First Hay of the Year!

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Published 2024-05-22
I'm cutting the first hay of the year with the Farmall 756 diesel and the International 990 haybine. Plus, Coco has her calf!

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All Comments (21)
  • Man I could watch an hour straight of just mowing. Talking or no talking. Doesn't matter if it's all drone or all on board footage, or a mix of both. There is something therapeutic about the sights and sounds of a tractor in a field. And I'm serious. I could watch an hour straight.
  • @DougMoore-vn8zr
    My 3 year old daughter and I watch all the time, she just calls your channel "cows". Thumbs up
  • @billmarks8246
    I truly enjoy your videos! I know it is a lot of trouble setting up the cameras and all the editing that’s required, but watching you cutting hay is very relaxing to me. Thank you for your channel, I never miss one. Thanks Pete.
  • @newman_LaRue_Jr
    Thank you for inviting us into your office yes I now live in a retirement community spent my entire life on a farm THANK YOU for allowing me to walk with you ❤❤❤❤❤
  • @lynnclark4208
    There's days that I enjoy "no talking". The quiet with the sound of the tractor is therapeutic. Makes me feel like I'm right there. And there's times when you use the drone, enjoy that too. And there's times you talk through the video. Enjoy that too. I also enjoy Hillary!!
  • @deancharles1470
    I missed that prayer that I always said when taking vintage equipment to the field for the first time of the season and that is “Lord please get me thru one more season with this old equipment “.
  • @lynnsweeney4529
    Good morning, Pete. We can't tell you how much we enjoy all of your videos . There is just something so peaceful about watching the animals, you moving the hay, and I even enjoy the tractor 🚜 rebuilds. Thank you for taking the time out of your busy day to share your videos with us all.😊
  • If you sold tickets to ride along with you when you’re cutting hay, I would be the first to buy one 🎟️ It must smell soooo good!!! ☀️💕👍🏻
  • @bertmenden2645
    As a teenager I remember a Hereford calf being stillborn or so we thought. That old cow turned around, stuck her nose under the calf and flung it in the air over and over. There was nothing but hooves, and tail flailing about, round about the fifth flip the calf left out a small bleat, and came to life. It was running around, nursing a half hour later. Mom knows best I guess! Spent many summer days mowing hay with a Massey Ferguson 150 with a New Holland 6' sickle bar mower, and an International crimped offset behind, we were too poor to afford a haybine. Good times!
  • That will be some sweet hay in the winters! Why does a 84 year old lady watch a farmer? I grew up watching uncles farming and my father was a part time farmer with a cub farmal tractor that is how I learned to drive at 10 years old! This brings back many memories! Thank you! S
  • Was a little teary eyed until you verified the calf was breathing. Having spent many hours caring for 3 wonderful grandsons with Rosemarie I appreciate life more and more. What could be better than an old red tractor that can actually be used? Overhead views great. Beautiful natural canvas as usual. Must be great to sit outside at end of day and look out over the fields. Hope you, Hil and family have great week! I know I use the word “great” too much.
  • @eloiseteklu84
    Wouldn't it be cool if we all had a father, brother, son, husband or significant other like Pete? I know my world would be a better place -- for now, I appreciate living vicariously through his videos. Thanks Pete!
  • Thank you for not putting any music on for talking over. Natural sounds so much better I appreciate it
  • @nathanokken3565
    Good way to mark the end of seasonal depression on the farm. Love this time of the year.
  • I am also a farmer and in my experience it puts you so close to realness.you see life and death good days and bad days it gives you a reason to pray and it makes you very thankful I love your videos Pete keep cranking them out❤
  • “Making hay while the sun shines.” I hadn’t thought about the history of that, but it’s so clear from watching your haying videos. Like all farmers over the centuries, you try to forecast the weather so that the freshly cut hay will remain dry until enough days lying in the field have passed for it to be collected into bales and stored without mold setting in. An anxious time, hoping for that sunshine until the hay is safely stored. That tractor’s engine is a fine, smooth machine all right. It must feel even more satisfying using it since you have extended its working life and know every part of it, maintaining and replacing.
  • This doesn't get old at all soothing. Just remember when I was 16 and 17 I worked for a farmer/ neighbor doing field work with his 756 and his 856 back in 73 ish.ive always wanted to be a farmer but in that time farmers were having their land taken away! It was a bad time to farm.the farmer also milked 35 to 40 cows..he had no kids and his wife was a school teacher...great people. Always enjoyed your videos
  • Wow, this brought back memories of having to help by FIL pull calves when momma cow couldn't quite get the job done. The kids really should enjoy the delivery process. What a miracle!
  • Nothing like watching Pete cut hay while listening to Dan Tyminski sing " Making Hay".