$2.7 Million Dollar Remote Controlled Tractor
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- What a cool opportunity!! I love being able to check out new machines for myself and getting to share them with you is a bonus! What are your thoughts on this? Would you invest in one machine that could do it all? Operating it was unlike any other tractor I've ever driven. Comment your thoughts, I'd love to hear them!!
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Raising beef and showing the entire process on-line is very intriguing. Then having the ability to buy beef knowing how it was raised, what it ate and what medicine or growth hormones were or were not used would be something I would consider buying.
Yes in an age where quality is suspect/safety I could see people buying a side of beef. My grandpa had a farm/ranch since 50’s in Saskatchewan. And his kids got sides of beef every year.
My only concern is travel time per say example shipping from you to me in Alberta Canada. But it would probably take off like a wild fire in USA especially the top selling point is watching, from birth to pasture, to plate.
I buy a beef every year from a friend. Not only how it was raised and fed, but I also know what meds it was given and how it was fed out. Plus, I get all cuts way below the cost of ground beef at the grocery stores. Your idea has meret, but how much per pound you are charging and shipping cost will determine customers' ability to save and your profitability.
I’d buy it…let’s go.
I’d prefer a real butcher and not AI cutting meat.
I would be interested, however, it might be kind of odd seeing the actual cow my beef came from. Just a thought from a "city slicker" who always buys meat from a grocery store!
Yes, and yes-knowing where your beef comes from and how it's raised is best.
I am praying for everyone in the Midwest and Nebraska with all these tornadoes today. God Bless be safe from Massachusetts
Yeah man our pole barn full of equipment got destroyed along with all the equipment planter drill tractors everything and 2 of our bins got destroyed as well
That machine is pretty cool. This is probably one of the revolutionary pieces of equipment the farming industry has seen since the introduction of tractors. It is nice to see that someone is developing big changes and not just the incremental improvements that we have seen for so many years.
EV is changing farming. It doesn't work the same way as we farm now, but ppl are finding new methods.
I think that a very fundamental challenge/problem with the NEXAT machine gaining acceptance in the US is that in an already very risky business (of farming), farmers owning this machine would take on a whole new level of risk.
The good thing about using conventional tractors, tillage/spraying equipment, and combines is that different brands from different manufacturers can be mixed and match quite easily. Even with a combine, a farmer may run a Case IH or John Deere combine but use a header made by a different manufacturer (like MacDon). This makes it much easier for farmers to tailor machines to their needs. It also provides a very significant level of competition among machine manufacturers to help restrain costs and provide customization options. Also, if one manufacture goes out of business, another equipment manufacturer can be easily used as a substitute.
If a farmer decides to switch to NEXAT machinery, they are stuck with the prices, options, and service that only NEXAT provides. If the power unit fails in the middle of planting season, there is no substitute tractor that can be hooked up to the NEXAT customized planter to finish the job. If NEXAT raises its prices, the farmer has to live with it because he/she cannot easily shift to another manufacturer. Also, NEXAT is a relatively new company. If it goes out of business, the farmer is left high and dry.
I think that for NEXAT to gain a big foothold in the US, it needs competition from other manufacturers offering interchangeable power units (tractors). It also needs competition in the way of interchangeable module attachments from several different manufacturers (unrelated to NEXAT). This may sound counterintuitive (for NEXAT), but increasing direct competition from other manufacturers will greatly reduce the risk to farmers. Reducing that risk will make it more likely that a farmer would spend such a large amount of money on such a machine.
Ed Schultheis, PE
Mechanical design engineer and manufacturing consultant for 35 years
Schultek Engineering & Technology, Inc.
I suspect the answer is common open architecture standard. Both standardized mechanical connections, electrical connections and data network connection.
That would be the solution for the interchangeable nature of implements moduls and tractors. Much like the ISO container standard.
But I have a hard time seeing it happening if other branches are anything to go by. The big players in the field wants to have their customers locked into their own products and product standards.
@@primeflux1 I agree. I think that NEXAT needs to provide an open architecture standard for their own success. They also need to make it so that regular good farmers and mechanics can repair most aspects of the machine. Without that, I can't imagine many farmers taking the huge risk to tie themselves to one manufacturer with essentially all of their farm equipment. That seems like a recipe for potential disaster for the farmer. Farmers aren't stupid. They try to mitigate their risks every day.
Even farms that run exclusively John Deere equipment do not have the same level of risk. They always have the opportunity to rather seamlessly substitute other brands of equipment if John Deere is not performing in some way. They have multiple options, reducing their overall risk. NEXAT owners currently don't have other realistic options if NEXAT fails to perform in some way.
P.S. - These NEXAT machines are always seen working in large, mostly flat fields. They would never work on the steep rolling hills of the Palouse region in Washington state. We regularly farm fields (in the Palouse) with 30-45 degree slopes. All of the combines have automatic leveling in order to stay on the hills and to do an efficient job of harvesting the crop.
@@edschultheis9537 indeed, I dont know much about farming, but the engineering in that thing does make the little engineer in me scream of joy :)
@@edschultheis9537 Well all of the atachments are made in cooperation with other companies like, Väderstad or geringhoff also kotte for the slurry tanker and damman for the sprayer. I am sure they also provide plans for self repair and parts, because they dont have an dealer network.
@@derschwarzbrennerausdember8746 I did know that other manufacturers were involved with the design/manufacture of various attachments. IMO, to get some real competition, there needs to be multiple unaffiliated manufacturers for planter attachments, for sprayer attachments, for harvesting attachments, and especially for the tractor (power system). When that is achieved, then the risk to farmers (of choosing such a farming system) will be greatly reduced.
As an old dirt farmer who grew up on a beef farm, I would tell you do it! Raise the beef. I can guarantee one customer in Indiana! I dearly miss those days, and with the world as it is now, a place to buy quality beef is so needed.
On a beef farm? Do you mean ranch? And a dirt farmer is in reference to farming land that does not produce well
Look at the thousands of gallons of toxins they use to grow gmo food. Do you really think the beef they produce isn't absolutely pumped full of growth hormones and vaccines
Raise the beef and forget about those nice vacations you take.
@godoftheinterwebz definitely not a seasonal thing like farming
@@robertbradford3461I'm glad you weren't my English teacher.
I met this machine on HI WAY 34 just East of Phillips Ne.heading East, this morning April 26 and saw it sitting at Todd's place the other morning. WHAT A BEAST!! Kinda a knock off of the UNI SYSTEM of the past (65 years +/- ago) it could, push a planter threw the field be switched to a combine , a corn picker, silage chopper, hay baler and several other configurations using the same power unit. History repeats it self! As far as raising BEEF a (QUALITY) product at a reasonable price, not to say way more or the same as others will do well! I sold finished steers on the hoof to friends and neighbors and they had them cut and packed as they wished. they made arrangements with the butcher and I would deliver the steer to the butcher.
Sound idea. The more you and Grant can do yourself, the better farmers you will become. Any good business needs to diversify. Keep up the good work. Make us all proud.
I can see 5 years into the future. Laura is controlling the planter from the family room, with Grant Junior and Laura Junior in the playpen. Good luck and have fun!!
In 5 years AI will be running farms. Farmers will be nothing but mechanics. The NEXRAT can already run autonomously
@@davidschliebe246 Babies are a sensitive subject with the Wilsons
Let them live their lives and enjoy the videos. Keep the fantasies to yourself.
@@BillyWatersIE go back and watch the video where she discusses it, dimwit
Great video! Love the idea of buying custom beef direct from the farmer.
Yes, Direct beef!
Hi Laura, I've been following you since the wrecker games and as an old country boy, I love your content.
Farmers broke ground, grew it, built it, raised it, fed it and continue to lead it; and without them, there is no life. They continue to innovate like Nexat and others to increase production and yield.
The most important thing is ACCESS to food. Higher yields means more food for more people which lowers cost. Knowing your food and having access to quality, healthy stuff is key. Price and affordability is key. Keep this in mind as you start your beef herd, which I 110% support. I would like to see both top notch, gourmet cuts for those special times and also bulk or affordable options that I can feed the family with.
Know your food and eat well, my friends!
God Bless, be safe and keep leading and innovating, young lady.
They make ethanol, get over yourself.
Who can argue with that!
Somewhat an upgrade from my 1948 Ford 8N
That’s what grandpa used until he bought a 4020 when those hit the market.
My grandpa planted 4 rows at a time with his JD 60.
I as a boy used a 8N to clean the dairy barn LOL
That contraption is the bomb. I can't wait to see it do other operations.
There are numerous videos on TH-cam of the NEXAT machine being used for harvesting, planting, and spraying. I believe that it is a German design/manufactured machine. Much of their testing is on fields in Ukraine.
@@edschultheis9537 You are right, it is a German company, there are also 2 machines around 2 hours away from me in eastern Germany on a large farm of, when I remember correctly, around 4000 ha.
@@neoplan6116 For those who are metrically challenged that's 9884 acres.
@@darkiee69 Thx - I was seriously to lazy to make the math.... 😂🤣😂
@@neoplan6116 I just googled for a converter. 😁
The biggest “missing link” in online food sales is confidence in the quality and safety. With products coming from you, that doubt doesn’t exist.
It would be like buying from family.
With the nexat being able to plant, fertilize and harvest all in one, that $2m il starts to make a bit of sense. What a unit.
Your a class act and a real ham for the camera. Keep up the good work in farming.
Good Idea about the beef business, it is a good way to carry on your grandpa's raising cattle and he would be so proud of you, keep up the great content.
Wowzer, what an amazing machine. I was blown away by all its capabilities. Thanks for giving us an insight into future farming. Great video.
Hi Laura, I’ve just seen on our news in Perth, Western Australia about the devastation caused by the tornados in Nebraska, we all hope you and your family are ok, we feel for you and the families going through this unthinkable nightmare, stay safe, god bless.
Thanks for letting us Share your farm..always very interesting.
You can learn and teach a lot of people out there about rotation grazing. Even if I am outside of US and delivery will not happen to my place, I think it would be a good addition to the channel and will probably make a lot of US viewers happy on having orders being delivered to their door.
Absolutely amazing! Thanks for sharing.
Great machine German styled. Out of the box engineering. Great idea on beef selling. Remember it takes time and $$$. Congratulations on thinking out of your comfort zone.👍👍👍
Yes to the direct beef idea. Just as your agronomist is your key advisor for corn farming, so also will an experienced managing administrator be the initial success factor for the online beef business. A safety net side hustle is a good thing for a farmer, so I'm very happy to see you diversifying. By your nature and character, I think you will become a valued employeer someday. Your life is a great blessing to others.
YES!!!!GO GIRL👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️
That machine is very impressive . Maintenance cost might very high b c to many moving parts electrical/ hydraulic and connectors . As for the Ideas about the beef . You need to hire a lot of help to get that going . Some other people on Y -tube doing that already
It is thrilling to see this kind of technology being used in farming. Thanks for the tour.
Yea it's great every family farmer under 1000 acres wont compete and we can have nothing but industrial farms. Currently, 26 countries including France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Russia, China, and India (19 of which are in the European Union (EU)) have partially or fully banned GMOs. Another 60 countries have significant restrictions on GMOs. 86 countries know their people would be better off hungry than eating that garbage.
Laura, You and Grant, need to buy, one of those cool, Remote Control pieces, of equipment. Work the numbers. 2.7 million dollars, It will take, several years, to pay for it. It was fun, watching your reaction. Show us, more videos, on this product. Jerry from Anaheim, California USA.❤
Laura that is absolutely amazing
Never thought farming would change that much 50 years
Far out! The way it travels down the road is so smart.😮
Thank you for sharing your insights, your consistency and passion reflect in every video.
Sending prayers that you and your family are safe after all the tornadoes in Nebraska today.
This is the most honest demo I’ve ever seen, as that price is something.
Great to see your smiling face.
That machine is almost futuristic.
I wish that I had the space and money to get beef products from you directly.
Hi Laura
Just a quick note we finally got a Casey’s built by us and tried there pizza 🍕
Boy you and grant where correct very good.
OOOOOH! SO neat that you brought us along with a cool new tech. Rock on FarmHer Laura!
Thanks for sharing your time with us! Is that on the top of the future " To buy" list!? That's pretty Sweet!! Great to hear from you guys... love the channel!❤😊
I am all for getting back to how it was 50 years ago when our food was directly Farm to table. It would be great to see you bring this back.
Laura you look like you are having a lot of fun in that machine.
That contraption is the bomb!
I have raised my own beef in the past. I very much love the quality of the meat. I recently down sized (getting ready for retirement) I now support a local establishment Capital Farms that has a local store front. This store only uses locally sourced or self raised cattle. As much as I would like to buy your beef I still feel impelled to support local cattle ranchers in my area.
PS: I enjoy watching your channel.
Totally aboard for the beef. Not only the processing but buying direct. Switched from store beef last year to slaughtered beef purcased from a farm in Ohio (I’m in Florida). Flavor, cuts, quality is amazing. Let’s see what you can do Laura. Get me on your list for future sales. Loaved the remote tractor. Tech in the fields is on a roll. Harvesting will be interesting to compare the numbers and the bottom line.
the joy in laura face is priceless ❤ 😊
Laura's "like a little girl in a candy store", full of excitement, when she's around farm machinery of any sort! She's so cute and adorable. 💛💚❤
Absolutely, given the chance to see every step in the process and buy directly I would definitely buy from you.
Selling beef is a great idea. I get my beef from a local farmer and it is the best I ever had. So much better than from a store. I don’t think you would have a problem selling it. Absolutely love your platform, keep it up and thank you.
Thats such a cool design. Cant wait to see how it did come harvest. Would be sweet to see you do cattle stuff, and depending on price I’d buy.
we already buy most of our beef and pork online and would be very happy to buy from you. Keep us informed.
Never miss your videos. So proud of you both. Hope your new farm to customer beef venture is restorative farming practices.
That is very interesting technology! Consolidating machinery into one huge unit is perhaps the most fundamental farming equipment you caould purchase!Thanks for sharing !!
I'm like most people, Laura. I like to go to the supermarket and see what I'm buying, especially when it comes to meat, poultry, or pork. I've never tried the boxes that are sold online, but I might be willing to buy one from you because we trust you and your husband. We'll see what we think!
😮 what a machine!!
Yes to the beef idea. Knowing the origin and process is really important.
That is very cool. Thanks for showing it.
Laura, I loved seeing the joy on your face when you were in the cab. If you do go into raising cattle will Grant help you out, remembering when I last watch him near cattle.
Love from Mike. ❤
@ 1:30, My Little Brother Works in the Commercial Grading Industry. He said, " If you Get Run Over by One of Those
of Those Size Tires " you Don't Get a Second Chance " !
Dang, now that was so cool to see that new machine. Thanks for sharing.
Great channel by the way.
I love the idea of you growing the beef and selling it! You can take the mystery out of how our beef is grown, harvested, butchered and brought to market!!! Great idea!!!! I'll buy!!!
Yessss! Would Buy the Custom Beef. Much better would support a small business producer where you have full control of All Your Processes. PLUS…there is NO Middle Man!!! I Hope You Consider the Beef Business Approach!!! Glad to see Y’all Expand in this direction. I’m “roooottting” for Yall. Keep that “Ruut” Dialect! It’s what makes this Country Great! Most Sincerely, Ashland City, TN
Laura and Grant, your video production quality on that new piece of equipment was outstanding. All the different angles, moving shots and Drone footage was top notch. I'm sure the manufacturer will want to use your footage in their promos
PS cows are cool, go for it !
Thanks this is the best view and explanation of the Nexat I’ve seen.
Laura hope you guys are good out there.
Sorry but you are a little late. I just watched your dad's video on this verry same planter. I guess I will need to choose the best one now. I can't. How did this happen? You both get a like.
Convert to liters, kilometer, meter, centimeters, millimeters, square meters etc. will be a lovely game changer for you in the states 😯
Nope. We are stubborn😅. 'Merica.
What an eye opener to see the massive machine! Laura, you amaze with each video you post. They are SO informative and expose us to a world that most people have never been able to truly appreciate. And, YES, I would be interested in following your beef production!!
I hope you are safe from the tornados in Nebraska Laura! 🙏
$2.7 million..... One doesn't have to wonder why I paid over $600 for a cart full of groceries. Bump that up to $750 if two weeks of dog food is added.
Fjb
Nobody cares
If it performs as advertised, $2.7m is quite a bargain, considering the prices of everything it's meant to replace. Pretty risky though relying so heavily on a single machine.
And the family farmer doing 100 acres wont compete and you can have his land in a couple years to grow more garbage. Currently, 26 countries including France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Russia, China, and India (19 of which are in the European Union (EU)) have partially or fully banned GMOs. Another 60 countries have significant restrictions on GMOs. 86 countries know their people would be better off hungry than eating that garbage.
I agree with you about GMO´s, but this is the american way of doing it. Thats why there wont be a free trade agreement between the USA and the EU, and thats a good thing. I will never buy or eat any GMO food, but again thats the american way, they like it that way. I´m fine with that. Thats just cultural differences. I like the USA, but i wouldnt touch their food.
@flybywire5866 yea the American way of farming is evil at this point. 1000of gallons of toxins sprayed on the soil and water to grow genetically modified food that has no nutrition and is actually poisonous.
They don’t even grow food it’s for ethanol, another total scam
Lol! If you're trying to make a living only by farming 100 acres, you're going to starve to death anyway.
Great video Laura !! That machine is impressive.
Just to those that are confused as to why this machine is a great innovation: It's all about the way it drives. The concept of this machine is to always drive on the exact same tracks in the field. That way you only ever get compaction in those areas, which then aren't used for planting, like tramlines. However, since you're now using the same machine for everything, you actually can use the exact same tramlines for everything, from planting to harvesting, instead of just for spraying.
That machine is NOT the future of farming. DO NOT believe that LIE. YOU are the future of farming. Ask yourself...How long will it take to pay that 2.7million? Any financing interest on top? Any maintenance? What will it cost to replace with a new one when it needs replacing? What is your oppurtunity COST on that TOTAL amount? You CAN NOT farm in that way. It is not sustainable.
That is not the way to look at it. The efficiency gains are key to such machines. Maybe then comes sharing these machines with other farmers and contract harvesting and planting and you can see the return on investment.
@@surudog4929 Unfortunately when you in it you will see. Go buy one. Even rent one from your neighbor.
Keep up the great work Laura and stay safe
thank you
The weather in Nebraska was bad, really bad today. I hope you guys, friends, and families are safe.
Grant you got yourself a great lady to get that excited about harvesting and planting is a joy to watch. As far as beef goes look at wagyu beef
YES!!!! on the cows/beef. Great idea, love to see you thinking about many "things." No platitudes, just give it try and see if it works.
I’d love to see the neat side. Yes id order online. What a great conversation to have while enjoying a RIBEYE!
Yes I would buy it, especially knowing where it came from and how the whole process is handled
Your signature closing "Bye"! Makes any video you do worth the wait every week for your newest video!
If I saw one of those machines rolling down the road, I might turn around and follow it just to get a better look at it! It's quite the machine! I'm looking forward to seeing your next video!
Great to see some Väderstad equipment on your channel Laura 💪 Hope to see a follow up video on the planting results.
Amazing machine 🤩 Always great to see you guys doing well. It's tornado season, so be careful and stay safe!
That is an awesome piece of equipment expensive but damn that’s nice. Laura have a safe day. God bless you and your family. See you in the next one.❤❤
It is very impressive
This is the future of farming like you I am used to seeing. With a tractor and a air seeder or drill
Good job Laura.
Hope you guys are OK with all of the storms God bless
What a fantastic machine! Thankyou. Buying meat directly from the farm is something we can easily do here in the UK. We have a local farm selling Aberdeen Angus beef and pork from his own herds which you can see grazing in the fields. Good luck with your venture!
I know I would definitely be interested in purchasing beef from y'all. Knowing how the beef was raised, butchered and packaged makes all the difference in the world. Have been beef directly from farmers for years and I will not buy beef any other way. Good luck and I really enjoy the content that you and Grant put together every single week.
That was really cool! Don’t know how you pulled that off, getting that machine on your farm. Great job!
Yes, I would buy the beef you grew. Good idea. Thanks for sharing.
Laura, that's a no brainer, of course I would!!!
Laura, this video presenting this smart technology is real and yet unreal.This chapter is yet another step that might seem that this will never take over as many probably thought the same thing when the first tractors came on scene to replace the horse. History repeating itself. As for the selling beef from your herd I think people are looking for quality at a fair price and would go for it. Take the time to study the market and give it a try.
Go for it. Beef industry is booming. I'd buy beef from you as long as it is reasonably priced. I was saddened when you got rid of your beef cattle.
Coming from an Ag family the idea of Laura Farms Beef is just outstanding!
Unreal technology! You just never can imagine what got that product to the store!
Yes would definitely do that
I was born in Omaha, my extended family is from south-west Iowa, I grew up in Kansas, and I also say "rut' for root. Selling calves to the public, growing them, and then processing them is very common, especially amongst small farmers. Go for it! You can check out Laura's Lean Beef here in Kentucky as an example.
Hi Laura. Yes I would be very interested in you raising and selling beef. You are the right person to start this process. In reality this is what the country needs. Go girl you and Grant are such great people. I live in Washington state so shipping might be an issue but once again you have the following and talent to make a beef business work.
This NEXAT comes from my Country. And i love it! I'm only a virtual Farmer on Farming Simulator, but i want this so MUCH, because i mostly play US or Canadian Maps. And This NEXAT is insane great!
Best idea yet, love to see back in the game. I'll buy that...
Truly amazing!
yes on the beef! great idea
That thing is wicked cool.