Join us on a peaceful drive as we navigate the beautiful "winter scenery" and experience the challenges of "driving in winter." With significant "snowfall" this season, we're sharing a behind-the-scenes look at the "farm" during this time, including some ongoing "diy projects" that keep us busy. ...

Bayer and Corteva control a major share of the seed industry, but independent seed companies still have opportunities to compete and win. Damian Mason talks with Bob Miller, founder of Miller Hybrids in Kalona, Iowa, about how small seed companies can succeed through strong genetics, farmer-focus...

Corn Planting is underway and Matt has to fix some gremlins like his fertilizer pump failing. Later, Matt, Kelly, and Matt put in an exciting replicated biological plot. Matt talks about and shows his data about the MicroNoc biological he's been using for years.

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With soybean planting done, Matt, Kelly, and Andy work to quickly get the planter set up to plant corn. But with the fix matt implemented for the row cleaners failing, they need to be overhauled. Plus the liquid fertilizer equipment needs to be put on. Will the new liquid fertilizer system on ...

What should have been a quick and easy two days of soybean planting has turned into a drawn out mess with unforseen mechanical issues. After taking a morning to get the tractor hydraulics repaired, Matt gets to the furthest farm from the shop and promptly blows a 30' long hydraulic hose. But wi...

With most of the spring fieldwork done, it's time to get started planting the 2026 crop. Chasing big yields, this year will be the earliest Matt has ever planted his soybeans! But after taking a week going through the planter this winter and adding more systems, Matt quickly finds out that the ...

With part of one of Matt's farms being sold for development, he needs to make a new access road to get to the rest of the farm. Matt talks about the history of that farm being that it was the first farm he ever rented but subdivisions have been encroaching on it for 19 years. Later Matt stops a...

Spring is progressing much more quickly at Griggs Farms than normal. With the unseasonably warm and dry weather, crops have progressed quickly this year. Kelly has to spray the canola with a fungicide, Matt is re-treating his burndown strips, and Carter and Andy are spreading fertilizer. Matt ...

Doug Stratman is just getting the 2026 planting season underway in northeast Nebraska.

After putting just one acre in the ground, Stratman had to pause and troubleshoot a planter issue with his starter fertilizer flow meter before continuing — a reminder that even the smallest equipment issues c...

Join us on a peaceful drive as we embark on a scenic road trip, hitting multiple stops found on facebook marketplace. This driving video captures our journey, highlighting the various trucks we encounter along the way as we head towards indianapolis. It's a true road test for our early morning ad...

Installing a deer fence for apple trees is a critical step when growing fruit trees from scratch, and today we’re finishing our apple tree nursery build here in Michigan. Protecting young apple trees from deer damage is essential for successful orchard establishment, especially when you’re invest...

Only one task remains before planting begins...all the chicken litter must be spread. Matt gives an education on the demand for chickens in America and facts on how much litter is produced that must go somewhere. But with constant complaints from some in the surrounding houses, no one wants to ...

With the very dry conditions, Matt has plans on fixing some places in the field that he hasn't been able to because of mud in past years. But Andy finds a bad wheel bearing on the dirtpan that must be fixed first. Andy and Carter get started spreading chicken litter, but a tire blowout brings t...

With the long stretch of dry weather, Andy gets excited about doing some tillage to fix where the tile was installed. Matt shows the proof of how the extreme drought from last year has not ended yet. Matt and Andy modify the new saddle tank frame on the tractor to improve the turning radius.

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American agriculture is changing—quietly in some ways, dramatically in others. The question is not whether the industry will look different in ten years, but who will still be standing when it does.

In this episode, Damian Mason sits down with Scott Sartor of Croptell to unpack the real forces s...

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.

When you're investing hundreds of thousands of dollars into your crop inputs, who’s really guiding those decisions—and should you trust them? In this episode of The Granary, Damian Mason sits down with Kelly Garrett, Tommy Roach, and Texas farmer Todd Kimbrell to dig into the reality behind “sale...

The ag economy might be in the tank, but the conversation is anything but. Damian Mason sits down with real farmers and ag professionals to tackle a tough question: what actually keeps you going when margins shrink and stress piles up?

From record-setting years to brutal downturns, this episode ...

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...