I Spent One Year Farming from Scratch

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Published 2023-12-16
In this video, we start farming from scratch with a JD 4020 and 50 acres of land.

American Farming Game
IOS apps.apple.com/us/app/american-farming/id162620277…
Android play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.squadbui…

Brother's channel (Grant): youtube.com/@granthilbert5632

Mann Family Farm YT: youtube.com/@mannfamilyfarms381

0:00 Buying Tractor
2:20 Driving tractor/disk
6:30 Spring work/planting
29:30 Making Hay
53:37 Summer work/accident
1:01:24 Building hitch
1:17:44 Harvest
1:46:09 Profit/loss breakdown
1:57:14 Youtube income

All Comments (21)
  • Very cool information. Definitely worth watching. Also, I just bought and installed your brothers game on my phone and tablet. Lol so far, im loving it.
  • To be a farmer you need to be a mechanic, business man, machine operator, weatherman, and more. Huge respect
  • @Tlc214deb
    I am a 71 year OLD man. I have dementia and bed in bed almost all the time. My name is Lynn. FYI. I just started watching and really enjoyed it! I will continue watching them as time goes by. I would appreciate you replying if you have time Would appreciate it! As said I will continue watching, great first Video and hope hope you the best!! God bless.
  • @pokokeapik2113
    We're from Indonesia and totally blown away by your cool agricultural tech! Over here, we're still rocking the old-school ways with manual hoes because our land's all hilly and tricky. You should totally swing by Indonesia and check out our laid-back traditional farming scene. Your high-tech agri vibes got us impressed big time!
  • @bruv.6001
    I thought this was a farming simulator video 💀
  • I'm a professional welder and I have fabricated many heavy duty truck hitches for use in the northern Canadian oil fields. The hitch you made is bomb proof.
  • The most important thing you taught people wasn't how much money you might make doing this, it's how much work you would need to do to even begin to make money doing it - or how many social connections, know-how, and money you would need up front to be successful to begin with. Really impressive.
  • I never thought I will be watching a 2 hour youtube video on farming, but I must say I loved every single second! Best of luck, and I really can't see it except positively, and I am 100% sure next year will be a great pure profit, as 2023 was just a starting point in this. Best of luck mate, you guys rocked, and I don't regret this at all.
  • @user-xr4eh8sl8y
    I live in Poland, never had anything to do with farming and I didn't even notice how 2 hours went by. Great work, tremendous effort, awesome video.Wish you all the success in everything you're doing.
  • @jamesweirich2266
    Kudos to your parents, they have raised a couple of outstanding Men.
  • @TheBigEvil
    Respect to your Neighbor Gary. Man made your lives so much easier just because he could.
  • @dannaumann9758
    Didn’t know you “boys”, but you guys are fine young men! Make me so proud of you. This country could sure use more men like you! God bless you all!
  • @johnkauppi7078
    Australia here. 1983, 17 years old. I rented 50 acres, with my dads help. Went to a clearing sale and bought a petrol David Brown 30 C Cropmaster for $500. I bought a Massey sundercut plough and a 12 run sunshine seed drill, both old, obsolete and dirt cheap. Couldnt afford to spray the weeds in the crop so the yield was down,but I got my first wheat crop done. A neighbour carted it to the silos for free. I put all the money I made into a better tractor and the next crop. All the while working as a farmhand for another farmer.
  • Spencer! You have made me realize what I do need to do again. I recently inherited 250 acres of farmland, I was debating on renting it out. But, with randomly running across your channel, I have decided to start farming it again. I missed it when my great grandparents and grandparents would farm it while I was growing up. I have alot of new things to learn. But to me this was a sign! Thank you for your content!
  • @SeanButlerATL
    Wow! I grew up in a farming community in rural America and I had no idea about the finances. I even had relatives that farm, but almost all farmers will tell you they are broke even when they own a private plane. It was nice seeing the numbers and it takes me back to the day doing chores. I love the machine that brings the hay bales right up to the trailer. I remember them being dropped on the ground and having to throw them up and then stack them. Seems like all the equipment has gotten a lot better.
  • I think you actually did quite well for your first harvest, especially as a lot of the deficit was part of what you would pay yourself and just getting the land ready. I thinks its awesome how much you've learned doing this and really look forward to seeing your future videos, as its really clear that you have the drive and passion for this, and because of that I just know you'll be absolutely fantastic! Excellent job!
  • @FeydTheRonin
    Losing money or not, what you did is one of the most essential industries for the world, the nation, and life itself. You literally employed more flexibility, ingenuity, and creative effort in overcoming the myriad of unexpected problems than the vast majority of people will ever need to consider just working some job for a wage.
  • 22 y/o here, im a city slicker from the Minneapolis area and have an absolute crush on anything agriculture related, ill be going to college here in the fall for agribusiness and pursue my dream of becoming a first gen farmer, im really excited and this vid helped a lot with getting some perspective of what possibly could be my first years could be! Keep these vids pumping!!
  • @Onebadterran
    Thank you for being transparent about all the finances. Not just the farming, but also the YouTube. Really makes it clear what it takes and what the return on investment is for all that time and effort. I grew up with a farming family and they always seemed so happy. Watching you, I think I get it. The work is hard but it also looks satisfying at the end of the day.