The abundance achieved by modern farming methods would be miraculous to our ancestors. Hardly any of us today even have to think about where our food comes from, and that's thanks to people like you and your family. I wish you every possible success.
I just found your channel yesterday as a recommendation in my feed, and I really have enjoyed your site and the videos on packing potatoes, harvesting honey, and now harvesting corn 🌽 which I have watched. Your videos are interesting, informative, and fun to watch, and it is nice to learn a bit about you and Shane and your farming operation. I'm glad that your channel came through my feed, and I'm a happy subscriber, and I support you and Shane and always want the best for each of you.
I Like your videos. Being a city boy all my life, this gives me the opportunity to see first hand what life would be like on a farm... Please keep sharing !!! Thanks !!!
Another good video I know that the Bells have always worked hard at many things.A freind of mine had a small restaurant in Cundys Harbor and always bought Bell farm potatoes he still stops in there to by stuff we are all fishermen just like you folks at the mercy of nature keep doin well its a great life Paul J.
Hey there thanks for watching and taking the time to leave us a comment. Yea I think I know the restaurant you’re talking about. The Bells are all good people. I’m happy and blessed to be part of this family!
Wow so interesting how it works that’s a lot of corn when I first moved to the country years ago bought me a house with a 4mstall barn got some horses and there was a corn field down the road rode him down there for some corn cooked it…..man that was some tuff corn….learned it was feed corn🤣🤣🤣damn city slickers later girl.❤️😎🇺🇸
You make it all look like fun, of course overlooking the sweat and aches. Merry Christmas to you all, et bonne et heureuse annee! (Happy new year!) And happy deer hunting to Shane.
The inventors and builders of the combine harvester can't possibly be praised enough. Once upon a time, 80% of American had to work on farms to keep the country fed. Today it's around 4%.
Hi Molly! It’s so cool to see a video like this and be able to understand the processes you are going through to harvest and store your grain corn. Larson Farms, and millennial Farmer are great channels as well. There is another channel I think you might find fascinaating. It’s called “Working Horses with Jim” He harvests a small field of grain corn to feed his animals and I believe he sells some, mainly for cow feed. The interesting thing about him though is everything is done with draft horses. Talk about the other end of the spectrum. The channel itself centers around him and the horses and how he uses them to accomplish everything on the little upstate New York farm. He is also a logger and he uses the same horses to do the logging as well.
Thank you for sharing. Thank you and Ray for taking me along on the ride along too. I did hear that's background sounds when they was setting up the gain bin sides. 😃 your little Ducks are really vocal. Hope to hear from you before Christmas? But if not. Merry Christmas to you and all you is there with you.
@BellsFarming yes I heard your little Ducks there. But I could just sit out in nature all day and listen to the different sounds. Yeah that does sound dumb. Sorry but that's me.. oh well.. it is what it is...
That was a great video, my seven-year-old and I were really interested in watching how are you attached to head to the combine, I really enjoyed seeing of the words as well, thank you for making these great videos
Hi Molly you look beautiful as always… That’s all we do in Illinois is harvest corn and soybeans.. That’s why I found the potato harvest very interesting.. Thanks for sharing ❤
Hey Tommy, thanks watching! Our grain corn is just a little part of the farm. Don’t worry there won’t be too much more of it this season :) back to potatoes soon
Farmers by me leave the head on while traveling. It hangs over both sides of the road as they weave around mail boxes. We are always ready to back into a drive to let them pass.
I recently found your channel and subscribed, I am also in Southern Maine and happy to see and learn about local farming! Try to face the machines on the ladders and steps, and three points of contact. If you slip facing away you will hit your head. It takes a bit to break the habit!
I'm a huge fan of HAYDENONHARVEST here. They are traveling harvesters with near the top of the line JD combines. Bit of a difference from yours. Also a bit of a difference from 4 row pickers used back in my day where the corn was harvested remaining on the cob. That's why we had so many cats. Corn was stored in a crib over winter to dry....mice and rats. But IMHO, simpler times were better times. Thx for sharing your harvest with us.
I can imagine the critters that would want that corn! Our combine is like 20 years old. Does the job, we are going to upgrade the head for next year I believe. I will check out that channel! Thanks for suggestions it! As always thank you for watching and commenting. It’s nice when I recognize user names and icons for the people who enjoy the channel! 💚
My combine experience began with the old turtle back JD pull type with a Wisconsin gas engine for power . We moved up to a self propelled 45 and then a 55 . LOL I guess I just told you I am as old as dirt ... I would love to get into the operator station on one of these modern machines . Where do you market your corn ?
No Bill, I did not grow up in a farm, nor did I have any farming experience prior to meeting the Bells. I worked at Home Depot as one of my seconds jobs that gave me fork lift driving experience. But the rest I learned over the last few years. I really like learning new things, so the opportunities are endless here.
I’ve lived in Maine my whole life and I have helped do silage corn and there’s Harris farm down near me that also does sweet corn but I guess I just figured it was too cold /too short a growing season for grain corn,I watch way too many farm channels, lol, I’m guessing wee don’t get 200 bushels to the acre in our neck of the woods, if I may ask what kind of yield do you guys average?
Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you very quickly. I tried to get an answer for your question, but I don’t have a good one hahah. They told me it just really depends on the year and where it’s plated. I’ll see if I can get a better idea of how much we harvested. Thank you for watching and happy holidays!
@@BellsFarming Cool, can't wait to see them. We want to renovate our bathroom this winter so hopefully we can record it and make a few more videos until we get back on the treehouse build in the spring.
Hey there, thanks for watching and leaving a comment! This combine is around 20 years old. We are going to be looking for a new grain header for next year. I think Ray wont be ready to give this one up for a while! Hahah
Hey there, yes we own all our equipment. As of right now we do not share or rent anything. We will do favors for local farmers who need some help with larger equipment they do not have. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment 💚 I am trying to educate and entertain a little while I do it. Thank you very much for watching.
Ok I'm late to the party. Are you part of the family or new to farming? I've always wanted to do this kind of work. Your deadlines are far more satisfying to reach than corporate crap. Keep the videos coming.
Hey there Jay, I married into the Bell family and I’m “new” to farming. The Bells have been farming for many generations. My channel is about me learning to farm, and any other projects we get into. Thanks watching!
@@BellsFarming ever hear of the song by the Wurzels? " I got a brand new combine harvester I'll give you the key, come on by we'll get together for some company " lol. Check out the rest
Duck eggs are a little stronger tasting. They are great for baking and make cakes more moist. I use them whenever I make anything that calls for eggs. I have a few costumers that use them because of chicken egg allergies.
We use GPS when planting potatoes and sweet corn. It’s new to us this last year. I think it depends on the field when it comes to grain corn. I don’t think he did in those field.
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The abundance achieved by modern farming methods would be miraculous to our ancestors. Hardly any of us today even have to think about where our food comes from, and that's thanks to people like you and your family. I wish you every possible success.
Thank you very much!
Thanks Molly for showing us how grain corn is harvested. Good use of the potato trucks also.
Yes they really work so well for so many things!
Hello Molly, Gee thanks for the tour, it is always nice seeing your smiling face. 😊
It’s amazing all the much needed equipment and the sophisticated engineering behind it.
Very nice video you do a great job with your videos and the narration. Thank you!!
Thank you very much! Also thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Happy holidays:)
Thanks for letting us ride along.
Using the potato trucks to transport and unload the grain/corn is a great idea and very handy!👍
Thank you, Molly. Excited to see you.
That video and your explanation was awesome, Molly 😁! Thank you. God bless you and Shane.
Thank you Randy!
I just found your channel yesterday as a recommendation in my feed, and I really have enjoyed your site and the videos on packing potatoes, harvesting honey, and now harvesting corn 🌽 which I have watched. Your videos are interesting, informative, and fun to watch, and it is nice to learn a bit about you and Shane and your farming operation. I'm glad that your channel came through my feed, and I'm a happy subscriber, and I support you and Shane and always want the best for each of you.
Your Videos put a smile on a lot of faces, can't wait for the next one.
Aww thank you! It’s coming coon :)
Thanks talks me back to when I worked on the farm! Love yas!❤
Thanks for watching!
Great video Molly and Shane
Great video Molly. Enjoyed the ride along, very informative.
Thanks for coming along
Happy New Years Molly - enjoy your videos … lovely as ever
Thank you Mark! Happy new year!
That was interesting. Thanks
I Like your videos. Being a city boy all my life, this gives me the opportunity to see first hand what life would be like on a farm... Please keep sharing !!! Thanks !!!
Awesome! I’m glad you like the channel! Thank you for watching
Awesome very interesting. Thank you
Thanks for watching :)
Another good video I know that the Bells have always worked hard at many things.A freind of mine had a small restaurant in Cundys Harbor and always bought Bell farm potatoes he still stops in there to by stuff we are all fishermen just like you folks at the mercy of nature keep doin well its a great life Paul J.
Hey there thanks for watching and taking the time to leave us a comment. Yea I think I know the restaurant you’re talking about. The Bells are all good people. I’m happy and blessed to be part of this family!
Super cool as always
Thank you for watching :)
Love your channel. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching Ron! And leaving me a comment! 💚
Nice to see a combine running in Maine!
It’s just a little one, but it does what we need it too
there is something very satisfying about the whole process...
I feel that way about most peers of agriculture, especially tillage!
Great video I look forward to seeing him weekly. have a nice holiday from South Carolina.
Thanks for watching
Got to love it when they leave the gate open, lol or a trap
Another Great Video 👍 Great content, keep up the great work!
Thank you 😊
Wow so interesting how it works that’s a lot of corn when I first moved to the country years ago bought me a house with a 4mstall barn got some horses and there was a corn field down the road rode him down there for some corn cooked it…..man that was some tuff corn….learned it was feed corn🤣🤣🤣damn city slickers later girl.❤️😎🇺🇸
Hahah great story! Thanks for sharing!
That was a nice ride along cant wait to see you running that combine by yourself
Thanks for watching, hopefully one day I will get to! Thank you for leaving me a comment. Happy holidays
Interesting video is this corn all for animal feed. Keep on making those videos. Very educational . And promotes farming.😊
Thank you. Yes this is for feed. It goes to a mill in Augusta Maine .
Thanks for the video 🐓🐾🌻
By next year you’ll be driving the combine. Thanks for sharing. Merry Christmas to you and your family.
You make it all look like fun, of course overlooking the sweat and aches. Merry Christmas to you all, et bonne et heureuse annee! (Happy new year!) And happy deer hunting to Shane.
Thank you for watching! 💚
The inventors and builders of the combine harvester can't possibly be praised enough. Once upon a time, 80% of American had to work on farms to keep the country fed. Today it's around 4%.
Wow I did not know it was that little of a number now.
Thanks for the video. I like how you used a normal float trailer for the head, instead of a header cart. One less piece of equipment to own.
Yeah totally. The orange trailer is so handy! Thanks for watching
Excellent video. Merry Christmas to you all
Thank you! Happy holiday :)
Thanks for farming..
Hi Molly! It’s so cool to see a video like this and be able to understand the processes you are going through to harvest and store your grain corn. Larson Farms, and millennial Farmer are great channels as well. There is another channel I think you might find fascinaating. It’s called “Working Horses with Jim” He harvests a small field of grain corn to feed his animals and I believe he sells some, mainly for cow feed. The interesting thing about him though is everything is done with draft horses. Talk about the other end of the spectrum. The channel itself centers around him and the horses and how he uses them to accomplish everything on the little upstate New York farm. He is also a logger and he uses the same horses to do the logging as well.
Hey I Edward, thanks for all the great recommendations! I really like the sound working horses with Jim, I will check it out! Thank you for watching!
Way better than Larsons farm.
Such a cool channel… really enjoy the content 👍🇨🇦
Hey thanks! Happy holidays:)
Good luck combining your corn 🌽
Quite the machinery
Good old combine :) I bet most people are used to seeing brand new stuff on RUclips with all the big grain farming channels. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for sharing. Thank you and Ray for taking me along on the ride along too. I did hear that's background sounds when they was setting up the gain bin sides. 😃 your little Ducks are really vocal. Hope to hear from you before Christmas? But if not. Merry Christmas to you and all you is there with you.
Haha I was wondering if anyone would hear them! My neighbors must “love” how noisy they are hahaha I love it.
@BellsFarming yes I heard your little Ducks there. But I could just sit out in nature all day and listen to the different sounds. Yeah that does sound dumb. Sorry but that's me.. oh well.. it is what it is...
That was a great video, my seven-year-old and I were really interested in watching how are you attached to head to the combine, I really enjoyed seeing of the words as well, thank you for making these great videos
Hey Darren thanks for watching! I have one other grain corn video coming, then on to the next thing!
That's so cool. Can really hear that authentic Mainer accent from these guys :)
Hahah I know! I’m not from Maine, but some of that accent is rubbing off on me :) thanks for watching
Pretty soon you'll be what the old timers call a "real Maine woman" to go with that "real Maine man", if not already. :)@@BellsFarming
Hi Molly you look beautiful as always… That’s all we do in Illinois is harvest corn and soybeans.. That’s why I found the potato harvest very interesting.. Thanks for sharing ❤
Hey Tommy, thanks watching! Our grain corn is just a little part of the farm. Don’t worry there won’t be too much more of it this season :) back to potatoes soon
That piece of farming gear looks like something out of Mad Max...
It’s not new hahaha makes sense!
Nice video.
Thank you
THANKS!
good video thanks
Thank you for watching :)
Awesome as always😅
Thanks for commenting and watching:)
Your welcome!
That's a lot of deer corn! I spent all day dragging 16ft pine logs across a semi wet cornfield on a 80hp Kubota. Fun times! lol
Sounds like a good time! Thanks for watching! Don’t work too hard :)
Love you kids❤
Farmers by me leave the head on while traveling. It hangs over both sides of the road as they weave around mail boxes. We are always ready to back into a drive to let them pass.
That’s nice of you guys, they probably don’t have far to travel! Thank you for watching and taking the time to leave a comment :) happy holidays
I recently found your channel and subscribed, I am also in Southern Maine and happy to see and learn about local farming!
Try to face the machines on the ladders and steps, and three points of contact. If you slip facing away you will hit your head. It takes a bit to break the habit!
Great video. I drove a combine and auger cart for years harvesting soybeans. Nothing runs like a Deere.....:)
That’s right!
I'm a huge fan of HAYDENONHARVEST here. They are traveling harvesters with near the top of the line JD combines. Bit of a difference from yours. Also a bit of a difference from 4 row pickers used back in my day where the corn was harvested remaining on the cob. That's why we had so many cats. Corn was stored in a crib over winter to dry....mice and rats. But IMHO, simpler times were better times. Thx for sharing your harvest with us.
I can imagine the critters that would want that corn! Our combine is like 20 years old. Does the job, we are going to upgrade the head for next year I believe. I will check out that channel! Thanks for suggestions it! As always thank you for watching and commenting. It’s nice when I recognize user names and icons for the people who enjoy the channel! 💚
@@BellsFarming Pleasure is all mine.
Super cool and will u show more of corn harvest? If not that’s okay I will continue watching u on ur channel
We are all done with grain corn now, but there will be more next season!
Super cool
Great 👍
Thanks for watching Amanda :)
My combine experience began with the old turtle back JD pull type with a Wisconsin gas engine for power . We moved up to a self propelled 45 and then a 55 . LOL I guess I just told you I am as old as dirt ... I would love to get into the operator station on one of these modern machines . Where do you market your corn ?
Haha Dan🫶 grain corn goes to a mill in Augusta, and we sell a lot out of our store
Where would we be without corn.
Very cool
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Yes we have a family farm! Thank you!
Molly, did you grow up on a farm so you already knew how to operate equipment and drive trucks before you married Shane? Blessings to you and Shane.
No Bill, I did not grow up in a farm, nor did I have any farming experience prior to meeting the Bells. I worked at Home Depot as one of my seconds jobs that gave me fork lift driving experience. But the rest I learned over the last few years. I really like learning new things, so the opportunities are endless here.
Brava
Picking up what yer putting down..
I swear Mark is my doppelgänger
Good looking man 😅
Hahah I agree!
12000, pound’s that’s a lot , kool thanks merry Christmas thanks BigAl California ,,, praise Jesus Christ grace amen 🙏
Hey Al thanks for watching! Happy holidays
What no potatoes 👍💐🙂
Haha not this one :) I’ll get back inside soon
Hi Molly, l find it interesting to see how it’s all collected do you have to have hire that in, that will be a big cost.
Hey do everything our self. Thanks for watching :)
I’ve lived in Maine my whole life and I have helped do silage corn and there’s Harris farm down near me that also does sweet corn but I guess I just figured it was too cold /too short a growing season for grain corn,I watch way too many farm channels, lol, I’m guessing wee don’t get 200 bushels to the acre in our neck of the woods, if I may ask what kind of yield do you guys average?
Sorry I haven’t gotten back to you very quickly. I tried to get an answer for your question, but I don’t have a good one hahah. They told me it just really depends on the year and where it’s plated. I’ll see if I can get a better idea of how much we harvested. Thank you for watching and happy holidays!
Another fun video...what do you guys have planned for the winter?
Hey you guys! We have a couple project. We are starting a metal building, have some shop work, and always bagging potatoes! How about you guys
@@BellsFarming Cool, can't wait to see them. We want to renovate our bathroom this winter so hopefully we can record it and make a few more videos until we get back on the treehouse build in the spring.
I’m learning…..
Hey from ny
This is so amazing how this process happens! How old is that combine? About time you take the wheel?
Hey there, thanks for watching and leaving a comment! This combine is around 20 years old. We are going to be looking for a new grain header for next year. I think Ray wont be ready to give this one up for a while! Hahah
Do your potato trucks have a tarp to keep the grains from blowing out on the highway?
No they don’t. But we are just driving across town. Corn doesn’t blow out.
Do you own all that equipment or share/rent it ? Your videos are really educational, particularly for non farmers. Thanks for your efforts.
Hey there, yes we own all our equipment. As of right now we do not share or rent anything. We will do favors for local farmers who need some help with larger equipment they do not have. Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment 💚 I am trying to educate and entertain a little while I do it. Thank you very much for watching.
Do the trucks hold about 2 dumps from the combine? Thanks for the video.
Yes they do! Thanks for watching
Ok I'm late to the party. Are you part of the family or new to farming? I've always wanted to do this kind of work. Your deadlines are far more satisfying to reach than corporate crap. Keep the videos coming.
Hey there Jay, I married into the Bell family and I’m “new” to farming. The Bells have been farming for many generations. My channel is about me learning to farm, and any other projects we get into. Thanks watching!
Northeast Ohioan here. Are you an Ohio State and Browns fan?
I grew up in Vermilion Ohio. The browns were close by! Thanks for watching!
Is this corn somewhat palatable after tassels turn brown
No this corn is all feed for animals .
Do you use the corn on the farm?
We do, well I do for my birds. We also sell the corn in 50lb bags in the store to local customers
Me again from Duck Bay. How is my ducks
Actually they have been MIA for a few days.
Sounds like they are multiplying
Flying south to the beach party.@@BellsFarming
Duck Bay is world world-famous Inlet Lake delta. For Duck Nesting
Is this the only channel you have I love it if it is
Yes it is, I have just this farm channel! I’m new to RUclips:) thank you for the support!
Good video Molly, what is the market for this corn?
There is a mill an about 30 miles away that we get contracts from. For us it works out good. We also sell it in 50lb bags in our store year round too.
@@BellsFarming ever hear of the song by the Wurzels? " I got a brand new combine harvester I'll give you the key, come on by we'll get together for some company " lol. Check out the rest
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How do du k eggs differ from chicken eggs? Enquiring minds want to know. What do you harvest the corn for? Cheers.
Duck eggs are a little stronger tasting. They are great for baking and make cakes more moist. I use them whenever I make anything that calls for eggs. I have a few costumers that use them because of chicken egg allergies.
We sell the corn to a local mill, and sell it in our store in 50lb bags for feed. Some people even burn corn in the stove for heat.
Good to know. Our golden doodle has a chicken allergy.
We can road with a 6 row head in my area.
We have to much traffic here I think. I have never seen them drive it on the road with the head.
What is the corn used for ?
The corn is sold to a local mill. Assuming it’s for animal feed. We sell some in our store for feed also. Thanks for watching :)
thank you for the quick replies .
Do you use gps?
We use GPS when planting potatoes and sweet corn. It’s new to us this last year. I think it depends on the field when it comes to grain corn. I don’t think he did in those field.
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It’s funny, that almost sounds like the wrong accent for farming, being from the Midwest. I would think he’s a lobster man, New England accent.
Hahah gotta love that Maine accent! Thanks for watching
Lone elm farm has Hampton Ct not a fun job
Love your videos