It’s All Coming Back To Me Now!! #25
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When I was a junior in high school in 1980 I worked for a local farmer here in Illinois. It was just me and him out in the fields. He let me cultivate about 360 acres of corn with a 4 row cultivator on an International 560. For almost 40 years I was so proud of myself and amazed that he trusted me to do that job. A couple of years ago I ran into him at a local festival where he had that same tractor in the show completely restored to new condition. While talking about running that tractor all those years ago I learned that I got to do the cultivating because he threw out his back and I was his only choice!!!! He said that he was terrified when he sent me out there the first day thinking that I would destroy the corn! He said to his surprise he doesn’t think I ran over any!! So after all of these years I found out that I was the last resort!!!🤣
Dougo I'm 70 years old and I can remember in 1969 and 1970 I was 15 and 16 years old and I cultivated beans 3 times and twice in corn in the summer because no one else wanted to do it. So, Dad took me one round and then he said you think you handle it. I said yes and walked off and that was my job from then on. We never had a cab no A/C, but when you're that age it bother you none. We had 4020 JD and it was bran new and I told Dad I wanted a radio, and he went to JD and bought an AM radio which I think that is all you could back then and the way I went. I still run tractors but yes, we have A/C now, I don't run as much as I use to, but I still like it.
you had the radio..being I'm 70 also what music ..ROCK AND Roll..No music for me Juat a 70 JD at age of 11 later 4020JD..
I like your story. How many acres was the farm? 4 row cultivator?
That's an awesome story! Thanks to all farmers who have fed us our entire lives. God bless you all ❤
We need a day of just Dougo. I like watching him talk and show us what he does in farming!
This is one of the Best Larson Farms videos. The struggles of the Farmer.
Please Lord Bless our Farmers that feed us all. May you Bless them with bountiful harvests. So they may continue to feed us all. Amen.
Amen. ❤
Love when we get to spend a day with Dougo. He needs his own "soapbox" segment on each video.
Dougo for the winning narrative on the tractor and why/how it doesn't fit their cost/utilization needs. Also for the explanation on what and why he was doing what he was doing in the fields that day. As a non-farmer, I ALMOST felt like I could take that piece of information and become a farmer myself... 🤣🤣BUt honestly, very informative and I enjoyed watching.
You need to plant a high residue crop so there is a blanket of plant material on the ground that will prevent the soil from blowing away.
In a situation like this when the soil is blowing, there’s only so much you can do. Roughening the surface into clods to slow ground velocity is an emergency fix. Poor Dougo kicking himself over the fall tillage. An application of hog manure might also help.
I remember 1988 just started farming though my farming career was over. But we're still here 😂😂
Farming is for very special folk.
You’re not kidding everyone else’s idea of big is different, my idea of big and my wife’s idea of big are also different. 😂
I thought that it was for weed control!! When you get off the row, it's iron worm that took out the crop!!😂😂
My heart is breaking for all of you and I’m praying that things get better soon
I remember cultivating, 3020 and 4020 with 8 row cultivators, no shade all day, even had to put your hands on the steering wheel, dad would say don't screw it up, the neighbors will be laughing all summer, iron out he called it haha
Looks like a fun day at the beach!
Great job Mr. Dougo! I hope you & Chet get back to feeling 💯% better!
You would put yourself in time out but you don’t have time!😂😂😂 Don’t be discouraged. I have confidence The Larson Team will amend this problem to best of their ability!
Sending blessings and well wishes to everyone @ Larson Farm Families!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸
As an Australian having watched Jonathan Winters the actor over the years, Dougo reminds me of him with the way he talks and mannerisms. Makes it even funnier when something goes wrong. Very entertaining family
Thanks Dougo. Very informative. You show us how tough farming can be especially when you are at the mercy of mother nature
Get better soon Chet.
Row cultivating. It's even more fun when the corn is taller and the wind is blowing. At the end of the day you don't need to much time to fall asleep. :D
Dougo; Do you remember the late 70 and early 80? In 77 my dad waited to plant corn until he knew it was going to rain and planted corn and did the same with beans. By the fall all the bottoms were so wet he couldn't get them out for 7 yrs. I remember guys putting tires on backwards so when they went into wet areas they could back out. Some guys even tied a cable under the combine so they could pull them out easier.
One of the best episodes! I found this really interesting - never knew a field could be so diverse and challenging. Still at wonder over threading the tracks between the corn plants and how much know how goes into setting up a tool like that to achieve the end goal. Also the thinking over which tractors to buy into. Still learning the lingo and how things work - those shields - they help keep the plants upright before it goes into the work area of the tooling?? Perhaps for that field planting spaced tree rows perp to the wind direction would cut the drifting in the long term?
A day with Dougo is always a good day and the thing is I understood everything that you were talking about that was a great video
I’m just amazed how in-depth you went into on the tractor and your operation. This is what makes understanding farming costs and equipment costs affect your operation
Hey Doug! First of all I am sending you and Chet Prayers for healing and comfort! Feeling yukky and still getting out there to farm is a difficult thing to do! Praying the rains let up and the sun comes out to help the crops grow! Thank You for taking us along as you got some cultivating done! Until your next video ~~~Stay safe, healthy and happy! 🚜🌽
"I'd put myself in time out if I had the time to go there" - Dougo
If you know… well…. You know. Enjoyed every minute of this video. God bless America
Wow, how educational this video was thanks doug you’re the best. I learned a lot just in that short little time thank you so much and God bless.
Looking like the beginning of another dust bowl, God forbid!
Hope the wind dies down and the rain stays away enough to get the small lakes dried out. Thanks for all you do and for the awesome content!
It amazes me that auto-steer can thread between the planted rows. You can see the drifting soil is blowing in the distant shots.i remember as a kid when Minnesota farmers routinely cultivated corn before emerging fertilizers and herbicides...no auto-steer, just an open-station row-crop tractor and a good hat.
Thanks for the explainer. Good video.
Wow! A full 23.30 minutes of Dougo, just made my day. Thanks Larson Farms fo a great video. e
I remember the drought, unfortunately , 53 now but 17 then I helped with baleing hay for our more unfortunate neighbors so to speak. But helping another makes it worth even it was in the high 90's and 100's ! People might ask, "Dougo , Why don't you plant North to South instead of "sandblast " East to West? They have no clue....caint control wind in the sand , kids !!! Good Luck in that field and keep em coming!
You could see the dust when you were going down the rows. The birds loved to follow you.
Darn I was looking forward to the ride
Your memories and storytelling are captivating. Thanks for sharing this journey-it's delightful to see your reminiscence and the joy it brings!
Awesome video Dougo!👍❤️
Childhood memories with grandpa
1988 the winter Olympics in Calgary alberta canada had no snow and the first Jamaican bob sled team 😳
Where's the IH?? Then you could really bring back the memories!!
Boy Dougo I remember those days. I cultivated corn and beans. Makes for a long day. Thanks for the memories
Well Dougo you brought back some old memories when I use to cultivate corn fields for my dad out in the field all day for days looking at that corn and trying to stay awake thanks for your videos
We used to get the same condition you have and we used a rotary hoe to stop the dirt from blowing probably won’t work for everyone but it helped and was a lot faster than cultivating
That was really interesting.
Dougo, I love your videos! I appreciate all your hard work, and all the others guys! You are an amazing group of farmers!! I admire you'll for trying to feed America!! Just know their are lots of people Praying for you'll everyday!! I hope you and Chris get better real soon!! I have allergies and know first hand how you feel!! God bless you all!!
Awesome video DougO'. 🚜🚜🚜
Great video Dougo kept them coming
We are in a heat wave in Ohio it is 90-95 all week. The farmers Fields that are planted corn is about a little over a ankle high but it looks bad it is in need of water very much the ears on the corn are folded in on it self the soybeans look good but we have not had rain all week
Cover crop, no till = no rock picking, no erosion, super lower cost on labor and fuel. As good of result.
I remember '88 in west central MN. The river east of me dried up & we were driving 3 wheelers up & down the riverbed. We had a couple of small lakes that dried up also. Our neighbors had the same drifting problem on their sugar beet field across the road from me.
cultivating the corn will help corn with stand strong winds makes the roots go deeper in the ground.
Are you OK man?? It'll all work out, I think. We got too much water here in north central MN. We have erosion from water in very heavy down pours here in the hills.
The corn is really getting a pounding from that wind and sand ..
Perhaps try ridging the hill tops when plantingto minimise the possibility of soil erosion.. better still zero till the sandy hill tops..
Wishing you best and hope the wind dies down..
Stay safe
Love it when we ride with Doug!
Be thankful that auto-steer works!
Thanks for the good memories Dougo. Mine was front mount and took me a week to do
This reminds me of working on a 2,200 acre cotton farm in the 90's "chasing sand" with a rotary hoe until the seedlings grew to roughly six inches and the main stem would become woody.
Feel better soon Dougo!🚜
Reminds me of the days of six rows on a 4010. Start here end here we’ll be back in a bit. Get it sir!
Doing tillage to fix problems caused by tillage doesn't make much sense to me. Have you ever considered no-till in that part of the field? I've personally never seen tillage pay off with soybeans. And before you say "that won't work in this soil type" I farm some heavy river bottom ground, and it works great!
I remember when my grandpa and dad used to cultivator dad had me run the john deere 730 and a 8 row while he used the 4020
I wish I had my 730 back. I should have kept that tractor.😢
@edsutherlin473 my dad still has the same 730
You are great Dougo!!! Brought back some ole memories ... cultivating. ... uggghhh! My Dad stated me out when I was 8 yo ... good memories tho.
Love the Larson Farms channel.!!!
We have a young friend still on his family farm. He cultivate his corn. Doesn't do any spraying of any kind. He uses his Dad John deer A. He just fix up. Now that's going back in time.
watching your day brinks back some terrible memories
GREW up farming sand, a real challenge stripping with rotary hoes, cultivators. Lo-, minimum, no-til really works. Opposite of your country.
I live in sask canada. My wife and i are going to be seeding our first crops next year hearing your opinions and thoughts on equipment sure helps us out purchasing our own equipment for the crops we will be growing. Thanks for your videos and keep up the great work
Dougo, in holland we use raw compost for this issue and throw it on with a manurespreader
"Gosh Lord Jesus, heal my body" Nice!
Grew up in the 80s….That cultivator brings back a lot of bad memories. 8 rows at a time. Straddle 4 and 5
You and yours are in my prayers.
God bless all farmers! Old saying no farmers no food !
No everyone, no farmers
THANK'S FOR DOUG'O CAM VIDEO 😆👍🙏🍀 = Russ
Great show sir. It looks like a lot of areas no crop. But you all have so much acreage hopefully it works out. Good luck on this challenging weather
Hang in there boys
My grandpa also called it trading fields, and fertilizer!
Good lessons- thanks Doug
I remember years ago, farming with my daddy and grandaddy cultivating with A John Deere tractors with front mount 4 culivaters.
Always a good video when Dougos at tge helm.
I have been a no till farmer for 23 years now. I sure don’t miss fighting that blowing ground.
Amazing content. Sorry for your issues.
geez....going chetless.....gotta love it..
I'm remember 88 it was dry and hot 🔥
Great video Dougo
Just keep running those diggers. That will solve the problem 😂.
There’s a reason why no till is the preferred way to farm and good farmers gave up the cultivar back in the 80’s
Dougo, you need a Bologna Sandwich!
Look in the back ground while Doug is explaining how the sand arrived on his freshly tilled swath. You can see it just blowing across the field in a tan line! crazy!
Know exactly what you mean with the fence line growing in height. I've replaced many a fence in my day that has been berried by drift wind sometimes you never find the Botton of the wire because at some point it is rusted and is too stuck to pull up so it just brakes off and stays in the ground.
Dougo your doing a good job tell Chet to get well hope nobody else gets down .Dougo you get better to don’t work too late . Ditches need to be clean of grass to keep water contained.
Had this happen to me before too, I took straw in a bale shredder and spread it on top of the ground. It worked amazingly well.
It was on wheat that was cut off at ground level.
Sure hope things turn around for you guys Dougo.
Dougo, Thank You for the topic and the explanation 👍I feel for you guys, ALL farmers, trying to just get field ready and crops in the ground. We here in Mn are on the struggle bus. The rain and storms, and winds are terrible. I know how hard and how long your days that turn into the next day are. Farmers whether your plant farmers or livestock thats hard work and a 24 hour job. Prayers Larson Farms you can salvage somewhat of a decent crop this year. Mad respect to all you guys and gals its a Thankless job sometimes. And when Mother nature interferes like she has it becomes not so much fun anymore, especially being sick on top of it all and Dougo this is your 2nd go round being sick and Chets, that wind whipping daily isnt helping allergies at all. Orsyers You and Chet get healthy and STAY healthy🙏 and the other guys STAY healthy💯
In Canterbury we have howling NW winds. So a hot wind for us. When you cut the ryegrass for drying pre harvesting it can pick it up and blow into the fences. No trees because of centre pivot irrigators. I always believed some sort of " companion planting would have helped. We could lose 50% of the seed from winter losses and all for same input costs. Planting a vigorous plant earlier in strips every couple of planter widths would have been worth a try. Something that could have been taken out just after harvest for cattle fodder. So you might lose 5 to 8% of arable land but if you halved your wind losses your still way ahead.
Well, sir, set on that tractor remind me years ago. When I used to work on farms. How Boring cultivating.
God I have a good one
Complain all you want Dougo, you have auto steer on that thing and it beats staring at a fork by the front wheel all day 10,000%.
Ray from Dawson
I feel for you, Dougo and Chet. My wife fought what you have 2 to 3 weeks.
Dougo those were the good old days when we culvated corn and beans😅😅
A dust storm in a mud hole. Dang the luck Dougo
Love it
👍 thanks
Poor Dougo!
In illinois you'd be hard pressed to find a fence line. No livestock no fence line. Lot different 40 years ago.