How I Planted 50 Acres Of Iowa Farmland

In this video, we plant oats/alfalfa on 15 acres and 30 acres of soybeans following corn. We pulled a fence line and combined two fields. We got near-record rainfall over a 30 day period this spring and spots got drowned out. On the bright side, it should pull Iowa off the drought map if things stay wet this summer. Thanks for watching the video!
Grant's Channel: / @granthilbert5632
0:00 Intro
0:30 Alfalfa/Oats Seeding
12:24 Pulling Fence line
20:46 Disking/Soybeans
28:00 Spraying
31:39 Plants Growing

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  • @Masonthegoat
    @Masonthegoat18 күн бұрын

    I never realized how much FS 22 would help me understand farming more

  • @FarmerBChannel

    @FarmerBChannel

    18 күн бұрын

    Its helpful in all kinds of ways

  • @redtailpunk

    @redtailpunk

    17 күн бұрын

    cause of spence and clarkson i can say my curiosity has officially been piqued. fs22 downloading. i wanna do some tractoring

  • @alvisecusin5433

    @alvisecusin5433

    17 күн бұрын

    ??

  • @bwilliams463

    @bwilliams463

    17 күн бұрын

    If he's having trouble following his rows, he should hire an AI worker; they always know where the textures change. Good thing he's on a map where he can remove fences, too.

  • @NathanSteers

    @NathanSteers

    17 күн бұрын

    Dude I know exactly what you’re saying, I’ll drive past a farm now and know what everything is and what it’s used for

  • @ihatered3177
    @ihatered317718 күн бұрын

    More videos pls

  • @spencerhilbert

    @spencerhilbert

    18 күн бұрын

    Yes, I got more coming.

  • @ihatered3177

    @ihatered3177

    18 күн бұрын

    @@spencerhilbert lets goo :))) they are so satisfying to watch

  • @ullcringe2895
    @ullcringe289518 күн бұрын

    He's back!

  • @Dixcus-zp7om
    @Dixcus-zp7om18 күн бұрын

    MAKE THE CRIME VIDEO ... That's MUST SEE TV for those of us unfamiliar with the risks of crime in rural areas. Very interested to see how that went down and how you were able to recover some of your stuff. GET THEM VIEWS!!!!

  • @bwilliams463
    @bwilliams46317 күн бұрын

    Your drone footage is nice. You do a very good job of putting these vids together, too.

  • @spencerhilbert

    @spencerhilbert

    17 күн бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @yuvaanbhadha5928
    @yuvaanbhadha592818 күн бұрын

    Best farmer on KZread, you help me so much in achieving my dream. Hope you become successful you deserve it.

  • @tjthegamer808
    @tjthegamer80818 күн бұрын

    I’ve just been waiting for Grant or Spencer to post. It’s always a good day when they do.

  • @MCGrandMachine576
    @MCGrandMachine5763 күн бұрын

    Great video! 50 acres with that old tractor is honestly impressive, it's wonderful and inspiring to see your progress. Please keep it up!

  • @VinceDehoog8530
    @VinceDehoog853018 күн бұрын

    Gald to hear things are going good hope you get your truck back also hope your knee heals before harvest thanks for the videos i also hope that your frist cutting hay went well we cut our hay too and got 40 round bales off of 6 acres record high

  • @cookierookie1918
    @cookierookie19182 күн бұрын

    Love watching you work and grow your operation

  • @NicReid4
    @NicReid418 күн бұрын

    Love the videos please post more

  • @JohnCarter-qv1ie
    @JohnCarter-qv1ie17 күн бұрын

    I love that your brother is involved. I wish you both great success ! Greetings from the Eastern Shore!

  • @The_Consigliere
    @The_Consigliere17 күн бұрын

    I'm rooting for you gents... Much love all the way from South Africa.

  • @cameronburgess2479
    @cameronburgess247918 күн бұрын

    Praying for you Spence I pray to keep you safe and prosperous during these hard times

  • @Helxuxhxhxj
    @Helxuxhxhxj18 күн бұрын

    love the series! its fs in real life.

  • @wrath231

    @wrath231

    18 күн бұрын

    No lie. His channel got me into farming simulator 2022

  • @rwfoxtrot
    @rwfoxtrot17 күн бұрын

    Just a quick thought if I may. Try to take some soil tests and characteristic measurements such as infiltration and bulk density along the old fence line. It should give you an idea of what almost pristine soil in the field was like before cultivation began. That way you’ve got a target for getting your cultivated ground into shape.

  • @square7935
    @square793518 күн бұрын

    bro is living the best life

  • @steveneal2706
    @steveneal270618 күн бұрын

    Great video guys. Thank you

  • @jeremyshrontz
    @jeremyshrontz17 күн бұрын

    Love seeing the videos and the work that goes into what farmers do to get crops to grow. Hope you have a great year!

  • @billsmith5166
    @billsmith516618 күн бұрын

    Good luck!

  • @paulmullins4439
    @paulmullins443918 күн бұрын

    Great video enjoy watching keep up the great work hate to that someone stole your truck

  • @HeresMinx
    @HeresMinx18 күн бұрын

    You have no idea how jealous I am. I bought a 5 acre homestead 2 years ago, and I am looking at an additional 160 acres just up the road.

  • @King_of_information

    @King_of_information

    8 күн бұрын

    Can contact you

  • @davidkrzysik5284
    @davidkrzysik528417 күн бұрын

    Love your videos and excited to see more Love from 🇸🇰Slovakia🇸🇰

  • @cedricbroussard8738
    @cedricbroussard873818 күн бұрын

    Awesome video

  • @waterskiingfool
    @waterskiingfool17 күн бұрын

    Good to see someone making a go with the old equipment.

  • @coltonbentley39
    @coltonbentley3918 күн бұрын

    Love our 4020 We plant 40 pounds to the arce of hay seed 30-20 on oats for weeds don't spray it will kill the hay even if it's round up ready for a year after that the hay will smolder it

  • @AveNoLife
    @AveNoLife17 күн бұрын

    It's cool to see something made from scratch. I enjoy your videos so much, keep it going 👍

  • @kesura7273
    @kesura727310 күн бұрын

    FS 22 give me some knowledge about farming, even thought I'm not farmer and not expert about real life farming. But learn a lot from that game. Love your videos man.

  • @leonmiller7711
    @leonmiller771118 күн бұрын

    Way too many farmers in over their heads. You are doing great! I'm hoping to be able to start doing the same.

  • @CPUDOCTHE1
    @CPUDOCTHE16 күн бұрын

    It is amazing how much difference there is in different parts of the U.S.A. as far as timing to plant and harvest crops there is. Our optimal day to plant soybeans is June 15. The soybean rows are visible in 3 days and if the soybeans aren't up in 7 days, they are not coming up.

  • @johnbo945
    @johnbo94518 күн бұрын

    Great Video

  • @NothingButAir-
    @NothingButAir-7 күн бұрын

    Love your videos ❤

  • @robervin9107
    @robervin910718 күн бұрын

    Hey bud hope your knee is getting better Love you awesome vlog I’m so sorry your truck got stolen Im mad. Did you call the fbi as well they can keep a look out

  • @Espeque

    @Espeque

    16 күн бұрын

    FBI on stolen vehicles? Im not american so im not sure but from what i know they do more complicated crimes

  • @FarmerCBS

    @FarmerCBS

    5 күн бұрын

    I'm curious why the fbi?

  • @KyleThompson-cj4zh
    @KyleThompson-cj4zh18 күн бұрын

    The stand is ok, but after the first cutting of hay, the alfalfa should take off better it at least it did for me and in the thin area's this fall I would recommend inter-seeeing grass because the alfalfa doesn't like areas that sit wet.

  • @FarmandSpeed
    @FarmandSpeed18 күн бұрын

    heavy and over seeding alfalfa makes for a nice thick crop in the year to come. you will never get much off a first year crop of hay. spots that drowned out, if it will not grow alfalfa maybe put orchard grass in those spots so it keeps the weeds out and still makes good hay.

  • @defective6811
    @defective681114 күн бұрын

    The best tool for the job is the one you have on hand that will get the job done.

  • @elliotporterfield6921
    @elliotporterfield692114 күн бұрын

    My dad tells me stories of spending the summers of his youth with my great grandpa farming in Piedmont, Oklahoma. This makes me wanna buy some land and farm some hay just for what it would do for my soul.

  • @petergielen5905
    @petergielen590511 күн бұрын

    Thx for sharing

  • @defective6811
    @defective681114 күн бұрын

    lmao, when finding your issue uncovers five other issues and fails to solve the original one 😂

  • @briangrammer898
    @briangrammer89817 күн бұрын

    ❤❤VIDEO ❤❤chisel plow looks great.. I didn’t know how good of a job it does ❤❤soil finisher made it smooth ❤❤

  • @LightWarrior2000
    @LightWarrior200017 күн бұрын

    I drove a van otr past farm lands all the time. I love seeing them.

  • @Hanktheguyforfs22
    @Hanktheguyforfs2218 күн бұрын

    He is the best he and squad are the goats of fs22 and they got me into it. Thanks squad and Spencer they are the best. Especially how they get along so well as brothers. They are just the best

  • @cotton678
    @cotton67810 күн бұрын

    I hope I can be let you guys someday!

  • @thebeastsofwar9107
    @thebeastsofwar910718 күн бұрын

    Farming is my hobby

  • @SAGUY1971
    @SAGUY197117 күн бұрын

    Love to see you using trusted old equipment which can easily fixed when it breaks (unlike all the new techie stuff) . Sorry to hear about your truck getting stolen. Sadly crime is pervasive everywhere now , not just in the cities.

  • @OutofTownwithRobinBell
    @OutofTownwithRobinBell15 күн бұрын

    great work👍

  • @mr.awesome9027
    @mr.awesome902713 күн бұрын

    I’ve been looking forward to seeing this

  • @lucasrezac379
    @lucasrezac37912 күн бұрын

    That was a really nice 6.0 too

  • @RussellFord-zh7sm
    @RussellFord-zh7sm7 күн бұрын

    I love farming

  • @TryingShorts
    @TryingShorts14 күн бұрын

    I love your videos

  • @2crazy654
    @2crazy65418 күн бұрын

    that’s cool

  • @derrickeischens3993
    @derrickeischens399314 күн бұрын

    If you don’t want your planter pulling to the left you should put globe on the planter like a Starfire 3000

  • @Iemand679
    @Iemand67918 күн бұрын

    Finally bro is back 💪🏻

  • @Deutz-fahr-fan
    @Deutz-fahr-fan8 күн бұрын

    As someone who has lost his bag of tools before, my deepest condolences man

  • @RustyWater6
    @RustyWater616 күн бұрын

    Dang, sorry about your truck. That's really unfortunate, hopefully there's some kind of resolution for you. Looking forward to your future content!

  • @FamousAmos14
    @FamousAmos1418 күн бұрын

    In the phone when you do your last cut of the year drill, more alfalfa and do not drill any more oats love the video Spencer❤❤😊

  • @Blackwellll3066
    @Blackwellll306618 күн бұрын

    In Wisconsin that 15 acers is really 60 acers with 4 cuttings not sure how many cuttings ya will get off the feild

  • @redtailpunk
    @redtailpunk17 күн бұрын

    the digger dragging that first tree really reminded me of a dog tryna play with a stick thats way too big for him lol

  • @ummikene8589
    @ummikene858918 күн бұрын

    love ur vids bro

  • @coffeebuzzz
    @coffeebuzzz13 күн бұрын

    Looks good. Your grass crop needs a feed.

  • @rockzy1427
    @rockzy142717 күн бұрын

    Love your content, so sad you dont post more!

  • @spencerhilbert

    @spencerhilbert

    17 күн бұрын

    More to come! I have a few video in the backlogs.

  • @sweetlips1938
    @sweetlips193811 сағат бұрын

    Spencer, Maybe a go fund me page to get some of your tools replaced?

  • @deepakrathod5023
    @deepakrathod502317 күн бұрын

    More videos

  • @Zokailcamping
    @Zokailcamping18 күн бұрын

    Id recommend next year to work it to dust and get all the leftover stalks or whatever back under the soil completely. alfalfa is very tedious and needs to be seeded in great conditions

  • @spencerhilbert

    @spencerhilbert

    18 күн бұрын

    Yup I tried to get away with it here. Last minute decision. We’ll see how it turns out. At least the oats will be good.

  • @waynejones5239

    @waynejones5239

    13 күн бұрын

    I have seeded alfalfa on snow covered fields with just a 3 point spreader and gotten a good stand on bare spots in the field and where it was lightly tilled the snow will take the seed into the ground

  • @RTeBokkel
    @RTeBokkel11 күн бұрын

    Time to pull a Whistlin Diesel and "Find the guy who stole my truck!"

  • @BramVerbraeken
    @BramVerbraeken18 күн бұрын

    Spencer uploaded MOM GET THE CAMERA

  • @ConfusedChickens-bf7yl
    @ConfusedChickens-bf7yl17 күн бұрын

    My dad is selling his 4010 in Michigan will a plow and harrow

  • @johntorich4015
    @johntorich401513 күн бұрын

    I just broadcast it all in with the oats just mix all the seed in the spreader then disc it in and then roll it with coil packers boom your done

  • @landintucker5472
    @landintucker54728 күн бұрын

    Granted it would’ve taken forever and been hard to sell that many you could’ve square bales the cornstalks. Usually people who own sheep will buy cornstalk squares as they are easy to bed a small amount of animals with.

  • @hust1ersmotivation
    @hust1ersmotivation18 күн бұрын

    Heyyy Spencer

  • @mikrieltje
    @mikrieltje15 күн бұрын

    Horse tail or like we like to call it cats tail is a super though weed becase in his incredibly long and tough roots

  • @JeremyWoeppel
    @JeremyWoeppel18 күн бұрын

    You need to plant alfala😊 in the fall

  • @ghorner11
    @ghorner117 күн бұрын

    Next time Molboard plough the residue under in the fall and then work it with the disk in the spring. Problem solved - corn residue will break down so much better.

  • @skipper0565
    @skipper056516 күн бұрын

    I really like what you doing, small farms are great! I understand why you removed the trees, bigger fields are more practical, but on the other hand tree lines are useful: they stop the wind, so the wind can’t dry out the soil or blow it away. I know trees steal water from the crops, but they are useful anyways. That’s what we get told in Europe, so I don’t understand why there are almost no tree lines at the edges of fields in North America. To be fair, I’d never been in America, that’s my impression of videos.

  • @pleasantviewfarms2084
    @pleasantviewfarms208413 күн бұрын

    If you want to thicken up the light areas of alfalfa you will need to do it this year. After the first year alfalfa will not let new alfalfa seeds grow the plants release a toxin. Just an FYI

  • @aidengrove
    @aidengrove18 күн бұрын

    W

  • @zilla2006able
    @zilla2006able18 күн бұрын

    I just wonder when Grant new video become???

  • @jimbradford818
    @jimbradford81818 күн бұрын

    could we maybe get a drawing of the two places, showing the outline of both farms and whos is whos

  • @zilla2006able
    @zilla2006able18 күн бұрын

    that is real shame someone stole your pick-up truck 😭😭😭

  • @jaggortmaker2126
    @jaggortmaker212618 күн бұрын

    I brod cast my oats and they're coming up good

  • @spencerhilbert

    @spencerhilbert

    18 күн бұрын

    Yeah the oats are good, just worried about the alfalfa. That’s where the money is in cost of seed and potential profit.

  • @WesternFarms12
    @WesternFarms1218 күн бұрын

    That disk is overkill for a little 4020

  • @ChanceFlynn-bv8np
    @ChanceFlynn-bv8np15 күн бұрын

    Your hay will be fine, if it doesn’t look good the first year don’t get worked up. I always think my hay is an absolute failure til the second yr

  • @spencerhilbert

    @spencerhilbert

    15 күн бұрын

    Good to know! Thanks for sharing.

  • @davewood8067
    @davewood806718 күн бұрын

    Sup

  • @tomskalicky1309
    @tomskalicky130918 күн бұрын

    Hey spencer, what are your top 5 favorite tractors?

  • @FarmerTrio725
    @FarmerTrio72514 күн бұрын

    If you used a wishek disk on your fields you could have gotten the residue buried better

  • @SJS-wq5wg
    @SJS-wq5wg15 күн бұрын

    Bummer about ur truck. I'm a GMC/Chevy guy, but still thought that truck was cool even if it was a Ford. Remember when u bought it on Grants' channel

  • @blzt3206
    @blzt320618 күн бұрын

    I've always struggled to calibrate brillion seeders.

  • @mwnciboo
    @mwnciboo18 күн бұрын

    Damn thieves - here in the UK on my small 20 acres I end up making a secure yard next to my house for my sm stuff - it is nothing too expensive - but a Ford Ranger, small JD Tractor - implements - tools - 1000 litre fuel tank etc... must have built up a 100k of stuff - I'd be heartbroken if I lost certain things (like my painfully restored JD2040). If you have a patron or just giving let us know.

  • @cookierookie1918
    @cookierookie19182 күн бұрын

    What brand seed cart do yall use?

  • @genchar692
    @genchar69218 күн бұрын

    Farming Simulator be like

  • @JohnF0X
    @JohnF0X18 күн бұрын

    Personaly i would have been more agressive with the cultivation there or even grab the plow to get more of the corn residue under. might have issues with that residue when you get to baling the Alfalafa.

  • @swunt10
    @swunt1018 күн бұрын

    Removing treelines should be outlawed and it is in many countries and states.

  • @brandonparker6670
    @brandonparker667017 күн бұрын

    When are you guys gonna combine farm channels to Hilbert farms to have more consistent content?

  • @cliffordarnoldussen
    @cliffordarnoldussen8 күн бұрын

    Want her to put a little grease on that I don’t like it has been grease for quite a while buckets use a lot of grease cheaper than bushings

  • @markzick9236
    @markzick923618 күн бұрын

    Everyone should use airtags on anything valuable today. You may have been able to locate your truck. Who would have guessed there was crime in Iowa (joke)? Now you have to spend time finding another truck and your insurance premium could double.

  • @spencerhilbert

    @spencerhilbert

    18 күн бұрын

    Yeah I actually found the truck and did have AirTags in a few items that I found. I’ll have a video out on it soon. It’ll make a good story haha.

  • @jasonjackson9130
    @jasonjackson913018 күн бұрын

    All you have to do to join the fields is turn allow field creating on…😂

  • @minislag
    @minislag10 күн бұрын

    What were you spraying? Was it fertilizers or a kind of poison?

  • @seanglasser6969
    @seanglasser696913 күн бұрын

    is that a 210 link belt?

  • @gunnarbeck225
    @gunnarbeck2255 күн бұрын

    The best tool for corn stalk residue is a bush hog

  • @FarmerTrio725
    @FarmerTrio72517 күн бұрын

    Would the corn residue fertilize the alfalfa and oats