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...

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...

Is agriculture facing a cyclical downturn, or are we witnessing a structural realignment of the global ag economy? In this episode of The Business of Agriculture, Damian Mason speaks with Illinois farmer and business advisor Mark Severson to examine the forces reshaping U.S. agriculture.

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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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