Cutting Along 1,000ft Cliffs - Harvest 2022 Part 2

The crew heads out to the Missouri River Breaks country and harvests some of the most scenic fields in the country.
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[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, the good news is I enjoyed it, the bad news is I watched it a year go, thanks for sharing

[@TrevorStruthers]

Those are some good views from the flats up there.

[@markrumfola9833]

Great Machines & Much Respect to the men who run them.

[@tonymckeage1028]

Great Video, fantastic location, thanks for sharing

[@pseggons9512]

All looks very dry, good luck with the rest and no stressful moments. That edge never gets old, goose bumps every time.

[@rypkepaulusma]

Great explanation on yieldings and skipping a crop year. Look at Kate's Agg, yields are heartbreaking low this year. Great video!!

[@sunroofracing]

Great video and some good fun! Liked the explanation of fallowing a field. Spectacular views. Well done Riley!

[@raweyhrichimagery2609]

Very nice. I would love to come experience that area during harvest some day.

[@robertcalamusso4218]

Montana. Great State. Great Folk.

[@diegocastro4154]

Great Video!! I´m a 26 yo guy from north Spain who wants to visit North west Montana and north Idaho using Empire Builder Amtrack line during 3 weeks 🙂 (and Glacier National Park). I feel farming like you because my father and I work as farmers here with a pair of John Deers of course😉 We are amazed with the endless land you have haha My question is whether you consider this type of solo travel safe. I can have an almost fluent english conversation. Thank you very much for answering. Have a good harvest!!

[@braddobson2060]

Travelling to your part of the country is high on my bucket list. Thanks for a good vidio

[@joescheller6680]

I go back to the old Holt combine era. That was modern compared to the originals where they used horses to pull the combine and they sacked the grain off the elevator On a platform on the combine yes changing times changing technology

[@GM-dv1db]

Thanks for sharing!

[@davidkimmel4216]

What a wonderful video

[@gregpope4366]

In Australia, 3/4 of the wheat belt gets between 10 and 15 inches of rain a year. We don't have a corn belt for the same reason you don't grow corn in! Montana. Most areas can only grow winter crops as that's when we get the rain. We don't get snow but it does freeze some nights especially in Spring when heads are forming which destroys the yeild. We start the season dry and finish the season dry. We generally continuously crop because we have to have a chance of an income every season. We can't insure for drought or frost because we get one or both 4 years out of 5. We allocate one combine for every 10 to 15 thousand acres as anything less doesn't justify the outlay in most years. I think crop farmers in Montana could learn a lot from Australian farmers but I truly appreciate you sharing what works for you.

[@Farmer_Matt]

Hmmm 🤔 that’s interesting. What is your soil type up there? I would imagine your soils can’t hold onto moisture for very long making the whole”fallow to store moisture thing” moot point. If it is alright for me to ask, what is a typical wheat yield down there?

[@TrevorStruthers]

8:30 You're welcome.

[@purplerunner1715]

Sorry Matthew, but that prank was absolutely hilarious 🤣, if we where ever to meet, I'll buy you a beer, right now I just have to settle with the belly craps 🤣🤣🤣

[@Farmer_Matt]

😂 I can’t even argue. They really did get me good.

[@borjangoitia]

IN Spain is mandatory to leave 10% of your land every year. And you can leave up to 70% and still be paid the same subsidy for not growing

[@Farmer_Matt]

That is a neat idea. Do you guys face any damages from fallowing ground such as erosion or saline seeps?

[@borjangoitia]

@@Farmer_Matt we do indeed. I live north and water has never been an issue until recently. For example erosión mostly always occurs and we sow wheat and barley through the winter. As well as most of the land being in some sort of hill or angle causes erosión through the winter rain and snow. We plough so if you decide to leave a land untouched for a year we plough it now in september, left all the snow and water in throughout the winter, and then in Spring a couple disc and chisel passes to cleanout whatever bad grasses migjt be growing. For those who dont grow anything but wheat and barley it ysually goes: wheat- then barley- then a year off. Hope it makes some sense

[@joescheller6680]

Have hauled many loads out of Great Falls Ft Benton areas Shelby

[@joescheller6680]

Let me guess North of Lewiston or Fort Benton area. Have been all over that area with hopper wagons and bull wagons

[@davidgahm4703]

I so enjoy your video's . One thing is for sure ...... you don't want to text and drive when your cutting along the edge !!!!!!!!!!!! How far away is Jordan MT from you ? A custom cutter is there and the grasshopper infestation is terrible so many heads of wheat on the ground there . Thank you for sharing

[@Farmer_Matt]

Jordan is about 2.5 hours away from us.

[@dennisdennis5921]

You can average 27bushels of wheat on those hilltops, I hear Welker and Mike Mitchell talking of 5 bushels and still thy grow a crop every year. Is there so much difference in weather in Montana? Grz. From belgium

[@Farmer_Matt]

We all really should be getting like 55-60 bushels but the drought hit us all this year. Welkers and Mike have sandier soils meaning their crop doesn’t stand up to drought as well. Admittedly, they were probably a little more dry as well.

[@tigerdefensesystems]

Just curious as to what elevation above sea level on average are these fields?

[@Farmer_Matt]

Right around 3200 feet above sea level

[@jimholty2274]

Loved the joke , So will the rain bring the grain moisture back inline? Soybeans really go up and down in moisture and that is weight to sell so sometimes we will shut down to get a rain if it is under 10% plus a lot less shatter loss if it is wetter.

[@Farmer_Matt]

#1: We don’t really get rain in Montana in August unless you’re lucky. #2: I don’t think small grains fluctuate much in weight with moisture because they are much smaller kernels. Our biggest concerns with low moisture would be shattering but even then, small grains don’t crack near as much as corn and beans. Dry crop does mean the straw is pulverized into dust so it sucks to bale straw behind though.

[@samskeeter1]

8% moisture wow that's low. Is there a bonus payment for it being so dry?

[@Farmer_Matt]

Nope! We just get yelled at if we bring anything over 14%. It might even be subject to rejection if it is too wet, but we get nothing for being dry other than peace of mind when storing in our farm bins.

[@samskeeter1]

@@Farmer_Matt One of my family had the job of procuring the wheat for a flour mill here. I was given a tour of the mill and one of the millers told me they take the moisture up to 17% just before they start on it .So they're getting free stuff from you. All of us milling wheat growers in fact.

[@Farmer_Matt]

@@samskeeter1 yeah, if you were to mill it right away, but moisture needs to be lower to store long term.

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

joke appreciated

[@rickfarrar1948]

Where exactly are you located if will tell me please?

[@AgriStudios]

Missouri River Breaks area of Central Montana!

[@rickfarrar1948]

@@AgriStudios Winifred?

[@frankbuoni1804]

Where are the deer and elk?

[@Farmer_Matt]

My guess is they were all deep in the timber for shade. It was 90-95 degrees throughout harvest.