This channel features a REAL first generation farmer (no family in Ag), who is building a West Central Missouri (Missoura) row crop farm from nothing. I hope to share my struggles, and successes with you the viewer. Enjoy!
Is your 1440 electric over hydraulic controls? I'm looking at getting a 1460-80 and more than a few are telling me to try to get hydraulic/hydraulic controls.
Yes it is. Don’t waste your time getting one that doesn’t have electric over hydraulic controls. They’re a pain in the neck. Electric over hydraulic is the way to go!!!
you definitely need to get a better camera and microphone. we have a hard time hearing you in all your videos but we still enjoy watching them. Maybe Santa will bring you a new camera some day. :)
Your doing what I have been dreaming of my entire life. working hard paying off all debt and saving as much money as I can. Hopefully in the next five years I will be able to buy a debt free farm of my own and start farming with my son before I am too old. The price of land is double what it should be, hopefully it will come back down to were it should be. The best of luck to you and your family.
Very cool. I farm about an hr sw of you near Topeka, in the Wakarusa River Valley and surrounding area. All red here too. Nice to see other farmers getting it done not far away!
This is the first year i ran my gathering chain up in soybeans and it was a huge difference. I could drive faster and no plugging. Everyone told me the beans wouldnt feed in as well and they fed in great! I would leave your feeder house chain/drum up. It makes swapping between crops even faster!
Billings, not a co.mon name. My wife's maiden name is Billings. We live just across border near Killarney Manitoba. Also farm a small acreage for this area and also run Case International combines, 1680 and 2188. Always a good reliable machine and easy to set. Our crops are mainly wheat, barley, oats, canola, soybeans and flax. Corn grown here but we don't feel like the extra cost of seeding equipment and another header. Finished our harvest two weeks ago. Good luck with farm.
My family has been farming since the days of the Roman Empire in the foothills of the Alps. Dad and his brother didn’t want anything to do with it, but I was fortunate enough to get a country upbringing with a handful of livestock and poultry. I picked up my 1st chunk of pasture when I was 14, went on with my life buying little pieces of land no one wanted along the way. I had great off farm careers and have been farming at scale for awhile now. That 1st gen farmer is the most important one. We need a lot more just like you. It took generations of clearing land of timber and rocks to start back in the day, so keep your head up and keep going.
Next time you see a truck stop, stop and see if they carry Bull Snot Products. Visa-bull and grease-a-bull are great products. Vis-a-bull is glass cleaner. Grease-a-bull is liquid spray grease and is perfect for what you are doing.
