I’m from western Oklahoma, I couldn’t farm where you are, not enough sand I do like your videos this is the 2nd I have watched it won’t be the last. Thank you Sir
Thanks for watching. The farmers 20 miles south of me run entirely different equipment on same exact crops due to that much difference in soil types. Farming is different everywhere.
I really like this operator's tutorial, when I watch some of these agricultural videos the operator's usually just grunt and don't give you any clear information this guy is really worth watching, many thanks really enjoyed your video. Kevin Fox Essex, UK.
Every 2 years my grandpa would flip over our alfalfa fields then we would use a plow to smooth it out and then we would replant our alfalfa. That made a huge difference on how thick and green our alfalfa got. We had a dairy farm and milked almost 200 head of milkers. We would milk twice a day and then we planted our corn and beans to sell. We made a lot of money doing both. Then we would sell our calves every year to so we made money every year plus my grandpa drove a school bus for 42 years when he retired. My grandma fed us breakfast in the morning and lunch in the afternoon. We all sat together for our meals. I miss those days terribly.
My great grandfather had a dairy. When I was very young, we lived at the dairy and my dad milked night shift. We moved off the dairy when dad went to work for his dad on row crop/pig farm. Two things I will never do: start a dairy or get back into pigs. That’s some serious work that ties you down to the farm 365 days a year. Hats off to anyone who has put in their time milking.
Hey, wow, super glad I found your channel. Really educational and entertaining. When I was a kid, plowing was my favorite job on the farm - something about watching the soil turn over. And the smell!!! My favorite. We had to plow before potatoes for the same reason.
I’m an amateur potato grower. I have a 2 row tator planter and lifter. I grow pontiac, lasoda, & usually kennebec but this year I substituted with yukon gold
I’ve been saying for years (you may have seen it on some of my peanut harvesting videos) that I’m going to release a cologne called “Peanut Season” that smells like fresh dug peanuts (that’s the smell of freshly flipped dirt)
@@PatrickShivers I miss that smell, nothing will be able to replace it. Have to go back to Alabama in the fall for that experience, no peanuts in east TN.
@@jeffharper7579 I remember being a kid and my granddad had me set up on a double bottom plow behind an international 444. Heaven for a 10 year old boy.
Thanks Patrik for the explanation. Great that you found the camera again. When I see ploughing, I wonder if the reversible plow we use doesn't use much less traction?
I miss bottom ploughing so much! We do alll strip tilll where i work now. But I sure miss turning ground! We always use to plough. My daddy strongly believed in it. Great video Patrick.
Back in the 40s and 50s, it was called a "moldboard plow". Bottom refered to the number of individual plows on that assembly. That's the first I've heard of it called "bottom plowing".
I keep some "Southern Grove" salty, crunchy peanuts on-hand! I like them because they're extra dry, and that makes them very crunchy. You made me hungry, watching you deep-plow that pretty peanut soil! So, I grabbed me a handful to eat while I'm watchin' ya over here in East Texas. I really enjoy watching your videos and listening to you explain about the activity that you're doing. You're going to have a lot of viewers because you create very pleasant content!
Hay Patrick, just found ur channel, you explain things really well and I am a big fan. We were tobacco farmers on the coast of South Carolina with gumbo soil, everything that grew underground or lays on top would drown or rott.
We moldboard plow in the fall here in Iowa. We don't use a rake on our plows. Usually disc right behind the plow. Then over winter it will freeze out and be really soft come spring.
@PatrickShivers frost can get pretty deep if we don't get snow first. This winter the ground never froze because we got snow before the cold came in January. Moles were digging in my yard all winter.
Patrick ,love your channel. Just haven't bought into the smoked oysters.Tryed them last fall,couldn't eat them.Still have several cans left.I'll stick with your peas.
…with Premium brand saltine crackers and a little Crystal hot sauce they are hard to beat. I ate some of last year’s Zipper peas tonight. One of my best crops to date
@@PatrickShivers about 5% are Pawnee harvested 3000 pounds this year. About 80% are Kanza. still waiting on the final tally for the natives but I'm gonna guess seven 8000 pounds of them this year. On the sardines versus smoked oysters I'm always on the lookout for the best deal from Costco!
We will be using a bottom plow on our peanut land this year for the first time since 1994. We've used strip till for 30 years but we are having more and more problems with nematodes as they are gaining resistance to our nematicide. Not to mention the cost of the nematicide is up almost 30% over last year. We actually hate to have to break our sandier soils here in East Central Georgia
@PatrickShivers I'm a small time one man band farmer myself so I can relate to a lot of what you are saying. Good luck this year I'm Busy planting new taters right now myself.
@@greenboyatgafarms2250 my tators should start popping out of the ground any day now (been planted for 3 weeks). What is your fertilizer program for your tators?
Have not had can smoked oysters in a while. Can almost smell fresh turned dirt. Some folks from Washington should come and ride for a day with you and they would go home smarter if that is possible.
Farmers here in Eastern North Carolina just disc the land and then run a field cultivator or burn down a cover crop and strip till then plant. They don't break land
I believe you told me last year you had seen someone up there no-till some peanuts. You can grow peanuts here without plowing, but the yield is better if you plow.
I've heard of semi- mounted and in furrow plows, but you have a semi- in furrow plow with that set up!😂 Is that a Harrel or Long design plow? I know JD bought both, and put their paint and decals on them.
@@PatrickShivers I bet you will find they are the same. JD stopped designing plows in the '70's, and when the switch plows came out, they bought rights to them, but kept the rollovers and standard plows in production until a few years ago. What made the Deere name Deere no longer makes.
It’s been subsoiled 18” deep ahead of the plow and the moisture is perfect. A few days in either direction and the results/procedure will be very different
I thought that same thing but I have seen in my part of the country I have seen farmers put peanut in no Till around Suffolk va and I watched them be turned over and they looked great
@PatrickShivers I'm sure of that I help a small farmer Edward Hatfield and he just Disk up just a couple inches then bed it up and plant peanuts I do believe we would get more Yields if we were to plow first but I'm a young guy and he's a old man been doing it all his life
No. It would just break the plow (my Dad has experience with that). Subsoiling ahead also helps the low bottoms not hold water after rains and drown out the crops, and it helps the plow to roll out a finer tilth instead of large clods.
I’m from western Oklahoma, I couldn’t farm where you are, not enough sand
I do like your videos this is the 2nd I have watched it won’t be the last.
Thank you Sir
Thanks for watching. The farmers 20 miles south of me run entirely different equipment on same exact crops due to that much difference in soil types. Farming is different everywhere.
I really like this operator's tutorial, when I watch some of these agricultural videos the operator's usually just grunt and don't give you any clear information this guy is really worth watching, many thanks really enjoyed your video.
Kevin Fox
Essex, UK.
Thanks Kevin. I have around 350 videos showing and explaining how we farm in the southeast US
This channel deserves a UA-cam trophy 🏆
😂Thanks
Every 2 years my grandpa would flip over our alfalfa fields then we would use a plow to smooth it out and then we would replant our alfalfa. That made a huge difference on how thick and green our alfalfa got. We had a dairy farm and milked almost 200 head of milkers. We would milk twice a day and then we planted our corn and beans to sell. We made a lot of money doing both. Then we would sell our calves every year to so we made money every year plus my grandpa drove a school bus for 42 years when he retired. My grandma fed us breakfast in the morning and lunch in the afternoon. We all sat together for our meals. I miss those days terribly.
My great grandfather had a dairy. When I was very young, we lived at the dairy and my dad milked night shift. We moved off the dairy when dad went to work for his dad on row crop/pig farm. Two things I will never do: start a dairy or get back into pigs. That’s some serious work that ties you down to the farm 365 days a year. Hats off to anyone who has put in their time milking.
Thank you so much, wonderful information .I appreciate you explaining what you are doing. 😊
I appreciate you watching and commenting Dale.
Grew up on fender of a john Deere 730 in northern Indiana. Love listening to the putt putt of the old 2 cylinder tractors.
Yep Patrick I do enjoy Smoked Oysters on Saltines too.
Hey, wow, super glad I found your channel. Really educational and entertaining. When I was a kid, plowing was my favorite job on the farm - something about watching the soil turn over. And the smell!!! My favorite. We had to plow before potatoes for the same reason.
I’m an amateur potato grower. I have a 2 row tator planter and lifter. I grow pontiac, lasoda, & usually kennebec but this year I substituted with yukon gold
I could almost smell the freshly turned soil. Best smell ever.
I’ve been saying for years (you may have seen it on some of my peanut harvesting videos) that I’m going to release a cologne called “Peanut Season” that smells like fresh dug peanuts (that’s the smell of freshly flipped dirt)
@@PatrickShivers I miss that smell, nothing will be able to replace it. Have to go back to Alabama in the fall for that experience, no peanuts in east TN.
I miss the smell of fresh turned ground to.😞
@@jeffharper7579 I remember being a kid and my granddad had me set up on a double bottom plow behind an international 444. Heaven for a 10 year old boy.
Some people don't understand that, in 2012 I moved to east TN and at least it's hay country and I can smell fresh cut hay most of the summer👃😊
Plowing is my favorite farm chore. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching Raymond
Thanks Patrik for the explanation. Great that you found the camera again. When I see ploughing, I wonder if the reversible plow we use doesn't use much less traction?
I don’t know what the traction difference would be. I am still awaiting my potato plants to pop out of ground so I can side dress them.
Great explanation of turning ground. Take care....
Thanks for watching
I love smoked oysters and saltines ,if I get to feeling weak I can eat a can and it seems to give me energy, I like sardines too, great videos!!!
I miss bottom ploughing so much! We do alll strip tilll where i work now. But I sure miss turning ground! We always use to plough. My daddy strongly believed in it. Great video Patrick.
Thanks for watching John! Plowing increases peanut yield 100% of the time.
Back in the 40s and 50s, it was called a "moldboard plow". Bottom refered to the number of individual plows on that assembly. That's the first I've heard of it called "bottom plowing".
Everyone in the south calls it bottom plowing. John Deere calls this plow “995 moldboard plow”
I know In the eastern part of south carolina we call it bottom plowing
We have always called it a bottom plow
North Georgia we always called it turning or bottom plow didn’t know what a moldboard was until I started buying my own equipment.
I wanna farm South Georgia so bad farming in the hill of Georgia my whole life it’s been a dream to plow flatland of South Georgia
Very interesting and informative Patrick. Greets from a Farming Guy in Germany
Thanks for watching. I’ve seen a lot of great ag videos from Germany!
Hello, Patrick! Nothing like "true plowing"!
I like the on-land plow. Much easier than the in-furrow regarding setup.
Yep, and the operator doesn’t walk crooked after riding all day
I'd rather run an infurrow any day in our terraced land. I've run on land, but I would much rather run infurrow.
Just found your channel
Very interesting and yes those older JD tractors are bullet proof
Thanks for watching Thomas! I got around 350 farming videos detailing as closely as I can the processes.
Once again, I enjoyed your video today. I am subscribed to your channel. Take care and God bless and good job.🙂👍🏽
Thanks Jose
I keep some "Southern Grove" salty, crunchy peanuts on-hand! I like them because they're extra dry, and that makes them very crunchy. You made me hungry, watching you deep-plow that pretty peanut soil! So, I grabbed me a handful to eat while I'm watchin' ya over here in East Texas. I really enjoy watching your videos and listening to you explain about the activity that you're doing. You're going to have a lot of viewers because you create very pleasant content!
Great videos , good information, it is confusing to non farmers on land plow , reversable plows , bottom plows thank you
Switch plow, flip plow. Thanks for watching.
Hay Patrick, just found ur channel, you explain things really well and I am a big fan. We were tobacco farmers on the coast of South Carolina with gumbo soil, everything that grew underground or lays on top would drown or rott.
Tobacco farming is hard work. I solute you. Thanks for watching!
Sound greate love 8530
That series of tractors was the best sounding ever made. They have a unique bellow.
Smoked Oysters with hot Sauce Louisiana only with premium saltines is the best. Great video Patrick.
Premium is the ONLY saltine cracker brand and Crystal Hot Sauce is THE sauce
We moldboard plow in the fall here in Iowa. We don't use a rake on our plows. Usually disc right behind the plow. Then over winter it will freeze out and be really soft come spring.
Interesting. Our ground never freezes.
@PatrickShivers frost can get pretty deep if we don't get snow first. This winter the ground never froze because we got snow before the cold came in January. Moles were digging in my yard all winter.
Patrick ,love your channel. Just haven't bought into the smoked oysters.Tryed them last fall,couldn't eat them.Still have several cans left.I'll stick with your peas.
…with Premium brand saltine crackers and a little Crystal hot sauce they are hard to beat. I ate some of last year’s Zipper peas tonight. One of my best crops to date
Fine job ole buddy! That tractor aure sounds good. God bless
Thanks for watching! I love the sound of 8520s and 30s
Very enjoyable video! I don't do much plowing I'm a pecan farmer. I also love smoked oysters!
You obviously have great taste! What varieties of pecans do you grow?
@@PatrickShivers about 5% are Pawnee harvested 3000 pounds this year. About 80% are Kanza. still waiting on the final tally for the natives but I'm gonna guess seven 8000 pounds of them this year. On the sardines versus smoked oysters I'm always on the lookout for the best deal from Costco!
We will be using a bottom plow on our peanut land this year for the first time since 1994.
We've used strip till for 30 years but we are having more and more problems with nematodes as they are gaining resistance to our nematicide.
Not to mention the cost of the nematicide is up almost 30% over last year.
We actually hate to have to break our sandier soils here in East Central Georgia
Interesting , Thank You.
Thanks for watching!
That 85 is singing a sweet tune.
Yea it is. I hear that song all day.
Pulls that plow real nice. I've never seen that kind of plow up here in MI/IN/IL/OH land. Very interesting.
Folks not from the southeast usually say that. That’s what all our plows look like down here.
Just found this channel. Great content gotcha a new Subscriber.👍
Thanks for watching/subscribing. I got 350-ish videos explaining farm processes.
@PatrickShivers I'm a small time one man band farmer myself so I can relate to a lot of what you are saying. Good luck this year I'm Busy planting new taters right now myself.
@@greenboyatgafarms2250 my tators should start popping out of the ground any day now (been planted for 3 weeks). What is your fertilizer program for your tators?
Amazing camera work. Did you find that camera you plowed under?
Yes, thank goodness
Would you think a 4960 would handle this plow? If not how many bottom’s would you recommend?
Absolutely not. 50 hp per bottom is the rule of thumb
Enjoying your channel. From the looks of the soil. I'm going to guess you farm in Alabama?
South Georgia, aka God’s country
Question, sir, do you add anhydrous to your land?
I do not. The previous owner of my plow had it rigged to put out anhydrous during plowing.
What size wheel spacer are you running?
It’s a 10” spacer. There is 18” between the tires
Have not had can smoked oysters in a while. Can almost smell fresh turned dirt. Some folks from Washington should come and ride for a day with you and they would go home smarter if that is possible.
I try to keep the rats and snakes out of my tractors
Nothing like a john deere tractor
Farmers here in Eastern North Carolina just disc the land and then run a field cultivator or burn down a cover crop and strip till then plant. They don't break land
I believe you told me last year you had seen someone up there no-till some peanuts. You can grow peanuts here without plowing, but the yield is better if you plow.
@PatrickShivers Yeah I did. I think tilled land makes better yields than no till no matter crop it is
So how many acres of fields you planting this year, sir?
I only farm about 400 acres of row crops & produce. I also have pecans and Brangus cattle.
You never gave us a look at the plough boards but judging by your headland manoeuvres i suspect it is a 'square ' plough ?
Yep. In last year’s video I showed them in more detail. I’ll show them better in a video next week.
Getting it done!
I've heard of semi- mounted and in furrow plows, but you have a semi- in furrow plow with that set up!😂 Is that a Harrel or Long design plow? I know JD bought both, and put their paint and decals on them.
I didn’t know JD had a relationship with Harrell or Long. It does look similar to a Harrell.
@@PatrickShivers I bet you will find they are the same. JD stopped designing plows in the '70's, and when the switch plows came out, they bought rights to them, but kept the rollovers and standard plows in production until a few years ago. What made the Deere name Deere no longer makes.
@@MorganOtt-ne1qj Deere is out of the plow business entirely now
@@PatrickShivers Yup. What made the company, the company no longer makes. Go figure.
The first video that popped up on my feed.
Y’all turning land or are you wide open burning down cover?
@@PatrickShivers breaking and harrowing land. We will probably start burn down middle of March, and Corn going in towards the ends.
Breakfast of champions😂 I have spent many days with a John Deere 7810 and 4 bottom plows
the way your ground is plowing this would be considered light clay in sweden. do you know your clay %?
It’s been subsoiled 18” deep ahead of the plow and the moisture is perfect. A few days in either direction and the results/procedure will be very different
ok I see. do you know the clay content in %?
@@Hermiwalle no. That’s not something we measure. We do take soil fertility samples across every field every year though.
I've heard it called flat breaking.
I’ve never heard that one
I thought that same thing but I have seen in my part of the country I have seen farmers put peanut in no Till around Suffolk va and I watched them be turned over and they looked great
I got a viewer that has seen it done in North Carolina also. That’s why I said every crop/field is different. In this clay no/till isn’t possible
@PatrickShivers I'm sure of that I help a small farmer Edward Hatfield and he just Disk up just a couple inches then bed it up and plant peanuts I do believe we would get more Yields if we were to plow first but I'm a young guy and he's a old man been doing it all his life
@@robertbradshaw5984 if he’s been doing it all his life he has probably figured out what works best on his land for his crop.
wondering how many acres your running
I’m only plowing 160 acre of peanut ground. I grow 12-14 different crops each year.
Didn’t realize put peanuts on that heavier clay soil put mainly on sandy soil in N MS.
Scroll back in my video catalog. I probably have 15-20 peanut harvesting videos. (4 or 5 posted each fall) I’m a 4th generation peanut farmer.
We call it breaking land near GSU
I use to scout cotton from Claxton to Brooklet to Sylvania when I was in school over there. GATA
Occasional deep tillage will definitely distribute the nutrients throughout the whole zone
Howdy Patrick
Howdy Tug!
Bigger tractor, more HP couldn't you eliminate ripper process?
No. It would just break the plow (my Dad has experience with that). Subsoiling ahead also helps the low bottoms not hold water after rains and drown out the crops, and it helps the plow to roll out a finer tilth instead of large clods.
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They call it a buster bar in my area
That’s a new one to me!
Hope your camera made it out okay! I’ll let you have my smoked oysters, them things hurt my ovaries! 😂
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Must be nice to have no rocks to plow up
The only rocks on my farm are Native American artifacts
I think im gonna pass on any meat out of a can
More for me. Oysters, vienna sausages, and potted meat are fantastic