With Andy temporarily out, Kelly has to go spray the wheat. Matt explains what he's seeing from the ripping and also talks about what he's doing different with crop insurance. Later, loading the steers puts Kelly in a precarious situation.

With planting season right around the corner, Matt and Andy race to get the planter finished with the installation of the Precision Planting liquid fertilizer system. Matt debates how to plumb it up to make access to other parts of the planter easy for easier repairs. But first, Matt gives his ...

American agriculture is facing a fertilizer supply crisis — and the disruption may arrive sooner than most producers expect. Nations with adversarial relationships toward the United States control critical production capacity and transportation infrastructure for synthetic fertilizer, and the fos...

Welcome back to the shop! We're starting an exciting new "diy projects" adventure today: building a spray trailer. This initial phase involves significant "welding" and "fabrication" as we construct the cage and prepare the "utility trailer"'s undercarriage. It's all part of careful "project plan...

With Matt and Andy rained out of the field, work on the planter continues with the plumbing of the liquid fertilizer system and overhaul of the row cleaners. Matt explains his unique solution to repairing the Martin row cleaner hubs to save big dollars. Matt responds to viewers comments about h...

With a break in between rains, Matt gets started spraying his burndown strips in the fast growing cover crop. After giving a brief explanation of what he's doing and why he's doing it, he dives off in explaining how recent global events are causing chaos in American agriculture and how he was ab...

Matt and Andy are ready to get started on their second major project of the winter: adding a Precision Planting liquid fertilizer system to the Kinze planter. After two bad years of drought, Matt talks about the economics of investing in equipment to ultimately save money and be a better stewar...

Welcome back to the farm! Today is an exciting property auction day, where we anticipate some serious auction bidding. We're looking to add some heavy equipment and farm equipment to our collection, ensuring our farming operations continue to thrive. It's all part of the agriculture work and farm...

Welcome back to the farm! Today, we're getting into some serious heavy machinery repair. Watch as we tackle welding a sprocket and putting the track back together on our bulldozer, ensuring our farm equipment is ready for action. It's all part of the essential dozer maintenance and keeping our fa...

Who would have thought you could track forage intake, methane output and stalk your cows all with a tag?! Well, we are and we're loving this new tool for our ranch. Speaking of tools and support, learn more about a foundation designed to support farmers and ranchers during medical crises!

The largest wildfire in Nebraska history has burned nearly 850,000 acres in nearly 2 weeks and it will have devastating effects for ranchers and residents. Earlier in February, I had a busy week of conferences from one side of the country to the other.

Can the United States re-shore fresh produce production to improve food security, public health, and supply chain resilience? In this episode, Damian Mason speaks with Zeb Portanova, CEO of Agricultural Scientific, about America’s growing agricultural trade deficit, the risks of foreign produce d...

Fertilizer supply remains one of the most urgent issues facing American agriculture. From trade disruptions and Covid-era shutdowns to geopolitical conflict and reliance on imports from hostile regions, farmers are once again confronting uncertainty around fertilizer availability, pricing, and pr...

Matt and Andy get started working on a project Matt hasn't done in 20 years because of his hatred for them: installing saddle tanks on a tractor. But first, Matt and Andy have a tractor to bring back to life and a combine to carry to the dealership...

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Before the next big shop project, Matt and Andy try to get some smaller projects out of the way. The John Deere 4440 needs the cab freshened up with a new interior kit, plus the fuel injector pump is finally ready to bring the New Holland T6010 back to life.

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In this episode, we track down a used, new-to-us manure agitator that’s been sitting for several years—and it’s buried in overgrown brush. Before we can even think about fixing it, we have to dig it out and get it hauled back to the farm.

Once we get a closer look, we find dry-rotted hoses, stuc...

Scott and the oldest Dairy Heir, Drew, take on a big job—splitting a tractor to send parts off for repair. This is part one of the process, so be sure to stick around for part two when they work to get it all put back together!

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Scott, Emmy, and the Dairy Heirs head to Louisville, KY for the National Farm & Machinery Show—where a little fun at the John Deere kids' tractor pull got them “busted” by friends at Case IH, and they even met the farm behind Victorious, whose calves they’re excited to watch grow.

Water scarcity is becoming one of the biggest strategic threats facing American agriculture. In this episode, Damian Mason examines aquifer depletion, irrigation pressure, water regulation, and the long-term outlook for productive farm acres across the United States. Joined by Preston Marthey of ...

After a major snow and ice storm kept the Griggs from applying the first application of nitrogen to their wheat crop, Matt is faced with the big decision of applying a very late first application or waiting a week or two and applying all the nitrogen at once.

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After a week long break, Matt, Andy, Kelly, and Carter get back to finishing the John Deere 1560 grain drill overhaul. However, Matt realizes they missed one crucial step and later finds out he didn't label the pieces right and where they went...

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Deer fence installation for orchards, protecting fruit trees from deer damage, building a deer fence around a tree nursery, orchard fencing project, farm fence installation, and preventing deer pressure in specialty crop agriculture are all part of this project as we begin preparing our tree frui...

Welcome back to the farm! Today, we're diving into some serious agriculture work, getting our heavy machinery ready for a new project. Despite the low commodities prices affecting our spending, we're committed to keeping our farming operations going strong. Watch as we tackle some needed repair o...

Farming, foods, friends... did we say FREE? It's the annual Ag PhD Field Day on Thursday July 30, 2026, near Baltic, South Dakota.