Life of a Farmer: September

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[maxar]

I grew up on the farm, but that was long ago and far away. Thanks for bringing back the memories with updated methods. 4 seasons in The Midwest, the land, the farms, the people, can't be beat. Live it, and love it. You guys made a great life there.

[bellensmith]

I grew up on a tobacco (flue-cured) in eastern North Carolina, where farms were very small in comparison. Kansas farming/ranching is another 'world' in so many ways, thank you for opening the large window to farming for those of us with little understanding of methods, equipment, etc. Your family dynamics are priceless, your obvious love for each other and what you're doing. Keep up the videos, look forward to each new one. Many thanks to the Peterson Farm.

[PetersonFarmBros]

Yes, we help our neighbors sometimes, but we do all of our own work ourselves.

[epicmeatwagon]

man i love havin fun at harvest haulin corn and talking to my brother and my dad on the radio, man you guy have a nice farm operation well done!

[vexxan]

Through your hard work, you guys have been blessed with a beautiful farm and life.

[rainygal]

I so enjoy these videos! Being a city girl all my life, I feel like I can vicariously live the farmers life, even if only a few minutes. You guys are so much fun to watch!

[WaltzingAustralia]

I have enjoyed all of the Life of a Farmer videos, but this is one of my favorites -- if for no other reason than because it features corn, and I've written a book about corn (Midwest Maize). In the book, I explain about silage and trench silos, so this was a perfect video to post on my Midwest Maize blog, to illustrate for those who don't live on farms what it looks like. Thanks for producing such informative and insightful videos. (And thanks again, Greg, for letting me include your comments about raising corn as cattle feed in the book.) I love having your videos as a way of showing folks what modern farming looks like.

[richardlorimor]

Brings back memories of when I was growing up. I like the narration vs. just having blaring music in the background. Good job!!!

[JoeKersey]

As always -- outstanding and thank you.

[nathanlenius]

Very nice video once again, hope we can all show everyone how us farmers provide for the world.

[joliesock]

Thanks Greg, enjoying your: " life of a Farmer" series

[startrekfreak]

Love the fact that you guys were singing Tobymac!

[Half_Finis]

You know what! Very interesting! Im from a town in Norway (about 50.000 people live here) (Maby its a city i dont know :P) But this was really interesting! I can't wait to see how the future months are!

[PetersonFarmBros]

It is actually not very much due to the size of the silo. It wouldn't really be worth it to cover the whole thing, most farmers around here don't.

[simisFarm]

Cool Vid!! Whats about the Dirt in silage? Do you never get sick Cattel for that? Greating from a Swiss Farmer...

[TickyMN]

How many acres of corn silage do you chop to fill your bunker? Do you mix the sorghum in with the corn? Love your videos guys! Thanks!

[grumbeer]

hey, i really wonder about your silage pits, because in germany you would never see a silo that isn´t covered.even the biggest methanol plants with pits 5x bigger than yours cover it. it´s the most important thing for a good quality silage to cover it and to make sure that no air can enter it. what about mold on your silage ? That "dark" stuff you fill into the feeder wagon in the end of that video doesn´t look like a healthy silage. can you tell me how many megajoules your silage has?

[billbye]

foraging  the stover sure leaves the field clean; not much debris is left over!

[jimboak]

PS - did you know that if you planted sorghum with your corn silage and planted solid seeded or broadcast you would not need herbicide?

[mrtowmonster]

I'm curious but I know farming takes a lot of equipment and trucks but do you guys ever hire equipment out to other farmers when your harvesting is done? Or help others out if they need help because they have a machine or tractor down when you are done? Or say like with your dump trailer work it at the local rock quaary hauling sand and gravel or even in the winter months hire out for snow removal to either the state or for private work the silage trucks would be good for hauling snow.