You're absolutely right about every farm being different. Different soils, different climate, different ways its been handled in the past (thus different problems or conditions to deal with), different goals among farmers, etc. No two farms are identical, even farms side by side or ran by the same guy! Gotta have flexibility in dealing with the issues that crop up on every farm. The one thing I've learned from watching all this farming in different areas, and all my travels around the country and seeing how things are done in different areas, different crops, different machinery and ideas, different practices, is there's NO "one size fits all" in farming, and anybody who says there is don't know what they're talking about! Later! OL J R :)

Oh my the 750 Drill that brings back memory's i spent days riding around fields pulling 2 of these ganged together doing custom planting for a friend. doing no-till.

I'm a about 4th gen farmer. And this is the drill we use to this day lol don't say worn out... my dad likes to buy older equipment.. it's easier to work on... if you can work on things yourself.. and if you can engineer it as well.. you save so much money. My dad is almost 80... and he is so wise

We farm the same way here in Australia. Wes. There are so many new era farming methods out there now. Regen, Natural Sequence, rotational grazing, organic etc. They all have their benefits but I find every method has it's pro's and cons. I like to take a page from everyone's book and incorporate it with conventional farming. That way I actually see results. I've learned that none of these "die hard" alternative farmers or lecturers tend to be honest about the negatives of converting to alternative farming methods. Some are reluctant to even take on suggestions in improving their methods. We now farm no till, however fields need periodic deep ripping and plowing to break compaction and stop weed cycles. We plant cereal crops on a rotation with the end goal being planting improved pastures by the end of the 3 or 4 year cycle. We also still rotational graze cattle but the fields are much larger than first planned out, to reduce the amount of fence infrastructure that can be damaged by kangaroos. It took 10+ years of trial and lots of error to realise that there is indeed a middle ground between conventional and alternative farming.\

Can't beat a good ole drill. We went from a drill to an air seeder, and it was nightmare. Went back to a drill but opted for a Landoll. We have been 100% no till for over 12 years in Northeastern Nebraska.

I bought a 42 foot international 6200 drill for $1500 and it works great. You don’t need fancy equipment to plant crops. I use it to seed oats, canola, sorghum, soybeans. I have another one that I use for parts.

We use a 750 still. I’ve spent the last couple years planting 400-700acres of beans 15 foot at a time. Last year we went through and rebuilt it. Lots of work but good machine

I miss my 750, had Yetter markers. In 2005 I had to replace a bunch of gauge wheels and closing wheels. I did same thing with my tunes used sprayer hose for the seed tubes.

Used to pull 2 15 foot 750’s a long time ago. Built our own third row onto the front of them to run mid row branders. Started with yetters as the banders but quickly swapped them for jd openers minus the firming wheel and closing wheel. Ran liquid on the mid rows. High maintenance machines but grow an awesome crop.

something my grandfather taught me as a young man ,, you can work with mother nature ,, but you will Never beat mother nature

I like your thinking... Going to follow this all year to see how you come out. I am very small operator who is trying to do the same thing.

Mr Dave Brandt is definitely full of wisdom and done it for a long time. Ray Archuleta is also very knowledgeable as well. Martin-till also makes good planter and drill products as well.

You are on the right track with soil health

Being both organic and conventional crops, there's pros and cons to both practices... biggest problem with organic is the needed tillage but zero worry about chemicals, conventional biggest plus is no-till and more options to choose from. There's a sweet spot in between both. Biggest benefit is hoping to reduce commercial fertilizer use and hopefully suppress weeds with covers, and also build the ecosystem within the soil.

You are a wise man.

No better feeling than a completely rebuilt planter

i have one serial number is 2100 i put the Rk kit on my closing wheel arms about 6-7 years ago worked a treat . my press wheel arm pins are shot still but i figured it was no big deal is its a bit loose it would help the press wheel stay in the seed slot . i did put on the Needham press wheels on though . this drill has done 1000s of acres in the last few years

Wes u can't beat ole school equipment/ better over price equipment of today's sir take care

Looks like another fun project Wes - until the next one :)

Love the Cap! Looking forward to see the future outcomes of your crops!

Hi WEs,i like how u rebuild what u got,instead of buy knew

I rebuilt 2- 750 drills last year, pivot bushings, blades, bearings, Needham press wheels and all new closing wheel arms to get the bearings out of the dirt.

For soya, I'd think giving Burnt off grass a light disk to mix in compost and lime and give you a little bit of tilth to close the slot. I've been drilling with a 750a here for years, but you'll know in your gut if it needs a till or not. Till then sow cash crop then cover crop and your away.

We reinforced our rock shaft on our drill by inserting a 3 1/2 inch thick wall pipe inside the square tubing.

It suits me that you recognize,( too soon old too late smart) Pulling for your Wes, Gonna follow you all season🤗

Hi Wes, the next time you go to NC you may want to go to Agri-Supply. It is amazing the variety of items they carry for replacement parts. The Greenville or Garner stores will be the closest to you.

We had a problem with the rock shaft breaking. Ended up purchasing a new square tube with a thicker sidewall.

I'm guessing the secret sauce has molasses in it to get the soil life going . I have been enjoying your thoughts on the regenerative ag . I have been messing with soil life for years in the garden Good luck this year !

I believe that's a great move thank you

Great machine.

I was in the no till seeding business here in the Missoula Montana area it is more of an art than a science

Every farm is different? Your own farm is constantly different. The transformation isn’t as painful as you think. I’ve learned a lot over the past 22 years.

It would be stupidly expensive and time consuming. If even possible to liquify compost. I like the dairyman idea of knifing in slurry and no till behind it.

Needham ags got boots drilled for bushings now, had to drill your own in the past. I used the drillfix kit so I'm stuck with that style bushing now. Kooima ag sells a rebuild kit that has boots, blades and tires pretty reaaonable.

If you think about it, right now everyone is complaining about buying “organic priced” fuels.

Loved the go Braden on your hat

Just remember Wes you’re not going to see GREAT improvements the first year or 2 but keep digging away at it

Have you considered planting tillage radishes?

We had a 750 years ago, they are no fun to rebuild.

Hi Wes,great channel watching for years. You are a true American farmer. Keep the videos coming. Love your hat. Let’s go Brandon.

Good video.

You will want to get away from it again!If it is dry and warm,warm this spring you will be a genius! Hope you get lucky this year,might not get one more year!!

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Hi I’m from the government, I have a degree in gender studies and I’m here to tell you how to farm.

Built in Des Moines Iowa. Still built there today. Mostly by robots.

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Would renting for 1 week be a option?

Mornin Wes

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Yes sir lime is everything and we are outside of Albany Ny and for years my dad would haul in cooked human waste which was actually put in to a autoclave a 100 ton autoclave and would sit in a huge pile along 787 which was also the old landfill so they were capping the landfill well office of general services would give that away dad brings it home and in the old spreader which we couldn’t use cause all manure had to be drilled into soil but we could spread human sh@t on the surface NYDEC make no sense so first year was terrible but the next year holly sh@t we had so much alpha so we had a old gravel bank and would stock pile and add loads of rock dust (lime) from local guarry 2 or 3 to 1 then spread and then the bumper crops started but after 5 years NYDEC put a end to it in their infinite wisdom put a end to it so now they pay to have it hauled away and ya know what it’s doing capping a landfill in pa

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How long are you planning on keeping the w235? Massey Ferguson😁😁

Like to see how the outcome is. Gotta do something everything is stupid expensive

I don't think I would go completely notill. I would do minimum tillage like every 3 years work some ground to break compaction but that's just me

Wes look into the narrow gauge or depth wheels if you are going 100 💯 no-till. Cheaper and they allow more room between row units and makes pugging basically nonexistent. Not that they plug east to begin with but they really do work nice.

They come out in 89 my neighbor had one of first in late 88 had no dollies wheel

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Can we have a tractor tour

Good video Wes does that old red looking tractor run sitting next to the 4960? Thanks for sharing buddy

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Did you sell the Mack truck? Not in the shed.

How many flat tires do you see? lol Great video Wes

I learned a lot from a fellow back in Minnesota by the name of dick goff i don't know if he is even still living

Freaking fuel prices ...your going to have to pull out the horses for the feild work soon

I wouldn't be scared of super shallow tillage (2 inches) on corn stalks and adding a biostimulant...

We went organic that allowed for 5 x income when using molasses there is a good income to be had

Try Sloan express for parts.

can you experiment with amonia as replacement fore a weed killer ? its can kill very thing so nice way to get field clean and possibel more applications its used as fertrilezer to

My ex finances grandfather rented his land to a guy that did no-till and after 10 years about the ground was so compacted wheat and soybean yeald was so low we then rented it to another guy who ripped the ground and worked it up good and the yeald improved almost by double and corn yeald ended up to be 250 bushels per acre. No til is ok on sandy ground but clay and gumbo compacts to where it's like concrete

i agree with mother nature she one crawl mistress

Keep ground covered, green or brown

Do some side by side

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the organic thing i feel was just a fad already declining in popularity

The funny one time my dad put chicken 🐓 fertilizer [sh””t ] on he yard. Minus the fly population we had very green healthy yard. Stunk to high heaven. But it kicked ass and put the yard in gear.

as old as me

Them shafts are the weak point on them drills they break. Other than that there good drills

Weren't you making videos saying no-till doesn't work in your soil types a year ago?

Great content.Get a new camera!!!!!

Greed will stop U

Instead of fixing the drill, why not get bean meters for corn planter and use that? You’d cover ground a lot faster

but for example...we in germany and other EU states as well are now forced to cut out rate of chemicals by 30!!!! percent! and we are already down by 20% in the amount that we are allowed to spread fertilizer.(or more) That is why I really would love to move to canada...because germany and the EU is also starting to kill their farmers!

if it dose the job why people will spend 100,000 on new , , just the new generation think they can’t do a job unless its shinny and new

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how do you hit 911 you got 911 on speed dial 😂😂 what you going to do about fertilizer because it all comes Russia lol I think my idea of cleaning out lakes ponds etc is not a bad now. can you get natural or man-made fertilizer from Egypt that's where I would look. lime will affect microbial growth it is an antibacterial fungal suppressant

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