I Spent One Year Farming from Scratch 

Very cool information. Definitely worth watching. Also, I just bought and installed your brothers game on my phone and tablet. Lol so far, im loving it.

FS22 looks different here

To be a farmer you need to be a mechanic, business man, machine operator, weatherman, and more. Huge respect

I thought this was a farming simulator video 💀

I am a 71 year OLD man. I have dementia and bed in bed almost all the time. My name is Lynn. FYI. I just started watching and really enjoyed it! I will continue watching them as time goes by. I would appreciate you replying if you have time Would appreciate it! As said I will continue watching, great first Video and hope hope you the best!! God bless.

I'm a professional welder and I have fabricated many heavy duty truck hitches for use in the northern Canadian oil fields. The hitch you made is bomb proof.

Kudos to your parents, they have raised a couple of outstanding Men.

We're from Indonesia and totally blown away by your cool agricultural tech! Over here, we're still rocking the old-school ways with manual hoes because our land's all hilly and tricky. You should totally swing by Indonesia and check out our laid-back traditional farming scene. Your high-tech agri vibes got us impressed big time!

The most important thing you taught people wasn't how much money you might make doing this, it's how much work you would need to do to even begin to make money doing it - or how many social connections, know-how, and money you would need up front to be successful to begin with. Really impressive.

I live in Poland, never had anything to do with farming and I didn't even notice how 2 hours went by. Great work, tremendous effort, awesome video.Wish you all the success in everything you're doing.

Australia here. 1983, 17 years old. I rented 50 acres, with my dads help. Went to a clearing sale and bought a petrol David Brown 30 C Cropmaster for $500. I bought a Massey sundercut plough and a 12 run sunshine seed drill, both old, obsolete and dirt cheap. Couldnt afford to spray the weeds in the crop so the yield was down,but I got my first wheat crop done. A neighbour carted it to the silos for free. I put all the money I made into a better tractor and the next crop. All the while working as a farmhand for another farmer.

Respect to your Neighbor Gary. Man made your lives so much easier just because he could.

Spencer! You have made me realize what I do need to do again. I recently inherited 250 acres of farmland, I was debating on renting it out. But, with randomly running across your channel, I have decided to start farming it again. I missed it when my great grandparents and grandparents would farm it while I was growing up. I have alot of new things to learn. But to me this was a sign! Thank you for your content!

Losing money or not, what you did is one of the most essential industries for the world, the nation, and life itself. You literally employed more flexibility, ingenuity, and creative effort in overcoming the myriad of unexpected problems than the vast majority of people will ever need to consider just working some job for a wage.

I never thought I will be watching a 2 hour youtube video on farming, but I must say I loved every single second! Best of luck, and I really can't see it except positively, and I am 100% sure next year will be a great pure profit, as 2023 was just a starting point in this. Best of luck mate, you guys rocked, and I don't regret this at all.

Didn’t know you “boys”, but you guys are fine young men! Make me so proud of you. This country could sure use more men like you! God bless you all!

You can't help but be proud of these guys, they took something they loved and made it a reality... Good job guys!

My grandparents were always farmers, and I didn't think much about how it actually worked. This video showed me a lot, and I liked watching how your farm grew. Truly inspirational!

I think you actually did quite well for your first harvest, especially as a lot of the deficit was part of what you would pay yourself and just getting the land ready. I thinks its awesome how much you've learned doing this and really look forward to seeing your future videos, as its really clear that you have the drive and passion for this, and because of that I just know you'll be absolutely fantastic! Excellent job!

Wow! I grew up in a farming community in rural America and I had no idea about the finances. I even had relatives that farm, but almost all farmers will tell you they are broke even when they own a private plane. It was nice seeing the numbers and it takes me back to the day doing chores. I love the machine that brings the hay bales right up to the trailer. I remember them being dropped on the ground and having to throw them up and then stack them. Seems like all the equipment has gotten a lot better.

Hard work, family, friends, building, repairing, sharing... this man is living right. Very inspiring sir 🙏

We pray y'all come back this coming year... thank you for sharing your videos with us...

I live in the suburbs in Denmark, and have zero experience with farming, but this is so relaxing to watch. The amount of skill you need to do somthing like this is crazy. You have my respect!

My mother inherited two farms once her father's estate was settled after her mother passed (her mother lived another 11 years after her father's passing). One farm was mostly grassland that she rented out to run cattle. The other farm was 140 acres and the original homestead of my mother's great grandfather, who immigrated from Poland in the early 1880's. While in her father's possession, much of that land was cleared of the original home's brick foundation and further cut, cleared for crops and rented out to a local farmer. My uncles and I did a lot of pheasant hunting along that farm's corn fields. My mother eventually sold the grassland farm but worked the 140-acre farm by entering into a long-term operational sharing contract with a local farmer, where my mother actively participated in the finances of the farm, in return for a split in the crop yields. She did this up until she was 83 years old, then switched to renting the 140 acres directly to the same farmer, up until my mother passed. Upon her passing, this 140-acre farm passed to my sister, my niece, and myself. Now we rent out this farm (107 acres under pivot irrigation, ~20 acres of hay, with the rest mostly a creek that bisects the property, and some hilly grassland suitable for cattle) to the same farmer. This farmer works his own land plus does contract farming. He has five sons that have went into farming with their father, and all five sons also rent farmland to grow crops. I always had great respect for the farmer that rents the farm I co-own, but after watching your video I have gained a greater understanding of what it takes to be successful. The farmer I rent to has managed to secure his own homestead and enough rental farmland to fully leverage and utilize his equipment to work all the land in a very productive way. My advice to you is to stay out of debt as is practical. You should continue to buy used farm equipment and repair as much of it as you can to make the equipment run decently. Your welding skills are necessary to be in farming. You have what it takes to be in farming for as long as you want to. Good luck!

You had allot of help from family and that is very important as a startup farmer. The best thing you did was not taking out an FSA operational or equipment loan. Many a young farmer has buried themselfs trying to be a big time operation right out of the gate instead of building their farm up as funds allow. I've been in the game for over 40yrs and can tell you are going about this the proper way and expect that you will have a great future in farming. It's hard work but is the best way of life that i know of. Best of luck in the future. 😀

I started raking at about 8/9 yrs old with that model rake! A couple tips - to shift the direction of the bar rotation, when sliding the selector out of the gear box, simply grab the rake bar and rotate it a little to allow movement of the selector to the desired position. The selector allows you to run the bar in reverse to "ted" the hay! To pull the rake down the road, the rake is designed to lift the one rear wheel off the ground during towing, and that totally eliminates the tire whipping you were experiencing! That is a great rake and with some additional time with it you will master the idiosyncrasies! I enjoyed the video and watching a young man get his hands dirty!

Wow.. great precise video with oodles of info. ... I know another easy / free food source is to give the birds occasional access to a compost heap. My cousins built another small fenced in area adjacent to the coop with an access door from the coop that can be locked/unlocked. Inside that area they place their compost heaps. When the heaps get to a certain size and condition they open the door allowing the birds to forage.. insects, grubs, worms ..excellent supplement source for proteins and it is entertainment for the flock.. My cousin says its like the birds get to go out to a fancy restaurant.. lol AGAIN.. Thanjs for all your info

Much respect! So much hard work, so much skills you have. Working togetheter, awesome. I have a aunt and uncle, now 90 years old, in Canada who are also farmers. I remember seeing some of the 'old' equiptment you use. Very nice.

The whole tractor falling over thing really made my day. I thought I was the only one who could do that, a little kabota 4x4 fell over on me.

Grants knowledge and wisdom and guidance and encouragement. And playing farming sim and your hard working determination. And your welding skills. Added to the farm being profitable. As far as good yelds and the whole family togetherness. Love it. I’m hype to see more of it.

Congrats on learning so much and teaching the rest of us what is involved with the process. The closest I ever got was bucking bails and milking cows back in the late 60's. Wound up doing a career in the military and still working overseas. While looking for info small tractors your page came up. Glad to see you have so many views. Pops had a 46 Model B poppin' Johnny. Miss them both. Good job though, solid young man.

1:10:37 if anyone wants to build a hitch like this. I'd recommend an I-section or H-section turned on its side (flange being horizontal, facing u, where u weld the connector to) instead of the square hollow section (SHS) as the main horizontal beam. This section is far stronger laterally and will resist the lateral forces from the grain carts.

What an amazing video! I was 20 years old when I decided I wanted to work for myself so I bought a local company in my hometown I had a good banker that trusted me I’m now 26 and have grown this business tremendously I love seeing other like minded people like you and I I’ve always wanted to farm but where I’m at it’s just not very feasible because the buyer’s aren’t close and all the old timers say you will make a fortune farming but you better start with two but recently I have bought a moldboard and a little two row planter I’ve been doing small stuff with for deer management and I tell you what it’s not the easiest of work but I love every minute of it! I hope your videos do really well and you continue doing what you are doing

A great way to spend a Saturday morning. I like the from the beginning to the end of project videos. I like that you purchase old equipment and maintain it. it was enjoyable learning along with you about farming

Thank you for being transparent about all the finances. Not just the farming, but also the RU-vid. Really makes it clear what it takes and what the return on investment is for all that time and effort. I grew up with a farming family and they always seemed so happy. Watching you, I think I get it. The work is hard but it also looks satisfying at the end of the day.

Reminds me of the old days when we had to make the best.. I have bale hay, rake it and put it away.. 60s 70s great job… I’m glad you following.. in the footsteps of our father.. and I know it’s hard work, but thank you love watching your videos

I’m getting such a satisfied feeling watching you fix these plastic/tile lines. It’s a mess and a pain in the butt, but it will be a good thing getting it fixed and working properly. Hard to farm wet land unless you are growing rice. You’ve really made some great changes to your land. Thanx for making these videos. Sure it’s hard to do both but it can be rewarding.

If you uploaded an uncut unedited real time 2 hour video of the hay getting processed by the bailer, I honestly would watch that. Anyone else?

I am not a farmer yet, but I'm trying my hand at it in the Caribbean 25 acres, hopefully of plantains. You definitely are a great inspiration and show a great attitude in tackling all sorts of situations as a farmer. Best of luck in your journey.

As someone who is totally ignorant to farming - that heatmap read was super interesting to see! Really gives you a lot of valuable information for the years ahead! Especially as a new farmer on a new plot of land with limited info. Thanks for posting this!

I agree with the rest of the viewers Spencer. You should be commended for an honest and very informative video. Very genuine mate. You will be successful because of your positive attitude which can also be seen in your brother’s character. Greetings from Brisbane, Australia.

I love farming for my dad. The late nights in the tractor during disking are some of my most favorites. Until I catch a rock that I couldn't see in the dark while watching out for rocks too.😅 You have to love wvery aspect of agriculture to do it. Its clear you love every aspect about it just like me. 😊

Thank you for taking the time to put this together and share it. The honesty and demonstration of hard work is inspiring!

I binged quite a bit of Diesel Creek lately and then this channel popped up. It's damn inspiring to see the American dream is still out there. Loved every minute of this.

Not to mention, that you made improvements to the land. Great show, Merry Christmas

Spencer! Great job and always enjoy watching your and Grants videos. Keep up the good work and keep the videos roll'n!

22 y/o here, im a city slicker from the Minneapolis area and have an absolute crush on anything agriculture related, ill be going to college here in the fall for agribusiness and pursue my dream of becoming a first gen farmer, im really excited and this vid helped a lot with getting some perspective of what possibly could be my first years could be! Keep these vids pumping!!

I drove the 5 ton dump and deuce and a half many miles in the early seventies I was a member of the army corp of engineers and those trucks were unstoppable. You did a great job on that hitch good luck to you and your farming career I have a feeling you're going to be very successful. God bless you and your farm, Dave Conklin

This is so under rated, kept me watching in something I know nothing about.

Well done. Interesting content and definitely fun to watch. You have a very bright future.

Just happened upon your channel Spencer. I'm from Scotland and watch alot of livestock farming on RU-vid, which I used be involved in. I would just like to say that I throughly enjoyed that show! So facinating. All the very very best to you and yours buddy! 👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🇺🇲 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Spencer, I've been following since the beginning and there hasn't been a video yet that I wouldn't recommend to anyone who is interested in chasing a dream. Your videos have demonstrated challenges that you encountered along the way coupled with how you went about sorting them and turning them into wins. More importantly you learned something from each of them that will serve you going forward. You dedication and tireless work to this farming thing is inspirational and I look forward to following you into the new year and wish you continued growth and success.

I have just inherited a large farm, family member recently passed so now I get keep the in laws family farm going. Great video and sounds like we are gonna be learning a lot from your channel

I have a new profound respect for farmers now a days.. My dad used to be a farmer back in my younger days, I remember running his tractor and running over his wire fence once😂 but all and all I had some great times. Love the video, farming is very cool 😎

My parents ran a 4020 up till 2015 when they retired on their ranch, the thing is a true work horse that pulled equipment decades newer and probably requiring more HP then it had. Loved running that thing cutting/baling/hauling hay, although less so in dead of winter with no cab feeding when we needed a few tractors on the go.

Love this so much. I can't point out anything necessarily wrong with the welds but for future reference steel likes cracking at sharp corners so when doing patches for field and shop repair, Also you may want to get the big 50lb welding rod cans and drill a hole in the top and get them out like a cigarette soft pack and cover the hole with aluminum tape to keep the rods fresh and with low hydrogen properties. Other than that God bless you brother.

Look forward to seeing your plans for next year. I am thinking we will see some digging/tiling/tree pile burning etc..

Spectacular year in review Spencer. I really enjoyed watching the transition of the land to be useable and to see the harvest analytics. Seems like most other people enjoyed the video too and with a few million views on a 2 hour video that should cover those losses quite well haha. Can’t wait to see what more you have in store and your thought process going into next year

This Guy has his Figures in order and will make it work a credit to the young farmers out there 😊 well Done 🤠

All the best for the future, enjoyed the 2 hours watching you grow and overcome issues. May God Bless you man!

Just keep doing what you are doing, Spencer, it will definitely pay off in the long run. You have a strong body, good mind, and a superb work ethic. Stay focused and you won't go wrong.

I've yet to complete this video, but it's already impressive that 3.5 million people have watched it. Even more remarkable is the fact that its 2hrs on top of it all.

I watched the whole two hour video and really learned a lot. Thanks for sharing and I hope you do it again this year. I think you must have gobs of experience from this.

Great video, you should buy more land every year as you can afford it. It is young folks like you that make America great. Thanks

Spencer, I'm at home sick with the flu, which thankfully gave me a chance to watch your channel. It is so good to see a young guy like yourself making do with equipment older than yourself, and learning a lot on the way. I hope you will be an inspiration to more young folks out there. Us old guys aren't getting any younger. Cheers.

Man, you and your family should be super proud of your accomplishments in bringing this farm back to life, which I’m sure you/they are. Keep up the great work!

Wow!!! So yes this is something we can use. My grandkids play and practice on a field that can use this. Also some other fields in our area. So funny during the video my wife said” you need that to do the field”. Thank you for sharing

Hey Spencer, I think it’s so cool that you’ve started to make these type of vids. I have been watching you and squad since farm sim 17 and bc of you and squad I got into farm sim but also farming by itself and when I grow up I want to be a farmer. I still go back to the old Sunday fundays as well as the fs17. Thanks for basically being my childhood when I woke up everyday early before school just to watch yall. Thanks

Thank you so much for sharing this video. It was very inspirational for me. Something I want to do, it is to take care of some hectares that I have, but equipment is extensive. Your video encourage me to try it (in my case we plant alfalfa, barley and wheat). Keep going guy, and buy more land as soon as you can, thats also the key to success!! Best regards from SPAIN!!

This was my first time watching. I really enjoyed the video, my dad was a farm for many years. This is really what people need to get back to, this way we are taking care of each other. Good Luck!

And here I am... 36-year-old Civil Eng. from Serbia, working and living in Norway... Looking at the video how some guy from The USA does Farming. U really need to appreciate the YT algorithm and new technologies. God bless this young hardworking man.

Ha friend This was my first time watching your videos and I did subscribe and also want to say,, Great Job,, to me for a young man to go out there and do everything you did with a little bit of help is really cool and it is really cool to see the next generation of farmers like you doing this,, that's what America is all about and I am sure your parents and brother are proud of you there's a lot to it the average Joe doesn't see and they really should. My name is Jeff Carder and again Great job Keep up the great work and thank you for the videos you make for all of us RU-vidrs out there I really appreciate it 🚜🌽✌️👍😎

Some context - nothing is expected to make a profit in the first year. I'm in finance and no one expects something to turn a profit in y1. All things considered, this is a good year. Congrats!

Living the actual dream! Live in the UK and no background for farming, but its always inspiring to see someone upstart! Good luck for the fresh harvesting year 😁

the farming from scratch videos you made here is really inspiring. just so you know, really interesting

Congrats on your journey!❤ love from the 2nd best farming country in the world (the netherlands!)

I think you guys seem to be having a great time learning. I like watching to learn things. I am not a farmer but an urban homesteader. I like all kinds of produce videos.

No idea how this video appeared in my suggestions, I know nothing about farming and I live in the England, but I just watched the full 2 hours and it was very interesting so thanks for sharing Spencer.

15:33 that little mouse was having none of it xD

Man, this was such a great project to watch! Keep up the great work! 💪

hard working farmers .....so humble ... ive learned a lot thanks for feedings us

Great video and information. Keep getting after it. You all are doing great. I have subscribed to the channel and will be watching for the new videos coming out. Take care and God Bless.

Just came across your channel, watched this full video, and was amazed at all of the work you put into it. Great job, I am a new subscriber and look forward to watching your other videos! Take care and Happy New Year!

00:01 Starting my own farm with an old tractor and land, learning and making mistakes along the way. 02:43 Replaced blown hose on the engine block heater. 08:42 Facing challenges in farming process 11:48 Preparations and challenges in driving and setting up the tractor for field planting. 16:19 Identifying and repairing a water tile issue 18:30 Struggling to find blockage in drainage tile 25:06 Farming update: addressing challenges with planting and crop growth. 27:36 Successfully managed farming despite weather challenges 31:31 The main spring in the sickle bar mower is broken, causing it to not lift off the ground 34:02 Challenges with using the sickle bar for the first time 39:11 Invested in a John Deere 336 Square Baler for hay operation. 42:34 Farming hay and selling bales 46:08 Learning to repair and maintain sickle bar 47:51 Cutting down thick growth and adjusting mower settings 53:20 Experimenting with small square bales led to unexpected challenges. 55:27 Facing challenges in starting the tractor 1:01:22 Building a hitch for the project 1:04:45 Modifying the hitch to allow for easy removal 1:10:25 Building a truck frame without attaching anything to the truck 1:14:24 Testing the hitch with heavy weight and rough terrain. 1:20:42 Harvesting progress and challenges 1:24:03 Harvesting the first farm and dealing with corn head roller issues. 1:29:41 Discovering and fixing sensor issues while farming 1:34:36 Farmers dealing with equipment issues during harvest 1:39:48 Harvesting progress and field health 1:41:53 Monitoring combine performance and yield data 1:45:46 The video discusses the financial aspects of starting a farm from scratch. 1:47:31 Farmland input costs and regional price trends 1:50:39 Farming expenses and harvest yield analysis 1:52:12 Mobile video game simulates American farming with various activities like livestock, crops, and expenses. 1:55:15 Land appreciation affects financial outlook 1:56:46 Revenue from RU-vid channel and farming combined. 1:59:48 Transparency about RU-vid earnings and time commitment

Check out the research coming out of University of Utah on tilling and soil health. Every metric indicates till farmers are headed for the dust bowl. Beautiful farm, hope the soil stays healthy for you!❤

You’re an awesome young man. I wish you many prosperous years of farming. You are truly salt of the earth.

Bro is playing Farming Simulator in real life.

You paid 8500 for a 1960's tractor? I think tractors are over priced where your from.

the yield on this video was very high, no filler or nonsense, all good info and content all the way trough

hi Spencer. that baler takes me back - a proper one with the nodding donkey ram. Get a bale hook if you are doing the bales again. thanks for the honesty on farming. Great old kit - till you keep having to repair it!

So you spent a year of hard work and lost $16k, that's great feedback, I will never become a farmer now.

Bro made a movie.

Perfect, I wish to visit your farm for learning more and more, your video is super informative. Thank you very very much!

Farmers are literally the single most important of all professions in the world. Y'all did great work. And I also appreciate the transparency regarding the numbers at the end, big farmers may make a lot of money due to harvesting large amounts of land, but people tend to forget that they also have to burn loads of that money to actually do the farming at every stage, so the gains aren't that significant. Its more passion, duty, satisfaction of a job well done and the family business that keep farmers going from what I can tell, and the recent corporatization of farming with people like Gates buying up millions of acres is most certainly not the way forward. The the RU-vid numbers, that was helpful to know and I always respect RU-vidrs that tell their viewers about that, really helps getting an idea of how Google handles things regarding creators on the platform, gives us a peek into the dark eerie abyss of The Algorithm.

Paint the john deere it will look better

Grandpa farmed for years. It’s enjoyable watching it. Hope this year is a good one for you! Cheers from IN

Literally hooked for 2 hours - excellent video, not only about one mans go at farming but about stuff in general... We're all looking for a way forward.

I'm an engineering student. I know nothing about farming. I just spent 2 hours watching this farming video. This guy is the ultimate all-rounder...massive respect...

So satisfying seeing you stand beside your field with a cob in your hand, massive pay off.

Im just happy to see land cleared to farm instead of developing it into subdivisions