Mike's New Project! 🤦🏻‍♂️🥴

[@johanvantrier]

Here in the Netherlands we also have a lot of dams:Amsterdam, Rotterdam, schiedam, Edam........

[@Chiellus11]

And lots of pretty damsels !

[@leandrocosta4245]

damn

[@olovv01]

You forgot about these Dutch towns: * Aardam * Alblasserdam * Appingedam * Bergumerdam * Bilderdam * Brigdamme * Busch en Dam * Damwoude * Didam * Dubbeldam * Durgerdam * Galamadammen * Giessendam * Heerjansdam * Hinderdam * Ilpendam * Krabbendam * Kwadendamme * Leerdam * Leidschendam * Maasdam * Mildam * Monnickendam * Muntendam * Nieuw-Amsterdam * Nieuwendam * Obdam * Onderdendam * Oostendam * Oostknollendam * Polsbroekerdam * Rijsdam * Schardam * Schoorldam * Spaarndam * Statendam * Steendam * Stellendam * Uitdam * Veendam * Volendam * Vuilendam * Werkendam * Westknollendam * Zaandam * Zeddam * Zeldam * Zwammerdam

[@markkraakman1427]

Lekker bezig mannen

[@briannihiser5350]

@@markkraakman1427 P lol lol

[@ChrisMeuzelaar1]

Glad to see you guys getting some rain, have lost vegetables to flooding last year I know how heartbreaking it is to put all the work and get very little back, all the best for a fantastic season Mike

[@MrMagnat007]

Mike Your health and safety are paramount.. Whilst Coffee will get you so far... a decent night sleep will do wonders. Look after yourself.. There are multiple fields...but only ONE Mike and we kinda sorta need him !!! (For Awesome KZbin content)

[@idk96824]

We need him for more then KZbin

[@interman7715]

I love watching those big articulated tractors working .That JD is a real nice machine.

[@bassomatic1871]

I'd recommend Tannerite to remove the dams but with so many of them it would be more expensive than a backhoe.

[@andrewj7994]

My father was the man on discs. He broke in a lot of country some very steep all with bulldozers. He used to pull a set of large chain harrows behind, they must have weighed over a ton. He would change how far behind they were depending on how badly the ground needed levelling, then on second pass he often towed a roller. Mind you this was steep country and he had his moments. Personally I don't have a clue, I just know that discs are amazing machines in the right conditions.

[@googleuser4009]

Mike you're just like me, I trust the Weather Network as far as I can throw it but we tend to keep looking at it anyway. It's actually been quite accurate this year

[@davidkimmel4216]

Good luck 👍

[@markwatts3957]

Mike fair play to you and how hard you work, ive done farming life and there is no such think as a 9 10 12hr day its go till you drop and then keep going, love the videos, and loving the 1167

[@joescheller6680]

Get that 120 hrs . used to do it all the time putting in crop and harvesting. Then carried on into trucking. Nap power naps can do wonders

[@kopenhagenkid]

Great video Mike

[@andrewswart441]

Good video Mike! I hope this venture works out great for you

[@spideybrent]

Hello Mike great videos thanks for sharing

[@rongrose3746]

Those disks are incredible!!

[@fredericdelage1542]

Magnifique vidéo 📹 et le matériel agricole et le tracteur 🚜 sont très bien

[@brabblemaster401]

As I farmer I proudly support DU and Peasents Forever. I have seen the damage that my elders did to the land (I don't blame them Cuz they didn't no a better way). Nearly all of our natural wetland in the area were tiled. Our drainage was causing erosion. Blanket spraying was too expensive and bad for the water. There's are reason not a single lake in SW MN is not safe to swim in from runoff. As farmers we need to care for our land to help wildlife, improve soil health, all while improving yield and making more money.

[@jackbannock3458]

Ducks unlimited is a terrible organization that doesnt give a shit about ducks and other animals. Theyre similar to PETA. Theyve ruined good farm land all over ihr province and in other provinces and countries. Our RMs and other governments are going after them for illegal water blocking and otber stuff. I wish that organization would disappear like a bad day.

[@tony-the-tigerjohns3294]

When I saw that disc and heard you describe what you were going to do, I knew that you were not overkill on the tractor. Go big or stay home.

[@stearsfamilyfarms6264]

It’s funny how different soils deal with water. Here in Michigan if we get a inch of rain we are out of the fields for acouple days and then we can go back to heavy tillage.

[@eagle___shadow]

Goood evening everybody 😁

[@ianirvine1924]

I watch and genuinely love all of your videos Mike and I particularly enjoyed this one, HOWEVER, it did make me worry a little bit for you. Given how hard you’ve been working on the seeding, very little sleep, driving 600km, starting to disc a new field in the middle of the night on your own, THAT DISTANCE away from home😬.. I don’t suppose you carry a lone worker tracker in case you get into difficulty?

[@lenboyle7891]

Take some soil samples before and after and see the difference cutivation makes

[@BillStecik]

Good to see you at the north farm. I break a lot of new land and then rent it out . My favourite go to tools ... D6 cat , 308 cat hoe , seppi tiller , rome disk , JD 2680 hi speed , 927 fendt . The degelman and JD hi speeds are very capable tools .

[@spectralducklin]

Y'all got much boulders over there??? Or is it so many trees and thick roots? Because of the d6 cat. Or maybe that's something common over there. Here in Sweden i haven't even seen a bouldozer on a farm. There ain't so many farms that has a digger.

[@BillStecik]

@@spectralducklin look on my channel . it will explain

[@jackbannock3458]

@@spectralducklin a lot of farms in northern sask have Dozers and excavators to clear land and pull equipment out when its stuck to the frame lol, thats why we have a D6 hahaa.

[@spectralducklin]

@@jackbannock3458i so wanna get stuck just to play with d6 then. For real though, are those bulldozers getting rent out or contracted to do some other jobs? Or just sitting in the barn and waiting for a stuck or clearing land?

[@Sanbar11]

Did you think of spraying 1.5 liters of round up and seeding directly into the grad. Done here 1 hour west of Lloydminister on gras and works well. Seeded Oates or canola works the best

[@mikemitchell2554]

Yes, 9x out of 10 I always spray it, and I ll seed some direct too for comparison.. Glad I didn't spray it early tho, because it's sucking the moisture out which after 9in if rain is blessing lol

[@rogersmith8480]

👍💯👍💯👍💯👍!!!

[@brandonvantorre9907]

Need a 30 ft then high speed once or twice. Ontario guy here finished planting corn and beans. Dads girlfriends from swift. I would love to work out there work a few weeks. I can run 16 hrs days but that’s my max.

[@SjaakJenniskens]

Looks like very good ground! Aren't the dams made to retain the water for as long as possible so that you can also benefit from it in the dry season? and does it not prevent the water drain from rinsing too deeply?

[@jackbannock3458]

No farmer in sask wants water damed up on their land. We want it to run off and dry out so we can seed it all. Standing water on fields is a pain in the ass, plus its let's cattails and other weeds grow

[@stiegerstx500]

In the right ground you'd know it's back there at least wishek is a HD unit 28 foot one is almost all the 9520 wants

[@georgedavidson1221]

Use tile drainage to lean up the water

[@jeffyoung2089]

Thanks Mike! Enjoyed the video!

[@buckeyeguyhater]

You need to relax and hang out with your baby momma and baby. Life is short brother!

[@optomm]

Nice 👍

[@jmfarms3555]

You have about as much love for ducks unlimited as i do lol

[@gavinperry7237]

The disc in the fold down position is about the same width as your air drill in transport mode 😂📏🤣

[@gill4819]

I was thinking the same thing

[@lynwessel2471]

I think the drills are 27ft.

[@Coolcoop2008]

The drills are all 80 to 60 feet I think

[@lynwessel2471]

@@Coolcoop2008 27 ft when folded for transport.

[@francescoviale4683]

Hello Mike 😴😪💪🇮🇹

[@recklessbehaviour01]

Morning

[@robhall9599]

We’d glyphosate it off before cultivating here in Uk . Going to be interesting drilling and combining around those wet areas 🤷‍♂️

[@carterk116]

When breaking unfarmed land around here it actually works better to leave the growth on it. It helps breaking discs and deep tillings tools bite into the ground better and do a nicer job at least in my experiences it has

[@robhall9599]

@@carterk116 Uk can have wetter summers so the grass can keep growing , it’s best to deal with it straight away 🤷‍♂️ I’ve seen it sprayed off after drilling as well , but sodds can be inverted so no good spraying the roots .

[@carterk116]

@@robhall9599 The grass in North sask will stay growing and thriving all the way until mid September it’s a completely different climate compared to mikes south farm lol. It’s actually not uncommon for our pea crops to drown out in June where I farm from the amount of rain we can get. Like I said I just prefer to keep it green does a nicer job in my opinion 👍🏻

[@robhall9599]

@@carterk116 sask is 2.7 times larger than Uk ! We mainly go for yields here , 10 tonne/ha winter wheat , so weed competition is paramount to us. Our climate will not be as extreme and Canada’s , we rarely get winters like we used to , just wet weather. A large field here will be in hundreds of acres not thousands. Wonder how many acres an hour a large drill will cover over there ? Does Mike ever sleep in busy times ?

[@robhall9599]

@@carterk116 there’s been more discussion further down on spraying off the grass. Mike has said he wants the grass to use up moisture to dry the land out. So we can all have an opinion thousands of miles away but we know little about what’s happening there! Lols 😂

[@lars6078]

Mike, how do you remember where all your fields are? :D

[@Jehty_]

He doesn't. He just picks one that looks good and hopes that nobody complains.

[@rodharasym3948]

Hi Mike. I enjoy your videos. What's the closest town to your north farm. You may of said in one of your show witch I missed. Just trying to wrap my head around it. Thanks.

[@rickk6447]

Mike, did you see that turtle? It was moving faster than you!LOL🤔🤣🤣

[@erickamekonapeper4007]

Hang in there Brother we love you and you’re investing in your Son’s Farm so keep going and have him producing when he takes control you and your Family are so Beautiful Mike I’m so happy for you! God Bless! ❤️😏🇺🇸🖖🏼

[@matthewshaw3718]

Your probably a better farmer than me Mike but I would say if you want to keep your topsoil on the field (should be a legal requirement) you need to use drain tile to remove water. Once that soil has washed away it won’t come back

[@ernestreason1732]

Mike can probably confirm, but drainage tile is expensive and normally only used in land that is under irrigation and/or high rainfall areas with a long growing season so that you can grow high-valued crops (cost benefit economics). Irrigation Districts in southern Alberta does have some tiling as well as southern Manitoba.

[@ernestreason1732]

Mike did you consider accelerating the break-up process by spraying a heavy application of Round-Up prior to discing and/or cultivation?

[@mikemitchell2554]

Yes - 9x out of 10 I always spray it. But this time I didn't because I wanted the grass to suck up moisture

[@ernestreason1732]

@@mikemitchell2554 You are a wise farmer.....Albeit, it is hard to see how thick the sod is, but I have seen an example where a farmer sprayed his 10-yr old alfalfa field right after his second cut. He applied a 2nd application of Round-Up the following spring and then direct seeded the field with wheat. Excellent crop and the field was never exposed to wind/water erosion.

[@peterwhyte1747]

@@mikemitchell2554 mike if you don’t spray that sod it will regrow in the following crop and create more problems ,

[@tommurphy6062]

Rained out is a welcome change

[@turnerg]

Mike i have a question, are you going to leave the natural drains grass to help manage erosion?

[@billmackintosh2063]

Mike.... a strong glysophate spray first could have saved quite a bit of diesel and time

[@robo1210]

Glyphosate doesn’t break up roots and sod, which is what he’s doing.

[@stephenmatthews4546]

@@robo1210 glyphosate kills the the roots first hence grass turns brown .roots then dissintergrate . all thats left is soil

[@robo1210]

@@stephenmatthews4546 roots don’t decompose that quick.. takes months. He’s wanting to seed soon. Not to mention discing will help dry the ground out as well.

[@Farmkid2009]

What bappens if you get stuck on the north farm because I don't think the 724 would be able to pull the tractor and drill out❓

[@drmarkintexas-400]

🏆🏆🏆👍🇺🇲🙏 Thank you for sharing

[@pdoug1000]

Where did you sleep after discing?

[@chrisevans8007]

Have bring tractor from south farm up there

[@rodneydionne1087]

i would like vary- vary much hear that, why would you plug the natural water way for ducks?? love to hear your side

[@GavinConwayWoodworkBBQ]

Tannerite would sort those dams up and no need to level them off atferwards - ha ha ha. That'll be a good video to watch as Mike blows up 99 dams!!

[@cameltanker1286]

I didn't even have an ounce of questions, let alone a ton.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Haha 🤷‍♂️😆

[@philhicks5818]

It’s nice your back in the Deere , no horrible winning from the 1167 , 😬

[@JonathanGarcia-zq6hu]

Is the rain at the home farm more annoying or are you happy for any moisture you can get?

[@mikemitchell2554]

Can't get enough

[@beejjohnson9563]

Warrior

[@laurencecharlton8760]

In the UK these habitat warriors are known as (polite term) tree huggers!! They are a waste of rations!! Looks as though you might need a 360 to sort out those idiotic dams.Just another problem to overcome,well within your scope!!👍🇬🇧🚜

[@brabblemaster401]

There not a waste of rations. Farmers and city folk have destroyed millions of acres of natural land that used to hold wildlife. If people like you controlled everything then we'd have no wildlife and our lakes would be even worse off then they are

[@ЯнКучугурний]

hello, we will also build such roads after the war.

[@ghoian]

Mike, Mike, Mike what are you getting yourself into. You haven't even touched your existing north farm which I hope you get seeded before you put any more time and effort into attempting to turn this back into productive farmland. And for God's sake spend some time with your wife and son. You think you're going to have so much time during the summer but before you know it the combines will be running at the south farm.

[@domination1985]

Our hay is going to be late this year we have had 10 inches of rain this month and it will rain for a day or 2 then take a break for maybe 3 then repeat like my yard sounds like walking on a wet sponge I mowed it Monday and it hadn't rained for 2 days and was still getting my tires wet and not cutting flat

[@straightpipeacres6365]

Just a zingin down the #1 eh hahaha

[@mikemitchell2554]

At highway speed of course 😉🙂

[@straightpipeacres6365]

@@mikemitchell2554 lol

[@dennislamers986]

How do you know the borders? I didn't know a person could dam up waterways. Why would you cut the grass down?

[@shenpa.8859]

i think car's show current date on their screen.🤔 mine does.

[@dougberry1011]

Will you have to barrow that or something to break it down?

[@alviney5138]

Ain't no quit in Mike

[@derrickpettit3489]

Freaking riot mike, 😂😂 geterdun

[@dougberry1011]

How many acres or did I miss that?

[@grahamsandry9289]

What is wrong with Ducks Unlimited. I had never heard of them so I looked them up and see that they do loads of great conservation work?

[@lynwessel2471]

Probably a couple hundred thousand in donations spent developing habitat on this farm then a decade later, " Nah, we dont want it any more, might as well be farmland." The hunting must not have been as good as they hoped . Natural duck habitat all over the place in that area .

[@SoWhatIfI...]

The problem is that they go ahead guns blazing to change the landscape. Alter natural runs, create new dams, all of which will require some form of oversight in the future. Then 10-20 years down the line they wash their hands of the projects which then fall into some state of disrepair, washed out dams, leaks, invasive weed growths etc and the surrounding land users are the one who will end up shouldering the work and expense to mitigate the problems.

[@grahamsandry9289]

@@SoWhatIfI... thank you for the explanation. Very interesting. What waste of resources.

[@Coolcoop2008]

are you geting close to done seeding?

[@rickydavis4964]

He said 2/3 done

[@davidpattinson959]

Haven't slept in 2 months. Yeah right. You'd better get a bit organized mate.

[@niklasgroe3000]

I have a question and since im not that well versed in famring pleas edont be to hard on me. I was wondering if you could plow that land and get it done faster that way. And if not why?

[@garoldpeterson3433]

That must be Ashton's pickup.the windshield is not broken.🤨

[@mikemitchell2554]

It is 🙂

[@MrEwoud342]

Mike I have a question for you. I always think you both are bound to have an amazing child but did the choice to expand more north come to early? Would have loved to see you guys both work on the northern farm together and with Chapel a few years older and see him ride all kinds of equipment.

[@georgedavidson1221]

How much rain did you get on the south farm ???

[@bradygies9994]

Why not roundup it out. Cem-till it for a year then direct seed it?

[@wallyyuriy8912]

I’ve been direct seeding cereals with a disc drill into old 20 year old hay ground. Sprayed last fall and pre seed burn. No moles so fields are still smooth. Been growing decent crops this way other then grasshoppers and too dry last year

[@NeisenTransport]

Oh my I can just see the ruffled feathers of all the Karens out there yelling at you Mike for being a big bad farmer 😂🤷‍♂️🦢🦆

[@edrouse9578]

I didn't see any ducks.

[@mikemitchell2554]

The easement expired 😆😆

[@P_Rund1952]

They were all sleeping.

[@stepark3437]

@@P_Rund1952 no they got a memo to go to the new section that is being built.Duck have gps right.

[@Chiellus11]

They are enjoying Mikes new duckout

[@joshkitzan3615]

If you've got service google earth in the field is actually quite useful when your not familiar with the field.

[@thewoodthatcould8161]

Mike could you talk more on ducks unlimited in a later video

[@frankg5466]

how much rent do you pay per acre per year if its seeded

[@hughperkins707]

Should have put a litre of roundup on it first.

[@richardscott5142]

Don't turn with disc in the ground or u will be doing bearings in and other nastie stuff.

[@roydelta1]

Do you know where you are Mike 🤣

[@kevinknoff9809]

How much rain have you got this year?

[@mikemitchell2554]

9in at the north farm in places 1/2in at the south

[@robertvetter6139]

The John Deere sounds pretty quiet. Are you going to to a review/comparison of your Deere vs fendt

[@2007dalin]

if its been 10 years you should organic farm it.. although i don't think you have the time for that lol

[@mikemitchell2554]

Haha definitely not 😆

[@georgedavidson1221]

I do not think it is legal anywhere to block a natural drain

[@jackbannock3458]

Its not. RMs and government have laws and rules about blocking water runs or illegally draining. DU could care less about that thou, they think theyre above the law

[@zeke879zeke]

Mike, use instant weather vs weather network. I’ve found them more accurate with rain

[@stepark3437]

Hey is instant weather just for the west. where do I find this serves

[@zeke879zeke]

@@stepark3437 it’s an app similar to weather network however I find it way better. Honestly not sure, I have it in Ontario

[@edchellino8529]

Mike, how far north do you have to travel to get to your new farm?

[@mikemitchell2554]

Around 600km

[@ukaszwiecki-andrzejewski2764]

@@mikemitchell2554 You can use plane to travel. Bush plane to land on grass.

[@grandpaandlucas7054]

@@mikemitchell2554 That's like traveling from London to Edinburgh

[@edchellino8529]

@@mikemitchell2554 Thanks Mike, that's quite a ride for you. Be safe out there.

[@rvhome5599]

And there is another 10000 Mikes who break Land and want the water gone NOW and then there is even more flooding everywhere . I used to live along the Assiniboine River and a few years ago we had flooding like never before in history, it killed 500 year old trees , what does that tell you

[@mikemitchell2554]

I have never drained a field off in my life, but blocking natural water runs is illegal. 🙂

[@meyervision]

Dang Mike, get some sleep! "This is about 1k a day to rent" Oh crap, nvm, better get to work Mike!!!

[@MFKR696]

That situation where they plugged up a canal in order to "save the ducks" is basically Environmentalists in a nutshell. Environmentalism is very important, but the way the typical Greenie goes about it is completely counter-productive. We could get farther progressed into the realm of being *truly* environmentally-conscious if all those people would just go away. Turning that chunk of land into a berm/swale Permaculture site would have been vastly more beneficial, but that would have required actual effort. Their version of "environmentalism" is basically this: "See that problem? Throw some money at it. No point doing anything yourself. There's people for that...". As far as the "there's people for that" sentiment goes, it's one that absolutely infuriates me. Whenever someone says that to me, I say "You're not a person, I take it? Silly question... Of course you aren't.... You're a Muppet, and the puppeteer died *years* ago." The lights are on, but nobody's home... lol

[@jasonclark3127]

To bad you didn’t take the 1050 up there

[@bungalallyO]

Certainty not sticky soil.

[@rogerbanham6875]

why don't u plow the grass and put it under ground so u can till the top

[@randystrack4708]

Mike, seems with 40,000 acres down south you'd have enough land to farm also a few more up north. Duck nesting grounds are very important for their survival. Yes, I am a duck hunter.

[@mikemitchell2554]

That might true and i have nothing against the Ducks or Robin's or any other bird, but there is millions of acres for them, infact only 7% of Canada can actually be farmed - according to Stats Canada..

[@uwebehrend9734]

@Mike Mitchell yes but farming is not everything and in fact we in the big infustrial nations have more than enough food but waste about 30-40% of it because it gets thrown away because it doesn’t get bought. So if we would reduce waste, we would have more than enough food to also feed some of them people in poor countries like some countries in Africa

[@mikemitchell2554]

@@uwebehrend9734 that's true there is a alot waste and not just in North America, 3rd countries actually can waste more due to the poor loading facilities. They literally just dump on the ground and then the rats and dogs get to it

[@dirtdevil70]

@George Jones how so?

[@robertcornell9308]

Heaven forbid an organization legally does whatever they want with their land! Don’t even try claiming that they illegally damned the waterways! You know dang well the local farmers would’ve been crying for the government to stop them! Nobody forced you to rent that land!

[@patrickburgmeier7902]

You would like a high speed disk way better Mike. Just saying.

[@mikemitchell2554]

I have one 🙂

[@phillipstahl73]

Why don’t you use the protill

[@mikemitchell2554]

I am 🙂

[@danadams8718]

How do you know your not on the neighbour's field? Haha

[@edwardhazeldine1808]

mike if you are working 100--120 hour in 6 days you are getting 4-7 hour of sleep each night i can see why everybody else decided to sleep 😂😂

[@mikemitchell2554]

😆