Diamond Ring Farm Sale!

[HARLEYBOY33]

Very sad !

[LongHoodKW]

Daamn.

[class770]

holy fuck 

[thefarminkid8760]

looks like you had to many payments and had to sell out lol

[QuadRiderForLife]

rich!!!

[troybran]

is all that he had was cat tractors and john deere combines?

[troybran]

holy crap.thats a hell of a lotta tractors and shit.

[bigbrad696969]

i have been to this farm in s. dakota. he lives in the middle of nowhere, summer 2002

[Fffffft65]

what happened to the farm i would keep onn farming with all that

[truckerdyl77]

i need one of those chisels

[TheKarinavargas]

i add all the money to geter that it sead it was 2,188,813,75 dallars

[Galaxie6411]

When the machinery sold (2007) the land was rented for around 33K acres of planted wheat.from what I can tell.

[woods5690]

how many pieces of equipment were sold what did they farm and how many acres did they have

[funbutt14]

nice bin setup

[HondaGery250]

:o Damn!!

[weis45875]

does he have enough cat track tractors?

[jakebrake05]

thats pretty impressive. he had all that equipment and was still using walker combines??

[alematto192]

for sale????

[manbowv8]

i dont think he has enough trucks and challengers

[kroupal1]

i was at this sale it was amazing!

[BrodyFarmBoy]

The grain trailer at 3:39 How do you acomplish that?

[7810Power]

15 cat ...not bad :D

[mzo8rider]

why he sold im farm

[alisuber2]

he has not sold it it's a auction, i think

[kroupal1]

he sold the farm because he wanted to quit and that most of his hired men didn't care about anything. they found a 4 wheel drive tractor in a grain storage building buried in grain.

[kinser7220]

the government made him sell out because him and his wife lied big time on the crop insureance. i think they filed false claims on over 36,000 acres. if he didnt sell out than the gorverment was going to seize the farm

[kinser7220]

i just got home from the Robert Hamilton farm sale in iowa falls. it wasnt anywhere near as big as this one but they had some very nice equipment. I was gonna tape it but was in a hurry and had to get going so i forgot the camera

[cornfarmer4700]

did u buy anything thier jlase?

[WesternNYfarmboy]

yeah did Salters buy a Cat tractor from them and did Johnson Harvest Crew buy one of the Peterbult service trucks or both of them. they look like what Johnsons have as service trucks now.

[kinser7220]

i dont think salters bought one because i think both of there cats are MT755s whereas the ones at the sale are MT765s. I never noticed how the service trucks look like the ones Johnson Harvesting owns

[acz370]

me to

[kinser7220]

I think it is called Hardes Farms now, or t least that is what MapQuest says

[GWL1961]

Big farmer or not, just another farmer tryin to make a livin with odds against them such as weather markets etc. farming and ranching has always been a challenge in some parts of the country, just due to geograhic location and such. farmers and ranchers have always been an easy target for any wrong doing. My hat off to this guy for having an operation like this at least he tried .With trillions being talked about today sure makes one wonder how many ppl are going to cash in HONESTLY !!

[kinser7220]

plus trying to farm that much in that bad of soil..

[cappreston]

@GWL1961 Very true! You have to do what you can with what you have and make it work. It doesn't matter whether your milking cows or growing wheat.

[GWL1961]

what do you mean try to get away with that? just a big farmer tryin to make a livin, look at whats going on now with banks,government,wallstreet

[zugzub]

What he meant was getting away with lying to get federal aid money. Typical big farmer, hope they jail his ass

[gbain13]

thats big!

[derekwieman]

They had 10 John Deere 9610 Combines that they bought new. From what I remember they bought the first 8 then they bought 2 more a year or two later. It was more than sufficient for their operation though in my opinion.

[derekwieman]

I was part of the auction crew that helped to clean up and sell all of the equipment. We were given a drive through all of the property and it was most definitely impressive. I know a lot of people may not like the guy but it was an impressive set up in my opinion.

[Portnob]

did they have any newer JD combines??

[fordrule13]

sorry 36,000 acres and if you have google earth, the fields were all summer fallow the year the picture was taken so their fields are darker color than the farmed land around it. the farm actually goes north west but it is very easy to tell the field since it is much darker. being from new york i couldn't of imagined the true scale until i actually was there and it still is amazing to me. I would of loved to see that farm in action in its hay days. I can only imagine what it was like.

[wills34]

lol I was there for alot of its hay day and it was one of the most amazing things i've seen to this day. before all the challengers it was all john deeres 4x4 and mind boggling when harvest started as you have learned firsthand. glad you got to experience that craZy your from ny but on a harvest crew good for you.

[fordrule13]

I actually harvested that farm this 2008 harvest year. the farm is rented out and i believe is owned by investors. The farm in 36,00 acres total but they only got about 20,000 acres planted this year to all spring wheat. There 1.3 million bushel storage in bins on the farm. it was the most amazing thing i have ever done and will charish the memories forever. I harvested it working for johnson harvesting.

[Dronnie456]

bleedin hell thats big how much on average did they make??

[tylbruns]

thats huge

[BrodyFarmBoy]

I wonder if they had enough machinery. It looks like they don't have enough!

[chinaman03]

sign me up

[tspark55]

truc de fouuuuuu

[kinser7220]

i was trying to find this place on google earth and now you cant even find the road that it was on. its like the whole thing disapeared, if anyone finds it on a map PLEASE TELL ME or if you now anything about it

[wills34]

I know a fair junk about this place considering the man who owned it used to be my step dad lol.

[kinser7220]

jeez that would be nice havin that guy as your step dad! Do you know who is farming it now? I have been trying to find it on satilite maps but i cant even find the road it is supposedto be on.

[IamStupidz]

MidLand SD 57552 USA Google map Diamond Ring Farm

[kinser7220]

thanks. i already found it though. Now i just need to know who is farming it now.

[54spiritedwill54]

suppose they paid off there expenses..haha

[jww2124]

awesome vid

[9150man]

Does anyone know what the songs called?

[kkun14]

AC/DC - What do yo do for money

[NikolaiKeller]

super

[gingi87]

der hammer!!!geiles video!!!

[empece60]

all for sale? coooooool ;)

[shaunbaker04]

How do you get that big? Nice barn. That picture at the end of all the cat's offset is pure beauty haha but seriously it is.

[edwardpaulhofer]

we farm 25000 acres and dont have close to that much equiment

[JohnDeereBoy100]

yere but at some farm sales the local delers throw kit in they wont to get rid off and give some of the profit to the farm selling it and also extend the invatation to other local farmers

[stihlthebest]

I was at a Diamond Ring Ranch sale in the early 1980's. How many tmes are they going to sell this place? Are they going for the guiness world record for this big ass farm!

[lostinlox]

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) A Midland couple can avoid criminal charges for allegedly lying to the federal government if they comply with a federal program called pretrial diversion.

Prosecutors say 67-year-old Wilbert Ohlmann and 63-year-old Judith Ohlmann are accused of making false statements to the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation and Farm Service Agency regarding preventive planting claims on more than 31,000 acres of spring wheat.

[Deere4400]

WOW, are my dreaming? That was some great footage.

[Moltke123]

he did he only sell the mac... or was the farm also sold because if not I would like to work there

[57Ploeg]

i was at this sale bought #14 cat! 448hrs average engine load was 20% only pulled a grain cart and idled most of its life! The shed is 200 by 600! +-35,626 acres the land auction was actually not too long ago, 1-24-08, use to run all deere 4x4s.

[cummins12vpower]

yea...prolly hard up and any warm body would work in those machines

[jjinc63]

i worked on this farm from 1978 thru 1984

[sabrefirefighter]

thats sad farming is becoming a lost occupation, one of these days ppl are gunna be wondering where are we gunna get our food from now?

[AtreyuRock101]

anybody ever heard of Brian Randall,farmer who farms 30,000 acres his farm is 30 miles easy of Sioux Falls

[vern371]

SIOUX FALLS (AP) -- Grand jurors have indicted three men from McCook County on charges they defrauded the federal farm program of more than $381,000 in 2003 and 2004.

Brian Randall and James Randall of Canistota and Lynn Schultz of Emery are charged with conspiracy, false statements, wire fraud and money laundering.

Prosecutors say the three men claimed to run separate farming operations, but Brian Randall owned them all

[vern371]

Answering AtreyuRock101's question

[fendt0]

thats damb BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bigbud93]

wer is this farm sale

[Marosss88]

wooow... great

[NicholasNemec]

I was at this sale and the thing that struck me most of all was that they were way over powered. 15 Cat Challengers for 34,000 acres works out to only 2267 acres per tractor.

The trailer at the end had a grain leg fall on it. The bent JD head looked like a grain cart ran over it. The combine had a fire. It takes a lot of hired help to run that much machinery. Some are smarter than others.

[mjdhoss]

OK, I looked into it and the entire place was 34,000 acres.

[mjdhoss]

This was definitely one of the largest, if not the largest, farm in western SD.  Most of the land was range before being purchased by the owner who has sold out. In the beginning, 20-some 4X4 tractors were shipped in by railroad. I am not sure exactly how large the place is, but I think that it is 20-30,000 acres. I wish that I would have set aside the time to see the auction!

[wills34]

I used to live on this place when we were married to their son but its not the largest in western south dakota. It's not as big as Haskins even but it is huge

[killthemonkey4evr]

how many acres do they own

[wills34]

It's been awhile since I've been there but I think its around 35,000 dont quote me on that but it's changed hands a few times so the number moves around but i think that's fairly close

[IHMan1066]

what was all the broken stuff at the end? and why did they quit farming?

[joshwood12]

fuckin hell how many acres did u have?

[noahtg12]

wooooooooow!

[slippydog1988]

where is this? was all the land sold as well. Why did they quit farming.

[mudawg84]

midland, South Dakota

[deadraindeer]

im sorry to have to see a farm go like that? :(

[Plowboy68]

suppose they paid off there expenses..haha

[IAJim]

Wow. AGCO (Cat..can't remember who actually owns that line now) must have looooved them.

[wggreen]

Wow, that is quite a sale and a lot of nice equipment. Why did they get out of farming?

[jlase]

Yup, I miss added should be a bit higher then I had, should be $1,971,500, my bad! It was one Impressive Sale!

[plowgirl]

I think you need to refigure, my addition said there were 1,912,000 worth of Challengers.

At any rate, that must have been a heck of a sale to attend.