BIG Mistake with Potato Planting! Chisel Plowing a Grain Field for Extra Seed!

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Oops! We made a huge mistake when planting our potatoes and ended up with 6 ten-wheelers full of extra seed! Potato seed is way more expensive than grain seed, so we can't let it go to waste. In this video, we take you through the process of chisel plowing a grain field to make room for our surplus potato seed. Join us as we tackle this unexpected challenge and turn our planting blunder into a learning experience.
The silver lining? You all get another potato planting video because of our mistake!
Watch till the end to see how we make the best of this situation and share some tips to avoid similar mistakes. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more farming adventures!

[@tiptondavid]

You guys are smart AND flexible to use your unused seed potatoes without wasting your money!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks. You have to be able to adapt for sure.

[@jimpolk]

Great lessons here. It's all in the details and decisions are about economics usually. Good show.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching.

[@jimpolk]

@@RockyMountainFarmer what is your name?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

My name is Tehren.

[@anonymouscoward7559]

I am so impressed by modern farm equipment, that potato planter is nice to see in operation I grew up on a small farm a few decades ago. I recall spending around a week plowing 80 acres with a clapped out JD 720.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks for sharing. And thanks for watching.

[@TeamDonRacing]

Same here- oliver1750,1850's , JD 4620 was our big power.. 2 row Lockwood digger..

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We have to keep getting bigger and faster because there are fewer and fewer farmers each year

[@dougk5456]

I missed the explanation of how the extra potatoes came to be. Now I understand. Little differences in spacing does make a big difference.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well, we planted 1200 acres and we must’ve been off just a little bit in our spacing which made it so we didn’t use all of the seed we had planned on using on the acreage we planted so we had extra

[@zachashcraft6243]

I think I hear a mouse in your loader. 😂 great video as always!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@joelg8004]

Always impressed with that Lemken every time you use it.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It definitely does a good job

[@PNW_Hawk]

Great video!!! You have a knack for doing these and explaining things really well. Keep em' coming!!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks, will do! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@igorr5477]

I am from Europe. Used to work as a traktor driver for a big farm. Nice too see that in america farmers also use lemken. Its like an Mercedes Benz. When its working - there is nothing better, when its broken.... Well prepare your credit card😆👍 great content, i like it. Have a nice season👍

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you liked it. We do love our lemken equipment.

[@Artistic.paintings]

Good job and explanation very great thanks for all information I love potatoes and plating

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

[@dougk5456]

Really enjoy your videos and in depth explanation of the operation!! It's scary to think of what the general public takes for granted!!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks for watching! I’m glad you enjoyed the video. It really does take a lot of work to grow a potato.

[@pilsplease7561]

@@RockyMountainFarmer Even growing potatoes in my small garden here at the house is difficult. Have to worry about proper depth, worry about hilling, worry about pest pressure. I planted some Yukon Gold, Huckleberry Gold and French Fingerling potatoes this year.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yes potatoes are hard no matter how you do it

[@lindanelson8400]

I really enjoy the potato 🥔 planting videos. I follow several farming families all across America, and you are the only potato farmers, so it's a real treat to see the equipment, watch it operating, and your explanation of how things work makes it all the better. 🚜❤️🇺🇸🚜🤍🇺🇸🚜💙🇺🇸

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Wow, thank you! I’m really glad you are enjoying the videos.

[@TeamDonRacing]

Good Job, I worked for a potato grower years ago ( 4 row planter and 2 row lockwood digger) and I enjoy learning about the new, much bigger equipment. A JD 4620 was our big power when it was new... THANKS !

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

That is awesome! I’m glad you like the videos.

[@mENTALdRIFTER]

oh boy, I feel you on that "middle of a field in a thunderstorm" anxiety. Where we moved to down here in the south we luckily have one of those 500 meter tall radio towers with a lightning rod on the top just about half a mile from our acres, so we dont have to worry about lightning strikes here all that much, but yikes. I remember.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah, I can get a little crazy around here during thunderstorms. We had a thunderstorm hit one of our pumps once and just Fried it.

[@OscarVaughn]

New subscriber here. Thank you for your channel. Not alot of people know where there food comes from. I've seen a potato farm before but never seen the process, your very good at explaining everything I'm glad I found this channel

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel. I’m glad I can show people how potatoes are grown.

[@Baileeeeey]

Cool camera angle at 12:16, can really see how it all works :D

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad it worked. I’m glad you liked it

[@csil2863]

What is the planting widow to maximize yield? Do you rotate crops? What are your rotation crops? What is your rotation cycle? Thanks for the videos.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Ideally we have the potatoes in the ground by may 5th. We rotate with grain and hay. We leave the hay in for 3 years and the potatoes and grain rotate each year. Glad you’re enjoying the videos.

[@EdOsdale]

you need to edit out the LOUD blower noise if you can. Wow its annoying. Keep up the great work . Hope you beat the states water issues......

[@garypm1949]

I know very little about farming so I am interested in everything you have to do to work your farm including fixing your machinery

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well keep watching and hopefully you will learn a-lot. Thanks for watching.

[@Arham7cheema]

What a surprising video I became very happy to see potato planting don't worry about the grain hope that these potatoes will give you good profit anyhow you don't use the rotary tiller I never saw using rotary tiller

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you liked the video. We don’t use a tiller, just a chisel plow.

[@Greenroad2020]

I think you guys need a nice spudnik crop cart to fill those planters up will make it quick work!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

That would be nice if they were affordable

[@scott_small]

Not sure if relevant, but #5 on one of your planters was dropping fewer than the others in prior video, seems like might be enough to account for some of that difference as well.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We might have to look into that

[@hootnanny6144]

I'm glad I don't have to figure all that out , it would be what some people call "Bad Shape".

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It is quite difficult

[@danielpruitt2804]

Hey great video!!! I’m just curious do you guys spray anything for weeds after the potatoes have already emerged ? I live in North Carolina and I planted 10 acres this year to sale to the local community.. it’s been really wet here and weeds are my enemy now lol any suggestions ? Thanks

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We spray right after we get done dammer diking before the potatoes emerge and that pretty well takes care of the weeds all year. I’m not sure what it’s called we pay a guy to spray it. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

[@copoaffl]

La plantadora de papa fue lo único que no maneje, de ahí en adelante, me toco hacer casi todo, desde la semilla, plantar, cosechar, almacenar tengo un video corto de cuando estábamos llenando la plantadora, con la papa y echándole fertilizante en grano y en mi Facebook, tengo unos videos terminando casi un circulo, muy buenos videos, me hacen recordar lo que hacia, lastima que acá donde estoy, de nada me sirve lo poco que aprendí cuando estaba en Hermiston, Oregon, aparte que no me creen lo que digo, ya que por cosas del destino llegue sin $$$, Saludos y buen día.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Sounds like you were a hard worker. I hope you enjoyed the video.

[@copoaffl]

Mi problema fue, que deje en mal a los encargados de diferentes áreas, ya que les enseñe como hacer algunas cosas donde ellos ya tenían años haciendo lo mismo, me salí por varias razones, aparte de que me saboteaban la Digger, ya que les estorbaba a unas personas que querían meter a su Familia y la única persona que me pudo haber ayudado y valoro lo que hacia, fue el hermano del dueño de la Planta donde trabajaba, pero para mi suerte, falleció 3 o 4 meses antes de que me saliera, larga Historia y gracias por los videos, bien dicen que recordar es vivir.

[@dougk5456]

WOW!!! That's a big miscalculation. How did that happen? How many acres do those seed potatoes equate to? At least the potatoes will like the organic material. May make a bumper crop.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We must have been off by half an inch on spacing. We planted 82 acres with the extra seed.

[@RobertRhoades-ot5qk]

As someone that has been hit by lightning when I was disking it’s not fun have to be really careful .

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Dang that definitely doesn’t sound like fun.

[@dylanhockaday9878]

What row spading do y’all plant on 38 in rows ?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Our rows are 36 inches

[@cellfire7907]

do potatoes not store until next year once cut for seed?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It’s not the cutting. It’s the fact that they start to grow even without soil. And we store them I. The cellar that we put potatoes in during harvest. After a potato is harvested it can only store for about a year max.

[@mattenglot2821]

We run the 2 4 row grimme belt planters

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

How do you like them

[@mattenglot2821]

@@RockyMountainFarmer we like them they pretty easy to run. With the spacing you get some doubles and depending on seed size

[@Thegrim326]

Sucks to see grain being worked under but unlike spuds grain seed doesn't rot away like spuds do so you have to plant the spuds regardless

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah, we did try to sell it but it’s hard to sell seed that has been cut so it was a better idea to just plant it

[@mENTALdRIFTER]

was it an over-order on the seed taters, or did it they stretch farther this year than other years? It sure is nice to be able to up the value of another field, but I'm also sure you're not loving that fuel bill from double working that one lol

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I don’t think it was an over order I think we just missed our spacing by half an inch or so, and had some left over.

[@mENTALdRIFTER]

@@RockyMountainFarmer I just got to yall talking about it. i never did learn to listen before I spoke lmao

[@farmahedvikaslatinky]

Ahoj. Já myslím, že odhadnout množství sadby je možné jen velmi hrubě. Po letech zkušeností nějaké to kilo plus minus. Hodně záleží na velikosti hlíz. Tak ať se daří a Bůh Vám žehnej. Vivat potato 😊😊

[@LaneMoir]

Is your crop contracted or is some of it on the open market?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It’s all contracted except this last 80 acres

[@johndantice2577]

So, you use a planter two weeks a year and then park it. Based on purchase price, what does a third planter cost per month to park in a covered shed?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well our 2 older ones are only worth about 5000. Oh and we don’t have a covered shed. I’m not sure what the monthly cost is because we keep them for about 20 years

[@ShainAndrews]

You just described farming. Everything gets used for a few weeks to maybe a little over a few months. Then it sits.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

@@ShainAndrews that’s exactly right

[@tecumsehmantion4435]

I would have tried to sell the seed as animal feed or something. The question is how much does it cost to lose the grain crop, plus the diesel and other equipment costs, plus the labor. If that is more than a typical Potato yield. You already have a hard enough time harvesting and storing the potatoes.

[@vfromid2186]

They will make enough money off the spuds to more than pay for the grain loss and replant of the field. Spuds are lucrative.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

The potatoes will make more than enough to cover the grain loss and all the expenses. As long as we can store them.

[@giles-df9yu]

He told you the cost of the wheat seed and the cost of the potato seed. , do the math

[@Firefighter.6200]

Do yall do the end rolls or just keep them empty

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We keep them empty

[@Firefighter.6200]

@@RockyMountainFarmer is there a reason why?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It would get run over alot from moving pipe all year

[@Firefighter.6200]

@@RockyMountainFarmer oh ok thanks

[@BenCrenshaw95]

Is that winter or spring grain?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Spring

[@DuaneLabrie]

Typical Idaho farmer, plant an extra 90 acres of open potatoes. Wonder why the grower index for potatoes in Idaho is $4 cwt.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well we went planning on it but we had extra seed that we couldn’t sell

[@fejimus]

Love the video!!! @SpudnikEquipment needs to hook yall up!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you enjoyed it. I agree we would love to try one of their planters.

[@eatingamandarin]

How do you rate the LSW's ?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

What is an LSW?

[@ShainAndrews]

@@RockyMountainFarmer I'm guessing low side wall... Complete shot in the dark. 22:05

[@eatingamandarin]

@@RockyMountainFarmer I noticed the 9570R was fitted with Goodyear Low Side Wall tires, and was wondering what you thought of them.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

All I know is it rode really rough Luckily that’s not our tractor. We’re just borrowing it.

[@gablair1965]

Compared to potatoe planting in the UK you potato planting is really easy and cheap. 1 pass with a cultivator and plant straight in the ground. Here in the uk, plough, ridge up the beds, possibly bed tiller, destone the beds and then plant the spuds. All but the very best silt soils need so much more work than yours.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

That does sound like a lot of work. We have really good soil here.

[@garoldpeterson3433]

Isn't it hard on the sprayer to follow the diker

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I asked him and he said he doesn’t even notice.

[@johnbucklerfarms]

What Mountain is that? Location of the farm?

[@bydesigner7]

maps.app.goo.gl/S5pc4mJsDwRH8emz5

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I think that is mount putman. We are in Shelley

[@gerryyazzie873]

You did the millennial farmer trick..haha

[@PNW_Hawk]

I thought the same thing..lol

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Hey it makes a great transition

[@PNW_Hawk]

@@RockyMountainFarmer Indeed it does!

[@justinmills8084]

The grain will put nutrition back into your ground.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah it will help a little