I Made A New Farm Purchase
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- čas přidán 23. 09. 2023
- I have been farming for my entire life. Today, I made the decision to take a risk and make a new farm purchase that could change things forever.
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I love seeing Cooper and Cole each applying their individual strengths to work together on the farm.
I am not a farmer , But old enough to know . My Father always turned the soil and added Lime to it . Our garden always yielded a hardy plant with beautiful vegetables .
Horticultural Lime lowers the acid in soil, kills fungus too as fungus grows in very acidic soil like in rotted plant matter. Horticultural Lime sweetens soil. Always test your soil before adding anything which may unbalance the ph.
You should see what happens when you offer the first fruits to God. You'll never be able to eat all that God gives back.
Turn the old shack into a play house for your little one, move it closer to the house
Cole, I love plowing. When you end up with a dead furrow, drive your tractor with the hind wheel in the furrow, let the front of the plow down to approximately the depth you were plowing, slowly let the tail end of the plow down the where the rear plow shear is at the surface of the ground. Doing this will fill the dead furrow and blend it with the surface of the plowed field. You will have no dead furrows in the field. Also when you disk the field the first time, if you drive the same direction you plowed, the disk will pull easier and finish the surface the best.
It's amazing how much of farming isn't just farming. You have a great amount of skill sets.
Watching y'all critique and evaluate those fields is so impressive. You are true professionals.
Cole, get some POR 15. It's a brush on rust converter. It won't make the wheels look any better, but it will protect the metal from corrosion.
I know Edward is not ready for school yet , but I think that little building would be a good bus stop at the end of your driveway so Edward can keep warm in the winter while waiting to be picked by bus for school
Boy, does that bring back memories!
Hopefully Edward is home schooled and misses all the 💩that is going on in school these days.
is it that bad? @@choochooman336
@@choochooman336bad advice. Homeschooled kids do not get any sort of decent education. No parent is capable of replacing a teacher.
That’s what I was thinking.
I find it interesting that plowing is coming back. I absolutely love plowing. Nothing better than seeing the soil turned under.
Cole, I was so hoping you had seen Marion Calmer's videos on his fertility trials.... The differences in his corn crops was pretty incredible and the drought tolerance for where he had plowed under the fertilizers showed a major change in the 3 scenarios. I am so looking forward to next season already to see the results as the overall idea behind it makes perfect sense as the roots grow down from germination and moving the fertilizers down should give them added boost beyond the normal 32% you apply. As far as the main farm goes it Looks AWESOME. Was wondering one thing though as why not finish the rock around the Bean Bin to aid in mowing it ?, Your already over 50% rocked around it now seems like it would save a bunch of weed wacking next year and then you could just swing by with the mower and not have to get off to trim there ... Just a thought!. As always Thanks for bringing us along on your journeys, and God Bless all of the Cornstar Family, Friends, and vendors!
Cole you sure have done a lot of work on the farm, you and your whole family have. You had a vision of what you wanted it to look like and your family have help the whole way.
One last thing everyone, if we share with one person every time we watch one of his vids we could help get this channel a million in no time. Its totally free and a grewt way to support this channel
It's awesome to see two generations learning and sharing knowledge between one another. You can see the differences on subject the other may not know so much about.
I really like learning about the process you all go through to pick seed.
Good video as always.
The field tour was so interesting .
Are you becoming your Grandpa, Cole??
Dang...Cooper is amazing at his welding talents!
Thank you Cole! Have a blessed day! God bless your family!
Just don’t forget to take the right side dual off so the tire goes into the furrow. We moldboard plow all of our hay ground that is going into corn and we’ve always have had incredible first year corn with doing so, getting everything buried and the soil loose really helps.
I know that I've said it before, but watching the transformation of your operation is just so intriguing with all that rock. You are, (or at least deserve to be) a role model for others who are trying to develop their farms! Thank you Cole!
Congrats on baby number 2 Cole!!!
Good job on the rock Cole the farm is looking great
Man that place is looking really looking good! Copper is so mechanically inclined! Y’all work so hard… thanks for sharing!😊❤
I'm so glad to see the new plow. There are a few advantages to turning over the soil once in a while. I used to plow for my grandfather in Big Stone county where auto reset was required 😅. We went from a yearly to a rotation of plowing every 3 years, which was probably too often.
Congrats on the new baby coming! I just want to say that I love watching you and your wife as I grew up in a farm community and it gives me a taste of home. I now live in Tampa Florida where everything is fast paced so it’s nice to sit back at night and just enjoy your sweet family endeavors! Thank you for brightening my day. You are such a hard worker and I can tell you are very smart! God will definitely bless you and your family for years to come. Thank you for teaching all of us so much about the farm life!
If you knock the loose rust off the sprayer wheels and then apply a phosphoric acid product it will kill the rust. I use a product from Eastwood called "Afterblast". Apply it with spritz bottle. Turns rust to an inert product. It turns black. You should wipe down with clean cloth and after drying I paint over it. Have let stand on metal for up to a year (without painting over it) before it failed and started to form rust
Nice video Cole,and it was nice to see all you guys in it. Can't wait till your harvest videos , won't be long now
Always a good day when Cole posts a GREAT video
No 1 out of 100 are good ones
It’s nice to see a family work together for the common good. Your family is awesome
You can be proud of yourself for making your place look so good and functional. Love your videos
Wow! What a difference all your work has made. The farms are looking so good! It will be nice for you to get through all of this and the harvest, then maybe you will be able to work on your house. But everything looks so much better than when I first started watching you and your family. Amazing…
I hope all is well and things are working out with the bin site. I know you can’t talk about it, but I know it must be beyond frustrating for all of you. Hang in there, something will work out. It’s just hard to be patient.
Cole I thought your new purchase was going to be a cart to run around the farm in. I loved watching your family run around the farm with the cart you borrowed this Spring. Love your videos. Thanks for sharing.
So many uses i can think of for the little shack, save it in an out of the way corner for sure until you decide what would be the most useful. I wish I had it for all my garden stuff! 😊 I'd love a she shack. 🧑🌾
I'm amazed at Coopers mechanical skills. You all have your own unique talents that contributes to the success of your farm. Hardworking team!!!!
Wow, the business of growing corn! It is so interesting. Thank you for recording this. Amazing.
❤ Family working together. This team effort has accomplished so much over the years and will continue through the years.
Plowing will probably help with better yields but the cost of fuel may be too high for all of you lands so just try it on a smaller area and see how it works out.
We always planted a cover crop and then plowed it under in the spring. It rotated the nutrients down and provided moisture from the cover crop
Hey DC, maybe this winter would be a good time to finally have the boys clean and repaint those rusty wheels on the Haggie sprayer? Oxalic acid is a cheap & easy way to dissolve the rust. It is quite mild on most things that are not rusty metal (it is pretty reactive with aluminum.) I like to mix oxalic acid powder in water and applying it with a garden sprayer. I usually follow up with OSPHO Rust Treatment (also cheap and effective) prior to painting. If you guys have gotten used to looking at those rusty wheels and need them to identify between the sprayers I might suggest that they could be repainted in yellow and orange in a nice camouflage sort of pattern. 😜
Thanks to the whole Cornstarch family for the awesome videos !
In Denmark and almost every country in Europe. we never stopped plowing for the same reason. You always get a much better crop when you plow. Most farmers also use turning plows now because it's more efficient. Plowing is a difficult thing were you really can mess up until you master it which can take time
The key to breaking compassion layer is aeration not plowing. Aeration of a large sort with heavy equipment shatters the ground but doesn't break the soil cohagulants. Coagulants is the air pocket in between soil. Once we break soil smaller by disking and tilling we can never recreate that pour space.
Loving the driveway and all the new rock. Good job on the cleanup and the winterizing of your equipment you guys are storing until next year. Keep the videos coming, I cannot stop watching your sexy smiling face and how much you enjoy what your day has in store for you! 😎
Hey Cole and Nave! That little shack you weren’t sure what to do with might be able to be made into a cute Play House for Edward and his siblings! It’s electrified and all, move it closer to the house and build a wonderful play area for the kids…just a thought! ❤
I commend you guys for all the work you do. To be honest, I’m not even a lover of corn. Have never really liked it but watching you guys work and talk about corn is really interesting. Well done guys!
The driveways are looking really sweet - great job, Cole, always a highlight to see you three working as a team. You must pinch yourself every morning, Cole, when you see how fantastic the farm is looking compared to just last year. Really looking forward to harvest time so as to compare the yield on your various test plots. Best wishes to you all 👌👌👌👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️🇺🇸
Great video, Cole! Well done on all accounts! Thanks for the effort!
CONGRATULATIONS ON BABY # 2 COMIN COLE AND NAVE THATS AWESOME ❤❤❤❤❤
I guess a farmer's life is always on the move, always something to do. Get those crops planted and cultivated, then to market.
As the former owner of a mold board plow I understand your enthusiasm. I used to love to plow and see the newly turned earth, until I heard Gabe Brown speak at a soil conference. You will see a short term boost in yields but, in my opinion, at the long term cost of lower soil organic matter, loss of soil structure (the oxygen fed bacteria eat the glue that holds the soil particles apart. good aggregation means good water infiltration) and the possibility of wind erosion if you fall plow. Healthy soils with an abundance of biology can greatly reduce the need for purchased inputs.
Can’t wash off rust- but you can put Ballistol (CLP) on it which will convert and stop it from getting worse until you have time to wire brush, sand, clean & paint it. 👍🏻
Hi Cole
I had a neighbor farmer who was really a guy like you. Really focused.
He had a sandblasting corner in a shed and then he had one bay in another building where he did spray painting.
Every now and then he took off the wheels from tractors and touched up the paint.
His equipment always looked brand new. Especially rear ends of tractors that get worn hitches and liftarms.
You guys are awesome already on maintainence so its a tip for next level look on machinery.
Like rims on sprayer.
If you go for zink primer rust is bye bye 😁
Kindly Mike
Congratulations on the new baby!
Your driveway looks like it'll make life easier for all n looks neat n tidy too 😊
As a part of the non-farmer viewing contingent, I also don't know if its going to work, but excited to see next years yield numbers!
In my opinion I think it's one of the best careers to have. I don't own a farm and work in the suburbs. But I grew up on a small family farm and work on bigger farm as a teenager. Yes there is a multitude of different jobs to do on a farm. Yes it can be hard work. Yes most of the time it's start at sun up and quit at sundown. Yes it's usually 7 days a week. But it was fun and enjoyable. Plus you are always doing something different. We always were cutting up and making the work enjoyable. Now the down side is the guy signing the checks ( the owner ) well there is alot of pressure on him along with alot of decisions that could make him money or lose money. There was never big profit you hope to at least break even or put a little in the bank. Most of the time you were losing money. My boss also work a full time night job at the state prison to make ends meet. Never met a man that work as hard as he did. It kept you from bitchen about how hard your job was. Because he joined in the work after a 12 hour shift. Then biggest thing that decided if you were going to have a good year or not was mother nature. The rain is such a huge factor in everything a farm does. You can not appreciate the weather cooperating with you or how important rain is at the right time until all you have is in the ground and you hope for a bumper crop. Lots of stress for the farmer.
@@hillbillyhicks8102 Yes for sure watching farming channels sometimes feels like 3rd person gambling haha
here in Canada they used to always turn the fields in the fall to have them ready by spring which does help with getting moisture into fields if you get snow but stopped when one year they plowed fields in fall and through the winter the top soil was blown away there was no snow on the prairies, so now most plow and then seed very soon afterwards or you could loose your top soil ‼️ seeding after plowing is so the new roots grow down and keep the soil from erosion of blowing away ... can't wait to see coles experiment next spring 👍💕
The shed would be a good play house for the kids.
Cool hat! I got one like that this spring, and I love that it shades my neck.
Sum of the farmers that I watch on CZcams are talking about giving up there channel I hope you don’t give up yours we or enjoy traveling with you on your difficult but most worthy cause with out your hard difficult work you do and still find time to take us along on your reward journey from break downs to fixing to transporting I appreciate your
Channel more than you stars all now from Daddy to mom and cooper to you cole just in case in the decisions try to remember us viewers thank you all once again
Wow, Brandon sure knows his corn plot, impressive. Very knowledgeable guy.
Cole, I remember your first videos were 15min, then they changed to 30min this summer, now they are 45min. I used to watch one during lunch. Now it takes me three days to finish one. Good luck with the harvest.
Idea for the pumps , on the bottom put in a 90 degree elbow then a ball valve on end
New Sub here. Now you're talking. You got a gem of a plow. Once you start plowing under the green crops and even the spent crops, you will be amazed how the soil becomes revitalized. Dirt in a bag is not the answer, using what you have is the answer and it's free once the crop has yielded. Your channel just popped up in my algo rhythm and I am binge watching your episodes in reverse. Very enjoyable to see how you cleaned up the farm and got everything in place. Yes, you needed a roundabout so the semi's don't need to back up. You did it as I was thinking it. God bless the family farm. we need more like you Cole. Good work. Prosperity will be yours.
U have a planing bucket on the skidsteer ( it looks like the one we use on wheelloaders in Scandi). So build up a pile and push it out insted. I makes it alot flather and u pack it at the same time. Im an operator in North Sweden, and we do not use skidsteers we use wheelloaders with bm-adapters so we can change buckets. But the plane bucket we use to make small roads with flat areas.
We always turned our soil over..added elk & cow poo and the tomatoes loved it.
Erosion is a real concern as well
No use flushing $10,000 worth of fertility down the drain.
The best thing about filled days you get the visit your neighboring farmers and learn from their mistakes too😅
My late uncle was a crop duster and I will never forget looking at fields from the air, low spots being attacked my bugs, nearly empty spots animal activity and how straight all rows were.
awesome video Cole. thank you guys
Cole, the old dryer shack could be a club house for Edward? Every boy needs one. You have no trees for a tree house.😊
Have you considered cover cropping, extending your rotation or adding organic matter?
We did all of the above and saw a bigger yield response and cost saving than any cultivation changes we’ve made.
Haha, what goes around comes around. I'm 70 yrs old, we used to plow every year. Spent a lot of time plowing in the furrow. It's a skill to close up the furrow at the end, to smooth it out. We pulled 5 bottoms with a 4020.
Thanks for the video!
Thread a banjo fitting with a male end into to drain of the pumps. Then put a banjo cap on them and zip tie them fast. That way it’s easy to drain. We have five nurse trailers and five tender trucks we have this on. It makes draining easy and you don’t have to worry about stripping a plug.
My grandfather farmed with a 4 bottom plow hooked to a Oliver from the late 50's. On top of farming full-time he also worked a full-time factory job. The only real help he had that was consistent was my grandmother. If I'm not mistaken they farmed 300 acres plus the livestock that he had, and generally had a 2 acre garden going on the side.
Awesome video Cole. 🚜🚜🚜
I live on a farm, up by the Canadian /Lake Ontario border, in NY state. Most of my neighbors have big dairies or apple farms. We also do no till, rotate between corn & beans, but we occasionally till our fields. Plus we plant cover crops in some or our fields an plow them under, in the spring.We don't run the large acres that you do and our land is not flat, We have to run rock pickers over our land every year. We love you channel and admire your approach to farming. We operate very differently than our grandparents.
about time you got one of them, i live on an island and all farms are tilled/ploughed even those that just have cows grazing ,turn the soil gets the stuff on top below and gets it into the soil, you can't make butter without CHURNING ,same goes with the soil.
so on my family farm we still use the moldboard plow. we plow about every other year it helps get ride of the chemical resistant weeds.
General rule of thumb on plowing depth is half the width of the furrow so if your plow is 18 inches plow nine inches deep
seeing yall geek out over crops makes me smile 😃
Another wonderful educational video, thank you ❤
Been following for quite a few years cole. Your farm being so clean and orginized has inspired my farm to try to get more clean and orginized. Great job. The rock looks awesome. 👌
If you’ve just been disking and doing no-till the moldboard plow may help with compaction as well. Looking forward to seeing how it goes. Loving the Oliver!
Will be interesting to find out the results of plowing the field.
I did a couple plow day shows with a 730 diesel and 3 bottom pull type plow and it was so fun.
Ellie just makes me laugh jumping up on the cab of that equipment! She can go up and down ladders too, ha!
As a kid I spent a lot of seat time on a JD B pulling a single row mole board plow. One row at a time in each direction. The 60’s. Good times!
Looks like a jury trial for the bin site lawsuit is set for 04/22/2024. They appear to be in Discovery at the moment. Of course, that date can always change.
This was surprisingly interesting learning about some of the background work that goes into the farm.
The old dryer shed will make a great cubby for your two little ones!😊
Enjoy your plow. I enjoyed plowing. I had done it for years. Great video.
Interesting purchase on the year john deer discontinued their plow. What's old is new again. Looking forward to seeing it in the field. I really enjoy plowing and seeing the freshly turned dirt.
Jordan fixes and orders the sprayer but we have seen you doing it all the time.
Just say clean it again. Please paint the old wheels to slow the rust, lightly sand then spray with rust paint sealer, the last coat paint.
Sweep the insides and the windows, please.
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I am actually very impressed with the maintenance you do on your equipment. Too many farmers don't fix anything until it breaks.
My family's farm had never been ripped but was plowed, chiseled and disked over the years. Based on some videos and information about permeability and hardpan I believe I finally convinced my brother to rip some strips across a variety of fields to see if it makes crops grow better or if it just makes wetter fields unfarmable due to losing soil structure. Hope your test goes well and doesn't just cost you diesel.
If you like white store bought mushrooms, then you'd like corn smut. It's really good as long as you harvest it while it is still white and firm. Be sure to cook it, and use it anywhere you'd use store bought.
All I know about farming I’ve learn from CZcams videos like this.
I was just watching a few videos the other day on moldboard plowing.
I live in very fertile part of Appalachia. Place called Burke’s Garden. There’s a whole story on it but basically is was a cavern that collapsed tens of thousands of years ago… anyway, it’s famous for Amish culture but a few families own several farms that aren’t Amish. My family being one with a very small plot of land compared to the Amish families.
Anyway, moldboard plowing is what they do over here I think. I’m not sure what the Amish call each of their farming practices.
I was watching Moldboard plowing and things like what you’re doing. Thinking about getting into trying to farm a small piece of land to see how it goes. Idk if I can even grow anything I never have tried.
You definitely make me want to with all knowledge you share on this channel. I love coming here and learning new things while watching you and family work together and having fun while you’re doing it… it’s awesome to see and something I envy. I wish I had what you do. A close knit family who work together everyday. I would just like to see mine everyday. But anyway, that’s nothing anyone wants to hear.
God Bless you and your family…
I also watch your Nave’s videos I love those too! Family is everything…
Call deep ripping or root plowing will help more than just plowing. It's all about shattering The compassion later and allowing the nutrients to absorb with water down to the root base. Or where to replace wants to go deep in the soil.
No-till is not an end-all be-all, depending on soil depth and conditions it occasionally has to be turned over for nutrients as well as weed control.
Nice work on all the rock spreading.
I wish I would have known you were doing that a year ago, I would have bought stock in the rock quarry. 😉
Congratulations on your second baby cole and your wife Nave and have a good luck sleeping in the next few months take care of yourself
You can use. Extend. Rust converter on the wheels and paint over it...😊
Great video Cole the Corn Star and Daddy Corn Star
I’m anxious to see how you shine up those rusty moldboards, good luck
Stay safe!
Put it in the ground. After a couple of rounds the moldboards will shine up. Before putting away for winter you can put some used oil or a light coat of grease on them to keep from rusting.
Never a dull moment! Got many irons in the fire and lots on the go!
Yards looking great well done
Oliver is an awesome plow that pulls the easiest according to my 84 year old friend. He worked with me on the one I bought for 3 hours to get it set up when he was done wow what a difference. It like day and night as far as ease in pulling and fuel consumption. Polish all of he plow bottoms remove all the rust.