Full time and 2000 acres? Your dad kicks ass. I can hardly manage my 2 acre vegetable market garden plus a full time job. Got to hand it to the old man, hard work gets you places.
Thanks for the back story. It debunks the myth that you can’t start farming without family land. Clarke Farms channel shows it being done as we speak. Great to see you two working together.
My experience has been to buy land during economic down turns. Vacant land doesn't sell well, and a lot of people or older farmers just want to get rid of it. That's how I bought mine.
Your dads a man of few words, which make him a wise man. Cherish your dad's few words every day. Let your Dad know that a father,husband and old truck driver has alot of respect from someone he's never met in Maryland.
I always like history. My son and I work together in family marine construction business and we get along together with talent, hard work and mutual respect same as you guys. That makes America great.
So I too worked for US Cellular in sales and business ops. I worked in Western Iowa and saw the switch from analog to digital. Engineers made USCC bullet proof for coverage and call quality. Thank you for making job easier.
Such an interesting story. Your Dad is very interesting and a hard worker. Loved your Uber lol and wow what a diet Bandit went on,he shrunk lol.Thank you for this video :).
I love these farm history stories. So much sacrifice and hard work is put into building a farm. No doubt as the torch passes from your father to you it will survive and thrive.
I have been waiting for this for a long time ! That was excellent. Your father is amazing ! What a work ethic ! All that hard work got him to his dream which is inspiring. He's amassed a great deal of land and equipment for a first gen farmer ! I bet he is so happy you are along side of him ! I've been doing my ancestry and realized how much of Iowa my family covered. I was born in Fort Dodge, lived in Grundy for 5 years and moved to CR when I was 14. My parents, greats have lived in Spencer, Marshalltown, Scotch Grove, Des Moines, and my father had an small farm in Cummings. Your conversation included an element that I think is included in every Iowan's conversation. Where you had a Tenderloin 😁
I am from Manitoba Canada. My father continued to add land and work full time from 1969 until his final land purchase in 1974. Then he quit his job in the city to focus on farming full time. To build a farm base up takes money. Most people just think you might have a farm and it pays all the bills and has good cash flow but sometimes it takes out side sources of income. Cool video of your farm story. Thanks alot.
Great video. Your father worked hard to start the farm . Working full time and farming was probably really hard especially just starting out. He's gotta be tough as nails . Keep up the good work and stay safe !
That was very informative about your life before, during and after your birth. You were born not far from my birthplace. I hope this mess going on in Ukraine 🇺🇦 gets settled without WW3 . I pray for you guys to have a great year and recoup some of your costs.
Always really enjoyed your videos Ben, honest and interesting. This seems to me to be one of your top ten easily. The southern IA is more to my liking...........the MF combine brought a smile, remember making a concrete block for back end lightness. Enjoy your Dads stories.
For sure. New garments don't stay new very long on the farms. They get a tough break in. Nice to hear the farm history. A lot of people don't start farming simply because of the amount of work involved. Financial risk kills the desire even more.
I ended up running a fass150 and deleted my factory filter housing. Just turn the key and it will prime everything after changing filters. One less filter to worry about and leaking o rings. Run CAT filters or any quality filters on the lift pump and they are a finer micron filtration than factory ones anyways.
Second comment. I really appreciate the videos we are the same age. My family has owned property for years 3 generations of owners now I’m first generation farming. But the work I do with my family is important, my dad specially. In the future my brother. I feel in love with a girl and that created problems. I screwed up little bit. I’ve worked hard on making things better. This weekend I feel like I have. You show reality and how a young man can make a family farm and a relationship work. Thank you
Your dad is a hard worker, it sounds like my story, I'm still working full-time job and farming 800 acres, and my job has me traveling everyday. 🥱 getting old.
Hey I was born in Davenport at, I think Mercy Hospital. I might be mistaken about the name of the hospital but it was in 1951 and we moved back to Missouri in 1958.
Your winter project on your fuel filter. Might want to look at Western Diesel. They make a really nice relocation kit. Puts it up by the AC unit. If you run factory filter a great way to do it.
Good tips. Like the story time with your dad great guy !!!! The old dodge looks good you should put a flatbed on the old dodge to that would look good !!!.
Wow that was really interesting to hear about how your Dad got into farming, thanks for sharing. Wishing you both very successful 2021 crops. Keep the great videos coming.
@@iowANFarmer love listening to stories like that it's a reminder of work ethic, the intergrity that builds a man and that's the story I heard from your dad..very powerful!
You my dear sir have my dream farming operation. Off its feat and good machinery, but not overkill all green holy jesus thats alot operation. Hay Op, Rowcrop, Van Roekle farms is where i want mine to be
ive been watching your videos and Clarke farms and im 14 about a hour in illinois east of the quad city's and I've wanted to farm for a long time and im starting to feel like I can I work for a farmer now for a little less then 2 years and I've been doing research and pricing lots of it out and then this video got posted. My biggest problem is finding land for rent or sale but love the vids its weird how when I started pricing every thing seems like its coming to gether.
I know I’ve teased you enough about some things on the farm, I really do like your videos. I sure wish you’d kick the habit of standing outside your tractors when you start them. I know you make sure it’s in neutral but all it will take is forgetting to check and I doubt you would survive being run over by a tractor.
@@iowANFarmer any plans of a meet and greet sometime? Your only about an hour from me and I’ve watched all your videos hahah. I love watching your videos
In this day and age (the past 30 -40 years) it’s been a really struggle to get into farming and to keep it going. Great learning a little about the history of your family farm. Just curious, what would you average the price of land in your area? Being in Dane county Wisconsin it’s around $15k an acre for “good” ground
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Really enjoyed hearing your dad’s story! Impressive! 2K Acres and a fulltime job, wow!👍
20 years and you’ll be telling a story like this!
Seriously impressive
I love your fids
Full time and 2000 acres? Your dad kicks ass. I can hardly manage my 2 acre vegetable market garden plus a full time job. Got to hand it to the old man, hard work gets you places.
Love yalls history. You are blessed to still have your dad. My dad is 80 and we are like two kids when it comes to tractors. God bless yall.
It's amazing how much dad's can remember over the years
Thanks for the back story. It debunks the myth that you can’t start farming without family land. Clarke Farms channel shows it being done as we speak. Great to see you two working together.
My experience has been to buy land during economic down turns. Vacant land doesn't sell well, and a lot of people or older farmers just want to get rid of it. That's how I bought mine.
Clarke is going a great job!
Awesome story. Great job to your Dad and you for continuing the hard work to keep American farmers alive! Godspeed gentlemen.
I like how your Dad started to sound tired as he told the story, as he realized how hard he had worked to achieve his dream.
Your dads a man of few words, which make him a wise man. Cherish your dad's few words every day. Let your Dad know that a father,husband and old truck driver has alot of respect from someone he's never met in Maryland.
I always like history. My son and I work together in family marine construction business and we get along together with talent, hard work and mutual respect same as you guys. That makes America great.
Yes it does!
So I too worked for US Cellular in sales and business ops. I worked in Western Iowa and saw the switch from analog to digital. Engineers made USCC bullet proof for coverage and call quality. Thank you for making job easier.
Such an interesting story. Your Dad is very interesting and a hard worker. Loved your Uber lol and wow what a diet Bandit went on,he shrunk lol.Thank you for this video :).
Thank You for sharing a personal side of your lives.
Very cool listening to your farm history. I’m really glad dad got to live his dream of being a farmer and can do it with his son.
I’m an experienced farmer but I have learned so much from you thank you
Ben, Easy to see from where you learned to be a hard worker! Thank you Dad for sharing the story.
I graduated from Indian hills with a degree in machining in 96. Now I'm a manufacturing engineer and small farmer in southern Missouri
You’re a little after him!
Ben, tell your dad thank you for sharing this history. I really enjoyed listening. Thank you and have a great weekend!!!
Your Dad’s an inspiring fella, not many people could even dream of what he’s accomplished in a few years let alone generations.
I love these farm history stories. So much sacrifice and hard work is put into building a farm. No doubt as the torch passes from your father to you it will survive and thrive.
I have been waiting for this for a long time ! That was excellent. Your father is amazing ! What a work ethic ! All that hard work got him to his dream which is inspiring. He's amassed a great deal of land and equipment for a first gen farmer ! I bet he is so happy you are along side of him ! I've been doing my ancestry and realized how much of Iowa my family covered. I was born in Fort Dodge, lived in Grundy for 5 years and moved to CR when I was 14. My parents, greats have lived in Spencer, Marshalltown, Scotch Grove, Des Moines, and my father had an small farm in Cummings. Your conversation included an element that I think is included in every Iowan's conversation. Where you had a Tenderloin 😁
Hahaha that’s great!
I am from Manitoba Canada. My father continued to add land and work full time from 1969 until his final land purchase in 1974. Then he quit his job in the city to focus on farming full time. To build a farm base up takes money. Most people just think you might have a farm and it pays all the bills and has good cash flow but sometimes it takes out side sources of income. Cool video of your farm story. Thanks alot.
Awesome comment!
I love your Dad's story! Hard working guy!
Great tip about the truck position.........................
There was a good story about your father treasure him for sure good video God bless🙏
So good to hear farming family history. Thank you.
Your dad is cool and relaxed
Great video. Your father worked hard to start the farm . Working full time and farming was probably really hard especially just starting out. He's gotta be tough as nails . Keep up the good work and stay safe !
Chariton labor day auction . Was a every year event . Three day s and 3 auctioneers at the same time .
That was very informative about your life before, during and after your birth. You were born not far from my birthplace. I hope this mess going on in Ukraine 🇺🇦 gets settled without WW3 . I pray for you guys to have a great year and recoup some of your costs.
great to hear the story of your dad, wish you and your family much more success, greets from the Czech Republic
Always really enjoyed your videos Ben, honest and interesting. This seems to me to be one of your top ten easily. The southern IA is more to my liking...........the MF combine brought a smile, remember making a concrete block for back end lightness. Enjoy your Dads stories.
Thank you for sharing this story.. What an amazing story..Speaks to persistence and hard work GOD Bless y'all and on with spring..
Thanks for the history of your family very interesting. Gad to hear that you're following your Dads lead and keeping to business going.
For sure. New garments don't stay new very long on the farms. They get a tough break in. Nice to hear the farm history. A lot of people don't start farming simply because of the amount of work involved. Financial risk kills the desire even more.
Thanks for the history lesson. I really enjoy the stories of how you got to where you are.
If more people today had that much ambition....Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for sharing, may your future be positive and productive. You guys work hard and deserve it. Keep the content coming. Love your channel
I enjoyed the story of how you guys became Farmers, great video!!!
Thanks for the History 👍
Always good to hear from your dad, you need to talk him into being on camera more. He did look a bit nervous, but he'll warm up to it over time.
This was super cool. Bluedog time-lapse is amazing also 👍🤘
I was in the same telecom business as your dad...we did all the initial leasing and zoning for tower sites...mostly out west though.
Sounds about right!
Metal housing fuel filter will help greatly. The plastic ones crack and causes air locks
Farming 2000 plus acres and working a full time job, your dad was a busy man.
He was!
Nice, and a little shout out to James and Linda
Great video way ta go dad👍
Great video Ben and your Dad
what a rad story!
I ended up running a fass150 and deleted my factory filter housing. Just turn the key and it will prime everything after changing filters. One less filter to worry about and leaking o rings. Run CAT filters or any quality filters on the lift pump and they are a finer micron filtration than factory ones anyways.
I’ll look into it!
Second comment. I really appreciate the videos we are the same age. My family has owned property for years 3 generations of owners now I’m first generation farming. But the work I do with my family is important, my dad specially. In the future my brother. I feel in love with a girl and that created problems. I screwed up little bit. I’ve worked hard on making things better. This weekend I feel like I have. You show reality and how a young man can make a family farm and a relationship work. Thank you
Thanks for sharing the stories!!
Great vid!
Nice video!enjoyed it
Great story!
Thank your Dad for us! When did he sleep?
Good interview and video. 👍
Nice video Ben
Your dad is a hard worker, it sounds like my story, I'm still working full-time job and farming 800 acres, and my job has me traveling everyday. 🥱 getting old.
Traveling would be difficult!
@@iowANFarmer amen
Hey I was born in Davenport at, I think Mercy Hospital. I might be mistaken about the name of the hospital but it was in 1951 and we moved back to Missouri in 1958.
Awesome 👌😊👌
Awesome segment and thank you to your dad for sharing!
Great story keep it up guys
Your winter project on your fuel filter. Might want to look at Western Diesel. They make a really nice relocation kit. Puts it up by the AC unit. If you run factory filter a great way to do it.
Might be something to look at!
Good tip for loading round bales and easing the abuse on the truck. You can chock the trailer also. Thanks for the video. Be well all.
Really enjoyed your dad's story!!! He's very ambitious thats awesome. Great video
Thank you!
Good tips. Like the story time with your dad great guy !!!! The old dodge looks good you should put a flatbed on the old dodge to that would look good !!!.
Might need one if the bed rots any more.
Wow that was really interesting to hear about how your Dad got into farming, thanks for sharing. Wishing you both very successful 2021 crops. Keep the great videos coming.
I’ll do my best!
been waiting for this story.
much love to you and yours from the fruit belt of Adams County, PA
Oh, and let's go Hawkeyes!
I know I'm way late but that was as awesome, inspiring story!!!!!
Great video. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I live in Coralville! Nice seeing a fellow Iowan.
Great video, very insightful.
Nice story
Noticed the thin blue line,. Thank you 22 year city cop !!!
Thanks for your service!
Wise moves at the right time. Continued Success in Farming. Great videos .
Thanks!
I would like to hear a little bit about how you got started, your side business and whatever you feel comfortable about telling us.
For a operation that's 22 ish old that's a huge operation
Keeps us busy!
Oh born in Davenport?I work in Davenport and my boss is from Blue grass..small world for sure.
Sure was!
@@iowANFarmer love listening to stories like that it's a reminder of work ethic, the intergrity that builds a man and that's the story I heard from your dad..very powerful!
History Interesting.....
Recently found your channel, north east KS farmer here. Not to far away!
Welcome along on the ride!
You will have to tell pops to not get to excited when he is getting interviewed lol great vid
interesting.
Love it. Most of my family farms or has farmed in northern mo.
Naw the horse said ohhhh lookie that looks just like the "food truck" that usually sits at the church parking lot...........
Now That's funny. 😂
You my dear sir have my dream farming operation. Off its feat and good machinery, but not overkill all green holy jesus thats alot operation. Hay Op, Rowcrop, Van Roekle farms is where i want mine to be
How did your dad go about farming 2000 acres AND holding down a full-time job in a tech-based industry? That's a full plate, any way you slice it.
What's up
A man of few words ! Lol
Nothing compares to the Kubota Ahhhhhhhh
cool
ive been watching your videos and Clarke farms and im 14 about a hour in illinois east of the quad city's and I've wanted to farm for a long time and im starting to feel like I can I work for a farmer now for a little less then 2 years and I've been doing research and pricing lots of it out and then this video got posted. My biggest problem is finding land for rent or sale but love the vids its weird how when I started pricing every thing seems like its coming to gether.
Keep at it!
Great videos, need to say your name at the start, Houston TX.
Why is that? Like the Channel name or my actual name?
I know I’ve teased you enough about some things on the farm, I really do like your videos. I sure wish you’d kick the habit of standing outside your tractors when you start them. I know you make sure it’s in neutral but all it will take is forgetting to check and I doubt you would survive being run over by a tractor.
One day I might! (Ps, our tractors won’t start unless they are in park)
Labor Day in Chariton
That’s it!
I’m not sure how I just found your channel but I’m from southeast Iowa. Love the channel
Heck yes! Welcome along!
@@iowANFarmer any plans of a meet and greet sometime? Your only about an hour from me and I’ve watched all your videos hahah. I love watching your videos
@@jeremylee6668 maybe some day!
@@iowANFarmer I’m sure I’ll cross paths with you in the area haha
Never forget where you came from
Hi
In this day and age (the past 30 -40 years) it’s been a really struggle to get into farming and to keep it going. Great learning a little about the history of your family farm. Just curious, what would you average the price of land in your area? Being in Dane county Wisconsin it’s around $15k an acre for “good” ground
We aren’t that high. We also have field averages of like 43CSR2
Where did you go to college and what was your major?
University of Iowa, Inter-departmental studies