Chemical Usage In Agriculture: Applying Pesticides

[@ianBeer123]

Very well done guys. It's great to see you young fellas taking the time to educate the non-farm public about the reality of agriculture today. As a retired farmer I am so sick of reading and watching the lies that being spread through social media about pesticide use, GMOs, and the treatment of livestock that at times I want to scream! Keep up the good work. :)

[@prezzle208]

agreed

[@speedbird1598]

This is a family farm. If this was a corporate owned farm you would find a very big difference...

[@prezzle208]

Speedbird I know many corporate farms they don't miss treat animals they run things the same as a family farm people see one rotten apple and think everyone in agriculture is horrible. News flash very few farms are out cutting corners especially since the usda watches the products pretty carefully. By the way I'm sure whatever industry you work in has crooked people in it too every industry has it doesn't mean everyone in it is a bad person.

[@speedbird1598]

I work in the being educated industry ;)

[@courtneydusek7077]

Love this reply!! With a bachelors in Plant and Soil Sciences it makes me happy to know people and computers have made Agriculture so much more advanced

[@allisonflathers6076]

Thanks for the great video!! Our family buys and sells used fertilizer application equipment (the sprayers). So, I am familiar with the machines and spraying but it is always good to refresh my memory!!

[@LHZZ12MM]

So much us non-farmers don't realize. Knowledge is light. Thanks for sharing and educating!

[@AdolfBushka]

Those poisons are applied to your food and you don't care.

[@elizabethhicks1491]

Omgosh, thanks so much guys! I want to do AG when I get out of college, and this is just what I need to know! Thanks for spending so much time teaching us all! :D

[@jamiesmyton9192]

You guys are ledgeneds!

[@courtneyrimel8368]

my dad saw the Peterson brothers at a convention and I got so mad cuz I wanted to see them then he's like there where a bunch of teen girls there.

[@SpecificLove7]

Interesting info, thanks

[@PaulinaWest1]

There was a scientist named AK Stakman who researched where the wheat rusts were overwintering. He discovered among other things that the Barberry bush, which is an ornamental, is a host for wheat rusts! These should not be used in landscaping but have become very popular in parks and gardens in Washington. Look up Barberry Bush eradication. Let's remember this great scientist AK Stakman, a friend of Norman Borlaug, and not forget lessons of the past! thx

[@djteddybear131]

AWESOME...

[@whuzzzup]

Nice video. At 6:00 and following it would be nice to have also shown the sprayer instead of only the display. Can each of the nozzles at one arm be shut off independently, or only one arm completely on/off?

[@andrewbunkers6824]

+whuzzzup it depends on the sprayer

[@JoeKersey]

Outstanding. I've got to send this to my farming friend.

[@mitte5997]

Have you guys made a farm tour? and if not will you make an farm tour?

[@michellekot1]

Thank you! I'm a teacher and this is exactly what I was looking for!!

[@ElPibeLag]

You should use mask when you make the chemical mixtures as they release toxic atmospheres ... greetings from Argentina another farmer

[@scarletletter4900]

From the description in the video, it sounds like the chemicals used are also potent enough to be stretched a very long ways.

[@PetersonFarmBros]

+Janet Gooch Have you read the blog that goes along with this video? I explain the toxicity of the chemicals we use in that blog: petersonfarmblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/chemical-usage-in-agriculture/

[@scarletletter4900]

Yes, I have. The science behind it is impressive.

[@AdolfBushka]

Stretched all the way through the food chain to deliver cancer to you. There are many farmers that grow products without petro chemical fertilizer, herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, and other nasty pollutants.

[@savannahives6339]

You guys have a fancy sprayer 😂 all we have is a starting implement that we hook up to a tractor

[@ericjohnson8482]

EMAW, I haven't seen Willy the Wildcat in a long time.

[@ahmadawaiskaram7010]

Where you get these pesticides ans fertilizers?

[@paki268]

haha we only got a law on spraying this year in Ireland ! :p

[@aug-pahunters51]

This is fascinating. Ideally, you guys are working with one breed of seeds against the seed hybrids from Monsanto. You are a farmer. I am a chemical engineer. I am under the impression that generations of resistant crop to maximize your yield will eventually create your fields fallow. The sucrose has to come from somewhere and "electro water" the hyperbolic joke is a thing. I'm not a climate liberal and please avoid the high cash ideas from Frankenstein seeds. Please use chemicals, but be smart! These are your farms. Not chemical multinationals. If anything, use crop rots and keep the money in your family. Be smart.

[@spencerpeters5129]

Do you use DHMO?

[@splashi007]

You know what's the problem with herbicides like Roundup? Many analyzes of this product are intransparent because of the pressur that comes from companies like Monaznto which are the leaders in acriculture chemistry. Another problem is the resistant that weeds get when you spray herbicides too long.

[@PetersonFarmBros]

+splashi007 I talk about those issues in the blog: petersonfarmblog.wordpress.com/2014/10/01/chemical-usage-in-agriculture/

[@rachaelbushman5607]

Maybe that someone actually was proven to get cancer from Roundup too.

[@youraveragerat1280]

Wait so you are using roumdup(glyphos8) resistant crops? (GMO)

[@AdolfBushka]

Over 95% of Americans have glyphosate in their blood. Look at where Americans rank in disease is incredible because of poisons on their food but also these chemicals limit nutrients in the food. Americans consume empty calorie food that lack minerals because these poisons tie up metals. Using genetically modified products is evil straight from Satan.

[@korl_farming6646]

Why are you spraying wheat stubbles and don't do any type of tillage? Greets from Austria

[@PetersonFarmBros]

+Manuel_tec Please read the blog linked in the description. We talk about why many farmers use no-till there.

[@korl_farming6646]

+Peterson Farm Bros thanks

[@maxinecorniffe549]

Can gramoxone used to spray banana farm? Will eating banana from a farm that is sprayed a few months to a year harm our health?

[@TheZwerfer14]

Atleast you guys dont have as many rules as here in The Netherlands haha, we have so many rules and things that are not allowed. But in germany or france or USA it is allowed. Its kinda stupid but also really good for the future for us here in Holland. And is the round up ready stuff genetically modified??? So you only have to spray round up?

[@PetersonFarmBros]

+TheZwerfer14 On our blog we talk about all of that! (it's linked in the description of the video)

[@8216justin]

You need to try out a John Deere sprayer there way nice

[@mitte5997]

How much does this machine cost?

[@PetersonFarmBros]

+MLG Mario A newer one like that would is around $250,000 to $300,000.

[@andrewjohnson5764]

+Peterson Farm Bros are going to do farming vids like planting and harvesting etc.?

[@farmvideos3390]

How many cows you got

[@adamlane2341]

you said a coke can per acre then 12 gal per acre?

[@PetersonFarmBros]

12 gallon of water + chemical. Only a tiny percentage of that 12 gallon is chemical (a soda can)

[@PaulinaWest1]

Without these kinds of chemical controls (which come out to liters per acre) yields would be reduced by 50% or more! Also, countries without the tractors and fungicides are hoeing by hand and losing much of the crop to pathogens! Read Leonard Gianessi and have a beautiful day.

[@kendaisey9095]

Gra nd ole Opry

[@raymondstockwell2254]

Pesticides are horrible! Boo!