Congratulations on 21 years married - here's to the next 21. My 1st wife cleared off after 4, - then I met a lovely farmers daughter, - we made 40 years together, and then she passed on alas, - still I don't have any regrets - just lots of very happy memories.
Mark. The view of the field's is beutiful. Thank You for showing us the cover crop different mix. Thank You for the video.Please Take Care of your self Plus Be Very Care Full around all Farm Equipment.
I like it. cant imagine having a black dirt fields again. green in the fall is the new normal for me. also cant imagine a single crop in a season any more.
Just be careful Mark, looked like you almost dropped that knife on your toe. Happy 21st and may the Lord bless you 32 + more. My wife and I celebrated 53 last summer.
Hi Mark, I'm visiting from Sandi's channel, trying to learn a little more about cover crops and strip tilling. I'm retired, not a farm girl, but I come from farm people and still love it. I have learned a little about how what you are doing is needed for both the health of the soil (people don't know it's alive!) and for the native species to survive. I know y'all are so busy these days, but I do have one question for you - and it may not be the last one! Question: How many of your crops in the last year or two are made more productive by honeybees or other native polinators?
Congratulations on 21 yrs!! The strip tillage is a faster job than I imagined. What is your speed and do you go any faster if you're stone/rock free? Great vlog as always 👍
Very,very nice Black beans, grower price .21-.24 per lb in the states I presume your price is simular....1.44 a lb at the Walmart yesterday,funny how I look at stuff like that when I happen to be shopping with the wife.Desicated ours the 9-22 plan on starting soon.
haha so cool you and your wife both do this. keep work hard guys! be careful with that desiccation shit tho plz lol. chemical dry downs are "interesting" at best.
Nice tillage tool, i understand the six row thing but is the tool expandable to 12 or is there a reason you run six row because of horse power or leaving larger areas of cover crop intact? You are speaking better, a lot less ahhhh, ahhhh.... Showing the result of the tillage was very interesting. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting. Congrats on your anniversary.
No, we use them only when they are required and not just applying them with out reason or need. All the chemicals we used are approved by the government based on there efficacy and risk to the environment and people. I trust the science behind the process and feel that if we use them properly, there is very little risk to ourselves, the environment, and our end users.
Although it's permitted on the label it goes against common sense to spray something like gramoxone on edible beans. Is that what you use? Some of the residue from the chemical must absorb through the pod and make it into the food chain.They should develop safer desicants. I spray hundreds of acres a year and am not a tree hugger. Feel the same deal about glyphosate on oats. Nobody sprays glyphosate here in WNY on cereals.
thank you for digging in the strip!
Congratulations on 21 years married - here's to the next 21. My 1st wife cleared off after 4, - then I met a lovely farmers daughter, - we made 40 years together, and then she passed on alas, - still I don't have any regrets - just lots of very happy memories.
Happy memories are a great thing, but I’m sorry for your loss.
Mark.
The view of the field's is beutiful. Thank You for showing us the cover crop different mix.
Thank You for the video.Please Take Care of your self Plus Be Very Care Full around all Farm Equipment.
Happy Anniversary Mark and Sandi
Very informational, lots of explanation for why you do as you do
I like it. cant imagine having a black dirt fields again. green in the fall is the new normal for me. also cant imagine a single crop in a season any more.
Aren't you suppose to make a "slurping" sound after saying fava beans? (LOL) Another great video Mark! I love watching you and your wife's channels.
Just be careful Mark, looked like you almost dropped that knife on your toe. Happy 21st and may the Lord bless you 32 + more. My wife and I celebrated 53 last summer.
Thanks awesome, congrats
Very interesting. Look forward to seeing more.
Can't wait for the harvest vids. Thanks for the video.
Nothing better than a free snack LoL
Hi Mark new subscriber 👍🚜🌽☺ Sandi made me sign up lol gonna send me a hat or 👕.. No I enjoy your videos Thanks
Love the video
Hi Mark, I'm visiting from Sandi's channel, trying to learn a little more about cover crops and strip tilling. I'm retired, not a farm girl, but I come from farm people and still love it. I have learned a little about how what you are doing is needed for both the health of the soil (people don't know it's alive!) and for the native species to survive. I know y'all are so busy these days, but I do have one question for you - and it may not be the last one!
Question: How many of your crops in the last year or two are made more productive by honeybees or other native polinators?
I am not a beekeeper either, but I love bees, just curious.
Congrats on 21 year's of marriage. Most can't make it past 5 years
Congratulations on 21 yrs!!
The strip tillage is a faster job than I imagined. What is your speed and do you go any faster if you're stone/rock free?
Great vlog as always 👍
We go about 6mph a little slow in our stoney areas. You could go faster but it tend to throw the dirt a little too much.
Amazing
Very,very nice Black beans, grower price .21-.24 per lb in the states I presume your price is simular....1.44 a lb at the Walmart yesterday,funny how I look at stuff like that when I happen to be shopping with the wife.Desicated ours the 9-22 plan on starting soon.
The price is pretty much the same after the exchange. Just got to harvesting some today and it looks like their yielding around 2400lb acre.
2400lbs 👍👍👍 That will help pay a few bills.
@JTN FisherMan yep and there's lots of bills 😉
Super videos
if your not getting in trouble ,then your not doing anything mark.lol
haha so cool you and your wife both do this. keep work hard guys! be careful with that desiccation shit tho plz lol. chemical dry downs are "interesting" at best.
Nice tillage tool, i understand the six row thing but is the tool expandable to 12 or is there a reason you run six row because of horse power or leaving larger areas of cover crop intact? You are speaking better, a lot less ahhhh, ahhhh.... Showing the result of the tillage was very interesting. Keep up the good work and thanks for posting. Congrats on your anniversary.
We have a 6 row unit because of price and how much we us it during the year. We only strip about 500ish acres so we can do that with a 6 row.
@@MarkBrock Yes the price sure factors into the equation.
Hi I like your videos-But man aren't you worried concerned about all the chemicals your putting in the ground and onto your crops!
No, we use them only when they are required and not just applying them with out reason or need. All the chemicals we used are approved by the government based on there efficacy and risk to the environment and people. I trust the science behind the process and feel that if we use them properly, there is very little risk to ourselves, the environment, and our end users.
How many acres do you have in total?
Do you find that you have a lot of volunteer Buckwheat in your fields to manage?
There's some but it's pretty easy to control. The positives outweigh the negatives.
Do you go back over the strips with that in spring?
We don't plan too but do have a strip freshener that we can use in the spring to lightly fluff the soil in the strips.
I see an apple wine press in your future!
Although it's permitted on the label it goes against common sense to spray something like gramoxone on edible beans. Is that what you use? Some of the residue from the chemical must absorb through the pod and make it into the food chain.They should develop safer desicants. I spray hundreds of acres a year and am not a tree hugger. Feel the same deal about glyphosate on oats. Nobody sprays glyphosate here in WNY on cereals.
New sub. Where are you located at.
Southwest Ontario is where we call home, just North of London.
@@MarkBrock We also strip till. Why don't you go deeper to break up ground compaction. I run mine around 10-11" and plant on the groove as well.
Our depth is limited by the amount of top soil. We have about 4 to 8 inches of top soil and if we get much deeper we tend to pull up some subsoil.