Flippin' Farmer

Getting one of the farm trucks all shined up. Polishing aluminum tanks and wheels.

A little spring tillage 2021 footage for your enjoyment.

It is not a very productive day of planting. As soon as I got started I had to stop to go spray some soybeans, then a flat tire on the planter, then a wiring harness, then a diesel return boot, then skipping planter, then row 12 showing weird planting issue, then plugged fuel filter, and to end the night a broken closing spring that I didn't get on video. I'm ready for Plant 2021 to be over. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 The lights I use around the yard https://amzn.to/3j9QgCJ Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

All the preparation has payed off and it is finally the first day of planting. I have a few small break down and check that everything is working well. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/M3LTMrw38 The lights I use around the yard https://amzn.to/3j9QgCJ Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

I am back to fly over the derailed train site and check on progress. In just a week this went from a train wreck to a working rail line and a pile of scrap iron. This ia a follow up video, the original can be found here https://youtu.be/joLqB18V1y8 On August 27, 2021 Northeast Iowa got pounded with rain, up to 16 inches fell in places which combined with rains from earlier in the week to cause wide spread flooding. The floods washed out roads and even a railroad bridge near New Hampton, Iowa which caused a train to derail leaving 6 engines and 11 cars scattered in a wreck. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/M3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

On August 27, 2021 Northeast Iowa got pounded with rain, up to 16 inches fell in places which combined with rains from earlier in the week to cause wide spread flooding. The floods washed out roads and even a railroad bridge near New Hampton, Iowa which caused a train to derail leaving 6 engines and 11 cars scattered in a wreck. This is drone footage of the floods and derailed train. Contents Flooding on the "Big" Wapsipinicon river 2:27 Flooding on the "Little" Wapsipinicon river 4:35 Road damage near little Wapsi river 7:15 Water over the dam at Nashua 7:00 Derailed train 9:21 Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/M3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

The next step in the preparation for spring planting is spraying nitrogen and herbicides. The Miller Nitro sprayer is new this year and I am really impressed with how well it performs. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

It is time to start tilling the ground for spring planting. I got a new field cultivator this year and it is getting a workout. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

A little look at spraying this year.

Preparation for planting is underway. The weather has turned warmer which means I can work on equipment without freezing. I have some work to do on the planter and also the fertilizer tender before I can start planting. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

I am back and I have a new job. As you may know I have to have a full time job to support my farming habit and in this video I talk about my old and my new job. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

Spring is here and it is time to start getting equipment ready for the field. I have some equipment that is broken and in need of replacing. I go to an auction and end up buying a field cultivator. When I go back to pick up the field cultivator I stop and buy a tank for the nurse tank. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equpment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v The lights I use on the tractors and planter https://amzn.to/3g5cgf3 Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

This is an update to our house fire. After our house caught on fire we moved our family to a hotel which, well, sucks. We decided to buy a mobile home and put it on our property until we can build a new house. Come watch how a mobile home is moved. Watch the video about our house fire here https://youtu.be/wOP3GiFHGEw The lights I use for the yard or sheds https://amzn.to/2LicDZ4 See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

We had a tragedy this week, we lost our house and everything in it from a fire. My wife and 2 toddler boys were home at the time and thank God they got out of the house safe. Let's go walk around inside and survey the damages. We are blessed to have our family and we are not asking for anything but people keep asking what they can do to help. You can donate below or click the Amazon link and do your normal shopping. Donate here gf.me/u/y9ch4v If you would like to help us out by shopping on Amazon, it doesn't cost you anything extra we just get a few cents from every sale for referring you to their website. https://amzn.to/3pPwVIM

Its time to help these little corn plants out and spray the weeds! Adam brings his Hagie over to start spraying post-emerge weeds. Follow along with me as I tend water for Adam, clean out the bin and load grain trucks, and see how fast we can fill the 1200 gallon tender trailer. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equpment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v The lights I use on the tractors and planter https://amzn.to/3g5cgf3 Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

Well we are just a few weeks away from harvest and it is time to go do some scouting and yield estimates. The whole state of Iowa is in some sort of a drought so it is time to go see how it is affecting the corn. I pull samples from 4 different varieties and do some calculations as well as compare the results to Pioneer's yield estimator app. If you want to jump to the yield results go to 22:24 Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Learn more about corn diseases https://amzn.to/30OZhbO Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

It has been an eventful first year! A storm came through and brought wind and hail, but I escaped the white combine mostly. I am just going out to assess crop damage and do a little scouting before fungicide is applied. I find some hail damage, green snap, gray leaf spot, common rust, physoderma, and surprisingly some nitrogen deficiency. The corn crop is looking good and I am trying to do everything I can to keep these plants healthy. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equipment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Learn more about corn diseases https://amzn.to/30OZhbO Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

This is it, we are finally at the finish line! The last day of planting is finally here. I have to fill the planter and use up all the extra and leftover seed to get the last two little fields planted. Then I use my handy dandy Milwaukee M18 shop vacuum to clean out the boxes and flush the starter system. And I get it all done right before the rain. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equpment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v Get your own Milwaukee M18 Wet/Dry Shop Vac https://amzn.to/3eICBNS Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

We are almost done planting as long as I can keep the planter running, and sometimes it takes some creative ingenuity and a good assortment of random parts in the tractor toolbox. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am starting with nothing and have to rent all the equpment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v The lights I use on the tractors and planter https://amzn.to/3g5cgf3 Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

Welcome back to another video of planting my first corn crop. This video we finish up the last acre on the big field after we fix what broke the night before. I then move over and finish a 40 acre field then a 20 acre field to finish off the day. There are plenty of breakdowns and repairs along the way. Hello, my name is BJ and this is my journey as a beginning farmer. I am\starting with nothing and have to rent all the equpment and land. Follow me as I finance, plant, grow, and harvest my first crop. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImR0TXCNAdYHwy-H1_mM4Q1v The lights I use on the tractors and planter https://amzn.to/3g5cgf3 Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

Today we are planting corn! Come watch a beginning farmer plant his first corn crop. We are in the full swing of planting, and I am still having breakdowns every day but at least I am getting seed in the ground. I start the day by getting parts, fixing a guage wheel, then I find a bad bearing in a seed blade and a missing left handed nut. Finally late in the day I get planting and at 1 am with less than 1 acre to go the planter breaks again. The lights I use on the tractors https://amzn.to/3g5cgf3 Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

It is finally that time...putting seed in the ground! But like the rest of the 2020 planting season thus far, it is not without challenges. I start with moving the autosteer from the tillage tractor (John Deere 4455) over to the planting tractor (John Deere 4440). I make sure everything is working by planting some sweetcorn (sorry forgot to film) then we get started on the big field. Then the planter reminded me of why I want a different planter. Get your own Milwaukee M18 Vacuum https://amzn.to/2yEAFHn Follow my progress as I plant my first crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

Welcome back to another episode of my first year farming. I am so close to actually putting seed in the ground. First off I have to finish the last few things on the John Deere 7000 planter which includes changing out a gear in the transmission to change population. The sprayer shows up to get our pre-emerge herbicides and nitrogen applied. We get the rocks picked up out of the field and incorporate the nitrogen. Here is the article about why I had to change up my nitogen plan this year (more about this in Vlog 6) Iowa State University article Late Spring Nitrogen Considerations https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2018/04/late-spring-nitrogen-considerations The lights I use on the tractors https://amzn.to/3g5cgf3 Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.

Welcome back to my journey as a beginning farmer. It is Tuesday April 28, 2020 and I am still working toward getting my first crop planted. We are finally using the field cultivator to get some ground worked. I got 170 acres worked before I realized I made a mistake. I need to incorporate the nitrogen into the soil so I will have to work the ground once again. Iowa State University article Late Spring Nitrogen Considerations https://crops.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews/2018/04/late-spring-nitrogen-considerations The lights I use on the tractors https://amzn.to/3g5cgf3 Follow my progress as I plant my crop of corn https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6QP9UTzImRJGGMry_pD-QxQYAqAJekj See what my channel is all about here https://youtu.be/UAM3LTMrw38 Thank you for watching. If you enjoyed this video I would appreciate it if you would click the like button. Have a great day! ================ Disclaimer: Links above may be affiliate links.