Burning Sloughs! 👍

[@spideybrent]

Hello from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada. Thanks for sharing your great video’s please keep them coming.

[@Myamericanlife61]

Congratulations on your new purchase Mike always awesome to get new land added I just found out a friend of mine in England just gave up farming after 155 years of his family farming he is now leasing out the land that is a very sad thing to hear

[@Dermo37]

Best of luck with the new ground Mike and Ashtyn

[@donstor1]

Thumbs up to new land, I hope it serves you guys well.

[@darrelneufeldt8450]

Hey fun video, thanks for all the effort

[@flix.306]

i watched this backwards, thanks for removing all the fire, u rock!

[@bobbyparker3034]

I always drop the front bucket down and float it across the ground, just angle the bucket so it doesn't disturb the soil. This seems to break the weeds off and compact them. After a few random passes it is ready to burn.

[@verlinswarey507]

That’s not a dumb idea

[@outragousbob4367]

Probably should have said, “fire don’t do anything Mike would do”.......we’ve all seen you jumping around moving machinery 😉! Good luck with the land and new little one on they way!

[@domination1985]

I thought the same thing

[@shawndubay4050]

Congratulations on the land. Someday I hope to have some land in the country to enjoy. What is the plan for if the wind picks up and oh crap happens when the flames really take off?? Gotta have a oh crap backup plan. Might be able to get an old pumper fire engine from a state or county auction. I have seen it before.

[@Dougwituik]

Congrats on the purchase.

[@richardgardner1126]

Glad me watching the ads is going to some good use. Good work.

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

I caught myself, yet again, humming the prodigy song, i am a fire starter song while watching this burning videos

[@Off-Grid]

Lol!

[@martenk.george2152]

Would you please pick one. Either it's miles and Fahrenheit or kilometers and Celsius....lol. Love the content, keep it up young man.

[@royordway9157]

Mike, your fire video could be used as a PSA to show how fast fire can spread from something like a cigarette being thrown out of a car window. I'm in Maine

[@Matty12787]

Always work against the wind and not with it with grass fires... Spot overs are a real thing even though you disced around it. Should always have a second man and some water with you just in case...

[@LLImprovement]

Another reason why it’s good to keep your equipment clean. Less oil and grease on the machine less fuel for it to catch on.

[@jeffyoung2089]

Thanks Mike!

[@farmershady48]

Love your videos Mike

[@Wannabefarmerinmn]

i can smell it south in north central minnesota. haaaa, the smell of a good ol field fire

[@johncastagner4073]

All boys like playing with 🔥 lol

[@joeynagy8657]

How to tell mike don’t like fire : his little torch lol but all of the other fire bug farmers in Saskatchewan put a tiger torch on their quad or side by side to get the whole quarter burning at once

[@dennislamers986]

Pretty hot at the disco Mike. So "Burn Baby Burn"

[@danielsizer2222]

We need to start doing this again in the uk

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Mike

[@planeiron241]

Cattails have a great skin lotion if you peel the leaves and gather the lotion between the leaves

[@radualexandru4822]

This man destroys the habitat of animals by fire. You deserve all the respect.

[@Rooftopmatty]

You gotta get yourself a tiger torch, downside is having to carry around a heavy tank to light fires but positive side is you’ll light anything you want on fire with that thing, burnt many acres and fence lines with a tiger torch

[@braydenmiller8295]

Does it really make sense to go to the effort to burn and bring these areas into production? In wet years it makes the existing adjacent farmland wetter and in dry years drier. Sloughs like these I think are more beneficial left untouched because they act as a water battery through the climate cycles. Just my thoughts.

[@Chiellus11]

Mike doing some burnouts with his Fendt 724 hot rod

[@mlb3135]

This is how I would do it - spray diesel along a long strip and then light it....

[@bigcheese370]

Try it and tell me what happens lmao. Diesel doesn’t ignite like gas.

[@francescoviale4683]

Mike u got a good purchase of acri🤑😉🤞🇮🇹

[@johnsonfarms4788]

Mike, I would highly suggest to roll the cattails in the spring and let them sit flat and dry out all summer then burn them in the fall. We have done that a few times. Just gotta go slow incase you hit a rock.

[@joescheller6680]

just had the privilege of driving the fendt 1060 on grain cart was really impressed over our john deere 4 wheel drive it had much more power to handle loaded cart with almost 90000 lbs and really like the tranny and the toggle switch for auger gate and raising and lowering the auger never liked john deere power shift

[@joescheller6680]

where a hydro swing putting it in swaths would work best evem put in bale but the windrow would get you heat going to get the burm

[@ATLS_gaming]

Time change threw me off a bit! Lol

[@claudreindl7275]

Beginning to wonder if we will ever see Bert again. I miss Bert. :-(

[@Maciejukaszewicz]

Very nice :). In Poland grass burning is prohibited 😃

[@jonesYxxc]

I guees its a EU thing cause its the same in Germany

[@JanDreier-HH]

In North America they don't give a fuck about air pollution.

[@jackbannock3458]

@@JanDreier-HH youre right. The little bit of smoke from burning sloughs or tree piles isnt going to hurt the environment

[@austinkrinke5308]

350 miles is unreal.

[@johnmilburn5715]

Because land is so cheap ( and fuel ), its worth it 🤯🤪

[@pietoosterhof5901]

Congratulations with your new land Mike and Asthyn. And burnd ground is very fertile ground isn't it?😉

[@Codemanstheman]

Am I late to find out? I saw a Deere dealer on tractor house listing 5 of Mike’s ideals for sale

[@joshcrd7925]

I don't recall him flat out saying that the fendts were going, but the last time he was unplugging the lentil straw he did put in text that that would be the last time Mike unplugs a fendt combine. Question is, did they get 790's or or X's

[@MrJav1986]

Creating more havoc on Canadian wetlands one day at a time.

[@999jimbo111]

Mike. In one of your vids from last year, you were out on your side x side. Get a 20 pound bottle of propane and a tiger torch and let ‘er buck!

[@logpile1318]

What about cover for some of the prairie critters? Does burning off the grass affect them much? Asking for a friend.

[@Off-Grid]

Yes and no. They live underground so burning doesn't get them. But when they come up the cover is gone and they are easy pickings for birds. This late in the year though most could be hibernating.

[@cadcad4974]

Mike, how many total acres will you be farming including the new acreage?

[@ethanringelberg9771]

It’s was around 20000 on their website last year I think

[@1214101]

It was 40-45 before they got the ground up north

[@max-jc4wq]

are you talking about up north or north and south farm together?

[@1214101]

@@max-jc4wq It was before they got that land 300miles up north and before Ashton bought some up there by her family and the ground they bought recently, I think. He’s said the brothers and I assume the father each have there own ground and equipment, so it might be that Mike has 20-22 by himself, but that number be included in the family amount. Personally, the way it sounds like they do it , sounds like an accounting nightmare. But if it works for them , that’s great, and I certainly don’t know the details.

[@max-jc4wq]

@@1214101 Ok. The main farm its self has about 40 to 50k acres so It seems about right that Mike has that much.

[@Tigerfan50]

Mike, why not carry a sprayer with some diesel to get the grass started a bit easier?

[@mikeznel6048]

Because the torch works just fine.

[@jessepiquette6763]

Mike, do hills create more seadable acres then a flat fields does🤔

[@ronchappel4812]

You missed the chance for a funny title : Mike and Ashton buy some more land ...AND BURN IT 😂😂

[@mikemitchell2554]

That was the original title, even went through Patreon as that... But then I got thinking maybe it was too click baity 🤷‍♂️ I hate click bait, so I changed last min

[@brendanleis6411]

Why are there sloughs in the first place and why wouldnt the previous owner have cleared them? Maybe a dumb question but we don’t have them in Ontario

[@MC-re2ry]

Average land price where I live in Iowa is $7,500 an acre -- unless you want the good stuff.

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

Based on the new profile pic, this land is going to be a banana plantation.

[@AgriCHR]

bel video! bello! interresamte! bravo!

[@martinmansson5067]

That look fun. I want to do that. And noooo I don’t burn stuff. Only in a stove.

[@emersonbaker2126]

Mike do you guys hire in the summer? Im looking for a summer job on a crop farm any advice

[@kartoffelerzeugerausdanema7430]

Are the high fertilizer prices going to make you plant less in 22?...in other words will you give up plantning some fields or add less fertilizer pr acre? Best wishes from Denmark, Europa

[@jackbannock3458]

Most farmers in western canada are just going to plant different crops, not less crops or acerage. I know we are going to plant more peas so we dont need fertilizer

[@kartoffelerzeugerausdanema7430]

Have you bought fertilizer yet...i have not so i get burned.

[@jackbannock3458]

@@kartoffelerzeugerausdanema7430 we bought some, but I bought a lot more last spring then we needed because our reps kept telling me prices were going to go through the roof because it was hard to get certain stuff last spring, like coated ESN. So if we run out of fertilizer or it’s to dry, we’ll just summerfallow all summer and seed more Rye in the fall like this year.

[@samuelford9384]

how expensive is the land per acre in your area? Here in Germany agriculture land cost at least 180000€ per ha.

[@Erik21088]

Dont you mean 18k/hectare instead of 180? We’re getting close to 180k/hectare in The Netherlands, but that is for some of the most productive (organic) ground you can find. Our average for arable land is somewhere around 80-90k/hectare.

[@EFCasual]

He implied that he got a quarter for a similar price, but of course not all land is equal. A quarter is 80 acres if I remember right.

[@samuelford9384]

@@Erik21088 no I mean 180 k € per ha. (south east of munich)

[@noni-lx1it]

180k per ha??? When are you expected to make a financial return with those prices? in 200 years?

[@Erik21088]

@@samuelford9384 what crops do they grow on those fields? I’m not too familiair with Bayern, but looking at the geographics, it must be one of the most productive area’s in Germany?

[@davidporter9556]

Wat can u do to stop them sloughs comin bac again

[@lucarossi6495]

Hey Mike why you can't take a taarurp? Here in Italy It Is very widespread

[@geijoe1926]

I find when there's too much wind it doesn't do an nice burn

[@MF760]

Mike you should use a tiger torch to lite the fires

[@kluckfabrication5991]

Need a drip torch.

[@timothybailey7118]

Does more land mean a full equipment set up north or more overnight road trips? Sorry the 2 bin setup is delayed until spring.

[@richwielechowski5191]

Did you bale the residue of the crop that you were not able run through chopper on combine or will you have to burn it?

[@imanonym1147]

Farmland here around in northwest Germany is incredible expanssiv: About 70.000 Canadian $ / acre! And for one year rent 700 Canadian $ / acre. Now you know why i start crying when mike say „buying is as expensive as 5 year rent“ We can rent 100 Years for the price of buying it😢

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Thats absurd. In Saskatchewan the average price for an acre is $2000

[@gill4819]

Hey mike nice banana costume

[@Chiellus11]

Isn't that cultural appropriation ? :D

[@jamesv1277]

Hey Mike, I am looking for about 1000 Acers in Saskatchewan, what is the average price per acre, I have a 5million dollar budget

[@farmcentralohio]

Mike is a pyro :)

[@rockfosg]

Need 30% upfront on a house in Norway to qualify for a loan. Let's just say that you don't get into your 2-5million NOK 4 bedroom family home the first time you get a house😬😂

[@ihguy2113]

pretty much the same here in ontario canada rockfosg 30 to 40 %

[@DebdeK]

does burning destroy weed seeds? Canadian thistle seeds still survive?

[@max-jc4wq]

it doesn't but he said he sprayed it and that will all the seeds.

[@johnwarwick4105]

So mike how much is farmland round you ?? In the uk it has gone up a lot in the last few years mainly to investment companies buying it up. It ranges from £8 to £12k per acre

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Average in Saskatchewan is $2000/acre. Ranges from $900 to $4500.

[@johnmilburn5715]

Soooooo.....£1400 per acre. A steal, I think......Jeez!!

[@stevenmurata4392]

Its about $70k just North of Los Angeles.

[@J0J0S3]

In north west Germany we reached 10€/ squaremeter. (100k/ha)

[@elizabethliska5377]

Over $4000/acre in Southern Manitoba. And this is not light soil that can grow vegetables then it could double or more.

[@farmerfox4274]

I think a south African farmer should go show this guy how to burn.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@knowlegde5680]

hey mike how much hectare do you guys have - more or less

[@mp40submachinegun81]

They are around 40,000 acres, idk what that is in hectare's.

[@787Earl]

@@mp40submachinegun81 2.4 acres = 1 hectare

[@mp40submachinegun81]

@@787Earl yessir, just too lazy to actually do the math.

[@charlesdow4802]

Roughly how many acres do you and Ashton have and run up north ?

[@willbland4818]

If a quarter of land only cost as much as a house I need some of that 😂 Around here it’s not uncommon to see 12 to 15 grand an acre

[@midwesttractorspotting.6375]

Yea that's Midwest soil. Canada I suspect is much lower.

[@jackbannock3458]

@@midwesttractorspotting.6375 it is. In our area its 2500 to 6000 an acre.

[@farmlyf]

Land prices are insane. Here in South Australia land prices are now regularly making $10k aud an acre for reliable ground with a 16-17 inch average rainfall and even making $6 - 7k aud in slightly more marginal country.

[@demaru983]

depending on how often you plan to burn you should look at getting a fixed/drip wand fire lighter

[@mikeznel6048]

Nha. Torch does it just fine.

[@SirHuddy]

Why? Torch is compact and works perfectly fine haha

[@maxnewellmz8025656]

Mike I have a question. When you get a new piece of ground do you continue the past owner's rotation or do you start a new rotation?

[@jackbannock3458]

Probably a new one. That's what we do

[@max-jc4wq]

most likely a new one. But the first year wont't plant same crop as old farmer.

[@scottkrieger4701]

If you see this how many acres do you farm.

[@powerminescrypto]

Will you do more videos at the home farm bin pad build

[@marcomar5109]

good farming land may have a price of 150000 / 180000 euro /ha in north Italy. That is $ 80000/ 95000 per acre +/ --

[@aleksandarsvorcan1264]

Acre that is 60-70 000

[@edrouse9578]

I got a question Mike. When do you GPS your new land. Or is it already in the program you use in your tractors..

[@lynwessel2471]

You just set an AB line when you begin working in a field. You can gps the border ahead of time if you want to make a map of the field.

[@midwesttractorspotting.6375]

@@lynwessel2471 can you program in the in row borders? We only set lines and just go but it's an old black and white screen on the 8110 Deere.

[@lynwessel2471]

@@midwesttractorspotting.6375 Im not sure if you can on the brown box gps . The newer ones some guys mount them on a side by side and do AB lines ahead of time so they are able to auto track the edges of the fields.Or you can turn recording on and drive around an area to map the border and it will tell you how many acres it is.

[@trevorbacelli]

Hello Mike, Man talk in Acres or Hectares , you talk 51/4S what on Earth is that in Acres, just trying to understand you Canadians, Regards Trevor.W.Bacelli. Biloela Central Qld Australia.

[@kentmathieson1342]

One quarter section is 160 acres so 5 would be 800 ares.

[@samtietjen2017]

How many acres of land do you own/ rent in total

[@mikeznel6048]

That's none of your business.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

@@mikeznel6048 ive never understood why people say this. Its not hard to get a rough estimate just by equipment size. If someone asks me how much i farm i say 8,000 acres, its not exactly correct but its ballpark. If mike thought it was none of your business im sure it wouldnt say "With their respective companies, together as a family, they farm around 40,000 acres of red and green lentils, chickpeas, hard red spring wheat, durum, canola, and barley." Directly on their website.

[@samtietjen2017]

@@mp40submachinegun81 thanks For the information I just wanted perspective to what farm size in Minnesota is compared to what it’s like up there.

[@mikeznel6048]

Hey Mike, maybe Rich Deboss can bring his Cummins powered flame thrower over and get those slews going lol.

[@dougberry1011]

How many acres did you purchase if you don’t mind telling.

[@johndunleavy459]

Will you have to get your own drill this spring for seeding ?

[@mikeznel6048]

He has his own drill.

[@max-jc4wq]

@@mikeznel6048 I think he means a drill for just up there.

[@johndunleavy459]

@@mikeznel6048 sorry I should have said a drill for the north farm

[@lanequigley1902]

Boughten land come from Darren Thul?

[@brandonphilbrick3180]

How much did you buy?

[@Farmingfrommyangle.]

What is a typical per acre price to buy in your area??

[@mikeznel6048]

That's none of your business.

[@Farmingfrommyangle.]

My guess you habe no clue why people ask these questions amd orobably have never earned off the land. This is no secret thing. I can good and find out a round about number dumbass. Actual farmers talk about this stuff. Mike is a grown ass man and can answer these for himself. Not a half wit "wanna be"moderator. No one is trying to take it away from him. Land here in Iowa USA is going for around $20k and acre. Land in California is over $50k an acre. I looking for a camparison difference from here to Sask Canada.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

@@mikeznel6048 again, to say its none of your buisness is dumb, its not hard to use google and see the sask average farmland price is $2000 per acre.

[@jameshill4900]

It varies quite a bit in Saskatchewan. As others have said $600 to 4500 k seems to be the range. Don't know that area specifically. 2k guess? Realtor said they have seen a 30% increase in prices this fall in some areas.

[@jameshill4900]

I just realized this is is the same guy wrote a huge rant to a farmer from Holland who asked a question different video. My previous response there applies here as well ... "I think your question was very fair. I wouldn't apologize for it. I understand it as you trying to see the reasoning why something is done... not digging for personal information. Mike has a KZbin channel (for profit business) that makes him a public figure. Comments and questions that spur more comments increase his channels traffic to his benefit. He can choose to answer or not to answer any question he wants."

[@787Earl]

farming always next year country.

[@kaziwill]

Should have bought a flame thrower. Woukd have been sick for the views

[@ihguy2113]

good corn and soybean ground there ?

[@seanflarahan]

Greta goin love you😁😁

[@trevorhodgson8844]

How many acres u farming now

[@7rixee]

Good news man, especially that you're able to buy amidst the drought. Actually there might even be more land for sale because of it...? Wth, i thought you'd surely take over Ashtyn's family farm for a base :D

[@fowletm1992]

She has at least 1 brother and her father that run that operation

[@mikeznel6048]

Nope. He's said multiple times up north is the hobby/risk mitigation. The home farm is home base.

[@hendrikboonstra2188]

The amount of advertisments is also rising😁

[@7rixee]

@@hendrikboonstra2188 what do you mean?

[@jameshill4900]

Realtor said least amount of land they have seen in awhile. Prices up 30% over historical in some areas as well. Some good years before this bad one hit. One bad year doesn't break most farms.

[@curtis7439]

This guy keep saying Mike... whos Mike? oh ya he's talking about himself lol

[@Chiellus11]

He's thinking out loud !

[@curtis7439]

@@Chiellus11 lol

[@mikemuniak4711]

How come u just don't till it in many times instead of burning it ?

[@max-jc4wq]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6q5pJpumcqqZtE. watch this video he will say.

[@larrygribaudo1092]

Do you plant GMO ?

[@horselakeranch]

Hey that looks familiar! Hello neighbor

[@Chiellus11]

You're going to be famous !

[@derlogische6086]

Here in Germany a squarmeter of farmland costs around 11 euro. At this price only spekulants buy farmland. As a farmer you have to rent

[@hagenneve5784]

correction: The average price of farmland is around 2,7€/sqm in germany (my false)

[@derlogische6086]

@@hagenneve5784 Wow I didn't thought that there is a that much more expensive region.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

Average price is $2000 per acre in Saskatchewan. So like $0.50 per m²

[@michalistsiol6070]

Get some diesel to help the fire going

[@farmer7962]

Get rid of that fendt tractor beings you got rid of the ideal combines can't imagine the tractor is any better!! Lol