Harvest Is Over. Now What?
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Working on your equipment when you're not using it as always fun to watch. So are your house renovation ! 👍
Not that you haven’t already thought this Cole but make sure you paint those metal poles in that old fence line a bright color you will see when crops or grass may be high. That would suck to hit one of those. ❤
Actually, there is part of field mapping software which allows for entry of field obstructions...maybe not the easiest/most important entries to make...but potentially money savers when you consider possible equipment downtime/repair costs from indigestion/regurgitation of same in/through it.
Just take fencing completely out no need for grass way an wipes out weeds no need to farm around post just something to hit out there
@Jay Thomas - Having a mowed track of grass allows great access all round the fields, also they don't farm both sides of the fence line on many fields so it's a beneficial boundary & finally farmers care about the countryside & the wildlife so areas like these are extremely good for the environment in general. 😉
Attach a field tile flag to them in addition to bright paint.
@@jaythomas4695 he is leaving the poles to show boundary to someone else's farm.
Cole your grandfather would be so proud with what you have done to the farm. Great job and I love listening to your future plans.
I love seeing and hearing your thoughts on efficiency. Pretty cool to see you maximize what you already have!
Yall make me nervous walking on top of the bins..
I hope yall can rest post harvest.
Turkey day is coming soon..
Hope to see some mansion updates soon.
Have a safe week..
Me, too! I hope those catwalks on the bins are safer than they appear in the video.
The auger that pulls out of the pit doesn't have much belt contact with the small pulley. It needs an idler on the 'non-tension' side of the belts.
Cole that was a great nod to chemistry class. As a nurse I had to take chemistry/organic chemistry and applied those principals daily in my 35+ yr career. Until today I never thought about those principals applying to other things like dirt. Now I think I understand more and I’m gonna change up some things in my garden next year. 💡💡💡
Farmings sure changed, I remember my grandpa telling me the fence line( hedge row is what we called it) was the best land on the farm. Its where all the berries grew! Always found a Sunday supper there too, he always came back with a quail, rabbit or some critter when he went hunting the hedgerow! Plus he said more importantly when dryer temps hit, stops the good topsoil from blowing away. Different times, I think they where better but whos to say?
They certainly have a use for keeping some wildlife alive in these big monocrop areas.
I know you want to be efficient but do you not care or have any responsibilities to Mother Nature or her critters.. The world has not become a better place for mankind as we drive every other species to extinction. You are such a caring, good family, I don’t understand this push to remove any diversity from the land you tend.
as a 'former' farm kid sure can understand the desire for bigger fields, planted lots of shelterbelts to protect the top soil and provide needed habitat---plus those wild plums-------will have to take a drive when the winds start blowing across those hills
Grain bins seem to be a major headache so far! Stay safe!
Understatement of the year. 😢
They can be a headache. Most farmers don't realize how much more work they can be, which is why the a lot of guys still use a coop/elevator. Like anything, if you want the efficiency of doing it yourself, you have to deal with the headaches as well.
Hey Cole a nice tip that we do on our property line poles is putting a white pvc pole on the post and it makes it much easier just a nice tip.
Loved the tour of all the fields so soon after harvest. I thought it was cool to see where the rows were and how the patterns roll and follow the contours of the land. Your explanations regarding plans plus breaking down terms used so us city folk can understand are so helpful. You’re a great teacher! Stay safe. ❤
Cole, thank you for updating us about what you, DC and Cooper will be working on next. I realize that soil testing, tiling and recontouring are important to do before the ground freezes but I really hope you get a chance to remove some of nuisance posts and barbed wire. Cleaning up the borders gives me the warm fuzzies because I love to see well-maintained, productive fields (unfortunately there are a lot of abandoned pastures in our area that are overgrown with weeds, which breaks my heart).
A tour of that old scrap yard and buildings would be a way cool video!!!!!
DC going down the rickety ladder atop the bins...oh...we've got a grave to dig tomorrow. 😬💙
Your OCD and mine should go head to head, but you have the amazing family backup. One week of a Cole, Dad and Cooper our horse farm would be tip top… love the channel! ✊
Hay Cole could you give us an update on the cracks in the cement have a great day bye😀
How’s the grass coming along cole and the inside of the house renovation I know the bins are priority and the farm but some renovation videos are nice to see as well
Refining your fields to make farming more efficient is a smart idea Cole. Your education and experience is certainly paying off. Anxious to see the progress in getting the waterways and washouts smoothed out enough to mow and combine next to. Keep the videos coming! 😎
Hey y'all ! Daddy corn star...I think you are one of the nicest people I know of...you're a really good egg ! Your sons and daughter are blessed having you for a dad ! Grandpa is smiling down on all of you ! Such a great team effort goin on with all of you ! You each bring so much to the table for smooth operations...even when there's a glitch in the system of which none of you had any control over. 🥴 it's always a pleasure to watch your videos...thank you for sharing with us ! God bless your every day corn star family ! We admire and appreciate all of your hard work and planning ! 👍
The lack of guarding and poor work process (guard rails, ineffective welds, etc) should be more than enough for AGI to be charged under the Safety Act. The lack of safety that I have seen in just a few seconds should see that company investigated and charged.
Great listening to you think about your ideas of the farm. Your one smart farmer
That elevation change on a fence line also comes from the fence line catching dirt from winds. Also good fences make good neighbors.
Great video. I do love to see the next improvements. You've come so far and done so much. I miss the shop days and DC's rambles. So many business and formal videos.
Hi Nave, hope you are well. I enjoyed seeing your dad! How cool was that!! So neat to have him help out.
Congratulations on all that is happened and yet to take place. I miss seeing you.
Contour the field to reduce erosion. All the barrels laying around makes farm look like a toxic waste site. Maybe Cooper could weld a rack for the barrels with access using forklift to add or remove?
Here in North Carolina if you put up a fence or plant trees along a property line ,,code says it must be at least five feet on your side of said property line,,you can not make a fence on the property line.
I remember when DC and Sable where talking about removing the barbwire fences to open up the field hope you guys can do that.
Congratulations on finishing harvest 2022 .
I’m a 70 year old young sole and wish I had your future so I could see, experience what you and your family will have accomplish in the next 30 years. America is NOT going to hell in a hand basket. Your generation will carry on very well, because your father and grandpa John have laid the ground work you. So teach your kids the history. Now carry on Cole.
Time for the house to get done! Needs to be done for Little Mama and Baby Cornstar!
What…did I miss some major events in the Cornstar family??? Can’t believe I watch them all🤔🤦♀️
@@darlenehanfmann896 Cole finally got married. There was no video on this channel about it.
What??!!
@@shouston894 He is pretty sneaky! Go back a couple videos, you never see her below the shoulders!
Are you also thinking shotgun wedding?! I'm betting they got married because they got pregnant.
I like the way you think. I enjoy listening to your ideas to make your farm more efficient. I can’t wait to hear from this year’s crop numbers. I wish you would do a video explaining selling your crops through the Board of Trade. Keep up the very interesting and informative videos.
I think he's done one on that before. You may want to check out some of his old videos.
What about the house? Love watching cleaning of the equipment and renovations of the house!
If there are any cemeteries you dig Graves at close by and you have good dirt there you could get or when you dig new Graves you could use your dump truck to brig in the dirt to fill in low spots or ravines especially if it's good top soil
We have a Huge Rock in Our Feild. We had the Top blown off with Dynamite, but it is so Big that it is still there.
That's a very wise idea to improve the property you already have to make it more productive.
I hope you're able to video some of Ron's work when he works on those waterways for you.
Do you have to put tile in all the waterways you smooth out or only certain ones ?
Better get a sign that says " caution falling owls "... I sure hope you can get these grain bun issues corrected .
want to make more money pull those fences out but instead of plantng beans or corn up to the line, plant a strip of pollinator plants that also will be great nesting cover for pheasants, quail ect. and attrack the honey bees to get better polination and youll have just as much or more corn or beans then ripping everything out and haveing bare ground just a thought
I always wondered why you guys haven't invested in your own small bulldozer. I would think it'd be just as cost efficient to have the equipment to do some of the smaller field maintenance things yourself, like repairing the smaller washouts and smoothing out any high or low spots in the fields. Then you could just have Ron focus on doing the bigger maintenance jobs and upgrades. I'm guessing its a matter of not having time to do field/waterway maintenance yourself on top of the planning, planting, and harvesting related operations.
I was just going to comment the same thing. Nothing huge but bigger than a Bobcat.
And don't forget....their time digging graves...
It's cheaper to pay someone to do dozer work then owning one and doing the maintenance work and it's a tax right off that's what we do
Try a toothed belt, we use them in all our blower, belt high torque settings. More up front but almost no down time or fire hazards. They either work or fail, no slipping or burning!
Not to wax too very sentimental but would to God, every boy had a dad like Cole's dad with the relationship these two men have. This is video fully illustrates why our rural types on these farms throughout our country are known to be the salt of the earth, for the most part.
Yes!, Yes! Yes!....salt of the earth!....wonderful relationship between father and sons.....love it!
@@debbiewood3819 Every time I'm given the privilege to witness this type of lifestyle and can see and can almost feel the fulness of life that it provides, is the best way I can put it, I can't help but think about the difference such a lifestyle would have had on some of these inner-city kids, specifically, if they would have had not only the environment but also parents, both a mom and a dad, like Cole has. We see the dad and the son, and we can see the mom in their demeanor as well.
@@oscarwindham6016 Personally I see People overloaded with debt and spend like no tomorrw. I live in the middle of bean and corn fields and see them come and go. Buy bigger equipment then need more land. Get more land need bigger equipment. Then they are having an auction selling everything! Good luck chasing money and materialistic things.
What???
@@zaney1956 You completely missed my point or at least the very negative aspect of farming for too many good people, as you just described, has affected you so that you are having a difficult time seeing the positive and you will get no disagreement here. My dad moved his family of eight from New Orleans to the red clay hills of Mississippi when I was about twelve and for the next couple of years it was and still remains the best years of my life and I am now seventy-one. We survived on tomato gravy and rice and my mom's biscuits and the sheer joy of that lifestyle for me was so great that it clouded my sense of accepting the reality of just how poor we really were until my thirties, but the point is that my dad just couldn't make a go of farming despite being expert at growing anything and it was back to New Orleans, and I've been stuck in the city ever since. However, when I win that $1.9 billion powerball jackpot tonight I'm going to buy myself a farm and just keep on farming until the money is all gone, as the old saying goes.
Congrats on a successful and safe harvest!!👍🏻
Easier way to remove a fence is with an excavator with a single tooth hook. You can get below the post and push it up vs breaking it off. Also then it is easier to pull out the wire in the dirt. Visibility it much better. We’ve pulled miles of old fence. Good luck.
Hi Cole , It seems to me that You going to college has made a huge difference for your Family's Farm . I have to smile when you are explaining the ins and outs of things ! The view of the Farm looks amazing from your new silos.
We have an own on our deck. Our outside cat sits next to it and they look like twins. Once we had a squirrel sitting on top chewing on a nut.
I'm a grain marketer for farmers and farm myself in SW Minnesota. You did a solid job explaining how the options work! Some farmers really struggle with understanding why we advise them to do certain options strategies. It has been great for my customers not dedicating the grain to a specific elevator because basis levels have improved drastically.
Our farm was red clay ..
Baked like a brick in the summer..
But , we always got plenty of rain & sun mix . We always had to add lime to bring the ph in line..
So our corn crops were nearly always very good..
As teenagers , my brother & I leased river bottom land (600 acres) and the soil was black with a good mix of sand..
My dad said , this is rich soil & you boys can plant ..
We did . We used an old planter from the 50's & both our tractors were Farmall's from the 50's ..
It was a horrible crop .
We barely recovered our investment..
After harvest our FFA teacher hooked us up getting the soil tested thru the county extension office & we were lucky it grew even weeds ..we told our FFA teacher that our dad said black river bottom soil was go for planting...
Ha ..he just looked at us with a blank look .
So we had the trucks come in & spread our fields .
The nxt spring we bought an old planter that was a nightmare of sprockets , chains & bearings . We set in fixing & replacing old worn parts...
But this planter also dropped fert in the rows...
We were just young boys, so all this farming meant selling our cows & whatever else to finance seed , fert & to correct our ph levels , which were horrible..
We borrowed a friends John deer 4 row combine & grain truck , bought a screw conveyor to get it in the silo's , that were not made of steel , but some kind of brick tile..
We had a fantastic crop & made some decent money..
We had a 2 yr lease & we did not renew it ..
One year was a bust & the nxt basically paid us minimum wage for the hours we put in ...
So hats off to you grain farmers...
It seems its feast or famine mostly dependent on the weather ..
We went back to cattle & hay ...Although we did grow corn when we got older , it went into our feed with a couple other grains we grew ..
My brother & I are near retirement age & we just sold our last 100 acre spread ...
I would'nt change a thing..
Place a piece of 2" PVC pipe over the steel post,makes a good marker.We mark tile outlets that way. 👍
Time to attack that grain bin situation in a massive way what an absolute catastrophe
attack you mean?
You said it I was thinking it..... 1st bin most of been Deere Combine.....lol
Congrates on having harvest done. Ever consider what you are paying Ron would make a good payment on a used dozer for you?? Just a thought!! Stay safe always!!
See ya next spring. Darn grain farmers always on vacation until 4 months out of the year. 2 in the spring and 2 in the fall.
Really like your process about becoming more efficient by fixing the water ways sometimes bigger is not always better
Very good video. You commented on something I have been told before and that is the cleanness of the sample from a red combine compared to a green one.
When you have three or more belts like that you should buy a " Matched " set, That way they are perfectly the same length. If they are not a matched set two could be pulling and one slacking off, That could be your problem of burning belts in the pit.
Fix the sinking grain bin
I bet having more area for Cooper's hay and alfalfa business will make him happy.
Get some cut resistant gloves for the barb wire. They even make cold weather ones!
while you rip out the wooden posts...spray reflective paint on the top part of the metal ones...especially after mentioning ripping around on an ATV
Simply brilliant and I'm betting in less than ten years time we are going to see some amazing things at Corn Star Farms.
Truly educational and inspirational in this one Cole you had some big ideas that are going to pay dividends once you get them all done.
God Bless our farmers as they feed the world and are the salt of the earth...
Cole time sramp 18:03 if you burn that area you pointed out and lef it turn to ash and charcoal, then add char to that area every year you will eventually make that a small mohill which then you can drive a tracktor on and plant more. Burn logs down to the charcoal dont let it turn to ash and put the burnt logs down do that area and do that every year. that will build up to a nice productive area one day. Look into the char program with char burnt logs to charcoal basically is on of the best fertilizers you can ever find. That area may not need fertilizer for a long time to come char has tons of nutrients in it.
if you make your now 20 Miles fencelines ~10ft wide, so cooper could acutally mow them with an tractor with an front PRO and front mower.. that would add another 25 acres to his haying operation, and will keep the gras strips very clean of weeds since its mowed 2-3 times a year regulary. ..
Another good video Cole !!! Glad you are done with harvest , good luck with all your future endeavors on making your farm more efficient
Fence lines: how are you going to level them if you are leaving a post in every now and then. And if you have to leave the grass strip wide enough on the side of the post to get by it, why not just do that now?
Scrap: prices are dropping on metal scrap so they are probably in no rush right now. But with the Mississippi level being low and a possible railroad strike, prices might increase in December.
Paint the metal boundary post with a night time luminous paint
Congrats on a great sounding harvest , must have had great weather . Here in northern Ontario Canada we had a week of hard rain and snow , wasn't even good to go deer hunting . Looks like some bugs to work out with the bin system guess that will work out in time eh ? Be safe crawling around them . Regards to all
I hope your channel is around for many many years as I have seen so many changes since the beginning it excites me to see your future plans on the channel
From that vid of where the weld broke with DC. Everytime you walk on the bins it really makes you wonder
I really enjoyed watching this video, well thought out plans, there's nothing wrong about planning. Big thumbs up. The gangway on top of the bins are doggie door doo. Way too dangerous to be up there, an extra step or two won't hurt either. I saw DC kind of struggle with them on a previous video. Let's se what the winter break brings on
I appreciate your attention to all the details and think you have an amazing farm. I do disagree with your dislike of trees and fence lines. It’s critical habit for wildlife, cuts down on wind driven erosion and helps with waterway filtering. With the vast wide open farm land some is helpful and can’t really be that much of a burden I’d give it a second consideration where it makes sense.
Kinda waiting to see if AGI will actually show up and fix everything. Not just a couple things... Lots of repairs to be done.
I wonder if they he big AGI signs are still on the bins. Really great advertising for them
It's really good to see a responsible farm. Always taking care of the prosprous gifts that God has given. NICE JOB. 🏆
Cole, you will make a great Dad! I love it when you work with Daddy Cornstar!
amazing content!i gotta say man iv just found your channel, you an daddy cornstar an a few other you show are some very entertaining people you guys are fun to watch!
The elevation change in the fence could also be a blowded ridge as we call it. Because the grass will stop wind soil erotion.... otherwise it ends up in the ditches.
Brown as the eye can see. You’d think about using cover crops when you’re talking about soil health.
Wow I appreciate farmer's more and more everyday and thank you for feeding us too.
My advice on fence lines and property markers, don’t leave anything in the middle. Just make sure you have a really good marker at each end of the line. With auto steer it’s easy enough to find the points in the middle again. And you’ll curse all those posts along the way mowing
Wow! You have a lot on your mind that's for sure. I think it will save time and money plus y'all would not need to be on the road as much with the equipment. I like the way you think.
The hampers are spinning the wheels in you're head.
See ya next time.
Cole do you geolocate all your soil test sites? Best way to understand if you are mining or improving your soil nutrients is by coming back to the same position in your fields. It will provide you with confidence when making nutrition adjustments and long term soil history for the future. Great work by you and the family.
Please extend the height of the handrail on the grain bin before someone falls over. Chain link fence rail and some of the clamps for chain link would be an easy quick fix.
Great to see you are focused on making your farm more efficient,kudos Cole👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hi Cole, you have some good ideas for the future improvements of your farming operations, as I look back a few years through your TH-cam content its truly amazing the changes that have been made, almost unrecognisable. You are truly making good progress & we can see farming is your absolute passion, your Grandfather is surely looking from above & must be full of pride & joy at all the time & effort you expend on keeping what was once his passion alive, well done Cole, you are truly blessed. 🙏🇬🇧
Hello! Work never stops...
look at lexel for your sealing around the tubes. I used some around my air lock seemed to work great!
U need to come to Vermont our fields are small 100 acres is huge there all kinds that are 5,10 or 20 acres try getting anything done quick dont happen
I'm sure u get alot of comments about the new bin site. U guys do a great job stepping lightly, because i'm sure legal reasons, yet ur great also at pointing out what a crap job they did on alot of this in the nicest way possible, shows great restraint!. Even keeled to say the least. Most people would be ranting and raging about this situation.
Puts and calls. Your taking me back to my days of studying for my securities license exams. Good times!
There is NO WAY I would go up on those sketchy bins without a safety harness.
Could you imagine the amount of free fertilizer (compost) the farm would have if you ground up and spread out the wood chips, from removing a Grove instead of burning all the goodness.
Super show cole so enjoying to watch from east central Minnesota thanks again.
For those fence lines, after u get the fences pulled. Tryin ur best to get all the barbed wire out first, rent a Fecon forestry mower for your skidsteer, I'm assuming that jcb is high flow. It would make that job sooooo quick!
For the tiling a guy has a machine that dropes a tube to redirect water and it is very fast
A great explanation of how efficiency gains can help farmers get people fed, and how you are seeking such gains without expanding inefficient methods.
Episodes like this where we get to hear the way you conceptualize strategies for increased efficiency are super interesting stories in their own way because they provide a whole arc from your initial deductions drawn from the landscape and prior experience to then weave it out into a full on plan. Great content.
I totally get that this is a commercial farm building on efficiency, but doesn't the removal of trees, fences, and berms increase the probability of wind based erosion? I would have thought that the occasional wind break would help in that regard.
A used barb wire roller for your skid steer would be helpful maybe you could rent one. There is a youtube video with one of the roller's that say's it will roll 10000 ft in a few hours.
That was really good nice to see another side of the farm
Call the builders about silos and manufacture back as it needs to be looked at before winter
You have so many waterways that need working, maybe find your own used dozer.
Hi Cole, talking about the lost of land use from the water runoff, have you looked into filling them in using French drain to bring these areas into production?
You need to borrow Cole Sonne's barbed-wire rolling machine that attaches to the skid loader.
Should watch some of Sonne Farms videos. Now they know what they are doing with fences, whether putting them up or pulling them down 😉
I feel so bad for you guys with the grain bin saga. You try to do everything right and you get stung by shotty workers. Hope you get it all sorted out and made safe. When you were on top of that bin walking and it wasn't fastened properly, ouch. Accident waiting to happen. Be safe!!