Daily Life on the Farm

Daily Life on the Farm

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  • Our Mud Needed Rehydrating Wheat Harvest #6 | Griggs Farms

    Episode 48

    With the constant deluge of storms finally past, Matt, Andy, Kelly, and Carter race to finish the last half of the wheat crop. However, with all the rain, the weeds are growing through the wheat canopy, slowing down harvest, and all the mud makes for some hazardous conditions getting in and out ...

  • On Borrowed Time... Wheat Harvest #5

    Episode 46

    The Griggs just can't catch a break with the weather. The next storm system arrives before it was predicted to and dumps a flood of water on the wheat crop that isn't half finished yet. With multiple days of rain, Matt has to make a mess of his fields to spray some soybeans before they emerge. ...

  • Still Life in These Old Legs! Wheat Harvest #4 | Griggs Farms

    Episode 45

    With the clear weather window for wheat harvest rapidly closing, more down trees plague Matt and Carter. Kelly gets ill at Matt after her planter found some foreign debris that Matt left in the field last harvest. Carter test out the construction of a new sewer pipe the city put in. Matt plays...

  • How the Heck Did That Happen? Wheat Harvest #3 | Griggs Farms

    Episode 44

    With a very narrow window to get wheat harvested before the next storm system rolls in, down trees and minor breakdowns are slowing Matt, Kelly, Andy, and Carter down. The mystery of disappointing yields is still unanswered. Kelly explains her autoimmune disease and gives an important family an...

  • Are the Yields Good..Or Bad Wheat Harvest #2 | Griggs Farms

    Episode 43

    With rainey spell #1 out of the way, Matt, Kelly, Carter, and Andy have a very short 3 day window to get as much of the wheat crop out as they can before the next storm system rolls through. Matt explains how constant rain leads to yield and quality loss. Kelly gets started planting soybeans be...

  • The Crops Shouldn't Look This Good! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 42

    With the first of many rainouts of wheat harvest here, Matt and Andy tinker around getting everything fixed and cleaned on the farm. With a few chores out of the way, and them not able to get back in the field, Matt carries viewers on an early season crop tour. While the Griggs have had a tough...

  • The Extreme Option...Wheat Harvest #1 | Griggs Farms

    Episode 41

    After several weeks of miserable weather with more on the way, the wheat is finally ready to cut. On the heels of last years poor quality wheat crop, Matt, Andy, Kelly, and Carter race to get some wheat in the bin while it still has good quality. Matt questions his decision to continuously save...

  • Every Hour Counts!!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 40

    Matt gambled against the weather and Mother Nature won yet again. With hopes of a big cotton crop destroyed, Matt races to make the best of a bad situation. Faced with the most difficult decision he faces every year, Matt stuggles determining what option is going to save his year. However, the...

  • The Most Efficient Way to Fertilize Corn | Griggs Farms

    Episode 39

    The corn is hungry and it's time to feed it! In this video, Carter and Andy get the 32% UAN streamed on the corn crop while Matt plays Big Time Farmer applying some postemerge herbicides. Matt also describes what he thinks the most efficient way to apply nitrogen on corn using Needham Ag stream...

  • Fertilizer Prices are Exploding!!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 38

    With the first round of planting done, It's time for Matt, Andy, and Carter to get caught up on maintenance of the other crops. However, a busted valve on a chemical tank quickly causes a headache. Carter gets a lesson in mixing chemicals and understanding units of measure. Matt is shocked by ...

  • There's Farming Hazards and There's City Hazards Cotton Planting | Griggs Farms

    Episode 37

    The weatherman continues to be wrong so the Griggs are on the brink of being down with cotton planting. Carter is out of school for the summer and wants more responsibilities, so he takes over the crimper from Andy while Andy goes to spraying so that Kelly doesn't have to be in cover crop she's ...

  • Against Better Judgement Cotton Planting | Griggs Farms

    Episode 36

    The weatherman is proving to be wrong again and Matt's rolling the dice that he will continue to be wrong so he takes advantage of the dry weather to get all his conventional till cotton planted. After 2 years and a lot of work, the cell tower farm has been completely transformed. Matt takes ad...

  • No Quitting Early Cotton Planting | Griggs Farms

    Episode 35

    Matt announces the release of the TV show their appearing on called "Farms Of America." He also talks about regretting his decision to delay planting cotton. Kelly has an encounter with power wires in the sprayer. The weatherman suddenly changes the forecast and Matt and Andy make the decision...

  • Out Hunting When I Should Be Planting! Cotton Planting | Griggs Farms

    The planting window for planting cotton is short...even shorter this year due to bad weather. However, Matt has to spend valuable time looking for a missing planter part and finds out his detective skills are not quite what he thought they were. Carter takes over operation of the roller/crimper...

  • At Some Point You Just Gotta Get Started! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 33

    Matt has waited...and waited...and waited to get started planting corn, hoping the weather would improve and give a favorable forecast. However, each day the weather projections continue to decline. With the end of cotton season quickly approaching, Matt decides to gamble and get started planti...

  • Things Have Taken A Turn For The Worse | Griggs Farms

    Episode 32

    With corn and soybean planting wrapped up, Matt, Kelly, and Andy are anxious to get start putting some cottonseed in the ground and get it off to an early start. But after an almost ideal April for planting, the weather has taken a drastic change for the first and puts their plans on hold. Andy...

  • One Man's Trash Is Another Farmer's....Trash | Griggs Farms

    Episode 31

    Corn Planting is just about wrapped up and Matt has saved his highest yielding varieties and highest yielding ground for last. However debris from a neighbor brings things to a halt with a choked up planter. Continually drying conditions test the performance of the Precision Planting DeltaForce...

  • The Single Greatest ROI On The Farm... | Griggs Farms

    Episode 30

    Today at Griggs Farms, corn planting is all about collecting data. Data on seed varieties, different products, and different practices. Matt has 40 acres dedicated to test plots and he talks about how farmers doing their own testing is the only practice that has the greatest return on investmen...

  • Farmers Are Their Own Worst Enemy | Griggs Farms

    Episode 29

    Corn planting is in full swing! Matt gives an explanation of how the precision Planting Deltaforce aids his planting operation and the benefit of having boxes on every row rather than a bulkfill planter. Kelly has problems with the sprayer. Matt goes on a tear about the state of the agricultur...

  • How To Screw Up A Corn Crop In Less Than 24 Hours... | Griggs Farms

    Episode 28

    Corn planting continues on day 2...only because a 90% chance of rain fails to materialize. While this is good in order to continue planting corn, it causes one of Matt's recent cost cutting decisions to backfire, potentially putting 20% of their corn crop at risk with the seed only being in the ...

  • Not Gonna Start Off My Corn Crop This Way! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 27

    With soybean planting wrapped up, Matt, Kelly, and Andy race to get switched over to corn to get some planted before predicted rains. However a surprise shower puts a halt to the anticipated start as Matt decides to hold off for drier ground. Matt gives an insight into how variable rate plantin...

  • Late To The Party But At Least We Came! Soybean Planting 2025 | Griggs Farms

    Episode 26

    Planting time is here and Matt races to get their soybeans planted while Kelly and Andy finish spraying fungicide on wheat! However it's not long before the first planter breakdowns bring planting to a screeching halt. Matt talks about when their TV show is airing and also discusses the difficu...

  • A Good Day To Play In Some Mud... | Griggs Farms

    Episode 25

    Planting time is almost upon Matt, Kelly, and Andy! However there's a couple tasks still to do before the fields are ready for spring planting. Andy has fertilizer to spread, Matt has to haul some dirt to fix some areas washed out by recent floods, and there's till some spring plowing to do. H...

  • This Wasn’t on Our BINGO Card for Today!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 24

    fter many hours in the tractor seat, Matt and Andy get the chicken litter spreading wrapped up. But before they do, they find some unexpected guests in their field and Andy manages to find the only sinkhole around, burying the spreader. Matt shows and new and much better GoPro case and audio sy...