Disaster Alert! Will Last Year's Potato Crop Be Removed in Time?

[@lindanelson8400]

I love seeing Old Glory flying in the field. I think I like it almost as much seeing you fix the flag pole with duct tape. You're a certified 100% American when duct tape is the go to for fixes.😊 Congratulations on your record setting day for harvest. Impressive! ❤️🚜🇺🇸🤍🚜🇺🇸💙🚜🇺🇸

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you like the videos. Thanks for watching. Duct tape is a must on the farm.

[@annmurphy5507]

Drone shots/music…. AWESOME!! 👋 from Texas!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you enjoyed it. I worked hard on that.

[@susandailylife]

The simplicity of your life is something I really admire

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks

[@FroggyTWrite]

@@RockyMountainFarmer there are still an awful lot of stems in there when going in the barn. is that not a problem?

[@bertbinsbergen7549]

Great video, thanks. Better than tv is offering.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you enjoyed it that’s awesome you think it’s better than TV. I must be doing something, right

[@tucobenedicto109]

Really great on the harvest, new equipment is paying off. Made potatoes with squash and onions and a little maple syrup with onion soup mix in the oven. :)

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you’re enjoying the videos that soup sounds tasty

[@Trav84]

This has been an awesome series as a new viewer I’m truly amazed.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Well, I’m glad you found the channel and I’m glad you’re enjoying it

[@joseduarte176]

It’s amazing how much effort goes into each harvest.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It’s definitely alot of work

[@ileenmcminn2062]

Went past you this morning you were across the field so I didn't stop to say hi. Your brother fills trucks in under 2 minutes.😊

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Awesome I’m glad you were able to see it running. When he gets going on long rows with no breakdowns, he can load trucks pretty fast.

[@ileenmcminn2062]

@@RockyMountainFarmer Your drivers were really hopping to keep up, the new system is the only way you could set the record.

[@jetegtmeier71]

it seams like every piece of that belt system in one way or another shakes out some dirt. Very cool setup, I can't even imagine the $$$ Holy Cow

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yes, farming is very expensive and the prices just keep going up

[@jetegtmeier71]

@@RockyMountainFarmer yea but look at the TONAGE of food you produce for the world, Thank You and all Farmers 🙏

[@johnhsmith4416]

You mentioned taking the potatoes to a plant, where do you market your potatoes? Awesome videos I am so glad I am getting to watch the whole process.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. All of these potatoes will go to Idaho supreme and made into potato flake. Which then get turned into Pringles and instant mashed potatoes

[@tango3694]

First time watching, very cool!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@christay21]

thows are some big spuds came across your page about 3 weeks ago keep up the good work the first one i sore was broken water line the bust main line im watching in new zealand

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Awesome I’m glad you found the channel. Thanks for watching.

[@GordonTulett]

Yer just keep going love every bit of it well done for your record gt England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Awesome glad you liked it. Thanks for watching.

[@ericmauseth638]

I enjoy your footage , like the family aspect of your farm , I think you should introduce your family members and hired crew

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you enjoyed the channel. I think this winter we will do a video introducing everybody

[@MatthewHille]

Amazing video great team work unbelievable amount of spuds

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@paulsanders1373]

I enjoyed the drone footage!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@welwos1340]

I'm sending greetings from Poland. Nice job 💪👍

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@GoldenPotatoFarms]

The video is amazing, thank you for sharing!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@BoCorbit]

Love this channel! I'

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you love it

[@1981FlyingV]

Glad to see that flag on your harvester!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Me too if it would quit breaking off, we just broke our third pole this time it was just because the wind

[@ronsmith2981]

Awesome video

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@christopherleblanc9599]

nice looking crop

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks

[@Machines85]

5:48 This machine’s performance is a game changer for large-scale farms 🤔🤔🤔

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It does make it nice

[@stuartatkins5425]

You are awesome!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Thanks

[@leecampbell320]

Another great video. Have you noticed any change in yield from the earlier rented fields to your own fields that you cover in manure? Who takes all your potatoes, and what do they get used for?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed the video. It does look like the yield is a little bit more. These potatoes will be made into potato, flake, and then made into Pringles and instant mashed potatoes.

[@leecampbell320]

Awesome thanks for the reply. That’s going to be a lot of Pringles 😂 There are definitely some monster potatoes going through now. It’s amazing how much manure helps them grow

[@tomrinde4487]

Teton buildings are a excellent investment.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They do build a good cellar

[@dnawormcastings]

Wow that’s a lot of potatoes 🇳🇿❤️

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Sure is

[@JohanOost-mf8pu]

Beautiful

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@petermccormack7135]

Absolutely amazing to harvest 50,000 sacks in one day with only one harvester. Am I correct is calculating that is over 2,000 tonnes? Great video, good reflexes to stop the tractor before the point of no return in the wet pivot track.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed the video. 50,000 sacks would be about 2500 tons. It’s 5,000,000 pounds. It definitely takes good reflexes to run this stuff because you have to be paying attention constantly. And even more you have to know what to do when a problem happens

[@flamingsnow1571]

Cool video! Very informative! I am curious, what is the white tent the potatoes pass through when they are on the conveyer belt heading into the cellar? Thanks in advance!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you enjoyed the video. The white tent is just the picking table there’s six people up there picking rocks, rotten potatoes and vines out of the potatoes and dropping them down onto the dirt belt.

[@OscarVaughn]

It is so friggin awesome seeing potato harvest. May I ask where your taters end up? Not sure if i ever heard before.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you’re loving the potato harvest. All of these potatoes will be made into things like Pringles and instant mashed potatoes

[@TheRange7]

That's a great day. 5,000,000 pounds of tasty taters!!! So many huge potatoes too. I love them baked with butter and about a pound of bacon on top.LOL

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it. That’s how I like my potatoes too.

[@michaelhollmann8353]

Just one question: did you break the flag today ?🤣 It's good to see that after all the work and money that went into that crop ,your cellars are getting filled with these beautiful potatoes ❤.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We actually did break the flag again. It is nice to see the cellars filling up.

[@alfredomarotta6604]

Nice drone, cinematography and music. Glad you're getting your cellars filled up. That's a whole lot of potatoes, congrats. I know it's no one business, but if you don't mind how many pounds and or tons of potatoes y'all harvest per year? And I love you 😊, stay well be safe and God Bless

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you love the videos I’m not sure how many we have this year we will know at the end of harvest but for last year we had 67,000,000 pounds of potatoes

[@paulhammond7489]

Nearly missed this one, I think YT missed a notification as I am subscribed (happens sometimes) Anyway, congratulation on the record 1 day pick, that is a pile of potatoes. Good to see all those big clean spuds coming off the conveyors at such fast speed. Also Nice to see the great condition of the spuds leaving your final cellar after a year in storage, especially after seeing the struggles a few weeks back with that one cellar that caused you a lot of work, but generated a lot of KZbin content. Hopefully all of your cellars will be full to the roof at the end of this harvest. One question: Will you plant a cover crop after harvest, or leave the field empty until the next planting? Really enjoying your channel :)

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos And no, we do not plant a cover crop mainly because we are just too busy because after potato harvest, we have to do hay harvest, and then we have to haul manure and by then the ground is frozen.

[@paulhammond7489]

@@RockyMountainFarmer Not many opportunities to rest when you're a farmer :)

[@toddatglencovewoodworks]

At the end of harvest please tell us how many Americans you have effectively provided potatoes for based on 124 lbs/year per person (avg is from Idaho Potato Museum website). Sounds like the new equipment is speeding up harvest!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah, I plan on making a summary video at the end and I will have to remember to put that in there

[@koryleague8833]

Im doing my part to help ya empty your cellars. Had a big ole baked tator last night. But it was a nebraska grown one😂.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Potatoes are delicious. I had a bunch of potatoes a couple days ago.

[@koryleague8833]

@@RockyMountainFarmer I do miss going to the cellar and getting big Ole tators like your harvesting

[@angus4202]

man i love these vids do you think you could send a gopro timelapse through the process of crossover digging to hervester to trucking running it in the hopper and then belting into the pile also can you explain the chicken wire cage on the deviner obviously its some sort of window protector but theres got to be a story behind it

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos so what the wire cage is actually on is the vine chopper. The diviner is just one of the belts on the crossover and the harvester that’s really wide that pulls the vines off of the potatoes but the cage on the vine chopper is there for Protecting the windows from rocks. The vine chopper tends to fling rocks forward and with our old one we have shattered windows before, so we just are trying to protect the windows.

[@peteacher52]

Huge storage barns! NZ yearly potato consumption is around 210,000 tons. From what I see from your videos, your farm could supply either all of or a high percentage of that requirement! Do you grow different varieties of spuds or do you stick with a tried and true?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you’re enjoying the videos we like to grow the russet ranger because it taste good and the yields are good. Our farm could probably cover about an eighth of your consumption in New Zealand.

[@craiggardner9237]

How do you decide what potatoes become seeds?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We buy seed potato from a seed grower. It’s a different generation of potato. The seed potatoes are the fourth generation, and we’ve pulled the fifth generation out of the ground so we can’t use our own potatoes

[@SR-bh5jd]

It’s nice enough to make an Irishman weep.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@fredengelke4955]

What is the spacing between the rows? Like to watch you guys.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos. Our spacing is 36 inches.

[@sallad19]

Are the schools around you still in spud harvest break? Do they get 1 or 2 weeks off? What do you do when the kids go back to school and can't help with sorting or driving truck anymore?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yes, they are still on break for the rest of this week next week. We just have less people picking but we still have probably eight guys picking with all of our pipe movers

[@1981FlyingV]

Do you guys trade ground with sugar beet growers?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

No, the sugarbeet dump is too far away so we have never grown sugar beets. Also, it’s hard to get a contract for sugar beets because you have to buy shares of the company.

[@section8374]

What variety are those huge potatoes?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

These are russet Rangers

[@chriswilcox1932]

Did you find out the numbers for the fertilizer yall use?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I haven’t yet I would probably have to get a hold of our agronomist because it’s a mixture that they just have at the plant called solution 32 and I’m not sure what’s all in it

[@chriswilcox1932]

@RockyMountainFarmer when you get time I would appreciate it.

[@spencerwendt4800]

Q: when you sell, do you grade the products (sm med lg) or are the buyers bulk buyers (take everything...) then they sort to distrib to grocery vs McDonalds, vs processed?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We don’t have to grade any of ours by size because all of these potatoes will go to process to make potato flake so they will all get ground up and dehydrated and then that will get shipped off to make things like Pringles and instant mashed potatoes

[@spencerwendt4800]

@@RockyMountainFarmer so your crop is bought, as someone's futures contract and now Aunt Jamima flakes will take delivery? how does the buyer take it? truck or rail? and... some of those BIG ones are 10"plus...13"!! aren't bigger ones more valuable for custom meals, like a high end restaurant or chop house...so If you sorted them out, would that be a premium price product?

[@Lynn-er7jd]

I would like to see them wrestle those vent pipes into place.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They actually roll into place pretty easy when I was a kid we used to stand on top of them and run to get them from one side to the other

[@LAllen-m7w]

Are your spuds on 36” rows?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yes they are

[@codyleuthauser2964]

How do they get so much dirt off of the potatoes they're hauling out at about 6:30 there's a pile next to the truck and conveyor?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

That falls through the piler. It’s just the dirt that was stuck to the potatoes at harvest.

[@DavidLogan-y9x]

Just wanted to ask who buys your potatoes?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We sell ours to Idaho supreme

[@KG-xt4oq]

If you need to make room/get rid of potatoes before they spoil, I imagine there's a lot of people in the mountains of TN/NC/SC/VA that could use them right now...

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Oh, I’m sure they could use them and I would love to help out the problem is logistics. How do you get really heavy potatoes over there without them going bad and being able to deliver them where vehicles cannot go because most of the roads are washed out

[@KG-xt4oq]

@@RockyMountainFarmer I hear ya...I imagine there's logistics in place that routinely deliver to distribution points or directly to a store, so maybe deliver to those types of destinations in the areas of need so that the stores can keep the shelves from being empty or people already distributing other resources being brought in those areas can get them where they need to be? I dunno, just spit-ballin' and would hate to see something like this go to waste when it could serve a purpose.

[@daveklein2826]

KG seems to know everything...... Just ask him

[@daveklein2826]

KG.....NOTHING GOES WASTE

[@KG-xt4oq]

@@daveklein2826 🤡

[@jillesboer]

I am a dutch potato farmer, you are talking about sacks, how many kilogram ?? Question from a collega farmvlogger.

[@richardstewart5197]

45kg

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Each sack is 100 pounds so 50,000 sacks is 5,000,000 pounds or somewhere around 2 1/2 million kilograms

[@jillesboer]

@@RockyMountainFarmer That are a lot of potatoes. Thank you

[@eanbolger7974]

What varieties do you grow ?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We grow the russet Ranger

[@eanbolger7974]

@@RockyMountainFarmer pretty cool to see this operation I work at a potato farm in NB Canada the soil difference is crazy

[@WallyTschetter]

What's inside that white tent ⛺️

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

People picking dirt and vines

[@Frank-mn9qi]

We could do with your weather here in the uk it’s very wet harvest 😢

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah, I know you guys get a lot of rain. Typically we don’t get much rain. That’s why we have to irrigate everything.

[@KeithRoyer-d1p]

When you refer to a sack, how big is a sack?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

A sack is 100 pounds

[@АндрейПавлов-з9ш]

ВСЕМ ПРИВЕТ ИЗ ЛУГАНСКА , РОССИЯ !!! МЫ УБОРКУ ЗАКОНЧИЛИ 29 СЕНТЯБРЯ !!! ХОЗЯЙСТВО ОВОЩЕВОДСТОМ И МЯСО МОЛОЧНОЙ ПРОДУКЦИЕЙ ЗАНИМАЕТСЯ !!!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Hey, thanks for watching. I hope you enjoyed the video. I’m glad you were able to get your harvest done.

[@christophermyall2835]

What variety of potato do you grow?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

These are all russet Rangers

[@davidfurman8285]

What do they do with all the potatoes.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They make potato flake out of them. They get turned into Pringles and mashed potatoes.

[@anntomecklebarger3599]

Do you have a broken tile that's not draining?

[@butchkowarsch9133]

What do your buyers use those big potato’s for?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They grind them up into potato, flake, and make Pringles and instant mashed potatoes

[@butchkowarsch9133]

@@RockyMountainFarmer thank you

[@edwardbrewer3869]

What are the potatoes, they look like Russets??

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They are russet Rangers

[@jaythomas4695]

I saw in the other video that you had some rows double or 16 rows maybe why do you not do the whole field that way that would cut down on passes through the field

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

It would take longer because we would have to wait for the crossover to go down and back where as if we follow him down and back, we can actually do 20 rows in the same amount of time

[@jaythomas4695]

@@RockyMountainFarmer sounds like another crossover is needed than you will have to get bigger trucks to increase harvest capacity all you need is more money lol how much did you lose on the bad potatoes

[@johnkeynes8873]

How heavy is one sack of potatoes 😮

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

One sack is 100 pounds

[@jakoblogan6632]

Hey where do your potatoes go too?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They go to a processor, and get turned into potato, flake and then get sold to make Pringles and instant mashed potatoes

[@montepalmer713]

Are you guys responsible for unloading the cellars too or is it employees of the processing company?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We hire a local trucking company that uses their own equipment to haul them out

[@ryanc8188]

Its always funny to see the actual taters vs the pathetic ones you get at the store. Especially when you've had the big ones all your life 😂

[@rogerstone3068]

Yes, but if they put the big ones in the stores, who would buy them? There's a couple of family meals to be had off one of those giants, so long as they haven't gone hollow inside.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah, we definitely grow them big too bad you’ll never see any of these in the stores

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I’ve actually never had any of our potatoes with a hollow heart

[@ryanc8188]

@@RockyMountainFarmer that's what I was going to say, in my 34 years on this earth I've never seen or heard of a hollow potato and that's with extended family that buy around 1/2-3/4 ton every harvest. The only hollow tater I've ever seen is a baked one after I've eaten it 😂

[@ManMountainMetals]

We desperately need a standard size potato 🥔 😫 so we know what caliber to make our potato 🥔 guns 🔫 😋

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Haha right

[@bobcotton4651]

I am sure you have been asked before many time ,but here we go again. How many acres of potatoes do you harvest ?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

We have almost 1300 acres this year

[@paulsanders1373]

Why so long for that company to remove their potatoes? Are you guys responsible for spoilage??

[@seanmarr6029]

How many lbs to a sack?🇨🇦

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Each sack is 100 pounds so 50,000 sacks is 5,000,000 pounds

[@lestercongram3205]

100+acres, faaaaaaaaaaaaaark

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

What’s crazy is the video that will be coming out in a few days we just did 132 acres yesterday

[@allenrobertson4499]

what is a stack

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

A sack of potatoes is 100 pounds of potatoes

[@gregmugler9621]

What are your potatoes used for? Love see your videos From southcental Kansas

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Glad you enjoyed the videos. The processor makes potato flake out of them, and they get turned into Pringles and instant mashed potatoes.

[@abecoulter8550]

ive seen a spud the size of a new born baby, must have been 8 pound

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Yeah, we have some that are pretty big

[@wohliq1]

I would be thankful for anyone who could clear up what sacks of potatoes means in Kilogramm, since im european and we dont use that measurement here and i cant find it online? 🤠🤠

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

No problem I can clear that up for you so here we measure potatoes in sacks because that’s what they used to haul in to the processing plants was a physical sack of potatoes. Each sack weighs 100 pounds or 45 kg.

[@michaelhollmann8353]

Da musst du mal in den Kommentaren eines der letzten Videos schauen, da hat jemand versucht das zu erklären, ich meine 1 Sack sollen 100pound sein also so bei 45kg denke ich

[@michaelrichards4000]

Do you pick your adds? Have a hard time with a Kamala add

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I do not get to choose what ads play. That’s KZbin that picks that. I wish I could.

[@michaelrichards4000]

@@RockyMountainFarmer I figured, thanks for the reply.

[@kentkeller5211]

When you say 50000 sacks is that 50 lb sacks or what?

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

One sack is 100 pounds so 50,000 sack is 5,000,000 pounds

[@kentkeller5211]

@@RockyMountainFarmer thanks

[@gerardvriend729]

Nice democratic flag!

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

@@gerardvriend729 it’s the American flag and America is a republic now you know.

[@gerardvriend729]

@@RockyMountainFarmer true unless you vote for a new monarch! Your harvest seems very good.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

I vote for freedom

[@gerardvriend729]

@@RockyMountainFarmer Freedom is a big word. Freedom for the people, woman , children, men, and anyone else? Or only freedom for the rich and powerful? Taxcuts for the rich? Or prosperity for all? Low energy prices like today, or high energy prices like between 2017 and 2023. More jobs like today, or less jobs like in 2021. More crime like 2017 to 2021 or less crime like today? What freedom would you need?

[@Dondzir]

Ale góra ziemniaków...😵‍💫

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Sure is

[@JamesWest-iu4jx]

Why is it that I can't find any of these big potatoes in the store.....they were all like that four or 5 decades ago , but now there baseball size.

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

Because the only potatoes they want to sell in the stores are the small baked potato size that look perfect they won’t sell any of these potatoes because they’re too ugly. That’s why all of them go to process to make instant mashed potatoes and Pringles.

[@daveklein2826]

People don't want huge potatoes

[@paulsanders1373]

Why so long for that company to remove their potatoes? Are you guys responsible for spoilage??

[@RockyMountainFarmer]

They had an over abundance of potatoes this year, so they are late getting them out. We do have a contract that protects us after a certain date for spoilage.