PLANTING POTATOES - Spring Field Work 2022 has Begun

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2 жыл бұрын

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In this video I am out in the field with a family farm near Vincennes Indiana as they get started with their 2022 field work. This farm grows several crops and potatoes are the first crop to get planted. You will see them prep the ground, cut the seed potatoes and plant the potatoes in the field and I also have some BONUS FOOTAGE as a few trains pass by the field on a railroad track that runs along the field they are working in.
I've done some other videos at this farm in years past including potato harvest.
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@onionfriend9799 2 жыл бұрын

Best farming channel on KZfaq

@ohiofarmer254 2 жыл бұрын

I spent many days of spring break every year driving a farmall super a pulling a 1 row international ride on planter for my grandpa. and countless more days on a farmall cub hilling them throughout the season. Great memories, I almost want to break it all out and have my nephews and daughter learn about how there parents spent there childhood

@alexthomson719 2 жыл бұрын

Spot on Mike another great video full of content and in depth thanks again 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

@georgephillips1185 2 жыл бұрын

🤙. Great footage thank you. Thank the farmers for all the hard work they do

@rogereide 2 жыл бұрын

I had a neighbor that grew potatoes. I helped one year and decided that was not for me. They are a lot more automated now than back when I was working for the neighbor. Interesting video for sure.

@patrickskelly7520 2 жыл бұрын

Good day to you Mike. Thanks for the vlog.

@PeterE89 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, nice to see how they plant potatoes in the states, pretty much the same like here in Central Europe ... Interessting, the Versatile in front of the planter was sold in Europe as New Holland or Fiat Agri ... greetings from Austria.

@jamied.2734 2 жыл бұрын

First time I've seen potatoes being planted, that was very cool. Thanks!

@tonyburelle6633 2 жыл бұрын

That was fascinating, I've always been interested in the planting, and harvesting, thanks for sharing this, Mike

@johnvanstone5336 2 жыл бұрын

Love the video Mike, it is something different to see, great drone shots and like the detail of potato planting 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧✌️

@scottpykare801 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, I asked for a potato planting video and here it is. Thanks Mike. Very cool and educational.

@billvieck8512 2 жыл бұрын

The reason for cutting the seed is to get more plants out of a ton of seed potatoes. For example, if you had a hundred pounds of potatoes that contained 500 potatoes, that would you have 500 plants when planted. But a potato that is the size of baseball could be cut in 4 pieces. Therefore when you size and cut the seed you could end up with 1500 pieces or 1500 plants. That means you can plant many more acres from a load of cut ones verses whole. Answer to earlier question. You plant about 2,000 to 2,200 pounds to the acre.

@randywilson9611 2 жыл бұрын

Good video MIKE GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN

@joeroy02 2 жыл бұрын

That is a neat video of planting potatoes. This is first time I have seen this planting.

@robertreznik9330 2 жыл бұрын

Potatoes are a lot of work. My wife's brother worked for 40 years Where he was the Agronomist or manager for 20,000 acres potatoes at NAPI-the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry Farmington NM

@michaelbaumgardner2530 2 жыл бұрын

The potato cutter is interesting, I've cut a many by hand.

@kennethorton3661 2 жыл бұрын

That is pretty awesome potato chip potatoes very interesting

@andrewstich7117 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting video thanks for your time to do the video keep up the great work you do Mike

@SimonKL11 2 жыл бұрын

Cool video😉👍 planting potatoes is nice to see👍😁

@clfhnt 2 жыл бұрын

great video .....would like to see this field when the plants are in full bloom....thanks for another good one!!!

@ndtschau 2 жыл бұрын

*dreams of big fries* 😋 Thanks a lot for the video! 😊👍🏻

@BRPFan 2 жыл бұрын

Wow it was nice seeing older potato equipment like that, it’s been many years! We have lots of very large potato farmers here in South Central Manitoba. You need to come to our area Mike. When you go to Versatile we are not far away!

@marcelocunico5341 2 жыл бұрын

Great vídeo Mike.

@johnlay941 2 жыл бұрын

Good video! Always interesting to see how other people farm. Thanks.

@markreetz1001 2 жыл бұрын

great video Mike. Very interesting!

@davidchapin8297 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting video Mike. Thanks. I have spent many hours planting potatoes, both in the tractor and on the planter. The planters we used had the row units behind the bins and there was a chair mounted there and someone would sit there and watch the reels going around to make sure that the picks were grabbing the seed. The picks can hit a rock and bend or get dull or whatever and start missing seed. I noticed in that short clip that on one wheel, the picks were missing a lot of the seed. Maybe in chip potatoes they don't care but in fresh potatoes we did. Every time a pick misses a seed you are losing plant stand. I bet that he was losing at least 20% on that one wheel. Just an observation from an potato grower.

@johnmurphy380 2 жыл бұрын

Love the music on the drone footage, Mike

@koenmarist7857 Жыл бұрын

Very very nice Mike the versatile tractor

@geraldtalsma7055 2 жыл бұрын

Great video

@simpleman4196 2 жыл бұрын

That potato planter kind of sounds like an old John Deere 70 just putting along

@johnhatt1219 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a johndeere 2 cylinder there .mike

@joegilkey4664 2 жыл бұрын

Mike this is very interesting this potato planting. Probably the first time seeing it done. And also the train was an extra bonus. Thanks Mike always appreciate your videos.

@braddobson2060 2 жыл бұрын

It might be older but I bet it's paid for

@dnddndabq9072 2 жыл бұрын

i sure like how you use the horses and trains sound track in your videos all the time.... it is inspiring

@JohnDoe-gq8tt 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think people realize how much product is moved everyday by rail. As always interesting video thanks. This would be a good video to show to school kids to learn how their food is grown

@frankscruggs4749 2 жыл бұрын

Good video.

@randyleppke6650 2 жыл бұрын

great video

@lynpostlethwait3083 2 жыл бұрын

Very great new video

@farmhandhank153 2 жыл бұрын

Great content Mike. I knew they grew some potatoes around here but I never saw the process.

@wendellwelte8071 2 жыл бұрын

Great video's keep up the good work

@curtweatherbee2523 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video Mike🇺🇸👍

@marks_sparks1 2 жыл бұрын

I do love seeing potatoes being planted but then I'm Irish lol. Great footage again Mike. A big 👍

@martingardener90 2 жыл бұрын

You'd be more used to seeing them planted with a Ferguson bell planter then!

@craigmiller5372 2 жыл бұрын

I live in northern Wisconsin and I am right in the middle of where many of those potatoes are grown. I guess we have good soil for growing seed potatoes. I’m sure they probably came from right down the road from me as we have two large farms at supply a lot of potatoes to Indiana in Missouri for planting. We also have the Frito-Lay research center and the University of Wisconsin research center for potatoes that’s about 2 miles away from me. It’s pretty interesting to see the whole operation and all the greenhouses they have for different hybrid and testing the potatoes that go into the potato chips etc. my neighbor drives semi for Sowinski farms and hauls potatoes all winter long to get them ready for planting. Love the video!

@elmajdoubelmajdoub2131 2 жыл бұрын

Bravo 💪👌

@brucecurrie5898 2 жыл бұрын

interesting stuff!!

@philliprevels5627 2 жыл бұрын

This was pretty cool

@mozwald1 2 жыл бұрын

You should take a trip to Shelley Idaho and watch the whole town do potato planting and harvesting

@nickkercheval2704 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Never thought much about the planting process and I’ve never seen it done before.

@ileenmcminn2062 2 жыл бұрын

i was in SE Idaho yesterday and they have not started planting potatoes yet. It is snowing there today. That is a very busy train track where you were!.

@ryanv3751 2 жыл бұрын

Nice shot of the EV fuel train!

@marjankovacevic5210 2 жыл бұрын

nice vlog btw

@sunkings5972 Жыл бұрын

I live in Houston, they harvest some corn down here in July. I'd also love to see a sugarcane and cotton and sunflower harvest crop video.

@delbennett4745 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, KCS, Norfolk Southern and CSX on one train. Have wondered how spud planting goes!!

@charleshagenbuch6078 2 жыл бұрын

A CSX Coal train, I hear they're little like Bigfoot sightings these days. Plus a mixed and a double stack! You'll have a ways to catch Wide World of Trains up in NY state though. He had eight on a double track in hour. One lost a air line and went into emergency, causing a slow running order till it was fixed. That bunched them up. Never heard a planter sound like two cylinder before. Rode on a modified 2 row horse planter dropping hand cut spuds behind a 48 JD B. Cultivated with a 47 B. Still walked the row with a hoe and dug them by hand though.

@jrmagnum 2 жыл бұрын

Always amazed me how tight the versatile and ford new holland tractors with super steer could turn. Any chance of a video explaining the relationship of those two company’s and how the super steer works in the future Mike?

@kennethgreen2829 2 жыл бұрын

I can not speak for the relationship but I know Ford acquired Versatile along with Sperry New Holland Company (as it was known back then) in 1986 or 1987. I remember the purchase being featured in one of the farming magazines (Power Farming) here in the UK at the time as I was quite taken with the striking look of the tractors. Here in the UK such big machines were known as prairie tractors and were not available over here, and even if they were, our field sizes did not warrent such beasts. To this day, I have not seen a single Versatile machine here and I believe that there is only a single importer/dealer for the whole UK.

@bobwest2807 2 жыл бұрын

I believe Ford developed super steer on the 70 series tractor. They then changed name to new holland in the Mid 90s, They then merged with case to become CNH but sold the super steer tractors to Buhler who were then taken over by Versatile.

@jimstewart6587 2 жыл бұрын

Cool coal train.

@edgarantoniocastrosoto 2 ай бұрын

rotocultivador para papas marca struik importamos de dakota del norte la musica de fondo es del viejo oeste 1880 saludos desde los mochis sinaloa mexico

@patdrake2258 2 жыл бұрын

Treaty of Vincennes signed June 6, 1803. 1.6 million acres of land.

@8110deere 2 жыл бұрын

great video mike how many pounds of potatoes do they plant per acre

@rbfishcs123 2 жыл бұрын

potatas!

@edgarantoniocastrosoto 2 ай бұрын

sembradora hamilton elegante

@7rixee 2 жыл бұрын

I feel like some potada (potaeda?) chips right now ;D Great footage. To be honest, i don't think i've ever heard of halving seed potatoes...

@paulpochan9631 2 жыл бұрын

Mechanical equipment...."Old School"....!!!!

@curtweatherbee2523 2 жыл бұрын

🇺🇸👍

@edgarantoniocastrosoto 2 ай бұрын

de esas sembradoras de patatas importamos y fabricamos aqui en los mochis sinaloa mexico mike less marca lockwood ,o spudnick aqui se llaman sembradoras marca blanchet mexico

@samspade4634 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see the skill of the row markers are still being used! I do not understand how their field s so "rock free". Do they use a special rock picker to clean these fields? I can imagine that a smaller rocks and a potatoes are about the same size. Thanks for sharing Mike, this is really neat.

@farmerboywc9392 2 жыл бұрын

We just don't have rocks in our soils although a few fields we farm have some gravel in the soil and there are a good bit of gravel pits around the area here in southwestern IN

@samspade4634 2 жыл бұрын

@@farmerboywc9392 Thank you for the information. Where I live in Ohio we grow rocks. We can pick a field clean and then we need to pick up rocks again a few years later. I have no idea where all these rocks come from. Safe to say, the only potatoes we will grow are in the garden. Have a great day.

@r.scotthill3082 2 жыл бұрын

So does the planter build the ridge as well as plant and fertilize the potatoes?

@farmhandmike 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it does it all

@bobwest2807 2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike. Nice video. How close were you to Ivers farms. I believe they are in the same area?

@normanknapp6041 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve noticed that a lot of your videos have versatile tractors in them is that a brand you prefer?

@Bernie5172 2 жыл бұрын

Thats a hit and miss way of cutting seed taters. I cut tons of them by hand every year, that way each one had an eye or 2

@tbro6149 10 ай бұрын

Wat tractor is pulling the planter

@johnmull3840 2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like an old hit and miss motor the last time I did that had to ride the planter behind the tractor pretty dusty 👍✌️

@ryanv3751 2 жыл бұрын

I thought those were grey market New Holland tractors with the front axle setups

@74superglide 2 жыл бұрын

How many acres can they plant on one planter hopper full?

@farmhandmike 2 жыл бұрын

Not sure, I believe in this field they were making 3 rounds on a hopper full. Maybe one of these guys will see the question and give a better answer.

@marjankovacevic5210 2 жыл бұрын

why versatile tractor has that front axle moved complitly to weight of tractor ?

@farmhandmike 2 жыл бұрын

This model of tractor offered what was called a super steer or ultra steer which the axle can steer at the ends like usual but also steer at the center pivot area. Steering in two different areas for a tighter/sharper turn. In its day it was a great deal but later tractor manufacturers went to a sculpted frame for a tighter turn radius.

@davidarnett5113 2 жыл бұрын

What is the % of cut potatoes the are planted don't sprout and grow?

@farmhandmike 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know but maybe one of the guys from this farm will see your comment and answer.

@billvieck8512 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t say for sure but it is very low. Probably about 2%. As long as the piece has an “eye” on it, it will grow. Average seed piece is about 2 3/4 ounce in a perfect world.

@stefanlabben 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Mike ✌ but what is the purpose of cutting the potatoes?

@farmhandmike 2 жыл бұрын

The Potatoes are cut as into seeds is the best way to describe it. If you've ever seen a potato sprout they can sprout all over and by cutting them it spaces that out in the row versus one large potato that is not cut and creating several plants in one spot in the row which I'm guessing would result in smaller potatoes off of that plant as too many plants trying to grow in a smaller are versus being spread out. I hope that's a good explanation as I'm trying too word this so its understandable to someone who hasn't planted or grown potatoes before.

@stefanlabben 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for a good answer 👍

@franciscosandiego3026 2 жыл бұрын

I like Mike less videos on KZfaq, from the imperial co California.

@Dreadan 2 жыл бұрын

Was that first train loaded with electric car fuel?

@farmhandmike 2 жыл бұрын

Not Sure?

@nickkercheval2704 2 жыл бұрын

Yup!! Burn coal to produce electricity. Really makes sense🤪🤣

@jimstewart6587 2 жыл бұрын

Freeze temperatures coming yet end of the week.

@markrskinner 2 жыл бұрын

"Plonkin' spuds"

@get__some 2 жыл бұрын

tractor pulling the cultivator hops like a rabbit. just a shade too fast?

@farmhandmike 2 жыл бұрын

Due to the sandy soil there was spots in the field where it was an issue.

@jimstewart6587 2 жыл бұрын

More cold weather still coming.

@agriman86 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if that train was hauling coal

@allenschmitz9644 2 жыл бұрын

I guess the Amish cut there seed potatoes by hand for small plots?

@406farmer 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! I have a video of shipping potato seed on my channel if you are interested in what that process consists of.

@alexbailey5753 2 жыл бұрын

PotatO!!!! Not potatA!!! ...lol

@farmhandmike 2 жыл бұрын

Different areas pronounce things differently, Doesn't mean I'm wrong and your right or I'm right and your wrong. As I travel around the country I notice lots of words that are pronounced different than where I'm from.