Daily Life on the Farm

Daily Life on the Farm

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  • 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...

  • Almost Lost the Garage!!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 23

    With the flood waters receding, it's too wet in the fields to do anything else but demolish some treelines with an excavator in order to increase yields by allowing more sunlight and reducing competition from trees. Matt and Andy get to work cleaning up a farm that has been needing it badly for ...

  • A Generational Flood | Griggs Farms

    Episode 22

    A predicted historic generational flood with multiple days of severe weather risks is forecast to hit West TN and surrounding areas forcing the Griggs to seek shelter multiple times with tornado causing storms bearing down on them. While they're out of the field, Matt and Andy modify the roller ...

  • Trying To Be A Good Neighbor!!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 21

    More A/C problems with the John Deere R 4038 sprayer and another tore up piece of equipment...the hits just keep on coming. In anticipation of a lot of rain, Matt and Andy get chicken litter spread in the city limits of Jackson, so that the smell won't linger. Matt talks about the fertility in ...

  • A Family That Stinks Together, Stays Together... | Griggs Farms

    Episode 20

    With Andy out of town for a few days, it's up to Matt and Kelly to get things done, Matt spreading litter and Kelly spraying. However when Kelly gets done spraying, she pitches in to help Matt by loading litter while he spreads. Before multiple rounds of rain moves in, Matt hooks to the dirt pa...

  • Make This Make Sense! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 19

    More problems with the John Deere R4038 sprayer are making Matt want to pull his hair out. After changing the A/C compressor Matt explains how he properly charges an A/C system. After Andy and Kelly get the wheat fertilizing done, him and Matt quickly switch gears to get started back spreading ...

  • The Great Escape! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 18

    It's time to haul the steers to slaughter but Matt and Andy quickly find out they have some escape artists that refuse to cooperate. Matt shows the devastating effect of soil erosion from winter rains. Kelly and Andy continue to have big problems with the John Deere R4038 sprayer.

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  • The Parts Saga Continues... | Griggs Farms

    Episode 17

    The parts saga with the I&J roller crimper continues after Matt gets an email from an I&J representative. The John Deere sprayer pump saga continues also as Kelly has to get more parts to repair it. Matt has to change some corn seed selections on the fly. A cold night results in a frozen spraye...

  • I Only Made The Problem Worse!!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 16

    With Matt spraying burndown, Andy works on fixing the rust on the John Deere R4038 sprayer. The sprayer also has a leaking solution pump but Matt only makes the problem worse when he tries to fix it.

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  • Keep Politics Off This Channel!!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 15

    With the majority of the winter shop work complete, Matt turns his attention to seriously getting started on spring field work spraying his burndown strips in cover crop. However he has to address a political situation on his channel due to comments on a recent video... Kelly picks up a new bes...

  • Drill Baby Drill!!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 14

    After considering all his options, Matt decides on a course to correct the mistake that the parts supplier made in making his parts. To save money and efficiently get the roller crimper fixed, Matt and Andy decide to take the fabricating into their own hands...

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  • Drain The Swamp! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 13

    In this video, Matt and Andy take a break from the shopwork to take care of a longstanding problem in two of their fields: drainage. Matt hires a crew to bring their massive tiling machine to lay some drain tile in two areas that stay saturated with water and make planting and growing a crop di...

  • Won't Ever Do Business With This Company Again!!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 12

    Matt and Andy get started on another big project in the shop overhauling their roller crimper. However, what should be a quick and easy project quickly turns into a nightmare when Matt finds his replacement parts were manufactured incorrectly and the manufacturer refuses to correct their mistake...

  • Getting A Jumpstart On The Year!!! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 11

    With some dry weather and finally a day with no wind, Matt and Andy get a jumpstart on the spring fieldwork by getting some chicken litter spread on soybean ground with their @SalfordGroup BBI Spreader. But after things begin smoothly, Matt has problems diagnosing a problem that brings things ...

  • Custom Work Keeping Our Farm In Business! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 10

    While Matt and Andy are rushing to get the combine repairs finished, they take a break to help a neighbor get some equipment to auction. And Matt decides to carry some of his equipment to auction as well....

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  • And THIS Is How We're Going To Find Profit This Year! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 9

    The combine overhaul continues but as Matt and Andy take off parts, they keep finding more issues to take care of. Matt finds a source of aftermarket bearings to save a bunch of money over OEM parts. Matt goes to the doctor and gets official confirmation that he's OLD.

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  • How To Understand Fertilizer Part 3: Yield, pH, Base Saturation | Griggs Farms

    This video is Part 3 of a three part series and Matt dives deep into how he fertilizes his crops using variable rate technology and using yield goals, crop nutrient removal, and base saturations to calculate how to to maximize the value of his fertilizer and not waste it where he won't see a crop...

  • Sure Wasn't Expecting That! | Griggs Farms

    Episode 8

    With the planter ready for planting season, Matt and Andy turn their attention to getting the combine ready to go for wheat harvest. What seems like a quick, simple repair list starts changing into much more in depth repairs.

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  • 31 Minute Planter Overhaul | Griggs Farms

    Episode 7

    Winter repairs are under way. Today, Matt and Andy tackle getting the Kinze 3600 ready for the upcoming planting season. While the repair list is fairly short, there are several critical areas that need attention, especially the VDrive meters. Matt shows the results of his test from last year ...