Battling Weeds! Inside View of Herbicide Application

[@tommarks7971]

I just wanted to let all of your commenters know that we have updated the Rapala. We tied on s new 5s and caught a bluegill on the second cast. Thanks for the comments.

[@GrampysTractor]

Get yourself a cheep Fly rod and you will catch a bunch of bluegills for dinner

[@MartysDamnRelaxingSounds]

Oh man blue gill on a fly rod, now that's a fun evening! :)

[@indianarowcrop8313]

Tom you need a youtube channel and so does your Dad

[@tommarks7971]

Indiana Row Crop Ha. I hadn't really thought of that but maybe we have the next best thing. Call 1 800 Tractor Time with Tim.

[@justinuriahphoto]

This is the first channel I’ve found that actually has some teaching involved with farming. Very good! I’m learning something new all the time on this channel.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Justin.

[@Chadfarmingandcranes]

Hey Tim, I really like your channel, been watching for a while now. I'm a lifetime believer in John Deere equipment. I was raised helping my grandparents and uncle on their Farm and then I started working on farms when I was in high school. I actually worked for a co-op doing custom spraying with the exact same machine as Tom's Deere sprayer. Because we were custom spraying for farmers we covered a lot of acres, I would spray an average of 17000 Acres a year. They are a great machine and I love getting paid to run them. Tom is correct your right hand never stops moving and there is a lot to pay attention to. I hope you do more videos with your brother on the farm, always enjoyable.

[@georgedpost]

Learning about farming is cool. Seeing brothers who are friends spending time together is even better.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks George. Christy says our videos are hard to edit because we are too relaxed and enjoying each other’s company too much to concisely describe what is going on :-) We do enjoy being together.

[@Naviss]

Really cool to see what farmers put together to fill their sprayers on site. The moving van trailer looks like it works well with the side door on it. Thanks for bringing us along Tim!

[@davidvincent3010]

Times have changed since I was involved in spraying. Clearly a video showing that a farmer has to be knowledgeable in many things. Great information !

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks David.

[@briangilbert8094]

David Vincent c

[@mikedickson2925]

Thanks to you and Tom and the rest of your family for showing how a real farmer works!!!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for watching, Mike.

[@ronmack1767]

That was very interesting Tim. What a neat chemical and water trailer. Thanks to Tom for his time. Y'all take care and God bless.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Ron! Been missing your comments recently!

[@lodprice2343]

Man, that herbicide application takes some comparative analysis from one season to the next! Had it not been for your video, I would have never guessed. Being a farmer is really involved - probably more than the average person such as myself realizes. A farmer has to wear a lot of different hats: mechanic, chemist, engineer, and etc. Keeping the fishing rod in the trailer and fishing were a bonus.

[@stevebradley678]

Like I said before in other videos, thank god for the farmers and what they have to go through. You don't realize the expense it takes until you watch and see the process. Thanks Tim and Tom for sharing

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Steve. We Thank God for the bountiful blessings he has shown our country. We have plenty of food. So much so that we can choose what we want to eat each meal.

[@stevebradley678]

Tractor Time with Tim "Amen Brother "

[@brianbarnes350]

Thanks to you and your family for another high quality, informative video.

[@sixosixo]

Fascinating info. Really enjoying hearing Tom.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Geoff.

[@bobbypool923]

So enjoy watching you with your family on the family farm. Don't get me wrong enjoy watching you with your wife and daughter too. God and family what else is there.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Bobby.

[@jacksonhunterandfarmer2673]

Really enjoying the farming videos keep. Bringing them to us thanks Tim

[@aletoledo1]

Jackson hunter and farmer 26 i agree, just hanging out doing everyday stuff is nice

[@keithbrettell2058]

I love how your WHOLE family gets involved with your videos.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Keith

[@ritterjon]

This was a great vid Tim. Thanks for showing us the farm. Always something interesting going on. Hope your dad is well. Happy belated Father’s Day. God bless.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for watching, Jon. Hope that BX is doing well for you. I haven’t had time to stop by your channel for a few weeks.

[@tomoaktree4951]

Hi Tim, Thanks for the great video on the Herbicide Application! I've spent a number of hours sitting on the "field desk" in an older 8000 series tractor before buddy seats were installed.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yea. Not so comfy! Thanks for watching!

[@slamsshenanigans2296]

It's amazing how high tech farming has gotten!

[@andrasjja1]

I used to build these sprayers in Thibodaux Louisiana! I built the cab, the tank, and the booms!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Interesting. Glad to hear they are made in USA!

[@johanbos160]

Nice video tim and learn a lot about spraying the corn ,and fishing 👍👍

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I suspect you should ignore everything you learned about fishing from this video!!!! :-)

[@johanbos160]

Tractor Time with Tim 😂😂👍

[@jonathanguess4052]

I am so glad you do this kind of videos i enjoy them you. Help me larned how to do it and it make me enjoy the food batter. I see the hard work you put in it

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for the comment, Jonathan.

[@justinuriahphoto]

I’ll never look at an ear of corn the same way next time I pick one up at the grocery store. So much work for the little thing. But boy are they good on the grill!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Justin, the corn grown on these midwestern farms is grown to maturity. It is not harvested while the kernels are 'soft'. Rather, it is harvested when the kernels are hard. This corn is ground, and used for corn chips, corn tortilla's, and animal feed. The corn you are thinking of is usually referred to as "sweet corn", harvested while green. Mmm. Good stuff.

[@finbarroconnell9368]

Thank you for a absolute brilliant videos. Very interesting. From cork. Ireland

[@GrampysTractor]

Great video Tim. Life on t e farm continues. I love the mobile office, an old moving van works perfect for the chemicals.

[@perryspradlin6779]

Thank youTim and tom for showing sprayingthe right way and what goes in to it . Back in the 80s i used AllisChalmers W D and 200 gallon pull type sprayer took several trips to spray 150 acers I enjoyed it though thanks for the video hope your DADis doing well .

[@incubatork]

For the small amount we plant we still use organic material, animal poo and very little else, cover crops like a small turnip, oats is cut and tilled in, manure spread then ploughed and tilled again, then after a few weeks plant potatoes, sweetcorn, normal corn and a small plot for lettuce, onions, garlic and carrots. Probably an acre all in, the rest of our land is half tree plantation, meadow to use as rotation and whatever else grows for our bees. So much for retirement.

[@scottmarteeny0441]

Y is it our uncles are always good sources of information and good teachers

[@smitty9120]

I have clocked alot of acres and hours in john deere 4830 my favorite was running the fat tires on early stage of post emergence beans and corn

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I think Tom runs duals pre-plant.

[@jacksonhunterandfarmer2673]

Great vid Tim

[@timkd5vmv583]

Great video!! I love the farm stuff. Reminds me of growing up.

[@ngnmech]

I remember the lasso and lorox days myself. Walked a many rows lining the tractor pulled sprayer up for the next pass.

[@jonathanguess4052]

I love it when u spin time with your dad on here

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Jonathan, this one was with my brother Tom.

[@nezrom9864]

Thanks for making this video. Very interesting.

[@124bucket]

how much corn do you run over with the tires?does it hurt it?

[@gdotone1]

this is amazing. way better than computer programing.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

yep!

[@0039281]

Tim, another highly informative video from you! Thx enjoyed that.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks!

[@williegardner9290]

Tom reminds me of the guy I farmed with back in the day, all around great guy. Spraying was not my favorite thing to do, peanuts required much spraying and some of it used up to five different chemicals per tank to stop fungus and certain rots.

[@revd6239]

its amazing.... it's like taking care of your turf but on a much better scale... I would love to have a sit down and just ask questions about the whole farming process. It's amazing to me. #thanksforsharing

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for watching. This is only one aspect of the farming process. Many others are equally challenging and interesting. Check out our other farming episodes.

[@revd6239]

@@TractorTimewithTim .....oh yeah...I'm making my way through all of them.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Welcome! Love having you join us!

[@shawnboss5542]

Thanks for sharing ! Very interesting

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Shawn.

[@peterkober6758]

Tim its fun to learn what it takes to grow things like corn thought it was hard for me to mix 2 4D in my 25 gallon sprayer for killing weeds in the lawn God Bless PaK

[@oklahomachris6298]

Ra Paul uh lol. When you drive over the corn do you not break the stalk with the sprayer?

[@davidharris6581]

One of the best setups I ever saw. I'm curious how he Winterizes that rig. Even in Texas we have heck with pumps and chemicals freezing even in the barn.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Not sure exactly.

[@bigtom3422]

Hey Tractor Tim in your indevers of looking at other Tractors, Did you look at the Tractor's that Rural King sells

[@TractorTimewithTim]

We’ll leave the RK tractors to Outdoors with the Morgan’s.

[@bigtom3422]

LOL,, So I take it you didn't care for them

[@HankinsExcavating]

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!! I do this for a living and what you did here was very tasteful!!!!! Society is very misinformed or lack of such all together. Thanks again

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Ryan. We are trying to give an accurate view of what is going on. I'm glad that you found it positive.

[@indianahoosier7113]

I agree with what you said about water hemp. Stuff is getting hard to kill...

[@houndsmanone4563]

Thanks Tim.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for watching, Hound!

[@karl9997]

Great video!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Karl.

[@drewwilke1733]

Tom is a natural on camera

[@rayeddy528]

God bless you all !!!!!! Eddy

[@TractorTimewithTim]

God Bless you, Ray.

[@JunkyardTailgate]

Nice rig. We didn’t have anything like that behind the 4020!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I think the family still has the old pull-type sprayer we used when I was a kid. Not sure exactly where it is, but they still have it.

[@benjaminstockton3508]

Good video tim that was a weird looking tractor sprayer but it does the job thanks for video's

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Purpose built. Did you notice the air ride suspension?

[@benjaminstockton3508]

Yes i did and has a lot thinner tires and the automatic steps pretty cool

[@karljacobson1575]

That's interesting using pond water!! I spray here in Kansas, but get water from Irrigation well or go to local fire station!! I run a 4830 JD with 120 ft. Booms !!! Are you all having problems with resistant water hemp and palmer amaranth there? It's bad here.....

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Water hemp is awful. Tom says Palmer is not much of an issue in that particular area. Tom says “Roundup is basiclly just a grass killer now for us”

[@karljacobson1575]

Tractor Time with Tim yes, same here in north central Kansas. I use Status in corn and Dicamba in beans plus a pre to try and control weeds. It is costly as u well know!!!

[@mikehornsby599]

Good stuff enjoyed that!!!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks mike!

[@agger838]

Is he able to get the truck down by the pond during a wet year?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Yes. When spraying season is going. It must be dry enough for the sprayer to get over the ground. By then, this road will be fine.

[@agger838]

Cool that was my only worry. Looks like a nice setup. We run a van trailer too, but use well water to fill onsite tanks while sprayer is running. Need to install an "enuf" gauge like yall got in ours. Lol

[@treemonkey_ma1718]

I used the Rapala CD-3 and CD-5! My goto's for the best luck was with the FireMinnow and Yellow Perch. After my first trip with the Yellow Perch, everyone in the boat went out and bought at least 1! Keep up the good work

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Simple lure, but it works VERY consistently. ....that is if your hooks aren't so rusty that they don't work!!

[@nogeek43]

Very informative. I had no idea all that went into spraying for weeds. I thought everyone just used Roundup!

[@geraldhaury4199]

I didn't expect to enjoy this video as chemicals scare me. Nice surprise though. Also, even though I hardly ever get to fish anymore, the Rapala lure is my "go to" bait. Thanks again!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Gerald, that means a LOT. Thanks for your feedback!

[@jamiebarker3049]

Hey Tim I like the family farm videos. I was wanting to know what chemical ur brother Tom would recommend for killing water hemp in soybeans

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I think I heard Tom say that their only choice right now is dicamba.

[@jamiebarker3049]

Thanks for the reply. I will check on that with my supplier

[@JeffStewart78..]

I love Honey BBQ Twists they are made from corn you just keep on doing what you are doing.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Good thinking, Jeff! Thanks for watching.

[@strickdog]

Thanks for such a great channel. Seeing you with your dad and brother makes it even more special. Your channel is one of the reasons I got my 1025R I was wondering as someone else asked earlier if running over the corn stalks does much damage. Looks like you guys are going across the rows at times? or optical illusion?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Going 'cross-rows' is usually done for bordering the ditches. I doubt that going 'cross-row' really decreases yield much at all, since it is only 1-2 stalks per row per tire track. We DO lose yield when you run over a row when driving parallel with the row....so, say 100 ft length of smashed down corn. ..that is not good. When the corn is smaller, it can recover. When it gets up to 12" or so, it likely will not recover if smashed totally flat. Not sure if you caught the prior video on nitrogen application. It looks even worse. Dual wheeled tractor, and nitrogen wagon following.

[@strickdog]

Thanks for the reply. I'll be sure to check out the other video. I live in Brentwood Ca where they grow lots of sweet corn.... thus my wondering.

[@KiotiCS]

Great video Tim you guys sure have a nice set up I would not want Tom's job i wouldn't be able to even mix the chemical and I would more than likely take out more trees and telephone poles than getting the chemical sprayed on the field my buddy still has his sprayed by the Chemical People he just does not want to get into all the work that goes into it he has enough doing the anhydrous but Tom made it look easy and tell Tom he just wasn't holding his tongue right for the fish to bite hope you guys have a safe and great week and a nice upcoming weekend take care and God bless ! Kioti Curt 😉👍🚜

[@Jonathan-tr9tx]

cover crops are a whole lot simpler to use and manage

[@TractorTimewithTim]

The family farms use cover crops. Not sure how cover crops are a substitute for weed killer chemicals. Oh well.

[@Jonathan-tr9tx]

if you crimp the cover crops down to terminate them, they become a thick mulch that no weeds grow through. then you plant directly into the mulch. Look up Gabe Brown, he is the go to guy for this.

[@hunterfrohning3612]

Where do you film most of your videos. I work for Effingham Equity so it’s nice to see Equity hats haha

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Ask Aaron (at the Equity) He will tell you all about it :-)

[@nashguy207]

Thanks for taking us with you I love Tom hes a great and funny guy. Tell him just to sharpen the hooks on his rapala a lot of people don't realize you can sharpen and even replace the treble hooks on those kind of baits. I understand all about the herbicides we actually use a lot of the same products in turf and agriculture its funny they can be the exact same product but a totally different label and name for turf and then another one for agriculture. Does Tom work on the farm full time or does he have another job as well. Have a great day. God Bless!!!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for your kind words. We need to convince Tom to start commenting here :-)

[@nashguy207]

Here here I agree!!!

[@georgedpost]

Tractor Time with Tim Well, he did post about getting a new fishing lure... but we need more stories about boys getting into trouble on the farm.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Uh oh!

[@nashguy207]

I agree more stories!!!

[@michigantler5046]

thanks

[@daviemccallum7759]

How do you treat for grub or do you not get grub.

[@karljacobson1575]

What are those extra screens for? I have a. 4830 only run 1 screen for all functions. Just curious??

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I won’t know the answer to that. Which screens do you mean?

[@karljacobson1575]

Tractor Time with Tim the ones other than the 2630 screen. That's only one I run in my 4830!! Just curious, may be missing out on something!! Appreciate you responding to my questions. A lot of you tubers won't even respond or answer my questions, so thanks so much!!! 😊😊👍👍👍

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Oh, you mean the video monitors. For some reason I was thinking filters for water :-) I think their autosteer guidance is another brand, not Deere. Not sure.

[@karljacobson1575]

Tractor Time with Tim I see, ya a lot to keep track of!! Thanks for the info. ....

[@mi2tn]

I like that 4720. A SCUS (sub-compact utility sprayer) might be the way to go for people that have large gardens, 5 acres or more. Have a lot more ground clearance that way. :-) I can see it being useful on a 5 or more acre field of potatoes. Usually the potato bugs don't come out till the plant is to big to use a SCUT to spray.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Good plan, Levi. You can design one of those and make yourself rich!

[@mi2tn]

Yah right! :)

[@mackbullock1210]

So do you guys plant all corn one year and all soybeans the next? Or rotation of corn and soybeans

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Approximately half and half each year. Each field is on a two year rotation. For example, Christy and I have two fields. One in corn, the other in soybeans.

[@indianarowcrop8313]

are those 20 inch rows???

[@TractorTimewithTim]

30

[@indianarowcrop8313]

ok thats what i thought but they looked smaller from in the sprayer

[@AirplaneDoctor_]

Question for you Tim, do you spray your personal RR sweet corn on the same growth schedule as field corn? Up here we stop spraying field corn once it hits the 7 leaf stage and I can’t get any definitive answers locally since there isn’t any RR sweet corn being grown.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I usually spray it later. Honestly, not worried about RR at all.

[@fredkaminski6138]

What do you suggest for weed control in sweet corn? Atrazine?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Post emergence non-GMO sweet corn doesn't leave you many choices. 2,4-D is likely your best choice. It will kill broadleaf weeds (just like it does in your yard). It will not kill grasses. Make sense?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

If applying Pre-emergence, yes, Atrazine is great.

[@zfilmmaker]

This puts my Hardi Ranger 2200 to shame! That’s one serious sprayer.

[@parkerrandig7933]

Looks like y'alls corn is spotty

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Very good stand. Not sure if the video shows it, but they have a very good stand.

[@jakeschisler7525]

Rap a la interesting video Tim!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks Jake. After all these years, I don't think I can say it any other way.

[@jakeschisler7525]

There are way too many lures out there.

[@scottmarteeny0441]

I like tom good man

[@jasoncrocker9332]

Wow that’s quit the setup We had different names on all the fields too used to call one hay field the round garden lol

[@haroldbevins393]

I never realized how expensive farming is.. How do you make any profit with all the cost of doing business?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

In a sense, you DON'T make any profit. In economic terms, farming is "perfect competition". If you haven't studied this concept, it is worthwhile. The definition I found is this: the situation prevailing in a market in which buyers and sellers are so numerous and well informed that all elements of monopoly are absent and the market price of a commodity is beyond the control of individual buyers and sellers. The only way to make a profit is to somehow have an advantage over the competitive producers. For example, better soil, or less expenses on labor, or less expenses on equipment, etc. Usually the main profit is due to the huge amount of capital required to operate the farm. If you have enough capital to operate without a huge debt load, you'll be 5-7% better off than someone who uses 100% debt to put out the crop. So, save, save, save, and payoff debt so that you don't spend a ton on interest. Tim

[@mcinkyt]

My fathers generation drove tractors without cabs and used grain augers with rusted out mufflers - they were all deaf. They died of cancer from handling DDT and 2-4-D without gloves. An automotive engineer is making me think now that Diesel Particulate may be the Bad Guy. We had a field along the river called Little Italy, for a good reason

[@hansknutson2327]

Everything is the bad guy Now From asbestos. To zinc phosphide

[@SemiReTired]

God, Family, Farmers, Country

[@burningdinosaurs]

You sure got the title right! Wish there were better ways, but unfortunately, feeding the world is sometimes a costly undertaking - by many measures. I'm glad you're showing what farming really looks like vs how it's portrayed by some. Thanks for the stories and video!

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Thanks for watching, and for your thoughtful comment.

[@richardm1631]

That a lot of things to know about the mixture that make my rest of my hair fallout he he 😀😀or turn white

[@MartysDamnRelaxingSounds]

Well when you gotta fish bite ya gotta set the hook guys lol

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Kinda difficult when the hooks have no barbs left!

[@MartysDamnRelaxingSounds]

hahaha

[@joelhenderson5526]

Tim is this your brother and do you farm to?

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Welcome to our channel. Yes, that is my brother Tom. Check out some more of our videos, and tractortimewithtim.com for more info. You’ll soon know us well.

[@dcrosco1458]

The soil should be a dark color for good soil, not a light brown color

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Uh, ok. What are you saying? it is true that the family farm is situated in a location where there are very light poorly drained soils. Some of the worst soils in the midwest, I would think. Oh well. We deal with what God gave us.

[@jonathanguess4052]

Why dose he go over side ways

[@TractorTimewithTim]

To go 'parallel to the ditches.

[@waynekirk9942]

Great content. Thanks for the information. Sorry to say that the audio was so poor that I had to give up part way through.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Sorry about that. We have invested a huge amount of money since then to improve our audio. We think we have it figured out now.

[@wyett0172]

That's a lot of chemicals that go into spraying plants

[@kennethmarlow2731]

I’m so jealous

[@sick069]

*tasty*

[@Sam-nl6fr]

Tom has got it down to a fine art. Does he get lonely spending so much time alone while working? Good job for loners

[@TractorTimewithTim]

I don't really think there is as much time alone as it might seem. Remember the "anhydrous ammonia" video from last week? That was shot the same day. My dad (Ray) and Randall were applying the nitrogen while Tom was spraying. I just jumped back and forth between them to shoot the two videos.

[@petenolte4192]

Yup a necessary evil but needs to be done. I worked at a fertilizer plant and the money that went through that place was incredible. I see the prices haven't gone down any LOL

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Right. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@shawndinterman2219]

Subscriber # 60866 reporting for duty lol

[@TractorTimewithTim]

Welcome Shawn! Thanks for joining us!

[@frankjones5283]

$40 k for chemicals ? You could buy a nice tractor for that much Tim... I know the need for chemicals . I started an Orchard 5 yrs ago and hoped to go organic until I discovered that a multitude of bugs and critters want the fruit more than I do.... Getting good produce or vegetables is like warfare.

[@TractorTimewithTim]

That was not ALL of the chemicals for the season. Just one pallet.

[@MattMorris481]

I want to know the story of the fishing pole hanging up in the trailer. I guess I shouldn’t watch till the end.

[@1984shadow]

Wearing a mask inside the trailer and while mixing chemicals would be prudent for long-term health.

[@jeffreycurrie3410]

Fishing is the only thing that I’m worse at then playing baseball. I’m two feet beyond worthless

[@MrRedTim]

no mask but im full feed