How Farms Work

How Farms Work is a family-friendly YouTube channel that showcases beef and crop farms located in Southwestern Wisconsin. Equipment operation, techniques, and farming strategies are all first-hand accounts given by Ryan, an Agriculture Business major whose family runs these farms. Watch his videos below and check out more on https://www.youtube.com/HowFarmsWork.

  • Episode 18
    Getting In The Christmas Spirit

    It's been a few years since I climbed a silo. This time I brought a Christmas light to be seen from miles around!

    Episode 17
    Tractor Therapy

    Tractors working ground for the following season. Is there anything more therapeutic?

    Episode 16
    The Speed Of Harvest

    We bring harvest to a close with the new John Deere 9770 STS! It was a great year farming with record yields.

    Episode 15
    Hell Or High Water

    Our goal today is to finish harvesting corn on the British farm! We've been chipping away at it for a few days and it's time to move on to the next field!

    Episode 14
    Murphy's Law Of Farming

    Today we investigate the relationship between two very chaotic systems: Murphy's Law and Farming.

    Episode 13
    How To Make A Round Bale

    I show the inside workings of a round baler and explain how it makes round bales!

    Episode 12
    Winter Harvest

    We harvest crops in the snow for the first time in years! This farm is the last of Dad's Corn.

    Episode 11
    Kuhn In Line Tube Wrapper

    Episode 10
    Bryan Takes The Wheel

    We start our final cut on hay on the farms! I let Bryan take the wheel of the 4640 so I could get some filming of my own!

    Episode 9
    The Curse Of August 10

    We start the day off repairing the baler, and we haul in bales just in time for a storm to roll in and flatten the corn!

    Episode 8
    I Almost Tanked The 4020

    Episode 7
    The Tractor Graveyard

    We took a visit to Hennessey Implement in Dodgeville and visited their small tractor graveyard!

    Episode 6
    Baling Hay Combined

    We wrap up first cutting by baling the valley! I got a little risky with the drone but didn't crash it until I came in for a landing :(

    Episode 5
    First Cutting

    Dad takes the helm of the 7600 and cuts the first fields down of hay season!

    Episode 4
    The Latest In Planting Technology

    Andrew brings a planter with most of the latest technology to demonstrate for us and his students!

    Episode 3
    First Day Planting

    Episode 2
    JCB Arrival

    We're going to be using a JCB Teleskid 3TS-8T on the farm to see what it can do!

    Episode 1
    Problem After Problem

    Travis and Ryan begin harvesting Ryan's last 60 acre corn field! We had a lot of issues this year in this field, more in a single day than on any other farms this year.

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