Grant Hilbert

You had corn plants emerging a week, two weeks after. And I'm going out there on YouTube and I'm like, guys, this is 160 bushel corn max. Like we're not going to get it. And then summer keeps going on and on and on. It's like, dang, this is actually getting close to perfect. Like perfect situation you could have asked for after all that rain. And so we ended, I'll call it amazing for the spring.

You had corn plants emerging a week, two weeks after. And I'm going out there on YouTube and I'm like, guys, this is 160 bushel corn max. Like we're not going to get it. And then summer keeps going on and on and on. It's like, dang, this is actually getting close to perfect. Like perfect situation you could have asked for after all that rain. And so we ended, I'll call it amazing for the spring.

We had like best possible scenario. I'd say could have caught one more rain in August. It would have been.

We had like best possible scenario. I'd say could have caught one more rain in August. It would have been.

We had like best possible scenario. I'd say could have caught one more rain in August. It would have been.

Yeah. So I farmed one of these farms the first time this year, and it has a pothole, like a 10-acre pothole. And I was like, if we get a dry year, this is going to be perfect. Praying for a dry year. We get the opposite of a dry year on that farm and stuff, and it needs a lot of tile.

Yeah. So I farmed one of these farms the first time this year, and it has a pothole, like a 10-acre pothole. And I was like, if we get a dry year, this is going to be perfect. Praying for a dry year. We get the opposite of a dry year on that farm and stuff, and it needs a lot of tile.

Yeah. So I farmed one of these farms the first time this year, and it has a pothole, like a 10-acre pothole. And I was like, if we get a dry year, this is going to be perfect. Praying for a dry year. We get the opposite of a dry year on that farm and stuff, and it needs a lot of tile.

Yeah, yeah. That's one of the things we did is we – That's one of the things when you go into farming and stuff, it's like, what are they putting pipe out there? Why are they so aggressive doing it and stuff like that? And you go do it, and, you know, like in 22, I had a terrible crop because I planted a crop wet. It was wet, you know, didn't wait for it to dry, and then it got dry late too.

Yeah, yeah. That's one of the things we did is we – That's one of the things when you go into farming and stuff, it's like, what are they putting pipe out there? Why are they so aggressive doing it and stuff like that? And you go do it, and, you know, like in 22, I had a terrible crop because I planted a crop wet. It was wet, you know, didn't wait for it to dry, and then it got dry late too.

Yeah, yeah. That's one of the things we did is we – That's one of the things when you go into farming and stuff, it's like, what are they putting pipe out there? Why are they so aggressive doing it and stuff like that? And you go do it, and, you know, like in 22, I had a terrible crop because I planted a crop wet. It was wet, you know, didn't wait for it to dry, and then it got dry late too.

And so those spots with tile, it was – you could see it across the yield monitor. So that's when I was like, okay, we need to start pattern tiling every farm, you know, at least a majority of the flats. And so then we bought a tile plow this –

And so those spots with tile, it was – you could see it across the yield monitor. So that's when I was like, okay, we need to start pattern tiling every farm, you know, at least a majority of the flats. And so then we bought a tile plow this –

And so those spots with tile, it was – you could see it across the yield monitor. So that's when I was like, okay, we need to start pattern tiling every farm, you know, at least a majority of the flats. And so then we bought a tile plow this –

this fall and we're just going aggressive on just every own piece we're going to tile tile out as a goal so where did i mean so farming is one thing but tiling is completely different than farming like how do you how'd you learn how to do that uh so ben iowan farmer so if you guys he's in southern iowa there he bought a soil max tile pile he bought a quad track and then he came and custom tiled one of my farms we did all the labor he ran the tractor and

this fall and we're just going aggressive on just every own piece we're going to tile tile out as a goal so where did i mean so farming is one thing but tiling is completely different than farming like how do you how'd you learn how to do that uh so ben iowan farmer so if you guys he's in southern iowa there he bought a soil max tile pile he bought a quad track and then he came and custom tiled one of my farms we did all the labor he ran the tractor and

this fall and we're just going aggressive on just every own piece we're going to tile tile out as a goal so where did i mean so farming is one thing but tiling is completely different than farming like how do you how'd you learn how to do that uh so ben iowan farmer so if you guys he's in southern iowa there he bought a soil max tile pile he bought a quad track and then he came and custom tiled one of my farms we did all the labor he ran the tractor and

It's like, dang, once you get the hang of it, this is pretty easy. And then you realize how much the custom cost is. They do some calculations. It's like, dang, this is a $500 an hour job. Heck, I should hire everything else out of the farm and just run the tile plow.

It's like, dang, once you get the hang of it, this is pretty easy. And then you realize how much the custom cost is. They do some calculations. It's like, dang, this is a $500 an hour job. Heck, I should hire everything else out of the farm and just run the tile plow.

It's like, dang, once you get the hang of it, this is pretty easy. And then you realize how much the custom cost is. They do some calculations. It's like, dang, this is a $500 an hour job. Heck, I should hire everything else out of the farm and just run the tile plow.