Hi everyone, my name is Luke. I am a 27 year old, fourth generation farmer located in Denton NC. I work a full time job as an electrician, and farm over 165 acre with my family. Follow along as I learn the ins and outs, and ups and downs for running a farm. We currently grow corn, soybeans, and wheat, as well as raise cattle and sheep. With this channel I hope to entertain, as well as inform others what it's like taking over a farm in a "Skip Generation" family. I am constantly learning and making mistakes, so feel free to let me know if I do something incorrectly, or if there is a better way. We give all the glory to god our father. Thanks Y'all!
Feel free to reach out to me at RouthFarmsRU-vid@yahoo.com
I just came across your channel today and I instantly subscribed! Love whatching your 6620 tear threw some good wheat, I’ve ran my grandpas 7720 in beans by far the coolest combine I’ve ever ran ! We’re located in southern illinios
That’s awesome. You’ll get to see it tear through some crappy corn here soon. Tested a little this evening and between the better places and terrible places we were averaging something around 45 bushels to the acre. Drought killed us. Hopefully gonna have some good late corn, and soybeans this fall so there should be plenty of harvest content!
@@RouthFarms man very sorry to hear that , I work on a massive crop farm for my full time job, they farm around 17,000 acres we started havest on Tuesday shelling corn with 3 s780 we knocked out the first 600 acres so far. We were very fortunate this year and after the wet spring we got a lot of good timed out rains . First 300 acres we shelled was at 19% a weed 248bu the 350 acres feild we will finish up today testing 17% at 218bu
@@RouthFarms but my grandpas farms just shy 200 acres all beans this year and there looking really good like high 50’s bu so hoping early next month take some time off my main job and go out there and help hiii cut some beans with the 7720 , gonna be the first year trying to run a 25ft f series header for sts conbines on the old Titian combine !
@@KellyGriggsFarms very welcome! Thanks for letting us come hang out. I’m excited as well. Gonna get to see plenty of us between the cruise and the farm show😄
Also two of my favorite channels. I used to watch Matt when they were on the show American Farmer on the History channel. I hope you had a safe and blessed Labor Day weekend 🙏🏻🇺🇸
Howdy Luke, I hope ya'll are doing well, I just subscribed, I saw ya'll over on Matt Griggs channel, so I'm looking forward to seeing ya'll grow your Family Farm, we have a Family beef Farm up here in Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 Best life, Stay safe, God Bless and Farm on my Friends
Maybe one day lol. Only one other guy does cotton, so getting it custom harvested would be hard, and I can’t see spending all the extra money for the equipment to be able to harvest it with no more land than I’m farming right now.
Glad to see the crops looking good, hey Luke I saw you helping Matt on his cotton picker in his latest video. Question do you see yourself ever getting into the cotton market? Have a safe and blessed Labor Day weekend 🙏🏻🇺🇸
Honestly, as of right now I kind of doubt it. We only have one person near us that grows it, so getting someone to custom harvest for me would be hard to do and by the time they would get to it the quality would be way down. I’m not sure I could see it being worth the investment for all the extra equipment to buy my own module picker, bole buggy, and module maker. Maybe one day if I ever get enough acreage to farm. Cotton is a very interesting crop, that’s for sure.
Good job Luke. Things looked better after Debby came thru. Lots of our crops drowned in the bottoms and flat areas but we’re dry now. Hoping to catch a thunder storm the next couple days. Enjoy your videos.
Yes they sure did! My beans have really taken off, but we are dry as well now. Got almost 2 tenths of an inch this evening. Would love to see an inch or two this weekend, then dry up so my corn will finish drying and I can get to shelling. Hope y’all’s crops look good!
@@druewilson1079 yes sir! I actually should have a video coming out soon of us bagging some corn. I appreciate it! We are trying hard. Slowly picking up a little more land here and there
He and Kelly are great folks! I’m afraid our early corn is going to be very disappointing, but I can say we do atleast have some corn to harvest. Better than nothing. I believe our later corn will be a lot better.
@@RouthFarms Hey did working on the cotton picker make you think about getting into cotton in the future? Take care young man and continued blessings to you and your family 🙏🏻🇺🇸
Man yeah, those trenchers are sweet, especially the articulated ones!! Looks good, ...that "cow is special " 🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅 That's my exact thoughts on Jack too !! 😅😅 Amazing how when you look back years later, and think...how and why did I do it that way 😉 Looking fwd to the upcoming random videos and corn harvest!! 😁😁👌🏻👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🚜🚜🌽🌽🇺🇲🇺🇲
The only time we put screws in ridge. Was every sheet that over lapped only. Then only on every other lattice. It was to prevent the wind getting under the sheet. Everything else was screwed in flat.
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Could be the small lift pump on the side of the engine, or could also be the injection pump. If the lift pump is older, I’d try it first as it’s a lot cheaper than an injection pump
Since the middle of July we have had 10+ inches of rain. If anything we are too wet now, but should definitely salvage some late corn and hopefully soybeans. I appreciate it!
I spoke with a lady yesterday and the farm the she and her husband used to farm that someone else farms now, she said that they corn was ruined. My question is, if it’s ruined and has mold in it does it still have to be harvested? Good luck with the fall crops guys
@@BillMorris-sx7vi I guess part of that depends on crop insurance. I don’t have crop insurance myself, but I think some require you to harvest it to see what yields you have out there to pay the difference. For me if I can get enough grain off to pay for atleast my fuel and time I will harvest, if for nothing else to keep from having the grain come up next year and have to contend with the weed seed. I would say you could just run through it with a bushhog or something to knock the stalks down and chop them up if it was a compete and total loss.
Man it has been a season for y'all and surrounding farms!! I myself have learned QUITE a bit this year about the do's and don'ts. Not to mention mother nature. About the only thing I did right myself, was get very drought resistant seed. Although that diesnt helo much with the weed issues🤦🏼 I hope things turned around for ya, thise beans I have seen lately look amazing!!! Thank you for the update and look fwd to seeing whats next !! 😁😁👍🏻👍🏻🚜🚜🇺🇲🇺🇲🌱🌱🌽🌽
Good video Luke. We ran a bridge from my house to grain bins about 1/4 mile. Put cameras up there to watch fuel tanks and other things. Works great. Amazing how often I look and see things I’d never think would be there. Good luck
I appreciate it! I was honestly surprised at how well it did work. I check my cameras here at the house all the time. We even have them in our barn so we can check on our sheep when they are lambing
How much did you pay for it? There is a running one in my area for $800, but it won't move, because the pinion and ring gear are bad in the differential.
I been watching your videos for a while now. I enjoy seeing you trying to learn and grow your farm. You’re doing a great job. I run a broiler- beef cattle-hay operation up in Wilkes county.
Awesome! I appreciate you following along. We have contemplated getting into a broiler operation before, just not feasible right now with interest rates and inflation.
Don’t try to take land from others, and keep your farms clean! I feel like it makes you look better that way. Learn all you can, because there is a lot more to farming than most think.
It’s good to see the next generation of young farmers still getting it done. God bless you guys,I hope the recent rains have helped y’alls corn and soybean crops
Pops didn't forget those fasteners, they've just worked themselves out over time. When you get up there to replace those missing few, check the rest and you'll find a lot them have come loose
I have seen it rain and the cracks were large even though it was in one hour nothing ran off and I have seen the ground hard and most of it ran off until we got a gentle rain and it soaked in
Hi Luke, does anyone cut the corn for forage before it completely dries out? At what point would you do that or is it not worth it. It’s such a shame as it looked so good. All the best planning and it comes down to rain 😢
We don’t really have any dairies around, and not many other do any silage. I have some that would be better for silage than grain, but I need the grain for my deer corn contracts.
