When I was a kid growing up in the city, I thought farming would be about as close to hell as you can get without being dead. Now that I'm older and living on a farm I realize that it is truly heaven on earth.

@obiecanobie919

4 жыл бұрын

@John Grzeskowiak Me too..

@yeboscrebo4451

4 жыл бұрын

Especially compared to what cities are becoming.

@c_games5665

4 жыл бұрын

The Jersey J still not a fun and easy job it takes a lot of hard work this is only the fun part of it

@nielslassen5220

2 жыл бұрын

Can relate so much

@Jduekengn

4 ай бұрын

What you farming pal?

How is a farmer engaging me in a conversation 9 times more clearly, intelligently, and eloquently than a politician 😂? I think Ron Paul is brilliant!!!

@kennethpace9887

4 жыл бұрын

Politicians have to sound like they are saying alot while not saying anything

@jamesdolph437

4 жыл бұрын

politicians don't know dick

@ericwotton2046

4 жыл бұрын

Contrary to popular belief. Successful farmers are usually intelligent and well articulated business men.

@fredriks5090

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericwotton2046 The thing about politicians acting stupid is that the most valuable and swinging voter-base is those who will change their votes based on hearsay. Stupid politicians attract stupid votes,- and the act prevents themselves from getting into a meaningful conversation with a contestant who is smarter. The stupidity of a politician is a double-edged pile of goo.

@johndowe7003

4 жыл бұрын

he talks to himself for 10hrs a day prob lol

Wow. A level headed, reasonable explanation of farming practices. Well done.

I can't believe I watched this and found it interesting. Good job.

I wish this guy was my neighbor. Seems like he'd be a cool guy to hang out with.

@eryen9503

4 жыл бұрын

All farmers are cool guys and great neighbors.

@Koop784

4 жыл бұрын

Might be tough to make time to hang out with him, what with him working 15 hour days.

@ryanjones7681

4 жыл бұрын

Until he plows the field at 5am, or runs the harvester at midnight.

@bowhunter8532

4 жыл бұрын

@@eryen9503 No they are not. I know many crooks who are farmers. You would be surprised....

@eryen9503

4 жыл бұрын

@@bowhunter8532 Too bad you live in a bad part of the country.

I have worked in an office building for more than 30 years. Your world is so removed from mine. Thanks for letting us glimpse your world!

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! My main reason for doing this is to connect with people like you. Not everyone has access to a farm that they can visit, but everyone can “visit” ours.

No matter what the job is, blue-collar, white-collar, city, or country, hiring a kid that was raised on a farm is almost always a great hire.

@black_squall

4 жыл бұрын

Great point.

@ChickensAndGardening

4 жыл бұрын

which is why America used to have such great leaders both in business & government -- men who were raised on farms, back when 60% of Americans lived in rural/farming communities. Families needed everyone to do chores, as soon as they were old enough to carry a bucket or shovel. They learned to care for and respect the animals that gave them sustenance, they learned about responsibility and teamwork, to hunt and fish and swim and run and, sometimes, to fight. They were better than us in most ways; modern day Americans brag how open minded and sophisticated we are, yet we can't even decide what our genders are and lack the patience, dedication, & self-sacrifice to raise children.

I had the pleasure of farming for my first 18 years before I found an opportunity to escape. I appreciate and like farming as long as I don't have to depend on it for my livelihood.

Wow. What a really thorough explanation of your fall tillage

City boy from Saudi here. My grand parents used to have farms in Pakistan and now I live in canada's wheat belt (prairies). Loved and subscribed! You have an awesome attitude, especially lived the "sun rise tonight" part @11:47 Here is to the farmers who keep us fed.

Anyone with half a brain cell could get 99% of ur video’s points, just from your intro of questions. Social media has created nothing but stupidity with all these new homesteading / new garden “experts” trying to instill their soil inaccuracies into everyone’s brainless heads. People have different soils, temps, etc. Farming isn’t a one size fits all. It’s a shame more ppl won’t see your video and even less would even understand it anyways. Glad y’all keep doing what you do. Stay blessed and keep on farming”

I LEARNED A LOT. GREAT CHANNEL. MY SISTER AND HER HUSBAND HAVE A SON WHO WANTS TO BE A FARMER !!! I WILL HAVE TO INTRODUCE HIM TO YOUR CHANNEL..... HE'S 7 YEARS OLD .... BUT KNOWS SO MUCH ALREADY. WOW. HIS ONE GRAND PA HAD A INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER H MODEL ... PARTIALLY RESTORED FROM BARN CONDITION. IT HAD BEEN SITTING FOR MORE THAN A DECADE AFTER IT KINDA FLIPPED OVER ON GRAND PA, SO IT NEEDED A BIT OF WORK. AND TODAY ... IT IS TAKEN TO NEARBY CAR SHOWS, FESTIVALS, HARVESTS AND SUCH ... AND PEOPLE LOVE THE STORY !! IT TOOK A BIT OF ELBOW GREASE AND LOTS OF HELP TO GET IT WORKING .... BUT WE LEFT IT LOOK FARM FRESH PATINA !! :)

Again...great video. Informative and the video angles clearly demonstrated what each part of the chisel plow did. I have sat through hour long ag lectures that didn’t explain the principles of fall tillage as well as this video did. Thanks!

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks Thomas! I really appreciate the encouragement. Honored that you take the time to watch the videos as well as leaving feedback!

I honestly thought he was going to non-ironically answer his questions at the beginning of the video by saying "No, it wouldn't be better; but here's a whole video worth of reasons why that I'm going to explain."

:D I spent a couple decades as a welder repairing this type of equipment. It's cool to see it in operation. God Bless our farmers.

Living in Wyoming I'm always glad when my neighbor to the west tills in the fall, because I know I'm going to get 3 to 4 inches of his topsoil on my field.

You are a very good teacher. Thanks!

Very informative. Thank you for producing this video. This gives me some additional appreciation for farming.

Future farm here (hopefully) and I appreciate the simple straight forward explanation you did for that. I've always wondered what the pros and cons were for those that claim no till is the end all only way to go. Hope the winter treats you guys well!

Super informative, didn't even know to ask these questions let alone the answers.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great video again, thanks for all the info. I have heard a lot about "no til" and other techniques but have bever i=understood anything, really, about either the science or the practical aspects. You are darn good at getting to the heart of the matter without overloading with "textbook" facts. And I loved your answer to Bonden i Värmland ... a little humor makes the time go by ;-)

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave! I can’t ever resist a chance to make a lame joke 😂

THANK YOU for all that you do. I know its very hard work!

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I was raised a city boy and recently (10 yrs. ago) moved to an old farm house in Colorado. The farm is still being worked (not by me though) and I'm always amazed at what these guys go through, raising a crop. Needless to say, I love it out here and sometimes wish I'd been a farmer myself. Thank you.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Our house was built in 1900. How old is yours?

great video , you explained it clearly "Thank You"

Thanks for letting us tag along, it was very informative. I used to work at Landoll Corp. in Marysville, KS, where your tilling implement was made, and loved getting to see how their products are being used.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Landoll makes great tillage equipment

Well done. Your presentation is friendly and informative-- just what I'd expect, speaking as a former Iowan:)

That was very interesting. Thank You for explaining what you do :)

Good video! Great explanation of tillage! Looking forward to more videos.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m working on editing one right now...

Thank you for your time. I really do think you give great information and practical explanations.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Hello from Los Angeles, thanks for showing us a glimpse into your world.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Hey there L.A. 👋

I needed a calming farm/agriculture explainer channel in my life. Yes I did. I'm a systems admin living in the largest city in the country's metro area. Contrasts and all that.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your struggles. You tell what is the good and the not so good aspects of farming. You did not try to hide the bad or challenges you face on a yearly basis. You also show how long you have work to get the work/tasks done that need to be done. You taught a good work ethic. I don't even see that many places today. THANK YOU! May God bless you with successful yields of your crops and the other farmers crops you work for, which I do not know how you manage the time with family and work/life style. God bless you. I envy you being outdoors, but not the below 40 F temperatures.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the encouragement! It has been a rough year but it will be better next year.

I'm an old guy from the city out west and know nothing about farming but I really enjoyed your video. You seem to be a good, hard working man who would appear to be a good neighbor. We probably wouldn't agree too much on any political points but hell, that doesn't really matter. I think I will subscribe to your channel and maybe try and learn something about farming. Respect! 😊

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

bartbutkis I have a theory about politics. I believe both the D party and the R party care far more about keeping us divided against each other than they do about any of the issues they claim to stand for. I don’t know which party you would align yourself with and you don’t know which party I would align myself with. I would bet though that even if it’s not the same party, we would agree on more individual issues than we would disagree on.

That was a great presentation. Thank you!

Great video. God bless you boys! Thanks for keeping us fed.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Very interesting. I grew up in Illinois farm country but wasn't a farmer but was always curious about farm production. I couldn't knock on a farmers door and start asking questions and ask to ride in the machinery, so this channel gives the information I always wondered about. Thanks!

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Always glad to have you “ride along” 👍

Hi Dodge Brothers. Great video. I am now subscribed to your channel, and am looking forward to following a long as well as watching your existing videos. Happy new year to Iowa from Denmark, EU.

Thanks, very informative! Keep them coming.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do.

wow I never knew why you did that. I knew you did it but just didn't know why. now I do. great video I just saw you for the first time today. thanks for the videos

Great video. Everyone's better off when weather makes it easier on the farmers.

I just happened upon your channel. I paused the video at 1:17 and subscribed. I know I am going to enjoy this ride. OK, just grabbed a beer and let's get back to the video.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot!

There were a couple of other Dodge brothers 100 years ago named John and Horace that did ok for themselves too . Good luck fellas. Enjoy the channel .

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

They sure did!

@js4187

4 жыл бұрын

@Tim Ebert Had they both not passed away in 1920 , its possible that Dodge automobiles might have run away with the industry rather than Ford ,

@jocoloco1320

4 жыл бұрын

Until the flu got em.😖

@js4187

4 жыл бұрын

@@jocoloco1320 And 100 years later the flu is still killing people .

I think fall tillage is extremely important . It helps get the seeder on the fields faster in the spring . Awesome video !

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

It sure is a must for us!

@greghinthorn4356

4 жыл бұрын

Soil actually dries and warms faster in spring with cover crops and no till than it does with tillage

@teunlll

Жыл бұрын

​@@greghinthorn4356 how do you know?

@greghinthorn4356

Жыл бұрын

@Teun lll science is how I know Topic been researched to death Google it and start reading Good work coming out of Purdue Iowa state and Michigan state land grant universities Facts not opinions It's a fact tillage causes compaction layers in a soil profile

Clear, concise and informative... Thank you

We try to put small food plots on recreational land for deer hunting. Watched this video because it was on the home page. It was very interesting to learn a little bit about a very tough business that hardly ever sees the weather needed for complete success in a growing season. Thank you for taking the time during a grueling work schedule to make this video!

@mircat28

4 жыл бұрын

To sucker the deer in because you're too damn lazy to hunt them in their own environment!?

The twisted shovels seem to do a really good job, i have never seen that particular piece of equipment. I have in another life plowed from sun down to sun up and it's kind of surreal. Thanks for posting.

Having grown up in West Texas I enjoy seeing how other areas tend their acreage. It is fascinating how drastically soil conditions turn from clay to sand to powdery soil. Best of luck to your family this upcoming farming season.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Happy new year Robert!

Also in heavy clay soils, there is something special that freeze and thaw cycles do to clays. It seems to break them down into small soil particles that are ready for planting. Also all that carbon in the stalks works with the nitrogen in the fertilizer to break down into humus. The most fertile soil possible. Also a theory, but putting the corn stalks lower into the soil profile encourages earth worms to come up and feed on them. Even if the top few inches of soil is frozen, worms would go nuts eating and multiplying. All those castings are perfect plant food!

@superchuck3259

4 жыл бұрын

@Santina Murphy Just be happy I didn't call it dirt! Okay soils grammar police. There is such a thing as humus soils, they are soils rich in humus. You taught me nothing and added just manure to the soils discussion! www.britannica.com/science/humus-soil-component

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Right on! Our deep freeze and thaw cycles are extremely important to our soil health here.

Thanks for the ride and education! Much appreciated AND ENJOYED,

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Love these videos. Very interesting and informative. Keep them coming.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for the super informative video! Learnt alot for someone who doesnt come from a farming background and great for providing context for a project we're looking at in agriculture. Kind regards

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sofia!

Thanks for the video, my mom´s family were farmers in Mississippi County, Arkansas and Ocala Florida.

Very nicely done - thx! Tough job!

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Great education ! Farmers are resourceful, practical, capable, resilient with reasons for doing what they do - Few share there knowledge......not realizing their knowledge is as valuable, and of considerable interest, as the crops they grow......

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

I’m actually amazed at how many people are interested in the things I do every day. It’s easy to take this life for granted and forget that so few of us actually get to do this.

Thanks 4 your videos! God bless!

love watching these videos :) reminds me of the crap the american farmer goes thru to get food to our tables thank you

Thank you for your video. I've lived in central Illinios most all of my life. Have friends and neighbors that farm but never asked them about how and why they do what they do. Just cuts at them in the spring and for for holding up traffic and getting mud all over the roads. Your short video explained some of it. You can tell by your smile and tone in your voice you love this S#$t. I mean your job. Bless you, wish the rest of us were so lucky. Peace Out and God bless you and your family. 😎✌🤘🖖

always fun to watch and learn

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

This is man you could have a beer with. No drama, no fuss, just good company and polite conversation. Thank you for the information. Grew up in farm country before moving to Ranch Country, never knew all of this. Thank you.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for dropping by!

@deathground7766

4 жыл бұрын

@@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206 - You're welcome...found you by accident, that must mean it will be a good new year.

Informative video. I enjoyed it.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

bigtractorpower wow thanks!

Thanks for the good job explaining

Very educative, thanks!

Thank you for the education.

Another great video thanks for all the info 👍👍👍

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gary!

A big thanks to all the farmers across the world who keep the rest of us fed!!

I never thought I'd have use for a video like this!

I am a city boy so this isn't the type I go looking for. It is nice however to find al little gem to watch. Keep up the good work.

@mircat28

4 жыл бұрын

Where do you suppose your food comes from tjat you eat in the city? A farmer grew it somewhere.

Learning something new today. I guess you need a lot of patience to ride that long and bounce around all day. Liked it it was calming and soothing watching the plow work.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

I find it calming and soothing to ride around in the tractor all day 😀

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Santina Murphy I feel ya! When I get done with a long day cutting hay with dad‘s International 1066 turbo I am dirty and half deaf and pretty well shot!

Thanks for the info.

Thanks again for an informative presentation. Your way of telling the story is so clear and complete. What is going through your head as you do field work when you are not narrating videos? Kudos to your wife for keeping things at home running while you work crazy hours. Wives are the silent and often under appreciated partner!! In Ohio we drove through some fields that had a strange cover crop. I checked with the Ohio State Extension and learned it was oil seed radish. It is an interesting fall crop that salvages deeper nutrients and its tap root attacks compaction. Have you heard of it? I won't go into detail but you can look it up.

I did just like you said cuz I enjoyed this clip it was very educational thank you

Thanks for the video. appreciate it.

i love the intel thank you

very educational. thanks.

Us city folks/ end users obv have “No Clue” ...thanx for the explanation that even I can understand ! 👍

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

I think consumers overall want to know how things work and I feel bad that so many people have no connection to any farm they could visit.

Great video!!

Thank you sir, very informative

From Southeast Iowa ! And watching this from Southern Texas . Definitely a new subscriber

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Casey!

I am a suburban guy from Maryland/DC with no connection to farming, I stumbled across your videos last month watch a couple and found them interesting. Since then I have been binge watching, and as of last night I am all caught up. You do a terrific job explaining both the why and how of what you do, and you make the videos enjoyable to watch. Keep up the great work!

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot David! I love connecting with people who would otherwise not be able to visit a farm regularly. Now you can visit mine whenever you want. Modern technology is making the world so small!

@bobbittner4107

4 жыл бұрын

David, how about getting some good folks together and start a small farm. For fresh healthy food along with a fun get away for the family. I'm in Maryland\DC area as well. Allegany county has some good farm land along with mountain view.

Great Video and explanation!

Good explanation

Who thinks farming is easy, done mine back in the '60's and even with all the improvements in machinery, you still have to work with Mother Nature. Thanks for the videos and I will follow you awhile.

Gabe Brown has a presentation here on KZread called "Treating the farm as an ecosystem", there might be some methods there you could use in order to save time and money

@permiebird937

4 жыл бұрын

Gabe Brown does amazing things with his land.

@greghinthorn4356

4 жыл бұрын

Gabe Brown is a brilliant man

@jimgotta9122

4 жыл бұрын

Gabe Brown never tills, and he has some amazing ideas about how to farm that is contrary to what current Ag producers are doing.

@martysaskatchewan740

4 жыл бұрын

I think Gabe Brown will shoot right over these fellas heads. Gabe is brilliant. Thumbs down for tilling.

You farmers work hard! Such crazy & long hours!

I moved to NE IA a decade ago from La Crosse. KZread suggested this video to me somehow. I've always been curious on how you guys farm differently than where I'm from. Good stuff here. I've always been curious. Great tutorial. You've earned a subscription. Now I have to go back over all your videos and see what else you've done that I've always wondered about. I see you guys even go shopping up in Hazleton too. I'll have to catch that video and see what you're doing up there. Don't give away too many secrets! Wild what you're doing here. Keep up the good work!

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks!

One of the things that a mazes me about farming in the US is the size of your fields man they are huge compared to what we have here in the UK anyway nice video and thank you for explaining why you till the soil in the Autumn/Fall.

@ianbutler1983

4 жыл бұрын

Derek, I am a Brit that lives I Ohio. I visited a friend in Wyoming last summer. You would not believe the size of the ranches in the West. They are tens of thousands of acres.

Great Video, thanks for sharing

You need to have some guy run by behind you in a bigfoot costume, or something.

@lisaschuster9187

4 жыл бұрын

You didn’t see it???

@mircat28

4 жыл бұрын

If he doesn't do what he does all the angry starving city folk would be chasing him.

Enjoyed the video.

Nice to see how soil works half way across the world.

Very interesting. There are a lot of options between plowing, cultivating and no-till. I guess that is the kind of thing you have to know in order to be a successful farmer.

It's like he's riding a horse at a cantor...

@ssn0651

4 жыл бұрын

A cantor is a liturgical chanter or singer . A canter is a horses gait .

@mircat28

4 жыл бұрын

Have you ever ridden a tractor?

Good explanation sir. Best of luck in all regards as you go thru winter.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Welcome to can't sleep Saturday where KZread throws me random blessings from a corn field

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you couldn’t sleep!

@OldCountrySeeds

4 жыл бұрын

you and me both. except it's can't sleep ... monday/tuesday. thanks to you @Dodge Brothers Farm and Ranch and everyone else farming your guts out for us all to eat your fine crops, produce the fuels we need, etc. And thanks for producing some videos about it! nice to learn about your giant-scale horticulture versus my small scale.

Thanks for sharing your video with me I'm a retired old peanut farmer I love that black dirt you got up there I was just wondering why you was driving a case international lol I've always used the John deer tractors but I was raised on a farm when we had case equipment I love both of them my first tractor I drove was a case 430 with a hand clutch on it I've made a living using big John deer tractors for most of my life thanks again my friend for sharing your video and merry Christmas up your way and a happy new year too

I’m not a farmer but these videos are very insightful. You my friend earned a subscriber

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoy farming with me.

Thanks that answered many questions!

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Yes, that was informative.

On Boxing Day, I just spent 12 minutes watching a farmer re-plow his field. Big respect ! The city folk don't realize that they couldn't survive for 2weeks without the farmers. Tractors use diesel. They also don't know that they couldn't survive for 2weeks without carbon based fossil fuels. DJTrump is on the right path to saving our way of life in the whole western world.

Great explanation. Thank you. Thumbs up from a subscriber.

@dodgebrothersfarmandranch9206

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks David!