How I Planted 50 Acres Of Iowa Farmland

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  • Опубликовано: 13 июл 2024
  • In this video, we plant oats/alfalfa on 15 acres and 30 acres of soybeans following corn. We pulled a fence line and combined two fields. We got near-record rainfall over a 30 day period this spring and spots got drowned out. On the bright side, it should pull Iowa off the drought map if things stay wet this summer. Thanks for watching the video!
    Grant's Channel: / @granthilbert5632
    0:00 Intro
    0:30 Alfalfa/Oats Seeding
    12:24 Pulling Fence line
    20:46 Disking/Soybeans
    28:00 Spraying
    31:39 Plants Growing

Комментарии • 183

  • @Masonthegoat
    @Masonthegoat Месяц назад +261

    I never realized how much FS 22 would help me understand farming more

    • @FarmerBChannel
      @FarmerBChannel Месяц назад +10

      Its helpful in all kinds of ways

    • @redtailpunk
      @redtailpunk Месяц назад +8

      cause of spence and clarkson i can say my curiosity has officially been piqued. fs22 downloading. i wanna do some tractoring

    • @alvisecusin5433
      @alvisecusin5433 Месяц назад +1

      ??

    • @bwilliams463
      @bwilliams463 Месяц назад +16

      If he's having trouble following his rows, he should hire an AI worker; they always know where the textures change. Good thing he's on a map where he can remove fences, too.

    • @NathanSteers
      @NathanSteers Месяц назад +4

      Dude I know exactly what you’re saying, I’ll drive past a farm now and know what everything is and what it’s used for

  • @bwilliams463
    @bwilliams463 Месяц назад +20

    Your drone footage is nice. You do a very good job of putting these vids together, too.

  • @ullcringe2895
    @ullcringe2895 Месяц назад +38

    He's back!

  • @Dixcus-zp7om
    @Dixcus-zp7om Месяц назад +34

    MAKE THE CRIME VIDEO ... That's MUST SEE TV for those of us unfamiliar with the risks of crime in rural areas. Very interested to see how that went down and how you were able to recover some of your stuff. GET THEM VIEWS!!!!

  • @ihatered3177
    @ihatered3177 Месяц назад +95

    More videos pls

    • @spencerhilbert
      @spencerhilbert  Месяц назад +42

      Yes, I got more coming.

    • @ihatered3177
      @ihatered3177 Месяц назад +12

      @@spencerhilbert lets goo :))) they are so satisfying to watch

  • @yuvaanbhadha5928
    @yuvaanbhadha5928 Месяц назад +30

    Best farmer on RUclips, you help me so much in achieving my dream. Hope you become successful you deserve it.

  • @tjthegamer808
    @tjthegamer808 Месяц назад +16

    I’ve just been waiting for Grant or Spencer to post. It’s always a good day when they do.

  • @rwfoxtrot
    @rwfoxtrot Месяц назад +4

    Just a quick thought if I may. Try to take some soil tests and characteristic measurements such as infiltration and bulk density along the old fence line. It should give you an idea of what almost pristine soil in the field was like before cultivation began. That way you’ve got a target for getting your cultivated ground into shape.

  • @JohnCarter-qv1ie
    @JohnCarter-qv1ie Месяц назад +4

    I love that your brother is involved. I wish you both great success ! Greetings from the Eastern Shore!

  • @audible_
    @audible_ 3 дня назад

    my family farms and for some reason watching this brings me so much joy despite me not ever farming only helping fix the farm equipment but watching your journey here brings me a so much joy and i don't understand why

  • @VinceDehoog8530
    @VinceDehoog8530 Месяц назад +7

    Gald to hear things are going good hope you get your truck back also hope your knee heals before harvest thanks for the videos i also hope that your frist cutting hay went well we cut our hay too and got 40 round bales off of 6 acres record high

  • @NicReid4
    @NicReid4 Месяц назад +5

    Love the videos please post more

  • @square7935
    @square7935 Месяц назад +9

    bro is living the best life

  • @HeresMinx
    @HeresMinx Месяц назад +7

    You have no idea how jealous I am. I bought a 5 acre homestead 2 years ago, and I am looking at an additional 160 acres just up the road.

  • @Helxuxhxhxj
    @Helxuxhxhxj Месяц назад +12

    love the series! its fs in real life.

    • @wrath231
      @wrath231 Месяц назад +1

      No lie. His channel got me into farming simulator 2022

  • @The_Consigliere
    @The_Consigliere Месяц назад +3

    I'm rooting for you gents... Much love all the way from South Africa.

  • @jeremyshrontz
    @jeremyshrontz Месяц назад +2

    Love seeing the videos and the work that goes into what farmers do to get crops to grow. Hope you have a great year!

  • @cameronburgess2479
    @cameronburgess2479 Месяц назад +3

    Praying for you Spence I pray to keep you safe and prosperous during these hard times

  • @steveneal2706
    @steveneal2706 Месяц назад +3

    Great video guys. Thank you

  • @davidkrzysik5284
    @davidkrzysik5284 Месяц назад +2

    Love your videos and excited to see more
    Love from 🇸🇰Slovakia🇸🇰

  • @coltonbentley39
    @coltonbentley39 Месяц назад +3

    Love our 4020 We plant 40 pounds to the arce of hay seed 30-20 on oats for weeds don't spray it will kill the hay even if it's round up ready for a year after that the hay will smolder it

  • @billsmith5166
    @billsmith5166 Месяц назад +3

    Good luck!

  • @cedricbroussard8738
    @cedricbroussard8738 Месяц назад +3

    Awesome video

  • @cotton678
    @cotton678 27 дней назад +1

    I hope I can be let you guys someday!

  • @waterskiingfool
    @waterskiingfool Месяц назад +1

    Good to see someone making a go with the old equipment.

  • @cookierookie1918
    @cookierookie1918 19 дней назад

    Love watching you work and grow your operation

  • @MCGrandMachine576
    @MCGrandMachine576 19 дней назад

    Great video! 50 acres with that old tractor is honestly impressive, it's wonderful and inspiring to see your progress. Please keep it up!

  • @paulmullins4439
    @paulmullins4439 Месяц назад +2

    Great video enjoy watching keep up the great work hate to that someone stole your truck

  • @robervin9107
    @robervin9107 Месяц назад +26

    Hey bud hope your knee is getting better Love you awesome vlog I’m so sorry your truck got stolen Im mad. Did you call the fbi as well they can keep a look out

    • @Espeque
      @Espeque Месяц назад

      FBI on stolen vehicles? Im not american so im not sure but from what i know they do more complicated crimes

    • @FarmerCBS
      @FarmerCBS 22 дня назад +2

      I'm curious why the fbi?

    • @NewKiwiJK
      @NewKiwiJK 2 дня назад +1

      @@FarmerCBS fr

  • @superiorcrow3862
    @superiorcrow3862 6 дней назад

    If you have a Problem with the Corn and the seeding in spring, you should use a Plow in fall too Plow the Corn stalks in to the Ground. Greetings from Germany

  • @AveNoLife
    @AveNoLife Месяц назад +1

    It's cool to see something made from scratch. I enjoy your videos so much, keep it going 👍

  • @KyleThompson-cj4zh
    @KyleThompson-cj4zh Месяц назад +4

    The stand is ok, but after the first cutting of hay, the alfalfa should take off better it at least it did for me and in the thin area's this fall I would recommend inter-seeeing grass because the alfalfa doesn't like areas that sit wet.

  • @kesura7273
    @kesura7273 27 дней назад

    FS 22 give me some knowledge about farming, even thought I'm not farmer and not expert about real life farming. But learn a lot from that game. Love your videos man.

  • @leonmiller7711
    @leonmiller7711 Месяц назад +2

    Way too many farmers in over their heads. You are doing great! I'm hoping to be able to start doing the same.

  • @petergielen5905
    @petergielen5905 28 дней назад

    Thx for sharing

  • @johnbo945
    @johnbo945 Месяц назад +2

    Great Video

  • @RussellFord-zh7sm
    @RussellFord-zh7sm 23 дня назад

    I love farming

  • @mr.awesome9027
    @mr.awesome9027 29 дней назад

    I’ve been looking forward to seeing this

  • @CPUDOCTHE1
    @CPUDOCTHE1 22 дня назад

    It is amazing how much difference there is in different parts of the U.S.A. as far as timing to plant and harvest crops there is. Our optimal day to plant soybeans is June 15. The soybean rows are visible in 3 days and if the soybeans aren't up in 7 days, they are not coming up.

  • @FarmandSpeed
    @FarmandSpeed Месяц назад +2

    heavy and over seeding alfalfa makes for a nice thick crop in the year to come. you will never get much off a first year crop of hay. spots that drowned out, if it will not grow alfalfa maybe put orchard grass in those spots so it keeps the weeds out and still makes good hay.

  • @briangrammer898
    @briangrammer898 Месяц назад

    ❤❤VIDEO ❤❤chisel plow looks great.. I didn’t know how good of a job it does ❤❤soil finisher made it smooth ❤❤

  • @elliotporterfield6921
    @elliotporterfield6921 Месяц назад

    My dad tells me stories of spending the summers of his youth with my great grandpa farming in Piedmont, Oklahoma. This makes me wanna buy some land and farm some hay just for what it would do for my soul.

  • @LightWarrior2000
    @LightWarrior2000 Месяц назад

    I drove a van otr past farm lands all the time. I love seeing them.

  • @OutofTownwithRobinBell
    @OutofTownwithRobinBell Месяц назад

    great work👍

  • @Hanktheguyforfs22
    @Hanktheguyforfs22 Месяц назад +1

    He is the best he and squad are the goats of fs22 and they got me into it. Thanks squad and Spencer they are the best. Especially how they get along so well as brothers. They are just the best

  • @thebeastsofwar9107
    @thebeastsofwar9107 Месяц назад +5

    Farming is my hobby

  • @lucasrezac379
    @lucasrezac379 29 дней назад

    That was a really nice 6.0 too

  • @defective6811
    @defective6811 Месяц назад +1

    The best tool for the job is the one you have on hand that will get the job done.

  • @NothingButAir-
    @NothingButAir- 24 дня назад

    Love your videos ❤

  • @SAGUY1971
    @SAGUY1971 Месяц назад

    Love to see you using trusted old equipment which can easily fixed when it breaks (unlike all the new techie stuff) . Sorry to hear about your truck getting stolen. Sadly crime is pervasive everywhere now , not just in the cities.

  • @2crazy654
    @2crazy654 Месяц назад +2

    that’s cool

  • @Iemand679
    @Iemand679 Месяц назад +1

    Finally bro is back 💪🏻

  • @TryingShorts
    @TryingShorts Месяц назад

    I love your videos

  • @RustyWater6
    @RustyWater6 Месяц назад

    Dang, sorry about your truck. That's really unfortunate, hopefully there's some kind of resolution for you. Looking forward to your future content!

  • @ummikene8589
    @ummikene8589 Месяц назад

    love ur vids bro

  • @Blackwellll3066
    @Blackwellll3066 Месяц назад +3

    In Wisconsin that 15 acers is really 60 acers with 4 cuttings not sure how many cuttings ya will get off the feild

  • @defective6811
    @defective6811 Месяц назад +1

    lmao, when finding your issue uncovers five other issues and fails to solve the original one 😂

  • @FamousAmos14
    @FamousAmos14 Месяц назад

    In the phone when you do your last cut of the year drill, more alfalfa and do not drill any more oats love the video Spencer❤❤😊

  • @deepakrathod5023
    @deepakrathod5023 Месяц назад +1

    More videos

  • @redtailpunk
    @redtailpunk Месяц назад

    the digger dragging that first tree really reminded me of a dog tryna play with a stick thats way too big for him lol

  • @coffeebuzzz
    @coffeebuzzz 29 дней назад

    Looks good. Your grass crop needs a feed.

  • @rockzy1427
    @rockzy1427 Месяц назад +1

    Love your content, so sad you dont post more!

    • @spencerhilbert
      @spencerhilbert  Месяц назад +2

      More to come! I have a few video in the backlogs.

  • @skipper0565
    @skipper0565 Месяц назад +1

    I really like what you doing, small farms are great!
    I understand why you removed the trees, bigger fields are more practical, but on the other hand tree lines are useful: they stop the wind, so the wind can’t dry out the soil or blow it away. I know trees steal water from the crops, but they are useful anyways.
    That’s what we get told in Europe, so I don’t understand why there are almost no tree lines at the edges of fields in North America.
    To be fair, I’d never been in America, that’s my impression of videos.

  • @Deutz-fahr-101
    @Deutz-fahr-101 24 дня назад

    As someone who has lost his bag of tools before, my deepest condolences man

  • @derrickeischens3993
    @derrickeischens3993 Месяц назад

    If you don’t want your planter pulling to the left you should put globe on the planter like a Starfire 3000

  • @Zokailcamping
    @Zokailcamping Месяц назад +1

    Id recommend next year to work it to dust and get all the leftover stalks or whatever back under the soil completely. alfalfa is very tedious and needs to be seeded in great conditions

    • @spencerhilbert
      @spencerhilbert  Месяц назад +1

      Yup I tried to get away with it here. Last minute decision. We’ll see how it turns out. At least the oats will be good.

    • @waynejones5239
      @waynejones5239 29 дней назад

      I have seeded alfalfa on snow covered fields with just a 3 point spreader and gotten a good stand on bare spots in the field and where it was lightly tilled the snow will take the seed into the ground

  • @sweetlips1938
    @sweetlips1938 16 дней назад

    Spencer, Maybe a go fund me page to get some of your tools replaced?

  • @mikrieltje
    @mikrieltje Месяц назад

    Horse tail or like we like to call it cats tail is a super though weed becase in his incredibly long and tough roots

  • @Kermitgang2
    @Kermitgang2 2 дня назад

    Please more upload more than just like 1 time a month

  • @ConfusedChickens-bf7yl
    @ConfusedChickens-bf7yl Месяц назад +1

    My dad is selling his 4010 in Michigan will a plow and harrow

  • @BramVerbraeken
    @BramVerbraeken Месяц назад +1

    Spencer uploaded MOM GET THE CAMERA

  • @RTeBokkel
    @RTeBokkel 28 дней назад

    Time to pull a Whistlin Diesel and "Find the guy who stole my truck!"

  • @JeremyWoeppel
    @JeremyWoeppel Месяц назад

    You need to plant alfala😊 in the fall

  • @landintucker5472
    @landintucker5472 25 дней назад

    Granted it would’ve taken forever and been hard to sell that many you could’ve square bales the cornstalks. Usually people who own sheep will buy cornstalk squares as they are easy to bed a small amount of animals with.

  • @ghorner11
    @ghorner11 24 дня назад

    Next time Molboard plough the residue under in the fall and then work it with the disk in the spring. Problem solved - corn residue will break down so much better.

  • @hust1ersmotivation
    @hust1ersmotivation Месяц назад +1

    Heyyy Spencer

  • @jimbradford818
    @jimbradford818 Месяц назад

    could we maybe get a drawing of the two places, showing the outline of both farms and whos is whos

  • @pleasantviewfarms2084
    @pleasantviewfarms2084 29 дней назад

    If you want to thicken up the light areas of alfalfa you will need to do it this year. After the first year alfalfa will not let new alfalfa seeds grow the plants release a toxin. Just an FYI

  • @zilla2006able
    @zilla2006able Месяц назад +2

    that is real shame someone stole your pick-up truck 😭😭😭

  • @jaggortmaker2126
    @jaggortmaker2126 Месяц назад

    I brod cast my oats and they're coming up good

    • @spencerhilbert
      @spencerhilbert  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah the oats are good, just worried about the alfalfa. That’s where the money is in cost of seed and potential profit.

  • @johntorich4015
    @johntorich4015 29 дней назад

    I just broadcast it all in with the oats just mix all the seed in the spreader then disc it in and then roll it with coil packers boom your done

  • @zilla2006able
    @zilla2006able Месяц назад +1

    I just wonder when Grant new video become???

  • @davewood8067
    @davewood8067 Месяц назад +2

    Sup

  • @ChanceFlynn-bv8np
    @ChanceFlynn-bv8np Месяц назад

    Your hay will be fine, if it doesn’t look good the first year don’t get worked up. I always think my hay is an absolute failure til the second yr

  • @WesternFarms12
    @WesternFarms12 Месяц назад

    That disk is overkill for a little 4020

  • @aidengrove
    @aidengrove Месяц назад +2

    W

  • @brandon0856
    @brandon0856 День назад

    Hey there. New to farming and all the equipment associated with it. What’s the reason for using the discs. Are they to break up soil? The other plow seems to break up the ground well I’m just curious why both are used if that makes sense. Thanks for any input

  • @FarmerTrio725
    @FarmerTrio725 Месяц назад

    If you used a wishek disk on your fields you could have gotten the residue buried better

  • @cookierookie1918
    @cookierookie1918 19 дней назад

    What brand seed cart do yall use?

  • @tomskalicky1309
    @tomskalicky1309 Месяц назад +1

    Hey spencer, what are your top 5 favorite tractors?

  • @blzt3206
    @blzt3206 Месяц назад

    I've always struggled to calibrate brillion seeders.

  • @FarmerTrio725
    @FarmerTrio725 Месяц назад

    Would the corn residue fertilize the alfalfa and oats

  • @mwnciboo
    @mwnciboo Месяц назад

    Damn thieves - here in the UK on my small 20 acres I end up making a secure yard next to my house for my sm
    stuff - it is nothing too expensive - but a Ford Ranger, small JD Tractor - implements - tools - 1000 litre fuel tank etc... must have built up a 100k of stuff - I'd be heartbroken if I lost certain things (like my painfully restored JD2040). If you have a patron or just giving let us know.

  • @DeepFreeze7
    @DeepFreeze7 Месяц назад

    What autosteer screen is that? Doesn't look like john deere 2600

  • @CideryFromScratch
    @CideryFromScratch 14 дней назад

    What would you suggest for a cheap weed suppression cover crop in 5 acres behind an apple orchard and also in the 12 ft rows between our apple tree rows? Thank you

    • @spencerhilbert
      @spencerhilbert  2 дня назад

      Not sure. I am not the best to give advice here. Almost everything you see on video is my first time trying it. I am not an expert in any of this. Google will be your best bet on that or talk to someone local who knows what they are doing. Oat's seem to be cheap and they die off after a year, that may be an option. Lots of people plant annual rye grass as a cover crop.

  • @seanglasser6969
    @seanglasser6969 29 дней назад

    is that a 210 link belt?

  • @JohnF0X
    @JohnF0X Месяц назад

    Personaly i would have been more agressive with the cultivation there or even grab the plow to get more of the corn residue under.
    might have issues with that residue when you get to baling the Alfalafa.

  • @samdajellybeenie14
    @samdajellybeenie14 Месяц назад

    Question: you can't burn the corn husks? Might be extra nutrients or something for the crops?

    • @spencerhilbert
      @spencerhilbert  Месяц назад

      You can burn them. The idea is you’ll I have more nutrients from the stocks if you leave them intact and let them break down into soil. But too much residue can be a bad thing for next years planting depending on a bunch of variables.

  • @minislag
    @minislag 26 дней назад

    What were you spraying? Was it fertilizers or a kind of poison?

  • @jasonjackson9130
    @jasonjackson9130 Месяц назад

    All you have to do to join the fields is turn allow field creating on…😂