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Wow!!! What A Crop!!! Soybean Harvest #3 | Griggs Farms
10/13/23 | The crew at Griggs Farms race to get finished with the full season soybean crop. But first, Matt has to cut his yield competition plot and sees some eye popping numbers. Plus the numbers are in for the Utrisha test plots.
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A Sticky Situation || This Farm Wife
In-between Christmas baking, stuck augers, building things and some delicious tenderloin! As always, we appreciate you being here. 🙂 Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards
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Wading Through Auger Issues & 3" Rain || This Farm Wife
Welcome back! Motors aren’t our friends these days. 🙃 Working our way through auger issues, eating our weight in good stuff and wading our way through the wake of 3+ inches of rain. We’re glad you’re with us! Thank you for being here and we hope you’ll come back. And I sincerely hope we all find ...
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All About Oats With 2 Canadian Producers | Damian Mason
Canada is the world’s number one exporter of oats — a commodity enjoying an upswing in demand thanks to snack bars and oat milk. Did you know almost every bushel of oats goes straight to human consumption? With horse racing’s decline in popularity, human oat consumption is the key to future growt...
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Chainsaws and Electric Fence Don't Mix || This Farm Wife
Fixing fence, chainsaw mishaps and trying to find Duke a squirrel. All in a day's work! We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards
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Burning House Down || This Farm Wife
Come along with us to move some cows, hang a mineral feeder, put out minerals, make some more cookie dough and see just what can be done with some very burnt chicken. 😳 We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards
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Eminent Domain, Green Policy, Electric Grid Expansion & Your Farm | Damian Mason
Calvin Koeller's Illinois farm operation is about to lose a couple miles worth of farm land to an electrical grid expansion. This new electric line project was defeated a few years ago but, with support from the Inflation Reduction Act — and some Illinois politics — the Grainbelt Express Electric...
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Break Is Over || This Farm Wife
Cows, Cookies & Christmas Trees Oh My! 🐮🎄🍪 That about sums this one up. ☺️ We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards
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Will She Run?! || This Farm Wife
We’re back! We had a great Thanksgiving and hope you and yours did, too. Back to the grind, feeding cows, doing some decorating, having a go at the Jackpot and trying to fix Suzi once and for all (or for now).Cold Start, Warm Heart 🥲 Thank you for your support! We appreciate you so much. xx, The ...
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Pork: Production, Profitability, Pathogens, Proposition 12 & More!| Damian Mason
Currently, pork profitability (or lack thereof) has certain observers comparing the industry to the late ’90’s when pork was in turmoil. It was that era, in fact, that set the stage for today’s (mostly) vertically integrated hog production model using contact grower farmers. Adam Krause, a contra...
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Sayonara Stockers! | Buzzard's Beat
After several months, the stockers are leaving our ranch! Watch as we gather and sort them for the last time and we load them out for their new homes. I also reflect on the U.S. food supply and why we should be grateful for our choices.
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She Finally Blew! Soybean Harvest #2 | Griggs Farms
10/10/23 | With soybean harvest rolling along smoothly, Matt gets ready to cut his high yield competition plot. However, his power problems on his combine rears its head, leading to another epic parts run...
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Was My Record Yield Prediction Correct??? Soybean Harvest #1 | Griggs Farms
10/9/23 | With the corn harvested and the cover crops planted, it's time for the crew at Griggs Farms to get started cutting the full season soybeans! During his crop tour, Matt saw some potentially record-breaking yield potential. Will his estimate come true though??? Andy learns a lesson at ...
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Thank Goodness for Safety Chains!!! | Griggs Farms
10/6/23 | Matt's trying to finish up seeding the 500 acres of cover crop behind the corn but he's besieged with problems, both with the Bourgualt air seeder and his tractor. Matt points out some more nice features of the air seeder.
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Innovation by Ground & by Air | Griggs Farms
10/2/23 | Matt continues to seed cover crops with the Bourgualt CD-872 air seeder and has to make some tractor modifications to try to get more hydraulic flow. Andy and Kelly get started defoliating cotton when they have a run in with a bicyclist. A crew shows up with a drone to do some aerial ...
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Bourgault CD872 Air Seeder in the Field | Griggs Farms
9/30/23 | It's finally time to see what the Bourgault air seeder is all about as Matt carries it to the field to start planting some cover crops. Will it prove to be the machine that Matt hopes it is???
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Is Cotton the Fabric of Our Lives? | Randy the Farmer
George Gray of Clover Leaf Cotton Gin comes on the show and we talked about the history of cotton and so much more.
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Corn Field Beaver Damage || This Farm Wife
Corn is out of the field and in the bin. Yay! Beans are all sold. Yay! Cow problem is solved. Yay! Nice for some things to work out for a change. 🥲 Hope this finds you well and hope you and yours have a wonderful, blessed Thanksgiving! Until next time, farm hard live well. xx, The Bernards
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Agricultural Selling & Understanding the Buyer’s Mind | Damian Mason
If you’re in business, at some level, you’re in sales. So, how exactly would you rate your sales game? Do you ask the right questions? Is your product knowledge keeping up? Do you understand the needs and problems of the customers you seek to serve? St. John (“Sinjin”) Craner, a sales and marketi...
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Worst Nightmare for Loading Beans || This Farm Wife
Never fails to fail! Lawrence has always worried this would happen. But we did get some good pickin' and grinnin' in after the fact. We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards
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Bye Bye Beans! || This Farm Wife
Getting beans sold and trying to finish seeding, but bearing not cooperating. Watch to see how this all played out and more of Wes's pretty drone footage. Happy to have you with us! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards
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Last Pass! || This Farm Wife
And that's a wrap for beans 2023! Now to get them sold so we can combine corn. We also took a short trip out of town, Austin did a BIG thing and we wrangled an old gravity body for good use. And some more drone footage from Wesley. We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live We...
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Will Problems on the Mississippi Create Fertilizer Shortfalls? | Damian Mason
The Mississippi River is low and that’s causing shipping problems for Agriculture. Mark Milam with Independent Commodity Intelligence Services joins Damian to discuss issues of transportation, supply, and distribution of fertilizer for crop year 2024.
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Saying a Prayer: Bean Harvest Continues || This Farm Wife
Onto days 2 and 3 of bean harvest. Praying the header doesn’t act up again. Bean cracking may not be the best test. Black cows are hard to see in the dark. And that about sums this one up!We appreciate you being here! Until next time, Farm Hard Live Well, The Bernards