A Stressful Corn Harvest 2019 (& FACING MY FEAR): Vlog 181
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- Опубликовано: 28 авг 2024
- A Stressful Corn Harvest (& FACING MY FEAR)
After years of driving the grain cart (buggy as we call it…) I got FIRED!
Not really… our friend Monty is helping us out this year, and he just had a hip replacement surgery last May so I gave him the buggy as there’s not as much getting on and off the tractor.
But now I have a new job… and its the one job I’ve been really scared to do.
Harvest 2019 is ending the way it began.
Slow, painful and full of little stressors.
Just know that you’re not alone… we all are feeling the pressure.
We will get through this, and do it all over again next year.
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I LOVE that you’re trying to help other farmers hit by the propane shortage. You’ve got to pull together and your community is special.
This is a great video, showing how much work it takes to put food on the table for people across the nation. Farmers are some of the hardest workers in nation. Farming is also the one profession that is neglected by politics, over regulated, abused by city folks who move to the country side and belittled by many others.
Your inner strength is unbelievable Sandi. Weather, government rules and regulations, market conditions and even remote labor actions can all take their toll, unfortunately not just on your business but on your relationships too. To me it seemed one could almost see it in your face this time. Yet as I watch this video, I'm thinking to myself, this is truly grace under pressure. I hope that doesn't seem glib. I enjoy your videos so much because it reminds me that there are still genuine, hard-working, good-hearted people in this world, and some of them are even on RUclips! Best of luck finishing the harvest and Happy Thanksgiving from the US. :-)
Oh Thank you so much! You're right... I've never been one to hide much with my face... we are exhausted... but I hate sometimes always feeling like I'm complaining. So many people would give anything to have our life...
TeriTerryTarry TTT - very well said! Happy thanksgiving - every day should be a day of thanksgiving. We are so fortunate to live in either Canada or the US - we have so much to be thankful for...
City girl with a 9-5 thinks you're amazing! I had no idea what real hard work was!
I love your channel, so enlightening.🙂Take Care of.yourself
Denise
Sacramento CA
Thanks so much Denise!!!
”Kiss It” that’s a good one. You are so amazing. Your smile is so beautiful. Love the workings of your farm. You and Mark are a great team. Some much knowledge and technology to keep a farm going.
Sandi, I love your videos. When I watch them in the morning, I need a big pot of coffee just to recharge. When I watch them at night, I feel exhausted and head straight to bed. I wish you both well. I have to tell you, vicarious living is tiring sometimes. :)
LOL! Well, I thank you for watching!!
Facing your fear. Your first instinct of approaching the icy down hill portion slowly was absolutely correct. While having the tractor "pull" the wagons is very desirable, the fact you had a slower approach was very important. You are obviously a clever person so here an explanation. Energy goes up with the square of the speed.(One of those laws of physics) So if you approach a down hill at 8 mph instead of 16 mph you have to control only a quarter of the energy. Not the weight, but the kinetic energy of the wagons and the tractor. This is what is doing the damage. So, even though you gave yourself a huge scare, the fact you started slowly before it went wrong meant the wagons did not have as much energy to completely overcome the tractor. Stay safe.
Back in the day most farm wives were city girls the girls raised on the farm know better than marry a farmer.
The mud on the road is a good issue there have been several wrecks in my area usually young inexperienced drivers and one really severe wreck almost claimed a life.
I wish i could help but the best i can is say be careful and take care of each other you make a good team and every farmer knows it will be better next year
Thanks Lawrence!
They say hard work never killed anyone, that's BS.
Hope you get your crops off and you both keep your health.
Thanks Mark! Just finished!
Can't wait for lambing to start!! You're amazing Sandi! Thanks for bringing us along on your journey. Such a privilege to ride shotgun with you on your daily adventures 💙Megan in North Carolina
Awe! Thanks so much Megan!!
We got dumped on last 8"- 11" of wet slop. Screaming winds from NW. Colder than a well digger's backside. Thank you for being a farmer.
Ugh... this weather is something else!
@@SandiBrock yup sure is, worse we are getting a weekend storm to boot, freezing rain, sleet and snain ( combination rain and snow) thrilled NOT
"19 in Canada means... Today, you will not be functioning" Oh Sandi I was dying laughing at that because it's so TRUE!!!
"But people", Mark shakes his head, "it's an argument" He's a funny guy Sandi!!!
Your husband is adorable! So much info about corn, mind blown. I had no idea all the details that go into that! Thank you for sharing this info! Love it!
Thanks! He amazes me everyday with his knowledge... Very well read, and can explain things so much better than me!
@@SandiBrock You do an amazing job explaining everything. Sheep, feed, frustrations, happy times. I look forward to learning from evey post. Thanks Sandi. 😀
Tough
You are, always smiling that smile '!
trying!!
Awesome video.
Please keep up the good work.
I love the " domestic exchanges". I will remember that.
Stay safe.
LOL. At least its just some bantering back and forth...
@@SandiBrock it sounds like something my wife and I do. We have fun with whatever the situation is.
Rule number 1 ; keep the tractor in front of your wagons 👌. N start in a high enough gear you don’t have to clutch up a gear cuz you’ll never get it in one. The instant you see that tongue start coming around throttle up n slam into your load to straighten it up. Never touch the brakes on blacktop or even gravel. Glad you made it 👍
You are such a rockstar! Thank you for being so vulnerable and so real! Will keep you in my prayers sister❣️🙏🐑
Thanks!
Sandy... such a nice video! Really, the idea of following you was due to the sheep, but this tractor and grain stuff is just exciting, interesting and just Love listening to you. Thank you)))
Fantastic job guys .. i know it tough for ye but i have every faith as a couple ye will grow old together and toast to what an incredible job and what a good team ye make.. here's hoping ye get finished soon and catch up on much needed sleep. keep the faith. Bill.
Finished yesterday! Such a great feeling!
@@SandiBrock excellent.. enjoy the weekend
I myself prefer to run the cart. But the reason is it is easier to catch everybody's you-tube videos and keep up with everyone else's harvest lol . It's muddy , no propane ,low test wieght,high moisture harvest . Got 22acrers left , and it rained a inch last night 😡. Keep them coming 👍👍👍👍🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽. Good luck with the harvest
Thanks Scott! Good luck with the rest of yours! In the homestretch now!!
I feel ya! Had a fright couple weeks ago delivering sheep to the plant. Had a 2 hr drive that turned into 4 hrs. First round of snow and rain that froze on the highway half way there. Truck went completely sideways on me at one point. Almost had a heart attack. Luckily didn’t touch the brakes and regained control. When you’re loaded with animals you have even more responsibility to keep everyone safe. That’s my scary farm story for this year. :)
“That’s about right” it’s that point where you don’t even give a damn anymore 😂🤣😂
The look on your face when you said i will not drive on snow or black ice again was priceless. 😂😂😂. Thanks for taking time out of your day to make your videos.
LOL. thanks Donald!
Working at a grain elevator for many years. Yep I know the struggle between test weight and amount it corn like bushels of corn or wheat or actually any grain .
A couple years ago, we did not have a strike to limit LP, but so much was used for corn in the fall, that many people that used LP to heat their rural homes & businesses had none and it was a cold January in Wisconsin (-30F | -35C actual). The National Guard actually had to go from place to place getting some of the elderly someplace else to stay for a few weeks. Finally enough trucks came in from down south to start filling people's tanks.
There’s something about farming that keeps you coming back for the torture. I’m sure it’s the love of the land, the hard work and the strong family bond. (or those “family discussions” 😂) ❤️
LOL!
HI SANDI !Again great video I just want to say , wishj you and Mark and family a HAPPY THANKSGIVING and bless you all . thank you and keep videos coming.
Thanks Dennis! Ours here in Canada is a bit early, but wishing you one!!
COME TOGETHER CANADA!!! I love that you see the need and are in the position to help and are embracing it. If more people (not just farmers) cared and went out of there way to help the world would be such a better place!!! Good on you for being a positive influence in the world!!!
19 in Canada hahaha I live in London so Im localish to you and I like to say I remember my 19th but I def dont and id been drinking sense I was about 15 lol country kids eh lol.
ahahaha "the governments good for something" I died laughing.
LOL! Truth!
Sad to hear that the propane issue has hit your area. I was thinking about you when I heard about it. I’m so glad you are not effected directly and it’s awesome that you are helping out your neighbors! And I totally feel you with the wagons. I feel the same with my husbands truck, and that doesn’t even have a trailer!
Thankfully, I think the strike has reached a tentative agreement so I've seen many customers receiving propane again!
Sandi Brock
We are lucky around here being the main terminal is in sarnia, but that probably had massive waits to fill thus causing delays in delivery with all the propane trucked to quebec
Excellent weight explanation, thank you.
You are a strong woman and I really admire you alot
Tell Mark THANKS!!!....He explained it where I understood it!!!
It’s very interestingly how you farm. Love both your farming and sheep.
Mud and protracted harvest is the worst. Be safe. Enjoyed the story of your wild ride. Had the same experience with my dad many years ago on ice crusted snow. Broke through the crust and stopped just short of a river.
Don't worry girl, you got it! You can do anything for 10min.... Then 30 min, then a day and pretty soon you're up to a few months. Eye on the prize and know you'll get though it. Don't stress over the things you can't control, just enjoy the challenges you get put in front of you and know they make you more resilient and wise in the end. Great people strive through great challenges. Continue being great!
His “Canadian accent’ is great! Haha 😂 a true Canuck
I admire you, your strength, your energy and your organizational skills. Bonus is your happy energy doing it all.. THANK YOU! I aspire to be more like you! :)
That was a grrrreat explanation, Mark. Thanks heaps. Yours in Gratitude
Sandi, you are surely right up there with the hardest workers in ANY job.! Stress unfortunately is part of it. Had I been driving those wagons pushing me down hill ....oh my, would've had to change my drawers. When folks think about how dangerous farming is, you don't think of the routine things. Good reminder. BTW, great use of the SeaCon, that's a really nice dryer control room!
You guys need to give each other a hug every now and then....
Beautiful paradise and queen of endeavors I hope you will always be happy and enjoy life on your beautiful farm.💕💕💕💕💕
Sandi I understand most people don't respect other people land. Good for you. Don't blame you for not driving on icy roads. Better off to try another day. One day is better than tearing up tractors and wagons and yourself or someone else.
For sure!
@@SandiBrock things will get better after time with dryer. Once you have system in place and know moisture you can look back in book and know how to set dryer. Cleaning tractors is messy job but when done they look good. It's such a investment you have to keep them looking good. But it's part of the job. You and Mark have nice clean place. Don't see y'all weeds everywhere junk laying around. That's how I keep my equipment and land.
Our test weight was low this year here in Minnesota too. The moisture wasn't to bad 20 to 24%. Dry corn for us here is 14.5%. We were lucky enough that it thawed out enough for us to get all our tillage done. We are in a winter storm watch for this weekend. I don't care who you are having the wagons start pushing you down a hill like that will scare the heck out of you. We had troubles getting dryer gas here too. Thanks for the video.
Hi Sandi, I hope you and yours has a great day tomorrow!!!!
Thanks Christine! Our thanksgiving is a bit early, but wishing you and yours one!!
Mark, a man of few words.
Your videos are excellent!! It's great that you focus on farming not on plugging some piece of equipment. Your frustrations are shared by farmers everywhere.
Isn't it amazing with driving how often the right thing to do is the complete opposite of our instincts of what to do? I'm fine with pulling horses in a two horse trailer and driving a tractor, but beyond that...no thanks! Thankfully, that is not something I have to deal with. As for snow, aside from getting the horses fed and correctly blanketed, no road travel is required. With large snowfall, the whole town and city shuts down. I admire the hard work that you, Mark and all other farmers do. May 2020 be prosperous for us all.
Thank you so much!
Im using your latest video to wish you, Mark and you family a happy thanksgiving. Take the day off and enjoy family time the farm will still be there in the morning, hope you got your corn finished
Except being in Canada, they would have had their Thanksgiving already in October. :)
Finally got my corn off the field last week before the big rain storm. It was still 31. Luckily we have dairy farmers around that bought it for high moisture
Hope your harvest gets over soon. You both are looking and sounding soooo tired. You both be safe around that equipment. Accidents happen in a minute.
"Who helping today" "Monty" "ueall" loved your response there,,, hahaha....
Test weight is grain farmer voodoo. Great explanation Mark.
Nice video! I have driven trucks and tractors for over fifty years and I'm with ya on the no driving on slippery roads with those wagons, you are very lucky! My grain facility is not as nice as yours, but I do the same record keeping right down to the same brand coffee can!! Farming can be a real struggle some times can't it. Good luck with the rest of harvest!
Dont blame you, thats a real heart stopper, i think you done very well to cope...
What a great job you all did on that Oversea Container, perfect ! Not telling what to do, but when using those paper masks, make sure you pinch the metal band tight to your nose or all that dust will go in through the little spaces left open on each side. Thumbs up !!
I understand him completely - and I'm not a farmer - but my whole town supports farmers - and they all grow corn. Also, I need my sheep fix, if it is only for a few seconds, I really get a kick out of watching them follow the leader. Running back and forth en-mass.
Thanks Phillip!
As always ♥️Love you Sandi. Keep being a STRONG LADY. Many blessings from Ronda Gene Kelly via Facebook.♥️
Thanks so much Ronda!!
It has been a tough year for many farmers. U.S. and Canada. Miserable weather in Wisconsin right now.
UGh... tough year. Hoping 2020 is a good one!
Wisconsin is windy and cold!
We all have to take care of each other plane and simple no matter what
absolutely.
Marks exactly right, it simple, same as wet 304 stone or dry at the quarry i work at
Great video. Totally interesting and humor too.
thanks!
It's 2019 and we (including myself) still say "video tape" - where's this tape at? LOL!
LOL! right?!
You are so Normal- I love watching you.
A wise young lady speaks the truth!
Thank you
Awesome video glad you faced your fears it’s happens to the best of us keep safe
Thanks Walter!
I actually understand the low and high corn weight! Must be growing up on the farm did some good. Down near Syracuse it’s normally muddy at corn harvest.
Awsome pictures,, really beautifull scenery...
In Europe (Austria) we measure our yealds also in tons not bushels (we do not have bushel at all) and additional to that we measer the moisture and the so cold "hectolitre weight" (how much kilograms are for example 100 litre of corn) and thats how we sell our products. And also we have airbreaks (by law) on our wagons so they can't push you town the hill :-D ... the maximum weight for Tractor and trailer on the road is 40 tons
I binge watch sandi Brock like it’s a Netflix series... maybe you should start a Netflix series lol. “Sheep queen”😂🐑
Hi Sandi great video like always and nice job👍👍👍
Thanks Tony!
I’d say your hubby is lucky to have you!! Most women wouldn’t know how to drive a tractor!! I bet that was scary on ice!! I don’t blame you for not doing that!! Enjoy your videos!!!
Tough work! Gotta get it done
Hard no!! Love it🇨🇦🇨🇦. Great video as always!
I'm pretty keen to try anything... but never this. Ever again. LOL
Loooove your videoes Sandi and Mark Its the first video where I noticed that you guys are from Canada Sorry for not have bigger attention :D but I love you guys :) best regards from René Madsen Jutland Denmark :)
It is not just the hour of the harvest it the rest of life that still has to be sorted - can anyone find clean cloths that was always an issue for us - anyone been to the supermarket to get food let alone who has time to cook the food - it will take a month of Sundays to get the house back into some sort of order - Mum would often put a lamb roast in at lunch time Frozen into the oven on low and it was cooked when we came inside at dinner time she would also employ a cleaning person to come in and vacuum and clean for 2-4 hours a week - you are going to go from Corn harvest to Lambing so I hope it is a close lambing group
I CAN'T LOVE THIS COMMENT MORE. Yes... its the other stuff that gets backlogged that drains me. Crops always come first due to weather. And, yes lambing is anyday now, and its a long one...
I like the way you answered him,, even though it was a recording ,,at the start..haha,....
Another great video from sandi and Mark 🐑🐑🚜🚜
Thanks David!
We left one field for 3 weeks to see if it would dry down.It came up a point.Most corn was 19.5.
19.5 sounds like a dream this year!
Great video. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving day here in States. Have a safe weekend
Happy Thanksgiving!
Every time you say ew I laugh lol
Happy Thanksgiving to you... and to those you love...
Thanks Herb! Our Canadians celebrate a little earlier, but wishing you one!!
Really enjoy your channel. Scribing !! Thank you.
There's a propane shortage in the midwest as well. Corn harvest in N. IL still only 50% complete.
Mark likes to video bomb , if that's a thing? Saw your Insta story about the sheep barn fabric failure. Geeeeez, you are on a roll. Time to let that Super Sheppard cape fly or retreat to a tropical paradise and sip adult umbrella drinks. Seriously, my heart sank for you when I saw that clip. Wish I lived closer!
Thanks Larry... its been quite the afternoon... Unfortunately, its out of my hands (which I hate) and I have to let the builders do their magic...
It's crazy you guys are able to run corn, you must not be too far north from me 😄
Actually it might be east check your map
We are actually right across the lake from Saginaw! About 20 min off the shore of Lake Huron!
@@SandiBrock hard to believe but your actually south of parts of the U.S.
@@SandiBrock that's awesome! It's so easy to forget not all of Canada is north of the US 😄
I think certain regulatory requirements for farmers in Canada are overboard...too many regulations so people look for ways to get around them, and in the end only the government benefits, it only has downsides for the producer. You folks are hardworking, awesome people!
Thanks so much!
Bahahaha. Best part is when you said if someone ask you to drive a tractor on snowy or ice roads, you have my permission to tell them to kiss it lol. Love the videos mam.
LOL. thanks Robert!
Well done guys good team effort there 😎 ....
Thanks so much!
Wish I lived by you I surely would help love ranching
I'm guessing that a bushel of corn there is 56# like it is here in the United States. I know if the moisture is too high, they really dock you on the price. Good luck with the harvest, hope all goes well and you all stay safe.
Not sure if you celebrate Thanksgiving, if you do, hope it's a good one for you and your family.
Thanks Robert! Our Thanksgiving is in October, but wishing our US friends a very happy one!
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. I will not be driving a tractor but sometime may hear “KISS it”.
I'm so happy I live in south Texas love your videos
Our corn isn't even ready to harvest! And its so wet here in Lowbanks we are probably gonna be starting harvest pretty late.
Sounds like a Steven king novel. .... lol 👍
the way our dryer worked when the corn reached 150 it was 15 percent moister
Turn into the swerve!
I don't think there's anybody on Earth who wouldn't be afraid of a pair of loaded wagons z-locking and ganging a tractor sideways under them. Grain is a great fuel and tractors don't run right upside down.
Sandy i dont mean any disrespect,I think you are the ultimate girl and not bad lookin. I rank you right up there with my momma she was the ultimate farm girl and she wasnt bad lookin either. She was a servant and worked hard on our farm here in Oklahoma. I dont think she ever ate a hot meal bless her heart she waited on everyone coming from the field,but you could always count on herand i think you remind me of her.It truly is a rarity to have good women beside the man. God bless!
Oh thanks Joel!
You can dry the corn to lowering the moisture ;)