I Won The United States High Yield Corn Contest 

I don't think your explanations are negative at all. It helps to explain both the good or bad life situations with your farm. To me... it's just your life right now. Keep up the great work!

I’m a nurse and a teacher by work history. I know zero about farming, I stumbled onto you, I am fascinated. I have no doubt that you are just getting started in what you’ll achieve in your lifetime. And I’ll enjoy watching it happen!

don't worry about the negativity. You payed good money for your bin project and you need to have it done right ! I bet your Grampa would say " the squeaky wheel gets oiled" so keep after the contractor to get it right ! Love your videos!

I was an electrician on a new bin site with a similar capacity issue to the one you seem to have. The angle auger coming out of a hopper bottom bin to feed the dryer would overamp at about 20% of the projected flow of corn. After some trial and error, swapping pulleys etc, the millwright eventually cut off the double helix at the bottom of the auger flighting and the issue went away.

Cole, I'm sorry that you're going through all this with the bin site. Hopefully soon everything with the law suit will have a great outcome & all the problems with the bin site will be fixed. Prayers for all of the Cornstar family

I know nothing about farming Cole but you are a hard working man and to see all that you have done is awesome. Your family and grandpa must be so proud of you!!! I wish you nothing but the best in life, family, farming & happiness!

The credit goes to the entire Corn Star team. All play a vital roll for success.

It’d be interesting to see the long-term yield of intercropping since the corn and soybeans are going to impact the soil and other conditions differently. They may even impact pests differently as there is greater distances between plants and temperatures can change more. I hope you do this long-term.

Yup... that's what I figured with the locked rotor current blowing the fuses. First check voltage at breaker....that will tell you that you haven't lost a supply phase. Then check voltage on both sides of the fuses 🙂

I love how much science and research you do on your own field, out of your own pocket. I can’t wait to see the outcome of your experiments!

Man it sucks to see the bin site is so badly done. But as a non farmer and a major gamer who just works and plays games, I LOVE hearing about how badly it's done. i can't wait for you to get your day in court. Somthing about you explaining how its meant to work but showing its working wrong is so entertaining. Plz keep recording over here and talking to us about what you're comfortable. Good luck man you will survive were here for ya!

Cole you are educating all of us on what farmers deal with on the daily. Thank you and thank your family for us.

I love seeing intercropping on the industrial ag scale! thanks for sharing

"The bin site has once again provided us with an opportunity" An opportunity to work on our patients, self control and mind set. Your doing great! Keep it up! We enjoy the content!!

Yes well done hope your soybeans do just as well thanks for keeping up doing what you all do with out you farmers we would be lost thanks to all you farmers for what you all do

I would name the bin site "Uranus", just so you get a chuckle every time it comes up.

Cole, you are fine, man. It is good you show the good and bad. Life is full of ups and downs. You are sharing your life on the farm. Thank you for sharing your life with us.

Cole, Whilst frustrating as all heck, do not apologize for the bin fiasco. You are all trying your best to work with a difficult situation. It will get settled eventually. Just stay safe. Congratulations on your winning yield. That yield is amazing. Next level!

Omg, I can’t imagine how frustrating it must be to look forward to something, spend a load of money on it and it doesn’t seem like even one part of it works properly. I pray that you guys get a resolution to this issue.

It’s so interesting seeing your results of your test acreage. It’s amazing I never knew planting different size rows would make a changes. You are a good teacher, I find myself drawn in listening too you every time. BTW your family makes me laugh so much I don’t find anything negative with your blogs.

Congratulations Cole on Winning the US Corn harvest

Wow! Very cool experiment Cornstar fellas! Seems worth the extra work to plant 2 crops together in a field! Awesome! I LOVE learning this! You are an excellent instructor Cole! 🌽🌽🌽🌽

Congratulations, thank you for sharing your lives with us. I have always respect fir farmers. I have much more respect for farmers since i have been watching your channel.

Don’t forget for double time and fuel when you have to do over-passes on frequent break intercropping. Also, having such high production will require more fertilizer next year. Don’t be surprised when your mono tanks next year if you plant in your “playground”.

Don't worry about sharing your frustrations, it is real life for you and everyone should understand. I worked in a grain elevator when I was a young man, and every time something new was added it was buggy, and took time to get it running better let alone dealing with breakdowns that happen all the time.

Congratulations Cole and Nave on the news of expecting your second baby!! ❤ Funny how you slip that in 😅

Wow! What an interesting experiment! Your explanations are great, even I can understand them!😂😂. You aren’t being negative, you are a little frustrated, and that’s okay. Not everything is roses and sunshine! And it does us good to see the reality of things.. love all of y’all’s channels!!😊❤

It’s okay Cole harvest time always brings out the worst of us especially when things don’t work well hang in there buddy harvest season will be over soon

Cole don’t stop showing the good & bad in farm life as for me I know how to pray for y’all bro. Besides as a retired minister I’ve a great deal of experience in this field. Rev. Paul, Eustis Florida.

Your not negative Cole , not at all . We understand how you feel. You invested a lot of money in that site, all you wanted to do is make the farm run smoother. You do make the farm run a lot more efficient.. Sometimes you just pick the wrong contractor . Hopefully it will all work out . I hope you win the law suit . ❤🌽🌽🌽

When intercropping with short and tall crops, align the rows parallel to the suns travel (E/W or W/E) to ensure the short crop gets the maximum sunlight.

So happy for you congratulations!!!

I found your youtube page last week and have been binge watching ever since……fyi….my beautiful wife was born and raised in Marshalltown and I grew up in Norfolk, Nebraska and we met and married in Germany 54 fantastic years ago…..I love my beautiful Marshalltown girl! Great videos bring back farm memories for me!

It’s amazing how right our grandparents were. My Grandpa picked corn with a one row corn picker so his rows were further spaced apart compared to todays rows. So can help accomplish the intercrop while being monocrop.

Going into the intercrop setup, may be beneficial to get either a 3 or 4 row unit to open up areas.

Congratulations 🎉 incredible job well done.

I love watching your farming experience. You are so intelligent and taking your family farm into the future.

Congratulations on all the figuring the crop planting. Outcome is fantastic 👏

Cole. Your camera angles are unique. I know the editing is what makes your videos the “best” in my opinion. A follower from Ontario’s corn belt

This intercropping is an interesting experiment. The 12+12 row configuration is the most practical with the size of the headers, however would you be able to match the soil-preparation to it as well since the two crops require different nutrients? Small correction to the conversion: 1-hectare = 2.47105381=acres.

It's been a long wait for the powers that be to figure out the mess that is your bin sight. You would think sending a professional out there to look it all over and see with their own eyes, what is wrong, and compensate you for your loss, and, or, fix it all. I hope it's almost over. I like hearing about how the bin sight is performing. That's all part of your farming, and you have to figure it all in there. On the crop yields. Wow, great job Corn Star Farms!

I truly enjoy your content, your explanati 33:23 ons and thought process. You have a wonderful family, and I would like to see more of Cooper, too. He should have his own channel for that different perspective, plus his hay sideline. Thank you for sharing your family with us viewers.

I'm glad you showed the spreadsheet with some cost analysis on it. Most farm channels talk about yield, but without the other numbers that doesn't mean much to the rest of us.

To empty a plugged auger using a 3 phase motor just switch 2 of the wires of the motor. It will then run backwards emptying the auger at the bottom. learned from experience.

I think YOU and your family are incredible farmers. I learn so much from your videos. I had no idea of the complexities of modern day farming. I’m so impressed with you guys.

Great video Cole!!!! Don’t apologize for getting frustrated. You deserve to vent. Thanks for the excellent content.

The motors on your augers should have an overload relay on the starter that should shut it down if it goes over current. The overload relay is reset by pressing a reset button or turning a lever. This eliminates blowing fuses which can cause a single phase condition. With an overload relay, if the motor overloads, it turns off all three lines to the motor.

You never regret buying the best. It might hurt on the front end, but the lowest bidder is low for a reason. A panel with breakers instead of fuses would solve some problems.

Thank you for doing all that very interesting. Next year might do some narrow row stuff. Been my experience that if the only thing you change is row width to 15” you gain 10-15 bushel increase. Doing that creates new problems for your other equipment. I have been doing narrow rows for 22 years now and I not going back to 30” rows. Kansas farmer.

Congratulations on the harvest 😘👍🏻💕🙏🏻🙏🏻loved the video 😘👍🏻💕🙏🏻🙏🏻

You were not being negative about the drying process, simply explaining how things work. In this case, you were showing your disappointment that from the computer, fuses/electrical issues, and the bins, things were not working the way they should, thereby slowing everything down. This is also a great way to show exactly what the entire process in your lawsuit is all about. What better way to testify than record the problem in real time.😊❤

You have a great channel, no worries on venting, it’s natural… keep positive & working hard..

Amazing! What a boost it will be if those intercropping numbers hold up. Kudos for being willing to try different approaches and being as scientific about it as possible.

The study/experiment you're doing is so interesting. Can't wait for the final results! 😊

Wow your driveways look so clean and spacious. I enjoy the positive and negative parts of your videos. Just as real as it should be. Your grand parents would be so proud of all you have done in such a Short time. Be well and thanks for allowing us all to share your journey. 🇨🇦🙋👩‍🌾

Well done on ur win Cole. 🏆

That is so awesome!! You deserve it!

Your control crop numbers and willingness to try a new crop management is the kind of things my office with the USDA would be so excited about for the farmer. Back then, only 1 farmer had a computer, and knew how to use it. We didn't have any computers in our office 😂. So, this would have been huge news to share with others. Or, sometimes, just breaking even in a bad year, that's fantastic...in an average year, time for a celebration. People don't understand that bumper crop years aren't always a good thing for a farmer. That usually means the market price goes down because the supply/demand ratio is too close. This year, we're feeding several countries, so it should be okay. This is absolutely fascinating stuff! Congratulations on your control crop, ya did great! 🙂❤️

Thank you Cole! God bless your family!

I think you are being honest and professional with the way you are explaining in your situation. I hope your legal case gets settled soon.

Congratulations! Remember not only are you doing this reseawch to educate farmers and yourself but for future farmers! Thank you!

Amazing breakdown of the numbers. I appreciate the time that went into it and your detail oriented nature. I hope you all have a great rest of harvest!

You need to look into getting an internet connection to the switch board for the bin site (corvette). When you have that you can setup a VPN link for your control guy so he can check your system remotely and might save you sum call out cost as he’ll be charging you to get to site and can probably be able to help you faster in an emergency.

We have been doing the same concept as intercrop with a mono crop setup. We plant our corn in rows we call train rails. 2 Rows planted two rows not planted and then 2 rows planted again across the entire planter. The row density is higher to maintain a hectare density that is still the same. We have considerably higher yields and in drought years it is a life safer. Kind regards here from South Africa.

Yeah Cole, do t worry about what your saying. It's helping you to relieve pressure from yourself and the issues. I thi k we all understand bad contractors. I was one for 15 years and often came behind the guy who didn't care or blew it and walked away. Keep up the good work and I hope to find that your mixed crops were a win this season.

Feel for you cole i really do hope it all pans out in the eñd and gets sorted 🙏

This is the type of research that makes me proud to be a farmer and I look forward to trying this for myself.

We need more American farmers doing what you and your family are doing. Much success to you and your land. Also congrats on your new baby.

Cole, your comments are not nearly as negative as you think. Your farm made a large investment for the future of your operations. You expect to get a systematic that is designed and installed properly. My prayers that it all gets fixed soon

Keep working hard and your yields will only get better.

I think you meant your cost per acre is $1,025. Half corn and half soy beans would be half way between the $1,100 corn per acre and the $950 per acre soybeans, or longer math (22.5 acres x $1,100 per acre corn) + (22.5 acres x $950 per acre corn) = $46,125 cost of 45 acres. $46,125 divided by 45 acre = $1,025 cost per acre

This episode was amazeballs! Thanks for including us in this adventure.

Cole congratulations looks like you will be a family of four soon how exciting! God bless you and your family.

if you are burning belts, the larger of the 2 pulleys is not large enough, or the Small pulley is not small enough.. more Torque. Congrats on the WIN !!!!

Congratulations!! Amazing effort, especially for a young man.

12x12 is looking pretty good. No loss from the header or tracks into the beans. Can you configure your sprayer that way as to not over fertilize the beans?

I'm so glad to see you using range finding experiments and control groups to determine potential outcomes of what turns out to be engineering experiments. I work on the development of pacemakers and other implantable medical devices and use pretty much the same set of tools to determine how to build the most reliable devices. Stats and creating design of experiments is not something I credit those outside of the engineering community with. Thanks for proving me wrong.

Don’t worry about your negativity. Sometimes it helps just to get it off your chest. Please you and your family take care. You guys are fixing a lot of dangerous things on that farm. We need to keep you happy and healthy. You are in my prayers.

looks like next time you do this it’ll be worth taking the devastators off! Plus you had to run some over. Intercrop farming makes total sense. It’s kinda like “3 sisters”, or corn, green beans & squash. Green beans climb the corn, squash is a ground cover.

Cole, since you have 1/2 in corn and 1/2 in beans, don't you need to divide the input costs per acre by half?

This numbers are amazing! Cant wait to see the final results...

Love your videos, keep up the good work ❤

Cole my grandfather would tell me when he was a young man ( 1940s) the old timers would plant what they would call skip row corn, they farmed on 40 inch row spacing and planted every other row in corn, once the corn was up they came back and planted soybeans on the rows in between, keep in mind no chemicals were used at that time to control grass so the soybean row in every other middle was a way of controlling the grass, the corn plants also benefited from the nitrogen the soybeans produced, now this was all farmed with one row equipment on a IH Super A ( which i still have lol). The corn was harvested by hand using a tractor to straddle the row of corn pulling a wagon, the men walking behind the wagon would snap the ears off by hand and throw in the trailer, a few of the beans would be harvested by hand later in the year only for seed for the next year as there was no market for soybeans in our area then, once the corn was all harvested and what soybeans they needed for seed the cattle were then turned out into the field where they spent the majority of the winter, there was 30acres on.his home place and he made a living on that and raised a family of 5, but single row skip planted corn definitely has its advantages

So proud of your family ❤

i have a suggestion for you Cole when you work out the best row configuration maybe fertilise a section as control and a section of high management to see if the yield would increase or maybe try all your row confinement again next year and do it with high management to see if you get a different result and find that you prefer a different row configuration then you do with just your control

I like the explanations, they're not always exciting, but quite often necessary and helpful whwn making decisions.

Excellent results on your inter planting test plots! Wow! Such an incredible diff

We feel you frustration, we all want your stuff to operate as advertised too. Interesting corn results.

Can't wait 'til it'd done and you can finally let go all the info and rants, look forward to it 👍

I used to walk beans for a neighbor by Ida Grove, IA who planted several fields like that back in the 80s. He tried different farming practices.

Wow! Never took intercropping into consideration. Thanks for sharing the info and looking forward to see what the beans do.

I love watching your vlogs and congratulations on the new about your new baby coming ❤❤❤

Hi guys!! Thanks for giving us such great content! Can you please share a video of how to string the weed whacker. You make it look so easy. Thank you 😊

Actually, for many of us non-farmers, your problems are pretty interesting. Solving/coping with them seems to be a lot of what modern farming is about.

Sounds stressful. Go hug and kiss your family. ❤️. Talking about it can make you feel better. Hello from Michigan.

Well done Cole....

We appreciate you letting us in on your life, Cole. You're good people.

Cole - reviewing the Excel Spreadsheet if you take 22.5 acres of corn X $1,100 C/A = $24750. PLUS 22.5 acres of beans x $950. C/A = 21,375 Combine those two totals equals $46,125 totals cost for the 45 acre test plot. This means that your Average Cost per Acre for the 45 Acre plot is $46125 Total Cost of Plot Production / 45 Acres = $1,025 cost per acre...What am I missing? Keep up the Awesome Work!!!

No worries-we’re learning. How are Nave and the baby, good thoughts coming to all four of ya.

Intercrop farming makes absolutely perfect sense. The key to intercropping would be having 2 combines properly configured for harvesting the intercrop is vital. It would be ideal to run two combines at the same time each harvesting different crops.