Hey man. I’m a 15 year old 4th generation farmer amd I just wanna tell you how inspiring it is that your a first generation farmer. I couldn’t imagine not having dad and grandpa to get you going into farming. I’m only 15 but I know what shit costs and how hard it is to get started. It’s truly inspiring how you’ve made your dream a reality
10 years isnt that far away. It will fly by. If your thinking hes gonna have 9rxs and x9 size equipment or bigger by then either the world changed or he won the lottery. But never in my life have I seen a farm grow that fast. Ours started just before world war 2 and it's not even what you would call Huge nowadays. I hope he becomes successful and his farm grows. But 10 years if you farm irl... youd know that isnt long
I wouldn’t say this is true we went from a 400 acre farm and we also do custom combing and the next year we had 2000 acres and this year we have 3000 in all. Granted we did get lucky and were able to rent the land. But when the chance comes you have to take it.
@@NitroZombies correct. But for how hes starting hes behind and the markets are random and equipment prices are unimaginable these days. The Millennial farmer has been farming for a while and on TH-cam his farm has grown but not immensely. His acres have remained almost the same and farm size slightly increased over 3-4 years.
Hey Grant I recommend taking ur greenstar off at nights and just like throw it in ur pickup or something bc there has been a lot of incidents where people are stealing them and selling them bc they are so hard to get
Grant that is a perfect idea for payment. It gives Spencer an investment. You two get along great. So far I haven’t seen any disagreements between you two. It will undoubtably happen. Just talk it out. Absolutely loving this adventure young man.
I can’t wait till harvest time. This is going to be awesome. Just wait when you see the crops start coming up you will have a bigger smile on your face
Hey grant as a 3rd gen western Australian farmer I just want to say good on ya for making the dream a reality! We need more people like you who want to live the dream of farming in the world! Hope you’re planting goes well As for trying to stay awake while doing fieldwork I find that either listening to the radio or putting a playlist on Spotify via Bluetooth speaker helps or at least I found that when I was listening to the pickle jar podcast whilst doing 400acres of tillage. God bless and I pray for good weather smooth running and good yields for the coming season!
Things to get for next year will save you so much time. Second tractor to work ground. Fuel tank. Tools in truck to fix minor issues in field. Extra spare pars bearings, sprockets, chains or chain links and even row sensors, extra bolts and nuts different sizes and grades. This is money but will save hrs running back and forth
One thing that you have that I would bet not many other farmers have is the ability to go back through your videos to show the exact date that you planted crops in your own field - and you can share it with your own kids and grandkids one day. I enjoy your channel and am proud for you living your dream...
And also zip tie the shear pins on the markers. The shear pin will break at some point and it is easier to have it on the planter and not have to go look for it.
Just a tip on your marker situation- If you have an unused remote on the tractor, you can run a separate set of hoses to your markers so you don't have to worry about them switching every time you lift the planter
Hey man your doing a great job at farming. A new viewer might not even be able to tell that you’re just starting out. Keep up the good work I enjoy seeing it. You working with your brother makes me so happy because I see what I wanna do after high school
definitely one of the things that makes planting alot better and smoother is auto steer , some may say it defeats the purpose but it makes planting so much faster . It even works as far as 80's tractors.
Just a recommendation from one farmer to another, when we run digger with out 9430 we don’t like to run it past 2100 rpms and tend to stick around 1950 in 11th
Hey Grant, you need to get used carriage trailer that you can hook up to your truck to go get gas for the tractor. You can get some metal drums or a IBC tote tank until you can afford the real thing. You need to link Cole Cornstar to find out about his auto steer he uses on his tractor. It will help you a lot and make you more efficient. I am happy for you as farmer. Keep motivated and keep pushing.
I'm a 15 year old 6th generation farmer, when I'm planting we have a 8245R with ILS. We use a 30ft air drill for soybeans and run around 13th 3/4 throttle... (Around 12-15mph) our corn planter is a 24 row, we plant around 8-10 mph with that.
My name is Colin Bryant and I have the dream to farm. Are family used to farm till the 80’s in southern Illinois, we still have 100 acres of crop land and 2 tractors. Watching you start from the ground up is really helping me be more determined to get are farm back in action and make dreams come true. Young farmers are a dying breed.
Hay Grant just a thought . What about investing in a camper you could bring down to the farm's and you would have a place to stay at night . Drop the camper in one spot and bring the truck with tools , some spare stuff you might need in the back . You know even a office small trailer with a bathroom and shower would not be a bad idea . could actually build one on a old trailer . Anyways I am enjoying watching you guys and a bit envious of you . Living the dream .
A tip from a fellow young farmer when your turning around on the headlands lift the digger (field cultivator) up out of the ground about an inch and then turn around so your not leaving tire tracks in the field, one other thing is go at an angle when your running your digger so the trash from the prior years crop doesnt bunch up like it does. Not knit picking just tryna help out a fellow young farmer. Good luck to you and god bless
I’m 12 and I love farming and this week we just put up a new grain been and I drive a 8970 John deer tractor we have about 25 tractors are farm has been very successful
Good work ! Watch those markers close . That grass from the waterway can bunch up and can bend the arm even after the shear bolt has broken . Also I watched my grandfather drive close to our seed truck and he cut a 4 inch slice down the whole side of the truck . When he finally noticed what went on he moved the truck 6 feet he couldn't feel it in the tractor. With soybean stubble it works best to use a disk or vertical tillage tool to cut and mulch the trash because the cultivator just drags it around and leaves piles which makes the row units on the planter bounce and can cause seed depth and seed to soil contact issues. Great job keep on keeping on!
Grant, know that all of your fans will always support you and make sure you make it to the top because you never say I can't or I won't its always I can or I will and it inspires many to become a farmer. And just a reminder we all appreciate how much work you put into youtube and make us all entertained by your content, so never give up in bad times and push through like you always do.
Always keep that smile and spirit, never let haters have the time of day in your mind and keep on keepin on. Not every farmer is your friend unfortunately, ask me how I know. Stay safe, remember that slower and smooth is fast, rough and fast is expensive🤣.good luck. Hope to get land soon, then an 8400 or 8410 eventually, pay it off then start myself. Rock on.
with a 2014 case 1255, 16 row on a 2014 case 235 magnum i go about 6 mph. and on beans, wheat, canola, i do about 7.5 mph with a 2020 case 4000 50 foot no till, and a 3555 cart on a 2015 600 quad. Its so exciting watching you learn how to farm. Keep up the good work, and i wish you the best of luck
hello I'm watching your videos here in Brazil, I'm also a farmer like you, I also started a farm that has been a dream since my school days, I wish you all the best, congratulations on your willingness and determination to do something that you really believe in
Welllllll..... Grant has a slight advantage over most. He had worked (and risked!) his way into finances that make it easy to start farming. But I do appreciate his work ethic to make his dream come true. It's much more desirable than seeing someone complaining and giving up because things aren't easy for them in the chase for their dreams.
I cant believe this I literally watched you so much when you first started squad farms on fs17 now look where you are from a desk to a tractor. Really great!!!
I’m late to the channel grant, been watching your fs22 videos and it led me here. Super awesome to see the progression as I catch up on the videos. I’m a 3rd generation farmer but my dad got out of farming and sold all his land when I was really young. My brother and I started out renting 25 acres 10 years ago and slowly rented more every year and finally last year we bought our own 250 acres. Sure is tough getting started in the farming business. Can’t wait to see where your at in 10 years.
Grant, your speed is right, 8 or 9th Gear 1980 RPM, 4.5 -5.2 mph for proper spacing, least amount of double,s and skips. plus if its rough they bounce more causing poor seed placement, gotta watch your units, (top of boxes) for a clue to the ride, then adjust your speed accordingly. you find the down pressure spring settings? time stamp754: your 2nd knuckle on you index finger is how deep your corn seed should be (never less than 2"), the first knuckle, soybeans. . Oh, if you look around the mounting area of the marker, there should be extra shear bolts bolted on somewhere there. Above all, Enjoy the time working together with the family and Have fun!
We farm in southwest Indiana. Bought a brand new 8210 in 2001. 8110 thru 8410 is the exact same tractor. Same frame, same engine, same trans, same diffs, same everything. Only difference is the computer. You can safely turn yours up. We did and she's still going strong at 7800 hours. Might want to look into that
hey mate from Australia loving the vids im 33 when i was a kid i remember dad bringing the brand new 8400 home and ive allways loved those tractors look better then the new ones to me...
Awesome. You are going about the right speed for planting. Remember the faster you go the more stuff you are going to break. Have fun guys and keep safe!!
You're doing a great job Grant. I've never been so tired at the end of the day working the farm, yet never had such wonderful satisfaction. One hour on the farm brought more life to my soul than forty hours in a factory. I can see Grant Hilbert is going to be one of the best farmers. Keep up this adventure in farming. It's young farmers like you that make us old farmers so proud.
Hey man, I run 7mph planting beans because the singulation is not at critical as it is in corn. But with corn John Deere designed the seed tube for 5mph. Meaning that at 5mph the kernel of corn is suppose to fall down the tube and never touch the sides of the tube and give you perfect singulation. Also, it’s pretty awesome to see someone who has always wanted to farm, but wasn’t raised on a farm start their own farm! Hard business to get into with all the high overhead costs! Good luck man👍🏼
We have had the same problem of stalks bunching up with our cultivator and it is all because of the harrows. Though it’s quite a bit of work replacing them and some minor tweaking, rollers are worth the investment. Love the vids man keep them on rollin
It’s good how there is still stuff left on the feild yes it’s painful to plant with but that will break down and be good for soil nutrients and the previous person doing no till is smart it saves money and time and is healthier for your soil
This morning we planted 400 acres of soybeans, custom farming for someone whose had bad luck with rainouts etc... They were planting corn, myself and one employee, with some help from my daughter were running 2 9RT580's with a 60-150 tuners (not deleted) pulling DB-90 ExactEmerge customized planters on 20" spacing. Not applying any chemicals, although my planters are capable of it, but the farm owner is going to go back and spray with his sprayer later. The farmer who hired us was doing all the seed tending. Average speed, I hit 11.4, the other unit 10.8. average MPH. Scary, because I don't know the fields, don't know if I'm going to hit a rock or a tile blow out, but it was perfectly prepared and I was scanning with bino's while the autosteer did its thing. I charged $15/acre and used my own fuel and one employee, but all we had to do is drive and make sure everything was set up and working correctly.
I don't know if you have the equipment yet for mapping but if you do you can map the fields and water ways. That way when you cross a water way you can keep your planter down and it should stop planting and your row marker should stay down. But once you get everything on auto steer you won't need the row markers. God bless and stay safe.
We run about 5 mph. Until a few years ago we didn’t have auto steer and days where very long. Now that we have auto steer it is easy to plant 15-16 hours straight. I have a lot of respect for people that still use markers because I have been there and done that.
Kudos for getting seed in the ground for the first time! May I suggest you go pick up a 100gal diesel transfer tank for your pickup bed? Save yourself the headache of having to drive your rig to the fuel station. 😉
Hey man I’d highly recommend getting the guidance going on your tractor with the atu steering you have in there it’d be very simple. You can either get an itc extend for your current globe or find a starfire 3000. You’ll also need a sf1 activation on your screen. It will make learning the ropes a lot easier you’ll be more free to pay attention and take care of other things in the cab freeing your hands.
I learnt for my first season this year that if you run at 1800 rpm rather than wide ass open you save fuel! Especially when your operating a case magnum
at the end of this year you and spencer should come up with a 5 year plan for the farm. it be interesting if you both build a house or buy a farm with a house in the future.
So cool and happy seeing you chase your dreams farming. My twin brother and I are first generation farmers as well so I know how it feels learning everything the hard way and trying to figure out everything on your own.
One thing that I have observed from helping Farm for a season, is you want to have a toolbox with all the right hammers and wrenches and pins and bolts and nuts and assume that some thing is going to break every time you use it or get ready to. I don’t know why, but it seems like with agricultural equipment, some thing is always breaking. It shouldn’t, because it supposed to be designed to do the work that it is supposed to do without breaking, but for some reason that’s never seeming to be the case.
congrats on your first planting season. I think you'll find that farming is basically 10% operating machinery and 90% minor inconveniences, repairs and maintenance, paperwork, cussing, smashing your knuckles on everything, getting covered in every type of oil and chemical and grease you have, pondering life and drastic increase in the cost of farm operation, and then getting up the next day to do it again because despite all that there's something about it that makes you wanna do it.
I'm looking into an agricultural degree for farming in the future so it's pretty cool seeing all of the start up process. Much love keep up the great work!
Great video! Very inspiring. I help my brother plant and harvest our family farm in Illinois that my great great grandfather settled in the 1800s. Seems like you are off to a great start! Keep up the good work.
I’ve never planted myself, but back in the 90’s I rode with grandpa planting on his 3020 and 7000 4 row. We clipped along in 4th or 5th I think. It was an old synchro Deere.
I’m running a jd 1790 planter. Tank feed. We run about 6 mph. But use to run the same planter your running 1780. Row box planter. Looks like your planter wheel drivin. Do your boundaries first about 3 passes. Gives you plenty of room to turn around. If u have any more questions just pm me
That is awesome! I farm in Saskatchewan Canada. I usually run the seeder around 5-6 mph with a 60 foot John Deere air drill behind a case 535 Steiger. Love the videos
You look like you are living the dream man!
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Hey man. I’m a 15 year old 4th generation farmer amd I just wanna tell you how inspiring it is that your a first generation farmer. I couldn’t imagine not having dad and grandpa to get you going into farming. I’m only 15 but I know what shit costs and how hard it is to get started. It’s truly inspiring how you’ve made your dream a reality
im 10 and im a 5th generation farmer and i know a lot about farming
I’m not even a farmer and I’m inspired.
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@Riley Gulbraa shits exspensive. They aren’t going to throw a kid on a 100,000 $ peice of Equiptment and risk damaging it or killing you
I’m 16 years old And5th generation dairy farmer
I love how even in bad times he still has a smile on his face.
Except for when the european traffic.blocks him when towing a 50 ft tall trailer of bales in fs15.LOL
He is living the dream, why would you not smile😁🤷🏼♂️👍🏻
In like 10 years he is going to have a big and successful farm and we are going to look back and say this is how it all started. mark my words
10 years isnt that far away. It will fly by. If your thinking hes gonna have 9rxs and x9 size equipment or bigger by then either the world changed or he won the lottery. But never in my life have I seen a farm grow that fast. Ours started just before world war 2 and it's not even what you would call Huge nowadays. I hope he becomes successful and his farm grows. But 10 years if you farm irl... youd know that isnt long
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I wouldn’t say this is true we went from a 400 acre farm and we also do custom combing and the next year we had 2000 acres and this year we have 3000 in all. Granted we did get lucky and were able to rent the land. But when the chance comes you have to take it.
@@NitroZombies correct. But for how hes starting hes behind and the markets are random and equipment prices are unimaginable these days. The Millennial farmer has been farming for a while and on TH-cam his farm has grown but not immensely. His acres have remained almost the same and farm size slightly increased over 3-4 years.
Congratulations to those who are early hope you have a good day and god bless
God bless America 🇺🇸
May the lord bless you and prosper you in all that you do
It’s the day we have been waiting for
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personally im waiting to see what combine he gets!
@@fungleinfection6998 same
I am 13 and this channel inspired me to buy my own tractor Ingersoll 4118. I am landscaping and living my dream.
My cousin bought a ford juballe at 13. It's always a good feeling when you buy that stuff so young. Good luck with your buisness.
I feel genuinely happy for a man who I’ve never met living out his dream of farming
By the time fs22 comes out, you might get your own map and you can use your equipment
that would be cool
Mrg offered and grant said no for private reasons
@@alexandert6489 ahhhh damn. I understand, but it's still a shame.
This farm is already expanding! I’m so proud of Grant and Spencer working together.
Rooting for this guy. Can’t wait to see the process of starting a farm from literally nothing but what you buy on your own. Absolutely unreal.
Hey thanks!
Hey Grant I recommend taking ur greenstar off at nights and just like throw it in ur pickup or something bc there has been a lot of incidents where people are stealing them and selling them bc they are so hard to get
just seeing you do this makes me really happy
Keep on smiling and just remember when you wake up to realize its your own farm. So keep on smiling wish you all the luck.
your making alot of progress grant. love watching you live your dream
We have a 250 acre field 50 minutes by car, 70 minutes by equipment, and we get along just fine.
Grant that is a perfect idea for payment. It gives Spencer an investment. You two get along great. So far I haven’t seen any disagreements between you two. It will undoubtably happen. Just talk it out. Absolutely loving this adventure young man.
Sweet to see your farm going now!
Thanks to the farmers out there who feed the world!YEEYEE
This is the USA god bless and watch over us all!YEEYEE
I can’t wait till harvest time. This is going to be awesome. Just wait when you see the crops start coming up you will have a bigger smile on your face
Hey grant as a 3rd gen western Australian farmer I just want to say good on ya for making the dream a reality! We need more people like you who want to live the dream of farming in the world! Hope you’re planting goes well
As for trying to stay awake while doing fieldwork I find that either listening to the radio or putting a playlist on Spotify via Bluetooth speaker helps or at least I found that when I was listening to the pickle jar podcast whilst doing 400acres of tillage.
God bless and I pray for good weather smooth running and good yields for the coming season!
Hey, my farm runs both of our DB60s 10 miles an hour. We are almost done with our planting. Good Job Grant you inspire a lot of people!👍
Things to get for next year will save you so much time. Second tractor to work ground. Fuel tank. Tools in truck to fix minor issues in field. Extra spare pars bearings, sprockets, chains or chain links and even row sensors, extra bolts and nuts different sizes and grades. This is money but will save hrs running back and forth
need is a vertical tillage. to help cut up that plant matter. usually doesnt take anymore time out of your day.
One thing that you have that I would bet not many other farmers have is the ability to go back through your videos to show the exact date that you planted crops in your own field - and you can share it with your own kids and grandkids one day. I enjoy your channel and am proud for you living your dream...
And also zip tie the shear pins on the markers. The shear pin will break at some point and it is easier to have it on the planter and not have to go look for it.
Just a tip on your marker situation- If you have an unused remote on the tractor, you can run a separate set of hoses to your markers so you don't have to worry about them switching every time you lift the planter
Hey man your doing a great job at farming. A new viewer might not even be able to tell that you’re just starting out. Keep up the good work I enjoy seeing it. You working with your brother makes me so happy because I see what I wanna do after high school
gonna get a really good feeling in your stomach when you see the crop come out of the ground! watching it grow is one of the coolest parts of farming
definitely one of the things that makes planting alot better and smoother is auto steer , some may say it defeats the purpose but it makes planting so much faster . It even works as far as 80's tractors.
Just a recommendation from one farmer to another, when we run digger with out 9430 we don’t like to run it past 2100 rpms and tend to stick around 1950 in 11th
Hey Grant, you need to get used carriage trailer that you can hook up to your truck to go get gas for the tractor. You can get some metal drums or a IBC tote tank until you can afford the real thing. You need to link Cole Cornstar to find out about his auto steer he uses on his tractor. It will help you a lot and make you more efficient. I am happy for you as farmer. Keep motivated and keep pushing.
I am so glad to know I am not the only one to accurately determine the oil by taste.
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Grant, when your cultivating you don’t need your tractors engine wide open. Maybe keep the rpms somewhere between 1500 and 1800.
I'm a 15 year old 6th generation farmer, when I'm planting we have a 8245R with ILS. We use a 30ft air drill for soybeans and run around 13th 3/4 throttle... (Around 12-15mph) our corn planter is a 24 row, we plant around 8-10 mph with that.
My name is Colin Bryant and I have the dream to farm. Are family used to farm till the 80’s in southern Illinois, we still have 100 acres of crop land and 2 tractors. Watching you start from the ground up is really helping me be more determined to get are farm back in action and make dreams come true. Young farmers are a dying breed.
Hay Grant just a thought . What about investing in a camper you could bring down to the farm's and you would have a place to stay at night . Drop the camper in one spot and bring the truck with tools , some spare stuff you might need in the back . You know even a office small trailer with a bathroom and shower would not be a bad idea . could actually build one on a old trailer . Anyways I am enjoying watching you guys and a bit envious of you . Living the dream .
A tip from a fellow young farmer when your turning around on the headlands lift the digger (field cultivator) up out of the ground about an inch and then turn around so your not leaving tire tracks in the field, one other thing is go at an angle when your running your digger so the trash from the prior years crop doesnt bunch up like it does. Not knit picking just tryna help out a fellow young farmer. Good luck to you and god bless
I’m 12 and I love farming and this week we just put up a new grain been and I drive a 8970 John deer tractor we have about 25 tractors are farm has been very successful
Loving your videos man! We’re all glad to be on this journey with you
Good work ! Watch those markers close . That grass from the waterway can bunch up and can bend the arm even after the shear bolt has broken . Also I watched my grandfather drive close to our seed truck and he cut a 4 inch slice down the whole side of the truck . When he finally noticed what went on he moved the truck 6 feet he couldn't feel it in the tractor. With soybean stubble it works best to use a disk or vertical tillage tool to cut and mulch the trash because the cultivator just drags it around and leaves piles which makes the row units on the planter bounce and can cause seed depth and seed to soil contact issues. Great job keep on keeping on!
You are inspiring so many people including me, a 16 year old new Yorker keep up the great work!!
Grant, know that all of your fans will always support you and make sure you make it to the top because you never say I can't or I won't its always I can or I will and it inspires many to become a farmer. And just a reminder we all appreciate how much work you put into youtube and make us all entertained by your content, so never give up in bad times and push through like you always do.
Hey grant I’ve been watching for over 3 years gals to see you come so far from sim to Irl proud of y’all stay safe
Always keep that smile and spirit, never let haters have the time of day in your mind and keep on keepin on. Not every farmer is your friend unfortunately, ask me how I know. Stay safe, remember that slower and smooth is fast, rough and fast is expensive🤣.good luck. Hope to get land soon, then an 8400 or 8410 eventually, pay it off then start myself. Rock on.
with a 2014 case 1255, 16 row on a 2014 case 235 magnum i go about 6 mph. and on beans, wheat, canola, i do about 7.5 mph with a 2020 case 4000 50 foot no till, and a 3555 cart on a 2015 600 quad. Its so exciting watching you learn how to farm. Keep up the good work, and i wish you the best of luck
hello I'm watching your videos here in Brazil, I'm also a farmer like you, I also started a farm that has been a dream since my school days, I wish you all the best, congratulations on your willingness and determination to do something that you really believe in
Please do not give this man any hate because we was all starting from nothing to
Welllllll..... Grant has a slight advantage over most. He had worked (and risked!) his way into finances that make it easy to start farming. But I do appreciate his work ethic to make his dream come true. It's much more desirable than seeing someone complaining and giving up because things aren't easy for them in the chase for their dreams.
I cant believe this I literally watched you so much when you first started squad farms on fs17 now look where you are from a desk to a tractor. Really great!!!
I’m late to the channel grant, been watching your fs22 videos and it led me here. Super awesome to see the progression as I catch up on the videos. I’m a 3rd generation farmer but my dad got out of farming and sold all his land when I was really young. My brother and I started out renting 25 acres 10 years ago and slowly rented more every year and finally last year we bought our own 250 acres. Sure is tough getting started in the farming business. Can’t wait to see where your at in 10 years.
I recommend you both are the bosses of your farm, if one person is the boss. That’s usually how family farms fall apart
Thanks for recording all of this!!!
Its cool to watch someone work towards their dream, and I do mean work
Grant, your speed is right, 8 or 9th Gear 1980 RPM, 4.5 -5.2 mph for proper spacing, least amount of double,s and skips. plus if its rough they bounce more causing poor seed placement, gotta watch your units, (top of boxes) for a clue to the ride, then adjust your speed accordingly. you find the down pressure spring settings? time stamp754: your 2nd knuckle on you index finger is how deep your corn seed should be (never less than 2"), the first knuckle, soybeans. . Oh, if you look around the mounting area of the marker, there should be extra shear bolts bolted on somewhere there. Above all, Enjoy the time working together with the family and Have fun!
Keep up the great work and live your dream of being a farmer great job
I am so happy you got to do what your dream was congratulations
We farm in southwest Indiana. Bought a brand new 8210 in 2001. 8110 thru 8410 is the exact same tractor. Same frame, same engine, same trans, same diffs, same everything. Only difference is the computer. You can safely turn yours up. We did and she's still going strong at 7800 hours. Might want to look into that
hey mate from Australia loving the vids im 33 when i was a kid i remember dad bringing the brand new 8400 home and ive allways loved those tractors look better then the new ones to me...
They sounds so good!
Just a little tip put your marker down when you get past the headlands. John deere combines are known for bunching up bean stubble.
Most people chisel plow for residue so it gets incorporated and can break down over the winter, and a chisel plow helps with compaction.
Cool this days must have been unreal for you, to be farming on your field, congrats 👍
Awesome. You are going about the right speed for planting. Remember the faster you go the more stuff you are going to break. Have fun guys and keep safe!!
You're doing a great job Grant. I've never been so tired at the end of the day working the farm, yet never had such wonderful satisfaction. One hour on the farm brought more life to my soul than forty hours in a factory. I can see Grant Hilbert is going to be one of the best farmers. Keep up this adventure in farming. It's young farmers like you that make us old farmers so proud.
I’m proud of you Grant! Keep going you’re awesome!
Awesome video Grant!
Hey man, I run 7mph planting beans because the singulation is not at critical as it is in corn. But with corn John Deere designed the seed tube for 5mph. Meaning that at 5mph the kernel of corn is suppose to fall down the tube and never touch the sides of the tube and give you perfect singulation. Also, it’s pretty awesome to see someone who has always wanted to farm, but wasn’t raised on a farm start their own farm! Hard business to get into with all the high overhead costs! Good luck man👍🏼
We have had the same problem of stalks bunching up with our cultivator and it is all because of the harrows. Though it’s quite a bit of work replacing them and some minor tweaking, rollers are worth the investment. Love the vids man keep them on rollin
It so nice to see a new generation going in to farming
It’s good how there is still stuff left on the feild yes it’s painful to plant with but that will break down and be good for soil nutrients and the previous person doing no till is smart it saves money and time and is healthier for your soil
Your going to enjoy pioneer. When planting corn on corn make sure you have plenty of fertilizer
This morning we planted 400 acres of soybeans, custom farming for someone whose had bad luck with rainouts etc... They were planting corn, myself and one employee, with some help from my daughter were running 2 9RT580's with a 60-150 tuners (not deleted) pulling DB-90 ExactEmerge customized planters on 20" spacing. Not applying any chemicals, although my planters are capable of it, but the farm owner is going to go back and spray with his sprayer later. The farmer who hired us was doing all the seed tending.
Average speed, I hit 11.4, the other unit 10.8. average MPH. Scary, because I don't know the fields, don't know if I'm going to hit a rock or a tile blow out, but it was perfectly prepared and I was scanning with bino's while the autosteer did its thing. I charged $15/acre and used my own fuel and one employee, but all we had to do is drive and make sure everything was set up and working correctly.
Nice to see a family work well together
Hey grant I think that globe is an itc and if you were looking for auto steer you should ask a local Deere dealer for a box to make the globe work
I don't know if you have the equipment yet for mapping but if you do you can map the fields and water ways. That way when you cross a water way you can keep your planter down and it should stop planting and your row marker should stay down. But once you get everything on auto steer you won't need the row markers. God bless and stay safe.
We run about 5 mph. Until a few years ago we didn’t have auto steer and days where very long. Now that we have auto steer it is easy to plant 15-16 hours straight. I have a lot of respect for people that still use markers because I have been there and done that.
you look so excited to do what you love, and i also just started planting my second time in my life in my fields and im 14.
Kudos for getting seed in the ground for the first time! May I suggest you go pick up a 100gal diesel transfer tank for your pickup bed? Save yourself the headache of having to drive your rig to the fuel station. 😉
Hey man I’d highly recommend getting the guidance going on your tractor with the atu steering you have in there it’d be very simple. You can either get an itc extend for your current globe or find a starfire 3000. You’ll also need a sf1 activation on your screen. It will make learning the ropes a lot easier you’ll be more free to pay attention and take care of other things in the cab freeing your hands.
I learnt for my first season this year that if you run at 1800 rpm rather than wide ass open you save fuel! Especially when your operating a case magnum
I’d recommend getting AgLeader auto steer stuff I think that would help a lot
That John Deere has some power grant
at the end of this year you and spencer should come up with a 5 year plan for the farm. it be interesting if you both build a house or buy a farm with a house in the future.
Thanks for having us along, Grand and Spencer. Keep it going...
So cool and happy seeing you chase your dreams farming. My twin brother and I are first generation farmers as well so I know how it feels learning everything the hard way and trying to figure out everything on your own.
Keep up man! Don't mind if takes "too" long. You're learning, doing great!
One thing that I have observed from helping Farm for a season, is you want to have a toolbox with all the right hammers and wrenches and pins and bolts and nuts and assume that some thing is going to break every time you use it or get ready to. I don’t know why, but it seems like with agricultural equipment, some thing is always breaking. It shouldn’t, because it supposed to be designed to do the work that it is supposed to do without breaking, but for some reason that’s never seeming to be the case.
Also, suggest buying a disk to run before cultivating to eliminate bunching up of trash! Wish you best of luck!!
great job. inspiring and awesome to see u hop right in to it all. from Kingston ON
Here in Illinois it’s a little to wet to plant just make sure to always do 3 passes around the end rows
congrats on your first planting season. I think you'll find that farming is basically 10% operating machinery and 90% minor inconveniences, repairs and maintenance, paperwork, cussing, smashing your knuckles on everything, getting covered in every type of oil and chemical and grease you have, pondering life and drastic increase in the cost of farm operation, and then getting up the next day to do it again because despite all that there's something about it that makes you wanna do it.
I'm looking into an agricultural degree for farming in the future so it's pretty cool seeing all of the start up process. Much love keep up the great work!
Great video! Very inspiring. I help my brother plant and harvest our family farm in Illinois that my great great grandfather settled in the 1800s. Seems like you are off to a great start! Keep up the good work.
You need to get two tractors so you can get more feild work done but I am glad for you ceap on your hard work and keep farming
Good on ye guys.love the videos.🙋♀️👍🍀🙏🏻
Hey bud congrats on your first farm you look like you are having the time of your life out there my best of wishes I’ll pray for you and your crops
I’ve never planted myself, but back in the 90’s I rode with grandpa planting on his 3020 and 7000 4 row. We clipped along in 4th or 5th I think. It was an old synchro Deere.
Living a dream grant keep up the good work 👏
I’m running a jd 1790 planter. Tank feed. We run about 6 mph. But use to run the same planter your running 1780. Row box planter. Looks like your planter wheel drivin. Do your boundaries first about 3 passes. Gives you plenty of room to turn around. If u have any more questions just pm me
God bless you Grant, praying for a great first crop!
That is awesome! I farm in Saskatchewan Canada. I usually run the seeder around 5-6 mph with a 60 foot John Deere air drill behind a case 535 Steiger. Love the videos