Sandi, you deserve a day at a spa for all the greasing challenges and memtal math calculations! I'm so impressed that you were able to keep your temper under control in this situation! Sending you cool thoughts! Yours in Gratitude

I can smell that fresh-cut hay! Takes me straight back to my childhood!

It is good to see females operating machinery. My wife was never interested in operating equipment in the field She helps with a lot of other things, like hauling and such, and runs her JD around tilling, mowing, brush hogging, and using the bucket and pallet forks. A while back, I was trying to get done planting soybeans and asked my wife if she would plant while I finished tilling ground. She didn't really know how and didn't want to. My oldest son (then about 8-10 years old) volunteered to plant but was afraid of the dark. So my wife rod on the tractor with him while he planted. I got done tilling a little after dark and finished planting after he had planted for several hours. It was funny but it worked.

I thought I just needed to tell you how thankful we are to you and all the farmers who still wish to make this their life’s calling feeding America thank you and God Bless you all..

Always something, never nothing! You all did a great job over coming the challenges you faced. No quit in you! Way to go!

I genuinely have never commented on a KZfaq video but, you deserve all the respect in the world!!!! Youre so inspiring and you encourage me to be a better person both in the farm and out 💛 i wish you nothing but the best!!!

Bless your neighbors for helping you out in farming that is what farmers do ,is help each other, I am sure there will be some thing that they will need help doing and your family will be the first ones there. to help.keep on keeping on Lisa in East Central Ohio

Ha I know about breakdowns, I work full time off farm, yesterday manure spreader broke down. I have one day off this week, spent day replacing belt. (that a whole other story) Took one load out , broke shear bolt on manure PTO shaft, replaced it and tightening it snap head off bolt! ARGGGGH!!! had to drill out bolt! Got 1/2 load off and back to work again at off farm job! God Bless Farming!:)

Watching catch up as this year 2024, I wondered how the Agbags worked. Very impressive indeed. Sometimes, it takes a village to get things done. You have fabulous friends & neighbours. I would've just lost it with those grease nips & wagon hitch, but you kept your cool. The joys of farming, I suppose. What a sweet little wee lamb, your first live. Sad that the first Mum went too early with her twins 😢😢

When I was living on a farm as a kid, greasing the equipment was a two person task. One to put/hold the pump on the fitting... the other to squeeze the pump. Yes... it sucked. Especially if it was hot weather. We would pull the equipment into shade under a massive oak in our yard just to save our sanity. Sure wish we had those quick hitches back then too. Thank you for sharing your hay days. Brings back many memories.

Takes a village to run a village..great job everyone. N ty nieghbors for all the help..

I would even enjoy helping to chop haylage. I thoroughly enjoy hay harvest. Used to round bale my alfalfa mostly during the night. Leaf retention was my highest priority. That would not be as big of a concern with chopping. Hope you got it all put up in time!! Those clogged zerks sure are the berries!! Some folks have no clue what it takes to keep things up and running. Love those auto hitches. I think your dog was trying to keep you cool wagging his tail near you....haha! Beautiful hay crop...nice video. Hope and pray you have a great lamb crop too.

Love your channel!! Was a farmer but no more got health problems. But watching your channel makes me smile. Love to see you working an talking about your sheep. Love the good and the bad. Sure wish I could do it yet. God bless you and yours for what you do!

I know many parts of the country farmers are having a tough year. Just thought I would say thank you to all the farmers out there

The backbone of the country Farmers, Ranchers, Factory Workers, Truck drivers, etc

When the going gets tough, the tough get going! I do exactly what you do, we even have one New Holland crop carrier and one Dion wagon just like you. Our only difference is that we put haylage in Harvestores rather than ag bags. Our tractors and harvester are all 35+ years old, nothing new here, no autosteer. Thanks and blessings!

Hey Ms Sandy. Thanks for bringing back so many memories! We dairy farmed in central Minnesota for 3 generations. Finally had to sell cows in early 2000's. I miss it every day! Love and prayers. Pa

Good luck to you. Your family are very hard workers. God bless you.

The old Dion wagons are the best. When I was farming I ran 3 of them. Never had a problem with any of them. It's actually pronounced Deeon like Celine Dion. Great video.

Man a fresh cut field is so satisfying 😩

Very nice..

Thank goodness for good friends, family, and neighbors! Don't know what anyone would do without them. On another note, I'm excited to see the upcoming lambs -- the pocket-sized one is just too cute!

Sandi you remind me if me. Until 4 yrs ago. Massive heart attack. No more worky for me. After all the yrs that was my fate. I worked with my mind and my body. You think when you are going you are invincible. But believe me you are not. No matter how much you love it I want you to think long and hard. Some days I feel like it I didn't hurt when I crawl out of bed in the morning I would be dead. My early retirement sent me into a downward spiral. I became so depressed. My profession was my whole life. Training racehorses defined me. I ate, slept and drank horses. My hobby was horses. I had nothing but horses. So when I had to stop working that was a huge deal. I didn't know how to act. I missed it so much. I cried about 100 times a day. I have finally started to come out of the whole. I only cry every nite instead of 100x a day. You take care girl. Sending prayers across the miles. ❤️🏇

Tell Jess she looked 👍 Time to catch up on more vids!

Beautiful prom pictures!!!

Thank you for sharing! Take care of yourself.

Ur daughter definitely has ur looks and great smile

God bless you and the land.

Getting everything ready is usually my job around here and I kinda like it ☺️

You are like my role model: work boots and grease guns! Oh yeah! Those hitches are cool.

Whew! That took a village and a few miracles! Thankful for great friends and neighbors to bring the goods when ya need them right?! Great job team Canada! 🇨🇦

I'm so glad you have allot of help with this stuff

When you just use two bolts like that on a bracket, double nut those bolts so they do not vibrate loose and cause a disaster. It also helps to use hardened nuts/bolts with flat washers. Working smarter includes having good working equipment weeks ahead Of time so to prevent panic and wasted time when should be out in the field.

Hello from South Texas. You did a great job. Some times those neighbor's do come in handy.

You are a remarkable woman! Loving your videos! 🙂

So that's how the hay gets into those bags! Cool

If you're breaking shear bolts on the floor chain drive sprocket check to make sure each side of the floor chain is equally tight. If one side is loose it tries to move the whole load unevenly and puts extra stress on things. Just a heads up! :)

I have never seen hitches like. Love them .

Good neighbors are great to have.

I will never be a farmer of any kind but I love watching your channel 😁

Hello from Maine! I admire your work ethic and just do it attitude! Plus it was very interesting to see how those long plastic bags of silage are done! But I must say that compared to how my family and I had to bring hay in, you have it fairly easy! Our old tractor went half the speed yours does (or less actually, you could easily keep up by walking). Our grease gun was manual and probably not as heavy as yours, but pumping the grease in gave you a workout! We ran the mower through the hay and then had to run the separate conditioner through. We had to wait for it to dry (and pray it didn't rain!) before lining it up in rows with the old circular turning rake. Finally we would run our old baler (which broke down more than once a year) and make sure we watched the level of the string (don't want to run out!) before coming up behind with a flat bed truck to pick up the bales and stack them. Once the truck was full we drove it to the barn (always a nice break!), put it on the elevator thing to the hay loft (or when that broke down we had to toss it up), all without air conditioning or even a fan. You prayed the hay was fully dry, otherwise you had to go back every few days and switch the bales around (ugh!). The chaff would stick to our sweaty skin and by the end of the day everyone seemed to have a cough (we also used a crew of friends and family and made sure to feed everyone really well!). Cold beer was very popular (or soda for the kids). Of course in my mother's time the hay was brought in loose using horse drawn wagons...but that is a story for another time!

Nothing better than watching a couple of good looking girls fun farm equipment!

Really good video, glad you got it made in time

Very interesting to see how you make your silage and store it, somewhat different to how it's done here in Ireland. Try get pto shafts covered they are so dangerous especially when you are all working such long hours and into the night.

We're still waiting for the first cut, it's been raining on and off for a week and a half. Praying for a couple of sunny days. you do your hay differently. Ours is round bales wrapped..

Just found your channel, great work! Just know you are not alone in this struggles called farming! Thanks for sharing.

If you ate today, thank a farmer! I would love to farm, but doesn’t appear to be in the plans for me... I love how you share your farm life!

Well done all and the new baby is lush xx

Nothing nine to five about farm work. Appreciate how you roll with the punches.

Good job sandi

Waiting for the rain to stop, so we can make haylage too. Nice to see how it's done. It's very different over here. I will turn it 3 times, to dry all of it,hopefully. Then bale and wrap it.

You are AWESOME! Bagging is so interesting.

You need to Sell some merc. A sheepishly me shirt would be awesome with a few lambs on it. I’d definitely buy a few. Just a suggestion 🥰👍🏻 love your channel because it’s real! Great job! Keep Up the awesome work.

So excited for more videos!

Lmao when I worked in forestry replantion we used log skidders instead if tractors because of the terrain. I had to grease my machine and attachment every 6 hours minimum three times a day twice while running and once at night so it was good to go in the morning. We weren't aloud to use electronic grease guns because of the air it Could potentiality pump and the fact they wouldn't last a day before they would burn up. So all of it was done by hand and per one greasing it would take a minimum of 3.5 tubes, there was 2 zerks that took a tube each and 2 others that took 200 pumps and 4 others that took 150. I could do it all by hand in under 15 minutes on a warm day and I don't think there was a day where I wouldn't have to change atleast one zerk. So when your having grease problems just imagine what I had to do in a day, 11 tubes per machine and we ran 3 machines usually. Only plus thing about it is how giant my arms got in such a short time haha

You r such a hard worker!!!!! Great video👌👌👌

Never seen this way of harvesting, thx for sharing and regards from Germany!

Best of luck! Hard work pays

Love your videos, looking everyday for your next one

first thing...bless you! *you sneezed* second...just a suggeztion...grease when you put it away so you just grab n go when you need it. when it works who cares what it looks like! as long as it works!

I am guessing Jack is a family member? Great to have good help! Love seeing what it takes to do serious farming.

You’re a freakin beast! I’m tired just watching ya lol

Got ours on Wednesday 13th thanks to two warm windy days and all hands on deck. Finished at 7:30 pm just as it started to rain...again. Got over an inch Thursday. A break again Today and expecting over an inch this weekend , and a stalled system over us for next week bringing.....even more rain.😕 I guess we are better off with it than without. But a little less would be helpful. Hay was in good shape though thankfully.

Gives "pray without ceasing" a whole new meaning.....

You are sooooo IMPRESSIVE!!

Looked like great hay at least!

That dog is actually no help at all. Just wants to play. lol Great vids. Love the farm life. Hard work that actually means something and also brings you the feeling of peace when it all comes together.

Havester still plugged from last year!!!!!!!? One word comes to mind

We've always uses a manually operated grease gun. And our prep is usually the night before or just before haying. I am impressed with your haying. Our lands all hills and some of those slopes are scary as hell! But, we get it done, weather permitting lol

I headed over and snuck a peek at your Instagram account. This quote stood out and I love it! Find your light Find your people Find your peace It’s there... And so much more noticeable in the dark.

огромное уважение вам! Удачи вам на хозяйстве

Food for thought next time you start haying only fill your wagons half full the first couple time and maybe even wet the floor so it’s not dry the hay will move a lot easier silage as well, I really enjoy your videos, I was raised on a farm in N Dak so I can relate to a lot of what you do, an you really do well, good luck

I have a 4230 and she's my favourite. Won't start if you park her in the shade. But never breaks down once she is running

Great video! Thank you for sharing!

Your dog is the best. She/he is never more then a few feet from you. 🤗

Still waiting on first cut. Baler is broke and barely any hay nearby. Had to mow entire field worth a rake everything up to feed everybody. Takes chores that normally take at most an hour to do now takes 3-4hours. I have around 70+head of goats and sheep. I milk 10-12 head. Ugh having hay in the barn would be a dream and less stress.

Great video.

Hello for greasing try the lock and lube tip.

Never caught your name but you amaze me im grateful for your videos thank u i watched your videos allday

Now this is a typical farming vlog of everyday life! How much of an issue was it getting the forage out of the two wagons that broke down?

Nice video, thank you for making the time to make this video, especially with everything going on. )))

I am going to preach a little. The first day you were going to chop, when nothing was working, everyone was frustrated, tired and hungry are the days when farmers make bad decisions and things get way worse. Damaged equipment. Damaged relationships. Injuries or death. Any other farmers reading this or watching the video please remember this when you encounter these trials.

Omg, what a few days..way to go girl!!

got to love hydraulic pickup hitches and tipping trailers to make silage haha

God bless you farmers. That's one tough sport.

can't beat good help, OH HECK any help is better than no help. hope you'll figure out the problem with wagons are.

My knees and back ached for you! Way to hang in there and finish the job despite the challenges! I may have opted for some shade and a cold beer or three;-)

We are literally under water here in west central Alberta. Zero hay growth, most fields are under 4’ of water or more. 😔😢 We are going to be in serious trouble out here for feed this year. Many farms will be going under, it is just a mess. The county just declared a state of emergency this morning 😞 Count your lucky stars Sandi! Glad you’re doing much better out there!

Those quick hitches are definitely the ticket 👍

I saw a mouse at 5:01 run across the yard away from your tractor! 🐭

Nothin like making hay while the sun shines 🙄 good luck we still haven’t got our first cut baled up yet the dang rain will not let up.

Keep a water jug handy...I have seen ppl pass out from dehydration while haying and even cutting hay

Remember University of Tennessee students back in the 50's would head for the fields during summer vacation to earn money for tuition, room and board. The farmers in Indiana that hired them probably didn't realize they were helping kids that would become scientists and engineers.

Awe that little lamb. Always put silage in a pile/pit but wagons can be a B..

I’m not technically inclined* so I might get the terminology wrong but here goes. When that green tractor attached to the red hey wagon I was like 🙌🏻🥳. Sorry it didn’t go well after that but Jess looked amazing! * I’m a total boomer in a bad millennial disguise

Seriously, huge respect towards you. I wanted to get into sheep when I got a farm then just got absolutely hooked on your channel. You got this. No matter what goes wrong, you power through. You're a role model and a serious inspiration to a lot of people. We're so proud of you!

Awesome.

Dogs always steal the show.

Love your video’s. Thank You for Sharing. Happy late B-Day to your mom mine is also June 7th.

your making haylige> vs silage, haylige is hay based, silage is corn based, we usually raked our haylige at least once before chopping, too wet is just as bad as too dry. i like the mis hitch, you have to be gentlle backing into them.