You know Matt, one characteristic of the American generational farmer is integrity. You exemplify integrity in every video such as calling the gin to warn them of a potential concern for their equipment. Too many of our population fail to understand the importance of integrity. You and Kelly are royalty among American Agriculture.
Thanks for the product review on the cup holder! Between the sensor headaches, hard to repair/dealer repair only systems and crappy ergonomics it is almost like the giant equipment companies don't want our business... Stay safe and good luck with harvest!
Wow thanks so much!! I have been watching your videos as well & enjoy seeing a different side of cotton farming. Pretty cool to take time out of your video to send a shout out our way - we have been posting videos roughly 8 months. Hope the rest of your harvest goes well!
Hi Matt great channel love watching you all down in Tenn. I have learned alot about cotton harvesting. Keep up the great videos. Thanks Roger in Indiana
Thank you Matt for recommending Casey at Wild West Farmer. He’s out of Idalou, I’ve been there even though I’m born and raised in Seattle. One half of my family comes out of Floydada, TX, just about 40 miles out of Idalou, where some farm cotton. I grew up knowing what an active cotton field looked like but nothing else. Now I’m 38. Just two years ago, in 2022, I went back to Floydada in April and picked a cotton seed out of some lint left on the end rows after harvest, brought it home, tried to germinate it up here in Seattle and to my surprise, something grew. That’s when I looked up “how does cotton grow” on TH-cam and found a video of you explaining the life cycle of a cotton plant while standing in a field. My Plant had no chance. But your manner of presenting things was so pleasant that I’ve subscribed to your channel ever since and have learned so much since then. Hearing you talk about cotton farming in west Texas took me right back to finding that seed two years ago and back to childhood trips on summer breaks and chances to see cotton growing. It took me a while, but I feel lucky to get to sit up here in rainy Seattle and learn more and more about where my clothes come from and about your fascinating profession. Hope harvest goes well for you, thanks for your videos and thanks again for recommending Wild West Farmer.
When you have to rake cotton out on the ground at times, I think you might be able to open a side door on your picker and let it suck it in while raking in off the ground. I know on Triple R Farms, I've seen Daniel do it that way.
Yes I could but it would take me an hour or two to save just a few pounds of cotton whereas I have thousands of pounds of cotton sitting in the field losing value every day. It’s just not cost effective. At most the cotton left on the ground is worth maybe $50
As my granny use to say when I was a youngun, "Only those that have stands to lose," so don't be so hard on yourself, I would have gone bonkers a long time ago putting up with have of what you do. Tell the missus that she's a good hand on selling a product, good on her!
I've been enjoying your content for a while, you've been responding to my comments, and I like your personality, I finally subscribed. I make it seem like it costs me something, but I don't like being subscribed to a lot of channels. I see a smart, hardworking man providing for his family, least thing I can do is click the subscribe button. I won't said I didn't do the least I can do.
I watch them too. They are 3 hours north of me. If you want to see what kind of gins we have out here look up Glasscock County Coop. They have their own warehouses and gin around 100k bales a year.
That's like I told Zach Johnson they can't understand why all the bolts are coming loose on their tillage equipment impact guns are for removal only and you need a torque wrench to install that way you don't stress the metal because you'll never keep it tight if you do that
Good Monday afternoon Griggs family , enjoying the cotton harvest videos. Are you done with the soybean harvest videos for the year? Be safe and have a good week. How many acres of beans do you have left and will you have any videos of them picking up the cotton bails. Take care and God bless
Got it going on Matt it would be a expen but I’m for sure it would pay for it self the first year 6 row kmc ripper with 6 row planter just for your cotton we plant our soybeans and corn peanuts and all with it spray our burn down all in one pass
We don't grow cotton here in Michigan. We do grow corn and soybeans. Watching you harvesting cotton it looks like you're leaving a lot behind. Is that normal? Thanks.
It looks like way more than what it is. Kind of like a corn field that turns green after it’s been harvested. Cotton pickers have slightly less efficiency than a properly set combine.
You are not the only one picking good looking cotton that isn’t yielding. Some of the prettiest fluffed out cotton here, that looks like 3+ bale, if not closer to 4, that turns into 2-2.5 bale in the modules. It just ain’t there, and it isn’t isolated, everyone in the Southeast who didn’t lose their crop to the hurricane is saying their yields are off. Same story, beautiful crop that just won’t count up, doesn’t matter if it was dryland or irrigated.
You know Matt, one characteristic of the American generational farmer is integrity. You exemplify integrity in every video such as calling the gin to warn them of a potential concern for their equipment. Too many of our population fail to understand the importance of integrity. You and Kelly are royalty among American Agriculture.
It is a good thing you got Andy Matt because he is your second set of skin to keep stuff going
Good video Matt. Glad to see some really good cotton going in the picker!!
Thank you for sharing the foreign to me cotton world to this northern corn on corn guy.
Thanks for the product review on the cup holder! Between the sensor headaches, hard to repair/dealer repair only systems and crappy ergonomics it is almost like the giant equipment companies don't want our business...
Stay safe and good luck with harvest!
Wow thanks so much!! I have been watching your videos as well & enjoy seeing a different side of cotton farming. Pretty cool to take time out of your video to send a shout out our way - we have been posting videos roughly 8 months.
Hope the rest of your harvest goes well!
Yes sir. Holler if I can ever help you with anything. Maybe I’ll run into you at a trade show sometime.
Hi Matt great channel love watching you all down in Tenn. I have learned alot about cotton harvesting. Keep up the great videos. Thanks Roger in Indiana
Thank you Matt for recommending Casey at Wild West Farmer. He’s out of Idalou, I’ve been there even though I’m born and raised in Seattle. One half of my family comes out of Floydada, TX, just about 40 miles out of Idalou, where some farm cotton. I grew up knowing what an active cotton field looked like but nothing else. Now I’m 38. Just two years ago, in 2022, I went back to Floydada in April and picked a cotton seed out of some lint left on the end rows after harvest, brought it home, tried to germinate it up here in Seattle and to my surprise, something grew. That’s when I looked up “how does cotton grow” on TH-cam and found a video of you explaining the life cycle of a cotton plant while standing in a field. My
Plant had no chance. But your manner of presenting things was so pleasant that I’ve subscribed to your channel ever since and have learned so much since then. Hearing you talk about cotton farming in west Texas took me right back to finding that seed two years ago and back to childhood trips on summer breaks and chances to see cotton growing. It took me a while, but I feel lucky to get to sit up here in rainy Seattle and learn more and more about where my clothes
come from and about your fascinating profession. Hope harvest goes well for you, thanks for your videos and thanks again for recommending Wild West Farmer.
Thanks!
When you have to rake cotton out on the ground at times, I think you might be able to open a side door on your picker and let it suck it in while raking in off the ground. I know on Triple R Farms, I've seen Daniel do it that way.
Yes I could but it would take me an hour or two to save just a few pounds of cotton whereas I have thousands of pounds of cotton sitting in the field losing value every day. It’s just not cost effective. At most the cotton left on the ground is worth maybe $50
As my granny use to say when I was a youngun, "Only those that have stands to lose," so don't be so hard on yourself, I would have gone bonkers a long time ago putting up with have of what you do. Tell the missus that she's a good hand on selling a product, good on her!
I've been enjoying your content for a while, you've been responding to my comments, and I like your personality, I finally subscribed. I make it seem like it costs me something, but I don't like being subscribed to a lot of channels. I see a smart, hardworking man providing for his family, least thing I can do is click the subscribe button. I won't said I didn't do the least I can do.
Thanks! I’m like you, I only subscribe to channels that have a good string of videos that I enjoy.
I watch them too. They are 3 hours north of me. If you want to see what kind of gins we have out here look up Glasscock County Coop. They have their own warehouses and gin around 100k bales a year.
Matt u are doing just fine brother talking,and your channel is great
That's like I told Zach Johnson they can't understand why all the bolts are coming loose on their tillage equipment impact guns are for removal only and you need a torque wrench to install that way you don't stress the metal because you'll never keep it tight if you do that
I also fallow the TX cotton farmer. I was curious about the loaf like modules instead of the round baler type modules. Great videos, keep them coming.
We made the rectangle style modules until last year. Go back and check out my cotton harvest videos from ‘20, ‘22, or ‘22
I always torque my spindles to 90 lbs ft to prevent them from loosening up. They won’t strip or pull threads coming back out either
Yes no shit Matt that is what every great man should do is report a situation to the buyer
Instead of a buzzer, replace it with a light. Easier to ignore😉
Good Monday afternoon Griggs family , enjoying the cotton harvest videos. Are you done with the soybean harvest videos for the year? Be safe and have a good week. How many acres of beans do you have left and will you have any videos of them picking up the cotton bails. Take care and God bless
No
Good video good to see y'all
looks like the picker is cleaning the stalk better you make a vry good video and i watch a lot im retired
Got it going on Matt it would be a expen but I’m for sure it would pay for it self the first year 6 row kmc ripper with 6 row planter just for your cotton we plant our soybeans and corn peanuts and all with it spray our burn down all in one pass
Yes sir Wild West is out of Idalou, TX, NW of Lubbock. Those strippers are interesting.
We don't grow cotton here in Michigan. We do grow corn and soybeans.
Watching you harvesting cotton it looks like you're leaving a lot behind. Is that normal? Thanks.
It looks like way more than what it is. Kind of like a corn field that turns green after it’s been harvested. Cotton pickers have slightly less efficiency than a properly set combine.
Maybe install a light of some sort to warn you instead of a buzzer?
Might not be a bad idea
You are not the only one picking good looking cotton that isn’t yielding. Some of the prettiest fluffed out cotton here, that looks like 3+ bale, if not closer to 4, that turns into 2-2.5 bale in the modules. It just ain’t there, and it isn’t isolated, everyone in the Southeast who didn’t lose their crop to the hurricane is saying their yields are off. Same story, beautiful crop that just won’t count up, doesn’t matter if it was dryland or irrigated.
Thanks for letting me know. Based on coffee shop talk I thought it was just me
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Is that pima?
No, we grow upland cotton. Pima is typically grown out west
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