Seeding directly into the grass 🤔
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- ** So in the past Mike hasn't had the best results seeding directly into the grass but in saying that he has always done it down south where he's moisture limited.
So now Mike wants to try seed into some grass for some comparison reasons, and yes it is now sprayed.
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I like the growl of that tractor.
Little did Mike know this crop will be some of the best bushels produced on the North farm, that's farming! 👌
I'm actually super excited to see how this turns out seeding into the grass like that
“The day we quit learning, we’re dead” - Mike Michell
I am an avid viewer since more than two years ago (can't remember). i have to be honest that watching your last video i thought Mike pooped the bed with this one . I am sure seeding green is going to work much better for you especially in high rainfall areas. Check out Derek Axten, Ray Archuleta, Nicole Masters and so many more ( pm me for more on no till seeding, soil health and soil aggregation if you are interested ). This is why i respect you. You are always open to experimentation and you aren't set in your ways! Respect.
A farmer has a finite number of seasons in him/her.. so we have to make the best out of them and learn more so our children get a head start.
Hi Mike,
I delivered your new combine today. Also ran into your brother Brain at the dealership. Had a very nice conversation with him. Anyways hope the new iron treats you well.
I see that, thank you! 🙂
@@mikemitchell2554 *Brian
Great video Mike good luck seeding
You can burn down a quadtrac by friction on the tracks. Had a bolt on the linkage come lose this year and she was rubbing bad. Had flames before we got it out.😂
Neither the drought of SW Saskatchewan or the soup like conditions of the rained out North......Mike Mitchell finds a way to farm it all..... Keep up the good work bud and may your endeavors be fruitful.
Hello Mike great videos thanks for sharing
That tractor is one powerfull machine 🚜👍🏻🤠
Awesome to see Ashtyn still determined to help, even with a cranky baby. As a mum, it's easy to feel useless sometimes.
Man that is 'thinking outside the box' and it could be a smart move due to the conditions.
I hope that you have a bountiful harvest.
Haha i love the uncut version 😂, @Mike have you been seeding any tools?? 🤣
It’s so weird not seeing a massive trail of dust behind you 😂
What we usually do when we seed into grass is smoke it good with burn off and then give it a couple good drinks of roundup over summer. That’s why we always put canola on grass.
We drilled wheat into grass last autumn. Sprayed the grass off. Straight in with drill. 3” Dutch points. Came a treat and looks well at the mo.
When my niece was about the same age as your son, the only thing that would calm her down when she got too cranky was sitting on the porch swing and watching for tractors working on the neighboring farms. It wasn't her first word, but "traktur" was in her first five. Several times, I had to bundle her up tightly to be able to keep her outside more than a few seconds since she was so much smaller than "Unka Bent" and far, far more susceptible to cold temperatures.
I've had that exact same track slip happen in a 1st gen Challenger 75. once, when I turned in some really slimy mud, it got between the wheel and the track and wouldn't clean, but it didn't become a problem until I was actually just out of the mud, and thus I was stuck on dry ground. it was really discouraging.
Frame footage would have been awesome to see. Looking good mike!
Seems like a good idea. The grass will give you traction. And like you said, the grass will burn off soon.. can't wait to see what happens.
absolutely love the description of the video
It will be interesting to see how well it grows.
mike looks like that would be good ranch land enjoy your videos be safe god bless
Well Mike have you considered getting windshield wiper so we can see better? Lol! Seriously THANK YOU!!
You will probably grow one of your best crops ever, that's light soil it will be fine.
You answered the question at the tip of my 👅 about which tractor is better to pull 👌🏻😍
Mike would love to see some drone shots. Watching all the way from Ireland.
That's going to be a great crop Mike good idea!!!
100 bu/ac baby!
Magnifique vidéo 📹 et le tracteur 1620 et le matériel agricole osi 😀
Well the trees pulled your plug out lol
I'd love to see Mike's thoughts on a versatile delta track
Great move mike ,it will do you well ,better than ripping the ground first,a few nice warm days and that will germinate fine ,grass will give a little cover for the young canola seed before the grass dies back ,very trendy thing to do here in the uk using cover crops ,good luck mike
Gona work great with all that extra moisture
Best luck with the might ducks lagoon. great video
i think you got two earth worms there now Mike ;) lol
Congratulation,seeding green regen farming ftw 😂
That is the best you can do!! Think the yield will be very good, but you have to use glypho fast!
I would really love to see fendt 4track. It's really weird that they haven't made one. Maybe it's because they are more Europe manufacture or I don't now. Love the vids 💚 keep them coming.
Not fendt, Agco !
@@oldfarmer3001 in our country it's just Fendt 😇.
They already have the 4track vario s4 track and even a six track called the Trisix vario nick named "Mobydick" and boasting 540 horsepower and six wheel drive. What they don't have is a quadtrack like the rx9.
@@oldfarmer3001 agco has made a articulated tractor but with wheels.
@@stannicekblack3977 its only the label, not the soul any longer….
Lots of protill action please mike, love watching thoez Implements work, they do a dang good job
Mike is planting rice 😂🤣
That looks like amazing waterfowl habitat
Are you trying to get on his nerves 😳
It does doesnt it, Pure destruction like ripping out them dams and everything.
RADICAL, straight into the grass 😱 Our last shot of Roundup took like 10 to 11 days to really show its killer skills in grass like that. I guess it could coincide with the canolis really starting to grow🤔
I seed into old hay stands and pastures with a 15ft jd 1590 disc drill. Had to get mapping auto steer to know what’s seeded or not. Very minimal disturbance to see what’s seeded
Pottinger terrasem on long grass, satisfaction guarantee😌
look at all that ground flora. you should get into beekeeping!
Hey Mike, can you put tile drainage in of your sloughs? We have run tile in our low ground with open inlets where the water collects to get rid of surface water. Works well and can plant all our field at once. Enjoy the vids.
Im kinda straight over in the next province and drainage tiles don’t work here water has no where to go. Some have tried and the water holes still are there
That poor willow trees.😉
@mike mitchell how is that again when the tracks slip. 👍👍
That was very close one indeed.
I’ve got a neighbour that takes his seedmaster into old hay crops. He also sprays it then seeds right into it
I found that seeding into long grass lost a lot of N, as the grass rotted down, you need to borrow a herd of 1000 cows for a week or two. That is the most incredible seed drill, it can do almost anything. I was wondering if you could put a desiccant in with the roundup? I am going to follow this with interest, I suspect you are not the first to do this up North but this late? Are the rivers full, too full for the Ferries? We normally get a wet and warm winter or a cold dry one but this year is wet and cold. Thankfully we are close to a pacific island for some heat.
Oh that grass will die in a few days and be completely burnt right off in a week.. The growing conditions our very good, and I also look forward to watching the differences 😁🙂
If you do it right you dont realy need fert(regenerative agriculture way) 😁
@@Adam-bw4lw I’d disagree there, I’d love to compare yield data on that and see how it actually works. Regen has its place but it’s not an effective blanket solution
@@Beyonder8335 its not about yeld its about profitabilty
@@Beyonder8335 Farming whit Carp on yt has a cost analysis if you are intrested
Hay Mike love the videos just wondering if you haven't explained before but why do you have one big tire on one side and one smaller on the other of the drill?
Hello Mike. When you talk about slip on the two track, is it the track slipping on the soil or the drive wheel slipping on the track that is been measured?
Normally its measuring track slippage on the soil. Actual ground speed measured by radar or satellite vs what speed would be with zero slippage.
Maybe the two track stays mostly on the sod whereas the John Deere would break through to the wetter soil.
When you were checking for seed at the beginning, I think I saw a seed above ground to the upper right of where you were checking. It was a barely blue in my opinion.
Here in the UK we would not get a crop of canola to grow as the Ph would be too low after 10 years of grass have you got some magic potions in the Cart😊
Makes sense that the two track does better on straight passes. it has more surface area on the ground
I feel like the traction surface on the JD tracks is not very well designed, sure it offers decent flotation and a smooth ride, but the lugs are not aggressive enough.
Also no idea why AGCO Challenger/Fendt never put a positive drive on their 2 tracks and has kept running friction drive since the Caterpillar/Claas days
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Thank you for sharing
When you get a lot of grass mixed up in your green when you harvest
huh, makes me wonder a bit if they make seeders with hydraulic assisted wheels to help push
Grass is green
xD
You will get some great yield, becaus you growing canola on trees.. 🤣🤣
Isn't that the way to do as per the environmentalist ? No till, no C02 released ... :)
Love it, im pretty sure Guilbeaut will be pushing hard for mandatory no till. Better to get used to it ! :)
If I may add ... muddy tractors are sexy :3
that is wierd youtube is not notifying me of mikes new vids.
Mike, tell us a litle bit on how is 1167 pulling. I wonder if it has power that you need?
Morning
Direct drilling? Welcome to New Zealand
I personally like the no till approach. Mostly because of soil carbon.
Id be interested on a tour of the area if possible once the plants are emerging.
Yeah exactly, they should try no till, they already have all the equipment, and it will only reduce time in the field.
No till is only a part of harwesting carbon you need to use cover crops besids it
@@rodeynsrene1007 you do realize that everything he does is no-til right... except that little bit of grass he disking. It’s so dry and windy it’d be stupid to try and work it, just to have it blow away.
@@Adam-bw4lw yes exactly
@@crandonborthhis soil is still bare and prone to erosion (except this grass field), you always want a cover
There is so such thing as mistakes, only test plots
We can believe you can actually grow a crop seeding in conditions like that our soils in Ontario would not allow that
When will you harvest the canola?
There is one question. That hole item you have. What is the cost
I was wondering do you think you’ll put any tile in that area up north where you’re at now to help control that water so you can farm more of that land or just get used to going around it??
Key word is wet!!
Chew, chew, your on the mud train.
looks like you got lots of spray water
Where does all that water come from, is there a creek or a spring that's feeding it
Why don't you put less weight in your buggy so you can pull it easier but you would have to fill it more often when that be a wise thing to do so you don't get stuck
The dirt is just extra weight on the tractor
Will you tile some of the ground up North?
the north is way better than the south, no drought and way more beautiful to live
throw some fish in old lake Mitchell there lol
so Mike question! what's the deepest you have ever seeded? and witch crop goes the deepest?
The bigger the seed, the deeper the seed goes into the soil.... "that's what she said" 😉
Yeah we broadcast everything and hit it with a packer at about 30degree angle
Why canola so late ???
It's been to wet to seed any earlier
its getting stupid, here in southeastern sask, we have been getting 8/10ths of rain every two days
I wonder if it's true that you are the most northern farmer with "Beach front property" ? Lol
I wonder if there is even a need to spray and burn the grass down. Maybe not.
No Till, Best Till?
I thought looks like buttercups
Mike you are better buying a turf cutting machine this year 🌈 sell grass
How come one wheel is bigger than other on front of the drill mike ?
The wide angle camera lens makes the wheel on the right edge of the frame appear wider than the wheel in the center of the frame
@@dfo67 ah that would do it
You might need to seed rice!,,
crazy how much water is in the field
Rule of thumb: 1” of rain = 27,000 Gal/acre. Mike said he’s had over 7” of rain so do the math PER ACRE.
Can someone tell me if Mike uses his crops to feed cows or if sells it for flour and/or oil production?
Sells all of it on both farms.
Probably all goes straight to the port of Vancouver.
Depends what grade it goes for
@@EFCasual A lot of canola is processed in Western Canada. More plants being built and planned right now. Barley and oats get used or fed in the West or Ontario. Wheat from the North farm likely goes to thunder Bay for export. For many years it went to Churchill- (pretty sure that rail line won't carry heavy loads in this wet year)
Just think if that cart had a drive system to help move it. I'll bet soon to come
Why is the right tyre on the drill wider than the left one? :)
Or is it just the angle??
Edit: Dang it, I messed up left and right...
I have seen that too, it changes with the camera angle. There was one spot in this video when suddenly the opposite center tire looked bigger.
In regard of all the work you put into these fields they have to be practically for free in order to make some profit. All those wet spots make it incredibly inefficient.
One lonely farmer “. Is planting in grass