Great Stand of Durum!

[@EneyFamilyFarms]

Mike, we also bought a hinged draper with transport. Also hated it, traded it for non-transport with a trailer. The constant rattling is stupid!

[@peterhelm6003]

Your wife gives you health food. That is a good sign. You are still useful 😊😊

[@7rixee]

Fatalistic view😂

[@kevinwedeking2016]

Thanks Mike for the interesting and insightful commentary. I always find it educational, enjoyable and sometimes funny. Thanks for all you do!

[@JohnSmith-vo9zc]

don't encourage him.

[@nitrodad15]

Nice to see you have a reason to smile about harvest Mike. You have toughed out some rough years lately.

[@vernonrose2567]

Everybody has their "Pet" field, difference is...In Southern Illinois it's 40 acres........Mike's is a quarter! lol Hope you have a Safe Harvest!

[@ken9651]

Mike, you'r far and few in between. Keep up your honest work. God Bless

[@jarrodwemhoff7270]

That feeling of working on the first farm you bought is always better. Then you remember that payment and 🤬 I wish it was doing better.🤣

[@erickamekonapeper4007]

Brother Nick Welker had one of your Shirts on in his latest video you got to “Big Shot” level Bud 😏 God Bless you Mike your Family and Team with an uneventful Harvest on top of rough yield. ❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸

[@verdonlane2205]

U r putting alot of organic back into the soil ,that is a plus.

[@Sakoshortmag]

Same here in northeast MT. 40 bushel straw and 20 bushel wheat. Or if you're like us between the hoppers, hail and drought..20 bushel straw and 10 bushel wheat.

[@jmazoso]

Nice looking crop! Congrats!

[@jb-vz4wb]

I love my home 1/4 too Mike! Hopefully that tall stubble will catch some snow for ya 😎👍

[@jimpolk]

Good to have something to harvest this year.

[@pietoosterhof5901]

And I'am sitting here in front of mine house smoking a sigaar watching you on mine phone, I'm loving it.❤👍😉

[@grahamdunn8292]

For the Europeans - 25 bushels per acre = 1.68 tonnes per hectare .......

[@Thies.]

Wow thats crazy low for us

[@Harry-zb9tb]

@@Thies. Our average yield is like 8 tons per hectare. Not far from us they get 10 tons. But our average field size is only 3ha 🤷‍♂🤣

[@axelsteinmill3133]

Wikipedia says one bushel wheat are 27 kg. 25*27=675kg. Or did I a mistake?

[@Frederik1t2h3]

Yes this year 105 blushels i denmark

[@ford8630power]

@@axelsteinmill3133 An acre is 0,4 hectare, so your math is right

[@shoresharp8349]

Hey Mike I have the same plug in heated lunch box. They work great plugged into 12vdc.

[@richardradawetz8788]

Excited over 23 bu of 4$ wheat. Compared to last few years. A lot better than previous years almost pay the inputs

[@duncanmcleish3683]

Hope you enjoyed your supper Mike it did look yummy. 👌

[@SergioClaudio]

It does look good and it's going to catch the snow during the winter.

[@straightpipeacres6365]

Friggen BS on how they grade stuff sometimes ya know!! They are gonna make the same pasta as the #1 or 2 Durum. I'm gonna start wheat tomorrow so we'll see if I get er up the rear too hahahaha. Good luck with the rest of harvest bud!

[@badboysfpv1724]

i live in colorado looks like mike has everything under control up north

[@philiphofer3486]

We haven't started on durum yet. Still scrapping around. Finishing lentils. Some lentils did 20 and some 10. Rain in July would have been good. But we'll take what's there. . Simmie sask.

[@RandomGuy-oy5hf]

And we complained about our 110 bu/ac wheat :/ But we also had a stand for much more. Princess crops in the whole northers hemisphere it seems

[@lucyellis2393]

Why not turn your blast up and blow the small grains out the back of the combine? Keep the videos coming, love the content.

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello! Glad for you...

[@falontrinetti5560]

Smooth operator 😮

[@WilliamWebb-i4f]

In south ga we where the same way on dry land corn if we could have got at least one rain in June we would have double the yield

[@georgedavidson1221]

Saskatchewan government is talking about opening up irrigation from the Diefenbaker dam

[@alviney5138]

saw the integrated transport at a dealer in Manitoba - looks pretty fragile // will be surprised if it handles the work you give it

[@recklessbehaviour01]

Morning

[@zvone9650]

give us tractor and grain cart unit tour

[@wallyyuriy8912]

Exact same weather here south of weyburn. About 6” total. Last was July 4& 5th of 2/10. Then last week (second day combining 😂) we got 3 inches and some hail Glad it came though. And just 2 miles west of home ended up with 1.2 inches. Hopefully with how spread out your acres are, you might have good spots that might of caught a rain

[@connorwutzke]

What were you guys getting for durum grade ?

[@wallyyuriy8912]

@@connorwutzke most of it is 4 & 5 ad I’ve heard. On account of weight.

[@connorwutzke]

Same as us around Herbert Sask. I never understood how weight can cause grade to go to a 5. Pasta makers care about color and protein content. They are grinding it down to semolina any way. I would be curious to know if the grain elevator is actually selling that grain as animal feed or if they just pay you for grade 5 and then sell it to somewhere in Europe for human consumption .

[@wallyyuriy8912]

@@connorwutzke if there’s no meat in it. It’s chicken feed basically

[@garymacarthur5275]

On the south farm do you have mor acres that you Brothers and Dad or they about the same ? Also do you run more equipment ? Thanks hope crops only get better. /

[@carlfalt174]

The reality is there will be a chicken producer in the middle of Georgia that will be dancing in the middle of his barn this afternoon as he is viewing this video realizing there is a high protien low weight wheat crop in Canada being harvested ready for his birds to eat. American poultry producers are happy everytime they see this drama play out. It's just reality folks.

[@hansi6575]

When in the bins - will it make a difference if you blow moist air on the grain? To gain weight, that is.

[@richardradawetz8788]

Is that magic?

[@fredericdelage1542]

Salut Mike magnifique vidéo et les moissonneuse batteuse 790i et les coupes et le tracteur et le transbordeur et les équipés avant bien et bien équipés et bien intéressante 😂😮😅😊

[@byehert2466]

what about some FD 245 headers

[@danielhofer7386]

afraid there will be some hefty discounts og that duram wheat if it's all like what you showed in your hand. to bad the heat got it.

[@Sicktrickintuner]

Yet here in ontario 70 bushels is decent and 61 bushels per acre is average. But we had 6” of rain in 3 days in July then 2” the week after Id wonder with all those acres how you would even handle that much grain!

[@verlinswarey507]

That’s what I’ve always wondered!

[@brandonreschner8583]

Where in ontario.. Southern ontario I pulled out 125 bu/ac wheat

[@7rixee]

Hustle up some baggers id imagine. Imagine the bin site to store them acres

[@Sicktrickintuner]

@@brandonreschner8583 I had said average. Ive seen high 90’s also into low 100’s on select years and fields And ya southern Ontario

[@kylechargerrt1]

Our Rye touched 120 bushel this year in southern Ontario, super thankful for the rains. Curious how the soys are gonna turn out.​@@brandonreschner8583

[@Denver645]

Leaving a row standing 😂. Maybe you should upgrade from Deere guidance to AgLeader with good Canadian NovAtel receivers

[@davidlogel2350]

That would be a downgrade, not an up.

[@SoWhatIfI...]

You were 1 inch of rain and 5 less degrees from 45bu. Beautiful color! But that's the color of light durum.

[@tomki6asp]

We miss Lee.

[@emmabrant8299]

What is a normal harvest of durum in that area? accept for these 3 years of drought

[@lanwickum]

Do like I did? Spend the first 1/2 day wondering how all the grain is not going in the tank and thrashing so hard. Month of no rain and heat during heading was harsh.

[@sandy7299]

Mike if farming was easy, they'd all be doing it

[@bernhardhilber5521]

Hi Mike, after all this breakdowns, are you thinking of going back to the Ideal (10) ?

[@duanebolen543]

It seems like your maintenance program on your combines.Is not doing very good.What's your grain drills?You do a great job on them so why not your combines an there Known also to catch fire

[@clearskiesranch1362]

Grain drills are a lot less complicated with very few moving parts

[@francofourie2950]

Sup mike 🤠🇿🇦🚜

[@Just1farmer]

Hey mike why don't you combine with the family anymore really enjoyed that

[@mikemitchell2554]

Great question! It's because of my continued expansion of the north farm. Before that, I had nowhere to be, but now that's not the case. My family would be the first to say, "get yours done down here and get north" as they have zero interest in expanding up there but they also know that I have alot more responsibilities.

[@jackwillie2729]

Do you have camera pictures of what's going off the back end of the sieves

[@jameshill4900]

​@@mikemitchell2554What percentage of your operation is your north farm now. It seems like it is working out well being up there.

[@JamesDean-hk6zv]

What does this mean for seed quality next year?

[@laurisdemons]

welker farms they hawe 9260 case and same crop almoust,8 miles p hour their speed is ,why u go so slow? u hawe good combine too

[@mikemitchell2554]

Slow and steady wins the race, speed = more break downs 🙂

[@laurisdemons]

@@mikemitchell2554 thats true jea,and jea i learrned that 9260 is like demo thing so jea :D

[@westmanguy01]

Damn, light weight cuts into the profit in a hurry. We have taken lots of wheat off at 63 lbs, that's a 5 % increase in yield. But that durum is going backwards. Feel bad for you.

[@John-nc4bl]

A Gleaner would put a cleaner sample in the bin. From a reputable source, Big Tractor Power notes in one of his comments,- "In filming every brand of Combine on the market for the past 14 years, I have to say Gleaner has the least loss and best sample."

[@craigruhle5011]

Your absolutely correct and the most fuel efficient. You will get a lot of hate from what you said 👍

[@John-nc4bl]

@@craigruhle5011 Thanks for your reply. As well, less ground compaction due to it being 8 tons lighter then the equivalent competition.

[@davelowen5198]

How much did AGCO pay you to post that

[@craigruhle5011]

@@davelowen5198 LOL nothing it's common knowledge through the industry but very few want to admit it

[@John-nc4bl]

@@davelowen5198 Not a cent and I am not affiliated with Gleaner in any way.

[@bartoski-ag]

7x lower wheat yield than European farm, but 70x more land, Mike is still winning 😂

[@ken9651]

wow, that sounds different. Drought?

[@jarrodwemhoff7270]

I always enjoy cutting wheat, only way to make it work is to double crop. It doesn’t work in my area.

[@connorwutzke]

Apples and oranges brother. Triticum Turgidum ssp. aka Durum (Latin for hard wheat). It does not bushel like the softer white winter wheats predominantly grown in Europe ! 60 Bushel Durum is a bumper crop in Europe or Canada. Its also the most expensive wheat because its the only wheat dry pasta can be made from. Very high protein content. Cheers !

[@pietoosterhof5901]

How is that possible that the loner combine doing so well Mike?🤔

[@justinmartin5399]

Probably was through the shop and serviced correctly. Mike said his were rushed through and nothing was right

[@pietoosterhof5901]

Okay thats why.😉

[@mateymatev3582]

Where is Frankles Mike?

[@froggienm71]

If that was winter wheat, it would be 65+ bushel

[@ballardgriswold7994]

I am confused. So how many combines total do you have

[@richardradawetz8788]

5

[@JoaoPires-pd9ot]

Oi 👍👍👍👍👍

[@DeadeyeMonkey]

Seemed like you had fewer breakdowns with the old fendt ideals? Considered running Claas / new holland / case, or going back to fendt?

[@beaviccoon470]

Seem to remember that he had a lot of trouble with the fendt ideals as they weren't heavy built enough for his operation. Could be a different story now but I'd imagine Mike won't risk one for now

[@dooformuladlx]

I’m guessing the majority of the problems this year are because previous owners maintenance or lack of and getting rushed through the dealer. If he keeps them next year he will probably have a fraction of the problems.

[@beaviccoon470]

@@dooformuladlx ye that's probably what it is

[@7rixee]

I think theres a going away video for the fendts. He's talking about all the problems but not all of them. I kinda liked the fendt videos, the excitement with all the features etc.

[@ado1541]

@@7rixee we run a fendt ideal had one break down last harvest dealer was straight out and bought a demo header out for us to use

[@markostruszka1845]

do you have any stake in the lawsuits against John Deere?

[@toddjohnson7972]

Why don't you cut at angle to get even wear on your knife sections?

[@franklegare]

did you get rid of your x9s? or are they up north?

[@crandonborth]

Both are up North... I think its cause he needs the capacity for the northern crops. He cuts 125 Bushel Oats up there.

[@daveschwerdtfeger7842]

👋🏼😎

[@edwhite6250]

👍

[@dreiback182]

Really sucks hearing your yields. What would you consider a good yield over there? In a good year obviously. I just caculated that you should be at around 1,5 to 1,75 t/ha and in germany it is in some regions with really good yields in the past years you could go up to 11t/ha but and average (I think including organic farming) is at around 5-6t/ha. Wheat typucally is a bit better yielding at an average of around 7-7,5t/ha. And then you hear Rocky Mountain Farmer talking about 160+bu/ac yields... It really sucks to hear your yields are so low. At this point Im always wondering how farms are staying alive with the price of grain and still not the best yields. Thank you Farmers for just keeping going and feeding us. Thanks. Im wishing you better yields next year.

[@tjlourens3378]

how much kg is in 1 bushel

[@carlfalt174]

Legal weight in wheat is 60 lb to the bushel

[@reginaldmeintjes504]

26kg wheat

[@John-nc4bl]

Those nice long straight rows would be ideal for the combine to dump on the go into a semi. It would mean less fines in the grain from less augering of the grain from a cart to a truck, less fuel used and it would also mean less manpower required.

[@gavinperry7237]

Semi’s are not designed to be used to unload on the go plus ground compaction would be unacceptable thus they are parked at the edge of the field to be loaded using either a grain cart or directly from combine.

[@John-nc4bl]

@@gavinperry7237 The grain cart has no problem loading into a semi and I dont see a problem with the combine loading into a semi. With GPS the semi and its trailer could follow a centerline track in relationship with the combines auger spout. The semis ground speed could also be regulated in respect to the combines speed as it is now available with a tractor and cart. Some crops other than wheat are loaded into a semi from the moving harvester such as potatoes, sugarbeet, silage and other crops. Elmers new 3000 bu. grain cart weighs 90 tons with a full load and that would be heavier than a semi and its trailer.

[@gavinperry7237]

@@John-nc4bl Farmers that grow crops using the "Zero Till" system generally are very concerned about ground compaction thus most like to keep the semi's near the road at the edge of the field. Larger grain carts have larger track systems which equates to less weight per sq footage of ground contact compared to semis with tires that have a very small surface area. Track systems on various types of equipment aren't cheap & do require more annual maintenance than tires but provide superior floatation. Ruts in a field are a nightmare to farmers especially when they have to be crossed over particularly at 90 degrees due to excessive roughness. Excessive compaction is harder on the seed drill shanks plus affects seed placement depth that can affect crop performance. A semi has a greater chance the stubble could be set on fire so some farmers even park on the edge of the road to minimize risk of dryer straw catching on fire.

[@John-nc4bl]

@@gavinperry7237 Thanks for your reply. 90 tons on two tracks such as the Elmers 3000 bu. cart is a lot of weight and with two tracks, the compaction from these two tracks is just spread over a greater area but this area is being compacted. Even a 1000 bu. cart at 30 tons loaded is causing a fair amount of compaction on two tracks. One also has to include the tractor pulling the cart is compacting the ground as well. Traversing over deep ruts is best done at approx. 10 to 30 degrees and not at 90 degrees. Trucks have their exhaust components high up on the engine and are are not like cars which have their catalytic converters and mufflers low mounted under the bodies of the vehicles.

[@jeremymullen5378]

🔥👊🔥⚙️🔨🏍🌾🚜

[@saskdutchkid]

First

[@bigun447]

Today farmers with modern combines with all of the fancy electronics are like an old prison where every function was controlled by ringing a bell an exact number of times to get all of the convicts to chow, to showers, to the yard, to count, and lights out. Electronics is taking the farmer who had to manage everything himself by looking in the bin, check the tailings elevator, walk behind the combine to look for losses, and adjust the cylinder and concave manually. Yes, the farmer will soon be optional.

[@verlinswarey507]

Why the prison analogy?!😅

[@crandonborth]

Wait is so i will be replaced and i dont have to sit in a cab all day?? Sign me up.. not the threat like you think it is.

[@bigun447]

@@verlinswarey507 I watch old movies and the gangsters always use the bell to trigger their escape. But is not Mike sitting in a cab for hours with only beeps to wake him up to make a turnaround? His main job it to stop the feeder when he sees a skunk being reaped.

[@bigun447]

@@crandonborth There are already tractors with no operating cabs and the farmer sits at his desk back at the farm and monitors how the computerized equipment is working. If Spacecraft such at the Boeing Starliner can fly itself... OPPS, BAD ANOLOGY, as Boeing designing your combine controls, would probably have it crossing the border and reaping crops in the USA.

[@Ole_CornPop]

​@@bigun447and a SpaceX combine would blow up on the way to the field. 😂

[@nikossaldis9791]

κιαρατα

[@Raydubbs90]

Where did Lee go

[@jd3893]

I think he’s a toilet salesman in swift current now

[@jd3893]

I think he’s a toilet salesman in swift current now

[@jasonhoule5599]

Used toilets.

[@errolsigue4419]

Are you going to make some money

[@grahamdunn8292]

25 bushels per acre = 0.68 tonnes per acre .........Nothing to write home about and explain the need for economies of scale.

[@Adam-x4b]

Doesn’t need to explain anything to jackasses

[@SomeTechGuy666]

I wonder when Mike is going to make the connection between climate change/global warming and his crop yields. The world is getting hotter. Crop failures and poor yields are going to be the new norm in his area. He needs to change his farm management. Winter wheat would have probably done really well. Mike says wheat doesn't make him any money. Compared to what ? How much money did the crops he planted make the last 4 years ?

[@crandonborth]

Not they wouldnt... Welkers farms planted winter wheat and it yielded like 18 Bushel/Ac. Farmers like long term and think big picture... 4 years is not a large enough sample size and Mike could get 6 years of really good crop and the drought will be forgot about.

[@clearskiesranch1362]

😂 winter wheat won’t even survive the winter. Climate change is bs anyway

[@SomeTechGuy666]

@@crandonborth You obviously don't understand how climate change is working. Look up yearly temperature plots for Alberta and Sask. Every year is getting hotter. The interesting thing for Mike is that they got a decent amount of rain to grow a crop, it was the heat that killed it. 30/30/30... 30C, 30 Km/h wind, 30% humidity. Yes, one more rain in July would have helped but the crop would have been fine if the temps didn't get so high. Yeah, Welkers only got 18 bushels per acre with their winter wheat. They probably would have gotten 10 with spring wheat.

[@pufferlump]

oh brother...another one of those 🙄...the sky is falling the sky is falling🤦‍♂️

[@SomeTechGuy666]

@@pufferlump Deny much ? How's that working out for you and Mike ?