Mark good to see you posting again. You do a really good job of explaining different processes that you do. Thank you for your efforts to provide good information.
Came over from Sandi’s channel and I find the other side of your farm really interesting, too. I live on the edge of the Palouse region of WA/ID. Crops around here are soft winter wheat, barley, dry peas, dry beans, lentils and canola. The big differences that I see is that my area is dryland farming on windblown silt hills (loess). But I really enjoy learning more about the crops themselves-helps me have a better appreciation of what the local farmers are going through.
A very practical down to earth demonstration of how to incorporate cover cropping into your rotation. I’m starting to hear a lot about this subject but our summers in southern Australia are so hot and dry that I haven’t seen a good demonstration of it here. I think maintaining as much dry ground cover as possible and zero till for winter crops is a solution.🇦🇺👍
Thank you Mark for a great education on striptilling with the two different machines. With the ease of adjustment and the side flaps to keep the soil from flying the teraforge has my vote. Of course that vote is not costing me the big bucks.
Thanks Mark. As we come out of the Covid nightmare in Australia 🇦🇺 America is getting worse. Hope Canada is doing ok. We have had border closures in Australia and they are slowly opening. Not sure about overseas travel though. Stay safe.
Hey mark!.. I am ur new subscribers.. I can't wait to see the feild to become a corn farm 2021.. god bless u and family. Early wish to you merry x-mas and happy new year.
Come spring we will have to till our 3 rd city lot of our property as our 1 year old dog likes to dig holes and that part of our property gets all the water. You make farming seem interesting.
We run an older 8 row 40 Bingham brothers strip till for cotton and love it though I think it’s more than likely a homemade rig on a big ham bar. We bought it at an auction and aside from shank bolts breaking we’ve had no issues
New unit has some nice features, but the orthman is simpler and will cost less to maintain over the long term in replacement parts. That a good idea using a floor jack to adjust. Out west we adjust shanks and sweeps for water furrows constantly.
Mark, you are an awesome teacher. I like how you explain the hows and whys of the farming process. As a city slicker, I really appreciate your videos. You are most fortunate that you can work side by side with your family. Did you really call Jessica "Squirt"? You had better watch out she is quite the videographer herself and will be a great legacy for you and Sandi should she decide to stay in the farmer's life.
A very informative and enjoyable video Mark but then yours always are. I really like the idea of strip till but it is uncommon over here certainly in my area as we have red clay soil. No one plants cover crops either but then again our system over here is very different. I like yours better from a soil health stand point,
So how well was the harvest from this year from last year? Has covid negatively or positively affected the price of your harvest? What is your plans for crop for next year and how many fields of what type? What is the percentage better you would like next year? What is your next year plans (new organization, new machines, New ways of doing things?)
Are you going to dig a small trench with the mini excavator to compare strips? I think it was agphd that did that when talking about tillage zones, they dug a small trench perpendicular to the strip. It showed soil the tillage zone pretty good as to where the coulters and the shank worked the soil diffently.
Hi mark , nice to see the comparisons between striptill machines , how would these compare to the dawn you said you had ? Pro and con vers a coulter machine against a shank machine your running now ? Thanks
Great video and explanation of the two machines, would you be looking to use the fert capabilities of that rig or just looking for the tool bar on its own?
Will your cover crop winter kill or do you have to terminate in the spring? I liked the terra forge machine better, I agree that it really makes a nice seedbed for spring.
Does the gps system store the coordinates of the tillage strips for spring planting or do you just line it up by eye ? You mention the width of the strips give you some "wiggle" room for the planter and I don't imagine gps could be accurate to that degree.or is it?
the diffrence I noticed is the terra rows look like the cover crop was ironed on top(flat and vary laied down) where the orthman don't look as flattened and the cover crop looks fluffier laying there. the dirt is not as balled up, it looked more broken up while the terra soil looks like someone took a melon baller tool to it. just what I observed and I know NOTHING of the subject!! *edit* I liked the rows from the terra on the nontiled field...didn't look as balled up when you dug in the soil to test depth. all in all the terra sounds better in ease of use and maintenance than the orthman which makes things move smoother for you later on.
19:51working with a corporate farmer. Is time consuming. Before I turn in my Harvester, tractor, , stripper or digger. Or anything. Cab must be clean, the external hardware must be clean. I have to do a Pre-inspection. Before I let the mechanic touch the vehicle. You should get that driver to clean it. Lol.
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That Terraforge adjustment with just a socket wrench was very cool. I haven't seen that before.
Really interesting to understand new tillage techniques to preserve soil quality
Another awesome video mark keep up the amazing work you all do and these great videos god bless take care stay safe guys.
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Mark good to see you posting again. You do a really good job of explaining different processes that you do. Thank you for your efforts to provide good information.
Came over from Sandi’s channel and I find the other side of your farm really interesting, too. I live on the edge of the Palouse region of WA/ID. Crops around here are soft winter wheat, barley, dry peas, dry beans, lentils and canola. The big differences that I see is that my area is dryland farming on windblown silt hills (loess). But I really enjoy learning more about the crops themselves-helps me have a better appreciation of what the local farmers are going through.
A very practical down to earth demonstration of how to incorporate cover cropping into your rotation. I’m starting to hear a lot about this subject but our summers in southern Australia are so hot and dry that I haven’t seen a good demonstration of it here. I think maintaining as much dry ground cover as possible and zero till for winter crops is a solution.🇦🇺👍
Very informative! I'll be showing this to my elderly father who was a farmer back in the 1940s. He'll get a kick out of it.👍
I love watching Jess and her dad work together. A great team.
Watching from Texas! We love your family's UA-cam video's.
Gotta love having a young, tall, wiry lass about when working on equipment!
Thank you Mark for a great education on striptilling with the two different machines. With the ease of adjustment and the side flaps to keep the soil from flying the teraforge has my vote. Of course that vote is not costing me the big bucks.
Thanks Mark. As we come out of the Covid nightmare in Australia 🇦🇺 America is getting worse. Hope Canada is doing ok. We have had border closures in Australia and they are slowly opening. Not sure about overseas travel though. Stay safe.
Strip till is such a great concept, nice to see you back Mark.
Good to see you using cover crops. Every farmer should.
Thank you so much for teaching me about farm life. I am at Chicago Grandma And love learning about what farmers have to do. Thank you again so much
what a great video and excellent explanation of strip tilling!
So good to see you, Mark. So interesting to see strip-tilling. I still don't understand tiling tho :-)
Thanks. Incredibly informative. I am in awe of your abilities. Keep well.
Hey mark!..
I am ur new subscribers..
I can't wait to see the feild to become a corn farm 2021..
god bless u and family.
Early wish to you merry x-mas and happy new year.
Welcome back with a video , I missed yours , great work
Come spring we will have to till our 3 rd city lot of our property as our 1 year old dog likes to dig holes and that part of our property gets all the water. You make farming seem interesting.
Sandie is going to be bad at you because you Closed Caption is working!!! Nice video
Hey man! Saw your wife’s vid and saw you were working on an old JD. hoping your making a vid on that! CORN!!!
Very interested , explained very well , Mark you know what you are talking about , stay safe ! Enjoy ! Bob
So many details to farming, and the devil is in the details. 50 years ago we planted, cultivated, and harvested what was there. It worked.
your soil looks great deep dark color, like leaving mulch for years to come
We run an older 8 row 40 Bingham brothers strip till for cotton and love it though I think it’s more than likely a homemade rig on a big ham bar. We bought it at an auction and aside from shank bolts breaking we’ve had no issues
Great lesson in tillage practices.
Interesting comparison video. Mark .
New unit has some nice features, but the orthman is simpler and will cost less to maintain over the long term in replacement parts. That a good idea using a floor jack to adjust. Out west we adjust shanks and sweeps for water furrows constantly.
Mark, you are an awesome teacher. I like how you explain the hows and whys of the farming process. As a city slicker, I really appreciate your videos. You are most fortunate that you can work side by side with your family. Did you really call Jessica "Squirt"? You had better watch out she is quite the videographer herself and will be a great legacy for you and Sandi should she decide to stay in the farmer's life.
We went from a 1tripr to a Kuhn gladiator and are very pleased. No tools to adjust depth or sealer disc.
Interesting I like the new one there's alot of positives with that one. I think Sandi will approve 🤔
A very informative and enjoyable video Mark but then yours always are. I really like the idea of strip till but it is uncommon over here certainly in my area as we have red clay soil. No one plants cover crops either but then again our system over here is very different. I like yours better from a soil health stand point,
Great video Mark
So how well was the harvest from this year from last year? Has covid negatively or positively affected the price of your harvest? What is your plans for crop for next year and how many fields of what type? What is the percentage better you would like next year? What is your next year plans (new organization, new machines, New ways of doing things?)
Welcome back to the man of few words!!
Another great informative and interesting video! Keep them coming
Nice cover crop...like the tillage although prefer no till where possible.👍😎
And he's back!
Hey I'm a big Jessica fan and I really think you should let her run the combine when you guys running again👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Does the cover crop die off over winter or do you have to do something with it before planting?
That's not a bottle Jack, it's a floor Jack. Good video, very interesting.
Interesting Mark, thank you for sharing.
Are you going to dig a small trench with the mini excavator to compare strips? I think it was agphd that did that when talking about tillage zones, they dug a small trench perpendicular to the strip. It showed soil the tillage zone pretty good as to where the coulters and the shank worked the soil diffently.
Hi mark , nice to see the comparisons between striptill machines , how would these compare to the dawn you said you had ? Pro and con vers a coulter machine against a shank machine your running now ? Thanks
Great video and explanation of the two machines, would you be looking to use the fert capabilities of that rig or just looking for the tool bar on its own?
Mark great video might actually be learning something
Very interesting. Do the dealers take trad-ins or do you have to sell used equipment yourself?
Will your cover crop winter kill or do you have to terminate in the spring? I liked the terra forge machine better, I agree that it really makes a nice seedbed for spring.
Will you cut the cover crop for Silas and feed the sheep?
learned a new crop term today...growthy....
Does the cover crop recover well in the tire tracks? Will all that winter kill, or do you burn down in the spring?
When we go into covercrop with corn on our farm we usually bump the fertility a bit or else you get a slight yield drag. Do you do a similar program?
Are you going to come back and spray them off before planting the corn?
Are the chicken barns yours too? Don’t think I’ve seen/heard mention of them before!?
I believe if I remember they are his parents barns
Does the gps system store the coordinates of the tillage strips for spring planting or do you just line it up by eye ? You mention the width of the strips give you some "wiggle" room for the planter and I don't imagine gps could be accurate to that degree.or is it?
So you don’t harvest any of the cover crop to feed the sheep?? All goes back into the soil??
Where do the rocks come from? rock picking does not look too much fun?
Hi Mark, you may have answered this and I missed itbut how much difference does the 2 inch depth make to the root system on the corn?
Orthman made here in Lexington, Nebraska.
Have you ever tried biostriptill (for example with radish) and then do notill or just a little joker?
You are mark broke nice to know you. What sandy broke saw two person inside the store.
At least the machine is big enough for all of u to work at the same time
So what do you do with the cover crop in the fall or spring????
I vote for the easier strip tiller for field adjustment.
I would have a little less cereal grains in that mix
the diffrence I noticed is the terra rows look like the cover crop was ironed on top(flat and vary laied down) where the orthman don't look as flattened and the cover crop looks fluffier laying there. the dirt is not as balled up, it looked more broken up while the terra soil looks like someone took a melon baller tool to it. just what I observed and I know NOTHING of the subject!!
*edit* I liked the rows from the terra on the nontiled field...didn't look as balled up when you dug in the soil to test depth. all in all the terra sounds better in ease of use and maintenance than the orthman which makes things move smoother for you later on.
Soooo...each new planting season the seed goes into an used row from prior year? Do you leave a cheat-cheat/ reminder in each field then?
19:51working with a corporate farmer. Is time consuming. Before I turn in my Harvester, tractor, , stripper or digger. Or anything. Cab must be clean, the external hardware must be clean. I have to do a Pre-inspection. Before I let the mechanic touch the vehicle.
You should get that driver to clean it. Lol.
Do you use GPS on this
10:19 Fluffy...the dirt is fluffy? In Ireland, when the moss grows...that's to me is more Fluffy or proofy. Ah No ..., Lad, your dirt is hairy.
Interesting stuff
This made my dad you are the best don’t tell Sandi
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you should totally get the sheep on that... well the lambs.. god they would get fat fast. ( leccy fencing)
True strip till = Soil Warrior
Idea for you.... Why not quit farming for about 10 years. Open up a gravel pit sell all that stone then push everything back and start farming again.
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🤔🤣Growthy??
You both are going to be very sad when you lose your help next year at college