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@666bruv I don't share all my secrets. Lol. I will say both the Haney and conventional soil samples tell me there is some good stuff going on. I will add organic matter is the biggest yield limiting factor, I've found once get your organic matter above 3 or even to 4, well... farming will never be easy, it makes farming much more forgiving! You can make those 2 little mistakes, and your soil will help you out! Compared to chemistry farming anyways. Our row crop soils are literally screaming for carbon... it brings everything else into alignment naturally. That's why cover crops are such the buzz these days, it's not new. We been doing it for decades and it's just different. Learning to integrate covercrops into cash crop operations is the hard part for the first few years. This advise is worth what you paid for it! Lol. Thanks

@@growthefarmup2606 oh yeah, I'm only small, but a mulch layer seems to help things proliforate. A microscope is a useful tool, just need a cheap way to measure soil carbon

@notsimplyorganic1053 no cell phones!!! I do however enjoy current climate control cabs, but over all, was it worth it? Lol

@mystic24100 whenever the guys and I are sweating fixing a gearbox or flat tire on a pivot, if any of the young guys complain, I stop work, explain the way we used to throw pipe 12 times a year, cuz nobody coukd afford "enough pipe" we did alot of gravity in my area, fairly flat, boy we destroyed alot of top soil leveling 3 feet off the top so we could push water to the back 30-50 acres etc. Totally agree, I don't know how we kept up, I Wil say once you got a good gravity run thru 1 time is seemed to be good for 2 weeks! Really soaked into that soil better than any pivot. I also recall moving those giant lawn sprinklers pipes up over the corn! Our advantage was at least we were seec corn so, the cut tops of the corn plants just cut your arms up and onky had to lift 5 feet! Lol. Also growing seed corn we would have to throw pipe for detasseling machines! We tried ramps but they really didn't work unless the operator was good, I would turn around the machines for alot of the drivers. About same amount of work, 4 guys always moving ramps, machines in field waiting on their ramps. It's almost easier to just pickup the pipe and lay it back out. I tell the young guys complaining about a bad center pivot gearbox how the rows used to run and how each field had 8 runs and we would be lucky to get across the whole field 2 times a summer. We had a crew of 20 ppl and could barely keep up irrigating begore center pivots while growing seed corn, seed soybeans and all types of seed before the amazing center pivots! What do you think about swing arms? I like the additional acres irrigated, but they sure add a layer of difficulty! Swing arms are heavy, they go over in the wind alot in SE Neb. They don't water even. I dunno, I have alot of both. I'm all Reinke. What's your brand? Thanks. Got me reminiscing

@@growthefarmup2606 I don’t remember right off. Dad bought it used years ago. It is not made anymore. The tenant takes care of all that. I now live 200 miles away, in Iowa. I have not worked on the farm in years, I liked doing mechanic and welding work in town. I will be 80 in a couple of months. I only know about the “ good old days” on the farm.

@mystic24100 enjoy the peace, u earned it! Thank you and good for you.

@gladysorama Thank you, I use a combination of broadcasting liquid nitrogen and humates (biologicals). With some herbicide. The 15-20 gallons of liquid 28-0-0 as a commercial supplement pretty well terminates rhe cover. If needed will come back with low rates of herbicides post emergence of the corn for any needed weed control.

@farming4g it's a very simple trade off for the big 3. Chemical sterilized female does not require walking crews and saves them on all the liability... the big 3 have been sued so many times they are actively seeking ways to replace people with technology.... at the cost of the prodict quality. Your correct... always more than meets the eye. I have tried the Roundup spray sterilization process and it turned the corn white, it quit growing and the seed yielded about 1/3-1/2 the units per acre of the conventional detasseled same inbreed cross. And the quality was many % pts. Less than the conventional detassel. They themselves suggest not using the chemical sterilization when independent seed co's buy their seed stock, yet they use it them selves. Hmm... Edit: they will not take liability for quality if you use the Roundups sterilization system, so they activley encourage independents to not use it. They will take the liability, like they always have, when you use the conventional detaseling. That pretty much tells you what you need to know without saying itm. Lol

@apn42 yes it does, they were having some problems with the electric wheel motors heating up in 110° rye field. In the middle of Midwestern summer.

@@growthefarmup2606 That is to be expected on a pre-production unit. Hopefully they sort it out before serial production.

@apn42 totally agree, I like the diesel electric drivetrane combo alot. Electric drivetranes are much more efficient and easier to maintain.

@danw6014 in a simple answer yes To add some context. You can go to most major universities (For example Iowa state) I always thought had the best open pollinated inbred corn lines available to the public. That said... open pollinated do not come close to matching the modern genetics that the big 3 own and won't allow us to plant without paying royalties. I would estimate that open pollinated hybrids would have a 2nd generation pedigree that would have about 2/3- 3/4 the yield potential. That's the reason we don't see farmers running to open pollinated seed. On the other hand, Seed is your biggest expense in the corn game and if your trying to grow the biggest net income, having seed that you grow yourself and only have to pay a moderate fee to the university extension programs is a heck of a savings. Then your run into the harvest issue. Seed corn needs to be harvested before a freeze, so your gonna be picking it on wet, at about 30-35% moist the ear and need a place to dry it with heat and air.... after drying on cob then shell it off the ear and run thru a cleaner and boom you got your own line of "free seed" If you get fortunate and it doesn't freeze you could absolutely combine your female rows and run them thru a cleaner and have good quality seed, but its rare that a seed corn crop will dry down to 12% moistire in the field. Things to consider, it's not insurmountable, I know a guy that has a $900 dollar set up that he picks with an old side mount corn picker and he made a 8×10 air floor bin and then just comveyers the seed to his combine header and dumps it in a truck off the combine auger. We all need to start growing our own seed. Now if we could grow our own seed utilizing the latest cutting edge genetics, and do the prodiction ourselves, I think every farming operation would be planting seed grown for their farm, because it was grown on your farm, not 4 states away. Not grown by a huge conglomerate... the larger the seed co. The lower the quality tests I've found. Don't misunderstand, there are alot of great modern big seed companies out there, but you pay thru the nose for somthing that we can all really do by ourselves for much less costs. There's a reason they like to lock the farmer out of controlling their own germplasm and see lines. They know what their doing. These days it is actually easier for independent regional seed companies to out yield the big 3 in yeild trial after trial. The farmer likes there seed brands like thw color of tractor! Lol. Great question and exactly the tangent I went off on in the video! Lol. I'm not for spraying your seed sterile. I've seen the test results. It's really not good. Thanks.

@growthefarmup2606 thank you for more explanation. Years ago before hybrid seed, how did farmers go about "saving" seed. All they had to work with was a corn crib. Did they walk their fields and pick the best ears ahead of time. One thing I do have is a Minneapolis Moline Model D sheller. But for the amount of seed corn I need an old hand sheller would be big enough.

@danw6014 farmers would just plant the corn kernels from the year before harvest, the problem with that is only about 40-60% would germinatem. That's why we hybridization almost all modern row crop staple seeds

@dwightl5863 yea seed corn production is the definition of time sensitive! It can't be done early, it can't be done late, it can only be done at the exact moment it's needed to maximize. I try to stay a day ahead, farming will happen and you will fall a day behind lol! To answer your question we still use walking crews to come in behind 4-6 machine (cutters and rollers) passes thru the field. I tell everyone that asks how labor intensive is seed corn prodiction? Answer; every plant is inspected 4 times by a human in the field and every ear is inspected by a combo of people and automated sorters on the ear, then every kernel is inspected in the conditioning facility. So yea, to do it right and make the highest quality as an independent seed company to stay in business you have to do everything right. We still use conventional detasseling techniques because the chemical sterilization *as you put it, I like that BTW I may steel it from you if that's OK?) I've seen how the sausage is made and the chemical sterilization does totally unnatural things to your seed inbred plants and effects the seed badly. Edit, detasseling in the 60's was a totally different time, were you full pulling every tassel by hand? Or did you have any mechanical help in the 60's. My grandfather started using Larson mechanical detasslers in early 60's. Thanks.

@growthefarmup2606 I had a friend on the west side of Michigan. Her daughter worked on a detasseling crew in high school. That was 10 or 12 years ago.

@danw6014 that was at a time when about 60%+ of industry was still using conventional detasseling. Now it's less than 15% using chemical Roundup sterilization.

@jonstevensmaplegrovefarms3754 lol, it is quite a complex machine. We've gotten alot of hail and wind this year. About half the ares looks good. Half the area is stumps. Little more moistire this year, what hasn't been tore up by weather looks good. How's your area fairing now? Thanks

@growthefarmup2606 A lot of prevent plant. And then the year started to shape up so now you have a prevent plant field next to a really good-looking field My soybeans are behind because they were planted late but the stand looks good and the plants look good other than with the drought of last year we ended up with some herbicide carryover I fed the corn at v3 and I fed the soybean field at R1. The Drone guy will be here at Brown silk to feed the corn again and then I'm going to make several passes in the soybeans between R3 and R5

@@806Driver can you say OVERSIZED LOAD. Lol. I think they have a special lowboy flatbed like trailer. It only goes about 15 mph on the road. The wheels turn the longways and can wide load on a big long drop deck.

@@robmiller2919 it's a very complex machine, but I will give the credit where it's due, the threshing system is totally different and I really liked what I saw from a seed quality perspective. The machine itself is still definitely a prototype. Alot of over engineering was my first thought, it's got 3X the moving parts and systems of our modern day complex combines, but its capacity and wide controlled traction pattern, and telescoping cab is very unique you can swing it around to look out the back or the front or up or down to ground level and it rotates, cool, but more parts to break. It's actually kinda smart, they said there goal was to build a piece of farm equipment that doesn't need a ladder or dangerous steps to get in. I guess farmers fall off the steps in Germany alot? Lol. In all seriousness I thank them for the demo on our seed rye and am impressed that it did as good or better than the best Green and Red Combines on the market. I wouldn't place an order for one just yet... definitely still a prototype. Hope you enjoyed watching.

not very good to spot obstacles un field like rocks and dirt mounds from anumals digging pieces if equipment that may have fallen off prior field operatain

Very good point. And your correct. Now the machine does have alot of cameras, that was my suggestion also, you should have cameras looking at the field blijd spots from the cab. Just like a backup camera. Good comment

@@growthefarmup2606$2.7 million, is the power unit,Header and combine? How much is the planter? Do they have a Sprayer?

@robwar2288 yea they have attachments for everything is their plan. 1.7 mil for Badr machine. Above 3 mill$ for all the attachments was the ruff #'a they mentioned at the field

@@novakcustomharvesting6930 yes we do.

I agree, a drill is not as good as a planter row unit and does leave some holes here and there. I like that my 40 foot great plains costs 40 grand 5 years ago almost new when I priceed a JD 60 foot air seeder... basically add a zero! I dunno if a air seeder is gonna make your 360K over a 5 yr period!. So I roll with the controlled spill! Lol. Your right 90% of places drill can be better 10% are worse than a 30 in row planter, but I see holes in 30 in row planters too. Alot of the problem is the seed soybean quality. If it's only 85% germ soybean seed you really gotta cranks the rate up to cover up more of those holes, I've found. Edit: to your point about seed costs. I know a good seed dealer. Lol.

This year if you just got it in the ground before June your doing good. Lol.

@growthefarmup2606 very true! Lol

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Yes and this is the rye that we harvested last fall. We will drill it behind soybeans and corn this fall behind harvest of corn and soy. And some of it we will grow for seed. We have found cover crop seed quality is very important and we're a seed company already so we apply the same to our cover crop seeds ad we do our corn or soybean seed. It has generated some 98% warm germ and realistic 85% cold cold germ. That's good for a small seeded grass. Thank for the question

I'm with ya. My enlist soybeans may only get 2 feed tall but there about yo canopy and stack on the pods. It seems I was just nonstop spraying in 30 in rows, especially if I got planted late.

Last time i did, my corn was above 20 and soybeans were 12 or 14 I think It really depends on time if year. I tested the soybeans right before flower and got a higher #. It's about time to sap test em again.

Yea we've had a decent start to the year. I'll prob siddress some liquid 28% and humic, sugar. Might even foliar feed with som carbon chelated calcium. I'll give mother nature another week to decide to knock it all down... then I'll spend the $$$.

@@growthefarmup2606 very nice. It would be great to have a video about herbicides, which products you use and which ones you dont recommend, applications, etc.

It is, I'm glad my budy showed me... I'm dumbfounded I didn't think of it myself! Lol. The simplest things. Amazing what I kearn when I shut up and listen. Lol

Yea you just never know when you might want a half a box full or a full box. And soil is handy ay every field! So I can put more down pressure here and less there, not worrying about sand bags. I do have a rubber liner in em both that's a good idea. Those old boxes can break and are getting tuffer to find

Hopefully this way works out for you! Lol. I dunno if I'd call it "my way" I'm simply sharing observations. Have you noticed that the corn came up better and found nitrogen sooner? The weather throws us somthing totally diff every year. We had alot of late planted soybeans around my area. I won't curse the rain. I'm drilling about 35-50 lbs of elbon cerial rye specificly and about 3-5 lbs of clover and maybe 5-8 lbs of vetch. Vetch does not over winter that well in my area I'm finding. It's tuff to find a good overwintering legume you can count on! Let me know if you've found any you have consistent luck with. Usually just a cool season white or crimson (red) clover. I've tried em all. The Rye is definitely doing the bulk of the soil aggregation and pushing roots 40+ inches deep. I'll be interested to see how your stuff looks. You should put up a vid once it's looking good! I'll give it a shout out. Thanks. And keep in touch. I subbed your channel.

​@@growthefarmup2606 I had a filter plug on my boom that I didn't catch in time. So I have about a 1.5 rounds where 20 ft of the boom wasn't spraying the best (if at all). I will have to get a video of the difference because when I went back to fix the spray job I just used water not the 28%. That corn sure doesn't seem like it is going to do much. As far as the rest of it.... Probably the strongest no till stand I have ever had. I am not too good of a corn grower though, but I am excited for what areas of this field will do. You are pushing the cover pounds more than I am willing to spend, but boy does that look nice. I have been doing 8-10 way mix but still less pounds. After wheat this year I put black oats in the mix for the first time and LOVED the root structure in the late fall. Looks like you plant on an angle compared to the row crop. I have been doing that as well. I think it makes for a more consistent furrow when you are crossing the cover row rather than running in it the entire time. Legumes are tough. I do use crimson clover and typically it does ok. Winter peas have been hit and miss. I need to get back to vetch, haven't included it the last couple years. Seems like I remember an older video of yours where it was all peas and had a good stand. How did that corn finish out???? 616 901 0251 feel free to call or text any time. Love what you are doing. Would like to visit your farm some time but I am quite a way away (Lansing MI).

@@bantambrio I'm glad your liking what you see. Sometimes what I think are mistakes at the time... turn into an education. I try to not make my education too expensive! Lol. Your right that would be a very interesting video, I've tried it and had much the same result. Thank you for the kind words. I'll be looking for that vid!

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Good old planters. The new ones are nice but not $400,000 nice , compared tp good ole 7000 series finger pickup.

This is at least half the answer from the question from comment asking for ballance sheets and P & L's to somehow prove Regenerative farming is more profitable. Great comment

@@growthefarmup2606 there's no way to get a real number because of the weather variables and how soon or late we can get things done. Farming is a guess and a gamble. The figures can't be put on paper until the crop is in the bin and priced.

Is it more healthy to drink 12 beers and smoke 2 packs a day or is it more healthy to drink a few beers a week and maybe a few cigarettes here and there? Seems a pretty simple answer. How can Regenerative farming be bad for the soil or yeilds. Well it can if badly managed and all of us make mistakes the first year or 2 or 3 of starting to regenerate your farmland those learning experiences are priceless. More organic matter= higher yields, no soil erosion= more Long term higher yields. Better root rhizosphere for yoir cash crop to grow in= higjer yield. More soil biological activity as a few examples. Your linked in question reminds me of an accountants brain asking an artist how he draws paintings. They do not compute! Lol. I've got alot of side by side videos, farming is alot like life, there is no "right way" to do it. There are just the decisions you make and the consequences (both good and bad) that you have to manage afterwards. Regen farming has Much less inputs, higher/ same yields for less investment sounds good to me. Regenerative farming will lower the expense side of the P & L. If you want to use accountant brain to compute Regenerative farming. Good question and long answer. Thanks Edit: Refer to @DanW6013 comment also

there is no need to convice them. Once they retire their childrens will inherint barren land with no top-soil. If you want to stay on the long run, keep your soil alive, there is not much to discuss here. Otherwise feel free to sell your plot to Bill Gates, he is buying quite a number of acres nowadays.

Yep, those new $750,000 tractors and $400,000 planters. I don't think farmers from the 50's would believe you if you told them what things would cost in 2024!

It's very interesting to actially see it abd catch it on camera. Interesting your seeing same thing in your area. Seems like it really booms after a rain 🌧 👍🏻

By trial and error over 20 years the best herbicide/ fertilizer program for my cover crop, no till is: Broadcast spray: 100 lbs of N, Seed Corn pre emerge herbicide program, Humisource (humates) and sugar, 10 days to 3 weeks ahead of planting in 1 application. The carbon/ nitrogen tie up is real, all your applied nitrogen will tie up in the carbon ( cover crop stubble for 10 days - 2 weeks) that's pretty well known fact it can vary based on your area and conditions. Then when your fertility becomes available plant right into the crispy stubble no till with a little more down pressure than you normally would. I've tried planting green, I've tried terminating way to early. Planting green seems to leave your corn wanting for a little nitrogen for it's first 250 heat units as it emerges and makes it to 3 leafs then it greens up.... terminating too early and the cover crops roots don't do you near ad much good. I terminate around the end of April and plant my regenerative corn around may 15th Gove or take. These are my experiences and what I've learned over the years. Thanks Edit can apply 100 to 150 lbs Nitrogen with the termination pass mixed with a corn ore emerge herbicide and terminate with gramoxone or RR etc.

We also fill our insecticide boxes on some of our 7000 male planters. We take em off in the mud and put em on when dry! Cheap solution to down pressure! Lol

I apply humates and sugar broadcast with the fertility/ termination app. I'm not a big fan of banding all applied nutrients in a 1 inch band, I'm building the entire soil profile. I don't use starter in furrow when planting seed corn inbreds, I've seen it do more harm to the inbreds than good. Some inbreds are very susceptible to herbicides and any fertilizers applied directly on the seed. When planting commercial corn seed I think some infurrow humates (humisource starter) and sugar would help. Looking at my soil samples, my entire soil profile has already had "starter" fert levels. Biologicals and sugar are a great addition applied anyway, broadcast, in furrow, or banded. Tho I'm not a huge fan of banding. Overloading a 1 inch band of soil with alot of fertilizer actually harms the biology of the soil directly around the 1 inch band.