Clean Up and a Bad Back
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- I Broke my Back and some other stuff.... The dryer is clean, The machinery is clean and put away, and I took the MAIN STAGE AT A BOWLING ALLEY. Don't forget to order your Millennial Farmer Merchandise for Christmas!
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Zach Johnson, the “Millennial Farmer” is a 5th-generation farmer who’s spent his life growing, working, and learning on his family’s farm. His wit and dry sense of humor appeal to children and adults alike. A product of the millennial generation, his appreciation of new technology blends with his old-fashioned work ethic, and he offers a unique ability to deliver his message in a way that resonates with lifelong farmers as well as those with no knowledge of agriculture.
With growing consumer awareness about where their food comes from, Zach has identified the need for an independent voice from the front lines of agriculture. Zach actively promotes agriculture by sharing his day-to-day experiences in the agriculture world while providing farmer-to-farmer education to help facilitate a collaborative conversation between farmers and the public.
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I just want to take a moment to say THANK YOU to all you farmers out there! Every since I've been following this channel (around the 10-20k subs, almost 2 years ago) I have learned some awesome stuff from you and other channels. Very grateful for the information you provided, the laughs and farm life drama, but also honestly looking to you all as an example. Man, I admit it with no pride to swallow, instead a pride to follow! Again, greatly appreciate you guys and all the great examples you have shown us! Stay safe out there fellers! ...and feller-ettes. (Wtfarmgirl) Also, this ain't blowing no wind in anyone's bin, just stating the facts here. 😉👍
Awesome thank you!!
Zack when is the next video going up
@@MillennialFarmer you're a great actor...and make some shirts worthy of 2-3 hard season's abuse... If I can wear it, I can swear it.
The timelapse of cleaning the inside of the dryer looks like what I imagine sticking a GoPro in a washing machine to look like
He should do that
I think I have watched 300 videos in the past few weeks. I knew nothing about farming and now I pass a farm in California and know what the equipment is, I never would have noticed before. You’re an interesting and funny guy Zach, great to watch 👍
Take it from a 54yr old who had his 3rd back surgery 6yrs ago at age 48 that didn't work and now in agonizing pain: STOP JUMPING OFF OF THINGS AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR BACK !!
Once you wreck it, life as you know changes forever. Great video, thumbs up.
I love seeing the interest in family farms that you're experiencing. I give presentations based on my book, Midwest Maize, and when I tell people that more than 90 percent of all corn is grown on family farms, there is always a big gasp. A few people aren't surprised, but most are stunned. It is astonishing how little people know about where food comes from.
I've never been around a dryer but a shop vac comes to mind.
I was thinking of a super long piece of Hose too..
It better be an explosion proof vacuum. Corn dust is combustible. It doesn't take much to ignite it.
They need to look into the "dust collection" equipment for large woodworking operations. The tech to handle that grain dryer is "off the shelf" today. Similar to grain vacs but more nimble.
@@nicholasgallington1417 Any and all dust is combustible in the right air-fuel mix. Let's be honest here, it simply doesn't make sense to buy or make something for a job that you have to do once a year on in the off season.
@@jamesoliver6625 a huge dust deputy and a big baril. and a shop vac is enough
Zack, Take some time this winter and rest and enjoy the family and don't worry about content. Thanks for all the content this year that shows everyone what you and all the other farmers go through to feed all of us and thank you for being willing to do that. Hope you and your family that a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Congrats on being recognized by FOX for what you do getting the message out on your channel, on what farmers do and accomplish
As a fellow farmer thanks for trying to put a positive spin on agriculture with all you do. I know you are educating a lot of folks that have no clue what goes on behind the scenes plus after a aggravating day on the farm here this fall you bring a little comic relief to us all... thanks keep up the good work
I feel ya on the bad back brotha....winter is tough on my back because I'm not out working and moving all day long on the farm...rainy days keep me inside....looking forward to meeting ya this weekend in San Antonio!
Awesome to see you keeping all your equipment cleaned up plus the grain dryer. Keeping equipment clean also helps you to see if it needs repair work done and having it fixed to the next year of planting and harvesting again the next year. I love to see the interviews you do with other people. Thanks for sharing all your interesting Video's
Kudos to you for getting the message out. Many if not most people have no idea who and what farming is about. Keep up the good work
Nice to see a clean John Deere! Like my uncle says, “They look good in their work clothes and they look good all dressed up.”
Glad “Off the Husk” will continue.
It feels like just yesterday I was watching the tractors being washed after harvest. Years fly by. I’m sure you’re happy this harvest is over
Zack, Becky, and family. Thank you! I've enjoyed each moment of the couple of years which you have invited us into your world.
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Back in the 1980's, I had the fortune of picking up a book of drawings from a fellow in your region. Bob Artley was the editorial cartoonist for the Austin, MN newspaper. I was born in 1952, a true boomer. My parents were Kentucky sharecroppers who were the children of farmers. I grew up in a time when I can remember "admiring" the southend of a northbound mule. We were still cultivating and harvesting crops with the aid of true horsepower. As I grew from the Allis Chalmers WD and the powerful Ferguson 35 (before Massey) to the JD 4020, to the Case 1270, before I was forced from the farm by family causes, like Mr. Artley's generation before me, we saw American agriculture change before our eyes. I am saying all this with a sense of pride for you and your peers. So proud of you!! Thank you for not just sharing, but letting us live through your hard and long hours.
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Zach, just a quick ‘thank you’ for all of your content putting out what you do can’t be an easy task at all, no less family and farming at the same time. Super interesting, informative, and fun! I’m a very non-farmer, and I’ve really enjoyed your insight into what farmers do for our country. Thanks again!
Zach, Buy yourself a QUALITY INVERSION TABLE...it’ll help with your back. And stretch more when you’re sitting all day!
I wouldn't mind seeing some winter shop work on the race cars
Agreed 👍
100%!
Yes
We'll see....!
@@MillennialFarmer obviously alot of the super secret go-fast and set up stuff cant be shown but just random work n beer conversation would be neat to see if you get a chance.
Zach i hope your back ends up feeling better and keeps you Vertical!! My family and I love you and your family even though we have not met. Best of luck with planting this year and thank you so much for all of your content that You and Mrs.MN post for us!!!
I am a part time grain cart driver in lower Michigan. I enjoy watching you videos and seeing your operation Thanks
The big America cart is tucked way back in the corner like you don’t want it to leave
I noticed that as well.
Once you have a tracked cart you will do anything to not go back to tires
Was literally just about to type that myself
Caleb Diefendorf outta sight, outta mind......he hopes....maybe no one will notice it there. Here’s hoping for
I love John Deere. I said to my boss, shining green paint stay in the shed and any other brand stay out of the shed
It's great that farmers have an advocate like you to get them what they need
Congratulations on 400K!!!!
Merry Christmas to you, Becky and the entire family!
Glad to hear that your back is getting better!! Keep up the good work that you and your family do! Your videos are awesome!!
That pressure washing was so satisfying.
It certainly was!! Just like mowing a rough lawn!!
@@MillennialFarmer 🤘
More “off the husk” please Zack it’s keeping me Sane as Christmas music is trying to do the reverse over here in the UK. Love Off the Husk it’s awesome 👍👍👍
Whatever content you create over the winter months will be greatly appreciated.
Odd/random farming content is always welcome
Thank you and your family for what you do!
Two things: 1, I, along with others I’m sure, would love to see simple vlogs throughout the winter of whatever. Just to stay up to speed with you and your family. Second, HOW has a tv station or somebody NOT picked you up yet for an actually tv show/series? You are very entertaining and I could totally see you hosting a “dirty jobs with mike Rowe” kinda show. It’d be amazing and I’d watching the heck outta it.
We've had a few offers for "reality TV" but we're just not interested in that. We like things how they are. And I'll definitely keep you all updated, just not daily. I do update my Instagram more frequently if you happen to be on that, but I won't leave my YT people hanging!!
Millennial Farmer I follow you on all social media... don’t mind the fact that that sounds alittle creepy lol
Zach, Hey are you ever going to have follow up to the 2 part video with your Dad regarding the farm. I love hearing your Dad talk about the past, sounds like such a genuine and honest man.
Great Video's from the farming season. Hope you & the whole family have a wonderful Christmas and a prosperous new year.
One word, ...Chiropractor. Some are quacks, mines is NOT. My Internist is a good guy but for my back he was useless. Chiro helped me 100% the first day on an issue that was 6-7 years in the making. It took a few once a week visits to get the two lumbar vertebrae to realign and keep the knee and hip aligned but it was really worth it.
Man, the production value of these vids is getting insane. Not sure if it's Zach or Becky but damn, I needed to give whoever it is propa. Keep up the great work!
He must have hurt his back worse than we thought it's been a minute simply seen a new video
You’re the man Zach! Congratulations on a safe harvest. Bless you and your family during this holiday season.
As a trucker, I like seeing your interaction with the heavy equipment. Thank goodness I'm in a much warmer climate here in North Carolina. Occasionally we get the cold snaps that you have to deal with on a daily basis. I'm amazed at how clean you're able to keep your equipment. That's a job within itself, I know because of the effort we have to do to keep our equipment clean. Also if you don't mind please do a video on what camera equipment and editing equipment you use, because your videos are of excellent quality. Thanks for the great videos and keep working those long hours like we do.
That grain vac looks more and more handy right about now
You need an industrial vacuum transfer pump to clean those bins/dryer. It would be much easier and much quicker.
Sorry to hear about your back. I have a couple of ruptured disks in mine that give me problems every once in a while. Excited to hear some new Off The Husk podcasts too!!!
I listen to about 4 hrs of podcasts a day and I must say yours is up there on my list to listen too. Interesting topics interwoven with my kind of humor.
I have a new respect when I drive by a cornfield because of this channel!
Anyone notice the title changed from "i broke my back" to "i "tweaked" my back and stuff"
Yeah... he probably got complaints about clickbait. Mind you, anyone who watches his videos very consistently would note that it's just Zach's sense of humor... but I'm sure he got complaints anyway.
Donald Dolan this is very true.
Me
Oh or he didn't want to worry people so he changed it :) just my thoughts tho merry Xmas to all of you
I did!!!!!
Zack your videos are awesome, keep spreading the word of the family farm. Thanks
You take good care of your machinery and farm . This is why it looks so good !
There should be “clean out” augers in the bottom of the grain dryer.
The reason the lift was spinning like that is counterweight was on wrong side. Counterweight should be on solid axle ideally.
Here's hoping you have a decent growing season next year. You and all the farmers.
Hey Zack, just saw your interview on Fox Business News. Again, you knocked it out of the park. Love your channel. Hope you and your family have a great New Year
Zach,congrats on your continued success,but I have to ask,"are you ok?"
he needs to see a chiropractor, hed be fixed in a few 15 min sessions.
Hope everything’s alright mate, its been a while since you uploaded, wish you and your family well
I have the same back problem ,turned me into old man ,I'm tall 6' 4'' . It was a problem when I was working but since I retired it rarely happens. All the best Bevan Cooper 🤠🇦🇺
Hey Zach, I’m a potato farmer from Florida so it’s always nice to see a different operation and learn about different type of farming!
We clean ours out a couple times a year. Makes for a lot less cleaning.
I was eating while watching and closed my mouth and stopped chewing when you were spreading the chaff in the field lol
🤣🤣
Thanks for allowing all of us to tag along for the season. It’s been a real learning experience. The editing was awesome-fun, instructional and entertaining.
I can't wait for more Off The Husk! I really enjoy when you get silly with Randy and Becky!
Hey Zach.
Its hard to believe that wash time has come around again, I have been one of your subscribers for over a year already and how time has flown.
When cleaning to corn dryer, would not not be possible to blow the chaff out with a leaf blower or would that just give you a load of 'Beezwings' to breath in? I suffer too with a spasmodic back, I sympathise with you entirely.
Is it Christmas tree shopping time yet?
Kind regards and I sincerely hope you all have a fabulous Christmas and a prosperous new year.
Dave.
Anyone else see that they parked the big grain cart in the shed in the back corner at 10:43
Yeah i caught that too. Thought is was just a demo.
Yeah i thought i herd him say they rented that, or on a demo idk. Guess its better than sitting on some lot outside in the weather
It was a demo, but I'm pretty sure he said if they liked it they would probably buy it in an earlier video.
It's still a demo. Just taking a nap in the shed for a while 🤣
I don’t know zack, aka actor of Millennial Farmer she’s tucked away in the back usually a sign 😉
Hi Zach, best wishes in Omaha and your expanding media exposure and influence for America's farmers. We appreciate you very much. - Dean from Edina
We joined fbn after watching your video's. We have been with them since September. We saved over 29 thousand dollars on seed and fertilizer for next year. Thank you for introducing them to my family we really can be more profitable because of their services. My family has hauled over 60 thousand bushels of corn in to the ethanol plant this week. We still have over 170 thousand bushels left. The 60 thousand bushels of corn was stored in our combine shed we now are doing some custom deep ripping with our johndeere sub soiler . Nice video stay safe and farm on !
I've pulled my back in a similar manner, I couldn't turn around, I couldn't shift my weight, sitting was painful, walking was impossible. The saving grace was that my mother was a massage therapist and worked on my back for about 30 minutes. It did not heal me like a magic spell but it allowed me to be able to walk with only 1/5th of the pain from before. Which allowed me to dull the rest of the pain with Advil and continue working. I returned later to her so she could give my back a proper massage. She said my back had knots almost everywhere and the muscles were way harder than they should've been.
A good massage therapist usually has a rate between $60 and 100$ per hour. All you'll need is a couple 30-minute sessions of "deep tissue". It might hurt but it'll get your back in order.
he needs to see a chiropractor, hed be fixed in a few 15 min sessions.
Agree with DTain. I've wasted lots of money, time and pain on quackropractors, but a good deep-tissue massage therapist is worth every penny.
@@roscoejones4515 please, there are bad chiros just like there are bad doctors.
a good chiro office offers BOTH.
ive gone into a chiro with a neck i couldnt move from pain and sever lower back pain..10 mins of adjustment later and the pain and tension were gone.
went and got a deep tissue massage after...didnt need to go in for another apointment
I had yearly back issues for a while. I found that my problem was my mattress. It was both old and not correct for my sleeping style. Ive had the new mattress and adjustable base for 3 years now and I haven’t had a problem since.
Your mattress is a huge contributor to your skeletal wellbeing
The savings from FBN could lease a quadtrac. 🤣
Your headed into uncharted waters ie 1 million subscribers and a great future. Fine job Zach and we all look forward to much more videos from you all 👍😎🙌
Please, please, please keep this up, I know it's hard but America needs a thousand more of you too do this
Fat guy in a little grain dryer 😂😂 love the Tommy boy reference again! lol the best keep up the great work!
Hey man get off this video! Clemson fans only 🤣 jk good luck in the playoffs. I'd hate to see y'all beat 31-0 💪
Clemson!?!?! No I don’t think so 😂 lol thanks best of luck to you guys too. Ohhhh are you talking about a couple of years back when you guys kicked our butts? Yeah lol well things will be different this year! Lol 😂
@@Jpsmoto I sure hope not 🤣🤣🤣
When you wash your equipment, do you use regular soap, or do you use a special corn-dishener?
That's a new one! 😂😂😂👍
That was a corny joke
I love Omaha, Nebraska. My grandparents (mom's family) are buried there. I sure miss Robert and Rose Townsend. God Bless their souls! They were great folks.
Looking forward to hearing off the husk! Thanks for the great content and being a great voice for us farmer 👍👍👍
And just like that boom Chris Farley comes out.
Millennial Farmer - "Dirty Jobs" would be a hit!
It’s my favorite part of the year is to see you clean that grain dryer up. It’s a work horse and has to be taking care of.
I've always wanted to have a farm, my family has a very huge plot of land in South Dakota. But its long hard work and takes lots of money. But I love our Farmers and what they do to keep food and grain to help feed everyone
Noticed Zach's beer glass was empty at the end of the interview
Stewart Taylor : Of course. It was a 90 minuete interview. But maybe he had more than 1!!!!!
That interviewers voice would have had me downing that beer in 90 seconds, nvm 90 minutes 😬
If the interviewer only had half a beer he’s probably from out of town and can’t be trusted.
The glass must have had a hole in it....
@@MillennialFarmer Beer yes, Back injury no. Zack, your description of back pain resembles my symptoms at your age. Ten years later I was diagnosed with spinal stenosis. Whatever it is, GO TO THE DOCTOR AND TAKE XRAYS. Get it documented EARLY, please God please do this for your family. Covet your long term health ZEALOUSLY. You not being a wuss, you are protecting your long term financial viability for your wife and kids. Not to mention the pain you'll avoid. Take care. Gob bless your work, in front of and behind the camera($).
I'm glad you didn't break your back. I got hit by a drunk driver 11 year's ago broke 6 in my neck and 15 in my back and split my head wide open from front to back requiring 2,000 stiches on the inside and 800 Staples on the outside
centsless fabrication I feel bad for you
@@micahdafarmer5573 it would have been 1 thing if I was doing my job being a professional freestyle Motocross rider but I wasn't and I lost all of my sponsorships and pay checks. The biggest thing is over the last year in a half I have (CTE) and there is no doctors or treatment within 500 miles from me so it's progressively getting alot worse and I'm not going to spend money on myself my 2 boys are way more important.
No a farm. A retired Automotive superior. From General Motor. Love seeing your beautiful family and and the new equipment and your system of farming and planting. I’m in northern Maryland in Carroll Country which is 70% farm land and farms. Be safe
I would like to say that I really enjoy the way that you put your videos together it's very informative and fun to watch it's not like watching some that I follow on u tube you keep yours moving around to different things from east Tennessee I would like to wish you and your family a merry Christmas and happy new year God bless you and your family
LoL I’m down in Virginia playing hockey on a bantam team and then I end up in the elevator going to the hotel room with your family.😂
love the sounds of a Moline....
Jonathan Johnston I think that a yellow Oliver.
@@redmech7698 It is a yellow 1655 Oliver
🤔 I agree to disagree
Perhaps Zack could do a short 'winter' segment on the tractor, unique features and it's history. Just saying.....
I love the sound that Minneapolis Moline...reminds me of dads "new" tractor when I came home on leave....
5000 views in the time it took for me to watch it...great content and a great platform to inform the country about farming! BRAVO
" Millennial Cab Corn, Sun Dried, and ready to Pop !"
When my back goes out it's off to the Chiropractic. He gets me going good in about three days.
I've tried that and it seems to make the issue worse. I just OD on Naproxen and floor sleeping
Go get a massage they work great. I use to get a massage once a month and never went to a chiropractor for 15 years but before that I was going 3x a month. Plus I felt better and slept better after a massage and always drink lots of water after a massage as it gets the toxins out of your body.
Find a chiropractor that uses the Activator method. So much better than the old fashioned way of doing it. It's always worked for my worst back pain.
I think everyone 's back is a tad different and what works for one does not always work for others. Stretching is good though while you drink beer etc
Zach... depends if your back issues are structure via alignment or muscular. My issues tend to be both that drive the nerves crazy. I go for structure treatment 1st and then need to get muscles to stop pulling on structure with a massage. Since this is an annual reoccuring issue fixing the root of the problem will take a bit of time. Pills only mask root problems temporarily. I also use a TENS (muscle stimulation) device to loosen things up. I wear mine around work, car travel, and sometimes before bed, etc. Also, like all doctors... they are not the same. Just like Implement dealers. 😉 If you get in the Cities again I know a couple of great Chiropractors that are above the rest through time tested results.
Good season! Here’s to next year!! Have a great Christmas you guys!
Of course it is a pity for all the bees who have lost their wings. LoL
It seems like a year since the last vid!! Had MNMF separation anxiety!! 😂😂😂
Rented one of those lifts this summer to paint my parents house. Outstanding equipment! Next on my "to buy"-list.
Broke mine 5 years ago. Seven surgerys later still in horrific pain at least 2 to 3 days a week. Take care of ur back and never have surgery
Is everything ok
Need to wear a harness while driving one of those lifts. More than one person has been killed getting catapulted out of the basket after hitting a hole or bump. The danger is real.
OSHA has plent of exemptions for farms
OSHA? Never heard of her
Watched a guy catapulted out trying to load one on a trailer...the three inch drop of the trailer suspension resulted in a 3 foot shot of the basket...he was injured...not killed.
If the word farm is involved 99% of government regulations are relaxed
Spaghetti989 it’s not about regulations, it’s about not getting launched like a rock out of a slingshot.
PROUD TO BE A FARMER!, THOSE PEOPLE WHO PROVIDE US WTH FOOD ON THE TABLE! I SUBSCRIBEB TOO! BEST WISHES FROM THE NETHERLANDS TO ALL HARDWORKING AMERICAN FARMERS, VERY INTERESTING VIDEOS! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
Your dad seems like a real American farmer. Such a great example to us all
That looks like as much fun as picking boogers out of someone else's nose...
Yeah, but playing in traffic at least gives you an adrenaline kick, which this doesn't (or to be more precise it looks like it doesn't). So this is arguably worse.
Don't worry guys, he's talking figuratively, not literally.
Great to see you out talking with people. Telling them about farming
Zach your back problem. I am an ag mechanic on a north east Montana farm & ranch. About 3 years ago I bought an Innova inversion table. When I came home I would go 45° for 20 minutes. You have to work up to the degrees & to the time. It keeps me out of the chiropractor office. It may not do a thing for grain dryer cleaning time. But every morning after using it, I feel better. If I come home late, do not use it, like seeding, I make sure I use it tomorrow!
Enjoy learning about corn farming. In 74 our FFA advisor drove us to National FFA Convention in Kansas City. Along the way we stopped at places and our advisor explained some corn harvest operations. I wish that we could have gone to a farm like yours.
I live 10 miles from the Canadian border, 110 miles from the North Dakota border. The farm that I work on is 20 miles south. Part of it was 2 of my great grandparents, part grandparents, part mom & dads, part 2 uncles. This area was opened up for home steading in 1915. They came out in spring & summer of 1916. The house & barn where I grew up were built in 1916. Mom & dad were both born in 1916. Mom 12 miles away. Thank you for the teaching & information videos.
Invest in a "tens" machine for your back issues.
I have one that helps for muscle pain in the back. Fell 14 ft off a bldg. years ago, jacked me up. Re- aggregated it this past summer. Just now getting back to feeling better. Two herniated discs pinching on the entire spinal column nerves. Ice, and chiro are the best for my situation.
"I broke my back" then proceeded to jump off equipment. Lmao.
You need a business trip to Disneyland this off season, maybe take the wife and kids too....maybe.
he needs to see a chiropractor, hed be fixed in a few 15 min sessions.
@@itsianman I tried that. Mixed results...
Zumba can cause muscle soreness or injury, and that not having good technique can lead to painful sprains, strains and low back pain. ... Zumba may be a suitable 'moderate intensity' activity for middle-aged clients and the movements are unlikely to cause back pain. I hope you get well soon.
@@MillennialFarmer yeah, thats unfourtunate..but not all chiros are the same. if you want to see something different that might help. if check out dr gregory johnson, from advanced chiropractic relief here on youtube, pretty amazing results hes showing. hopefully you find something to help your back
Only thing good about Disney land is if your looking to get divorced.
Leaf blower!!!! Lots lots easier in the old grain dryer. We have three or four of them use them on round balers,silage choppers,and combines. There are a handy tool.
I get back spasms like that every year or so too. It was weird at first, but cupping actually works REALLY well to stop the spasm quickly. You can get a kit super cheap on Amazon.
Did you get your confined space permit before entering the grain dryer.
eb17816 Don’t forget the mandatory lock out, tag & try along with air quality monitoring.
@@homecats1 and the air handlers.
Ah, yeah, of course...
@@MillennialFarmer I knew you would have it.
Don’t forget your harness