Taking cows to summer grass makes a long, dreary winter worthwhile. Follow along as we take the core herd to summer pasture and as we find and doctor a few stockers, which is always entertaining! Plus, I ask a question of agriculturalists whose response to consumer inquiries is "grow your own."

Welcome to this week's episode of Cattle Call with Brad Kooima, where we dive into the world of cattle trade and prices.

In this episode, we take a look at the recent meltdown in trade, discussing the FED talks on Wednesday, southern trade on cattle, and a drop in the open interest.

As we all...

Every five years congress hashes out, argues about, and then releases a new and revised Farm Bill. At least that is what’s supposed to happen, although it may not happen for the 2023 version. Paul Neiffer, the Farm CPA, joins Damian to explain the current Farm Bill, predict what’s in the new vers...

3/20/23 | With the wheat crop taken care of, Matt and Andy get back on the Case IH 7120 combine to get it done and out of the shop. Matt thought he had saved the easiest jobs for last, but these repairs quickly become a nightmare.

Due to popular demand, Matt details step by step how he would start a farm from scratch if a person is not fortunate enough to be born into or marry into an existing farm family. This is part two of a three part series and explains what a farmer first needs to focus on agronomically when startin...

3/16/23 | While Kelly and Andy are spraying wheat, Matt has big plans to spray some burndown with the hooded sprayer. However a sudden loss of power to the GPS controllers changes his plans.

3/14/23| Kelly and Andy work on spraying the wheat while Matt and Carter work on the combine. Matt and Kelly have clown around in the wheat field. Matt asks for advice from his viewers.

In this video, Matt shows you step by step how to turn an old grain bin into a swimming pool for a fraction of the cost of a new swimming pool.

The past few years we have started running a few loads of grass cattle in the summer. In this episode, on a very windy day, Hyatt, Brandi and Corey, our herdsman, gather and process the stockers. Hyatt explains the why and how behind our strategy of diversifying High Bar Cattle Company with grass...

As the saying goes, slow and steady wins the race.

Bryan Woita, a farmer in Saunders County near Valparaiso, said he and his crew are slowly making progress on spring planting.

Due to dry conditions, Woita said he's done as much no-till as possible on his corn and soybean fields. In addition, h...

Ever wondered what kind of peppers are the hottest? What kind of peppers are out there? Well here is a short produce video all about it! Lets bring the heat!

3/15/23 | Kelly and Andy are running full force to spray and fertilize wheat during the brief window of dry weather they have. But several problems are slowing their progress. Carter takes a hydraulic oil bath while helping repair the combine.

3/13/23 | Matt and Andy bring in some hired guns to help with putting the combine back together!

Fact: There will be fewer American farmers ten years from now than there are today. In no way is this meant to be fatalistic or negative, it’s just reality. “Peak farm” occurred in 1935 with 6.8 million farming operations in the U.S. The number has been declining ever since to two million farming...

We travel to York, Nebraska to visit with a local producer about the 2023 planting season.

Jerry Stahr and his son began planting shortly after Easter. Jerry says planting has been smooth thus far, and he is thankful for some recent rain.

3/9/23 | What should've been some fairly quick and easy repairs on the Case IH combine quickly turns into a nightmare for Matt and Andy.

Jordan Mathis works for a local peanut mill in Georgia. Jordan is Randy's first cousin and used to work on the family farm. Randy also shows off Jim and his new Thunder Creek fuel service trailer.

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When you think of buying a piece of farm ground, you probably think of the very real possibility that the soil is depleted. But what if it’s got more than enough fertility and what if you can actually use that banked fertility to lower your taxes? Turns out, per IRS Section 180, you can depreciat...

3/7/23 | Matt attempts to get started with some fieldwork burning down cover crops but is quickly chased away with the arrival of another storm system. So he and Andy get started on their next big shop project, getting the combine ready to go.

2/28/23 | Matt and Andy finish up the overhaul of the tillage equipment, but after Matt pats himself on the back for a well designed improvement to the equipment, he finds out he made a critical mistake.

2/27/23 | Matt and Andy get started on overhauling a few pieces of tillage equipment but while their working on it, someone shows up to take away some of their old cotton harvest equipment...Andy gets injured in the shop.

On this episode, Dave Mowitz heads to an auction to track prices on John Deere backhoe loaders. We feature an invention on All Around the Farm that makes quick work on changing tractor tires. Dave continues his tour of the Paquette museum in Leesburg, Florida. Then Laurie Bedord interviews a farm...

2/21/23 | Matt and Andy take a break from working on the planter to fix some flood damage to a culvert and some drainpipe from the winter floods.

On this episode of the Machinery Show, Dave Mowitz highlights the best shop welding centers ever featured on Top Shops. Then on Steel Deals, Dave travels to a massive consignment sale in Illinois to watch a couple late-model, low-hour Case Quadtracs sell. The tractors are just a fraction of the b...