Barn Talk - The Unfiltered Truth About Farming

Episode Date: April 26, 2026

Welcome to Barn Talk, where what happens in the barn doesn’t always stay in the barn. Today, we’re joined by none other than Cavin Malloy better known online as Stone Cold Cavin—the southeast Iowa farmer who’s been making big waves on TikTok with his razor-sharp wit and no-bullshit take on rural life. In this episode, Cavin Malloy shares hilarious behind-the-scenes stories from his family farm, his jump into content creation, and why sarcasm just hits different in ag communities.  We’ll dig into everything from creative excuses to skip unwanted events, farmer “algebra,” and the legendary power of Midwest burn piles, to navigating the real challenges young farmers face today. Plus, we’ll raise a Coors Light and talk about everything from square baling to bus rides, wrestling moves, and dealing with the infamous Iowa cyclists.  Grab a drink and settle in this episode is packed with laughs, insights, and the grit that defines rural America. JOIN THE BARN TALK NEWSLETTER & GET LIVE EVENT ACCESS: We're on a mission to get 10,000 subscribers, and once we do, we're hosting a live event at the barn! Sign up to get exclusive access to tickets and details.👇🏻 Help us get there: https://www.joinbarntalk.com SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ➱ https://bit.ly/3a7r3nR   SUBSCRIBE TO THIS’LL DO FARM ➱ https://bit.ly/2X8g45c  LISTEN ON: SPOTIFY ➱ https://open.spotify.com/show/3icVr4KWq4eUDl7Oy60YMY  APPLE ➱ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/barn-talk/id1574395049 Follow Behind The Scenes👇🏻 ● Barn Talk Instagram ➱ https://www.instagram.com/barntalkshow  ● Barn Talk TikTok ➱ https://bit.ly/3qciekS    ● Sawyer’s Instagram  ➱ https://bit.ly/3BtX0n4    ● Tork’s Instagram ➱ https://bit.ly/3LGZJxS ● Sawyer’s X ➱ https://x.com/SawyerWhisler  ● Tork’s X ➱ https://x.com/TorkWhisler       00:00 Supporting Barn Talk podcast 09:39 Harvest time challenges 11:21 Dealing with non-stop farming 16:38 Iowa farmers and nutrient reduction 21:22 Simple plan for a great podcast 31:01 Paying for convenience in youth sports 33:59 Noticing the shed's condition 37:13 Getting value at sponsored events 42:44 Teenage beer-stealing adventures 49:52 School bus memories 55:03 Farming practices and feed systems 59:54 Letting the wrong pig out 01:06:12 Rural community changes 01:10:49 Opportunities for new farmers 01:16:37 Agriculture and Farmer Challenges 01:24:04 Driving past fertilizer tanks 01:27:59 Funny mix-up on Facebook account ------------------------------- ⚠NO FINANCIAL ADVICE / DISCLAIMER⚠  The Information discussed and shared on Barn Talk is provided for educational, informational, and entertainment purposes only, without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including warranties of accuracy, completeness, or success for any particular purpose. The Information contained in or provided from or through this podcast is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other advice. The Information on this podcast and provided from or through our content is general in nature and is not specific to you, the user or anyone else. You should not make any decision, financial, investment, trading or otherwise, based on any of the information presented on this podcast without undertaking independent due diligence and consultation with a professional, professional broker or financial advisory. Understand that you are using any and all Information available on or through this website at your own risk. RISK STATEMENT– The trading of Bitcoins, alternative cryptocurrencies, NFTs, individual stocks, etc. has potential rewards, and it also has potential risks involved. Trading may not be suitable for all people. Anyone wishing to invest should seek his or her own independent financial or professional advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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come to the barn to have more conversations with us. last thing you can do if you want to help us out here at barn talk is you can sign up for our weekly newsletter join barn talk dot com we're putting out weekly content basically everything going on in rural america agriculture the trades you know anything that affects rural america we're talking about it on there and we just want to give value there as much as we can and if we get to 10 000 subscribers on that email list we want to throw a live event right here at the barn with you guys drink some bourbon, drink some bush light, have some great speakers come, and that's the goal. So we're working towards it. How are you doing today, Kingpin? I'm doing great. Great weather. If it was one more day

of this great weather, we wouldn't be having this because we'd all be in the field planting. There's some guys out there that are running in southeast Iowa. If you got heavily drained soils, you could probably run, but it's pretty iffy. The wet spots, where it rolls, not so good. We're going to try to go tomorrow at Davids. I told him I don't want to be the guinea pig. We're going to run over there and see how it goes. And if it's good, then we'll come over here. Well, it's supposed to storm, ain't it? Tomorrow? Yeah, everywhere except around here. Okay. That's the plan. I might, you know. Is that what we're telling ourselves, or is that legit meteorologist shit? Yeah, I'm a, I'm, I've looked at the maps and the, and the, uh,

I'm predicting that if I throw down enough holy water tonight with our guests we got coming, we're going to be fine. Actually, you know what, in honor of our guest, and I know you haven't done the intro yet, but I think during this podcast, we're going to put together a four-step plan on how we're going to be able to get in the field and plant tomorrow with no rain. That would be more, that would be his MO. Yeah, it comes up with a lot of. He'll actually have the answer for us.

He'll have our answer, and he's got a lot of good step plans on how to work on your farm and he is a great guy. He's a funny guy. I actually know a friend that knows him, so a friend of a friend. He's kind of come to the, come on to the scene recently in the last year or two on TikTok, and he is just a sarcastic, but just funny-ass guy on TikTok on farm talk. And so today we got a guy in the barn who didn't have to travel far to get here. He farms right up the road here in eastern Iowa, running corn, soybeans, and cattle with his family. but you probably know him better as Stone Cold Cabin on TikTok

and Instagram. He's the guy who says exactly what the rest of us are thinking when the planner breaks down the weather turns or the local dealership hands you a bill for $1,000 for a simple fix. We're going to drink some beer, talk some trash, and get into the real side of farming. So without any further ado, let's get into it.

Well, this is an interesting team. This is an interesting team we got here. We're alive, boys. So Cabin Malay, welcome to Barn Talk. Thanks for having me. Yeah, man. You have been crushing it on TikTok. We're glad to have you here. Yeah.

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm working hard at it. Hey, you're doing great. I told Sawyer, I said, what I'm looking forward about this the most is, Sawyer always tells me, like, when we have people on, he's like, now, just know, you can't just say anything because not everybody gets sarcasm. And when I watched all your stuff, I'm like, okay, well, I think I can say anything because this guy has built an entire channel on sarcasm.

Well, I kind of forgot to ask. I was going to double check, make sure I could just not filter much. Oh, yeah. There's no filter, man. So in the intro, just so you know, when we got through it, I said, I just told everybody, I said,

if you don't know Stone Cold Cabin, then fuck you. So you're safe. You are safe. This is a safe place. This barn, there's been a lot of adjectives, a lot of colorful metaphors thrown in here. You're in a safe spot. That was the big one was the F word because that's sometimes a workout trying not to say that one.

It's how we weed out all the high quality sponsors. They all go someplace else because, you know. Well, you don't want to work with them. Yeah. No, we're looking for the up and comers. So we're going to throw you right at it, right into the fire right here. What's your four-step plan to handle stress on the farm so we can all get back on track? Because this gets stressful time right now.

We're getting ready to go. It's go time. there's going to be some stressful situations. And so we need some guidance. I feel like someone's going to fact check me on this one. But I'm trying to remember. I think it was probably like get pissed. Yep.

Probably throw something. Say a lot of cuss words and then drink. What was the last one? Well, I don't know, but that's all good. I mean. In that order. Yeah. In that order.

Don't drink first. Because then it might get the other three might. Yeah. You can escalate the other three. The other three might. Yeah. That wouldn't be. good. That wouldn't be good at all. Well, no, we appreciate it because we all know that we're going to get,

we're going to get frustrated here soon. So, okay, for people that don't know you, give us a little background on, you know, your farming operation, where you come from, what that, what that dynamic is. So I work with my dad and my uncle. We farm around Williamsburg, row crop and then cattle. And then I do, I have a sprayer, so I do some custom spraying. I sell seed. I have my crop insurance license, but I haven't really used that much yet.

Still trying to remember all the different acronyms that come with all the three-letter acronyms that come with crop insurance. And then, yeah, that's about it. So I'm working with them, started spraying today, and hopefully we'll be planting this weekend. Yeah, yeah, with any luck. Yeah, is it supposed to storm around you too?

Well, there's a chance tomorrow, chance of rain Friday, so we'll see. We're shooting for Saturday. Yeah, I think we're going to be able to try it tomorrow. When I say try it, we farm, neighbor of ours, we farm with David. I told him, I literally texted him today, and I said, all caps, you should go out and try it tomorrow and then tell us what you think. Yeah.

Yeah, let him do it first. Yeah. Well, he's notorious. He forms all his ground. What he, what he classifies as a draw is like barely an imperfection to us over here. Like all his grounds is flat as a table. And he's like, well, over there in the hills.

And he literally has like one hill that I, like I wouldn't even call to hill, but to him, that's his rough ground. So he always will be, he'll do that. And then he'll call and he'll say, well, I, well, it's, pretty wet over here, but I think that, I think that ground that rolls over your place, I think we could go there. And then, you know, you're going and the mud's flying off

the closing wheels. And he's like, ah, it's getting better every round. So that's probably what'll end up happening. Test it out on someone else's. Well, you let the neighbors go first. And then, then what I like to call you dumb fucker. I'm trying to justify why you're not going to.

And then a couple, stew on that for a couple hours. And then you're like, oh, shit. all right, no, we need to get going and then next two days you're going. Yeah, there you go. Do you have like a route? Like you always try to go. We have a neighbor that every morning during plant season, he's getting up.

He's going to get coffee. He's going to make his rounds, check and see who's out. And then that might make, that might make him to go make the decision to, you know, let's go today. Well, and that's 100% right. Because today I went to town and anybody that's local will know this. that guy was out feel cul-vating this morning

and I'm like okay I don't have anything that I think I could feel culvate and then this afternoon he was planning

and so that means in southeast Iowa math that in two days all the rest of the normal people will be, it will be fit enough for everybody else to plan so that's about how it goes

so yeah it's always nice to have those people to get them out of yeah I mean they're the they're the you know they're the experimenters yeah so you got to have that. They're kind of your buffer.

You know, if they go about two days, you're going to be set. Yeah, and then do you have that, do you have that same thing on the other end, like at harvest, when you're harvesting and shit's going wrong and everything's breaking and you feel like it's getting way too late? But you know, there's that one guy that'll still have corn standing that may not, may or may not combine corn in March. So you're like, well, as long as he's, as long as he's still at it, we're. not the last one's done. Yeah, no, but that's good entertainment though. I'm glad there's people

like that around. Yeah. Yeah. Someone's driving by and you get a good Snapchat and you don't, you don't see that in March very often. Yeah, that's right. Yeah. Takes all kinds of kinds. What, uh, what excites you the most, like all the shit you're doing right now, like, do cattle excite you the most? The row crop side excite you the most is, you know, custom spraying. You having fun with that? Like, it really just, depends on the time of year to be honest um i started spraying today so i'm all in on spraying right now but um you know i've been delivering seed too because i sell seed so it's like that obviously you don't sell a whole lot of seed right now this time of year but i don't know that's fun and then

winter when things are slower i'm more of a cattle guy but it's like then too like during harvest. You get sick and tired of harvesting after like for me it's this last year especially it was like after like three days. I was like yeah this I'm fucking done with this. It's like let's just go I want to go all shit. I don't say that very often but yeah right now I want to go do something with cattle. Yeah. Yeah. That's one good thing about having livestock because like this this last fall for us it I hate to say it sucks. because on the one hand, it was awesome because with the exception of one drier problem,

we had no bad weather, and we really didn't have any breakdowns, which was great, except you just went every day, every day, every day. And there wasn't any rain. It rained once, and that kept us out for like half a day. And we were the same way. After like a week, you're like, all right, well, what's the... You're looking at the 10-day forecast.

you're like, all right, we need a break. And then finally, I was just like, I called Dave and be like, I got to move these pigs. I'll be over about noon. You know, he'd be like, I think the wind's blowing. I think we can start whenever. Yeah, I got a chore, I got to do this. I'll be over about noon.

Yeah. Yeah, it doesn't take me too long to get worn out from harvest. I know that. Yeah, when it's like that where there's no break, it gets to be a little bit like, all right, well. I feel like we've had quite a few years like that recently, too. Yeah. For sure.

What are the excuses? I saw a video you one time talking about. Farmer is one of the best careers for all the, for one thing, and that's, you have unlimited excuses to get out of going to shit. What are some of the best excuses you've ever used to get out of some stupid shit you didn't want to go to. Oh, cows got out. That's number one.

And then that actually happened once. So that kind of backfired on me. But cows getting out. I don't know. That's really the main one. Hayes down. But you tell people that that don't know anything about farm,

and you can use that all year. Yeah, we got hay down. Cows cavin. The sows are pinging. Something like that. Yeah. And they don't know that. I don't have pigs.

So it's great. You're in Iowa, so people just assume, yeah. So you're in the seed business, so you have people that, you know, call you show up to the seed shed and you got to go call on people. You probably need, I don't know if you have this or not, but you probably need some sort of an alarm system on one of your cattle sheds. Because for me, hog guy, that's an instant out of a bad conversation. Because I'll just look down at my phone and be like, oh, shit, I got an alarm going. off. I got to go. I got to get nothing going on, but

it's an easy. Temperature. Like, oh, shit, the alarm's going off. I guess you're having a bad conversation. I usually just roll with the dumb and dumber, like, uh, big gulps, huh? Well, see you later. Yeah. Yeah, that, I use that too, actually.

Yeah. I mean, it's perfect. It's nice when you're like, I mean, I'm paying that monthly fee for that thing anyway. I might as well get get some use out of it. Yeah. Well, it's, I don't know. I think it's funny because I have made videos before, like, joking about salesmen, but most people don't know that I am one. Yeah.

But it's like, it is tough. Like, and you have to do it. Like, you have to kind of, you don't have to be annoying, but you kind of have to, I guess, at the same time. Well, you got to be persistent. Yes. So it's like, but, like, it's weird, like the different platforms I post on. The different.

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Because like, I think of, it's either Instagram or Facebook I made one. Like TikTok, I had salespeople comment or message me. They're like, hey, this is hilarious. I'm a salesman, wherever. Then it was like, Instagram or Facebook. They're like, oh, you don't know how hard it is. That's like, dude, I'm just joking. Yeah.

I'm one, two. I'm making fun of myself. Yeah. You give a, you give, I think you give the older generation hope. because for a long time, like dad said in the intro, a lot of us younger guys, people, we don't have, there's so many people that don't know fucking sarcasm.

Like you can't even, you, like, I were, when friends come around, like people that you're like hard on that, you're pretty good on sarcasm, like, all the time. And some of them don't, some of them don't fucking get it. They're like, he's joking,

he's fucking around. But, no, I think you're fresh, it's fresh air. As far as a platforms go, people on TikTok are traditionally the most calloused. They can take it. Or else they're completely nuts to where they're just going to comment craziness on anything. I mean, it doesn't matter.

There's no reason. You know, that's a lot of talking. I need a little break. How about a word from our sponsor? That's better. You know, I've lived in Iowa my whole life. I've drank the water. I've fished in these rivers.

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at IowaCorn.org. Now, let's get back to it. I think Tony Reed really set the precedent for what you can be said on TikTok. You know what I mean? Like, he kind of paved the way of like just letting her eat. Yep, this is the standard. There isn't one. Get used to it.

Yeah. And I think people on Facebook, it's traditionally an older crowd and they're soft. They're soft. They get offended easy. People bitch that we cuss on here. I mean, they do.

That was like the first video I posted on Facebook because I was on TikTok for a lot longer. First one I posted, they're like, I'm not like making fun of her, but it's like some old lady. like watch your mouth young man. I'm like, yeah, I did kind of feel bad too. Yeah.

I'm like, oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. Especially when she drove to your house. Yeah, drove to your house, pointed her finger at you. Yeah. Well, okay. So what made you, what made you pick up? What, like, what made you start?

Um, it's actually, it's kind of, I think it's kind of funny. So I, um, basically so like I used like when I was in college I used to post like snapchat stories it was like stupid shit me my brother both did it was like Kevin walks to class like stupid stuff like that well so I just went for two years to DMAC and then um I hadn't like talked to a bunch of my friends in a while so I was like I don't like I'm not just going to start doing this again like sending snaps chats out because I haven't talked to them they might think that's weird I don't know but we signed up and there's this narrative out there about Thanksgiving time about these turkey trot families. Yep. Yeah.

Okay. So my one brother was getting big into running. Oh, boy. And he lived in Des Moines. Yep. And they're like, hey, we're going to sign up for the Des Moines Turkey Trot. And I was like, all right, fine, I'll do it. Because my friends knowing me, they're like,

they would think it's hilarious that I'm signing up for Des Moines Turkey Trot. So I just started posting stupid training. videos and then like one of them was me like meal prepping I just got a Casey's pizza and like even Ziploc bags and through it in the fridge and then um so it started with that and then I probably started posting more like farm stuff probably like a year ago in late February maybe yeah so I probably had like I don't know I had less than a thousand followers like a year ago in February yeah so um then I started posting some stuff.

And what made the change? What inspired you to like actually do what you're doing now? Was it like, was it Tony Reed kind of or was it just the guys? You know, guys like that. And then, um, I mean,

there's a lot of people like, I just wanted to be funny. Like I love comedy and stuff. So I just wanted, like making people laugh is the best feeling ever. Yeah. Yeah. So I just wanted to be,

I don't know, I guess carve out my own. niche, I guess, in the egg. So I just wanted to make people laugh and not be too serious about stuff, which I'm pretty good at. Yeah. I, when you started, did, was that a, like, did you kind of plan on the idea that you were going to migrate towards the like the four-step plan? Or did that just happen? Because that's what I think is hilarious how basically you kind of

have a formula where it doesn't matter what the world's problem is, you can pretty much break it down into a four-step plan. Or three, or whatever. What was your two-step plan? Oh, yeah. Well, can I give you a little advice because I am an elder? And I know you talk a lot about, you know,

and you probably use some of that north-south, turn at the barn, direction finding to get your way over here. So there's value in listening. to your elders. So I was just going to tell you, like, you know, I've seen a lot of your like three and four point plans. But I think you being like the visionary you are, you could probably simplify it even more because like to you, let's think about this podcast on and what can make

it great. I think we can literally do like a two-step plan. And number one is we're going to drink, we're going to drink some beer, and then two, it's going to be an excellent podcast. And at any time during said excellent podcast, if it's not excellent, you just go back to step one and you just repeat. And see, it's just like two steps. Yeah. And you're there. That's the goal. That's our step.

That's our plan for this point. Just keep rerunning step one. Yeah. Yeah. And step two is bound to happen. Yeah. Exactly. I think.

I think I'm on to something. So. Yeah. Well, yeah, that's a theory. that's a but in that farming though well that's well yeah that's a theory and then you can only prove so much with uh theory you got to yeah put it practice we're fucking playing that we're experimenting with that yeah we're gonna play it out tonight yeah so yeah what what sparked that four step playing did that did that just like did you just do it once and you're like fuck that worked or does that just how your

mind works i have no idea to be honest i i i just kind of realized probably like a month ago that I was doing that a lot. Yeah. So, and I figured. It was just, I think it's funny, but I, I tell you what. I think it's funny when I started out with like something serious and then. Yeah.

Yeah. The last one's a joke. Yeah. But it's kind of true. Yeah. Well, I love the subtle. Your, your game face is so good because you play it so cold. And, I mean,

there's a thousand examples, but just a recent one you did about spraying, and you were talking about you only have swath control, you only have half and half on your spray, you don't have an individual shutoffs, but you are just so, so straight-faced, you're like, and waterways, I don't know why people get, you know, worked up about waterways, just spray right across from them, because, I mean, you're spraying herbicide anyway, and when you come back for posts, it's going to be a lot easier because everything's going to be dead. And I just thought somewhere, out there, there is somebody that thinks you're serious and they're just melting down right now. It's like, this is the guy that's causing all the water quality issues in the state of Iowa.

Yeah, there was. There's probably people coming for me. Des Moines Waterworks. Yep, yeah. The water's flowing backwards from Williamsburg area. What's the, speaking of spraying, what's the biggest headache you didn't anticipate when you started spraying people's ground, other people's ground? There been a bunch of headaches or? It's been pretty smooth.

To be honest, since I'm spraying my dad and uncles, any headaches someone else gave me, couldn't be near as bad as what. And I say that I'd love too for, they watch this. But it's, no, it's not too bad. I mean, people are, just talk to the people you're spraying for, too, because most people are pretty easy to get along with.

And they want a good job done. So just take your time. Go slow. Take your time and you'll get done a lot quicker than if you try rushing things is what I learned. Yeah. Last year, I tried to keep that going again this year. Well, and one thing you got going for you

is you're competing against the guy that they hired at the co-op after the last guy got too many DUIs, you know. So, I mean, the bar, you're competing against the bar that's always moving up or down and usually it's to the lower end. Or they took out a light, they didn't put the boom down. Or they did like,

Steve's guy just decided to go, he was looking at his phone and just went right off the terrace and then rolled the sprayer in his field and they had to get the hazmat team because it was running down the ditch. Oh, wow. So, you know, as long as you don't do anything,

it's all relative. You know, you might miss a patch here, but at least you didn't. to end up having the DNR out in the guy's field. So, you know, it's... Yeah. Grady on a curve. Something, well, something I learned, too,

because we were having issues before, like, with weed escapes and stuff. Something I learned from spraying where I would have issues, I could tell you where there was going to be a problem. So I know for a fact that, like, 95% of the time it's operator error. Yep. If there's a problem. Yep. Because I made those mistakes.

last year. What, what, how, how, how, how impactful has your following, your social following? Like, is it, has it helped your businesses, like your seed business or, or your spray business? I don't really post much about it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I just try to, try to keep it separate. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah. But, but do you have, do you have, you had situations where you meet a potential customer and then they're like, hey, are you that? Are you that guy? Are you so and so? Or do people usually know you for...

I think most people just... Around our area, most people just know me, I guess. What sparked the... What sparked Stone Cold Cabin? Like, what sparked that name? I mean, cold. So I... Obviously, I like Stone Cold, Steve Austin.

Yeah. And then... You can drink your beer if you want. Okay. I'm a... We got... unbelievable editing skills. We have the best fucking editors in the world.

Yep, absolutely. Shout out Kiowa. Yeah, shout out Kiowa. Yeah. But I'm a Kansas City Chiefs fan too. Chris Jones. Yep. Is at Stone Cold Jones.

Yep. I'm like, God, Stone Cold Malloy just doesn't sound good. And then I was like, oh, my first name starts with a C. Stone Cold Cabin. That sounds better than Stone Cold Malloy. Yeah. So I just went with it and I guess we're rolling.

I think it's perfect. I think it matches your fucking content perfectly. I think it fits awesome with what your, like what your style is and all that. I don't know if it's because that's my name, but I get all these like old like Stone Cold Steve Austin highlights on my reels. But they're phenomenal. Every single one of them is so funny.

Did you grow up, W.W.E. fan? I didn't watch. much much yeah i played the video game yeah yeah yeah w w two k five or whatever it was yeah but that was about it yeah so so kind of your other your other love off of the farm is wrestling yeah you're fully immersed yep pretty much that consumes a lot of time in the winter so i coach i help coach a youth club and then i help with the high school as well in Williamsburg so so did you grow up wrestling or you're wrestling family yep yep wrestling family. I have two brothers, so we all wrestled, and then my dad and all his brothers

wrestled. So, yep. And you got one sister, and she probably could just kick all your asses growing up, or no? She's technically the only D1 athlete. She played, she was on the club, University of Iowa women's water polo team. Okay. She's the only D1 athlete. So she just drowned your ass then. She could, probably. Yeah. I know we got some merch and that was a great conversation piece. Was Iowa Women's Water Polo. Like, what's that? Is that a joke?

It's like, no. That's the thing. So growing up, is that how disputes got settled between the brothers? Or did your parents have a strong hand to keep everybody? No, they kind of let it go. But the only problem was so I'm the youngest. and then my next brother's two years older than me.

Yep. The next one is five years older than him. Oh, yeah. So he would, I don't know, probably sounds bad, and most people wouldn't understand this, but he'd be the official. Okay. He made us run the Oklahoma drill against each other.

Just wear you out. Helmut to helmet. Or no helmets. Try to toughen the stuff. Yeah, no, it was in the basement. I love it. That's hilarious. So you grew up wrestling, you wrestled through high school.

Did you ever have any aspirations of, like, wrestling in college or anything like that? I'd thought about it, but I, so I had, I had three knee surgeries. Oh, geez. Yeah. In high school. So I even sat out football my senior year so I could wrestle. Yep. And then, but I don't know.

After that, I was kind of, well, to be honest, I was just kind of ready to party. and then go to work. Not have to worry about that. Yeah. I don't blame you one bit. So you work with the youth a lot. Is there a fucking hope for the next generation? I think there's a lot of good kids.

I think the problem and I don't know, I might piss some people off by saying this, but like there's a, there's like a trend now where people pay for conveniences. So like, you know, people even pay for like DoorDash and shit like that. I think it's almost the same thing with like youth sports right now because even still I was we were probably on like the tail end of it growing up where the dads would you know get the kids in the community together and they would coach and put the team together but now people are paying other people to coach their kids yep and then I don't know also paying you to parent their kids to to some extent like oh so-and-so has been messing around, be hard on him in practice.

Like, oh, he's been messing around at home. I feel like that's a parent issue. Like maybe you should. Maybe he should be here. You're not supposed to be their best friend. That's just my thoughts. Hopefully we don't lose anyone in the club for me saying that. No, I don't think that's unpopular.

I mean, I think a lot of times the parents are more at fault than the kids. I mean, shit. They see what they, they see. the example and then they see what they can get away with. I mean, that's what I did with you. Yep, that's 100% right. You know, that's why I got all,

in all the shit that I got into. I just got off probation, didn't you? Yeah, that's right. I did. You said a good example. Well, let's get into some of these. I went through your most popular tech talks. Okay. I wanted to,

I want to know your backstory. You know, I want to know all the shit you're in. We'll talk more about just farming in general here later, but I want to get into some of these these stone cold cabin fucking analogies and your theories on things. So we're going to start with

what makes a farm. What makes a farm? I remember this one. I think first off, you got to have a pile of just shit somewhere, just random stuff. Yep. We got that. Check. We got that.

Maybe, yeah, maybe you tore down a little barn something you didn't know what to do with it yet. So you just set it there. We'll get it later. And then that just becomes the pile. And you just keep throwing more shit on it. And then after that, another pile of shit somewhere else. And then I can't remember.

I can't remember what the, probably some old, like, piece of equipment that you don't use anymore. You just parked it somewhere. But you're not going to get rid of it. There's probably, there's a tree growing up. through like the where you put the hitchpin in on it there's a tree growing up through. Check, we got that.

Yep. Yep. I think we're legit. We've got all those things because we've got the scrap pile and then we've got the lumber shed and I use the term you know, shed. At one point it was a shed and now when it gets the point that you're not

sure whether what's the structure is is protecting what's in it or what's in it is keeping the shed from collapsing. We're kind of at that, you know, point. And there's a bunch of coon shit holding up stuff too, you know, really take the walls for extra insulation. Yeah, if you got a building that house, it's like a community, like, yeah, what do they call them? Habitat for humanity for raccoons.

Yep. I think we hit. That's going to stand for the test of time. That guy knows what they're doing. Well, and so I'll just say to that, when I see one of these guys that's a BTO that has one of these farmsteads that's pristine, you know, and they got all brand new shit, I don't trust those people. I don't trust them.

Why? Because there's no way that they can keep that thing operating without a supply of spare lumber and spare parts and where are you going to get all that. They don't have a pile. No. No pile. So somewhere somebody, like, they've got, they've either got just absolute fuck you money

or they're living a double life. They've got a farm somewhere else and they're import and all that because you can't run a farm without a scrap pile. I don't think. How many people, you got a scrap, I'm assuming you got a scrap pile. You got a burn pile at your place too? Yeah. How many fucking neighbors take advantage of your burn pile?

Hey, I'm going to. coming over. I got a couch. I got to throw on here. You're like, yeah, sure. Well, you're more importantly, how many colors, when you burn stuff on the burn pile, how many colors, how many colors come out of the flames? He's not good. He doesn't want to buy it. He doesn't want the DNR in his place. Black. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Only burn on a cloudy day. Yeah. That is, that is funny, though, the, you're burning stuff. Someone calls you. They're like, Hey, can we throw this in there? It's like, sure.

I guess so. At this point, it doesn't matter. Yeah. Yeah, okay, let's go to the next one. So this is, we're going to get into some math here. How do you apply algebra in real life farming scenarios? You remember this one? Yeah, I do.

I think the example I used was we spend X amount of dollars with a certain company. price of beer times why. Basically, price of beer times however many beers you need to drink to equal how much money you spent. You get that back at the... Yeah, so when you buy seed from Pioneer

or DeKalp from your dealer. So that's gonna be a lot of beer. Yeah, you're gonna go to the annual get-together. Yep. And all they give you is a fucking hat in the seed. And the hat, I got enough of those hats. You know what I mean? then you got to go to this event that they have on.

And they're giving you lunch typically or dinner. And that's great. But you're saying we got to go a step further here. And we got to drink all the beer as much as possible to get our money back. You know, I'd go as far as saying, they're feeding you. I'd bring Tupperware of the event and just take something home. Take something home with you. You know, that you're, you are wise beyond your years because typically I,

I think of somebody bringing Tupperware to a seed corn dinner as being quite a bit older than you. So that's something that you have picked up that, I mean, that's talent. That's talent right there. That's knowing your elders. Yeah, that's for sure.

You're smart enough to listen to those elders. Your dad and uncle should be proud of themselves for instilling that in you. That's farmer algebra, huh? Anybody. It can be any input commodity, anything input you buy. If there's an annual event, you got to go drink them out of beer.

You're going to break even probably. Yeah, I mean, it depends. It depends on what kind of year you have because I'd say the more stressful your year is probably the closer you're going to come to break an even. But you know, you get out of practice, you know, when you actually got to work. So I don't know.

Get close anyway. Hell, today the way prices are, if you can get close, you're doing good because it's a steep. The shit's expensive. Did you go grab another beer? I did. Do you want one? Well, I got one.

Everybody's got one. I brought you one. God, you're a hell of a unit. But you just went up. I'm just not used to you ever thinking of me. So I had to go get some and I was going to give him one. He already had one. Can we give a shout out to Coors for a second?

Oh, it's great. You're a big Coors guy. Can I help with the shout out? You can help with the shout out. I will give him. I'm a Bushlight guy. but what I will say, the fucking Blue Mountain.

That is a hell of a design. That's what I was going to say. I mean, nobody gives them, I saw, I actually thought about that the other day. I saw a Coor's commercial and I just said to myself,

I mean, they, that, that is unique. And we got to give it up to them for staying on brand with that. And it really does turn fucking blue. It does.

It was a great, it was a great, it was a great marketing ploy. And you know what? I don't, how the hell do they do that? It's some kind of a chemical, but it's, you know, it's been proven to not affect you at all in no human trials whatsoever. So it'll be fine. Yeah, go ahead on your part of the shout out. No, it's just crazy. Like, you'll be sitting there. It's usually towards bar clothes and you're looking at, you're just looking at these cans.

Like, you're just fascinated by how they were able to get those mountains turn blue. Yeah, it's like you're looking at Mona Lisa. When you're drunk enough, and you pick up that can and you're sitting at the bar, it's like your own Mona Lisa right there. Well, and let's face it, I mean, the longer you're at the bar, nothing against Bushlight. I mean, Bushlight is the official drink of basically the Midwest,

but... Yeah, not Bar and Talk, though. You're not fascinated by that. Not Bar and talk yet, though. No, but you're not fascinated by corn. You see corn every day. You know, we don't get to see many mountains. And the fact that they turn blue, I mean,

It really holds your attention. Yeah. So, kudos to those guys. I hope they never change that. I hope they keep that design. I think they should. I mean, it's one of the kind. They don't have to do all the crazy can designs.

I mean, they got the can design. That's got to put them up. When you're drinking light beer, I mean, that's got to be worse something, don't you think? Well, the day and age we're in. I mean, what's in the can, it's all the same. So it really comes down to whether it can teach you something, it can give you a little bit of childhood wonderment, you know, whatever.

So, yeah, what made you like Coors? Like, did you grow up drinking Coors? Yeah, it's probably like, I don't know, my mom and dad always drank it. So that's what you stole when you were going to high school party or something. God, you're lucky. They acted like they didn't notice, but they did. and I don't know, I'm happy that's what they were drinking because then Blue Mountains is just, like you were saying,

it's like a, you feel connected to you. You're like, I love Colorado. I've never been to Colorado. I'd like to go sometime, but I'm low man on the tunnel pole. I think I could ski right now. Yeah. Well, there you go. There you go.

I can go for a ski trip. My little bumper ski. Yeah, let's be honest, skiing a little drunk is, better. It is, just a little bit. A little bit. A little drunk is better.

When you're, I've only skied once. I should say that. But I speed, I skied before. I had some beer and then I skied after. And my, my,

my taller, it's a risk, went way up. Yeah. You just got that cast off like two weeks ago to hit the shit. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. Something like that. A ski an accident. No. No. Yeah. Oh, I just give you shit.

Yeah. But, you know, you're pretty lucky to have that story of, you know, being able to steal a quality beer from your parents because when I was a kid growing up, we had a buddy of mine and we would steal his brother's beer and all he drank was straight old Milwaukee. And we would go and sneak beer out of his fridge's house and then we'd put the toolbox of the three-wheelers and then we drive six miles back. this pond that we all knew about. And then, you know, we were probably like 14 years old,

maybe, something like that. And so then it was a contest. You'd have this piss warm old Milwaukee. You'd crack that open and you'd take a drink. It's just about double you over. And then everybody looked at each other, go, boy, that's good. And I literally never, I'll never forget the first time that one of my friends, the first one of us that got old enough to get their license and we found somebody to buy beer for us and we got bud light and we were my buddy and i were sitting in the back of this car and somebody handed us a bud light and you talk about like literally we thought somebody had given a champagne because that we've never had it before and we cracked open a cold bud light and we were like oh my god this is this is like the nectar of the gods this is fantastic so

kudos for you, you know. Your parents had some taste. Sometimes, you know, you're getting, like, when you get older, you start thinking, like, terms of, like, fiscal, like, money-wise, you're like, man, God, I wish they want to just drank, like, Natty Light or something. I could have saved so much more money right now. Yeah. Because it's not that cheap anymore.

No, it's not. Yeah. It's not. Yeah, you're used to the good stuff, and now you're paying for it. What are your thoughts on aggressive encouragement? And how does that, how has that shaped you as a man? That was funny. And I did, I got to shout out my brother, Tom,

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asked you in sayings or, you know, like, they have some certain things that they say that you really gets you? I think the one that stuck with me the most, I almost started laughing because it was hilarious. He's like, because, well, he was piss. time. And I think he thought it was funny too, but he was dead serious. But he's like, he's like, you don't get paid enough for the ass chewing you're about to get. I was, I'm scared. But then I'm like, that's kind of funny. I'm going to remember that one.

Yeah. Yeah. Do you ever get, uh, do they ever alternate between the ass chewing and then just the the guilt because one of my dad's favorite lines to use on me and my brothers was you know I expected more out of you and the best job that you can possibly do is not too good for me and you're nowhere near that yet I mean then you just look at him preference let's just say grandpa was a military man he was he was You were all right at the end there. Well, I just had the advantage. I mean, I look back and I'm thankful because I had like,

I was like a red shirt freshman. So my oldest brother, like he got it. Like he didn't see it coming. Like he just grew up. He's the first one. So he had to take every one of them, every one of them colorful metaphors and all the guilt and all the ass shooting.

I mean, he just got it hit right in the face. and so he he was like being the being the oldest son he was like yep I'm gonna do better I'm gonna get it and that didn't work very well for him

because the ass chunes just kept coming then my middle brother he's like he watched that and he knew he wasn't emotionally strong with strong enough for it so he just cry you know he just fold like a

he just fold like a wet blanket and you know he tried to get the pity and the problem was as you said my our dad he was a military guy there was no pity there like I think he was channeling all the abuse that he had taken from you know his years in the military

so I had the advantage of watching that and I'm like well okay that didn't work because the best job you can possibly do it ain't ever going to be good enough and he ain't going to take pity on you so I guess you're just going to have to yell back so I just I just started yelling back and that that worked I mean it didn't work great I mean I got a little bit of a twitch I think from maybe getting hit a little too hard there, but I've worked through it. And I'm all right. Those Twitches are what makes you, you though. Yeah, that's right.

We wouldn't be here without that. I mean, the only way we could make this podcast better is if I develop a slight case of Tourette's. Not to, not to, you know, anybody that has that, I'm not like endorsing it. And I know it's a valid deal and all that. And God bless you, but, you know, some people think I kind of do have a fuck you right now. you might have to edit that out. Well, it's funny.

Maybe they can edit this out too. We used to have this guy. He rode the bus and he had Tourette's. And he don't want to make fun of them, but it was just the funniest thing ever. He'd just go, fuck shit, piss. Yeah, fuck shit piss. It's like, yep.

Make the bus ride more enjoyable. Yeah. The bus was the best. Yeah, well, you get ordered some good bus stories. Because that's the thing, that's the other part about it being a farm kid. You know, gravel roads. I don't know if you live on a gravel road, but, you know.

Those are real formative years. Yeah. Oh, talk about aggressive encouragement. Let's talk about the bus. I mean, fuck. You're getting both of those at the same time, those younger years. Let's talk about the bus. Yeah, there's just a lot of good stuff.

Like, I just remember, like, the best feeling being, like, when you were the old one and you finally got that back seat. Yep. In the bus. Yep. But, you know, I remember, fuck, there's these two people dating, and they took, like, like axe body spray and was like Bob loves Renee or something like that and sprayed it on there and it stuck it like rusted the ceiling and it was on there bus 18

I'd be the bus for for that generation that was YouTube that was like that was like how to that was your like every bad habit that an adult has you could learn that bad habit on the bus. And, you know, there's a lot of puberty that got jump started over the stories that got told on the bus. And, you know, full disclosure, I'd say 75% of them probably weren't true. But it didn't matter because it was a damn good story. And, you know, if those people only knew what was being said about them.

Put my first chew in on the bus. There you go. There you go. You remember, like, the Nintendo DS? Yeah. Or the Game Boy, and then they had the DS come out, yep. I remember, like, I don't know, like second or third grade, you had those, and you'd be on the bus with everyone, you get the, what were those chats?

You used to get, like, chats together on them. Yeah, yeah. It was like, the first cuss words you said were on the DAS. And it was like, it didn't make any sense. It was like, shit, piss. People thought you were a badass. Yeah, everybody thought it was hilarious. Let me see that.

Speaking of the bus, is this, and I'd like to ask you this, because I've never asked you this, did you ever have a kid that just smelled like shit? Yes. All the time.

Every bus did. Most of them. I'm not saying, I'm not saying B.O. I mean, literal shit. I know exactly what you're talking about. You ever had a kid

that you're just like, God damn. I think that every, I think every kid that had to ride a bus, there was at least one person on there that you were like, and it's like for us.

Are you living in a cave? It's like for us, it's like you grow up on a farm, you're around shit all the time, and yet you can clean your, like, you don't smell like shit. Yeah. You know, but there's always that guy that just smelled like shit. We had a kid that rode our bus, and he literally smelled like, he smelled like cattle shit mixed with Doritos. And it's very distinctive. Like, to this day, if I was walking down the street in Des Moines, Iowa, and I got a whiff of that,

I'd be like, fucking Andy's around here. Where is that? I don't even know what he looks like today because I was 10, but I'd be like, that's some bitch

has got to be around here. Yeah. Very distinct. And then if you said anything to them, they're like, no, and that's, you know,

it's like the same ones that like, if it was like cold out and they didn't bring a coat. Yeah. They're like, hey, do you want to,

they're like, fuck you, pussy, it's not cold out of me. It's like, all right, sorry. Sorry, dude.

I just, far be in for me to, to, to discuss your manhood. Speaking of manhood, you know, how the fuck did all the old farmers have forearms the size of five gallon buckets back in the day? What's your theory on that?

Probably square baling. Yeah. That'll do it. I've never done it. Yep. Because you never had to do it. Yep. And that was probably my favorite video I made.

That was hilarious, dude. Tell the people, tell the video. So I don't know if we're talking about, I was probably like a year ago. I made one about like talking to old guys about square bailing. And it was just like, yeah, we used to fucking throw 10,000 square bales a day. And then I'd have to go pitch the game for the high school team. And I throw no hitter or something like that.

Yep. It's like, well, because I've actually heard a story like that before. But, um, yeah. So I've never done it. but it's just like I I just think it's funny because it's like my dad talks so they're like

like his dad and his uncle had a round bailer like in the 80s late 80s maybe I don't know probably when they came out does that sound right?

Yeah mid 80s probably so it was like round balers have been around for a while we haven't had to square bail anything so but what but

you let off that video in your life Like, have you ever just seen pictures of these old farmers that have these fucking massive ass forearms? And it's so true because, yeah, but you got a thing. Their hands. I mean, their hands. That probably came from, it's been a while ago now, but my mom and her sisters put together like a picture book, like a family picture book. And like, their uncles were just ripped.

Like, just, it's like, wow. It's like I wouldn't I wouldn't fuck with that guy Yeah Well you gotta remember There was a generation in there where Like I think about our hog Our hog setup here

You We were like Fancy Because you had a feed system That You know You It ran feed to every feeder

And And I had a neighbor, one of my best friends that grew up, and they had feedlots, and you had, you had like, they had a bin with slide. And they had, they bucket fed all the sows. They bucket fed all the nursery pigs. So you'd go home from school and you go over there and you would carry, like, if I went with him, we'd go out and carry. carry 25 or 30 buckets a piece

30 feet from the bin to the door of the nursery and then in the nursery carry it down I mean a whole generation between that and bail it everything you did

was manual labor so I mean your fucking forearms would just get and there was no I imagine you guys had outdoor pigs yeah

yeah and that because that's what like my dad and his brothers all talk about because they had a bunch of outdoor pigs growing up. And yeah, that sounded like...

And then you'd grab it like... Sounds like hell. Some of the stories they tell me. I'll tell you what, my dad had a good... He had a good analogy. When he would talk about something like that and people, you know, my friends would always be like, man, you know, how'd you guys do that?

And he goes, it was easy because we didn't know any better. He's like, basically we lived like it was Amish, but we didn't know any better. He's like, being Amish, would be a lot harder because every time you turn around, you know better, you choose to live that way. He's like, we didn't choose to live that way. That was just the way everybody else was.

We were like, well, that's the way it is. You didn't know any better. So made it easier. Yep. I just keep going down the list here. What do you think is the best way to help somebody out when they're wrenching on something on the farm? What do you think is the best words?

of encouragement or tactic that you try to practice? Well, there's a couple different scenarios. Like if they're, they're frustrated, I'd be like, hey, settle down. How close,

like, when you're going to drop a phrase like that, how close do you get to them? Like, are you ballsy? Do you go up and whisper in their ear? And then start backstepping once I said. What's the other scenario?

probably I would never do it that way yeah so those are the two big ones yeah there I'd never do it that way I've settled down I haven't I don't think I've ever had I've never said that to you have I no you you've been good enough to your God your go-to what's your dad's go-to line

when he's wrenching on something and he's pissed off like he gets to the point where he's been messing around with this for too long and he comes out and says something because I know what yours is. You don't have one. Well, dad's is, you fucking dirty whore. You dirty whore.

You say that every day. You can wrench on something and mess with something for so long. And if you can't get it, you motherfucking dirty whore. Well, a dirty whore will frustrate you. Yeah. I mean, they will.

It's kind of universal, I guess. Yeah. That's your good too. I don't know. Do I have like degrees? Because I don't feel like I have like that. I would say when you were younger, probably full of more pissing vinegar,

you get pissed off a little quicker. But as you've gotten older, you've cooled off quite a bit. It takes a lot to get you there. Yeah. But I just think you kind of, you're pretty mellow. And I don't, can't really,

really really. I can't remember you really having like levels of, you say this at a certain level, or you say this at a certain level. But I know when you're pissed, yeah, dirty whores coming out. Well, my, so my dad, growing up, all of us boys, we knew. Because there was like three, there was like three solid levels. And you could all tell by the level of profanity.

There was a basic level of profanity. Pig gets back. You, you know, you let the wrong pig out. And it would always be like, you know. This episode is brought to you by L'Oreal Group. Beauty is a powerful force that moves us. That's why L'Oreal Group has built a business that is inclusive at its heart with 100% of its brands, championing diversity.

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that was like stubbing your toe. Like no big deal. And then like if it happened again or if it was something that if the pig got back on him, then it was, you know, a whole, a string of profanity that was pretty standard by today's standard.

But then if it escalated, if that same pig got back on him again, or the wrench slipped off again, or heaven forbid, you broke the bolt, then it was a whole, like, it was a level of words that, like, you didn't even know what they were. Like, it was like, if you would have picked him up, if you would have picked my dad up and dropped him into a good Baptist church, you would have sworn he was speaking in tongues.

Yeah. Because you had no idea what he was even saying. You just knew that he was very close to having an aneurism, and you better get the hell out of the way, because something might get thrown. Those were the three levels. And I've tried to stay below that. I don't think you got, do I have any of that?

Oh, you do. You get, you get pissed. And I've said this before on this podcast, but I do have to say that one of my joys in life is Loading Pigs with Sawyer because when he gets good and pissed and he throws a panel, he looks exactly like my dad.

when he would be that mad. So I get a little misty-eyed when I watch him freak out. And then he sees me and he knows I'm kind of enjoying it. And then he just gets that much more pissed. Yeah. So it's a good time. Yeah. Yeah.

Do you have any levels you think you can think of yourself? Like, just something. I'm usually pretty mellow. Yeah. And then I go from zero to 100 pretty quick. And I try not to. I try not to. but sometimes it just happens.

Yep. So. Happens to the best of us. Especially first year running the sprayer last year. That was a big learning curve. Yeah. So. What kind of sprayers do you buy?

Hagi. Okay. Deer Hagi or Hagi Hagi, Hagi. It's a Hagi. Okay. All right. So it's a, it's 2014.

Yep. Which, so I bought it last year, 20, 25. I wouldn't, I wouldn't consider that like an old machine. Nope. But other people... It'd be almost new by our standard.

Yeah. So like, oh, that's kind of an older one. It's like, right? Whose equipment are you working on? Yeah. Yeah. But, yeah, it's been all right.

I like the boom on the front, I think. I don't know if I'd want one on the back now. But everyone I talked... It's all personal preference. Everyone I talked to, if all they ran is one on the back, that's all they want. and then same thing with one on the front.

But we'll see. You're going to try some fungicide this here with it on corn. Yep. And we'll see how that goes. What do you found is the biggest advantage of owning your own spray? Spraying when you want. Yep. Not having to wait around.

Yep. So that's been pretty big because I thought our, I don't know, you get to wait. And I thought our weed control was better last year, even though, again, it was my first year. Yep. And I'm somewhat competent. Like, you know, I can make sure I do a good job while I'm doing it. So I think, yeah, spraying when you want to. And then I don't know, just I, even on our own ground,

just I have some connection to it. So, you know. Yeah. But I feel the same if I'm spraying it. If I was spraying your guys's ground. Right. I'd make sure I was doing a good job. I'd be more nervous if I was spraying your guys' ground.

Yeah. About doing a good job, I guess. Yeah. Yeah. What, uh, you said that one of the greatest American pastimes is drinking beer in a garage and listening and watching YouTube music videos. Yep. Love it. What are the best ones that you put on the TV if you had to rank them?

Top three, top five, if you can think of five. Top three. I can't remember what exactly I put down. I know number one was the Iris by the Goo Goo Goo Dolls. Live and Buffalo. I did. And why? what like it's just

just got to watch it. End of the night when you're just you're just like yeah standing in your own garage coming down and got a lighter out

when you look when you're at the point where you're you're looking at your crew's light can and you're just mystified that's when you know that's when you turn it on

oh yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah that one for sure uh Woodstock 99 Kid Rock anything kid rock from there or Limp Biscuit yeah that's great

are you are man did you watch woodstock that documentary no oh my god that is one of the best what's that is that on the it's on netflix it's it's the woodstock 99 and how it became a disaster but they like have the they have lint biscuit and when he performs and everybody starts actually breaking shit when he plays breaking you know and then they had corn live coming out and playing blind live and it was just that one's good too madness it was just madness but oh you got to watch it it's funny as hell

but keep going keep going um god I'm trying to remember what else I put on there probably some sad country probably two dozen roses by Shandoah

I think I put that one on there gotta make people get in the feels a little bit I can't even remember his name he's on TikTok so in your area where you live over there do you have

do you have a group because one of the One of the issues, I think, that we have an ag is just there's fewer and fewer and fewer of us. And especially your guys' generation, we talk about that all the time. It's like, as farms get bigger and get fewer, like there isn't that sense of community that there used to be. And you probably, it probably helps some that you're a seed dealer, because that gives you more people to talk to. said you got a group of people that, you know, if you're hanging out in your garage and have a couple beers, you got people that are close enough that stop by that, you know, hang out with.

Because that's one of the things that we talk about a lot is... Well, rural America's dying, you know, feels like anyway. So then not a lot of young guys like us are coming back, you know. So, boy, you guys are all going to be farming 20,000 acres. because there ain't going to be anybody left. Sure. You're going to be BTOs. Sure. Still going to have that junk pile, though.

Well, that's a true BTO there. Yeah, a few of them. Yeah. Don't. We're going to be like, you know what, we can't afford to have another one of those junk piles. But, yeah. Yeah. Now I feel like, yeah, there's not many people like from migraine that live around Williamsburg anymore.

I don't think. Yeah. or that were involved in agriculture, at least. But there's definitely people around my age that are still around. So, and I think it just depends, too, like, one, if they had an interest and coming back and farming or doing something to nag. And then, two, I think a big thing, too, is, like, parents, like, helping their kids. Because, I mean, it's always been hard no matter what.

Like, every generation has a different struggle, but it's still hard now, I guess, too. Yeah. And if parents are helping their kids to come back, I think that's a big thing. Yeah. Yeah. Well, I just ask because there'd be nothing sadder than for me to stop by your place at the end of the night and have you standing in your garage, admiring the mountains with your lighter out, watching the goo-goo dolls, just crying. I mean, and I'd be like, what the fuck is wrong with you?

That'd be pretty sad. I'd be having hell of the time. Just dancing with it. It's a cry for help. I mean, really at that point. If that wasn't happening, then I'd get worried. Let's get, yeah, let's change gears a little bit. As a young guy, you know, how do you feel about ag right now?

Like, just where we're at and where we sit, like, everybody tells us, oh, there's so much opportunity, you know, the oldest farmer's average age is whatever. And we're going to come in here. to be more opportunity in the next 10 years than ever before, but also it's fucking tough right now. You know, what, I mean, what are you thinking as a young guy? How are you trying to get ahead or look at this in a positive way if you are? As far as like going forward, like farming lines yourself. Yeah. I feel like you almost, I mean, like, you have to get in with the right person, I guess. because I know there's a lot of like and this makes a lot of sense to me maybe there's not as much of it as I think

but some people will just want to hire a farm hand but I think if you can get with someone you work for them okay you work for them for maximum of years now these fields will give you a share of the crop I think that would be a great incentive to keep young people around because if you're just working for someone

you're going to get pissed off yeah I guess you're just the yeah The toty. Yes. Yep. Well, I think that's, I mean, that's part of the problem is it's like,

opportunities and ag. I don't call, I don't call, uh, somebody that works at the co-op and nothing against that, but like somebody that works at the co-op and helps a farmer out, you can't expect them to do that for a decade. like, where's the future in that? And that's where I feel like we're losing people

because there's a lot of people that love agriculture, love to be involved in it. But at some point, you're like, okay, well, where, is there a, is there a future in this for me? Because if there's not, I got to go find something that I can grow in. Yeah. And that's what we got to, that's what we got to figure out. And we have this conversation a lot.

and I mean I'm probably a little bit biased on the hog side of things but you know there was a time you know 15 years ago whatever where there was an opportunity and part of it's because of interest rates part of it was because of building costs and all that but you know there were a lot of people that were able to build contract finishers bring another generation home they could chore the buildings and it was a way to get people started and I asked bankers this all the time. We'll talk to them and I'll be like, okay, what is the thing in agriculture now that is an opportunity that we can get another generation started farming? And they all, they sit there and they're like, I don't know. And that's what we got to get to. We got to

figure out, you know, what can we do? Well, I guess like I was saying, if you can get with someone and you work for him for however many years and then, you know, you start getting shares on crop. But if you can't get that, you got to make your money elsewhere, I think. That's just my thoughts. I don't know. You can't cash flow buying

$15,000 to $20,000 an acre farm. I don't. Yeah, well, you read that, you read that number that got thrown out up there in Northwest Iowa, $32,000 an acre. That's, I'm not paying that.

That's too much. much. There may be some point you guys may look back and be like, damn, we should have bought all that ground for 32,000. I hope not. But you're probably right. I mean, shit's not getting cheaper. Yeah, and I respect your hustle, man. I mean, I think you're busting your ass trying to do a bunch of different things. And that's what you got to do, it seems like, you know, to get an ag, you know. And I think it's, it's tough. I mean, everybody, like, what we're doing here, here today. I mean, we, we're all trying to find our, create our own market or control our own destiny a little bit, you know, and what, like, what's your, I mean, what's your goal? Like,

what do you, what do you want to get to? Is it have your own acres? Does it have some cattle? Is it, I mean, what do you want to get to? Have a toadie? Have a junk pile. I, yeah, a couple junk piles, yeah. Probably, I don't know. I mean, I, yes, I'd definitely like to have,

or my own ground, have some of my own cattle, but nothing like outside of my means, I guess. I don't want to, but I enjoy doing the other stuff that I'm doing now, to, like,

selling seed, custom applicating and all that kind of stuff. So I, I mean, the end goal, probably nice shop. Okay. And then we got one corner sectioned off.

Got a bar, TV, Xbox. And then I got those fridges that are like at the gas station. Oh, yeah. You open them up, pour one out, the rest slide forward. A couple of those. And then just kind of go from there. I don't know. Yeah.

Have you come up with a, so you got two brothers and a sister. Yeah. Have you come up with like a four-step plan how to cut your siblings out of the farming operation yet? Yeah. You working on that? that one won't go too well. Sorry, we can't. We'll talk about that afterwards.

They'll probably watch this, so I'm not going to tell them. What are some things that right now just piss you off about agriculture? Like, just you would just like to just let them have it. Like, I know that data centers is a hot button issue right now. What do you think about data centers?

Well, we didn't start out on the best foot, because my route to ADM and Cedar Rapids with the semi goes right by where they're building that data center. So a lot of construction. Not that you don't already have cars pulling out in front of you, but these guys that are hauling dirt and whatnot, I mean, if they waited for everyone,

they wouldn't get anything done, so I understand that, but still people cut me off. I don't like data centers. Oh, God, what was the other one? I think just all the bullshit about fertilizer prices stuff. And like, I just can't stand. I think it's hilarious.

Some of the excuses they give you for why like fertilize any input price is going up. It's like, yeah, I don't believe it. Like when corn and beans went up, corn went up to like seven bucks. What was it probably 20, 21, like that summer maybe. I think it was even eight bucks. I think I hold a load of corn for like eight. 30 to ADM or something like that. And they're like,

yeah, fertilizer's got to go out because there's no supply. It's like, how the fuck is this the, this is the time you run out of supply? And it's like, at least like make up something entertaining. Like, you know, like. A giant sinkhole opened up and swallowed up, you know, two of the plants over in like the Ukraine. Or potash or like potash comes from like,

well, like South America. or something. Like, yeah, someone was sleeping with that prime minister's wife and they, like, so they're screwing us now. It's like, make up something entertaining at least. Because you're just lying anyways. I think something that is starting to

there's a little bit of divergence because, you know, all these stories of late has been how ag is suffering. And there's a lot of pushback out now that no ag's doing just fine because ag's jacking the shit out of their prices on everything. Farmers aren't doing very well,

there's a difference because every ag retailer out there that I've seen is building a new shop, you know, adding on doing this. If you're an ag, if you're an ag supplier as far as chemicals or seed fertilizer, you're doing all right. But it's the farmer. So don't say that, oh, ag, ag is suffering.

no, ag's not suffering. The farmer's the one that's getting screwed. Yeah. Yeah, it's a crazy world. We live in right now. You know, I just want to say you're doing a hell of a job. Keeping you guys on track. Yeah, because I've, we print these outlines and he's the only one that ever looks at it.

But you're doing stuff. You're asking great questions. That's my fucking job, basically. Well, I look at it and then I get lost. I don't even know where you're at. And I'm like, God, dang. It gets worse. Your vision gets blurry is the more you drink beer.

Well, I can't read this anymore. way. If I printed this out so I could read it, there'd need to be 10 sheets here. Yeah. But you're doing a hell of a job. What about, what about, I know you've vocalized one of your biggest pet peeves cyclists. You know, you talked about the turkey tribe. Oh, yeah, they were out today. What about the cyclists? They're out today already.

What are your thoughts on that? I mean, we got the rag bribe that goes through Iowa that people just go, go to town on. But there's a lot of cyclists. What does that come through your area this year? I don't know. Is it north of us? He doesn't, I don't know. He keeps up on that.

See, the Rag Bride, that's scheduled out. We know they're coming. Yep. You get, because we're close enough to Iowa City. You guys are too. Yep. He just, like, are there not enough bike trails in Iowa City that you have to go down the highways with no shoulders? And we're trying to haul farm equipment.

I don't know, because people are like, oh, you take farm equipment down the road. You're slowing traffic up. It's like, well, I don't want to be on the highway, and I'm going to pull into a field somewhere. It is your livelihood. Okay, let's go rapid fire round here of just some questions. Okay. So you're a big fan of Coor's Light.

Yep. Are you a big fan of Diet Pepsi, too? Yep. Okay. If you had to choose one, what are you choosing? And we're talking lifetime. Like your whole life, you got to give up one. You can only keep one.

Which one you choose? Well, I'm keeping Coors Light. Yeah. Priorities. It's all about priorities. I love Diet Pepsi. Yeah. I'm keeping Coopers light.

Yeah. How many, how many Diet Pep, like, typical day, how many diet Pepsi's we drink? I've been trying to cut back. Yeah. I might have one. And why diet? Just calories? I don't know.

It just tastes better than regular to me. Yeah. But maybe like one 16 ounce bottle. Yeah. Oh, you're doing pretty good then. But, I mean, like. Yeah. It's like

just there's a chance that like some Saturday I show up feeling a little under the weather. It might be like three or four 16 ounce bottles of Diet Pepsi. I don't know if that's a lot. I'm sure there's people that drink more than that, but there's probably a lot more people

that drink less than that. Mm-hmm. So. That's your answer. Coor's Light. So do you have any messages to all the Cyclone fans or Husker fans out there? Is there anything that you would like

to leave them with. I think I'm a pretty reasonable. Hey y'all, it's Kelly Clarkson with Wayfair. Ever order furniture online and wonder what if? Like, what if it doesn't hold up? That sofa was four days old. You should have ordered from Wayfair. With Wayfair, there's no what if.

Just style you love and quality you can trust. Visit Wayfair.com. Wayfair, every style, every home. A good guy. But when it's game week, I say a lot of unreasonable things. I don't, I don't mean anything bad by it. But at the same time, I do. So, if anything, if it's any consolation of my friends that are Iowa State fans, I like you better than Nebraska fans.

Yep. Nebraska. That's an easy bet, though. I like you guys, but at the same time, you can fucking suck it. I do. But I say that in the best sportsmanship way possible. Yeah. So.

Yeah. The thing about Nebraska is. It's a nice state. I've been through it. Well, yeah, everybody's been through it. That's the key. Like, the thing about Nebraska is, it's like you went,

you went through a perfectly good state, and, you know, your ancestors got that far, and they were either like, we should turn around and go back because this shit sucks, or a bunch of them said, hey, look at them mountains out there. We're going to keep going.

But some of them were like, no, this is, we're just going to stay. right here. And so, I mean, that's what you got. I'd love go to Colorado much more if I didn't have to drive through Nebraska. I don't know if this is dumb or

dumb or not, but I've thought about that too. Like, people that, like, they were coming across and they got to the Mississippi and like all the towns and stuff that are on the western side of Illinois, they're like, yeah, fuck, I'm good. I'm not going across the Mississippi.

Yeah, that's exactly right. 100%. You know that's what they thought. You're like, yeah, we've come enough. We've come far enough. This is good. What do you think is the best wrestling move you would have to use on a stubborn steer?

What's cold? What move are you going to pull on them? Stone Cold Cabin. Probably stall, which means do nothing and run away. I don't know. If you get them, right. I mean, you probably, it's all about momentum, but you got to get the, if you can get the, you get that head locked up, good, good old headlock, but you got to get the momentum going

on that. They're bringing it. So you're running. You're going to run headlock, literally bull by the horns. Headlock. Get that twist. Get that twist to the ground. Get them down. Yeah. You got to get them down. If you, if you don't get them down right away, you got to release and run. Yeah. Is the knee, you think the knee could do it if you absolutely had to? I'm, I'm sure there'd be enough adrenaline pump and if there was one. Enough diet Pepsi's. Yeah. Yeah. What's one thing

you wish people from the city understood about eastern Iowa? It doesn't have, you don't, not thinking Iowa City, I'm thinking just major cities. What if, what, what do you wish people knew from the city that don't know this life? We're not as dumb as they think we are. Yeah.

Yeah. If that makes sense, I guess. I don't. One of my sister's friends from college, their family is from California, and they never seen a farm before. They came out and they thought we, like, lived with the animals. Oh, of course. Like, we slept here, cow slept over here.

That's how far. That's how far it's off. Holy shit. It is fun to fuck with people like that, though. I remember the first time that my nieces came back here. from Colorado, and we were dry, we picked them up the airport and we were coming through, and we went past a fertilizer dealer,

and they got, you know, two big, two huge liquid fertilizer tanks, liquid nitrogen tanks. And they were like, what are those? I said, oh, those are missile silos. And they, and I mean, they bought that hook line and sinker, and they just, like, they couldn't believe that. And I'm like, yeah, they got warheads in there. No big deal.

geez it's so easy to play with him you know it's great yeah okay well last question we have what segment on the show we like to call tip of the hat so who's somebody or who's a brand or yeah somebody or a brand or something you use every day that you want to tip your hat to and say hey thanks for not screwing this up you did a good job this is a good thing you're a good person and why well i think we talked about it already coo's light obviously Yep, but yeah, probably, there's a lot of people, I guess you could, you could think. Who's like number one? The people that I work with, too, that have helped me get going, doing stuff.

I don't know, I might, I don't know if I'm supposed to say your names or not, but like Corey Johnson, who I spray with. My cousin John helped me get going as soon as I got out of college. my old boss, Brian, he helped me quite a bit too. So they're all seed dealers. So kind of show me the ropes and show me how to do things. So probably people like that, yes. Yeah, that's awesome. You got enough, you got enough, you probably got enough hats to tip.

Oh, there's a lot. Yeah, you're a seat point. I mean, you got a ton of them. Yeah, you got plenty. Okay. Well, Gavin, man, it was a pleasure having you, dude. Yeah, thanks for having, man. Appreciate it.

Yeah, man. We appreciate what you're doing. I think you're bringing, you're making, You're making kind of, I think you're making farming cool again. I like, I like your style. I like how you, you add some comedy to the, to the mix of ag talk and just, just keep doing what you're doing.

You're a visionary. I mean, I take notes every morning, coffee. I wrote Philosophizer down in your book. Yeah. It's perfect. I'm always looking forward to the next, to the next idea that you've simplified for me. So I don't have to do the work.

I can just hit the four steps. Off to the races. You're set. We're set for the day. help wherever I can. If I can make it easier for someone else, I've done my job. Way to give back. Where can people find you if they want to follow you after?

At Stone Cold Cabin on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. I post shorts. Hopefully soon start posting longer forum videos. And then I'm pretty sure it's just Cab Malloy on Facebook because some, I'm not going to say that word. Some, someone, multiple people. people have stole my video, Facebook for some reason is the...

The Wild Wild West. Yes. We... That's the number, that's the number one, like multiple people texted me about my videos on Facebook. So I had to start posting on that.

They stole my name, too. So I'm just Calvin Malloy on Facebook. We're with you on the same shit. I can't believe meta is as big as it is. And it has the amount of fake and spam and just... It's wild. It's literally wild. It's a bunch of farm accounts, too.

I noticed. Yeah. You know, you'll see the, you'll scroll down and the reels will be there and you'll click on one and it's not their account. What was the story the other day? So I got a farmer from Fairfield that called me. And he's like, did you have like a bunch of, I don't know, are they like Swedish coeds at your farm? And I'm like, no. And he's like, well, it's on your Facebook.

I'm like, that's not our account. And he's like, well, thank God. Because I was like, son of a bitch. I don't know what those guys are doing, but I want to get me some chicks. out here at my place. I wanted to see how you were doing it. Yeah, there's some count that is literally this will do farm and they're not just posting our shit.

They're posting all kinds of stuff. All kinds of stuff. So yeah, anyway. But man, it was a pleasure having you. We appreciate you making the trip. Have a good planting season. Wish you luck on that. And if you guys got any value from the show, go follow Cavan what he's up to. Leave a review on

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