The daylight conditions at the 23:00 minute mark are one of my favorite times of the day.
@alexanderphillips12133 жыл бұрын
Yes absolutely beautiful time of day!
@gavinperry72373 жыл бұрын
I can now appreciate why you indicated you would like two separate systems on the sprayer trailer when you do an upgrade to better serve multiple sprayers
@frankkirby57633 жыл бұрын
This is really nice to watch. You are on very smart man. Thank you for showing how you help to feed the world. Love your humor and attitude. So cool.
@stuarthansen49233 жыл бұрын
Greeting from Australian Mike this is where you need the double pump system on the dash you were talking about love your videos
@barneyshort82273 жыл бұрын
1300 acres per hour is impressive.
@alexanderphillips12133 жыл бұрын
Your guys operation is so cool. Look forward to sharing it with us everyday when I get done spraying myself. Thanks
@arctic66farmer393 жыл бұрын
The affects of a powernap is underestimated. They rock…😴😴😴
@norcalray71823 жыл бұрын
Great video give us some more like this.
@aidanbrennan73893 жыл бұрын
I do enjoy a few zzzzz in the afternoon...Greetings from Dundalk Ireland 🇮🇪.....
@donfrisch64373 жыл бұрын
I see now that the new deere sprayers have lights across the whole boom that would be kind of nice
@danielclark80363 жыл бұрын
Led light kits are available to fit most manufacturers these days
@lincolnneilson83463 жыл бұрын
hi loving the vids you are amazing
@Nevis.Supermoto3 жыл бұрын
Mike sounds like a weatherman in the beginning of the video 😂
@kopenhagenkid3 жыл бұрын
Great video Mike good luck spraying your lentils
@francescoviale46833 жыл бұрын
Hello Mike 😅😴👍🇮🇹
@Paddington603 жыл бұрын
I think if you had a spike, you could puncture the bottom of the jugs once the foil top has been punctured, to let air in and the contents out much faster. Spike on a length of cord of course so it could not become loaded into the sprayer.
@williamuskoski13853 жыл бұрын
I was gonna say the same thing
@richardschipper59893 жыл бұрын
No, just turn on the rinse as soon as the foil is pierce, the water flowing in will prevent the air lock
@tallpat623 жыл бұрын
Great videos Mike
@ernestrollins3833 жыл бұрын
You need to keep that railing to hang your pants from in case of a spill. 😉😂
@ATLS_gaming3 жыл бұрын
If I were you I would want two systems on the sprayer trailer as well!
@powerminescrypto3 жыл бұрын
When will you start using the air tractor spray plane and can you do an equipment tour including the planes
@jnunya59403 жыл бұрын
Feel like we haven't seen frankels in a while🤔
@Slide89183 жыл бұрын
Lol I'm just like your wife in the nap department. But I never need them, and if I do take one I wake up more tired then before and I'm almost always in a horrible mood. At 31 almost 32 give me 3 to 4 hours of sleep and I'm up and gone. Especially if there's something I have have do
@spideybrent3 жыл бұрын
Hello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming.
@kenhofer80633 жыл бұрын
He knows where yorkton is
@davezalinko13543 жыл бұрын
Mornings are the best part of the day! Anyone who isn’t up before 6-7 may as well just stay in bed. 😂
@recklessbehaviour013 жыл бұрын
Morning
@JC-vu3gf3 жыл бұрын
Mike, When filling the sprayer, does it have a auto shut off so you don't over fill the spray tank?
@mikeznel60483 жыл бұрын
Ha. I got a Fendt commercial that had Luke Bryan in it lol.
@julianbullert5593 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike Will you be trying out a horsch leeb sprayer
@leokanalas84163 жыл бұрын
i love your videos
@ScottMiller-rx2wc3 жыл бұрын
Sure was a beautiful sun rise 🌞
@ranti-socialautocropper98903 жыл бұрын
What are you spraying?
@tallpaul703 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be more efficient and lower cost to have the chemical in totes instead of jugs?
@chrispayne10293 жыл бұрын
Great Video 👍
@leifwellenstein22513 жыл бұрын
Love the video
@davezalinko13543 жыл бұрын
How did your lentils fair in this drought? Any difference between the reds and large greens?
@cilliangalvin86463 жыл бұрын
I dont think they planted any green lentils this year.
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
Why don't you guys have a water boy getting the loads ready so the sprayer can get back spraying faster.
@robo12103 жыл бұрын
He added the chemical while the sprayer was filling. Having somebody there really isn’t goin to speed anything up. And another guy on the payroll.
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
@@robo1210 true but they could still fill faster because water can load faster if they aren't going slow while they are filling chemical. Also I think they have extra guys so it wouldn't be more people on the pay roll.
@gijsvermuntagrifotografie3 жыл бұрын
@@max-jc4wq i think every of their guy is working.. and that minute extra would in no way be payed out
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
@@gijsvermuntagrifotografie Maybe but they have 5 sprayers and there is 9 of them but they also may be hauling water.
@chrissands53993 жыл бұрын
Sweet
@alexmikhael50613 жыл бұрын
would turning the RINSE water on when you first stab the bottle kinda FORCE the muk out faster?>?? is it bottles in or ''fill to line'' kinda misxxsing you doin?? or would turning the water on that soon just ''waste water'' ie, it don't help as much with the RINSE cycle and no noticible time difference in EMPTY BOTTLE time... wow... that was proollyt MIKESPEEK cuz it didn't eeven sound rite to ME!@ LOL HAHAHAHA good morning all!!
@paulhardy75613 жыл бұрын
Hi, have you ever tried a hagie sts12 sprayer? Also it be wicked if you tried a Bateman rb55 as they would suit your fields brilliantly.
@andrewsaunders82523 жыл бұрын
Mike how about small hydraulic compactor / baler for the empty containers , cardboard and plastic could be done separate?
@scottshoemaker54713 жыл бұрын
Careful with the 24d that's what my grandfather's oncologist says his cancer probably came from! Carry on Sir you're doing a hell of a job!
@madicatgeniveve2 жыл бұрын
Its actually 2-4D not 24d…
@madicatgeniveve2 жыл бұрын
And hes using glyphosate not 2-4D if you watched his other videos
@paul35963 жыл бұрын
Would it hurt the crops if you run 1 Line twice by mistake?
@ATLS_gaming3 жыл бұрын
Iirc it depends on what your spraying
@NilsExploringAmerica3 жыл бұрын
You might stunt your crops by doing that depending on chemical and rate.
@jb17653 жыл бұрын
I think the computer will prevent that mistake by shutting the pumps off. It will recognize it as a recorded line and the pump will disable itself.
@NilsExploringAmerica3 жыл бұрын
I think he was referring to overlap from two or more sprayers, if they dont share coverage it will be sprayed twice.
@danielsizer22223 жыл бұрын
So glad I’ve only got one sprayer and only use it 2 hours a week 🤣🤣🤣
@rubenvos84093 жыл бұрын
Are all the sprayers from you? Nice video!
@rothbrothersfarmsroth46303 жыл бұрын
Mike what kind of GPS correction signal are you running on the sprayers? WAAS? RTK?
@chadd23053 жыл бұрын
We've seen alot of your case sprayers but nothing on the deer. Any updates on that.
@delbutler8853 жыл бұрын
It belongs to his non KZbin brother. Probably not going to see much about it.
@SmudMusik3 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike do you spray by plane this year again ?
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
It’s to early to use the plane. They will probable use it when the crop is bigger
@MrZepep3 жыл бұрын
at least one time u use gloves for protection! keep up the good work!
@robo12103 жыл бұрын
Eh it’s herbicide. Ain’t gonna hurt ya.
@wallyyuriy89123 жыл бұрын
4pm. 4am. Toughest time to fight through for me
@gijsvermuntagrifotografie3 жыл бұрын
The last hour before sunrise hits hard
@damianjendra83163 жыл бұрын
Have you guys ever tried having like a poker to stab a hole in the bottom of the containers when they are inside to speed the emptying process By the way I love your work I’m from Australia so it’s great to see This stuff
@arlenstrauch3 жыл бұрын
Where do you get all the water?
@realredditstories4203 жыл бұрын
The ground, which is limited. That’s why there is tanks across the country that have water being hauled to them. Not everywhere in Canada has sufficient groudwater
@blueboat59173 жыл бұрын
Isn't it possible to buy the Assure in bulk so you don't have to handle so many jugs?
@GavinConwayWoodworkBBQ3 жыл бұрын
So Mike - at 22:55 you say that when you're all rocking out there you can do 1300 acres per hour.... at the beginning you said its a 1750 acre field so less than two hours to do it at 1000 - yes? So why you there for so long?
@realredditstories4203 жыл бұрын
1750-1000 is 750. 1000 acres an hour with 5 sprayers. Not all 5 sprayers need to be used on 750 acres so they probally sent a few home. Decreasing the efficiency
@GavinConwayWoodworkBBQ3 жыл бұрын
@@realredditstories420 But all 5 sprayers were there - thats what Mike said. In the video description too. I was averaging it to 1000 acres per hour as Mike said was a more likely average.
@verndale11753 жыл бұрын
Mike how many acres do you farm?
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
around 40 000. to 50 000 acres.
@robo12103 жыл бұрын
Around 80k
@verndale11753 жыл бұрын
@@max-jc4wq dang huge
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
@@verndale1175 Yep it is a pretty big farm
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
@@robo1210 Not that much.
@tstennes3 жыл бұрын
700 hectars? Just realized Mike is farming fields bigger than a standard Farming Simulator map 😅
@gijsvermuntagrifotografie3 жыл бұрын
He has 50k acres i think
@allenmoore41863 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike, it’s June whatever when this video was made…do you guys ever get to wear shorts 🩳 or get into your summer clothes. All you guys wear aid hoodies and jackets 🧥 come to South Georgia and defrost for a little while!! You guys need some warm weather!
@matthewsrle3143 жыл бұрын
It gets very warm in Saskatchewan in the summer. So far the the hottest has been 40°c
@wollat1003 жыл бұрын
so where is the crop duster this year
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
There is no use using the crops duster yet because the crops aren't big enough yet.
@chuckwilliams80153 жыл бұрын
👋😊👍
@francofourie29503 жыл бұрын
So mike I am really confused about hou you use the line sharing method so would you plz explain to me how that works because I really can't wrap my head around it
@gijsvermuntagrifotografie3 жыл бұрын
He goes in first, people after him see his tire lines and just follow it.
@harryearhart73513 жыл бұрын
Mike I'm from Michigan United States how many acres total do you guys farm
@Mr.Snow123 жыл бұрын
Around 40000 acres
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
Around 40 000 to 50 000
@MT8653 жыл бұрын
Always enjoy your content Mike. I understand that your land is not 100% flat but why wouldn’t say a 160ft boom spray better accommodate your operation. Less swaths, less wheel tracks, less end of row turns, higher productivity, get home sooner.
@alanellis91583 жыл бұрын
Must cost you a fortune in chemicals each year!
@alanellis91583 жыл бұрын
Wooww@Wayne Creek Land and Cattle Co.
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
Im guess around 3.5 million.
@danmorgan87453 жыл бұрын
How many acres in total do y'all farm
@braderwin9373 жыл бұрын
40,000
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
Around 40to50k acres
@smockfarmer3 жыл бұрын
Powernap is a bandaid, not a solution to lack of sleep.
@mikeznel60483 жыл бұрын
It's literally sleep... So yeah, it's definitely the solution to not sleep...
@smockfarmer3 жыл бұрын
@@mikeznel6048 it’s like a light version of sleep
@harrybartik66983 жыл бұрын
Mike how do you pay your workers with all these weird hours?
@jb17653 жыл бұрын
I think as long as it stays dry, they will always use the ground rigs.
@gijsvermuntagrifotografie3 жыл бұрын
Probably just hourly salary..
@tarawa68393 жыл бұрын
Mike why don't you remove the rock piles during the winter season? that way you will be able to pass without any problem.
@ernestrollins3833 жыл бұрын
Winter generally means frozen ground so you can’t dig the rocks out. 🤷♂️
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
They have removed 100s and there are still 1000s of rock piles out there.
@Matevz963 жыл бұрын
I am not sure if Mike said that or was some other KZbinr. Removing rock piles isn't a priority because usually, they have been there for generations. Turns out that oldtimers but rock piles over some huge rocks so when you remove the majority of rocks from a pile you find a huge rock that you can't move.
@richardschipper59893 жыл бұрын
@@max-jc4wq Correct, that and they have much more important things needing to be done, such as equipment maintenance
@starfarmer7163 жыл бұрын
the news says that the average wheat production in kanada its goin to be 39% down why is that?
@TheDrumminguy3 жыл бұрын
My guess would be heat/drought
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
I would guess the drought year and a lot of farmers and cutting wheat for cow food. Also did you Mean Canada.
@starfarmer7163 жыл бұрын
@@max-jc4wq yes Canada, my english its not very good and here in greece was not good year for durum wheat, the harvest done before a month and now are we waiting for a good price
@starfarmer7163 жыл бұрын
@@TheDrumminguy thank u my friend
@nebraskadirtmoving61083 жыл бұрын
Does anyone know what the average pay is for someone who works on a farm in Canada? Do they get paid overtime? Be interesting to compare it to America.
@hutterite13 жыл бұрын
Hey Mike....FYI; you do more for Saskatchewan than the rest of the whole Tourist Department. Just sayin'
@joshuapaulson91163 жыл бұрын
Please send prayers to Welker Farms. A huge amount of crop was lost due to hail damage.
@marcphelan98833 жыл бұрын
The welkers are always praying, didn't save their crop ,maybe a little less playing might help
@vytautas1343 жыл бұрын
fs19 in real life :D
@edwhite62503 жыл бұрын
👍
@Ironminer973 жыл бұрын
Instead of kicking the boxes around, how come you dont just break them down as you go and re palletize them? Im sure you can get a dicount if u send the boxes in. Ik a few companys that my company works with does this. Its easier for them instead of paying for all new cardboard, they can easily reuse them or recycle.
@fowletm19923 жыл бұрын
Might be good near the production plant But most people the cost transporting the boxes back out weights the cost of the box its self Amd most chemical company's don't what containers or boxes back because of the risk of cross contamination between products
@Ironminer973 жыл бұрын
@@fowletm1992 the company we use, is a chemical outfit. We save the boxes, they give us a discount to send those back. Not the jugs. Then they send them to there big supplyer. Then they send it back to the paper mill. Many companys work like that but people dont notice. We call it a dunage load
@MrTonyharrell3 жыл бұрын
I invented a device to startle a person that starts to fall asleep. You just put earpods in that are connected to your ipad or phone etc…Whenever your heads starts to tip down the system senses that and triggers a loud vicious Karen that screams at you. Now, you can preprogram what Karen screams based on your needs. Or, it could be someone screaming “FIRE” in your ear repeatedly. Whatever it takes to wake your ass up. 😂😂😂😎
@spannerworx71063 жыл бұрын
Saw something similar like 15 yrs ago. Sorry mate.
@bapstalbert4393 жыл бұрын
are you kidding us your videos are 1 month late !!!
@max-jc4wq3 жыл бұрын
They where 2 months behind 2 weeks ago.
@94chevyz713 жыл бұрын
So sign up for his Patreon then.
@mikeznel60483 жыл бұрын
Calm down... You'd be surprised how many channels are back logged. It so they have a cushion of videos to fall on. It's not really a big deal at all..
@ATLS_gaming3 жыл бұрын
I can't tell if you're joking or not but I hope you are. One thing to remember as Mike has said a few times "Farming comes before youtubing". So next time remember he has a job. Also, at least he is releasing some videos.
@bapstalbert4393 жыл бұрын
@@94chevyz71 je ne veut pas lui donner des dollars il en a assez !!
@philiphall48053 жыл бұрын
come on Mike , Jessica Brock has combine vids up
@mikemitchell25543 жыл бұрын
Haha we aren't combining yet, prb be a few weeks
@neilramseyer53483 жыл бұрын
Spraying 1k acre per hour ! Wow
@mikeznel60483 жыл бұрын
Between 4 or 5 sprayers.
@neilramseyer53483 жыл бұрын
@@mikeznel6048 yes still a lot. Where I'm at with small fields they would be lucky to get 1k acres with 5 sprayers in 6 hours
@thomasmills47263 жыл бұрын
4
@Shadoweee3 жыл бұрын
Actually wouldn't it be faster and cheaper to use planes to spray at this point?
@mikemitchell25543 жыл бұрын
Planes are very limited to wind and temperatures, also you can't spray at night
@Shadoweee3 жыл бұрын
@@mikemitchell2554 Gotcha
@paxnune63683 жыл бұрын
If he was an organic farmer...
@mikeznel60483 жыл бұрын
He wouldn't be making any money then. It's impossible to have that much land and be organic and still be profitable... Weed pressure is no joke. Why waste the money on seeds just to have the plants over taken by weeds? Too much land to cultivate and cultivating doesn't work well with the spacing on air drills.
@ATLS_gaming3 жыл бұрын
@@mikeznel6048 I agree that's a lot of work and money just for weeds to takeover your fields.
@50.harshwardhanshinde653 жыл бұрын
I Would Love to Donate but I am 16 yrs old
@stevenhorne50893 жыл бұрын
I'm finding myself fast forwarding through you videos to much lately. The gibberish is kind of wearing thin on me. And I can usually put up with a lot of gibberish.
@mikemitchell25543 жыл бұрын
Oh boy!... 😬 Perhaps it's because I pumped out so many videos.. I am trying to get back to 3 per week. But I will always maintain 2-3weeks back log - which is the window I need to have
@LSWSSoftware3 жыл бұрын
@@mikemitchell2554 No issues here.. i'm lovely the content.
@stevenhorne50893 жыл бұрын
@@mikemitchell2554 Sorry Mike. My friends around me have been told to put their foot down when my gibberish is just going to far. I'm getting better.