Conditions Critical! 😬

[@quackquack6116]

Praying for rain 🌧️ for all the farmers that need it

[@puirYorick]

Pray harder. It's gonna work eventually.

[@christiantaylor-z1w]

Your prayers reached indiana we are flooding😂😂

[@puirYorick]

@@christiantaylor-z1w See. God needs better GPS to spread that rain more favourably. I wonder if he knows Elon's @starlink to improve service coverage among all farming areas. It will all even out over enough time. Hang in there the best you can. We have to have food.

[@carlfalt174]

It has rained since this video was made

[@krasimirivanov1720]

started raining next day, 2 inches since then in total

[@zzzubmno2755]

Well, if the farming thing doesn't work out Mike, you can always sell calendars with pictures of those beautiful skies that seem to go on forever. Northern Ontario here, we all wish you and all our farmers across our country the best. Rain is coming.

[@paulschlick811]

I remember on May 7 all of sw SK including the south farm was under a heavy rain warning. I sure hope Mike got that and I look forward to that video if they did.

[@marktrout]

I farm right on the Sask/ND border. Mike’s videos are getting hard to watch after 3 years in a row of devastating drought. I sure hope they got that rain too.

[@verlinswarey507]

@@marktroutHow far would you be from Mikes farm? Are you this dry? Or anyone else? Or what’s going on up there?!

[@Freefarmer533]

Pretty sure most places recieved 2in and some had upwards of 4.

[@organic_colorado_bob___8838]

Dang that looks pretty dry. We were fortunate enough to get just enough rain to get it into moisture pretty good. This drought is really getting old. It will change someday hopefully. Best of luck on the rest of your planting season. Sending prayers from SE Colorado 🙏 '16 was a great year for us too, we averaged 95 bushel dryland winter wheat that year.

[@JoshFedderman]

Hi Mike, I wish I could send some of the rain we have been getting in Great Britain over two you since the new year. I think we've got four good days. Good luck with the planting. Good luck and God bless you and your family

[@carlfalt174]

For the record since this video has been made that country got between 2 to 3 inches of rain.

[@michaelperez2478]

So glad to hear that 🙏

[@jonsolomon4814]

I really hope that you all get some of that rain if it materializes. A lot of hard work, you guys deserve it.

[@thebigbail]

In ‘88 we had our first decent rain in the last week of Aug. The crop came up 1st week of Sept. It was a decent cover crop and prevented soil erosion.

[@wry569]

Great video! When you started talking about the bad years then good years and even the get by years, then rain or no rain years and now planting again in rock hard soil... the real farmer in you has shone thru. That couple of segments was factual with personal family memories and naming daily operations team/ family members was a nice yearly update. Really enjoyed your talk. Old Timers say "plant in dust...bins will bust" Hope you get some rain. It's May 20th,pm

[@Zetor-yz5qd]

That was before the scientists knew any better and the earth's climate started getting unpredictable right?

[@murrayleach9588]

Feel the pain. We in western Australia are going through record dry. Can't even see the seeder. Praying for rain to.

[@johnluimes8359]

Can't finish seeding here in the Edmonton area due to too much rain. Happily share the rain we have gotten.

[@sasfarmer]

Similar to us here in the Lloydminster area.

[@Northern_Farmer]

We just got some rain finally up north..1 inch so far this spring

[@puttepossu2488]

Same here in Finland. Too dry 7th year a row. Spring wheat and barley has shitty yields, but winter wheat goes strong.💪

[@damiencesard9304]

Hi from france. I'm in the complete opposite, we pray for stop rainning... 120 mm in 48hrs in my area. Can't seed mais and sunflowers. weat and canola are swimming😢

[@puttepossu2488]

Send the rain a little bit of north.. Here in Finland is dry and warm. Actually 7th. dry year a row.

[@kurtzbradley]

It is going to get better!!

[@ronholmgren6615]

Hey Mike, could you somehow “show” or clarify how the seed gets going and somehow survives in dry farming? I assume once it gets going it reaches down and gets the moisture it needs even in dryer years. But working my farm that is 4 planter boxes 4x2 footers is “a little easier “ to get the water to the seed I drill in. And my equipment for seeding and harvesting fits in my back yard shed that is 8x 10’. I enjoy your channel..

[@alonzoluckett1054]

We love to hear you talk

[@LooneyFarmGuy]

You ROCK Mike 😅 You can have some of our rain , We are getting soaked ⛈( Southern Manitoba )

[@MrJhonB184]

He not just use the blacksheep modding rock picker n turn it to lime?🤣🤣

[@LooneyFarmGuy]

@@MrJhonB184 Now that would be cool , Or the big Rock picker by Macktrucker 😋He would have that field done in no time 😂

[@machineryworking4589]

Prayer for rain ⛈🌦🌧 for all farmers who need it which is essential for successful production.🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@SoWhatIfI...]

Seed in the dust, the bins will bust! Waiting to see some May video's! I predict that some rain will come your way in May!

[@14JDs670sts]

Mike we would gladly send you all the rain we have forecasted for the next 8 days in north east North Dakota. We are starting to run out of growing season here

[@Kornn66]

Send the rains to north EU we are almost as dry as Mike's farm

[@crandonborth]

But its only May?? In wisconsin we usually get to Mid October before a killing frost and Early Nov before it gets actually cold.

[@14JDs670sts]

@@crandonborth a killing frost is possible here at the end of September, but usually not until October. It also doesn’t get as warm here, and October cools down, so the corn doesn’t dry much.

[@clearskiesranch1362]

@@crandonborththat’s Wisconsin. North Dakota is much much colder.

[@crandonborth]

@@clearskiesranch1362 Yeah im not real familer with North Dakota weather... its warm and humid here and very wet currently.

[@andban92]

Mike,have you ever tried to sell rocks?

[@mikemitchell2554]

Gonna be my side hussle! 😆

[@GlennFaulkner]

😂😂😂

[@RCMechanicalEngineering]

Great idea👌

[@jannisgollwitzer1064]

farming first, rocks second

[@frritter8253]

That hard ground would be tough on equip. We seem to have 'new' rocks each season - we think the freezing & thawing pushes them up. NW Iowa is getting rain every other day - struggling to finish planting.

[@firstamendmenttshirt4768]

Wait until June.

[@niek456]

Here in the Netherlands we can't get the corn in the ground becouse it's to wet. Way to much Rain for the last 6 months!

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Good luck seeding your 2024 crops Mike

[@kurtcoates6785]

That is God awful dry. For all you guys sake I hope you get the rain and not piddily showers that only wet the surface. All the best of luck with your seeding Mike

[@ratracewelding6935]

2016 I was making hay off of my dryland pasture. I didn't have to buy hay that year. It's been dry as a popcorn fart since, in Brooks AB.

[@elizabethliska5377]

My grandparents homesteaded in Tilley AB in 32. Sold in 38 and everything went in train box cars to MB because of the drought conditions. While in MB the farm moved 3 times for no reason of their own for the last time in 67. Always for a better life and abundance of rain in Manitoba. My father retired in 98.

[@jaysandstrom1359]

Horrible drought 1961 in western North Dakota. Started to rain Mother’s Day weekend 1962 and yep didn’t quit.

[@joelawrence56]

proves these ridiculous weather patterns are nothing new...similar prolonged drought events are are fact of history globally!

[@glenlaughlin6547]

WOW Mike, instead of chunky, that's lumpy.

[@PetesFarmingVideos]

How do you like the case so far? Seems like a nice tractor!! And quite too 😊

[@ericwilliams2517]

That's what it looks like in West Texas!!

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome video Mike , so dry not good . Real hard ground, hard on equipment too , causing more wear than anything,

[@MrVerxa]

Rock picker like "Kivi-Pekka" could be nice to harvest those rocks, even it would take considerable time with that large fields. Hope that you receive proper amount of rain over this season.

[@Kornn66]

That would take way too long and cost too much. Those fields are 500-5000 acres

[@DanWoelders-fd5zd]

Brother, I’m surprised you’re even bothering. That’s brutal. Meanwhile down here in bc we’re still cold as heck at night and rain for the next week strait

[@karelvdboogaart7075]

Too much rain in the Netherlands. 2018/19/20/21/22 were dry years. Its still wet on the land from october 2023. We would be finished with planting mais, patatoes. Patotoes half way, and mais a few places.

[@autobootpiloot]

Over here, east side of the IJsselmeer it went from swamp to concrete in just a few days. All the farmers started here about one to two weeks ago. There is a lot of ploughing and seeding/planting going all around us. But man, this winter and early spring was wet!

[@Kornn66]

@@autobootpiloot Here in Finland we had really wet fall and had lots of snow in winter. But now when its seeding time we are bone dry and need rain badly.

[@fermewilmotsagriculturebio3434]

​@@Kornn66here in Belgium it was wet all autumn, winter and spring. But after one week of sun in may the ground turned into concrete and it was hard to finish seeding. It has been raining practically non stop since.

[@flushmammadrama]

Who has ever said they want you to talk less I love your commentary… also if you need trucking help during harvest I have trucking company down here in the states

[@jmfarms3555]

I love when people who don't have rocks just say to pick them. If you have rocks you will always have rocks. Plus the rocks procreate under the snow every winter to produce new rocks.

[@martymesser8180]

How do you like the new tractor

[@tony-the-tigerjohns3294]

5.2 mph will really pound out the acres. I didn't think you went that fast when seeding. As for peak-demand help, I'm a year or two from retiring. When I do I may contact you about helping with seeding and/or harvest. I'm an east coast US guy and I want to collect some different experiences!

[@brandino97yyc]

Meanwhile in calgary we are soaked. We need some fans to push the rain east

[@jeremygrubb1434]

What do you all do about braking up the hard pan well and all the compaction I’ve never seen a disk a plow or any kind of tillage tool on any of your videos of the south farm seen it on the north farm that would help on your weed pressure

[@mitchlecapoy1909]

Now, how does a guy get a job with faith hope farms? As a previous farm kid, i would LOVE to get back into the hustle and bussle of farmin!

[@galen3406]

Praying for an abundance of rain... !

[@chuckroll1285]

7:31 Mike.....nice back-pedal on 2020 being a special year!! 👍🏽

[@CG-yh6js]

I think its time to have native grass there for a few years. I'm pretty sure if you had taken a height GPS reading ten years ago and again this year you'd see the ground receding.

[@crandonborth]

Nope... its going the other way. I watched a documentary about the North American Iceage 12,000 years ago in western Canada and northern US states and the weight of the ice pushed the earth down from the shear weight and to this day it is slow rising back up. There is a neat way to tell in Lake Michigan as the southern part of the lake is getting deeper and the northern part the beaches have reseeded quite a ways back.

[@alsteeves2044]

Agreed on the grass. Some ground was never meant to be in grain. Look up Paliser Triangle

[@CG-yh6js]

@@alsteeves2044 We should have just left those part in grass and Bisons and manage that resource well enough to balance it out. I love to watch mike's videos but the struggles... I wish for him he was here in south ontario around the st-lawrence river where the soil is rich and rain is abundant. The fields are bound to be green every year

[@rickpederson1219]

Wish you could have some of the rain from Eastern Central Alberta ... we have a nuts amount day after day of rain...fields are a total mess

[@williamhyney9640]

Prayers for rain dude! Seems like you and the welkers are having the same problem.... Sucks

[@KevinChristiansen-i2q]

Great video Mike

[@peterhelm6003]

Its OK Mike, it rained a heap later 😁

[@dennislamers986]

In Wisconsin were getting that infamous Canadian wildfire smoke. I'm not a fan of it but understand now if it's that dry why it's happening. I hope the rains come for you. Do you think you see the new drone/GPS rock picking operation?

[@bzs187]

I once did try to set-up our planter row shut off when planted canola. I did give up pretty fast.

[@joebaumann7359]

Wish I could help! Having it so dry is no good. Looks like you got some rain in new videos. Do you guys have any irrigation?

[@poelmaatjuhh-4468]

Have you got any rain yet? In south Alberta we are waiting for it to stop raining to get the potatoes hilled🙈

[@carlfalt174]

There is an old saying from the 1930's 'sow in the dust and your bins will bust'. There is some science behind it in that if your root system is strong from germinating in dry conditions it'll chase any moisture that sinks further into the subsoil.

[@lynwessel2471]

The key word being ANY after 3 years of drought

[@carlfalt174]

@@lynwessel2471 let's be honest till three weeks ago there was no water in that country and dust stays dust. After three years with basically no rain and seeing the soil conditions in that video I'd be tempted to call it a day too. Mike's account from the early 60's where they put in a crop in extremely dry conditions and the rains finally came shows that perservance can pay off. Curious to see how the rest of the season plays out.

[@tiredofit1235]

When ground is that dry, is it a lot more effort to pull the drill?

[@ericpryce7311]

How many acres can you plant on a fill up?

[@SeriouZ12]

Hi Mike, i would find rain updates in your region really really interesting. I started looking on some Rain Radars for southwest sask, but can´t look back a few weeks on them to see if there was any rain. Maybe you could show us some possible apps or websites to monitor the weather in your part of the world :D

[@kerryaffleck4852]

I know the feeling of training someone to learn how to run a piece of farm machinery. I run a agrifac sprayer on blueberry land in Prince Edward Island.

[@kameronbrock5461]

Would you consider getting a drone for some aerial shots?

[@eddygoodwin7089]

They make a crusher that goes on a 3 point that works like a rototiller

[@MrBigrobmjca3]

Prayers

[@michaelbranham5854]

That area looks like it's in the beginning stages of becoming a desert, to trees or plants to shade the ground and allow groundwater to accumulate.

[@Nick22181]

What area can I put in my weather app to see when it rains and be happy with Mike when there is rain coming ?

[@ozzym3034]

This may be a silly question, but would it be worth investing in some sort of irrigation system for the driest fields? Not sure if it would be feasible given the size of the area you farm?

[@clearskiesranch1362]

No water to irrigate with

[@rsaag5847]

Rooting for rain for ya Mike

[@craigadair128]

I have never seen a tractor before. You’re hired

[@scottdavel9397]

Are you guys putting any fertilizer on this year?

[@austinpaxman503]

South east sask has been blessed with lots of rain last few weeks, have you guys gotten much out west?

[@joelawrence56]

must be our shared Scots ancestry Mike...the 'Spring Chickens'....haha

[@donwilliams7394]

I see you doing a rain dance in your future. Maybe even some snow dancing. And it will work the dancing I mean.

[@pawe2267]

How many acres have whole your farm? Greatings from Poland

[@Neinteligibil]

17 000 ha !!!

[@M0ercheN]

Hey Mike! in purely economic terms, how many more years can you manage the drought? Here in Sweden, we have suffered for a few years now with drought. We get some support from the state and the EU, but modestly so. How do they work for you? A country has to eat and it should be in the country's interest to support years like this so that you can continue. Or does the state rely entirely on imports then?

[@einhorn1968]

Where does the rain usually come from ?? There is no ocean and no vegetation/ forests near by. So where did the rain come from before the draught ?

[@puirYorick]

From the sky like always. Earth's atmosphere (the air and whatever particles it carries) circles the full globe over the course of many days. There are also local patterns set by the layout of mountains, oceans and high-altitude behaviours like the jet stream etcetera. A few years back the Caribbean islands were getting walloped for days by dust storms that brought sand from north Africa in the Sahara desert.

[@Tommy-vh7xj]

we are all hoping you get rain mike

[@gunnarbeck225]

How is the tractor running mike

[@MrMercurybullet]

Welcome to Australia. 😅

[@keithwinter6005]

Hello from fife lake area Im sure dad talked about 62 that way ,another farmer here always says it won't grow if it's not in the dirt

[@robertfranssen]

Mike i have a question; hows the tanksize . U can do a whole day? Didnt hear u €%^

[@christiantaylor-z1w]

Have you tried a speed disc?

[@lynwessel2471]

They have a Degleman Protill for working around sloughs etc. Otherwise cant afford the moisture loss of full width tillage

[@fredericdelage1542]

Mike magnifique vidéo et le tracteur et le grand semoirs et bien et champ et dur 😂😮😅😊

[@FailureatRetirement]

I’ve had baked Alaska but I’ve never had baked Sask. doesn’t sound great

[@Raydubbs90]

How many acres a day can you seed

[@GhostRider-dp2tc]

Is there a rock picker with a walking floor like a patatoe harvestor?

[@FERDABEERS]

I’m hoping you guys got that big rain fall at the beginning of may im guessing we will see a video on it

[@marshalloutdoors1791]

Hopefully you get rain soon!

[@ojbudz]

Just keep buying new tractors. You'll be fine. J/K. Hope ya get some moisture soon

[@RobertGraves-k3v]

Talk away 😊

[@steelcrow8759]

Do you record all the footage on a phone ?

[@Easydrillman]

Everywhere this year.. Is either too wet, or too dry

[@agger838]

you guys planting into dust and rocks and here in bread basket were putting solar panels on thousands of acres

[@recklessbehaviour01]

morning

[@chadb7468]

61 Mike. Never rained til fall. Rivers went dry. Bad year

[@flo__60]

here in Europe we have rain constantly almost since last october wish we could trade...

[@ghostrider7688]

Where’s the pic of the stuck roller Mike ??

[@gilreynolds9282]

I think 61 was the dry year way back

[@gilreynolds9282]

Looks like you will need another set of points for next year:

[@davidstith9297]

You would be fortunate if anything came up in that dry ground.

[@robertogonowski9027]

If the field will be plow or tillage at list every 2 year then field will be in better condition , but that’s extra $$ to spend

[@liamgoetz2890]

Not out here you just lose your dirt to wind erosion look up the dust bowl because that's how that happened

[@lucdelanoy7296]

Will dry down to the depth you cultivated.

[@garydevore3330]

So at what point will you guys say screw it until it rains?

[@brettcampbell4323]

You need a hay buster going picking those

[@randybedker1584]

Time to bring back the pet rock craze.