I live in Iowa, your state neighbor!!! i've been to Nebraska before, not trying to be mean but i've seen the color of the soil before and it's sand, not black soil. In Northwest Iowa we have darkest of soil around,(where i'm from)
To all of the farmers in the USA....This is a heads up, the FED's are trying to pass a bill or law that will require all farmers to get a CDL licence to operate farm equipment...Also you will be required to keep records and maintain your machinery to what is required on truck drivers....Equipment will also be subjet to inspections....Research it....The CDL may also be enforced to anyone one who has any type of an RV or pulls any type of trailer....
it is sad more and more people are leaving farming and going to Hollywood with the dropping in farming we are falling faster in debt with other countries.
@VooDooAssassin2 True, but less than 2% of the the population feeds the whole world and most of those people are right here in the good ole USA. I would just say we are better at it.
@thejunkman - Yes, I loved the video, thank you. I thought you'd appreciate the info because my friend Rebekah Davis clearly supports the every day challenge of farmers in Nebraska. Sorry I didn't mean to "spam".
when i get older i want to become and farmer do u have any tips that could be useful i would really appreciate that, and suggest any tips that helped you
i cant tell if the combine is a 850 0r an 860 but we bought out 860 new and boy was it a beast. we still have her today and she runs right along side of our new massey ferguson 9895 combine
@nate1294 Yup its an 860 gray cab. We ran a Super 92 and 510 before we got this and a 760, used these for almost 15 years and then kinda had to switch to a JD 9610 mostly because the Massey dealers just dried up in our area.
a the same thing happened 2 our dealers so we had 2 switch 2 a jd 9610 4 a few years (we got bigger and the 860 became to small) its funny we broke the left side spindal just like u did. only 1 thing we did differently we brought in a loader and dug a hole 2 work on it lol so we fwore out the jd to the point there were holes wearing in the metal so we switched back 2 massey... we should have never switxhed 2 jd
@nate1294 I hear that. I have to admit the 9610 is miles better than the 860 we had, but if we had more of a choice in dealers that are/were less than 200 miles away we probably would have went with a Massey Rotary of a similar vintage. If you have not already checked out my other videos you should.
Unfortunately the ethanol program will probably finish off thee rest of the family farms. Farmers will go into debt to cash in on the demand for corn, then the government will cancel the program.
How can your farm be called labeled a small family farm when you clearly have very expensive machinery and plenty of land to feed thousands upon thousands of people.
It can be labled a "family" farm because only my dad, mom, sister and me run this farm vs. a farm that highers people to do the work or a corparate farm. FYI we don't have that many acres compared to a corparate farm. Yes farm equipment is expensive, but even at the time of filming this equiptment was 20+ years old.
Doing just fine these days. Keep a good budget and be efficient, we also never carry much debt. My folks will have to stop farming some day (being in their late 50's) but no end in sight yet.
this is definantly a small family farm... keep in mind that this is not a high income business... most family farms have been having trouble breaking even in the last few years due to high fuel prices and low grain prices. The machinery they were using is older machinery that isnt that pricey compared to new equipment like the cat lexion 590 harvester that sells for around 1/2 a million with all the grain headers.
So you can plow in both directions, otherwise you have to make a square with a conventional "one way" plow (taking it out of the ground for the corners). A "two way" plow is best for irregular shaped fields. The reason for the different types is because you cannot turn corners with a plow without taking it out of the ground.
No its not typical, most farmers just us a disc for ground tillage, it is faster and less time consuming but the ground does not get broken down as far as a plow does. The farther you can rip into the soil the farther down water can get, the better the crops do with less water.
I always heard that no till was better and prevented erosion and you got better yields with no till. Some say swear by no till and others swear at it. whats your take on no till? I am not a farmer just a student but fascinated by tractors and farming.
Well with no-till it really depends on your crop rotation. We are dry-land only. And do both depending on the year and rotation. For eg. We will drill a winter wheat fall, harvest early summer and no-till plant milo (sorgum) in the stubble. Then harvest the milo in the fall getting two crops a season out of one field. After that though we have found that the soil really needs turned (plowed) becasue A. the milo and wheat stubble is hard for the drill cut through.
B. the soil needs turned (plowed) to get the decomposing straw/stubble into the ground to replace the nutrients, thus using less fertilizer the next year. And as I stated before it helps let water seep down farther, plus all the driving on the ground eventually packs the soil and makes any planting or drilling that much harder as well as the water has a harder time penetrating the soil and can evaporate much easier.
just advice but....you can sign up with the government so that they pay you for NOT tilling the ground...because it releases carbon dioxide in the air
I live in Sweden, and was raised on a farm there. Swedish farmers really look up at the midwestern farmers, we cant believe how big fields you have! The work you put down. I wanna visit nebraska someday and see the farms...plus, it looks like a charming place to live too, very peaceful and calm, and the fields are beutiful.
Seems like great people live there! Down to earth-people, not like the people in like LA haha!!
Wheat stubble, getting it ready to put it back to wheat. Then we will run a disc w/ harrow or field cultivator over it to smooth it out before drilling. That is why they coined the term "plow back wheat".
OMAHA is what nebraska is known for. Without OMAHA everybody would think Nebraska is just a corn and football state. I am not saying that is bad no, no you guys are doing a great job farming, seriously no joke. but you know Omaha just adds so much more to the table for nebraska. Nebraska is one of those states where you have the country and city life all close together.
That video brought tears to my eyes. I used to farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. The old 860 is the highlite. The Perkins blowing black smoke brought back memories. My son hervested with a custom operator in Nebraska, 1999. Great folks!!
The video brought tears to my eyes. I farmed in Saskatchewan, Canada. The highlite owas thge old 860 wuith the perkins blowing balck smoke under a heavy crop. My son harvested wheat in Nebraksa in '99. (Custom operator.)
That video brought tears to my eyes. I used to farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. The highlite was the old 860 with the Perkins blowing black smoke under a heavy crop. My son harvested with a custom harvester in Nebraska in '99.
That video brought tears to my eyes. I used to farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. The highlite was the old 860 with the Perkins blowing black smoke under the stress of a good crop. My son harvested in Kansas with a custom operator. God bless the farmers of North America.
I used to farm in Saskatchewan Canada. That video brought tears to my eyes. The highlite was that old Massey 860 with the Perkins blowing black smoke. You made my day!!
Great vid man. I'm from Oxford and my grandpa has a lot of land around there. I'm really good friend with all for the Luekings around there. Very fond memories.
Well this is going on over 15 years since this video was made. We do some no-till but chisel or plowing is still the only way to get penitration. We now use a CAT Challenger and pull a 12 bottom one way or a 11 shank chisel plow and go down about 24 inches.
The one we use for ground prep would be an older CAT 75C 340HP I believe, We have a CAT 45 (200HP) for row crop and planting. This is all in south central Nebraska.
Nice video, I assume you farm out in west nebraska based off of all the open spaces? My family farms in nebraska also but in the south east corner along the Missouri river so there are a bit more hills.
I didn't get the privilege of growing up there but Ive been learning on my school breaks that I spend up there. They dont farm wheat though just corn,beans, and cattle.
Many thanks for taking the time and effort to make this video. I loved it! I grew up on the farm and it was just my father and me. Seeing this video reminded me of my childhood and young adulthood. Thanks again for taking me back into time and into a more civil era.
farmers should be treated better, and i wish there were more young people WILLING to farm. it does not take much to do it, even if you have less than an acre of land. everyone should grow their own food. it also would help save the environment. smaller farms also dont use the irrigation the larger farms do, so it does not deplete the aquifer as much.
There is no money left for small farmers and you need irrigation to get the yeilds to turn profits, (we) this farm is dry land only. With fuel, fertilizer, seed and chemical prices going up and the price of cereal grains generally stagnent its more of a break even type of deal. Organics don't work because they cost even more to make the yields some of these hybrids do.
Nothing like seeing a little bit of home. Great Vid, reminds me of childhood. Trips to town to pick up food for all the neighbors over helpin' plant and later harvest. Chewin' wheat for gum.... etc...
Wow! Never expected to have you online and respond so quickly. Well, that must be the Harlan County I saw earlier. I love s. Central Nebraska. I've got cousins in Kearney, or specifically 7 west and 2 south. I think that Platte River Valley is just gorgeous in the warmer months. And...those summer sunsets are a well kept secret. I go back every year, and just flat out love Nebraska.
Great video! I'm a 3rd. gen. Nebraskan (Boone and Madison counties) but raised in so. Ariz. Just curious...where do you folks farm? The absolute greatest times in my life of 53 years were playing with my cousins and Grandparetnts up around Loretto and Albion, Neb. (Boone Co.) on their farms. My gosh....the Boone Co. Fair in August..was the highlight of my life. God Bless you, your family, and the family farm. Joel in Tucson.
Those Massey-Ferguson 860s are still making the rounds. And one of the last combines to be manufactured up in Canada. Nice machines, even if the perkins diesels were a bit underpowered that the combines always belched black smoke. Can alway tell a massey by its smoke on the horizon.
this is a wonderfull video guys let them damn cityboys what fun looks like .....lol they have no idea what the fuck work even looks like thanks for giveing them some idea keep up the hard work wish i was their to lend a hand......................
A most interesting video. First time that I have watched a reversible mouldboard plow actually working. I grew up on a 740 acre wheat & sheep farm in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. I was amazed at the similarities of our farming techniques. Unfortunately, I let the farm in the late 1960's. Dad sold up. You can never get that great lifestyle back again then you know
I am a biologist living in Oregon and I have farming roots in Nebraska. This really brought me back, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE MIDWEST. Nowhere else are there your kind of people or environment, cherish it. Thanx man
Very well done video. A lot of people don't know or care where there food comes from as long as they have it. Hey, what kind of grain truck were you all runnin'?
keep doing what you're doing-we need farmers,we need you to survive!!
MsRandomnotes1 4 months ago
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thejunkman 4 months ago
to all farmers yall r our heros, yall bust yer asses to keep us fed, work sun up to sun down. thank you
chevroletboy7 5 months ago
@chevroletboy7 Thanks, I love it when people aprieciate where their food comes from
thejunkman 4 months ago
I live in Iowa, your state neighbor!!! i've been to Nebraska before, not trying to be mean but i've seen the color of the soil before and it's sand, not black soil. In Northwest Iowa we have darkest of soil around,(where i'm from)
pr1ng3l5xDuBz 5 months ago
@pr1ng3l5xDuBz Yeah its sandy in the pan handle. We are along the Republica river so our soil is pretty good.
thejunkman 5 months ago
To all of the farmers in the USA....This is a heads up, the FED's are trying to pass a bill or law that will require all farmers to get a CDL licence to operate farm equipment...Also you will be required to keep records and maintain your machinery to what is required on truck drivers....Equipment will also be subjet to inspections....Research it....The CDL may also be enforced to anyone one who has any type of an RV or pulls any type of trailer....
avionicswirenut 5 months ago
@avionicswirenut dude.... if anyone is an expert farmer they would already have known by last year the CDL on all equipment.... just saying
pr1ng3l5xDuBz 5 months ago
@avionicswirenut wen did this happen?
chevroletboy7 5 months ago
@chevroletboy7 I asume you mean when was this filmed. I filmed this back in the early 90's Check my updated video from 2010 Farming in Nebraska 2
thejunkman 4 months ago
I'm italian and I'd like to live in Nebraska,find a good husband,have kids,and our farm,and be...happy!!!
Philadelphia90 5 months ago
@Philadelphia90 Nice, thanks for the comment
thejunkman 5 months ago
I live on a 2000 acre farm in central Indiana. I like Nebraska but Indiana is better just sayin. Nothing against Nebraska
jgremel12 6 months ago
@jgremel12 Nebraska is boring I will agree with you there
thejunkman 6 months ago
im from nebraska and i love farming in the summer and fall with my grandpa and dad i dont ever want to move away from here!
imaballer1001 8 months ago
@imaballer1001 Thanks for the comment!
thejunkman 8 months ago
im from nebraska and i love farming in the summer and fall with my grandpa and dad i dont ever want to move away from here
imaballer1001 8 months ago
it is sad more and more people are leaving farming and going to Hollywood with the dropping in farming we are falling faster in debt with other countries.
VooDooAssassin2 8 months ago
@VooDooAssassin2 True, but less than 2% of the the population feeds the whole world and most of those people are right here in the good ole USA. I would just say we are better at it.
thejunkman 8 months ago
@mpeters0991 Yep
thejunkman 9 months ago
se busca jente del cerrito colorado michoacan salu2 de oregon
MESKITE04 11 months ago
awsome
EDLTV 1 year ago
@EDLTV Hey thanks! I have more farming videos on my channel as well as some other types of videos.
thejunkman 1 year ago
Very cool.
brotherjupiter 1 year ago
@brotherjupiter Thanks
thejunkman 1 year ago
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nebraskariffic 1 year ago
@nebraskariffic So did you like the video or are you just going to spam me and other peoples videos? DemiCraps go away.
thejunkman 1 year ago
@thejunkman - Yes, I loved the video, thank you. I thought you'd appreciate the info because my friend Rebekah Davis clearly supports the every day challenge of farmers in Nebraska. Sorry I didn't mean to "spam".
nebraskariffic 1 year ago
@nebraskariffic Yeah right a DemiCrap that just wants to bite the hand that feeds.
thejunkman 1 year ago
when i get older i want to become and farmer do u have any tips that could be useful i would really appreciate that, and suggest any tips that helped you
1996bulldogs 1 year ago
why the full filtered chem mask when your filling the drills? is someone deathly allergic to grain dust?
lorider444 1 year ago
@lorider444 We treat our seed with a fungicide and pest repellent. It is toxic to breath.
thejunkman 1 year ago
@kittensniffles Cool, like up by Norfolk?
thejunkman 1 year ago
@kittensniffles South central
thejunkman 1 year ago
Now I'm homesick :(
Thirdshiftzombie 1 year ago
im gonna cry
laytonjc 1 year ago
rednecks
pr1zonerofwar 1 year ago
@pr1zonerofwar How do you figure?
thejunkman 1 year ago
i cant tell if the combine is a 850 0r an 860 but we bought out 860 new and boy was it a beast. we still have her today and she runs right along side of our new massey ferguson 9895 combine
nate1294 2 years ago
@nate1294 Yup its an 860 gray cab. We ran a Super 92 and 510 before we got this and a 760, used these for almost 15 years and then kinda had to switch to a JD 9610 mostly because the Massey dealers just dried up in our area.
thejunkman 2 years ago
a the same thing happened 2 our dealers so we had 2 switch 2 a jd 9610 4 a few years (we got bigger and the 860 became to small) its funny we broke the left side spindal just like u did. only 1 thing we did differently we brought in a loader and dug a hole 2 work on it lol so we fwore out the jd to the point there were holes wearing in the metal so we switched back 2 massey... we should have never switxhed 2 jd
nate1294 2 years ago
@nate1294 I hear that. I have to admit the 9610 is miles better than the 860 we had, but if we had more of a choice in dealers that are/were less than 200 miles away we probably would have went with a Massey Rotary of a similar vintage. If you have not already checked out my other videos you should.
thejunkman 2 years ago
Unfortunately the ethanol program will probably finish off thee rest of the family farms. Farmers will go into debt to cash in on the demand for corn, then the government will cancel the program.
nospam3001 2 years ago
Awesome video! Just watched it with 4yr old son.
Wish I owned a farm. I feel every child should grow up on a farm. World would be a better place!
Mitchec2 2 years ago 2
@Mitchec2 Thanks! Now check out my updated video. It shows our newer equiptment and a bit more of the whole process.
thejunkman 2 years ago
its amazing how far we've come in 15 years
lifeline5288 2 years ago
How can your farm be called labeled a small family farm when you clearly have very expensive machinery and plenty of land to feed thousands upon thousands of people.
guerillachan20 2 years ago
It can be labled a "family" farm because only my dad, mom, sister and me run this farm vs. a farm that highers people to do the work or a corparate farm. FYI we don't have that many acres compared to a corparate farm. Yes farm equipment is expensive, but even at the time of filming this equiptment was 20+ years old.
thejunkman 2 years ago
Heard that. How are yall making ends? My father recently bankrupted and had to call it quits.
CornStar7188 2 years ago
Doing just fine these days. Keep a good budget and be efficient, we also never carry much debt. My folks will have to stop farming some day (being in their late 50's) but no end in sight yet.
thejunkman 2 years ago
this is definantly a small family farm... keep in mind that this is not a high income business... most family farms have been having trouble breaking even in the last few years due to high fuel prices and low grain prices. The machinery they were using is older machinery that isnt that pricey compared to new equipment like the cat lexion 590 harvester that sells for around 1/2 a million with all the grain headers.
phil656565 2 years ago
As máquinas fazem tudo, o homem não faz esforço, porisso estão barrigudinhos...
jotaxi1369 2 years ago
Yes and that is how you can be efficient and turn big yeilds.
thejunkman 2 years ago
early in the video (~55 seconds) why does the tiller 'flip' at the end of the row?
DurdleMcDurdle 2 years ago
So you can plow in both directions, otherwise you have to make a square with a conventional "one way" plow (taking it out of the ground for the corners). A "two way" plow is best for irregular shaped fields. The reason for the different types is because you cannot turn corners with a plow without taking it out of the ground.
thejunkman 2 years ago
whats the secons song ? ad interpret ?
kampfalder82 2 years ago
Kinda makes me miss my home in Clay Center, NE. Way to go on this video, just like the real thing... Great song for this!!
teamofah 2 years ago
is plowing typical in your state ?? i thought that the american farmers abdicate to ploq
waagii 2 years ago
No its not typical, most farmers just us a disc for ground tillage, it is faster and less time consuming but the ground does not get broken down as far as a plow does. The farther you can rip into the soil the farther down water can get, the better the crops do with less water.
thejunkman 2 years ago
I always heard that no till was better and prevented erosion and you got better yields with no till. Some say swear by no till and others swear at it. whats your take on no till? I am not a farmer just a student but fascinated by tractors and farming.
larasa007 2 years ago
Well with no-till it really depends on your crop rotation. We are dry-land only. And do both depending on the year and rotation. For eg. We will drill a winter wheat fall, harvest early summer and no-till plant milo (sorgum) in the stubble. Then harvest the milo in the fall getting two crops a season out of one field. After that though we have found that the soil really needs turned (plowed) becasue A. the milo and wheat stubble is hard for the drill cut through.
thejunkman 2 years ago
(continuation)
B. the soil needs turned (plowed) to get the decomposing straw/stubble into the ground to replace the nutrients, thus using less fertilizer the next year. And as I stated before it helps let water seep down farther, plus all the driving on the ground eventually packs the soil and makes any planting or drilling that much harder as well as the water has a harder time penetrating the soil and can evaporate much easier.
thejunkman 2 years ago
the song is "Against the wind", by
Bob Seger
wolfwhistle3 2 years ago
Yes, I stated that in another comment.
thejunkman 2 years ago
Makes me homesick for Nebraska. I guess I did my fair share of eating dust doing just what your video shows. Thanks for sharing.......
clhidy 2 years ago
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it. I know its not real professional, but hey I was like 13 when I filmed this.
thejunkman 2 years ago
just advice but....you can sign up with the government so that they pay you for NOT tilling the ground...because it releases carbon dioxide in the air
bwtJAMMIN 2 years ago
Ummm, and loose money leaving unnecessary acreage fallow? I mean there are programs for crop rotation and conservation, but that is just ridiculous.
thejunkman 2 years ago
I live in Sweden, and was raised on a farm there. Swedish farmers really look up at the midwestern farmers, we cant believe how big fields you have! The work you put down. I wanna visit nebraska someday and see the farms...plus, it looks like a charming place to live too, very peaceful and calm, and the fields are beutiful.
Seems like great people live there! Down to earth-people, not like the people in like LA haha!!
888erkan888 2 years ago 4
This video is great!
Love it 5*
StemiTheLoser 3 years ago
was the song
nolatoolguy 3 years ago
was the song, what?
thejunkman 3 years ago
very good
was the song
nolatoolguy 3 years ago
Thanks!
thejunkman 3 years ago
how many acre you working. we farm about 1000
truckerdyl77 3 years ago
Look at my channel i've just started uploading farming video........Thanks
TimW118 3 years ago
Ever been to a corn field party in Nebraska? Kicks ass...must do at least once
nichron 3 years ago
Yes
thejunkman 3 years ago
I salute and thanks the Farmers. They are the real Hero is this world..Thanks and God bless you..
chardnj 3 years ago 7
One Question: Why were you plowing with the reversible plow?? Was that wheat stubble or grassland you were breaking??
brojulien 3 years ago
Wheat stubble, getting it ready to put it back to wheat. Then we will run a disc w/ harrow or field cultivator over it to smooth it out before drilling. That is why they coined the term "plow back wheat".
thejunkman 3 years ago
OMAHA is what nebraska is known for. Without OMAHA everybody would think Nebraska is just a corn and football state. I am not saying that is bad no, no you guys are doing a great job farming, seriously no joke. but you know Omaha just adds so much more to the table for nebraska. Nebraska is one of those states where you have the country and city life all close together.
JaysHuskers 3 years ago
iowa is the corn state but you guys got us in football
tjkillduff 3 years ago
Omaha is amazing watch this is omaha
JaysHuskers 3 years ago
This is no where near Omaha. Omaha is NOT Nebraska.
thejunkman 3 years ago
what!?
phlyegles43 3 years ago
What?
thejunkman 3 years ago
Sorry about the repetiion. We were having problems with the internet server!! I watched it three times!! It's a classic! Love the old Louisville!
theshadowrules 3 years ago
Thanks.
thejunkman 3 years ago
That video brought tears to my eyes. I used to farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. The old 860 is the highlite. The Perkins blowing black smoke brought back memories. My son hervested with a custom operator in Nebraska, 1999. Great folks!!
brojulien 3 years ago
The video brought tears to my eyes. I farmed in Saskatchewan, Canada. The highlite owas thge old 860 wuith the perkins blowing balck smoke under a heavy crop. My son harvested wheat in Nebraksa in '99. (Custom operator.)
theshadowrules 3 years ago
That video brought tears to my eyes. I used to farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. The highlite was the old 860 with the Perkins blowing black smoke under a heavy crop. My son harvested with a custom harvester in Nebraska in '99.
theshadowrules 3 years ago
That video brought tears to my eyes. I used to farm in Saskatchewan, Canada. The highlite was the old 860 with the Perkins blowing black smoke under the stress of a good crop. My son harvested in Kansas with a custom operator. God bless the farmers of North America.
theshadowrules 3 years ago
I used to farm in Saskatchewan Canada. That video brought tears to my eyes. The highlite was that old Massey 860 with the Perkins blowing black smoke. You made my day!!
theshadowrules 3 years ago
It looks hard work. But tell us..Is it a telaxing life?
Thank you for de video.
6964598 3 years ago
In ways it is, but its maybe more stressfull than other jobs because even when your at home your still at work.
thejunkman 3 years ago
Great vid man. I'm from Oxford and my grandpa has a lot of land around there. I'm really good friend with all for the Luekings around there. Very fond memories.
falconwrencher 3 years ago
Well I am originally from the Harlan County area (where all this was shot) and I know of the Luekings.
thejunkman 3 years ago
Good video :)
hiddenfall 3 years ago 2
This video is great!
honokaka 3 years ago 2
Junkman,
Is that a JD 4430? Great Music selection! 2 of my favorites.
Wishing you many more ears on the farm.
John S.
jstrunck 3 years ago 2
Yes it is, but since whe have sold and upgraded to CAT challenger tractors.
thejunkman 3 years ago
My grandfather used a JD 4430 in the middle 80's on his farm. Thanks for the memories bro.
John S.
jstrunck 3 years ago 2
I was totally impressed (favorably) by this video. Great story with nice touches including the music chosen. Great job!
charlesboydferrell 3 years ago
Thanks! Considering I made this video when I was 13
thejunkman 3 years ago
Wow. I'm officially embaressed to live in Nebraska after watching this video.
creightonjays20 3 years ago
Good for you.
thejunkman 3 years ago
Better move away then!
tempracing 3 years ago 2
thats a neat video i farm in scottsbluff nebraska ive always wanted to make a video and put it on here to make city people know how hard we work
farmkid06 3 years ago
thats a nice video i farm in scottsbluff nebraska ive always wanted to make videos and put them on to make the city kids c how hard we really do work
farmkid06 3 years ago
top vid
rmanddd 3 years ago
Didn know ye plow over there???
gormo085 3 years ago
using the PTO
rebelpride320 3 years ago
???
thejunkman 3 years ago
never mind
rebelpride320 3 years ago
i read gormo085's comment wrong, so nevermind
rebelpride320 3 years ago
suprised to see that you guys still plow fully in wisconsin it is almost all no till do you do any no till out there or not
catfishhunter21 3 years ago
Well this is going on over 15 years since this video was made. We do some no-till but chisel or plowing is still the only way to get penitration. We now use a CAT Challenger and pull a 12 bottom one way or a 11 shank chisel plow and go down about 24 inches.
thejunkman 3 years ago
wow thats a hell of a machine how many acres you got there and whats the HP of the cat challengers
catfishhunter21 3 years ago
The one we use for ground prep would be an older CAT 75C 340HP I believe, We have a CAT 45 (200HP) for row crop and planting. This is all in south central Nebraska.
thejunkman 3 years ago
comment from robbie - very evocative both pictures and music of farming in the 1980's in East Sussex England
anngorwyn 3 years ago
Nice video, I assume you farm out in west nebraska based off of all the open spaces? My family farms in nebraska also but in the south east corner along the Missouri river so there are a bit more hills.
I didn't get the privilege of growing up there but Ive been learning on my school breaks that I spend up there. They dont farm wheat though just corn,beans, and cattle.
dfalcon1327 3 years ago
damn, look at all the space :)
Nice video.
kakindebroek 3 years ago
Many thanks for taking the time and effort to make this video. I loved it! I grew up on the farm and it was just my father and me. Seeing this video reminded me of my childhood and young adulthood. Thanks again for taking me back into time and into a more civil era.
Archivesman1 3 years ago
LOVE THE SONG, AND THE VIDEO!!
cindyao 3 years ago
It s a crushing of the american prairies...
mireczdca 3 years ago
HUH?
thejunkman 3 years ago
i love be a Farmer
brunildaford 3 years ago
Its not at all glamorous as it may seem, its a lot of hard work and little money.
thejunkman 3 years ago
farmers should be treated better, and i wish there were more young people WILLING to farm. it does not take much to do it, even if you have less than an acre of land. everyone should grow their own food. it also would help save the environment. smaller farms also dont use the irrigation the larger farms do, so it does not deplete the aquifer as much.
FARMERS ARE THE SMARTEST PEOPLE ON EARTH.
johndoe1514 3 years ago
There is no money left for small farmers and you need irrigation to get the yeilds to turn profits, (we) this farm is dry land only. With fuel, fertilizer, seed and chemical prices going up and the price of cereal grains generally stagnent its more of a break even type of deal. Organics don't work because they cost even more to make the yields some of these hybrids do.
thejunkman 3 years ago
wots the music
chazzerchazic 3 years ago
Wot=What. First song Bob Seger Against the Wind, second song Theme from Smokey and the Bandit, by Jerry Reed
thejunkman 3 years ago
great vid but u could have but more drilling in to it and a bit less loading the drill
chazzerchazic 3 years ago
That is all the film I had that transfered over that was watchable quality.
thejunkman 3 years ago
ok quick responce kl
chazzerchazic 3 years ago
Nothing like seeing a little bit of home. Great Vid, reminds me of childhood. Trips to town to pick up food for all the neighbors over helpin' plant and later harvest. Chewin' wheat for gum.... etc...
From Hazard..... again, great vid.
95FormulaTA 3 years ago
Thanks
thejunkman 3 years ago
Wow! Never expected to have you online and respond so quickly. Well, that must be the Harlan County I saw earlier. I love s. Central Nebraska. I've got cousins in Kearney, or specifically 7 west and 2 south. I think that Platte River Valley is just gorgeous in the warmer months. And...those summer sunsets are a well kept secret. I go back every year, and just flat out love Nebraska.
naderchaser 4 years ago
Great video! I'm a 3rd. gen. Nebraskan (Boone and Madison counties) but raised in so. Ariz. Just curious...where do you folks farm? The absolute greatest times in my life of 53 years were playing with my cousins and Grandparetnts up around Loretto and Albion, Neb. (Boone Co.) on their farms. My gosh....the Boone Co. Fair in August..was the highlight of my life. God Bless you, your family, and the family farm. Joel in Tucson.
naderchaser 4 years ago
South Central Nebraska. Thats where I grew up.
thejunkman 4 years ago
ya but we use to have FOOTBALL and just wait we will soon have it again the legacy will never die
superschriver 4 years ago
I'm not a NE farmer, but I live in NE
and if wasn't for our farmers---
we would have NOTHING
grammapecos 4 years ago
nice video. lil city boys dont know the real life!
wiguy85 4 years ago
haha Yup your right!
thejunkman 4 years ago
bob seger...title "against the wind"...come on common music knowledge
cummins12vpower 4 years ago
cant make any gold doing this :/
seriousbizniz 4 years ago
Gold?? WTF?
thejunkman 4 years ago
except ummmmm well everyone will think everyone in nebraska are hick farmers
JJCEProductions 4 years ago
Ok??
thejunkman 4 years ago
Most famers like myself are
mwc15 4 years ago
Nice video!
smurphy368b 4 years ago
amazing video! makes me proud to be a farmer! Whats the song i'm likin it
macnei 4 years ago
Bob Seger, Against the Wind.
thejunkman 4 years ago
Thanks!!
macnei 4 years ago
ive worked on my grandpas farm since i could walk and its my dream when i get to take over the operation. great video
joshharmony 4 years ago
cooolll
matipolskaboy 4 years ago
God Bless those fields Forever!!!!
sylmrgalindo 4 years ago 2
Those Massey-Ferguson 860s are still making the rounds. And one of the last combines to be manufactured up in Canada. Nice machines, even if the perkins diesels were a bit underpowered that the combines always belched black smoke. Can alway tell a massey by its smoke on the horizon.
rightyred 4 years ago
a change of fuel filters always seems to reduce the smoking in both V8 or 6 perkins,even though a change didnt seem necessary
billsbus827 4 years ago
Wow, brought back memories. We had the same combine, Massey 860. It would'nt compete with those Case rotaries but I loved it.
glendaletele 4 years ago
should of got a case international just kiddin cool video it shows the out of staters what we actually do out here
shadyj24 4 years ago
so that's why my v8 760 always seemed to run hot
billsbus827 4 years ago
We had a 760 also, it ran hot we fabbed up a aux radiator and hydrostat cooler, that helped.
thejunkman 4 years ago
combine wizard?? hardly. that's no 850 it's an 860
billsbus827 4 years ago
Yup a gray cab even, means a larger radiator ;)
thejunkman 4 years ago
this is a wonderfull video guys let them damn cityboys what fun looks like .....lol they have no idea what the fuck work even looks like thanks for giveing them some idea keep up the hard work wish i was their to lend a hand......................
1duckslayer 4 years ago
A most interesting video. First time that I have watched a reversible mouldboard plow actually working. I grew up on a 740 acre wheat & sheep farm in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. I was amazed at the similarities of our farming techniques. Unfortunately, I let the farm in the late 1960's. Dad sold up. You can never get that great lifestyle back again then you know
Bazzblitz 4 years ago 2
I am a biologist living in Oregon and I have farming roots in Nebraska. This really brought me back, THERE IS NOTHING LIKE THE MIDWEST. Nowhere else are there your kind of people or environment, cherish it. Thanx man
derweibhai 4 years ago 4
i hate nebraska. i live in california. but good video! :D
californiaPunk86 4 years ago
I dislike Cali for a variety of reasons, Nebraska is just borring
thejunkman 4 years ago
Very well done video. A lot of people don't know or care where there food comes from as long as they have it. Hey, what kind of grain truck were you all runnin'?
DeereGuy15 4 years ago 2
1985 F9000, twin screw w/thrid axle 26 foot box, 1974 Kenworth W900 twin screw w/40 foot grain trailer, 1965 F600 w/16 foot box
thejunkman 4 years ago
Thats a fine crop you got out there!
RepubLieCons 4 years ago 3
By far the most important non-CO2 greenhouse gas is methane, and the number one source of methane worldwide is animal agriculture.
lazygirlxx 4 years ago
Well you better quit farting, grass eater.
thejunkman 4 years ago
animal agriculture!!!!!
lazygirlxx 4 years ago
I'm a farmer and trucker . Good video.
countryboy404 4 years ago 2
bretto96,what are you talking about little farms and inefficent country? you guys raise goats and sheep,what good does that do for the world?
jakebrake05 4 years ago
it must be hard farming those little farms in the most inefficent country inthe world with buushiet subsides
bretto96 4 years ago
Your just jelous because "we" feed the world 3 times over.
thejunkman 4 years ago
borgon93 we didn