My Father in law was a retired farmer who passed away today and I want you to know that watching your videos was something he loved doing everyday. The last thing he watched was one of your videos You are good people, Thank you.

@briansonne814

23 күн бұрын

I am so humbled and honored to hear this. Thankyou.

Like my dad used to say “To Wet To Plow To Windy To Haul Rocks so let’s go to the hog barn and clean the cement floors”. He went to the elevator and played cards and I cleaned the feed lots 🤢😢

My wife was laughing at some of your comments this Wednesday afternoon. I had the speaker on and she enjoyed hearing how Sonne Farms (Cole and Brian) can go back & forth. 😊

Impressed with Brians backing the wagon in the barn.

Don't let anybody tease you about backing that wagon in. Backing a wagon and backing a trailer are two entirely different animals. Ask any kid who grew up backing haywagons. Ask me how I know. Great video Cole keep em coming!

I'm sorry! I laughed out loud when you said only 7 minutes! 🤣🤣 thanks!

Thank you Cole and Dad Brian for sharing everything.Little Sonny is growing and so cute.God bless you all.

If my grandfather wanted the grain wagons backed into the barn. As to doing it himself and it taking 1/2 the afternoon, he'd go get my grandmother and she'd have them backed in the barn in a few mins. Rumor has it that my grandmother was hell on wheels when it came to driving. Awesome video Cole. 🚜🚜🚜

😂 The electric fence bit you did cracks me up. Had to watch it twice. Yup I agree, it is hard to look away. 😂

Yeah this rain every other day is getting old, gotta get dry weather to do any planting. That was funny, watching those calves get popped, I use to see that from time to time, but we don't use electric fencing any more. Thanks and have a nice evening!

Thanks for letting us tag along!

Beginning of video every time you start your tractor or semi truck it reminds me of the beginning of Smokey and the bandit movie

Cole I'm sure your dad gets check ups but I'm 61 today and had open heart surgery a little over 2 months ago take good care of your dad

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO Cole and Brian 😊

The snap of a good fencer is so satisfying 😅

I remember my Brother in law saying you Can’t Farm or Ride The Motorcycle until You could Back a 4 Wheel Wagon into the HayBarn !

@jamesmarsh4957

25 күн бұрын

so true we used to have 4 wheeled hay wagons and backing them fully loaded close to the hay barn for unloading was a skill and the tractor did not have power steering back then , i remember spending a few hours once practicing how to reverse them

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence

Beans are in and now replanting part of them. No corn planted. Drove 2 hrs south to Indianapolis and saw a lot of spiked corn standing in large pools of water. Talked with a farm manager today and he said they personally have nothing planted on his farm and would take 3-4 days of dry to start.

The best and worst feelings all at the same time when the cattle touch the hot wire.

@opinionatedopiner

17 күн бұрын

You gotta figure in the resistance. Depends on how grounded the animal is and how much fur was in between the wire and skin. Animals end up feeling a fraction of it.

No one will know the real struggles of life until they've tried backing a pivoting axle.

The last time I tried backing a 4 wheel wagon in a shed. I gave up. To add injury to insult my Amish neighbor backed it in with a team of Belgium draft horses.

Kudos on backing the wagon!

Good lookin gold. Cole you rock, great job on getting the wagon into the shed. Those cows and calves are to pushy for their own good. Prayers to you that the ground drys up an enough to plant. Then warm rain to germinate. Peace.

Why is it so funny when your buddy gets into the electric fence and you don’t!!!

I don't know the anything about running a farm. Your teachings are interesting. It seems your heart has to be in it. Just maintaining the equipment is a full time job, let alone livestock and the land. Wow. You have a lot of patience.

The outro was a hilarious life lesson...could almost hear the calves daring each other in a rite of passage, "to be a part of the group, you gotta touch that silver grass." Maybe it will, maybe it won't. You want in or not? Ahh, the life lessons!

Spring - hurry up and wait! Nice video.

Lots of.happy cattle happiness ahead with all those cubes. So glad the moisture arrived and the fields look so awesome. God Bless.

Great video Cole and Brian

Thanks and GOD BLESS 😀

My goodness that’s a lot of mud. Looks like it’s a little wet out there at Cole. I hope that little café makes it.❤❤

Thanks for the video!

@SonneFarms

25 күн бұрын

You bet!

that wheeler gate is awesome

Not sure of bulk price for the cubes as I feed a few, but we pay 13 dollars for a 50lb bag.

Brian Jr sure is troublesome. 🤣 Song of the day. Green Green Grass of home by Elvis.

Cool shot of the semi tractor drive train! Truly enjoy your videos.

@SonneFarms

25 күн бұрын

thank you!

Its fun watching your "kids" having to learn stuff on their own. The last 120 seconds of your video I died laughing. Great video and hope you and your father get to planting soon.

Hope you’re able to get some seed in the ground soon. Grass looks great for an excellent hay crop. Another good day at SONNE farms!

I feel your pain Sonny , backing a gravity wagon into a shed..

awsome video cole lot of gold for sure lol thumbs up and shared

Thanks for another great video Cole. It was interesting and enjoyable. The electric fence at the end of your video is hard to watch. The cows march up to it and get stung. And then they go back for more-ouch!!!!!! Could never understand that. Oh my. Good job of backing the trailer in the shed. Backing a four wheel trailer is not the easiest. Two wheel is easy. Doing the four wheel trailer take getting use to. You did pretty darn good Cole. Trying to find ground ready to plant with the right moisture is hard to do. Just takes a good sound decision on your part to go or not go. Don’t want to waste expensive seed. Believe you and dad made the right decision. Nice going!!!!!!!!! Hope that calf you brought to the barn learns to suck from its mother. Don’t want to lose a calf. You and dad are good at teaching them to suck. Sonny is sure growing fast. Wow. About it I guess. Thanks for everything. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.

Great video guys. Thank y'all so much Cole and Mr. B

Thanks 😊

Cole your wagon backing skills are impressive. Tough to do.

i enjoied watching your video hope you guys get more planting done but we are all thank full for the amout of moisture we are getting hope you and brian are having a nice day.

Great Job

Great video and really nice looking animals.

Thanks for my afternoon entertainment Sonne Boys ! 👍

I have a Texas Fence Fixer that I use to tighten loose unbroken barbed wire. I really like it better than the Golden Rod stretcher, which I use on broken wire and building new fence. Just a suggestion to try.

Sonny is growing up so... fast. Wishing You Mom & a future Mom (Tiffany) a Very nice Mother's Day... GBY ALL 🙏❤️💙💖💙🐕🐕...💙🤗✝️

@johannaraisch4051

26 күн бұрын

I’ve been away for a few months. What did I miss? Tiffany expecting ??

Send some rain to south central Kansas!

So I guess the grass really WAS greener on the other side...how about that

Do difficult mama's get sold first? 2:27 U-joint looks ok...

I remember my brother and I used to get a blade of grass and hold it on the electric fence, it always made me jump 😂 Thanks for another great video 😊

Fantastic camera placement!

@SonneFarms

24 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Some of the best corn we had one year was a 20acre field that the planter muddy and I mean muddy it in

He not a job Cole, Brian and Jeff. Thanks so much for the video. Look forward to the next one

7 minutes to get it backed into the shed. Not really that bad. Back when I was snowmobiling a lot, I put a hitch ball on the front of my van just for doing stuff like that. It is SO much easier to guide a trailer when you are looking right at it and your steering wheels are at the front of the trailer you are backing. Had to explain to a state trooper why I had a hitch on the front one time but he was a city boy and didn't understand doin any thing backwards.

There is definitely an art to backing those kinds of trailers

The grass is always greener...

Cole you attach a folding chair to the auger. Save wear and tear on your knee👍👍👍👍

All good!

i know i said this on the last vid but your hay crops are defiantly looking more and more likely to be pretty good , this is 10 times better than last year but i understand you want to get the corn planted too

good job!

The way Momma cow looked at you around 13:45 😅 If cows could give the stink eye

I assume the pellets are cattle treats, just like the ones Dusty of Cross Timber Bison uses.

Driving across south Dakota right now watching this heading back to Alberta, should we meet at stores station for lunch?

With my great grandfather it be hey grandpa I got worms let's go see if the fish are biting, and we would be gone.

My horses have done that too- with board and rail fence!

Your dad should plant some oak shades trees in the front yard. It looks so bare.

@chuckyc6912

25 күн бұрын

Great videos

Too much, too little: the farmers bane. Along with too hot, too cold, too much wind, not enough. What did I forget?

@user-dd8wh3xi6u

25 күн бұрын

You forgot "too much time, not enough time."

Whenever you show a handful of corn, I hear Burl Ives singing!

Nice vidio

A day you can't plant can you clean the windshields on everything?

I had a cow out of the lot in my houseyard yesterday. It shouldn't have been because the fence was new and still in good shape. They have been reaching through for green grass. I guess after a while the bales just don't cut it. Well after a fashion and some cussing and running the cow finally got to the other corner of the lot. I looked at the gate again, thought it was hooked, and guess what, it wasn't. HMMMMM. Chased the cow up after keeping her from taking escape routes that she carefully studied on the way up the hill, Walked her into the gate. So, the fence held but if you don't hinge the gate and there is green grass on the other side, they WILL get out. I think hubby may hinge it from now on. Or at least the next time he goes through. :>)

Testing if too wet to plant----we would make a ball toss it up and catch it 3 times. If it didn't crumble apart it was too wet.

Last year, hardly any rain. Now more than you know what to do with.

@wayner806

25 күн бұрын

Feast or famine, it seems with the weather. From my perspective in dry west Texas, it’s easier to wait on it to dry out than waiting on it to rain. Maybe this year is wet for us too but hope it’s soon!

You should get yourself a bunch of Arizona stays to put in them fence lines.

I often wonder as I travel across I-90 in your fare state twice a week how many of this black angus bulls I see in those pastures might be yours you have sold or off spring of your bulls.. because they all look so good.

Enjoy some good lawn mowing!

Amen😊

11:53 this reason right there is why I also put a receiver on the front of my truck so I'll just tow it normal until I get close. I want to back it up unhook re-hook up on the front and then you can stay ahead of it and back them up pretty easy.

@SonneFarms

25 күн бұрын

we have done that with the UTV's for when we back in the header trailers, you are right works very well

The grass was greener on the other side of the fence!

I have found, over the years, that a newborn calf will suck out of the same teat or two for the first few days. After a few days it finds the other teats. But they still have colostrum in them and the calf gets scours. But the scours only last for a days or two.

@SonneFarms

25 күн бұрын

good insight!

Another great video Cole. We received 8 tenths of rain today near Fargo. No planting for a while. I am guessing you feed the Dakota Gold pellets to your replacement heifers. How much do they get a day?

It's crazy how a cow can run through barb wire and come out without a scratch and our horses just look at a fence and get cut bad.

Cole, remember that’s South Dakota. It could snow a foot next week.

Electric fence and wet dirt-Recipe for an education!

Question ,"Mr.Farmer" sir, how is it you don't use a grain drier to dry your grains? I surmise, could it be your low humidity ?

Great video now question of the day how much gold for a semi load of gold?Truly hope you get some great weather in the near future!What about the Corgi ain’t that a Jim dog dandy!🐕

The grass is always greener on the other side

Cole the grass is always greener on the other side give the outbursts an iron ring in the nose then they should probably stay away from the fence

That Corgi is precious we had 2 Luke,and Yoda,if got another dog would be corgi. They lived to be 17,and 15.They are little herders.I dont know how many times they tripped me up herding me.

Hey Cole, notice how easy it was to "back" the feed wagon into the shed with the skid loader? Maybe you could fit a "backing in" hitch to the front of the pickups.....?

@SonneFarms

25 күн бұрын

that would work well

I was wondering how you managed to keep stock in with only barbed wire. My stock don't respect barbed wire either, but they do respect electric fences ! As usual an interesting video

Poor girl was doing a lot of thrashing in the head gate, but you can see at 3:23 why! That tongue is juuuust not long enough to grab more lunch. I hate staring at my lunch too.

If you guys had a chisel plough y'all could soften that dirt up and start planting.

I guess the fields just aren’t looking at their calendars!😝

Eeeerrrr me gerd...... Peerrlits....😬😂👍

The interesting part is that if one cow got zipped with electric the other ones have to come and check themselves if there realy is electric