There is a reason you are planting on your birthday over & over! It's because you love what you do and it shows in these videos. Thanks to you & farmers everywhere.

I stumbled upon your channel and am really enjoying what you are showing. I am in California, but my mom was born in Callaway (looks to be about an hour away from where you are). For generations my family were farmers in Nebraska. My grandparents left partly because my uncle was deaf and California had better schools for deaf kids at the time. When my grandmother was a child, her favorite part of farming was walking behind the horses and holding the plow steady. I love seeing how technology has made farming more comfortable, faster, and more productive. I feel like I’m connecting with my roots when I watch your videos, and who knows, maybe our great great grandparents knew each other! Thanks for making these videos and keep up the good work!

15:00 i got to say as a crane operator your words at minute 15 mark got directly to the hart and the sad part is that 99% of the people do not understand this type of effort

Laura, your upper body strength is phenomenal. Happy Birthday to you.

You are such a happy person!! I'm in the automation business, but I think you were exceptional in your descriptions.

Happy belated Birthday honey. You are a joy to watch. Your videos are always great. God Bless you.

I spent alot of time on my family's several farms while growing up in the 70's and 80's. Wolverton and Doran Minnesota. It looks like where you are.

Wow...high tech, manicured nails .. any heels? Young too. Amazing 👏 Hats off to you, lady. Happy birthday 🎂🥳

Happy Birthday and many many more birthday's to come your way!!

Good to hear gramps is doing well. 😊 Place a piece of tape over the beeper speaker it might make it quieter

It's not hard to want to have a nap around & around & around you go,it's hypnotic.

So jealous of that tractor. I work on a tree farm and all of ours are open cab and old as dirt.

There are a couple of things you can do if the beeping is too loud, if it's a single hole over the speaker you can put a piece of tape over it. If it's more of a grate, a piece or two of paper taped over the opening (I use a pad of sticky notes placed on top of the speaker on my radio at work because even on low volume it's too loud).

"Open the tractor door, Hal" Hal replies,"I'm sorry Laura. I can't do that." How tractors evolve under artificial intelligence.

I don't really know why I find this so fascinating, but it really is. Please keep these videos coming!

Happy birthday little sis ..Laura 😘💓neat. Show too. Don't change thing

Happy 11 days belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA!!!!!! I hope you had a great day! The nails looks nice.

Always!! With a positive attitude!! Regardless what kind of weather , time or day , it is plus her enthusiasm to explain every single steps 🖤fabulous!!

KZfaq decided that I must watch Laura Farms and I must say it was educational and I like it. The algorithm hard at work 🤣

I wanted to say your videos have a tremendous value, and on a different note I'm from Nebraska and the Military has taken me all over the world; but from your view "I sure miss Nebraska Life".

Love how you always include detail in your explanations….things no one else thinks to tell us non-farmers. Even how to rip open the seed bags….so cool. Thank you for everything you do….because I know it’s plenty. I love ❤️ you!!! Grammy

Wish I knew sooner. Happy belated birthday, Laura! Mine's just a few days earlier on the 8th. I love Raising Cane's! We just got one near me in Illinois a year or so ago. Usually, I'll get the box combo so there's leftovers for the next day!

A lot of people don't grasp that autonomous systems are there to improve the human output, not replace it. The sheer amount of work you guys can do today thanks to modern technology is astonishing, but even in this one video you had at least 3 mechanical failures you had to identify and resolve, you had multiple restocks you had to do, and those systems are not flawless. If a machine went slightly off script, and had no oversight, it could massively fuck up an entire crop, or even potentially cause serious harm. Autonomous systems augment the human. Great video from a new watcher thanks!

Laura, you don’t need to justify yourself to us. We believe in you (and your cast), and we wouldn’t want it any other way. Seeing is believing, and we love what we see.

Happy Birthday Laura! Yeah, we definitely still need farmers! Thanks for all you you do! Totally understand being sore after a day in the tractor! Especially lifting all those seed bags💪

This video is one of your best works. I was riveted to the screen, absorbing the tips and tricks of planting down to the smallest detail. Your personality shone through and through. HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAURA.

That Precious Smile Angel !! You are so adorable! 💗🤍😇

I moved to town in 1972. Prior to that, Dad had about 100 acres that we raised crops on and another 200 acres that we ran cattle on. I spent lots of time on a 1950’s or late 40’s model John Deer “Popping Johnny. I might have stayed on the farm if he’d have had a tractor with a cabin. It was either too hot or too cold for me. At 69, I live my farmer life through you kids. I miss it every day.

For some reason, this has been my favorite video of this season! So interesting and fun to watch. Also, I just commented to my wife last night, as I was finishing up mowing my yard, how good the lilacs smelled. So I know what you were experiencing with your grandma's lilac bushes! Best summer scent.

We learn so much from this channel!! Both of us grew up around farms, only when we were children, so seeing the equipment and how things are run just takes things to another level. Your videos are fun and informative, so thank you so much for them all! Hope you had an awesome b-day!! And Grant, the most chilled and professional worker I've ever seen, you're damn cool, showing us important yet overlooked stuff giving even more info.. Thank you both!

You are such a help. My in-laws next door farm, and I would pester them to death to learn and see all the things they do. Never think anything too simple.

The weather may be dull outside because the sunshine's IN the cab .🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞

I drove a CAT 777 rock truck on a coal mine when I was younger. I definitely get what you're saying. They're automatic with power steering so the trucks are very nimble, but you feel like you're driving in a house, being so high in the air and the weight under your tiers, compared to the smaller Bell or Volvo articulating trucks.

You have pleasantly exposed me to so much that I didn't realize about farming. I love your skills and your personality for sure. Thank You.

Happy birthday, may GOD bless you with many many more

Unexpected YT recommended video. But I found it very interesting. Interesting to see new generation farmers. Never seen such a cool tractor. Field is HHUUUGGEEEE. Super cool to watch on a sunday shift.

Happy belatd birthday Laura! Thanks for constantly spreading that knowledge, there will ALWAYS be the need for a human touch when it comes to farming, for sure! As a side note, those guns prove you aren't just "sitting" all day. Keep up the great content! 💪🏽 😉👍🏼

Happy Belated Birthday Laura on today of May 21, 2022! Hope you had a wonderful birthday at some point in time. Amazing how quickly your channel continues to grow. Happy and Safe Planting! -Bob...

bag opening is for sure interesting, but with many bags and especially if you arent gonna be using a whole bag dont break off the end of the string after opening the bag, and you can use it to close the bag back up by twisting the top of the bag cinching and tying it off. .

Happy Belated Birthday Laura.

Happy Birthday Laura, maybe you could try putting a bit of heavy tape over where the loud beep comes out. 🙂

From someone who used to do that whole process manually, the new technology is amazing and so much nicer. It's so nice to see someone from the next generation stay involved and make it their life also. So many of my friends are having to sell out because none of their children want to come back and take over.

It's wonderful to see how much you love your job.

City boy doing city things gets a youtube video suggestion and clicks on a whim. Glad I did! Heart warming to see the wholesome family supporting and looking for each other while working together.

Happiest of Birthdays to you Laura!! I hope your day was great and you took a little break and was able to chillax! Love the content!

I love you and Grant and the way you guys trying to keep farming alive glad you have the technology now I didn't have when my family farmed was all open tractors God bless you guys and stay safe

This is one of your top vlogs, where you explained all the specific tasks the tractor/ seeder does, while you explained why you needed to be vigilant in observing & knowing what the machinery was doing at any time. This is not an easy job, and you are a superstar!! I love your channel!

Ya know.. I've never seen someone do a seed/feed bag ASMR before. But I never knew I needed it either. I do now. Thanks!

Absolutely right Laura - I work on the electronic system development for one of these tractor companies (won’t say which one 🤫😉), and fully autonomous tractors are some way off, but automation, precision farming, telematics, data and alternative fuels are all getting a lot of attention / investment and progressing rapidly. It’s an exciting time for agtech, we just need to make sure it delivers value and is genuinely useful for the users. Love the channel!!

Really enjoy watching you planting. I haven’t been watching you guys much recently. Ukraine and my son deployed with his unit months ago. Allies ops etc. Just thinking how my cousins planted corn, wheat etc in the late 70’s. Large hectares but not flat land. Quite a contrast and no computer technology all eyeballs and brain overdrive. After school I would drive a truck loading from harvester then to the dryer’s. Cousins operation sheep/cattle/grains was big then now a lot bigger. Their kids who are about your parents generation took over and now their kids are working the farms. ( your age) They invited me down last year so I’m thinking about visiting this summer. They have similar John Deere equipment to your farms. I just want a ride in one of those tractors🙃aroha from NZ.

What really amazes me Miss Laura, with all those monitors and the info they are displaying, you actually know what to do next and quickly execute it. WOW!! AMAZING!!!! LOVE IT I DO!!!!!

Laura you are most defiantly a real farmer! I'm happy for you in the pride you have in your craft. thank you for the great content !

Gratulere med dagen, du lager mange fine videoer 🤩🤩

Automation happens in stages. It’s not too difficult to imagine a comfy air conditioned room in your house decked out like the tractor cab. It’s not impossible for sensors to detect the failure of some seeding or harvesting operation. Sure, it may be necessary to hop on a quad bike and perform a fix, but how often you need to do it is the question. If something goes wrong once a day, is that too often? Also, remember that this virtual tractor cab can be scaled up with almost no effort to run multiple real tractors at once. Everyone thinks their job can’t be done by machines, even up to the point the machines are doing 98% of the work.

My grandparents were farmers and they had lilac bushes. I always enjoyed seeing and smelling the lilacs in the backyard after a long hot day of playing and helping my grandparents.

Very informative video and Happy Birthday farm girl!

Autonomous equipment only works as long as there is a human around to monitor and fix things that don’t go as programmed. While AI has come a long way in identifying problems, the realm of a machine then fixing them remains pretty limited. The bigger the machine, the faster it operates, the more it produces, the more important it is to catch and fix glitches ASAP, which can’t be done from sitting in a Lazy Boy recliner 20 miles away. Of course with all the computerized equipment today, I constantly worry that we are one EMP away from entering the stone age.

Finally got caught up on all your videos last night. Pretty interesting stuff you & yours do to feed the people! I do have one question with the ever rising cost of diesel do you buy in bulk and do you get a discount or set pricing year round.

Without a doubt one of the most endearing personalities on the interwebs! Hooked!

When a person is really good at their job, the task at hand, they always make it look very effortless. You are so right, people don't see all of tge background work leading up to the efficiency of a job done well, and they don't notice the tons of little things that are done while seemingly being effortless. I hear you Laura. It is still a lot of work.

I feel “old” saying this, and I guess I’m not ancient, but if you and Grant are any representation of the farming youth of today (and I pray you are) we still have hope as a nation! Well done, you two!

first time watching your channel. Just a few things that stood out to me - I am not a farmer at all: holy moly - agriculture is super important und I appreciate your work so much but a field that size without trees, bushes or at least some natural stripes every now and then is soo ecologically dead. No room for insects, birds or a few rodents. And isnt the wind a problem for your soil? You must have so much erosion and sand storms :-O It just does not seem to be very sustainable to me. But as I said - thanks to every farmer for what you do. And also, you are super adorable :) cheers from the other side of the atlantic lake

Happy belated on your birthday, dear Laura. 🤗 Greetings to everyone from Germany.

Thanks For Allowing Us To Follow Along Today!! Thanks for your Explanation Thru The Video!! Happy Birthday A Few Days Late! Hope You Had A Great Day!! Keep Smiling On!! 😀👍👊

There's definitely things AI can do really well, and some it can't. Processing extremely large amounts of data quickly and arriving at the best solution based on a set criteria is something a machine can do better than any biological being. A calculator is a simple example; internet databases are a more modern one. Doing repetitive motion is another great machine advantage. What they fail at are things that require human dexterity. So making an AI robot to go into someone's house to fix a leaking pipe in a timely manner - extremely extremely difficult. Or, like you said, fishing out that one branch in a specific row in a massive field - very tricky. So there are definitely advantages and limitations to machines, but overall, I'd say anything driving-related is probably on it's way to becoming automated. If you told a farmer in the 1900s that in the future there'd be a giant, wheeled machine planting thousands of seeds by itself, he'd probably laugh. So a lot of tech that seems outlandish or impractical now might be evolve to be pretty useful 50, 100, or 500 years down the road.

“Okay. Well, right now the world doesn't need more engineers. We didn't run out of planes, or television sets. We ran out of food. The world needs farmers. Good farmers, like you.”

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthdaaaay haaaapppyyyy biiiirtthhhhhdddaaaaaaayyyy, happy birthday dear Laura, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to yoooouuuuuhhhuuuuu. I wish you all the best for you Laura, Grant and you family and for all the things you wanna do now and in the future. Lovely greetings from Germany 😘

@6:21 yes!!! I finally got to learn how to open bags of charcoal properly without getting annoyed. not even being sarcastic either. thanks!

Fighting 8.3% inflation (more like 35%) with a 1% Fed funds interest rate is like stopping a forest fire with a bucket of water. Folks prepare accordingly. Make investment in other not to depend on the government for funds

Wow, thanks for the video!! Being from the city I never get to see how farmers do their work. Really fascinating!!! Thanks so much cause I love to eat!!! Appreciate you so much!!!

Hi Laura. I graduated from Concordia Teachers College in Seward in1977. First time I had been in Nebraska. I'm from Colorado. I miss those Nebraska sunsets and thoroughly enjoy seeing them in your videos. Brings back good memories. My husband and I love following you and Grant. Happy BD fellow Taurus.

Happy birthday 🎉🎈 sweet lady. God bless you all.

Happy belated Bday and good to hear papa Curt is able to be doing things again.....

Gotta love that smile and bubbly personality. This young woman was raised right.💘👍🌹

Happy Birthday Laura !!!

Awesome setup on the newly rebuilt planter Grant! To bad about the post--- oops... Great Sunset Thanks for sharing

Being somebody that lives in san diego near the beach. this is so rad to watch. you guys are putting in work!! Can't wait to learn more from you guys.

I love that a farm girl who can sling 50 lb bags of seed (and haul lava rocks in the mud) recognizes that she's still a girl who likes nice nails. I'm a suburban older white collar man who is learning more about where my food comes from. I was also pleased to hear that your grandpa is well enough that he could come out to the field. My birthday is also May 11, and I had the honor of sharing that birthday with my grandfather.

Happy Birthday Laura. Thanks for Sharing!

Laura's smile and energy . . . . inject that in my veins

I lived in grand island Ne back in the early 80’s without technology you have today. It must be so much fun now

My older brother's birthday is the same as yours!! May 11th...happy belated bd!! Looks like much fun!! Thanks for sharing! God Bless you!

best. Laura at 90, zooming around the farm like a modern Beverly hillbilly!

I farmed back in the 60's-70s, no cab , 110 hp G1000 Minneapolis Moline tractor, all row crop, no sprinklers, just moved 10" aluminum pipe, 30' long pipe, raised cattle on winter wheat, had alfalfa, hauled hay by hand 5 cuttings a year. Never would've thought tractors being "autonomous " or whatever that means. But equipment wasn't near that expensive and what we didn't have we borrowed from another farmer who had it. The old rule, if you borrow it you fixed it at your expense, great days. I never knew what it was like without getting sunbaked and breathing dirt all day. Good ole days!

Thanks for all the food, Laura.

Laura, I don't comment very much on your channel even though I watch ALL of them. THIS video is by far your best EVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR. John from Australia

Wow yes, the opening of the bag is so satisfying! I've been trying to get that right with a bag of charcoal for years now... One day.. lol.

Laura, I can tell you from experience what you do while planting is a workout.

Missed your Bday 🎂. Mostly due to managing the camp I've managed for 17 years in MN. So great happy Birthday

That Zip Stitch works great, and is a fantastic idea. Until it gets wet, then they don't like to come apart too good.

Wow, those nails really do make you look fancy!. Happy Birthday...

Laura, you are like home to me. Home, everything I have tried to get back to. The force, Laura, ever present.

Had a buddy fall asleep in a large piece of farming equipment and cause all kinds a chaos. . . This was back in the day when the closest thing to computerized was the AM radio. . .

So delightful... Happy Birthday... So fun to watch your channel - Look forward to every post...

Happy birthday, Laura! And may you have many many more to come! (and p.s. doing things for yourself like getting your nails done are all part of taking care of number one, so that you can keep taking care of all of the things that you love!)

Good morning--HAPPY BIRTHDAY--kind of late but hope you had a great day--we have finished planting corn, peanuts, tobacco--working on cotton and soybeans

You would not believe how great it is to have a rug that you use in the bathroom the bigger one. To put your feet on. Gives you better traction plus your legs are not tired at the end of the day. And when it gets dirty you just shake it out you don't have to vacuum the whole cab.

I have worked at a number of factories and construction sites, and you should revisit the issue of ear protection. I never had any trouble hearing alarms, etc., while blocking out distractions.

Happy birthday Laura! Greetz from fryslan, the Netherlands.. We love your stories about farming!

Laura, you may need to have a look under the cab seat and see if there is a grease fitting to lubricant the bearing surface the seat rides on. I wouldn't think the seat should be that difficult to pivot left and right. As much dust and dirt that accumulates in the cab, the surface the seat pivots on maybe very dirty and need some attention. You may need Grant's help if the needs to be lifted off the bearing surface it rides on, to clean it. I hope I have helped in some small way. GO! Laura Farms and all of other farmers out there. All of you guys have a thankless job keeping our grocery stores filled with delicious food. Thank you!!