Davis Family Wheat Farm (Texas Country Reporter) 

I worked for a custom cutter in the summer of '66 as we worked the harvest northward. I was 15. Two of the cutter's sons, a couple of ex-cons who showed up at harvest time every year, and me. We drove the combines (Massey-Ferguson Super 92). No air conditioned cabs. It was hard, dirty, itchy work. I made $1 an hour. The cutter's wife and daughters would cook, set up the tables and feed us lunch every day. That was the high point of the day. Best dam food I ever ate. Drove us crazy as we circled the fields watching them set up for lunch. Ate in shifts since the combines never stopped until it was too dark to cut. Best summer ever.

There are many people that take Farmers for granted, not realizing how crucially important Farmers are and how crop failures can sometimes devastate small and large acreage Farmers. I deeply appreciate and never take for granted what Farmers like yourself are doing to keep food on my table. Thank You.

I had a smile on my face this whole video. It is sooo great to see the family working together and so happy. A great American story🇺🇸🇺🇸

That is how I was raised. Driving a truck to the field at 12 years old. Running a tractor or Combine by 13 years old. It was hard work, but priceless at the same time.

These are the kinds of people that made AMERICA great. God bless them!!

TCR, thanks again for your incredible videos of real Americans, Texans, and Godly people living the "dream". I appreciate your wonderful videos.

It blesses my heart to see you all work together as a farm family, especially the younger ones, as I did when I was young and worked the farm!!!! GOD BLESS AND KEEP EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU!!!!

So very inspiring....awesome seeing a younger generation ready to take over a noble tradition!

Great job mom and dad!😊👍 Blessings upon your family!😊👍

To: Texas Country Reporter & The Davis Family Farmers, (Thanks for your Sharing & Posting Your Video) I hope and pray your Children Stay on The Farm. But, should they not stay. I'm an old Cowboy, who loves Riding Horses. And wouldn't mind helping y'all. I Love and Miss "The Old & Simple Hard Life of Farming." To your young ones, I'd say, take it from someone who has lived on Farms, and went to work in The Cities of America. "You ain't Missing Nothing." And "Take your shoes Off, you All come back now, hear." I remember, when I worked at Sylvan Grove, Kansas, for The Meyer Family. When it was Wheat Harvest Time, we'd be out harvesting wheat for 15 to 17 hours Straight. I might be 60 years old but I miss Farming. Words of Wisdom: "Your not Sitting down, your not being LAZY, YOUR doing something...(doing Nothing=playing X-Box or Play Station) your doing Something... Build Character." Stupid Question by Reporter. "Is that Important?" Hell Yeah, that's Important. (That is what is wrong, with this Country, most Children are too dependent on their Government to take care of them. They want everything "Given to them" nobody wants to WORK FOR IT Anymore) "If you don't have Character, you can't get too far in Life." Smart Young man.

This Canadian salutes the Davis family thank you for sharing this

I love it. I grew up farming from an early age, unfortunately not my own land, but now at 54, understand and appreciate the life teachings it gave me. Keep these kids going in the right path. Wonderful family.

God bless the Davis family and those who work with them!

It’s great to see respectful hard working kids

This was really a lovely segment. I pray to The Lord to look out over them.

I like how the kids address their dad yes sir when he gives them directions,God bless them this is how it's supposed to be,you can tell these kids love thier parents and same thing for the dad he has thier respect .This is America at it's finest! God bless our farmers ,they have to be vetrinarians,hortaculterests ,mechanics,engineers,carpinters,cooks,nutricinistes,operators of equipment,parents and God knows some kind of financial wizard to make it all work!!I once heard some smart ass refer to them as just dumb farmers Dumb my butt !Some of the smartesthard working people you'll ever meet.So when anyone makes fun of the farmers they get my dander up!

This is exactly how we grew up in South Africa. A sense of pride kicks up in my chest when I hear the kids respond with a respectfull "yes sir".

I am so glad I watched this video. I was raised to work and have good character

To hear the values expressed by this family, instead of, "The world owes me a living; I'm being mistreated.!, is inspiring and uplifting.

Thank you so much for continuing to bring us stories like this. Just good ole American families doing what made this country great. With values that come from hard work, learning and family love. I always look forward to seeing what you will bring us next.

Middle America, the people who feed the world, I do NOT take you for granted, thanks for all you do for our country.

Thanks Davis Family! I LOVE farmers. We need to do more for OUR farmers in America. As a kid in Texas and later in Robins Illinois, I worked on a farm - well, played on a farm. It was fun, especially when I was a kid. I loved all of the animals and doing chores, most of the time. LOL. Of course, it's ALL WORK, sun p to sun down for farmers. Gold Bless them!

Was almost in tears. This is good. Very good.

I love Texas ,their children are really this great 👍. Look at what America grows !

Great work, lovely family. Greetings from North Wales 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

That kid at 4:40 has it all coming to him and a bright future! God bless.

God bless this family. I hope the farm stays in the family for several more generations

This is the Back Bone of this Super Power!

great story, great to see the kids taking an interest in farming,

Thank God for families and farmers like these. We need to protect them from foreign interests and keep this land in the hands of Americans.

How I wish black farmers had similar privilege. I will be very happy if I see a black successful farm family

What a wonderful family, proud of you and your appreciating what GOD has given you

Without farmers like this strong family, we wouldnt have a plate on our table unless you do it all yourself. Thank you Texas Farmers! Beautiful Strong Family and very Respectful when spoken with. \m/ HOOK 'UM HORNS \m/

Good video 👍 Greetings from the Netherlands / Holland!

Yes SIR? What a beautiful thing to hear. I've being saying that yes SIR no sir, yes ma'am no ma'am every time I answer anyone. Farmers are the backbone of our great country. Neal

What a tremendous story - and family! Thank you for sharing it with us.

Thanks for an outstaanding video; a lot of memories came back as I watch this video. I was raised on a farm in the early 50's to the middle 50's; didn't have any of this fnacy equipment. I sat on a ford tractor many an hour and before the tractor I plowed many an acre with a team of mules. one thing for sure I didn't have to worry about being over weight. Love ever minute of it.

Farmer is the only person who sells everything in wholesale and buys everything on retail. He is the king. I am too Son of Farmer.

What a great job this family is doing , wow this is America , Rock on , enjoy , stay safe , proud of everyone ! Bob

This gospel shall be preached unto the ends of the earth! Great job!

Great story. I started at 9 yrs. Untill I retired at 51 years. Got to 10 ,000 acres know the filling. Great JOB Great Report. Angel Villanueva South Texas

The AMERICA I love. God Bless.

Texas Country Reporter Video's are always top notch. My regards to Bob Phillips who has kept us entertained through the years.

I’m so glad that my family lives on a farm and that they raised me right

I am Tariq from Pakistan.I am also a farmer I like this whole team very much.

Great video!! You folks know what is important and your children are benefitting from your guidance.

Brings back some great memories. "Yes sir "

Those kids are feeding America and the world 👍

This gives everyone hope. Great to see , good luck from Australia.

Well done Davis family. You share the same values we have here in South Africa.

Those kids have good values. What a wonderful father to instill those values. God bless

Amazing difference in talking with younger generation raised working in an agricultural environment and and kid raised in a city....

Please give my regards and highest esteem to these awesome people. Thank you for all your hard work so that I can feed myself and others. You make me proud and you are what I would give my life to defend. Andrew L. Miller, Sgt (Ret), USAF

Great to see young family members take pride in work.

Stewards of the land is exactly correct ..... carry on the legacy of our GREAT nation and God bless!......i am a perryton tx born and bread child myself 👌

Go Texas The True Family Farm All American.Beautiful Stick With It.

Wonderful story, thank you and god bless y'all!

I've experienced 3 years in a row in Saskatchewan,Canada.It'll be next year i'll do it all again of maintaining combines and trucks plus operating them.It's great to see the younger generation getting involved in farming. and yes it is rewarding to all.Happy farming !

DAMN ALL AMERICAN PATRIOTS!!!!! GREAT JOB............ BLESS AMERICA.......SO SPECIAL!!!!!!

huge respects to the Davis family !! as a city guy who likes to consume food , big ups to you guys ! keep up the great work !! :)

I wish I could have experienced this family closeness with my family.

I live in eastern Washington, in one of the largest wheat growing areas in the United States. Families like this are normal over here. Good job!

Awesome video! Good to see your kids out in the fields!

I really like this this country needs more of this kind of thing keep up the good work Davis family

Just imagine that 100 years ago when those families would have pulled together to bring in the crops - how little they would have yielded by comparison ... but I suppose that its all relative ... As always, thanks so much for sharing another inspiring and admirable story of one families life in Texas. TCR you are amazing !

You guys are fabulous.

Work ethic is the same ... No kin but great story ... Your children made me proud ... That's what is missing in most of America... Respect for your parents and respect for the land ... Job well done Davis Family

Love Our Country Faithful to the Land

Watching this made me very proud of them it reminds me of a modern-day Waltons the TV show

A very well knit family and I pray they live like that for ever Amin

Awesome video. When the one son said it builds character, how true that is. Kids that live in a city have no character, they think the world should be handed to them. I grew up on a small farm and worked from sun-up to sun-down. The younger generation don't know what work is.

God Bless America and his whole Creation ( the world ) Love You Jesus and our farmers who keep food on the tables

A PBS television station in New York State produced a family farm documentary about 30 years ago where they showcased the farm family at their best and at their worst -- with family working together to the family fragmenting and leaving farming. The saddest part was at the end where they interviewed all of the youngest generation of kids. Out of 13 or so farm kids, only ONE had plans to stay on the farm and be a farmer like their dad. The future of the USA depends on agriculture, no matter what anyone else thinks or says. Everyone eats food. And everything found in restaurants and the grocery store started on a farm somewhere around the world. And the backbone of farming around the world is dependent upon the family farm. Corporate or government farms simply cannot compare to the 24/7 dedication of a family farmer who is more dedicated than any employee drawing a paycheck or especially forced laborers. But where will we find the next generation of farmers? If the children of today's farmers are unwilling to stay on the farm and continue, utilizing land, assets, equipment, and know-how carefully managed by the previous generations, then there will be NOBODY to grow our food to feed ourselves and the rest of the world.

As an old man the one thing I have missed in life is going to the U S and Texas. the things I have learned off the internet in the last 2 years is amazing. good luck to you all.

This is such a good way of life love this video

Great story.

Of only everybody could be like the boy said. Not being lazy, those are the best kids. Raised em right

Wonderful people. God Bless.

Thank you for being a Farmer !!

I think my favorite part of the US is in West Texas, The people are some of the best people I have ever met,

God bless your family.

I know quite a few farms where the entire family helps out. That's the way it used to be back in the day and still is on many farms.

There's something wrong with that girl,she answer with a 'YES SIR" to her dad,you don"t see that nowadays,Its call respect.

I was raised that and it teaches you a good work ethic which is great in kids to day

"We own this land but its not ours" This whole video almost brought me to tears. This is what America was. Now look at us, its just terrible. These guys raised their children right and they should be damn proud of it.

Imagine being 13 years old and operating a 400,000 dollar piece of equipment

I love this kind of farming. I wish I can do it in Kenya this way.

I was boarderlined on this one guys! I do understand the need to pass down your lifstyle, Don't let them txt. while driving the combines or anything else! 57 yr. old man here. Bee and God Bless!

I learned to drive a tractor in the Oklahoma Panhandle when I was eleven. Started working on a harvest crew when I was sixteen and had a license. It’s all I knew. It’s what all young men did where I grew up.

This is a great one , I am so impressed with the young ones having manners ( yes sir ) when answering. I was raised with those manners respect your elders. Now day I feel everything is lost people have no manners and no common sense, what is the world coming to ??

This is beautiful.

I learned more in one summer about the outdoors then any book could teach you. One year in Italy with their eyes open would be worth more than three at Oxford; and six months in the fields with a platyscopic lens would teach them strange things about the world around them that all the long terms at Harrow and Winchester have failed to discover to them. But that would involve some trouble to the teacher. What a misfortune it is that we should thus be compelled to let our boys’ schooling interfere with their education! Grant Allen

This inspires me alot. If I ever get an opportunity,ill do it a million times.I love wheat farming. Come visit Narok in Kenya and you'll see this kind of work.😊

Beautiful!

TOGETHER WE PROGRESS- IS THE THEME OF THE FAMILY. I ENVY THEM

I love seeing the younger generation not afraid to work

farmville to a whole new level

What a wonderful story.

Reminds me of New Zealand farming god bless 🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

Awesome family !