Lower Your Expectations!

[@scothazlett2630]

Nathan, I'm glad to see you are keeping it professional. Most of the people making comments about how to rotate your crops are just people who have played Farming Simulator. Thinking that means they know farming. Keep moving forward man!!

[@coltonbrewer834]

Always the best videos keep coming !

[@markmitchell641]

Awesome drone shots!!! I talked to my friend and local farmer here. We are about an hour north of Grand Rapids MI near Lakeview. I asked him about white mold. He said it bad here as well. We talked about many of the same things you shared. He believes environment has played a big part in the mold this year. Definitely affecting the yields here. I look forward to seeing your videos daily. Thank you. I appreciate your honesty and sharing your life and farm.

[@denniskurtz1428]

Sunflowers,canola , soybeans are all hosts of white mold. Rotation is the only way to reduce it. Conditions are a big factor to. Every year is different. Great video Nathan. 👍👍

[@johngerber3891]

Not enough heat units for corn this year not meany days with south wind prevailing wind was north / north west

[@alexmikhael5061]

8:44 CATCHUP you re in the KATCHUPZ!!!!

[@owensanford482]

Good drone footage and WOW, you can really see the white mold patches. Crazy how it is so patchy...

[@itzgwnthomas807]

nathan, we spray sulfur for white mould. buut it only works had 20 degrees celcius. but it works, and it's abio product...

[@brianbanks3882]

I have white mold, I have no idea how to fix it. Option A,B,C,D not even going to try any of them, not gonna happen. Lmao, live with it then!

[@alexmikhael5061]

20:10 KOOOL DRONEAGE ACTION!!!!! :) yeeeeehhhaaaawwww!!!!

[@alexmikhael5061]

I was seriously ''hopeing'' for ''OVER ABUNDANT HARVESTS'' so you could more easily justify the spendageature (bleed da cash for) one of those AG SPRAY DRONEs ;) oh my..... I kno you are gunna get one..... it's just a matter of WHEN :) LOL

[@maxfender6886]

Good Morning

[@ALLENFIELDS-e5n]

Positive thoughts go a long way

[@mikekenyon3322]

Good morning, sorry your getting rained on today.

[@LarryLindsey-i8c]

Enjoyed!!

[@deanoz9307]

Great explanation on the white mold challenges. I really hope a solid cure for that comes along. Can’t thank you enough for putting these videos together Nathan, it has to be a lot of work. We need that sub count to jump.

[@jimpolk]

Morning Nathan. Great breakfast combo😊

[@stanbrow]

Excellent video

[@randywilson9611]

Good video good to see you

[@randywilliams787]

I would think it was the amount of rain and moisture on the soil surface. Is there a way you could monitor your soil surface and figure out at what temperature and moisture it starts spreading so you know when to apply your product for white mold?

[@davezeigler1804]

Nathan did you guys rip any of your corn stalks last fall and if you did do those fields have more or less white mold?

[@tstears1]

Over in Irrigated St Joesph county farmers bought those narrow row platers and started having white mold problems, went back to 30 inch rows and got rid of the mold. Lack of air movement was the problem

[@BorderViewFarms]

These were 30" rows

[@burtzorn4059]

Come on Nathan get a 4 bottom plow for the 4020😅 😆

[@ryanyingster7669]

Endura fungicide?! Bailed corn stocks off our field last year for our cattle… planted beans this year, white mold was in the area that I took the corn fodder off. We are a no-till farm … u can see exactly where I stop taking off corn fodder, basically where the white mold stopped

[@BorderViewFarms]

Yeah Endura is an option. Expensive but if you know it's a problem worth it

[@mikemuehler6482]

What a heck of a breakfast

[@bfd1565]

Nathan, White mold: plant your rows in the direction the wind normally blows to allow for maximum air flow through your soybeans rows. That might help and not cost you a dime but some extra time harvesting shorter rows. Just a thought. Best wishes on your corn harvest bro.

[@RickPerry4960]

Now I know Brock is the one who let the dogs out. Great video

[@brockzuver6587]

I quite literally had to let my 2 boxer dogs 🐕 out lol.

[@rogerburkholder7524]

Being a lifetime Cleveland sports fan I have very low expectations.

[@buckeyefarmboy107]

I love how you react to the comments on white mold 😂

[@ryan5174]

While I realize it may not be suitable for every application; in my opinion the 8RX is the coolest looking tractor on the market…

[@bl4ckmoodd255]

Here in Indiana we are seeing white mold more where guys are putting on Hog manure.

[@alexmikhael5061]

25:12 ''WHENT TO THE ZOOOOOO!!!'' what about MUNKIES???? did they get to go to the MUNKIE ZONE???? or TIGERS?? or LIONS or bears OH MY!!??? :) sigh.... the San Diego Zoo is a pretty wild place too!!! :) which zoo did he get to goto?

[@alexmikhael5061]

oh TOLEDO ZOO ok cool! :) is that one a big one? lozza critte5rs??

[@robburkett1671]

Nathan some thoughts on white mold, I grow your brand of beans, enlist 3.3 3.53.7 maturity I'm on a hydrated lime program with the Toledo water treatment plant have it applied every 3 years since I've been on program my bean yield have increased sizable because my soil ph is 7.0 to 7.1 nut are more available micro biology is more active and disease is very limited I also use seaweed humic a lot of biology on every foliar pass usually 3 . Just some suggestions to your white mold issue to try ,works for me!

[@BorderViewFarms]

We've used some of the water treatment lime as well. Our soil tests say we don't really need lime very often. I'm just starting to use more humics. Worth looking at.

[@sdfarms7933]

We got oodles of white mold here in the thumb. The conditions were perfect and the only guys who didn't have big problems were the drybean guys who put 3-4 fungicide passes on them one of them with a plane cause there was so much rain. Variety choice was a big deal this year aswell

[@haydentaylor8651]

I am very close to you as you know and we plant pioneer variety beans and we have hardly any white mold in our beans

[@jameseagleeye6546]

I was reading some information about the white mold that it starts in the flower pedals, and fungicide should be applied at the R1 to R1.5 stage.

[@BorderViewFarms]

Yeah it infects the flowers but our soybeans flower for 6 weeks or more. That's why I say you would have to make multiple applications

[@alexmikhael5061]

23:00 ''beans are better back there in the corner and I don't kno why....'' where, what, well which field was the ''reverseing the tile drain to an irragation setup'' test done??? IT WAS ALONG THE RIVER THERE WASNT IT??

[@BorderViewFarms]

Not that field

[@jessenp20162725]

Nathan, here’s a few thoughts. Think outside the box a bit. Maybe you can raise spring oats to combine. Or maybe you can add a hay crop in the rotation. I.e. millet or sorghum. 👍🏻

[@davezeigler1804]

Where would you sell large quantities of that in Michigan and ohio?

[@danielhiller9165]

try the following in test plots, rye cover crop seeded into corn and no till beans, seed small grain with beans like oats with the beans that will stimulate the white mold to germinate before the beans bloom

[@deronlogterman2951]

Grow corn for the win.

[@alexmikhael5061]

33:13 CORRRRRRRN I LOF DA COOOORRRRRNNNNNN !!! its got the juice!!!! it's got the juice!

[@curtisowens4588]

Dr. Pepper and pop tarts lol that makes me laugh out loud. You know I understand that people want to give opinions but sometimes I think it’s just better to keep their mouths shut. I like the info you give. If people can help with suggestions it’s okay but some of those opinions and suggestions are just irritating lol. Nice drone shots.

[@bradpoppe1801]

Could it be that the way the ground lays, tree lines, home sites, etc. that would impact how wind/airflow gets to/through the plants and dries moisture out, thus inhibiting environmental viability for the mold to grow? Might that impact, to some degree, why you see it in the spots you do?

[@steveclement504]

Can you still able to burn a field to get rid of the residual? Used to do a lot of it but very not friendly anymore? Just a question. Enjoy the videos and your knowledge when explaining things.

[@farmernige]

Im from uk so know nothing lol Looking from the outside i think in 2 yrs you will see an even bigger problem. But answers are thin on the ground. Msybe if enough grow alternative crops the elevator will find a good market?

[@michaelleach1334]

Nathan I'm just spit balling. Would it help to do field prep in the fall. Leave the ground open to freeze. Do you think that would help kill the white mold.

[@farmermatt629]

My seed guy was wondering why I was disappointed in my beans after I told him the yields …. Problem is I’ve raised a lot of beans that yielded the same as this year in the past that I was happy with…. Unfortunately it cost twice as much to plant this years crop as previous years … so ya disappointing

[@deanoz9307]

I really wonder if the water used to irrigate those fields could be tested. If the mold spores sit in the soil, surely a certain amount must run off into the creeks and perhaps passed through irrigation, hence the lack of mold in the triangular field that you called out. Can the water be tested for spores?

[@BorderViewFarms]

But why the white mold in all the other fields that have never been irrigated then?

[@deanoz9307]

@@BorderViewFarms Nathan your analysis on narrowing down the cause of the white mold was crazy interesting. I can see how frustrating it must be for your team, as it’s driving me up the wall thinking about it.

[@kenroberts4533]

I've got it. Just go replace all of your dirt. LOL ....sorry, just wanted to tell you how to farm like everyone else. Nathan...you're a smart dude...that's why I watch your channel. Noone knows your farm better than you and your father. Y'all will figure out the mold.

[@mrdio4625]

Expect the worst , you'll never be disappointed

[@terrymattan18]

What if you were to plough Would that help?

[@taztaz6539]

I don't know what your drainage system is like but mould usually signifies too much water - maybe rake the top 8 inches of the field to improve the drainage Just my thoughts

[@echutch]

Any chance your traveler hose needs bleached out or something like that? Spitballin...

[@adamleek1546]

Dang I was hoping you’d see a noticeable difference in the mold in your 30” beans

[@farmjet2711]

Does KZbin censor you from playing another youtube video like they do with the radio?

[@BorderViewFarms]

I don't know. Never been an issue but I suppose it's possibly.

[@walkerpoteet5208]

Chicken litter ?

[@stevebiddle8912]

Disappointed that you have to deal with the white mold. However, you covered a lot of acres!!

[@matt7168]

Why do you guys always fold your auger on ur cart?

[@brockzuver6587]

@matt7168 because it not worth leaving up and hitting it on the combine auger or trees on the side of the field, and most importantly bc Nathan tells me to fold it every time so I do

[@davidruffjr6045]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@M8Stealth]

Golden Harvest "Go for the Gold Challenge"... But i didn't say it. 😂

[@agger838]

I think the biggest iinfluence on bean yields is how long has it been since beans were last planted before them

[@johnst.andria2505]

Good Morning!

[@mikewood3203]

Don't have a market for alternative crops or not willing to do the work to establish/ship to a place that has a market for those crops? two different positions.

[@richardwilson7106]

Lower Expectations = A large hoop to jump through that is low to the ground.

[@DickAnderson-k9y]

Please don’t do the drinking game for every time he says White Mold or you will be drunk as a shuck 😂😂

[@alexmikhael5061]

oh my.... ''lower your expectations'' sigh.... nooo sorry can't do that... BUT what *I* try to do is follow the ROCKAFELLERs outline a little bit, one of the tidbits on that biz plan is ''SET SEVERAL SMALL GOALS THAT LEED TO MUCH GRANDER GOALS THAT LEAD TO GREAT GOALS'' wordage to that effect... several obtainable goals that leed to the harder to reach ones... and meditate... and choose to SHUNT NEGATIVITY TO GROUND And only BE POSiTIVE :) chooze GOOD over that other ikky choice... LOVE JOY COMPASSION

[@olblue81]

The downside of a KZbin channel appears to be having to defend your choices and practices. You know your farm better than your critics, I'm confident you'll find a solution to white mold before the arm chair agronomists in the comment section will.

[@jessenp20162725]

I think you have identified the problem (soybeans) but you haven’t looked at solutions. The biggest solution like you briefly touched on is rotation out. Is it a option to cash rent the land for potatoes or sugar beets?

[@BorderViewFarms]

No surgar bbmeet aren't grown within 200 miles of here. They would have to get trucked to the thumb of Michigan and that's cost prohibitive. It's too heavy of ground for potatoes with too many rocks.

[@jessenp20162725]

@@BorderViewFarms I see

[@kevinsiedschlag429]

An agonist from years ago said that an application of 28% nitrogen on harvested fields, 20 gallon an acre, was a failsafe to rid fields of weed seeds n disease?????

[@coreybrueckner4032]

What about spring wheat after corn? I find you observation of mold being more prevalent in the irrigated portions of the field intriguing.

[@BorderViewFarms]

We don't grow spring wheat here.

[@coreybrueckner4032]

@@BorderViewFarms I know that you do not grow spring wheat, but is it a possibility? No market for it? Is white mold more prevalent now than ever? If so, would new cultural practices be a logical consideration to limit the problem? You addressed numerous plausible remedies in the video. The only one that appeared to have a impact on white mold reduction was when you referenced more crop rotation with wheat. What are your personal thoughts on the financial limits of breaking the corn / soybean rotation to consider long term benefits of a third crop rotation? I am assuming it is sizable to make you hesitant to do it.

[@BorderViewFarms]

@coreybrueckner4032 spring wheat is typically hard wheat and not what is used around here. I'm not sure how far we would have to haul it. The bigger problem with spring wheat is the terrible yields. 50-60 bushel is good spring wheat and we can raise 100+ bushel winter wheat

[@joelcoots2102]

I am not a farmer, grew up a farmer and spent my life 30 years Navy and am a retired medical professional. Your arguments are making excuses for why you can’t do anything else. Al your points are excusing your actions. I just know that I had to leave farming because my father and father in Law refused to accept ideas which that did not like. Explore options for markets other crops, Like rotation of Hay production for cash market, Sugar beets etc…. I understand it is hard but your white mold will only get worse the more you plant.

[@douglassmith7515]

Don't be so stubborn and try a test plot of plowing.

[@mathdj01]

You've typically been willing to embrace new or different products, why not try some small scale experiments regarding white mold? Three or four crop rotation, biological control, low plant populations....etc....Just seems like you got your heals dug in, and are hoping for improved genetics or mold killing solutions....

[@bobearthquakepumpkinfarm7455]

Cheater! lol

[@bobearthquakepumpkinfarm7455]

Don't Get mad Nathan. I hope you liked the joke. No harm intended. For a few years I judged NCGA. Usually the ones that tried to cheat were too embarrassed. I know my comment about harvesting white mold fields with the combine last helps only if you have a spot or two, not if you have it pretty well scattered. Seed treatment only helps protect new infestation from a questionable seed source. I'm thinking Extension Pathologists may have some WM forecasting models. Great attitude. Thanks for saying what you did. bullseye.

[@rickk6447]

Well two things, I know you look at root structure in live beans but have you pulled plants that are ready to combine? Here’s why this matters, could it be the root structure isn’t getting through the subsoil that’s wet? Also, you should do some research and overlay your maps with areas that get a lot of rain and snow, ponding water to see if the mold grows in a wetter spot or not and overlay your combine maps with them. That way you can narrow it down a little more. I believe white and black mold form with a lot of moisture, moldboard plowing may be the key to all of this helping get fresh dirt to the top of the soil and burying the wet stuff!)

[@timboslice3755]

Good Morning!

[@farmermatt629]

My seed guy was wondering why I was disappointed in my beans after I told him the yields …. Problem is I’ve raised a lot of beans that yielded the same as this year in the past that I was happy with…. Unfortunately it cost twice as much to plant this years crop as previous years … so ya disappointing