Farmers use to do this so easy. Then walk beans if needed. I didn’t mind. My Dad bought a little one row machine he would sit on and hook them weeds right out.
I'm really liking these videos! I find it very interesting to see a larger operation in action. I am taking over on my family farm in Quebec (certified organic since 1974) and due to its size and our choice of crops I manage my in-row weeds by hand... I could watch these cultivating videos all day!!
By Kansas standards I am small :)...and still know the business end of a weed-hook! It is always a pleasure to see multi-generational farms. Good luck.
So now I read an article that by plowing crop residue into the soil , the carbon from the residue is more likely to be stored in the soil than burnt off into the atmosphere? I hear scientist speak of a carbon crisis they fear we will experience in the 21st century and if we don't change our practices it could be too late! I'm not much of an environmentalist but there's no doubt us humans have taken a toll on our planet. Gabe Brown and others say no till is the only way to stop climate change, I'm glad to hear that maybe if we till responsibly , use a diverse crop rotation along with cover crops we could still be sustainable. I agree with your video on plowing as to always be plowing something down if we have to plow, and not to leave soil exposed longer than we have to. I love to plow and cultivate but these scientist that preach notill are starting to make me question, ...is a little herbicide better than the carbon I'm putting off from tillage? I don't know. I think with enough buffers and waterways I can control erosion fairly well even with tillage. Then there's the demonstration they make on tilled ground and how poorly it infiltrates water, that still leaves me scratching my head sometimes.
Lots of conflicting information out there. Seems like every side can find facts to back up their view. Soils vary widely and will tolerate inputs/activities differently. The fact that doesn't lie is organic matter. Organic matter and water infiltration are the two most important measures of soil "health" in my opinion. Tillage done during the growing season and incorporating a green manure is less destructive to soil aggregation. Taking your organic matter in a soil from 2% to 5% will store an additional 34,800 lbs. on carbon in your soil on an acre basis. How we have farmed over the last century has definitely had an effect upon the carbon in the atmosphere. Little known fact though is that the ocean is the greatest carbon sink... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sink . The arguments against herbicides are cost, harmful impacts to humans, unknown effects upon other life forms, the fact that they encourage "windshield"/corporate/exploitative farming systems, and have resulted in an "arms race" with weeds (dicamba).
Thanks! They don't always look this great ;). IMHO, for a smaller farmer, organic is the only sane financial production method due to reduced costs and greater potential income. It really helps to incorporate livestock (as a major revenue stream) in order to utilize the full potential...Good luck!
Yeah, I've raised only non gmo corn the past couple years, I disked once last fall , and twice over this spring. I didn't think that field where things went wrong looked too bad, it looked like the cultivator was really cleaning it up pretty good. I noticed I was pruning a lot of roots today cultivating, I hope that doesn't hurt the beans much. I'm going to have to how the volunteer corn out by hand. I talked to guy at JD store, that was his cousin Steve Elliot, guess he just died I'm his sleep one night, small world.
It is a small world...with many unknown connections! I was at a meeting with Steve two days before he passed. As a general rule I do not work ground in the fall as it is too destructive to the soil tilth. I also limit the number of disc passes. Our ability to control weeds has increased as we have limited disc tillage passes. This is why I wanted to show the field cultivator video. In our area, the organic farmers have switched to the modern field cultivator as our primary tillage tool. These field cultivators handle residue much better than the old ones. The places I still use the disc are after plowing, when the corn residue is too great to "flow", and in fall prepping clover/soybean ground for wheat. There are always roots on the cultivator. From my perspective, this does not limit yield as my soil acts differently. Organic matter is the key tracking feature of soil health. The higher organic matter of my soil holds water better, captures more water, and releases water at a stable rate (does not crack in July/August). Pruning the roots just forces the plants to go deeper and encourages growth. Think of mowing your yard as an attempt to kill the grass!
Is it possible to maintain phosphorus and potassium levels long term organic? I read an article about an organic test plot and after about 8 years the potassium levels were severely depleted. I want to leave the farm in better shape then when I started farming it. I am going to start building fences again and try to build up my cow herd I think livestock would almost be a necessity for long term sustainability, It will be interesting to see how my wheat and corn do next year without having alfalfa or red clover previously in the rotation. Why is the field cultivator superior to the disc with weed control? I assume that field cultivator leaves more seed on top instead of burying them? Also, how are these newer row crop cultivators with one big sweep per row? I heard they can handle more residue, I wish I could leave a lot of residue and still control weeds.
Good questions.... Phosphorus is the one element of concern for me. Our soils are naturally abundant in potassium. Thus I use livestock to keep the P cycle as tight as possible. Every time I read an article in the Ag press, I have to filter the info as a fair amount has a strong bias against organic production. Here is a discussion of livestock and diversity: ua-cam.com/video/SXmNdJLqoa0/v-deo.html Modern corn is a nitrogen consumer. If you want yield, you must provide N, either manure, green manure, legumes, etc. Be sure to innoculate your soybeans so that they actually fix nitrogen. In my experience the disc tends to destroy soil structure. It leaves the surface fine with compaction below (ideal seedbed for weeds). Modern field cultivators flow residue much better and bring clods to the surface, while leaving residue on the surface. You can't "bury" weed seeds. There will always be more! Instead, better to focus attention on allowing your crop to compete at its full potential (fertility, tilth, variety selection, and cultural practices).
Do you chisel your corn stalks or moldboard? I just finished second pass on my earliest planted beans, boy this is time consuming, idk how a guy could manage to keep up several hundred acres without much help.i have a lot of morning glories, a few ragweed , and some volunteer corn, rained about an inch just as I pulled out of field. I think I have quackgrass in another field, I'm trying to stay positive, a guy sure deserves to make more $ doing it organic with all the time and effort required to raise a crop.
We do not chisel or plow stalks. We run cattle on our corn fields during the winter. Then in spring I disc one time, or just use the new field cultivator as field prep. Non-GMO corn stalks degrade much faster. Beans following corn are typically the easiest to gain weed control, but so many of the factors are weather related with experience being the only teacher. I will say that I have become a much better organic farmer after 25 yrs:). The return possibilities are much greater if you can figure out the weed control and cultural methods. The biggest obstacle is the paradigm you have in your head...BTW the video of the field "where things go wrong" was cultivated for the second time yesterday. It doesn't look a whole lot nicer. I will leave it (until after frost!), but it will be very ugly and the yield will take a significant hit
XavierVanr We are fortunate to have relatively fertile native soils. We simply use a systemic approach including crop rotation, legumes, cover crops, rotational grazing, wildlife buffers, manures, etc. Very few external inputs are required.
You can handle about any 6 row cultivator…other than a buffalo. The heavy Krause 6 row with k-tines would really work the tractor. In very “heavy” soil, your tractor would work as well.
We have organically farmed for 30+ years and focused on soil health. As such, we don’t need any external pest control. In general, healthy plants have far fewer pest problems. We do have populations of bean leaf beetles, but they have never risen to the level of economic damage.👍🏻
Soybeans have quite a bit of flexibility when it comes to seeding rate. When planting in 30 inch rows, as I am doing here, there is typically 1 to 1.5 inches between the plants. This will result in a final population range of 140,000 to 185,000 plants/a. As organic farmers, we plant on the thicker side to aid in weed suppression! Based upon this, I would advise you to plant more plants per square!
Wow, you are putting my conversion skills to the test :( Seed size will majorly affect population. Planting population is 185000/acre. Therefore (2.47105 acres to hectare) 185000 times 2.47105 YIELDS 457,144 plants per hectare DIVIDED BY AVG SEED SIZE (3000 SEEDS PER POUND) YIELDS 152.4 POUNDS/HECTARE or 69.1 Kg/Hectare!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We call it a danish tine cultivator with rolling shields. We feature several different types of inter-row cultivators and just recently showed a new k-tine row crop cultivator!
I use several different varieties. Most are group 4, feed grade soybeans. That is, they are dark hilum and in the size range of 2700 seeds per pound. I think this field had Blue River 43C2...
@@massawejacob Farming is a relationship with the earth. The greatest good is to produce food that YOU enjoy and that brings you HEALTH. The best source of information is local tradition, local practice, local culture, local people. Agriculture is best learned on a LOCAL basis. You "learn" by doing! It cannot be taught, it must be experienced. UA-cam is a "field" that I farm. In this field, I plant many seeds. Some seeds find fertile ground, grow and prosper. Some seeds fall on barren ground and perish. It is a cycle that never ends.
@@massawejacob Humans have farmed in Tanzania for tens of thousands of years! I think also that your agriculture there had a basis in livestock husbandry!
that's nice, organic farming is gainning popularity here too in canada. It spreads the work throughout the summer. Do you have long crop rotations for diseases?
I am currently working for one in Québec. We won't have any more livestock tough. we used to have between 1400 and 2800 cows but meat isn't very profitable here.
It is nice to see young people involved in agriculture and the rural lifestyle. If you are willing to work, you will always have a place on a farm :)!! That is a unfortunate that the farm doesn't have livestock. We believe that livestock are a great aid in nutrient recycling on any type of farm. They also aid in diversity and are able to "harvest" a crop on ground that is too rough to cultivate.
@@rushikeshpadwe5627 I can’t remember variety, but they are a group 4 dark hilum. Our row width is 30 inches, and our PLANTING population is 185 thousand per acre, which approximates to 1.1 inches between seeds. We allow for 25% seed/plant mortality .
Not getting what you are trying to say??? Soybean varieties are seldom "hybridized" due to cost/difficulty. These soybeans are not the result of hybridization or GMO technology.
Farmers use to do this so easy. Then walk beans if needed. I didn’t mind. My Dad bought a little one row machine he would sit on and hook them weeds right out.
Course the rows were wider 25 years ago.
I'm really liking these videos! I find it very interesting to see a larger operation in action. I am taking over on my family farm in Quebec (certified organic since 1974) and due to its size and our choice of crops I manage my in-row weeds by hand... I could watch these cultivating videos all day!!
By Kansas standards I am small :)...and still know the business end of a weed-hook! It is always a pleasure to see multi-generational farms. Good luck.
Thank you so much for the encouragement, and thanks for subscribing... you were my 100th, a number I will always remember!!
Distance between two rows of soyabean
30” row spacing
Man,doing it rite.most farms today are burn down and plant close together as possible.we used a check line corn planter.
Thanks!
So now I read an article that by plowing crop residue into the soil , the carbon from the residue is more likely to be stored in the soil than burnt off into the atmosphere? I hear scientist speak of a carbon crisis they fear we will experience in the 21st century and if we don't change our practices it could be too late! I'm not much of an environmentalist but there's no doubt us humans have taken a toll on our planet. Gabe Brown and others say no till is the only way to stop climate change, I'm glad to hear that maybe if we till responsibly , use a diverse crop rotation along with cover crops we could still be sustainable. I agree with your video on plowing as to always be plowing something down if we have to plow, and not to leave soil exposed longer than we have to. I love to plow and cultivate but these scientist that preach notill are starting to make me question, ...is a little herbicide better than the carbon I'm putting off from tillage? I don't know. I think with enough buffers and waterways I can control erosion fairly well even with tillage. Then there's the demonstration they make on tilled ground and how poorly it infiltrates water, that still leaves me scratching my head sometimes.
Lots of conflicting information out there. Seems like every side can find facts to back up their view. Soils vary widely and will tolerate inputs/activities differently. The fact that doesn't lie is organic matter. Organic matter and water infiltration are the two most important measures of soil "health" in my opinion. Tillage done during the growing season and incorporating a green manure is less destructive to soil aggregation. Taking your organic matter in a soil from 2% to 5% will store an additional 34,800 lbs. on carbon in your soil on an acre basis. How we have farmed over the last century has definitely had an effect upon the carbon in the atmosphere. Little known fact though is that the ocean is the greatest carbon sink... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_sink . The arguments against herbicides are cost, harmful impacts to humans, unknown effects upon other life forms, the fact that they encourage "windshield"/corporate/exploitative farming systems, and have resulted in an "arms race" with weeds (dicamba).
Field looks great.. been thinking about going organic for a while now.
Thanks! They don't always look this great ;). IMHO, for a smaller farmer, organic is the only sane financial production method due to reduced costs and greater potential income. It really helps to incorporate livestock (as a major revenue stream) in order to utilize the full potential...Good luck!
Yeah, I've raised only non gmo corn the past couple years, I disked once last fall , and twice over this spring. I didn't think that field where things went wrong looked too bad, it looked like the cultivator was really cleaning it up pretty good. I noticed I was pruning a lot of roots today cultivating, I hope that doesn't hurt the beans much. I'm going to have to how the volunteer corn out by hand. I talked to guy at JD store, that was his cousin Steve Elliot, guess he just died I'm his sleep one night, small world.
It is a small world...with many unknown connections! I was at a meeting with Steve two days before he passed.
As a general rule I do not work ground in the fall as it is too destructive to the soil tilth. I also limit the number of disc passes. Our ability to control weeds has increased as we have limited disc tillage passes. This is why I wanted to show the field cultivator video. In our area, the organic farmers have switched to the modern field cultivator as our primary tillage tool. These field cultivators handle residue much better than the old ones. The places I still use the disc are after plowing, when the corn residue is too great to "flow", and in fall prepping clover/soybean ground for wheat.
There are always roots on the cultivator. From my perspective, this does not limit yield as my soil acts differently. Organic matter is the key tracking feature of soil health. The higher organic matter of my soil holds water better, captures more water, and releases water at a stable rate (does not crack in July/August). Pruning the roots just forces the plants to go deeper and encourages growth. Think of mowing your yard as an attempt to kill the grass!
Awesome job
👍🏻🙂
Is it possible to maintain phosphorus and potassium levels long term organic? I read an article about an organic test plot and after about 8 years the potassium levels were severely depleted. I want to leave the farm in better shape then when I started farming it. I am going to start building fences again and try to build up my cow herd I think livestock would almost be a necessity for long term sustainability, It will be interesting to see how my wheat and corn do next year without having alfalfa or red clover previously in the rotation. Why is the field cultivator superior to the disc with weed control? I assume that field cultivator leaves more seed on top instead of burying them? Also, how are these newer row crop cultivators with one big sweep per row? I heard they can handle more residue, I wish I could leave a lot of residue and still control weeds.
Good questions....
Phosphorus is the one element of concern for me. Our soils are naturally abundant in potassium. Thus I use livestock to keep the P cycle as tight as possible. Every time I read an article in the Ag press, I have to filter the info as a fair amount has a strong bias against organic production. Here is a discussion of livestock and diversity:
ua-cam.com/video/SXmNdJLqoa0/v-deo.html
Modern corn is a nitrogen consumer. If you want yield, you must provide N, either manure, green manure, legumes, etc. Be sure to innoculate your soybeans so that they actually fix nitrogen.
In my experience the disc tends to destroy soil structure. It leaves the surface fine with compaction below (ideal seedbed for weeds). Modern field cultivators flow residue much better and bring clods to the surface, while leaving residue on the surface. You can't "bury" weed seeds. There will always be more! Instead, better to focus attention on allowing your crop to compete at its full potential (fertility, tilth, variety selection, and cultural practices).
Do you chisel your corn stalks or moldboard? I just finished second pass on my earliest planted beans, boy this is time consuming, idk how a guy could manage to keep up several hundred acres without much help.i have a lot of morning glories, a few ragweed , and some volunteer corn, rained about an inch just as I pulled out of field. I think I have quackgrass in another field, I'm trying to stay positive, a guy sure deserves to make more $ doing it organic with all the time and effort required to raise a crop.
We do not chisel or plow stalks. We run cattle on our corn fields during the winter. Then in spring I disc one time, or just use the new field cultivator as field prep. Non-GMO corn stalks degrade much faster. Beans following corn are typically the easiest to gain weed control, but so many of the factors are weather related with experience being the only teacher. I will say that I have become a much better organic farmer after 25 yrs:). The return possibilities are much greater if you can figure out the weed control and cultural methods. The biggest obstacle is the paradigm you have in your head...BTW the video of the field "where things go wrong" was cultivated for the second time yesterday. It doesn't look a whole lot nicer. I will leave it (until after frost!), but it will be very ugly and the yield will take a significant hit
Very good bro nice video we are country under dont this process so please first video send
Thanks!
Look great buddy!
Thank you 🙂
How do you (organically) control other plagues like fungus and insects?
XavierVanr We are fortunate to have relatively fertile native soils. We simply use a systemic approach including crop rotation, legumes, cover crops, rotational grazing, wildlife buffers, manures, etc. Very few external inputs are required.
Am interested on weed control ..machine planting..harvesting...
And how to use herbicides
I am from India I think that your plant population is vary densely
They get thinner after cultivating 😉😁
Good saluite bro
I have a JD5400 tractor 68HP, what kind of cultivator you can recommend?
You can handle about any 6 row cultivator…other than a buffalo. The heavy Krause 6 row with k-tines would really work the tractor. In very “heavy” soil, your tractor would work as well.
Hi there great video with great farm field. Maybe you could ger a better audio, I can hardly hear a word when you're on that tractor.
We do need to improve the audio, thanks.
@@GeigerFarm Thanks! Hope to see more of your videos with improved audio!
Hello, how much separation is there between furrows?
These are 30” rows.
Hopefully more Farmers will go Organic
How many distance in two row
The distance between the rows is 30 inches!
How did you manage pest control?
We have organically farmed for 30+ years and focused on soil health. As such, we don’t need any external pest control. In general, healthy plants have far fewer pest problems. We do have populations of bean leaf beetles, but they have never risen to the level of economic damage.👍🏻
Which soyabean veriety uses you sir.
Nice
Thank you.
Tractor implement video in soyabean field,,, please
We have made many cultivation videos :), subscribe and enjoy them all!!
My Plan about Soyabean sowing is 1.5 Feet × 1.5 Feet of 3-4 Seeds in Each Square.... Can U suggection about it...
Soybeans have quite a bit of flexibility when it comes to seeding rate. When planting in 30 inch rows, as I am doing here, there is typically 1 to 1.5 inches between the plants. This will result in a final population range of 140,000 to 185,000 plants/a. As organic farmers, we plant on the thicker side to aid in weed suppression! Based upon this, I would advise you to plant more plants per square!
How many plants will dibbling in square as Ur information..
@@rahulpatil3628 6 plants per foot will give a final population of 165000 in a 20 in row
What yeild per acre in quintal??
@@mukundkadam4232 14.9 quintals per acre
How much seed rate for one Hector and how much yield per Hector
Planting population is 457,000 seeds/ha
Crop yield is 136 bu/ha
@@GeigerFarm seed kg per hactare in kg........
Seed per hactare in kg......????????
Wow, you are putting my conversion skills to the test :( Seed size will majorly affect population. Planting population is 185000/acre. Therefore (2.47105 acres to hectare) 185000 times 2.47105 YIELDS 457,144 plants per hectare DIVIDED BY AVG SEED SIZE (3000 SEEDS PER POUND) YIELDS 152.4 POUNDS/HECTARE or 69.1 Kg/Hectare!!!!!!!!!!!!!
what is the name of this implement u used?
We call it a danish tine cultivator with rolling shields. We feature several different types of inter-row cultivators and just recently showed a new k-tine row crop cultivator!
Which month is the best to grow Soyabeans?
Soybeans are a warm weather crop. Locally we plant in May or June for a 120 day crop.
@@GeigerFarm Thank you....i will start to grow this month...here in India it is hot now...
Please tell me sir .
Which variety you uses
I use several different varieties. Most are group 4, feed grade soybeans. That is, they are dark hilum and in the size range of 2700 seeds per pound. I think this field had Blue River 43C2...
How many hectares did you plant?
galaletsang mphinyane I do not discuss the size of my farm...see above comments
Hi
How many days coming
This video was made at around Day 26 after planting!
Hi ....want to know if you export I got an order for soya bean
All our soybeans are consumed domestically, thanks!
name of soybean seeds
This is not a named Variety...they are just a group 4 variety.
Hi,
how much does it cost 1 tonn organic soybean in Your country?
Right now, 1 t (2000 lb) = $600...what is the value where you are at?
Thanks! We using Euro, I am from Latvia, this is where is the Baltic states (Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia)
How much You harvest from 1 hectare soybeans?
And , can You using any fertilizer? I am very interested how work You in your country.
Yield range from 98.8 to 160.5 bu/ha
Hi I am looking for soyabeans for middle East ,is you can export this one ?
I am sorry, we do not export. We primarily produce seed soybeans.
Ok,can you please suggest some farmers those export soyabean seeds ? I need soyabean seeds to produce soya cheese
I would go to India to get organic soybeans!! Cheaper and closer ;)
@@GeigerFarm ok I will do the same ,u mean better to purchase from india right?
Prajith Krishnan 👍🏻🙂
How can I contact this great farmer ?
I engage with my viewers on youtube!
@@GeigerFarm I want learn farming ...we have a vast vigin land uncultivated ..+255765324714 what's up mobile no
@@GeigerFarm located in east Africa ,Tanzania
@@massawejacob Farming is a relationship with the earth. The greatest good is to produce food that YOU enjoy and that brings you HEALTH. The best source of information is local tradition, local practice, local culture, local people. Agriculture is best learned on a LOCAL basis. You "learn" by doing! It cannot be taught, it must be experienced. UA-cam is a "field" that I farm. In this field, I plant many seeds. Some seeds find fertile ground, grow and prosper. Some seeds fall on barren ground and perish. It is a cycle that never ends.
@@massawejacob Humans have farmed in Tanzania for tens of thousands of years! I think also that your agriculture there had a basis in livestock husbandry!
How much organic land do you have?
Enough to keep my family working full time :)!
that's nice, organic farming is gainning popularity here too in canada. It spreads the work throughout the summer. Do you have long crop rotations for diseases?
Typical crop rotation is 6 years, and yes, with livestock the workload is year-round. I have organic farmer friends in Canada!
I am currently working for one in Québec. We won't have any more livestock tough. we used to have between 1400 and 2800 cows but meat isn't very profitable here.
It is nice to see young people involved in agriculture and the rural lifestyle. If you are willing to work, you will always have a place on a farm :)!! That is a unfortunate that the farm doesn't have livestock. We believe that livestock are a great aid in nutrient recycling on any type of farm. They also aid in diversity and are able to "harvest" a crop on ground that is too rough to cultivate.
My India see who Maharashtra jila latoor dhotar Wadi Kisan 🙏
How much yield come per Hector
Our yields run 45-70 bu/a OR 3026-4700 kg/ha
@@GeigerFarm plz tell me variety, and row distance, plant to plants distance
@@rushikeshpadwe5627 I can’t remember variety, but they are a group 4 dark hilum. Our row width is 30 inches, and our PLANTING population is 185 thousand per acre, which approximates to 1.1 inches between seeds. We allow for 25% seed/plant mortality .
@@GeigerFarm how much time required from plantation to harvest
Which fertilizer u use at the time of sowing,
And number of spray from start to last
1 Hector tarn our
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Your gidance please i am india
I don’t understand your question...
What is your country s named
USA
@@GeigerFarm hii
I am indian farmers
@@GeigerFarm your soybean is good
@@GeigerFarm soybean average pr kilo why
Distace
I am not understanding your question...
to all UA-cam fans soya bean cannot possibly be organic when it is a hybrid.
Not getting what you are trying to say??? Soybean varieties are seldom "hybridized" due to cost/difficulty. These soybeans are not the result of hybridization or GMO technology.
Hi