How Much Money Do Farmers Make?

Подписаться 616 тыс.

Просмотров 3 млн

50% 1

This is the first video of its kind. Finances in farming is often a subject many are not willing to talk about. In this video, I shine a light on all of our expenses for our 1,700 acre farm in Central Iowa. I cover every aspect of income and expenses and produce actual numbers.
The goal of this video is to raise awareness and to educate. It is not designed as a pity video, so please, do not feel bad for us. The information is as personal as it gets and this video took me a long time to create.
Sources:
Yields and Prices
www.extension.iastate.edu/agd...
www.extension.iastate.edu/agd...
www.extension.iastate.edu/agd...
www.extension.iastate.edu/agd...
Quick and dirty tax calculator:
smartasset.com/taxes/iowa-tax...
Thank you for watching!
Special Thanks To Our Video Sponsor:
► This could be you!
Website: This could be your website!
►Like My Sunglasses?
►pitvipersunglasses.com
Use code: “COLECORNSTAR” for 10% OFF.
Cole The Cornstar, aka Cole, is a 4th generation family farmer from Central Iowa who is the life force behind his family’s 1,700 acre farm. Cole promotes agriculture by filming his day-to-day adventures with his Dad (Daddy Cornstar) and brother (Cooper) on the farm. With a lot of help from Daddy Cornstar, Cole instills humor and education into his videos fit for both young adults and adults. Despite being 22-years old, Cole has an old-fashion work ethic with an innovative approach toward agricultural technology and practices. Cole's mission is to prove the American Dream is not dead and be a megaphone for agricultural education and innovation, from technological advances in farming equipment to conservation practices.
Want To Follow Behind The Scenes?
► / colethecornstar
►Send Me Fan Mail
Cole The Cornstar
PO Box 1432
Marshalltown, Iowa 50158
►Support us on Patreon:
►Patreon.com/colethecornstar
Watch more Videos like this:
►WATCH NOW: SNOW-BLOWING CORN?? | World's Worst Farmer
• SNOW-BLOWING CORN?? | ...
►WATCH NOW: Cole, The GRAVE DIGGER?? | My Job Is Dead Sometimes
• Cole, The GRAVE DIGGER...
►WATCH NOW: Convincing The Bank To Lend Me $1,000,000 | Selling More Corn
• Convincing The Bank To...
► Edited By Cole The Cornstar
Business inquiries only: cornhubcole@gmail.com

Опубликовано:

17 янв 2020

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 11 тыс.

@ClassyTurtleProductions 4 года назад

im not a farmer nor am I trying to become one and i have no idea how i came across this video but i just sat here and watched the entire thing and found it very interesting. Thank you for being a farmer.

@daveday203 4 года назад

Damn same here. Idk why this vid came up. But watched the whole thing haha

@truskowskialex7460 4 года назад

Literary same. I watch a lot of accounting stuff on here so maybe that’s why it popped up, but it’s very interesting

@kalark 4 года назад

same

@juggernaut8819 4 года назад

justin hoogeveen same

@itzdrdabber2115 4 года назад

justin hoogeveen same here watched the whole thing

@jamesroberts4201 4 года назад

This man farms all day then logs on to minecraft to check on the farm What an absolute legend got my sub

@ColeTheCornstar 4 года назад

Thank you!

@Schoolship. 4 года назад

my friend is a truck driver, and he plays a truck driving video game, in his truck, every night. i learned: find out how to get paid to do what you love, and you'll never work a day in your life.

@d.e303-anewlowcosthomebuil7 4 года назад

@@ColeTheCornstar Have you even investigated the roller crimper method? Many farmers get good results with it and lower inputs. I can dig up a vid if you like.

@logannaslund1057 4 года назад

MechanicalCheeze big mutha truckers lol

@PilotUnknownX 4 года назад

@@Schoolship. American truck simulator?

@captainarse1 3 года назад

That feeling you get when a 20 something farmer knows way more about finances than most “adults” Respect man

@howdy8301 2 года назад

@ThoughtCrime I believe he put it in quotes for this reason.. adults meaning older farmers who have had decades of experience.

@jacob5014 2 года назад

@@howdy8301 Not just farmer, but older people in general

@howdy8301 2 года назад

@@jacob5014 yeah

@biglex9069 8 месяцев назад

@@tjs8301Lol

@videoomnomnom 7 месяцев назад

i very much agree !! keep it man

@newmodeling 3 года назад

The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, pays the freight both ways. (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)

@anthonyblackburn4148 2 года назад

*laughs in automotive technician* I also don't get guaranteed pay from the government for having a bad year.

@MilesToGo78 2 года назад

@@anthonyblackburn4148 Sorry to hear but you may have one or two bad year(s) but a farmers life evolves in mostly bad years and rarely a good year

@DB-ld7ph 2 года назад

@@anthonyblackburn4148 I don’t mind paying taxes for farmers when they have a bad year they keep us alive

@ryanhamstra49 2 года назад

They are heavily subsidized by the government because they are heavily controlled and regulated. It’s not a free market.

@paulregarg7455 2 года назад

They are called welfare farmers, poor old me, as they drive an eighty thousand Denali and act like they dont have 2 nickels to rub together

@trueblueblooded4976 4 года назад

As a farmer I can tell you that there is a simple trick to making a small fortune from farming, you have to start with a large fortune.

@jessmasterflash 4 года назад

Lol! That's the way we talk about horse people here in northern Michigan. The fastest way to become a millionaire owning horses is to start as a billionaire, and pretty soon you will be a millionaire.

@matthewjohn9629 4 года назад

TrueBlue Blooded lol, same with aviation 😂

@SlickD217 4 года назад

😂

@ryandoe11 4 года назад

My farm has been in the family for many, many years and it feels as tho i started with a fortune with what we already have, and thus am making a good income. increasing just about every year

@chadcoady9025 4 года назад

sooo, inherit the land and equipment?

@stevebratten6592 3 года назад

When I told my grandfather I wanted to farm he said “son, if you can afford to farm, you don’t need to work”

@johngnipper8768 3 года назад

yep, that's about it

@thesusboomerroblox6516 3 года назад

Unless you start small and supply local business

@zakirnaikahmaddeedat3651 3 года назад

@@thesusboomerroblox6516 👍

@lonemerkmel6097 3 года назад

@@thesusboomerroblox6516 yes

@infringinator 3 года назад

my grandfather said son if your lazy bum butt can get out of bed at 4am I'll buy you a farm. I work a desk job in customer service.

@tomcornett Год назад

I worked every summer back in the 1970s for Indiana farmers as a teenager before moving to Ohio. They were some of the hardest working and kindest people I've ever met. We are surrounded here in Ohio by farms and we often see the equipment rolling in the springs, summers, and falls. After watching this video I've gained a whole new insight and respect for farmers. God bless them all.

@adultingforidiots1973 2 года назад

Started as a farmhand just recently. Just took it on as my 2nd (but technically 3rd) job. Worked my first 24 hour day. (Did a day at the farm after a night shift at my plant job because I wanted to see what a 24 hour day was like). I have so much respect for farmers. That job is so much more than just sitting in an A/C tractor. People have no idea how complicated the setup is every morning and how common injuries are. Every day so far I left the farm with at least a couple cuts. One day I got my hand caught in a PTO and luckily didn’t get hurt badly but things like this happen all the time just so people can eat. And I’m just a new guy who doesn’t know what he’s doing, the more experienced guys are still pulling all the weight, and some are working 100hr weeks doing it full time and probably barely making a normal wage. Respect

@bwing411 4 года назад

He's very articulate. He hit all of the possible issue topics right off the bat!

@ColeTheCornstar 4 года назад

Thank you!

@juandominguez8536 4 года назад

Cole The Cornstar so those *buisness* expenses are not tax right offs?

@bill45colt 4 года назад

@@juandominguez8536 tax write offs can only be had when you have a profit to write off against. Expenses are a big part of farm expense, and if you ever do farm taxes, you will see they can be bounced against income, but are not write offs.

@b-genspinster7895 4 года назад

Wonderful. No filler words. The other youtubers need to take lessons from him.

@zenken13 4 года назад

@@bill45colt So, they work for free? He glossed over the part where the family is paid well as employees from the farm corp.

@royhoco5748 4 года назад

a wise old framer once told me this "the quickest way to make a small fortune farming is to start with a large fortune. "

@urboyalan4006 4 года назад

Idk if u typed it wrong or im stupid but i didnt understand shit u said

@matthewtalbot-paine7977 4 года назад

@@urboyalan4006 If you have a large fortune and spent most of it you'll still have a small fortune

@WPaKFamily 4 года назад

@@urboyalan4006 you might be stupid

@royhoco5748 4 года назад

@Bill Zussman but a framer can give as good advice as a farmer sometimes

@ImInSpainWithoutTheS 4 года назад

no, that was albert einstein

@tyrese3745 Год назад

Thank God I’m a city guy, but I do have the most respect for the farmers of the Midwest. Especially for you, Cole. You and your family are just trying to make a decent living out on the farm. Thumbs up to you, bro!

@CoinCommunityCollectors 9 месяцев назад

There’s always gonna be a special place in my heart for farmers like you. My family on both of my parent’s sides of the family have farmed but have since retired, except for my grandpa, but he just has a pasture and it’s more of a hobby farm. Thank you for everything farmers like you do.

@jeffgehman8344 3 года назад

How to make a small fortune in farming ... Start with a large fortune.

@mikeblake2830 3 года назад

How to make a shitty comment Steal other people's jokes from 4 months ago

@LaGrandeBayou 3 года назад

Wrong. It’s called hard work and doing without! What you see is the result of 2.5 generations of Bloid sweat tears

@dustinryan9671 3 года назад

No one works to make negative a year, this video is misleading, if they were hurting that bad they would not have the equipment they do. Much of what I see on his farm is a luxury for many small farmers. Also, think about it they are paying for an accountant to be in the red, how much sense does that make?

@yogiballa 3 года назад

cameron yogibear hi I’m Christopher yogiballa we almost have the same name

@hadmatter9240 3 года назад

@@dustinryan9671 Perpendicular cranial rectitis. So it's true. Damn it! I thought they were just joking around when they told me. Okay. Deep breath...FUCK!!! I thought the stench of shit would be confined within the afflicted's cranium! How did it waft into the states that grow the food that feed these...these...these... What the hell are they? Oh, Geezus!

@Bones-te7pf 4 года назад

Who’s else didn’t look this up and is watching

@ABlackWoman 4 года назад

Well he has 201k subs and yuh that's how recommendeds work

@bananabones4481 4 года назад

@@ABlackWoman 202K

@garciadavid1165 4 года назад

Yup

@chrism552 4 года назад

I am. Got to hand it to the kid though, his voice and quick talking, keep his video seamless.

@justmean4595 4 года назад

I don't know why, but after watching this kid I feel like I need to go back to school!!!!

@ast9398 3 года назад

*-144,000 dollars in debt* “Here comes one of the bigger expenses”

@joerobert1801 9 месяцев назад

Adapt to a lifestyle, be thrifty, set a budget, save money, and make investments to live within your means. I benefited from this as a six-figure income. With this strategy, my retirement savings have increased by almost $1 million.

@seanroger6954 9 месяцев назад

I use to be like this when I was younger, now I'm way better with money. I'm just not impressed with a lot of material items anymore. Having a budget and having patience is something I had to practice overtime.

@geraldbenzinger9703 9 месяцев назад

how do I go about investing? I want to try all my options

@rahultoggi4672 9 месяцев назад

Sadly there's actually people living paycheck to paycheck.

@Jay-xp1df 4 года назад

farmer low key flexing on rappers with his farm equipment

@snickers0522 4 года назад

My thoughts exactly, he flexed low key the whole video over everyone

@spankthemonkey3437 4 года назад

Jay I want to hear the rap version of she thinks my tractors sexy

@manictiger 4 года назад

Rollin down the rows, sowin' seeds, sippin on water and tea, laid back. Got my corn on my mind and my mind on my corn.

@MrSammotube 4 года назад

@@spankthemonkey3437 It is more like the song "I've got a brand new combine harvester" - look it up.

@epsismedia3102 4 года назад

Next video gonna be a music video with his tractor on "dubs"

@jasonarcher7268 4 года назад

I grew up surrounded by corn fields in northern illinois, yet i learned more about farms in the last half hour than I did in the previous 30 years.

@Bw40099 3 года назад

hey i live in northern illinois too rockford what city are you in

@jasonarcher7268 3 года назад

Ben Wells Rockford, but not for much longer. This place gets worse every year.

@hauntedsmore 3 года назад

I still live around fields in northern Illinois lol

@kennyrogers1243 3 года назад

Henry Lubkeman I’m in the same area, just over the boarder in Wisconsin

@johnkenny4017 3 года назад

I live near Chicago in Northern Illinois and I've always thought it was amazing when you get out and start driving 20-30 minutes from the metropolitan areas how much land and farms there are it's amazing how fast it is

@nb3627 3 года назад

Farmers, Soldiers, Doctor's, Seafarers and truck drivers 🙏 you have my respect.

@joemartino6976 Год назад

My wife's family has a large farm in Boone and Hamilton counties and I've learned more about farming in one video than 30 years of visiting central Iowa. Great stuff! Thank you!

@tannerredenius4635 4 года назад

The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways.-JKF

@BB-bq2zd 4 года назад

Now that is a true statement!

@MrIamTheory 4 года назад

JFK

@justinc2633 4 года назад

any sort of production for anything ever also does that

@hikdingle2210 4 года назад

@@justinc2633 that's what i was thinking

@lemuelseale1640 4 года назад

John kredrick fennedy.

@alibobobaba1337 4 года назад

Farmers don’t get enough credit for doing what they do. Appreciate what y’all do my man.

@VenturiLife 4 года назад

Absolutely. They put food on all our tables at affordable prices.

@the1kyu 4 года назад

@@VenturiLife why i can't take "funny" emojis on comments?

@LargerThanCats 4 года назад

Yeah, except this kind of monocropping has destroyed the soil and has left us with a terrible future.

@brannanburdette2558 4 года назад

Well considering he’s lying about these numbers I wouldn’t give them credit for anything. Farmers make plenty of money. This kid is taking numbers from a poorly run farm or a smaller farm and applying them to their farm. Nobody in their right mind would give a farm more money if they were losing $240k a year. Maybe he took their worst year ever and used those numbers. Idk what he did but this definitely is not legit.

@curious_trout_yt6162 4 года назад

@@brannanburdette2558 how would you know

@musicfan6575 3 года назад

I appreciate you and your family and all the farmers Across America doing all you do. You folks deserve so much more. Thank you.

@JeffReeves 3 года назад

I've lived in cities my entire life and have never even been on a real farm, and yet I'm compelled to watch this video all the way through. Really fascinating stuff to watch! You've got a great presentation style; and the information you are sharing is the right blend of technical and simplicity for a complete novice like me to understand. It's cool to see how a bit of the ins and outs of a lifestyle I'll likely never know otherwise. Got a new subscriber!

@Skritshell 4 года назад

My Grandfather's, who was a farmer, favorite joke was "The fastest way to make a million dollars farming is to start with 2 million". Every day their is more and more truth to his words

@rodolfoplasencia4953 4 года назад

Word! You got me cracking! We got to be aware of Banksters that will pull every trick just for the sake of dumping us in the streets, penniless! And grow with our own resources, progressively.

@wannabecarguy 4 года назад

So should I buy the farm?

@TheZerr96 4 года назад

I heard this in college from one of my ag teachers.. very encouraging for a young farmer😅

@rodolfoplasencia4953 4 года назад

@@wannabecarguy Yes! And, Skritshed, here you hace another way of making a million. By flipping.

@Skritshell 4 года назад

@@rodolfoplasencia4953 Flipping farm's is the ONLY way to cash crop now a days

@mordiaky 3 года назад

That explains why I am always broke in farming simulator 2019! So I did win the game!

@coopsnz1 3 года назад

I'm playing that now, excepted a harvesting contract for 10000 euros , 1 day still not finished harvesting this guys field

@lb493 3 года назад

Silage from grass.

@jeremykiahsobyk102 3 года назад

As much as any non-corporate farmer can.

@AskYourComputerGuy 3 года назад

Great video, very informative! I had no idea how expensive it was to farm and how thin the margins were. I'll never look at corn or beans the same way again. Thank you for an easy to follow and explain video. I enjoyed it!

@bananapudn2 2 года назад

Corn has had a great run over the past 2 years, hopefully y'all are making good money now. Very enlightening video, thank you for this great effort. Farmers are a great example of keeping the faith through good times and bad.

@nataudia 4 года назад

I don’t known why I’m watching this, I’m a 29 yo dentist from Brasil, but I can’t stop watching it!

@ibrahimidris8499 4 года назад

How much does it cost to have dental IMPLANTS in Brasil? Thanks.

@pauloceolin 4 года назад

I'm in the same situation haha

@robertvazquez35 4 года назад

Half way through I'm depressed for you. Dammit you shouldn't be so broke providing food for us all. Thank you have a whole new appreciation.

@awax2585 4 года назад

They're broke because other countries can do it far cheaper and we shouldn't subsidize an industry that produces debt instead of value). And no, there would still be enough food for people, because if they were actually needed to feed people, they'd actually make a profit ...

@TachibanaTengoku 4 года назад

@@awax2585 It's important that you DO subsidize these industries because what the heck are you going to do when all those cheap labor countries are no longer cheap? Now you're either stuck rebuilding your long dead infrastructure, you probably have barely any qualified farmers left, or you say fuck it and continue paying other countries to do it. Think it's a joke? How long do you think it will take for China, India and Africa to stop being 3rd world-ish and join us in the 1st world? Eventually their citizens won't be comfortable being paid pennies on the dollar to do shit for us, it's already been happening in the tech industry, it's only a matter of time. Could be a couple of decades more, or maybe even a century, who knows.

@JD-ys7fj 4 года назад

I just want to point out this is not a farm, this is a combine harvesting operation. Not a farm. Farms involve animals, livestock, and multiple types of crops. This is a combine harvester federally subsidized and insured operation. We have 500 acres in rural New Hampshire where we raise Cattle, Pigs, Chickens, Ducks, and harvest timber among other endeavors. His combine operation makes money, and if it doesn't they have crop insurance. These guys are more than fine, worry about your local farmers who actually farm.

@cbriangilbert1978 4 года назад

@@TachibanaTengoku I don't think it is fair to subsidize one industry and tell the others to fuck off. If you are going to pick your favorites then I want to pick mine to be subsidized as well. 80% of everything in markets is brought to you buy Corporate farms. This guy in the video makes up 20% of it. We throw away 43% of all food in this country. We can do without Mom and Pop subsidized farming. We can't do without teachers, doctors, etc. Let the farmers turn to micro farming, and indoor hydro. They need to get into the 21st Century. Farming can be profitable but you can't do it like great grandpa anymore. And you shouldn't want to, it's wasteful. They say in the future micro farmers will be millionaires. And they won't need subsidies to do it. P>S I get a little sour on the subject of farm subsidies because my entire family has profited from them while constantly complaining about minorities on welfare. Our farm subsidies are a much larger piece of pie than food-stamp cost to the tax payer. Yet they still managed to find a way to be a hypocrite. I hate hypocrisy with every fiber in my being.

@wereabouttoargueaintwe4582 4 года назад

Awax it produces debt because it costs a shit ton to grow corn and soybeans on the level that they do, which they have to grow that much or their debt would be greater. If people would buy food in bulk from local stores or farmers markets it would be easier on farmers and live stock farms.

@JasonCDaniel 2 года назад

Really appreciate the time that you put into this, it absolutely shows. And it was an education for me to understand the economics of farming. This is definitely an area where we need to reconsider our priorities as everyone needs to eat. And I for one would prefer that we keep the family farms going versus allowing the mega-corps to take over farming. Keep doing what you do!

@7249xxl 2 года назад

i've been stuck watching every farm video on youtube. They are so addicting because the content is so real. Thank you for your very educational video Cole!

@usmctattooboy 4 года назад

I am super impressed with this young man for knowing all the ins and outs of what it takes to run a farm and taking the time to do all the numbers. I dont farm but I do regard the farmer as the most important in our society and it would be nice if we could find a way to stop spending on bs and pull some money and resources to help them out. All that aside this was a great video

@ColeTheCornstar 4 года назад

Thank you!

@retteketette 4 года назад

It's an unhealthy situation we got us in, doing industrial food.

@stealthsoup5882 4 года назад

@ITHEREONETHATHASNT Wait what? So if there was political discourse between two nations and one of them gets all their food from the other. Bam you have no food. Where's the logic?

@stealthsoup5882 4 года назад

@ITHEREONETHATHASNT Also, literally everything you own is because of CORN. You should really do some research.

@callumdarby8801 4 года назад

@ITHEREONETHATHASNT we've spent more money subsidizing farmers under Trump than we spent bailing out the entire auto industry in 2008. Farmers are the biggest welfare queens in the nation. Billions of dollars in subsidies each year.

@zackarrazolo970 3 года назад

The way he’s talking I feel like I should be writing notes

@daltonbrasier5491 3 года назад

This will all be on the test!

@hadmatter9240 3 года назад

@@daltonbrasier5491 LOL! I just remembered all the hype about Google Glass before launch, and then the *thud* after. I was thinking that maybe it was because people like me would use it to pass that test, so it was thrown in a drawer somewhere, but the tech is actually being used in ag to help farmers.

@codyorton1236 3 года назад

you should take notes all the time.. life hack

@noxagonal 3 года назад

My parents were farmers, they're selling all equipment and rent some of the fields nowadays. The farm was just too small to survive in the modern economy. A trend too common in my opinion. As a farmer it's almost impossible to raise the prices or no one will take your product. The selling price is practically locked but equipment and utilities cost keeps going up.

@altha-rf1et Год назад

i got mine from my parents I have 35 acres, I do a community farm,, They need to do that

@ciaranharrington4141 9 месяцев назад

35 arces is a small paddock

@wraith0000001 2 года назад

What an interesting video. Having no idea about farming this was a great insight into the life of a farmer. It's no wonder the stresses on farmers are so high and the time spent and efforts undertaken are so under appreciated by many.

@headlesshorse6223 4 года назад

Hey I'm also a wheat farmer, and I understand the struggle of running one. No one really gets it, so thank you for putting the facts out there to help shed some light on the business.

@Dj-br6gh 4 года назад

I really gotta thank ya man.

@pcd1377 4 года назад

@HeadlessHorse Would you say his using average for prices make his income on the low side? And wouldn't a loss on paper mean no taxes or significant benefits even though net worth went up? Thanks bruv good luck!

@headlesshorse6223 4 года назад

@@pcd1377 for wheat farming I would say no. For I would about 100 years now wheat prices havent changed, but everything else has gotten more expensive. His income is probably higher than what he actually got.

@supercala332 4 года назад

@@headlesshorse6223 Yes, that is true. However, remember that he did say at the beginning he couldn't give exact numbers, as he didn't want competitors to know his farms specifics. Even though his income was probably higher, his farm most likely was still well into an annual loss in income...as if the story of his mom being the one to keep the family afloat wasn't a tell-all to begin with.

@headlesshorse6223 4 года назад

@@supercala332 very true only reason we are still going is because of wise investments and multiple jobs

@duanecotter1463 4 года назад

Leaned more in 30 minutes than 2 years of college

@timothyemerson3204 4 года назад

Me too

@kennethkustren9381 4 года назад

Your TYPO besmirches your "truth".

@ShidaiTaino 4 года назад

Duane Cotter that’s sad

@Cyb3rSix 4 года назад

That's the farmers life. Gotta know how to do everything.

@LuisRodriguez-li7wr 4 года назад

Trade school or apprentice programs

@kelleynickolsen7302 3 года назад

Just started working on a small farm yesterday. It’s serious work. I give y’all farmers props!

@alastairatcheson1407 3 года назад

As a dairy farmer in Northern Ireland I found this very interesting. To see how the earnings can be got then spent in a cropping farm. Also watched the full video too so the way you filmed this is head and shoulders above any film coming out of Hollywood at the present moment.

@cooper8318 3 года назад

I have heard that it costs more to make a gallon of milk that what it sells for

@alastairatcheson1407 3 года назад

@@cooper8318 In 2015 that was the case, it was almost equal to the cost of production for us cause we graze the cattle as much as we can as opposed to keeping them in all year which is more expensive. Since then it has improved.

@cooper8318 3 года назад

@@alastairatcheson1407 I'm glad it has improved but that is still a crazy situation to be in

@LLthereistome2024 4 года назад

Heck half way through, my head hurts. How do you eat, dress, survival is a must. Right on momma cornstar, what a gal. God is perfect substance.

@matthewsminkmanor9926 4 года назад

That's why Cole wears his jeans till they are nifty shorts and his boots looks they been though the combine. lol!

@ronmeier8850 4 года назад

I have farmed my whole life & believe me what he said about this is personal n that is absolutely true w/most people who are self-employed/business owners, however farmers take this to a level like no other being on the planet. When I was younger I often use to think the silliness that went on between other farmers was just ridiculous until I seen just how awful that they were to each other when for whatever reason someone seemed to be doing better than them or how or why or or or or... Instead of helping each other it is extremely opposite of that in some cases just down right mean. Now it is just best to keep things farm $$ related items on the DL for it is a much better way to remain in good relationships w/your fellow farmers... So it is why he has said slot but honestly might as well said nothing as it has nothing to do with anything pertaining to their operation

@grimthenoble 4 года назад

I bet Cole tried piecing together the go pro that went through the combine! I bet he could of if he had a small enough screwdriver. In all honesty I don't see how Farmers can make it work. But sure glad they do.

@jetbtkng 4 года назад

welfare

@dustineastham5920 4 года назад

Cole.. been watching you for a while now love what you do have a question about the Oliver what happened to all the sheet metal?

@MrDaChicken 4 года назад

My Dad always put it this way. " Well, farmers ""see"" a lot of money. The trick is keeping some of it"

@williamthigpen4480 4 года назад

MrDaChicken you should try Trucking it’s worse

@andrewinbody4301 4 года назад

I heard: How to make a million dollars farming...Start with two million dollars.

@bob4bob3bob2bob 4 года назад

@@andrewinbody4301 The problem is - the rich just dont have enough yet, Im sure that when they decide they have enough and dont need to charge so much that they will let us know- then it will be easier .

@ColeTheCornstar 4 года назад

MrDaChicken that's a good way of putting it

@toucansteve 4 года назад

@You Might be interested in what life is like in the Democratic Republic of Congo. South Sudan, Libya among other countries where there is little to no functioning government. In these countries there is little that functions at all. Life is brutal and short for most who live there. Go there or open a book and read. You may end up with a different outlook on government in general. Most rational thought supports the modest cost of government is worth its cost.

@bigmac9634 2 года назад

Thanks heaps for the insight! Great video to actually show the nitty gritty of it all, I hope in the future the weather and prices are better for you and your family.

@jaymegabbard5395 2 года назад

Great video Cole! Thank you for sharing your faith!

@topherlee2569 3 года назад

You really just kept my attention on a video about farming for 30 minutes. Well played sir

@samin8ter 3 года назад

2x's speed my friend

@sergeysvirsa3993 3 года назад

@@samin8ter it doesn't work if you're watching it in your second language though. Best I can do at least for now is x1,25

@MR.MUFFIIN 3 года назад

I thought the exact same thing

@tg8150 3 года назад

Me too. Loved it and I live in central Iowa.

@JohnDoe-bo5yk 3 года назад

Honestly though lmao

@braer240 4 года назад

I can’t imagine how long it took to not only film this video but gather all the numbers and edit it all together. Good work. I’m a marketer from California. And you held my attention for 34 minutes. Loving your content. 🤘🏼

@Gabriel.4190 4 года назад

The seasons literally change throughout the video 😂

@ShanePingStyle 3 года назад

We are trying our best to sport the farmers through our local farmers market after whole year shot down due to the pandemic, keep work hard and we are here for your guys!

@OM-sb2bd 2 года назад

This was extremely interesting and eye opening. And depressing as the total income went way into the red. Incredible presentation. God bless farmers!

@WelkerFarms 4 года назад

That was a great video Cole, you put a lot of effort in this and it shows!

@imedofad8163 4 года назад

Hey walker farms ❤❤❤

@toddgolling5760 4 года назад

My YT feed thinks I am a farmer. Ads for seed, root improvement, Case...seeing as I watch Cole and Welkers and Millenial Farmer I guess I pretty much am a farmer now. If I come during harvest can I drive a combine? You don't have to pay me!

@anastyb 4 года назад

Hi Nick , just for the record I'm behind welkerfarms alot because we've always bought used and restored it better than new.

@weirdoakagfy 4 года назад

@johndowe7003 4 года назад

@@toddgolling5760 it get old once the novelty wears off lol 16hr sittign down looking at the same shit gets boring real quick

@lwwahlert 4 года назад

Cole I absolutely loved the financial review. Well done. Most folks don’t have a clue how difficult farming really is. God bless

@frank-ui4bu 11 месяцев назад

As someone with only a passing interest in farming, I found this video fascinating--in a large part because of the language and style of the narrator. Thank you for posting this!

@zackglisan6400 2 года назад

This is the video that brought me to this channel. I’ve been hooked since

@baileya82 4 года назад

Farmers feed America. We can't live without them. I wish people had more respect for the gravity of that statement. You do good work sir. Keep going.

@chrispeters1510 4 года назад

Ya and construction workers build america and i dont get gov substitiesy all my experiences come from my pocket

@Romans--bo7br 4 года назад

@@chrispeters1510... true, but without any food in your stomach... you won't be building a dog house, never mind "building America". Don't take me wrong, I do understand what you're saying.... and as an (now retired) independent Owner/Operator in trucking, I (none of us) never received any gov't subsidies either, and we had a massive amount of expenses and taxes as well..... but, there were "write offs" to.... just like most any other business, but we needed to really "keep a sharp pencil" as they say.... it, like farming... can have good, bad and even disastrous years. The main thing that really sets the farmers apart, is the fact that after all the hours, expense and hard work put into planting, etc.... in the end, they are Completely Dependent on "just the right weather conditions, at the right time" from planting to harvest.... and we all know how That can go..... especially in "these days".

@KlipschHead281 4 года назад

@@chrispeters1510 - You don't get the difference here, really?

@incorectulpolitic 4 года назад

farmers also poison everybody and all land with glyphosate/roundup and other shit... it will literally round up your entire gastrointestinal tract

@JohnMiller-ey7rx 4 года назад

Majority of my family are commercial farmers in Iowa Central Iowa Northern Iowa and Southern Iowa

@kazoo3434 4 года назад

My grandparents farmed for 40 years. My grandmother said it best: "Don't become a farmer if you don't like gambling."

@stoneirvin6086 4 года назад

Jaiden Hoskins not literal gambling i think he was referring to sell prices [low][high] as in the sell prices on crops could differ at certain times

@superchuck3259 4 года назад

Yeah, most successful farmers learn to hold grain in storage to get better prices. Also how to play the Futures Markets. In the futures market, you agree to sell something at a certain price in the future. A futures contract you could fill today is called a CASH PRICE. A farmer that wants to gamble can sell or buy futures contracts. When to sell the harvested grain is a tricky thing. Prices could rise, maybe, or they could fall. Also you have to pay your expenses so you need to just sell the crop to get that cash instead of letting the crop sit in bins at risk of rotting, fees from storage, or prices falling more!

@1000machz 4 года назад

Love the content, but it’s hard to swallow that u lose 250k and maintain any lifestyle, redsiding that mansion was expensive

@jaden4489 4 года назад

Nice stang.

@rhondareese3908 4 года назад

@@stoneirvin6086 that's still a gamble.

@kevenbloomfield5927 3 года назад

Man..... stumbled onto your channel blurry-eyed and tired and I’m wide awake now. Thanks for sharing! Newfound respect (on top of what I had before)!

@kaleo2205 3 года назад

Very informative and great editing. I always respected farmers, but after watching your video I have a "brand new" respect for farmers that goes beyond my old and ignorant style of thinking. Thanks man, seriously! Aloha from Hawaii 😁🤙

@timothybewley5344 4 года назад

I like this kid. I would shake the hand of his entire family for their hard work and dedication.

@TommyT777 4 года назад

This comment hasn’t aged well.

@pnwvibes_ 4 года назад

@@TommyT777 LMAO

@zoranernjakovic7247 4 года назад

@@TommyT777 Why? Covid or did they do something?

@deruebelsteboi 4 года назад

@@zoranernjakovic7247 dont ask stoopid questions

@debuhrich4851 4 года назад

I feel like I’ve just taken a masters course in farming, finance and philosophy in one sitting. I have to say you are UBER smart!

@mattl1811 3 года назад

Woah! That is amazing. I had no idea it was that difficult to make money. I can't imagine the stress of trying to figure out all the business decisions ya'll have to make. Interesting video, thanks!

@michalpodolinsky6974 3 года назад

Stumbled upon this video by chance. It was very interesting. Thank you for being a farmer and good luck continuing your family's tradition

@kflan3342 4 года назад

More folks need to see this video. Most have no clue where their food comes from and the effort involved. Hats off!

@Bruceillest101 3 года назад

I'm originally from a big city but moved to a small farming town for school. I lived with a guy who worked on his family farm on the weekends and during school breaks. His work ethic blew my mind. He would wake up everyday @ 4am to drive a few towns over and work on the farm. He is the most hard working and humble person I've ever met. It definitely changed my perspective. I just want to say thank you to all the famers for feeding the rest of us. You guys are really the backbone of America. God Bless you and your families

@tedwazonek7956 2 года назад

Had no idea. Shaking my head! Thank you to all farmers!! 👍🏻✌🏼🙏🏼

@MegaUndercoverbrothe 2 года назад

Excellent video! Thank you for your honesty and transparency, very hard to find these days! Well done Young dude!

@soygod2766 4 года назад

“Some farmers are really bad at marketing” * shows picture of dad *

@kissutyi2310 4 года назад

Its even funnier now that you pointed it out

@caidenbilliot8768 4 года назад

Lmaoo

@Buttersonic18 4 года назад

I never ever comment on post but he really caught my eye with the first 5 minutes seems truly genuine and honest so I must say good work cole!

@ColeTheCornstar 4 года назад

Thank you!

@mikrieltje 9 месяцев назад

im from the netherlands so this is completely different (different farm sizes, different crops, different currency, different rules), but still really interesting to see, thanks for making this video ! hope other non-farmers learned alot too

@DanDanDoe 9 месяцев назад

As a Dutch non-farmer this has definitely taught me a lot, even if it’s not entirely applicable to our country.

@remcbride2008 3 года назад

You are in my prayers. Thanks for all you do

@Adam_Poirier 4 года назад

I don’t care how big and tough of a guy anyone is I know everyone can agree with me there is no one like your mom. Those of us who are fortunate enough to have our mothers around really appreciate them. That was the biggest thing I got from this whole video. Mama corn star works a full-time job and she still cooks and provides and is a great mom to her family. Coming from a farming background I already knew all these realities but I think you did an amazing job on this video Cole. A lot of people really need to see this

@ianmccallum5674 4 года назад

Great Cole very informative a lot people think that a carton milk , loaf of bread and those half dozen chops come from the supermarket. You are lucky that you get subsidise by the government in America or U.S.A. . A Australia the only help we get is fuel exercise .. The only way I found to get ahead is not keep up with the Jones next door you go broke .. I have been a farmer for forty five years until due to ailing health . My father sixty years in farming . My grand father did fifty years until bad health . My great grandfather did forty years . One thing you did not talk about is inflation of purchasing power over selling of your commodities has changed a hell of a lot . In 1975 TOYOTA Hilux was $ 3000-00 , 1979 same vehicle $ 7000-00 , 1989 same vehicle $ 21000-00 . In 2000 same vehicle $30000-00_ In 2005 same vehicle $ 47000-00 . Average pricing Now 18mth old steer 1975 you would get $ 300-00 . Same steer 1979 $ 350-00 . In 1989 same steer $ 450-00 . In 2000 same steer $ 580-00 . In 2005 same steer $ 650-00 . A steer same 2018 $900-00 . Same vehicle $56000-00. Ton wheat. 1975. $ 130-00 , 1979 $ 135-00 , 1989 $160-00 governments step in because of poor pricing pool system was set up 2000 $200-00 in 2005 $ 240-00 . In 2018. Wheat is $ 160-00 You see the comparison over the years . The only government help is 0.3845 cent Subsidies per litre on fuel in the paddock Your truly Ian McCallum. E-mail armshot75@bigpond.com If that doesn’t work. Try. armshot75@gmail.com Keep in touch good luck Cole

@robinsonanimation 3 года назад

the heart of America in this boy.

@Aurmm 3 года назад

Nein

@benjaminyoung2454 3 года назад

Thanks for a great video and very informative. Praying for you and your family as well as the farm.

@ginaelliott116 8 месяцев назад

Cole, I loved your video! Thank you for the time it took for you to make it.

@31moondog 4 года назад

One big expense was left out, the Daddy Cornstar Pizza budget. It must be massive.

@ColeTheCornstar 4 года назад

31moondog 😂😂

@Oliver-kv2mm 4 года назад

31moondog Don,t forget the Hienz.

@ikonseesmrno7300 4 года назад

At least he gets castup donations. ;-)

@gungadinn 4 года назад

Daddy Cornstar needs to get pizzas/taco's made with corn meal/flour instead of wheat. Might as well prop up the business with what you produce. Cole, your fuel bill seems rather low. When I ran 3 smaller tow trucks and one large wrecker, I was paying over $4000 a month in fuel. The equipment repairs being done in-house verses sending to a shop. Provided you have the skills and parts, in-house save you downtime. Having to haul a tractor or combine to a shop, then get it scheduled into the shop for repair can take days at best, weeks or more. Possibly look into separating the repair business so you can write off more expenses as well as possibly repair others equipment like you do the one neighbors skid steer. Set up a leasing company to lease the farm the equipment instead of the farm proper owning the equipment. It's paper mumbo jumbo, but perfectly legal.

@iowagreatgrammie1079 4 года назад

@@gungadinn and all those left handed gloves!#$$

@armpitfuzz 4 года назад

Your finances are NOBODY else's business, but thanks for educating us ignorant peeps x As a mother I am so proud you recognized your mother's efforts, as they say.... Behind every great man stands a great woman.

@gjcaseype 4 года назад

Great video Cole! Keep up the hard work! We appreciate you and your family dedication to the American farming life!!

@jeffkizer6666 4 года назад

I believe you nailed it !!

@diggingupnorth3453 4 года назад

I hate to judge but I am glad my mom is not commenting on RU-vid vids with the name "Armpitfuzz"

@armpitfuzz 4 года назад

@@diggingupnorth3453 Yup, my kids don't find it amusing either.

@sweetlips1938 4 года назад

Behind every successful man is a surprised mother-in-law. lol

@justinmaust8427 2 года назад

I'm a city slicker from the northeast, and I have no intention of ever running a farm but this was extremely entertaining and insightful, amazing

@TRXSH503 3 года назад

I didn't even realize I've been watching a farm video for 30 minutes, great video!

@dness3673 4 года назад

My Grandpa came out here to North Dakota with $40 and a Model T Ford. In 1922, It will be 100 years here shortly, you mentioned faith. In 98 years we have never turned a wheel in ANY of our fields on a Sunday. NEVER. My dad now is 87 years old. Im 44, Dad still helps out what he can. I can honestly say that our 1600 acres are an exclusive family farm. The only thing that saved me was my wifes online business. THANK GOD! She has kept our family afloat for the last 7 or 8 years. In wheat country its really really bad currently. Hopefully, its gets better soon. Going to church tomorrow to pray again. Have a blessed day. Thank you!

@TheBereangirl 4 года назад

All it takes is the "say so" of some crackpot celebrity doctor who wants to make a name for them self to ruin the life of our nation's farmers.😕

@johngnipper1454 4 года назад

Yes sir , family was in dairying for over 75 years, i sold cows in 2012, broke my heart but now much better income as an electrician. Sorry to say you can starve farming....but you can sure as anything.

@johngnipper1454 4 года назад

@Jeremy Shaffer looked at that , the other farmers around me says it isnt all its cracked up to be, again high input costs.

@KlipschHead281 4 года назад

@@johngnipper1454 - 2 major dairy companies filed for bankruptcy last year, dairy farmers are getting hit even harder this year, hopefully you're doing well now.

@johngnipper1454 4 года назад

@Jeremy Shaffer Give it a shot,...

@willr69420 4 года назад

Cole voted "Most Likely to Succeed in RU-vid and Farming". Way to go Cole! You are proving them right!

@hyfr5053 2 года назад

that was awesome! keep on doing your stuff man.

@tagg218 3 года назад

My uncles worked and owned a ranch that they grow soybeans, lentils and winter wheat on as well, but since my dad left the farm and we moved away when I was young I've never had any clue about how this stuff really works. This was really informative and insightful into what inklings I did have already, even if it is all averages and in a different part of the country (western Montana no less) It's really cool to finally have a better idea of what my family deals with year after year.

@vector150 4 года назад

This is why my grandfather and father sent me to school. to live a different life did not want me farming. outside of the money normal people have no clue the sacrifices and the physical and mental stress this work puts on a person.

@travisdavis3974 4 года назад

Maybe he knew you weren't tough enough to hack it

@bestvidsdottk 4 года назад

@@travisdavis3974 they knew he was a little funny from year 4

@travisdavis3974 4 года назад

@@bestvidsdottk right!!!

@travisdavis3974 4 года назад

@Yellowhammer okay, you needed military discipline because you couldn't wake up and follow your own plan.

@F7ble 4 года назад

doesn't every jobs?

@Stephen_A. 4 года назад

I'm glad you are using state averages. I really feel your own personal finances are totally none of my business and I never, ever, wondered how much money your farm made. I just enjoy your videos , enthusiasm and hard work.

@friendship1957 4 года назад

Completely agree.

@andrewinbody4301 4 года назад

Me too. I wanna go volunteer to work for the kid... I mean young man.

@anastyb 4 года назад

I'd like to see Zach the blowhard Johnson's creative financing! Some of you have NOOOOOO IDEA what RU-vid can bring in.

@96lapiscoupe1 4 года назад

anastyb why be so abrasive? No one forces you to watch anyone’s channel.

@Stephen_A. 4 года назад

@@dbutters3927 You are right. RU-vid videos take a lot of work and content to bring in a lot of money gaining many subscribers. Video editing is no small task when done with good design. Cole is getting very good at it and will only get better with the more he edits. I'm pretty sure he is using Final Cut to do his editing since he uses a Macbook to do his editing. I wish I had that kind of skill. Maybe some day I will ...

@EzleRS 2 года назад

I live in Eastern Iowa (Clinton, Iowa) and I just gotta say a big thank you to ALL our farmers out there! Awesome Video cole!

@markojankovic5256 7 месяцев назад

Such a great man, such a blessing to watch. Hoping for God blessing you all!!❤

@lightningvolt1273 4 года назад

Was anybody else curious about how farmers run their farm and watched the entire vid??

@SBooth99 4 года назад

Watch TomPemberton farmlife if you wanna find out :)

@Donnut123 4 года назад

I did! Can't believe they farm when it looses money...

@weldmachine 4 года назад

It is a curious topic. Without farms, we don,t have much to eat ??

@parikshit28 4 года назад

Bro

@JamesRailProductions. 4 года назад

LightningVolt127 ya

@sebrofc 4 года назад

I think I seriously learned more in the 30 minutes of this video than I did the entire time in AG/FFA

@bcheo890 4 года назад

FFA is a joke put together by city slickers who want to know about farming but end up petting cows instead.

@landonelliott3607 4 года назад

B Pacheco dumb comment

@user-qe7vs7vh9b 6 месяцев назад

Excellent presentation, grew up on dairy farm in Wisconsin. Been away from it for 45 yrs.Its easy to drive around the Corn Belt and make assumptions. I got a real eye-opener on the risk and cost of production. I will need to watch this video couple more times to get my mind wrapped around these numbers.Enjoyed it immensely.

@moseslloyd6944 2 года назад

I've always wondered about farming this video is very informative thank you for showing your farm and the expenditures you go through

@mikebancroft4620 3 года назад

My extended family has a 800 acer farm that has been in our family for 100 years and I always wanted to work it. My uncle who was the main care taker would always tell me there was no money in farming and I thought he was telling me that so he could reap all the benefits. I think I owe him a apology.

@mikemal4398 3 года назад

Gotta learn how to spell acre first. Damn I see u all over RU-vid. Unless it’s a lot of mike Bancroft’s out there

@danielshrader6038 4 года назад

Dear Mr. Cole The Cornstar, you have the equivalent of a MBA in Operations Management all rolled up in a great family history story. You articulated the overview of farm finances beautifully. Thank you!

@TheNemosdaddy 4 года назад

He has a college degree

@superchuck3259 4 года назад

Proper Management of things is critical in life! It takes excellent management to make a good profit or any profit. Also you need to decide if you want to invest in a 30k piece of equipment or use the 30k to pay your past due bills before you get cut off. While the 30k saves you each year, the bills are due now, really due now as past due!

@michu1736 9 месяцев назад

thank you very much for your honesty! As someone who wants to start my own farm, that's very interesting. Would love to see a more recent edition of your cost breakdown with all that has happened since then!

@tenaciousviking 2 года назад

Great video Cole! You enlightened a lot of people with important information.

@judesmamo 4 года назад

You remind me so much of Leonardo DiCaprio!! Well, as his character Arnie in, "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"! Only 1 difference... You're a genius!! I truly love the enthusiasm you put into your videos!! Great editing, too!! I first saw your video on fixing up your grandfather's beautiful farmhouse & now I can't stop! I don't even HAVE a farm! It is so refreshing to see a young man like you, so devoted to his family business & making it fun! Your mom must be an amazing woman, that must be so proud of you!! I see you must get your sense of humor from your dad! 😁 Keep it up, man!! Be safe out there! 🌽🌽🌽 🚜🚜

@anastyb 4 года назад

Bwhahahahaha in my Snoopy howl. I told Cole this a few times and provide links to video on how he is Arnie and he's ignored it!

@judesmamo 4 года назад

@John Chrysostom I don't watch TV

@judesmamo 4 года назад

@@anastyb I think he gave my comment a ❤

@jenniferbutcher8393 4 года назад

"For we walk by faith, not by sight"....thank you for opening the eyes of those who don't farm. Its not an easy life, you must love the land and what you do. And Yes...the first and most important thing...faith in God. Keeping you all in my prayers❤

@pottyputter05 2 года назад

I am a lucky guy that got to be a farmer for a little over a year. I had to jump in and help take over for a dairy farmer that was in a coma and happened to be the father of my best friend. I think the thing Cole leaves out here is its definitely hard work but not so bad when you've been at it for a bit and the fun you get to have is why you don't see the farmers trade it all in for a desk job if they don't have to. When you work with family and friends in this way it's frankly fun way more of the time than it should be.

@jetsfan23 3 года назад

Great video Cole. Love to learn about all the detail

@JarodShapiro 4 года назад

You can find farming vids all over RU-vid. It’s ur character, spirit and the family behind you that tunes us viewers to you. You are an awesome young man with an awesome family. Keep it up

@55720871 4 года назад

I have nothing to do with farming, but somehow wached this one till the end.

@Slow370Z 4 года назад

Andrey Rudenko Same

@JSmith-wy3yh 4 года назад

same

@DESIBOY-fe7nm 4 года назад

Same.

@elijahlining5940 4 года назад

Same bro

@wannabecarguy 4 года назад

It is an important part of our economy.

@peterd.2963 3 года назад

Great video, as a retired swiss-canadian, grown up on a farm in southern Ontario, I hope that north American farms, could one day be turned back slowly towards organic farming (some chemical fertiliser and small of herbicides and pesticides) with cover crops and smart cultivation, in other words get back to healthier soil WHICH in turn will bring us healthier farm products. OF course the consumer HAS to get educated to eat healthier. I think everyone WOULD win.