I Spent One Year Farming from Scratch

In this video, we start farming from scratch with a JD 4020 and 50 acres of land.

American Farming Game

0:00 Buying Tractor
2:20 Driving tractor/disk
6:30 Spring work/planting
29:30 Making Hay
53:37 Summer work/accident
1:01:24 Building hitch
1:17:44 Harvest
1:46:09 Profit/loss breakdown
1:57:14 Youtube income

[firemanandhellhound]

Very cool information. Definitely worth watching. Also, I just bought and installed your brothers game on my phone and tablet. Lol so far, im loving it.

[andrewmaksimovich]

To be a farmer you need to be a mechanic, business man, machine operator, weatherman, and more. Huge respect

[undercoverhustler]

I'm a professional welder and I have fabricated many heavy duty truck hitches for use in the northern Canadian oil fields. The hitch you made is bomb proof.

[andriibilych]

I live in Poland, never had anything to do with farming and I didn't even notice how 2 hours went by. Great work, tremendous effort, awesome video.Wish you all the success in everything you're doing.

[Tlcdeb]

I am a 71 year OLD man. I have dementia and bed in bed almost all the time. My name is Lynn. FYI.
I just started watching and really enjoyed it! I will continue watching them as time goes by. I would appreciate you replying if you have time Would appreciate it! As said I will continue watching, great first Video and hope hope you the best!!
God bless.

[waynekaminski]

My mother inherited two farms once her father's estate was settled after her mother passed (her mother lived another 11 years after her father's passing). One farm was mostly grassland that she rented out to run cattle. The other farm was 140 acres and the original homestead of my mother's great grandfather, who immigrated from Poland in the early 1880's. While in her father's possession, much of that land was cleared of the original home's brick foundation and further cut, cleared for crops and rented out to a local farmer. My uncles and I did a lot of pheasant hunting along that farm's corn fields. My mother eventually sold the grassland farm but worked the 140-acre farm by entering into a long-term operational sharing contract with a local farmer, where my mother actively participated in the finances of the farm, in return for a split in the crop yields. She did this up until she was 83 years old, then switched to renting the 140 acres directly to the same farmer, up until my mother passed. Upon her passing, this 140-acre farm passed to my sister, my niece, and myself. Now we rent out this farm (107 acres under pivot irrigation, ~20 acres of hay, with the rest mostly a creek that bisects the property, and some hilly grassland suitable for cattle) to the same farmer. This farmer works his own land plus does contract farming. He has five sons that have went into farming with their father, and all five sons also rent farmland to grow crops. I always had great respect for the farmer that rents the farm I co-own, but after watching your video I have gained a greater understanding of what it takes to be successful. The farmer I rent to has managed to secure his own homestead and enough rental farmland to fully leverage and utilize his equipment to work all the land in a very productive way.

My advice to you is to stay out of debt as is practical. You should continue to buy used farm equipment and repair as much of it as you can to make the equipment run decently. Your welding skills are necessary to be in farming. You have what it takes to be in farming for as long as you want to. Good luck!

[jamesweirich]

Kudos to your parents, they have raised a couple of outstanding Men.

[twiggzyisbest]

Spencer! You have made me realize what I do need to do again. I recently inherited 250 acres of farmland, I was debating on renting it out. But, with randomly running across your channel, I have decided to start farming it again. I missed it when my great grandparents and grandparents would farm it while I was growing up. I have alot of new things to learn. But to me this was a sign! Thank you for your content!

[pleasedontfailusproduction]

I think you actually did quite well for your first harvest, especially as a lot of the deficit was part of what you would pay yourself and just getting the land ready. I thinks its awesome how much you've learned doing this and really look forward to seeing your future videos, as its really clear that you have the drive and passion for this, and because of that I just know you'll be absolutely fantastic! Excellent job!

[MRGS.]

Retired vet, I’m working HVAC to get the capital for my farm thanks for the videos man I know absolutely nothing about farming

[johnkauppi]

Australia here. 1983, 17 years old. I rented 50 acres, with my dads help. Went to a clearing sale and bought a petrol David Brown 30 C Cropmaster for $500. I bought a Massey sundercut plough and a 12 run sunshine seed drill, both old, obsolete and dirt cheap. Couldnt afford to spray the weeds in the crop so the yield was down, but I got my first wheat crop done. A neighbour carted it to the silos for free. I put all the money I made into a better tractor and the next crop. All the while working as a farmhand for another farmer.

[FeydTheRonin]

Losing money or not, what you did is one of the most essential industries for the world, the nation, and life itself. You literally employed more flexibility, ingenuity, and creative effort in overcoming the myriad of unexpected problems than the vast majority of people will ever need to consider just working some job for a wage.

[bruv.]

I thought this was a farming simulator video 💀

[NpackT]

This was probably the most entertaining YouTube video I’ve ever seen. Never been a farmer and didn’t know anything about it before this. Much respect! Great job!

[danaekreider]

My boys are 1 year old, 3, and 4.5. They have been addicted to watching your channel with me. Can't wait for more content! Thank you!

[pokokeapik]

We're from Indonesia and totally blown away by your cool agricultural tech! Over here, we're still rocking the old-school ways with manual hoes because our land's all hilly and tricky. You should totally swing by Indonesia and check out our laid-back traditional farming scene. Your high-tech agri vibes got us impressed big time!

[twentyonetoone]

The most important thing you taught people wasn't how much money you might make doing this, it's how much work you would need to do to even begin to make money doing it - or how many social connections, know-how, and money you would need up front to be successful to begin with. Really impressive.

[baraaderbashi]

I never thought I will be watching a 2 hour youtube video on farming, but I must say I loved every single second!
Best of luck, and I really can't see it except positively, and I am 100% sure next year will be a great pure profit, as 2023 was just a starting point in this.
Best of luck mate, you guys rocked, and I don't regret this at all.

[fistofthenorthstar]

And here I am... 36-year-old Civil Eng. from Serbia, working and living in Norway... Looking at the video how some guy from The USA does Farming. U really need to appreciate the YT algorithm and new technologies. God bless this young hardworking man.

[randallwhitehead]

Reminds me of the old days when we had to make the best.. I have bale hay, rake it and put it away.. 60s 70s great job… I’m glad you following.. in the footsteps of our father.. and I know it’s hard work, but thank you love watching your videos