Back to Grass! Let's tear it up 👌

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** We got rained out from seeding temporarily so we are back on this grass to fill in time, until the land drys out enough to get seeding again.
Also we are opening up some dikes to let the water be free - because we care! 😆
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@99dirtydeeds 2 жыл бұрын

Mike snortin grass that’s a first for the day 😂. Then starts talking to the water I’m not so sure that was grass.

@paulprigge1209 2 жыл бұрын

Well that type of grass! Lol or weed.

@timgear9892 2 жыл бұрын

Mike you are certainly connected to the soil and water. First time I saw someone talk to the water. Surely mother earth will be kind to you this year and provide you the bountiful crop you so rightly deserve.

@bloodreno Жыл бұрын

Plot twist: Mike always ask Mike questions because there are two Mikes. Same person.

@CADWithChris 2 жыл бұрын

That first pass breaking grass is the most satisfying thing ever! Can we just get a live stream of this ?

@bens8919 2 жыл бұрын

i love the smell, that fresh turned dirt is like little else

@lenboyle7891 2 жыл бұрын

You will find that ground is 50x more healthy than the ground you have been continually cropping , fertilizing and applying chemicals that's why it smells so good.

@brucevanderzanden9638 Жыл бұрын

I agree with you Mike, water needs to run free! Subscribed to your channel today. I am live in Central Oregon (Redmond). Small farm. Lots of rocks in and on our ground.

@jeremycherny2041 2 жыл бұрын

That will produce some nice crops for years to come!

@MeadowFarmer 2 жыл бұрын

What beautiful rich soil! There is something very satisfying watching large equipment so effortlessly turn sod into tilled soil, and so quietly too. I love the smell of a freshly plowed field.

@tommyteesdale1854 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you Mike it’s very satisfying hello from Ireland

@Northern_Farmer 2 жыл бұрын

I used to disk old grass land with the wishek but last year I plowed and ran the disc twice and it was good to go

@kopenhagenkid 2 жыл бұрын

Good luck seeding your 2022 crops Mike

@michaellane9873 2 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome bit kit Mike and doing a great job.

@shanen.6237 2 жыл бұрын

I wasnt good at discing cause watching the dirt come off the disc blades is hypnotizing and I would not drive in a straight line (pre gps).

@drdulas5055 2 жыл бұрын

The spring loaded gangs sure must save on replacing blades. I remember in the 1970's breaking 240 acres of CPR ground that laid for 12 years. That dirt does have a different smell and we did not have the equipment back then like there is today. We moldboard plowed it and disked and disked some more.

@tobiasjacobsen_dk 2 жыл бұрын

That wishek is just a beast of equipment!

@ericks02 2 жыл бұрын

it's coming along nice. Can't wait to see the pro-till in action too

@JaredJanhsen 2 жыл бұрын

My dad would rotate his fields around and would drill prairie grass and leave it be to bale/graze for a couple years. Loved the smell of breaking out those fields with an offset disc.

@magnusr.1960 2 жыл бұрын

Ploughing all day all night! Go! :P

@thomasleonard1846 Жыл бұрын

Looks like excellent topsoil!

@grant1221 2 жыл бұрын

really likes this video can't wait too see more of it

@kisantractors8070 Жыл бұрын

Good work

@dixiecupdrinker1 2 жыл бұрын

I love watching a wishek work

@jameswimbush5090 2 жыл бұрын

Love it Mike 👍👍

@wahooman4208 2 жыл бұрын

cutting grass in the deere is my favorite vid out of all

@kopenhagenkid 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Mike

@derrickpettit86 2 жыл бұрын

Alot of moisture in that ground should produce some good crops thanks for sharing mike

@GodLike-pe6kj 2 жыл бұрын

Mike´s slow decent into madness!

@mikemitchell2554 2 жыл бұрын

🤫😆

@joesilvasr9733 2 жыл бұрын

Dang listening to those rocks hitting the disk blades hurts. You guys must go through blades like mad. I just can't even comprehend tilling soil with rocks in it.

@davidkimmel4216 2 жыл бұрын

That is one great disk.

@jackwillie2729 2 жыл бұрын

Lot of rock in that area

@STONEDay 2 жыл бұрын

High love the smell of grass too.

@justincase2830 2 жыл бұрын

Smell, cant' you smell that smell? The smell that surrounds you!

@Kale050 2 жыл бұрын

Mike the water whisperer :P

@bm-is2vs 2 жыл бұрын

thanks mike

@elizabethliska5377 2 жыл бұрын

Since my father started buying his first farm land in 1963 he had a field scraper and a grader. You will need proper and excellent drainage to be able to plant 100% of your non slough fields. Also they need ditches created and cleaned out often to work optimal. In wet years it really makes the difference. As you know you need to spend money to make some.

@wry569 2 жыл бұрын

Good looking dirt! Great Video. Would love to see DRONE shots of the farm and what discing looks like.

@fl0G2 2 жыл бұрын

Can we appreciate all the worl mike does for our entertainment :p

@annbullen6983 2 жыл бұрын

love this channel

@robertfranssen 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid again Mike. Hope ur doin ok

@mikemitchell2554 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert! I am 🙂

@svennilsson8459 2 жыл бұрын

Now this is going to be interesting, creating a cereal-worthy seedbed out of those lumps of disced up sod. Number of passes and type of implements, really looking forward to this! 👍 I know it's swearing in church for the majority of you North Americans but, how about a good session of moldboard plowing? 😱 Add to it one pass with a light disc or maybe even what you call a heavy harrow and you've got a seedbed with all the weeds burried down under. We tried the "american way" here at my very home in southern Sweden and, even after 3 passes it still looked like we had let the hogs out. Sincerely, best of luck to you, since you've done it before you'll succeed, but I want to se how 😉

@danmurphy4249 2 жыл бұрын

Glyphosate followed by moldboard plowing would have been so much easier. So much for grass sequestering carbon. Mike has too much money if he can do that many tillage passes

@John-nc4bl 2 жыл бұрын

I agree with you Sven. Over time rainfall leeches the good nutrients downwards thru the soil. Turning it over with a molboard plow helps to turn the 'good stuff' up to the top again and it is also easier to make a good seedbed with the turned over soil than it is to break up clumps of grass and weeds. Less passes over the field as well.

@Northern_Farmer 2 жыл бұрын

I decided to plow last year and did 2 passes with the disc ..worked out pretty good

@ethanjohnson6191 2 жыл бұрын

Hey mike saw you at the farm show but you were with your family so I didn’t want to interrupt

@mikemerrill175 2 жыл бұрын

Days gone by we plowed first, disked 2nd

@richardclay7574 2 жыл бұрын

Mike there’s a farm in south west Kentucky that uses the same disks they have several to turn the ground after corn harvest the last I seen was around 11,000 acres to be put into wheat just this year they got a Fent two track like yours he loves it

@dougrennie9123 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike. I am a livestock farmer in Ontario with a rotation between hay and crops so we routinely break up hay ground. We find the most efficient way is an late fall application of glyphosate. We find this kills even normally hard to kill weeds and next spring you plant into bare ground. Why do you need to "break" this ground?

@markymarc136 2 жыл бұрын

Mike, something tells me you are going to pull out a lot of rocks from that field, and what are your long term plans for the North Farm?

@rubenbraekman4515 2 жыл бұрын

Man that's satisfying

@davidgaulke7886 2 жыл бұрын

Love to see dirt MOVE!

@duncanmcleish3683 2 жыл бұрын

That dirt will make a nice seed bed and hopefully grow a good crop for you Mike. Awesome video. 👍👍

@paulwollman 2 жыл бұрын

Next time wait till I’ve swallowed my coffee before you talk to water . That was an LOL moment.

@mikemitchell2554 2 жыл бұрын

Hahah 😆🤷‍♂️

@rongrose3746 2 жыл бұрын

Actually looks like FUN breaking up sod !!

@joescheller6680 2 жыл бұрын

Roudup seed right in the sod. Doest work to bad maybe have to spray it twice but you still have smooth surface.

@straightpipeacres6365 2 жыл бұрын

Wishek all the way when you're in the field breaking hay!! Lol

@kenhofer8063 2 жыл бұрын

Bush.Hog 36 inch notched blades in the front

@OGRE.79 2 жыл бұрын

Kello makes a damn good disk

@theoroseboom-ranch-rimbey6636 2 жыл бұрын

Zero till spray work up In fall way quicker more efficient save fuel it’s axpansive nowadays

@Northern_Farmer 2 жыл бұрын

Plow it like a bastard

@planeiron241 2 жыл бұрын

there is nothing better than the smell of fresh turned sod, I use to love plowing fields and smelling the frsh soil🚜🚜🚜🚜🚜👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎dirt

@tincan6929 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you are chaseing of the frogs and ducks lol

@BillStecik 2 жыл бұрын

200 acres of late seeded oats will work at $8 per bu will make money and you can lower inputs

@Mint-pg5ng 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Mike. Can we see a 4 tracks vs triples. Pleaseeee!

@Sanbar11 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds rocky

@robertstetson4077 2 жыл бұрын

Mike you have a problem and we are here to help you please just go to a DSA meeting and get the help you need. (dirt sniffers anonymous) I like the smell of dirt but I can't say I've ever shoved it up my nose before.

@zzzubmno2755 2 жыл бұрын

That is some nice-looking soil. I guess there isnt a lot of worms and grubs in that area. Here in Ontario, when you break grass or plow, there is always a bunch of seagulls and birds behind the disks chowing down on all the worms and grubs and other things in the turned-over soil. I guess you dont have a lot of seagulls?

@halwilliams1682 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a great place to raise cow/ calf pairs in warm weather. Then ship them south for the winter. Wean and sell the calves. Money in the bank!

@christophermyall2835 2 жыл бұрын

Mike why did you not spray the grass with Roundup first. In my experience that works best for getting a better discing job and later cultivations.

@johnpowers1125 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder that too. That grass will just keep growing.

@sichtbarfurallenutzeraufyo5510 2 жыл бұрын

Because the living grass sucks 7 inches water

@wssides 2 жыл бұрын

Time constraints! Spraying time, waiting time, discing time- by now its harvest time and its still not seeded!

@mikemitchell2554 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely a great question!! Yes 9x out of 10 you ALWAYS spray it first! But unfortunately it just could not happen... When it was good spraying we needed to spray in front of the drill. Then it rained and we couldn't seed or spray but we could break - so we chose to break. Then we found out that having that grass growing was actually working in our favour by sucking out moisture. But when I could I did spray it 🙂

@David-xl8zf 2 жыл бұрын

Thank god these duck people stay on their side of the pond. 🤣

@keenanfaure9313 2 жыл бұрын

After our experience seeding into grass last year and getting a decent crop I’d never spent the money breaking grass

@johndeeregamer8979 2 жыл бұрын

hey Mike, what do you prefer, the triples, big duals, or track on the 9 series?

@darrensydorko4976 2 жыл бұрын

I have no choice but to go pass for pass lol we don’t have GPS in the ole’ 9280 case ih Steiger

@ChrisMeuzelaar1 2 жыл бұрын

That is beautiful soil, I just want to grow broccoli on it

@aaronbauer4039 2 жыл бұрын

Wishek the best heavy disc ever made...

@barneyshort8227 2 жыл бұрын

Rome plow taught them all what’s right and wrong!!!!!

@Northern_Farmer 2 жыл бұрын

Kello is not to shabby also

@Island.dweller 2 жыл бұрын

So, curious what is the fuel consumption discing 500 acres and then pro til x1 AND disk again?

@Chiellus11 2 жыл бұрын

🎵Let grasses slow and waters flow in a free and easy way🎵

@fagocitotico Жыл бұрын

3:26 wtf hahahhaa

@jasonclark3127 2 жыл бұрын

To bad you didn’t bring the fendit 1050 with trips on but you sold it that would have been great help.

@Stigsens1 2 жыл бұрын

How many hours of daylight do you guys get at the northfarm? Many ppl fail to understand what it means when you got additional daylight hours for the crops. Here in Scandinavia, crops are like on turbo the weeks when we only have 2-3 hours of darkness.

@robertvetter6139 2 жыл бұрын

Whats the acre count up to on the northern farm now???

@patrickburgmeier7902 2 жыл бұрын

Mike, why are big Disk rippers like Sunflower, DMI, Case or John Deere not very popular up there. A disk, like a Wishic or even a high speed disk, will pack the ground. They build roads with them. A disk ripper, with the ripper shanks spaced on 24 or 30 in spacing, with a 3 bar harrow and rolling baskets would leave your ground relatively smooth and mellow. Ripping loosens and fractures the soil, so water and roots can go down into the subsoil. We use them here in Minnesota more than molboard plows now.

@gregjames5070 Жыл бұрын

Because what works for you on your ground doesn’t work everywhere. Why are you so worried about how he does it? Don’t like it don’t watch.

@ryanheck1575 2 жыл бұрын

Could you not break it with the protil if you sink it in? I heard of others do it

@tony-the-tigerjohns3294 2 жыл бұрын

Are you going over it twice with the Wishek?

@benny8300 2 жыл бұрын

🤩

@carlfalt174 2 жыл бұрын

I assume you sprayed before you started disking

@geoffreymaw560 2 жыл бұрын

Mike, just wondering why you don’t just spray the grass off and plant into the roots that have been left. It’s makes a good loose platform to grow in.

@tonkapoplol 2 жыл бұрын

i personnally would have plowed this instead of disking. Do you prefer disks?

@tacodoritos691 2 жыл бұрын

How many combines do u have mike?

@jeremycherny2041 2 жыл бұрын

Ducks owns a bunch of land north of me. It's all a mess. A few guys have tried to hay it but it all needs to be worked up like you are doing. And they own a quarter just east of me that's just shy of completely grown back to trees.

@Showboat_Six 2 жыл бұрын

Not trees….. weed trees, of no value to anyone!

@MrJav1986 2 жыл бұрын

By a mess do you mean a place were wildlife can live and thrive? Just because worthless commodities aren't grown in the dirt there doesn't mean its of no vale.

@jeremycherny2041 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrJav1986 I don't think thisle and fallen down barbed wire fences for moose to get hung up in is very good. Like I said it's a mess.

@kenhofer8063 2 жыл бұрын

@@MrJav1986 time for you to go hug some trees maybe have a hamburger with your peta friends

@MrJav1986 2 жыл бұрын

@@kenhofer8063 Don't worry, ill leave my farm to my children in better condition than I got it. Not every acre of ground needs to be tiled, tilled and sprayed.

@tompety6395 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Greetings from Poland Record something fun with Jarett and others.

@hcqg2939 2 жыл бұрын

"So our goal..." *takes dirt and rubs it in his face*

@stropolimadness3867 2 жыл бұрын

That would be so much easier to us a bottom plow first then a disk.less work better results and cheaper

@davidlogel2350 2 жыл бұрын

Did you seed a few aces directly into the sod to see how it compares to the tilled stuff. Got canola on the ex ducks land?

@mikemitchell2554 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! 👌

@andban92 2 жыл бұрын

Mike,i have a question: Will there be any other soil treatment before next year Spring seeding or what? These clumps seem to be way to large to be seeded on it.

@ernestrollins383 2 жыл бұрын

A freeze and thaw cycle will mellow those clumps out quite nicely in my opinion.

@user-kl3il9mw8i 2 жыл бұрын

They don't do anything with grass? How about eating it. Here at the coastal regions of Germany, many farmers do struggle due to pastures cleaned out by goose.

@norcalray7182 2 жыл бұрын

That 620 looks like a Duck on the water.

@Chiellus11 2 жыл бұрын

Duck DeMuro should show its quirks and features !

@timp.1515 2 жыл бұрын

Why no glyphosat?

@emilkowalski6440 2 жыл бұрын

istead 7F U should wear 4F- Polish brand. Best wishes from Poland Bro :)

@williamuskoski1385 2 жыл бұрын

That’s their farm logo. Faith hope farms

@emilkowalski6440 2 жыл бұрын

@@williamuskoski1385 Now I know 😋

@emilkowalski6440 2 жыл бұрын

@@williamuskoski1385 Now I know 😋

@recklessbehaviour01 2 жыл бұрын

Morning

@ronwingo2579 2 жыл бұрын

So Mike, fertilizer prices are up about 81% for the 2022 crop year here in Texas, it's astronomical. Has the increase in price hit in Canada and how does it affect your operation?

@mikemitchell2554 2 жыл бұрын

46-00 was $475 a metric tonn last year and now I am paying $1250 tonn.... Yeah it's stupid

@Northern_Farmer 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikemitchell2554 I payed 1300

@huntinandscrappin306 2 жыл бұрын

Just curious...from a business standpoint...how is doing nothing with the land but yet spending lots on diesel and labor? How does that work out for you? And Im assuming crop is down from lack of rain as well

@tonyschulz3558 2 жыл бұрын

It was the same as when he had very little in terms of crop from last year. He’s better off spending the time, diesel and labour now in making it ready so that he can make it ready and better prepared for the next season, if that’s what it takes, and it also reduces the overall workload

@liraneph8562 2 жыл бұрын

What is the reason that the previous owners prevented the water from leaving?

@williamuskoski1385 2 жыл бұрын

Water fowl habitat

@ericschmidt9507 2 жыл бұрын

Mike is there a benefit of triples over duals?

@Northern_Farmer 2 жыл бұрын

More traction..less compaction

@stevenhorne5089 2 жыл бұрын

Is disking not considered tillage?

@tonyschulz3558 2 жыл бұрын

Disking can be considered tilling the field, but in respect to the grass it leaves big clumps of dirt which drills and planters alike, struggle with. The idea is to break it down into a “seed-bed” ready surface so it’s easier on the drills and planters

@brendangolden3674 2 жыл бұрын

Would you not burn it off first

@logpile1318 2 жыл бұрын

So you're renting that land from ducks unlimited but I suppose you have to leave the ponds or sloughs untouched for the breeding ducks is that how this works?