this channel before. Stole my hearts ♥️
It always takes time to dial things in before things go smoothly. Still have grandpa in my prayers 🙏
Iowa boy born and raised, but now I live in Florida. This is so awesome to see. Reminds me of my days back home playing on farms and climbing through the barns. Youre adorable and awesome. Thank you for the videos.
You have made my whole 2 weeks of covid go by so fast I've watched almost every video you've posted. It's the covid relief I didn't know I needed
I recommend N-99 respirators for your own sanity. It won't stop the smell entirely, but it helps so much
Your dad is a great guy. Grant too.
Hello everyone
Have a good harvest Laura Farms .
Why not clean all equipment at the end of harvesting, should not take long, an asset is to be maintained, 😇
That would be too easy lol
I thought the same thing. Why not go ahead and clean it out ?
That’s what you would think but most farmers don’t do that because 1. It’s usually freezing outside at the end of harvest and 2. They just want to be done for the winter so they simply put it off until the next year. Might sound stupid but you would understand if you did all this work
Right On. Most of the work is done after harvest and cleaning up equipment is part of it, definitely makes your equipment last longer, stay in better condition , and ready to go for next season. Most of all it helps cut down on unnecessary expenses.
@@VonBluesman I noticed all of the corrosion inside the conveyor box that the rotted beans had caused. The box was galvanized steel. It needs to be stainless.
I'm from Florida. I used to work in the sugar plants in south Florida. When they shut down the plant they perform a total clean out plant wide. This mainly done to keep the corrosion in the steel structure and the equipment. Strongly recommend putting this practice in place in your plant.