Picking Sweet Corn into a Tiny Gravity Wagon

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  • čas přidán 10. 12. 2022
  • Dad went to market and sold out much to early. Good thing I hadn't left for the afternoon to go mow hay. The race is on to see how fast I can pick and get to town. This little wagon has had many odd uses, but it's handy.
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Komentáře • 40

  • @dehavenfamilyfarm
    @dehavenfamilyfarm Před rokem +3

    That is awesome that you are building such a good customer base at the market. Direct to consumer sales gets us small farms the most profit!

  • @Hinesfarm-Indiana
    @Hinesfarm-Indiana Před rokem +3

    Oh yeah the official boehm farm mini wagon, great vid 👍👍🌽🌽

  • @makingithappen5178
    @makingithappen5178 Před rokem +2

    Hello there Mr. Boehm❄☔. That gravity wagon is perfect for this purpose.

  • @willbass2869
    @willbass2869 Před rokem

    The best sweet corn from long ago was a white 'shoe peg'. I forget the name.
    Not super sweet like corn (which is too sweet imo) but had an actual CORN flavor.
    Loved that stuff. The rows of kernels held the butter better because of the loose fit.
    Never store bought, always from the garden and you didn't pick it until you had the pot on the stove with water already starting to steam.

  • @michaelowen1750
    @michaelowen1750 Před rokem +1

    WE always planted Golden Bantam and Silver Queen. But that was 40 yrs ago now!

  • @Farmerupyonder
    @Farmerupyonder Před rokem +4

    Nice video again. Good to show the work farmers put into providing fresh food.
    Not sure about your customers and what they think, but I would think the mini wagon as a novelty would be good for conversation at the market. Actually a good use for it too, planned or not haha

  • @ianhaggart1438
    @ianhaggart1438 Před rokem +1

    Nice seeing how handy that dinky wagon actually is in the right place. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @johnziegler3695
    @johnziegler3695 Před rokem +2

    Love that wagon

  • @glenshepard6960
    @glenshepard6960 Před rokem

    That little gravity flow wagon works great. I remember husking corn by hand as late as the 1960s. Wet spot in the field go around it with the picker come back and hand picked it. I was in grade school at the time. Walk in a muddy field and tractor and wagon maybe 25 ft away. Got good at throwing corn in the wagon. Miss.and had a second chance to put the ear in the wagon. The good old days

  • @larrybg9293
    @larrybg9293 Před rokem +2

    Good stuff

  • @reedbreneman9443
    @reedbreneman9443 Před rokem +5

    Hey Jacob,Great to see a summer video from you when Here in NW Missouri its cold and damp.I love summer and not so much on winter.I agree with you on yellow corn as not the hot seller.I own 3 businesses and I am the general manager of the Lamoni Iowa produce auction.It is primarily Amish grown produce and the yellow corn(Incredible mostly)sells well early but as soon as white corn or even better yet,Bicolor hits the auction yellow corn is then a give away and fades out for the year.Believe it or not we were getting up to $7 a dozen at auction for sweet corn this year.We sell to mostly resellers that take it to farmers markets in the big cities around us.I cant imagine what those big city people were paying for it.Since covid and with inflation our auction market has been real strong.Heck I found out that our resellers were selling pumpkins this year by the pound for .52 cents a pound at the farmers market.We at the auction end of it were trying to figure out how the buyers were buying pumpkins at the auction for so much $$$ and still making a profit,Well imagine our suprise when we found that out!! People want high quality produce and are willing to pay a large premium for it and the Amish in our auction grow the best quality hands down and they grow it by the ton!! Thank you for the video,I look forward to all your adventures!

  • @francislahey7981
    @francislahey7981 Před rokem +1

    You do that all by hand? I live in Boston, sheltered in the asphalt jungle, I know nothing about farming, small farming or agri-business. I like your life. it's hard, but good. Honest. I wish I knew more of it.

  • @jamesmorrison1884
    @jamesmorrison1884 Před rokem

    Nice work Jacob. Have a good day.

  • @waynejones5239
    @waynejones5239 Před rokem

    Glad that it worked out well

  • @rogercarrico4975
    @rogercarrico4975 Před rokem +1

    People that think Silver Queen is so great. Have never tried Sweet G90! 😜

  • @pagrainfarmer
    @pagrainfarmer Před rokem +5

    That IS a cute little gravity wagon. My question is (and I truly don't mean to be critical) doesn't it bruise the sweetcorn when you throw it into the wagon that way? Just curious.

    • @hobsonbeeman7529
      @hobsonbeeman7529 Před rokem +1

      I’m sure it does, but mayb not to bad

    • @joshk.6246
      @joshk.6246 Před rokem

      Thinking the same. Maybe used so fast that its not an issue....
      Or it's sold as creamed corn on the cob.

    • @pagrainfarmer
      @pagrainfarmer Před rokem

      @@joshk.6246 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @jimjoe9945
    @jimjoe9945 Před rokem +13

    Where's Nick? Incarcerated?

  • @ozz5350
    @ozz5350 Před rokem +1

    👍👏👏👏

  • @paulcasefarms9933
    @paulcasefarms9933 Před rokem +1

    So how did it unload? I cant see Bill trying to get into it!

  • @samwyzdraper
    @samwyzdraper Před rokem +3

    Great videos, will we see the uni system corn picker in action soon or is it better picking by hand for going to market

    • @braderwin937
      @braderwin937 Před rokem +1

      As far as I know most of the corn is already done as of now and beans were done before Thanksgiving this year

    • @braderwin937
      @braderwin937 Před rokem

      As far as I know most of the corn is already done as of now and beans were done before Thanksgiving this year

    • @hoofhearted304
      @hoofhearted304 Před rokem +1

      @@braderwin937 you can say that again

    • @45Deere9500
      @45Deere9500 Před rokem +2

      The Uni isn’t meant or made, to pick sweet corn, especially for the fresh market. It would take modifications, such as removing the husking bed, to pick sweet corn for canning purposes. That is not what Boehm Farms has the Uni for. Their picker is for picking regular ear corn to feed to their own cattle and to sell to other customers, presumably for feed as well.

  • @joelmollenkopf3767
    @joelmollenkopf3767 Před rokem +1

    Tell your dog I said hi

  • @ronsmith7640
    @ronsmith7640 Před rokem

    i hope your mom gets better

  • @MrAlbethke
    @MrAlbethke Před rokem

    How much did you get for a dozen there? Here in Central WI, I saw as high as $8 a dozen.

  • @trevor7918
    @trevor7918 Před rokem

    Hello. Mini wagon, where’s the mini ford?