Buying Iowa Farmland at Auction!

Buying & Selling some Iowa Farmland! Starting to transition closer to home and near Spencer's current farmland. Also in no way trying to brag when it comes to anything with buying land, selling land or money. Just trying to document the journey of getting started farming. I was fortunate enough to buy some land from a neighbor and buy some more land at an auction. It's all being traded around, so on the net, nothing will change. Just different acres in different locations, and I won't have a machine shed for the time being. Also wanted to take a look at historical price trends all the way back to the 1860s in this specific county. Thanks for watching!
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  • @owenlinks5945
    @owenlinks59455 ай бұрын

    Its great to have some more young farmers tryin to grow big we need more people like u grant

  • @willbass2869

    @willbass2869

    4 ай бұрын

    "trying to grow big"??? Are you on crack? BigAg is EXACTLY why rural communities are falling apart and young people RUN away as fast as possible. You are so far the azz of BigAg & Farm bureau you can't even see the light of fires burning down rural America

  • @Mark-km7uo
    @Mark-km7uo5 ай бұрын

    It’s great to see new first gen farmers !!

  • @ALGiger1010
    @ALGiger10105 ай бұрын

    Nice vid Grant thanks for keeping us updated on the farm

  • @raymondlehr5467
    @raymondlehr54675 ай бұрын

    Love it man been watching you for years now and it's so awsome to see you expanding your farm its awsome keep it up!😊

  • @manleybrittain1296
    @manleybrittain12965 ай бұрын

    Nice to see you Grant!

  • @user-lz8nq3zv4c
    @user-lz8nq3zv4c5 ай бұрын

    I love how much work you do sauad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @walterlaubscherjr2011
    @walterlaubscherjr20115 ай бұрын

    Lookin good can’t wait to see more upgrades keep at it

  • @arnoldshuckerrr2596
    @arnoldshuckerrr25965 ай бұрын

    Hey Grant. Love the content! I'm glad that you have found success as a fellow farmer from Iowa! Good luck in all of your future endeavors!

  • @calebgalbreath0198
    @calebgalbreath01985 ай бұрын

    Keep up the great work Grant

  • @TONYTONE757
    @TONYTONE7575 ай бұрын

    good to see you are back brother, your stuff is really inspiring.

  • @ryanevers7563
    @ryanevers75635 ай бұрын

    Love to see more farm value analysis. Very interesting.

  • @gabek7010
    @gabek70104 ай бұрын

    Always appreciate the update and always look forward to when you guys put out new vids. My opinion, the more the merrier. There are quite a few farming videos on KZread, but very little farming videos from the perspective of a new farmer. I find it fascinating. Thanks again God bless.

  • @gavinfriel3913
    @gavinfriel39135 ай бұрын

    I love the way you explain everything like no farmers do rn! Hope you have a lot more success!

  • @SkyQuest2K8
    @SkyQuest2K85 ай бұрын

    Very interesting analysis of historical farmland values, thanks for sharing that. I'd be glad to see your haying on video, for sure.

  • @reidburnfarms2296
    @reidburnfarms22964 ай бұрын

    Congratulations i remember the early days of the sqaud on farm 19 and now you guys are taking the things you talked about and making it happen!

  • @alistairr.9656
    @alistairr.96565 ай бұрын

    Great job grant love the new ground. Would definitely love to see some hay videos.

  • @waterskiingfool
    @waterskiingfool4 ай бұрын

    Great to see you getting land nearer home

  • @Lukksia
    @LukksiaАй бұрын

    used to watch the squad relogously a few years ago. It's great to see your doing it for real now!

  • @TheDakotaKid
    @TheDakotaKid4 ай бұрын

    I can tell you’re well versed in Economics! Love your charts plotting land values vs the M2 money supply & historical land values. Keep up the great work!!!

  • @TheDulle92
    @TheDulle925 ай бұрын

    Hey Grant It's great to see new first generation farmers. I'm living in the Netherlands and it is not possible for going after my dream. Great jobs guy Good luck in the future

  • @Quadlover
    @Quadlover4 ай бұрын

    Congratulations, I remember watching you so long ago when I was way younger. I would just dream of being like you on farming sim.

  • @user-mk8fj5xx5q
    @user-mk8fj5xx5q4 ай бұрын

    Creek is the Sound an old rockin chair makes when it's bein sat in. A Crick is where you go fishin... Really glad you're sharin your journey with us!

  • @EastonHB27
    @EastonHB274 ай бұрын

    Out of all the farmers i watch on KZread, you are definitely the smartest with all of the number side of things, and your still young. Great job 👏🏼

  • @taklfarms2575
    @taklfarms25754 ай бұрын

    Love seeing young guys getting in, good luck w prices this next 3 years, it's crunch time

  • @cohenhughes1613
    @cohenhughes16135 ай бұрын

    Love your video may God bless you and be safe

  • @johndeere5007
    @johndeere50074 ай бұрын

    Hey, good video, its good to see other first gen farmer.Keep the great work.

  • @lungbuster5133
    @lungbuster51335 ай бұрын

    Hey Grant, I have been watching you for almost ten years now and your growth has been crazy. Keep up the amazing content.

  • @granthilbert5632

    @granthilbert5632

    5 ай бұрын

    Hey, thanks!

  • @jls1045
    @jls10455 ай бұрын

    I would love to see some haying videos. Brings back memories of cutting, raking & baling hay in the 1960's in northeast Indiana. I drove a JD 2010 to cut, an old JD "B" to rake & a neighbor's small MF to bale. Drove a JD 4020 to plow & till. You cannot beat the 4020. I enjoy watching your videos down here in TX. Best wishes for a successful 2024 farming season!😊

  • @lynnshuman1009
    @lynnshuman10095 ай бұрын

    Great to see a man with a plan! A word of caution regarding tile plows, there have been problems with keeping grade if running through hard ground and getting off grade even a little leads to big issues. Best of luck, I'm pulling for you!

  • @brandonblack8896
    @brandonblack88963 ай бұрын

    would enjoy seeing the hay vids, additional content for both you and Spencer!

  • @S1mL1fe
    @S1mL1fe5 ай бұрын

    I don’t know how you do it. Multiple successful channels isn’t easy to pull off. I know it’s hard work but you’ve got the life man!

  • @SorenOutDoors
    @SorenOutDoors5 ай бұрын

    Awsome keep it up man. Congrats on the new land. Land is the best investment there is.

  • @mscfarms625
    @mscfarms6255 ай бұрын

    Content on these videos are great.

  • @iowamagicman
    @iowamagicman3 ай бұрын

    love how he just casually buys farms, it amazes me

  • @TravisLaRoche
    @TravisLaRoche5 ай бұрын

    “There’s no clear path on how to start farming” this one resonated with me to say the least.

  • @DonaldSeverson-mg7ep
    @DonaldSeverson-mg7ep5 ай бұрын

    Congrats! - Gavin

  • @zilla2006able
    @zilla2006able5 ай бұрын

    graduations on your new farm ground 💯👍and yes I do like see more hay video too

  • @BraxtonBrand09
    @BraxtonBrand095 ай бұрын

    We would love to see haying videos, I have nothing but respect for you, it is so hard to get into farming in this day and age. we need more young farmer like you.

  • @granthilbert5632

    @granthilbert5632

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks Braxton!

  • @trentdeerhuntingaventures

    @trentdeerhuntingaventures

    4 ай бұрын

    Yep

  • @galen3406
    @galen34065 ай бұрын

    great video. God bless your future!

  • @russellberreth6513
    @russellberreth65134 ай бұрын

    on my 50th year farm/ranch in western Canada keep your pencil sharp and your tools clean all the respect in the world to you good luck and LETTE'R BUCK !!!

  • @FarmerG270
    @FarmerG2705 ай бұрын

    👍 love the squaud

  • @charlieconnor1490
    @charlieconnor14905 ай бұрын

    Yes we would to see more videos

  • @staceyheselton6854
    @staceyheselton68544 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love your new American Farming game. I would like to see the ability to use "hired" hands increased to more than two. Other than that, it's coming along great. Thanks for putting this out.

  • @cedricbroussard8738
    @cedricbroussard87385 ай бұрын

    That's awesome 👌

  • @user-cs1yy1xt3j
    @user-cs1yy1xt3j5 ай бұрын

    I hope you can get more land and a bigger farm

  • @heuy1216
    @heuy12165 ай бұрын

    Lovin' the tiling! I'm torn on the idea of owning a tile plow. Old 4 wheeler sounds like a lot of maintenance, but, simpler to work on than other stuff maybe? Excavator, semi, and tile plow, maybe a Hilbert brothers tiling business? Quite a change from software.

  • @nicholaswindell9862
    @nicholaswindell98625 ай бұрын

    I’d hay that patch. Congrats!

  • @tkvisserfarms8397
    @tkvisserfarms83975 ай бұрын

    My first water trailer setup I used a tandem axles car trailer with a 1000 gallon fiberglass tank pulled by my half ton pickup, all In all I think the total cost was $2,200 after I bought the pump, I was just able to get water from my local co op

  • @donaldolafaurie
    @donaldolafaurie2 ай бұрын

    God bless u brother! Keep it up!

  • @brokgrober2059
    @brokgrober20594 ай бұрын

    Make that 5 acre triangle hay, would give Spencer an added opportunity and put the land to use! Especially considering the point rows you’d have if you were to row crop it

  • @OldIronFarmToys-eg8tz
    @OldIronFarmToys-eg8tz5 ай бұрын

    Nice land👍👍

  • @LAWSON08
    @LAWSON084 ай бұрын

    I'm getting to be middle aged, and it's inspiring to see a young farmer taking life by the horns. Even quoting Lyn Alden! (one of my faves)

  • @granthilbert5632

    @granthilbert5632

    4 ай бұрын

    Thanks! Lyn is def my fav macro analyst! Currently reading her book, "Broken Money". I think this will go down as a top 5 favorite book for sure! Only halfway through, and it has me thinking I still don't own enough Bitcoin.

  • @Medicineranch
    @Medicineranch4 ай бұрын

    Well you’re a better farmer than me and I grew up farming and now almost an orthopedic surgeon

  • @beckyumphrey2626
    @beckyumphrey26265 ай бұрын

    Congrats on the land swap. New shed.soon. :)

  • @Tractormanpj
    @Tractormanpj5 ай бұрын

    Grant, your local water department should be able to fix you up with water. May cost a bit but could be pretty reasonable. That would help your issue of not water for the sprayer.

  • @tpalshadow
    @tpalshadow4 ай бұрын

    Yeah, the more videos the better!

  • @TracyFarms
    @TracyFarms5 ай бұрын

    I am hoping to buy a farm in northern Missouri and start new, Its great to see 1st generation farmers Becoming more and more common. I love the content and I hope your farm turns out great!

  • @granthilbert5632

    @granthilbert5632

    5 ай бұрын

    Check out the FSA Beginner Farmer loan if you need a loan! Spencer used it and it worked great for him! With interest rates at current levels the BFL is really attractive!

  • @TracyFarms

    @TracyFarms

    5 ай бұрын

    @@granthilbert5632 Thanks, I will definitely look into it!

  • @gamestudio4429
    @gamestudio44295 ай бұрын

    Hey Grant I have been watching you from start and I have also purchased the game. I am from India. I love watching your game play and farming videos. Also the game is best. But I being a student I can’t pay for DLC equipment’s. Truck edition is ❤ Lots of love from India to you brother.

  • @joenicoud5967
    @joenicoud59675 ай бұрын

    I WONDERED WHERE YOU HAVE BEEN GOOD LUCK

  • @CashisKingtrucking
    @CashisKingtrucking3 ай бұрын

    Good job

  • @dannyv2335
    @dannyv23355 ай бұрын

    I see a lot of people using dozers to run a tile plow now. Could also be an option.

  • @waynejones5239
    @waynejones52395 ай бұрын

    Nice video

  • @iowafarmhandanf2266
    @iowafarmhandanf22665 ай бұрын

    I'd love to watch you guy's put up some hay.

  • @joshwagner5414
    @joshwagner54145 ай бұрын

    My biggest suggestion is farm the pieces together but put corn in one and beans on the other. Otherwise it’s a confusing mess of splitting to make it fair. Two different crops is the way to go

  • @MatthewMagedanz
    @MatthewMagedanz2 ай бұрын

    If your able to you could put up a shed and some bins on the land that isn’t tillable

  • @stevenmiddagh6265
    @stevenmiddagh62655 ай бұрын

    Time for more equipment

  • @user-sn4lc6km5h
    @user-sn4lc6km5h5 ай бұрын

    The farm land in NW Iowa is very close to Sioux Falls is why it's so expensive. Sioux falls is booming, the building going on here is unbelievable. I live in Sioux falls. So many people want to live out in the country. Loved watching Spence s hay videos.

  • @GM6.7

    @GM6.7

    5 ай бұрын

    When the federal government basically got way too big for its britches people started to see getting away from the crazies in the suburbs and cities

  • @tripleg9128

    @tripleg9128

    5 ай бұрын

    The farmland is very fertile in nw Iowa. That’s why it’s expensive

  • @user-sn4lc6km5h

    @user-sn4lc6km5h

    5 ай бұрын

    The farm Grant was referring to was in Sioux county, Ia, which is not as close to Sioux falls as I thought. You are right very good farm found. I guess all it takes a farm auction 2 buyers that really want the land to bid it up to add to there operation.

  • @WholesomeFamilyFarms
    @WholesomeFamilyFarms4 ай бұрын

    Incorporate some grazing! Build soil health! Where in IA are you at? I’m in SE MN. We do row cropping for our dairy but also do a lot of grazing.

  • @javiercasalegarcia6355
    @javiercasalegarcia63555 ай бұрын

    It is good to see some hay, here in Spain we plant more alfalfa it is also more profitable. Is it not that area good for planting alfalfa? Thank you for the video by the way i cant wait to see new videos :)

  • @jddriver9565
    @jddriver95655 ай бұрын

    There are a couple of those "farmyard + 150-300ac farms" in upstate NY that I might buy one of someday....:) Oh yea haying videos would be nice!:)

  • @tomreisinger6220

    @tomreisinger6220

    4 ай бұрын

    Don't forget your snow shovel 😅.

  • @Blackwellll3066
    @Blackwellll30665 ай бұрын

    It will be interesting to see what yall do this year farming wise, do think 5 acers of hay comming out like 20 if ya have 4 cuts would be nice, a tile plow or a sprayer are intresting equipment choices cuz I'm courious on how much money ya can make off them.....

  • @user-wz6kw7pi7h
    @user-wz6kw7pi7h4 ай бұрын

    In the exact same situation in Canada

  • @josephkrafft7006
    @josephkrafft70065 ай бұрын

    Hay it. I'd watch that.

  • @user-fc6wi4iz7s
    @user-fc6wi4iz7s4 ай бұрын

    If you get a new tractor what would it be. I would also love to see haying content. Also fo you turn off you combine batteries. It will save them they last so much longer

  • @chase5896
    @chase58964 ай бұрын

    Grant, we want to see more vids in general. We don't care what they are, we just want vids lol

  • @craigmiller3678
    @craigmiller36784 ай бұрын

    Definitely do some hay

  • @paxtonhubka7477
    @paxtonhubka74773 ай бұрын

    ide love to see hay videos

  • @justpete2748
    @justpete27484 ай бұрын

    …. I’d love to see the cost of an acre priced in gold against time. Using the Eighties as a reference (Dust Bowl and gold confiscation interfere with data from a century ago) interesting to speculate where the mean is that they may or may not revert to.

  • @CarlBaltus-cw3dq
    @CarlBaltus-cw3dq5 ай бұрын

    And stuff!!!

  • @granthilbert5632

    @granthilbert5632

    5 ай бұрын

    Someone caught it! When I was editing I realized it lol.

  • @robbieoneal7589
    @robbieoneal75895 ай бұрын

    I would love to see you to make hay videos please make some

  • @mr.rubber_duck
    @mr.rubber_duck5 ай бұрын

    Id say tile and farm that back peace but then our experience is a sprayer is going to be way more worth it than a tile plow id for to just hire out the tile and build a shed along a road and get heat and everything in it break room electrical pluming that stuff full concrete floor and put a well right next to it then id look into a second tractor doesn't need to be near as new as the 8110 our biggest tractor is a 8110 and were farming 1500 acres id look into somthing like a 4630 similar horse just older and cheaper mabey a little slower but id buy that a cart the 4630 could pull then id look into a sprayer and along with it a roof off to the side of the shed you could put water tanks in that way you can just fill up and go your not waiting on the well at that point id start thinking cold storage land and a small bin setup mabey 2 bigger bins im talking by our pa standards not the massive ones you guys got out there but 2 bins one a top dry for your corn then a wet bin and a smaller bean dryer

  • @user-xj5vq9tj2k
    @user-xj5vq9tj2k3 ай бұрын

    I always enjoyed your fs22 videos that you did. I myself play fs22 all the time. Just trying to figure out some stuff with multiplayer/role play. New to that. Would appreciate any information you could pass along or any help that you could offer, so I could play more multiplayer/role play on fs22.

  • @jaysonaakre6074
    @jaysonaakre60745 ай бұрын

    absolutely buy a sprayer.

  • @burnindessel2955
    @burnindessel29554 ай бұрын

    On the tile plow that’s a great idea but in my opinion you might destroy that the 8110 I don’t really know about the how it would work but that’s what I think I know it would destroy our magnum 7230 it’s probably pushing 250 horse but the tile plow would destroy it’s drive line

  • @Feathered_Hunter-rf5zx
    @Feathered_Hunter-rf5zx5 ай бұрын

    Hay the 4-5 acres until you have the money to put in a shed and some bins

  • @markbarnhart959
    @markbarnhart9594 ай бұрын

    Yes to hay!!

  • @TheRealPauseacorn
    @TheRealPauseacorn5 ай бұрын

    I think that 5 Acres by the railroad would be perfect for hay Are there any plans to ever release American Farming for handheld devices like the Nintendo switch, and Steam Deck?

  • @fl0G2
    @fl0G25 ай бұрын

    damn, nice

  • @kimperry4791
    @kimperry47913 ай бұрын

    Grant i love both youtube channels.I have a question are you going to do live stock

  • @Just_a_Mere_Farmer
    @Just_a_Mere_Farmer5 ай бұрын

    Yes, you definitely need to do hay

  • @farmerdavee7400
    @farmerdavee74005 ай бұрын

    Hay!!!!!

  • @BradleysAdventures
    @BradleysAdventures5 ай бұрын

    I would do it in hay it would be cool to watch

  • @EmersongaroAlagao
    @EmersongaroAlagao5 ай бұрын

    Wonderful update, what happen to your farm which you built a shed for your farm equipments

  • @granthilbert5632

    @granthilbert5632

    5 ай бұрын

    That will be sold in the future👍

  • @jddriver9565
    @jddriver95655 ай бұрын

    great to hear your story!:) Are you gonna upload some tillage videos as well?

  • @granthilbert5632

    @granthilbert5632

    5 ай бұрын

    Most likely not. I didn't do much tillage (Spencer did a majority of it for us).

  • @jddriver9565

    @jddriver9565

    5 ай бұрын

    @@granthilbert5632 Thank you! Maybe Spencer will upload something on his channel.:)

  • @jacemaroska8655
    @jacemaroska86554 ай бұрын

    Dude, you can pull water for sprayer out of that creek. Just get a filter

  • @bcpfarmandtrucking6560
    @bcpfarmandtrucking65604 ай бұрын

    Geese I got some farm land for you...2 full quarters...half pasture half crop land full yard site

  • @jaybernieschoep3491
    @jaybernieschoep34915 ай бұрын

    my dad rent to own farmland from grandpa 50 bucks an acre for 12 years.2021 brother and sister sold 118 acres for 18300 per acre.

  • @MrJudgementday99
    @MrJudgementday995 ай бұрын

    Soon you will be catching the Larsons

  • @Ranger_cass
    @Ranger_cass5 ай бұрын

    Good jod Grant

  • @blakesilva6539
    @blakesilva65394 ай бұрын

    You need a grain truck!