Aphid spraying, Dicamba damage, chemical rant, weed issues, drought

[@moses195]

I stumbled onto you from Farm Sim 17 vids, I think you are so much a natural instructor! You have taught me more in 1 month than I have learned in 58 years. I am binge watching your videos in no order. Thank You for everything you do!

[@iowadairyboysFarms]

Learned more in this video than a year in school.

[@jamesgoldsmith4805]

iowadairyboys, that’s too true!

[@grantreese8721]

Thank you for putting out quality and informative videos about agriculture. We farm 2100 acres of corn, soybeans, and wheat in southern IL, and thought about making some videos during harvest this year. Such a disconnect between consumers and what were doing out in the fields. People seem to only listen to bias information about what we are doing instead of asking us who are actually using the chemicals.

[@codyschluter6142]

There is a reason Dicamba has recently been banned in Three States by State regulated agencies.Thousands of acres in central Illinois have been effected by inversion/ volatization. Not to mention the human health issues being reported to federal agencies. We had a strange weather year here cool mornings lots of heat and humidity which exploded the inversion issue. Bottom line is Insurance companies around here I have been told will be placing a 10,000 deductible on your insurance if you spray dicamba. I've heard they are considering higher deductibles yet. Thanks for the video. I don't blame the applicator farmer or not. I believe the chemical was appliied properly, set backs need to be increased if it will be used around here again if you can afford to use Dicamba.

[@mseetherh]

Glad to see you are responsible in using thresholds and understanding your responsibilities when using chemicals such as dicamba.

[@kylekrzewina1135]

keep the videos coming....very informative. you do a really good job of explaining things

[@kylekrzewina1135]

great job editing too

[@MillennialFarmer]

Thank you!

[@57fitter]

Glad to see a post from MNMF!! Say, we've got weed problems in Indiana, too. Ragweed is showing up in fields where they never were seen before and the excessive rain has made the fields a bear to get after them. Waterhemp is pretty tough to kill in a muddy field , too. Rotation is going to have to come back, I think. Stay cool, bud!!

[@thr8061]

Isn't it amazing how y'all have drought issues up there and in southern WI & northern IL we have had way too much rain. Alot of flooding issues. For those who are making hay (like Wes- OneLonleyFarmer) it has been a horrible year. Best of luck for y'all.

[@ArunMPEdison]

Thanks for sharing. I was learning about Dicamba application and it's problems but didn't know these details. Thanks for sharing and great video capturing and content.

[@lukeprall640]

Love your videos!!! Try to keep posting as much as possible!!! Very informational.

[@SmudMusik]

Very interesting, thank you for explanation. I started watching your videos from 2019 and you are always talking about the high amount of rain you had. Now this video from 2017 and it was to dry. You got some crazy climate up there in Minnesota

[@paultro8457]

Have you made a video explaining the corn cob? I've heard you talk about mature corn, or the milk line I think you called it. I'd be interested in learning what the different sections of the cob are and what they do for the plant or how you know the age of it just by looking at.👍👍

[@SheaClayFarms1]

Great videos keep it up, really enjoy the time you take explaining chemicals and plant health. Its been a strange year, we farm corn/beans in eastern Ontario and cant seem to catch a break from the rains doubling the average rainfall meanwhile your in need. Look forward to your harvest update

[@stevep5408]

Do you sit back and listen to the corn grow. Nice hot day. High humidity, light breeze through the field listening to the corn kind of pop as the stalks expand at the joints.

[@scottschaeffer8920]

Yea, manure, and disturbance can facilitate ragweed. A good sod with perennial grasses left to root-in helps us. We try to give the pheasants a place to nest too.

[@davidwoermansr]

Farmers with critters do that too but without critters to graze there's no point paying taxes on good farmland and not farming it

[@area812]

I work on a farm part-time and we had a huge problem a few years ago with weed control over because of ragweed. There were issues with Dicamba like you stated in the video and because of not enough testing...several states had major Dicamba damage and caused major issues. In my state (KY)...you have to have a special certification just to have the Dicamba in your possession. I hope that all is well and e safe and happy farming.

[@jeremyfoss505]

We switched to Liberty Link soybeans. Cleaned up out beans really nice and works like a charm. Just make sure you use the full 20 gallons of water per acre. We hired the co-op to spray some of our acreage and they used less then the 20 gallons and the weeds were much, much more noticeable.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Jeremy Foss yeah Liberty's have gotten popular around here too

[@samuelbryce1991]

Great video, very informative as always. As an Australian its crazy to hear about no rain for a few weeks being an issue obviously why we dont grow corn here but some farms here go for months with out any rain and years without any significant rain (and when it comes it tends to be devastating). Goes to show the importance of gmo crops and its ability to make plants drought resistant. Keep up the vids mate!.

[@clarenceseigle9995]

Thank you i cant get enough of watching. Your video s by all means keep them coming

[@matthewwindisch9449]

Very informative.Thanks for making this video. The costs and risks of being a farmer seems overwhelming. ❤️ 🇺🇸 👩‍🌾

[@kevinfarmer5895]

You could go old school. Ice filled 5 gallon cooler and a weed hook. Walked many bean rows in the 70's, 80's. Very good video, thumbs up.

[@jordanvinski3601]

Glad to see you finally have a post missed your videos

[@JA-fn7le]

Dicamba has been around since 1967 originally as BANVEL D. and it is a very volatile product, if you have any veggie farmers around you watch out, you'll flatten tomatoes over 5 miles away and uo to 2 weeks after spraying dicamba.

[@alanwilcox2008]

Excellent info. On Bifenthrin. Check the prices on a web site called “Do Your Own” . You can buy direct. Serious lawn insects here in Florida and bifenthrin is only thing that works. Have to be careful with it however. I’ll bet Dad loves operating that sprayer. Way cool machine. Captain Al from Tampa. 😎

[@AusTexish]

Very interesting, thanks for your perspectives

[@Farmable]

Never heard of Dicamba before, thanks for explaining what it was.

[@tjschopshop3260]

I work for a Mosquito control company and we use Bifenthrin 7.9. Its a very mild chemical and is biodegradable. It is a synthetic pyrethroid but derived from the chrysanthemum plant. Love the vids!

[@MillennialFarmer]

Dodgeguy 2271 awesome information, thanks!

[@stevenreider6266]

Ok. Ya we farm in a small town called West Concord MN. Southeast of MN

[@jkelsh]

Wow, different worlds, what you call drought we would call a good season by the look of it! What's your annual growing season rainfall? Ours is about 325mm (13"), last year was a decile 1 year (less than 5 years in the past 50 have had less rainfall) and it's looking really dry right now, no subsoil moisture left at all. Our farming systems are mixed (winter cereals and sheep) so we still have livestock to look after while we wait for the season break so we can start sowing.

[@tylerdurden8939]

I'm growing dicamba beans here in southern Illinois myself, I have had dicamba drift and burn my neighbors beans a week after spraying. Crazy stuff. Good luck to ya

[@BornToFarm101MN]

were going dicamba soybeans next year. the giant rag weed is in almost every field i drive by around here.

[@MillennialFarmer]

BornToFarm101 our dicamba fields are very clean so far and the beans look great

[@BornToFarm101MN]

good to hear. I'm excited to give them a whirl

[@joshdavis8495]

Dicamba is not good it drifts and kills. Yes I farm 2300 acres soybean's and corn. I've been paying the Mexicans that own the local restaurants family members to walk my beans cheaper than spraying again.

[@andrewsarles3520]

Do anyone remember putting root worm and cut worm pesticide in the planters with the gloves and respirators?

[@alexleklund]

We used Ultra Blazer (24oz/ac ) & Resource (8oz/ac) this year sprayed end of June (planted May 24) had really good kill on larger waterhemp in beans. I was surprised as well with little leaf burn on the beans as well.

[@justincase2830]

thanks for this update and education of chemicals.

[@xavier3961]

Thanks for the Video and Information about the Chems.

[@PAFarms]

Great video, I have tons of comments. - dicamba beans aren't really growing in my area but I use Status on corn. Haven't seen an issue yet. I use First Rate on beans, do you have any experience with it? Also as far as the weeds on the buffer areas, I'm not sure if you are interested but I did a video called "weed control" to show how I deal with problem areas. We also have gotten the cool down at pollination, if I could share some of our rain we had this year, I would. 32" since Jan 1. Our issue is too much water. Best of luck to you!

[@MillennialFarmer]

We have been using first rate with our pre-emerge application and it worked great this year.

[@PAFarms]

MN Millennial Farmer also Status is my go to for corn, I heard it's still dicamba, do you have any idea if something like that has the potential to drift to beans? I seem to remember leaf cup but it didn't appear to damage them. You could probably do a video all on dicamba issues. Seems to be more reported on lately.

[@Dollapfin]

Plant a vigorous cover mix like a grass and a thick clover. I’d say fixation balansa and cereal rye. Let them both drown weeds out and terminate them a couple weeks before planting. Plant into the dying cover and roller crimp it over the seed. Might get slugs, but beneficials will be there too.

[@Dollapfin]

Try a test strip

[@AASparkChaser]

You forget we have 6 months of winter in Minnesota. Nothing grows.

[@shibumi5210]

Roughly what does it cost to spray an acre with pesticide? Liquid fertilizer? I'm talking liquid, fuel, M&R, labor, everything...

[@benburns5995]

Very informative and interesting video. Hope you get rain soon to help recover your crops.

[@Jeremy_811]

Your finely back!!!

[@richardh8355]

With an additive dicambia was sprayed 10ft from many tomatoes..both crops did well

[@danhalverson8136]

A video about a farm who has value added products !

[@WHEE7598]

Parmer Amaranth down here in South Ga would be our water hemp. Very tough to control in cotton.

[@jamesmckay9966]

Do you see the posibility of larger Farmers having larger Drones ,even on a shared basis, to do Aerial spraying. Maybe Farmers in the old days sharing threshing machines. Jim in Boise

[@johnathanscott4586]

My family runs a 1500 acre farm and had a very bad experience with dicamba last year our neighbor who has many dicamba beans around one of our little 70 acre fields and it was fully cupped ,well we went to talk to him and he tried to blame it on Fs well fs came out and they were running the right amount per acre and the guy said that he was running a little too much per acre but finally paid us for the yield loss.

[@artayers2372]

As a teenager, I walked fields either pulling weeds or spot spraying Roundup on Johnson Grass.

[@askelson21]

So if your neighbor has yield loss, what are your responsibilities to him? Do you have to provide some sort of payment or have a deal in place?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Mark Askelson no deal in place. It's a big "gray" area right now. I don't believe he will see a yield loss in this case, but we will know more in 6 weeks!

[@MrStrengthz]

@@MillennialFarmer is there any follow up to this bud?

[@Gunnut880]

Which Banvel herbicide did you use on your beans Xtendimax or Engenia? those are supposed to be low volatile formulations and not drift as bad, but still could move through temperature inversions, so looks like you followed the precautions on leaving buffer strip. As far as my experience goes in Southwest Kansas with dicamba drift on beans on effect on yield is variable and depends on the growth stage of the beans when they get the damage more crucial time would be flowering to early pod development.

[@MillennialFarmer]

We used Xtendimax with the correct nozzles and everything....

[@jordanroberts1519]

Isn't the difference between the Brigade and Talstar Bifenthrin the percentage of mixture within the product itself, thus the regulation? Brigade is like 25% while the Talstar is 8%. Doesn't that factor into it? Like actual RoundUp from Lowes usually will have like 3% as the active ingredient while something more commercial is north of 50% usually. Wouldn't that factor into cost as well as regulation?

[@matthewmccune]

our experience in ks is, the beans will no longer grow from the effected nodes. or likely set pods on those nodes. light dicamba damage is still terrible

[@benburns5995]

Thanks also for showing a close-up of the Aphid's. Bad insect but interesting to see.

[@101thepitbull]

Love the education factor. Great job!!

[@jamesmckay9966]

Sorry to keep bothering with questions . Is using Aircraft to do your Spraying a consideration . It is common in Idaho. You never know. Jim in Boise

[@MillennialFarmer]

James McKay Yes, we hire one sometimes for our aphid spraying but it's cheaper to spray ourselves. Basically, if we feel like we're doing too much damage, we will hire a plane.

[@Neighbour_Al]

I have a private applicators permit for spraying my apple orchard. It really can be a challenge to educate folks on what's coming out of the sprayer and how careful I'm being. I really don't like spraying in the dark, but if that's when the wind is down, then that's when I spray. Good call that consumers get access to chemistry that we have to have permits to apply!

[@hummell9]

why don´t u use other insecticides with other agents? Deltamethrin or Thiacloprid?

[@just-incase3483]

They were spraying by me in Wisconsin the other day and that shit was like a fog, it just hovered above the crop. I wondered what that was and well now I know👍🏻 I put my windows up because I figured it was toxic to breath in🤷🏼‍♂️

[@TwoHappyChildrenFarm]

Good video. Did you ever have problems using Status on your corn with beans nearby? I heard it's a dicamba relative. thanks

[@MillennialFarmer]

We haven't used status for a while but I don't remember having issues with it

[@TwoHappyChildrenFarm]

thanks.

[@3richier]

Do you have a video of you running the new sprayer ? Thanks.

[@grantflavel9822]

Tell me if im wrong please. Pyrenthene spray is made from daisys

[@mhz9257]

Do you ever scout for benifical insects in your fields? We started that in vegetable couple years back and sometimes have to adjust our threshold numbers

[@davidwoermansr]

We farm next to ground the university owns and they genetically modify insects to control other insects so we see some strange insects in our fields and have no clue what they are

[@psygn0sis]

(Watching in 2019) Thank God you got rid of that Gopro or at least found a way to stop that creaking plastic noise.

[@mgsmith9813]

What do you run for a pre on soybeans ?

[@AndersonFarms]

everybody should make a video in the worst spot of the field and film it and send it to the usda and see if the markets go up.

[@codydog1700]

Anderson Farms lol our knee high corn should do the trick.

[@johnwudarcki9315]

You may not see this but I've seen drones used for spraying. Might not be applicable but you might want to look into it

[@denisgallagher109]

excellent vid as always . great information thanks.

[@lukejustice6058]

Down here in Arkansas where I am from you can't spray dicamba cause a lot acres were lost due to it moving through the air

[@Heimerviewfarm]

Just curious on the area that always burns up, have you thought of putting it into crp. Also look into harmony, works great on soybeans

[@MillennialFarmer]

It's just a small area of the field, and it's nice and square now. Working around the CRP would kind of be a pain.

[@atmidnight8740]

I bet the big manufactures are rushing to build your hundred gallon 4 wheeler sprayer right now. Of course they will add a optional two hundred gallon tank for a extra 50 thousand. lol

[@pascalhumphrey]

can you bring good dirt into those bad spots?

[@rattlinurcage3]

Great video and that was interesting with the insecticide. I never would have thought they would have the same ingriedient, Ive sprayed lots of tempo and never gave it a thought.. Are you coming up to Ada tomorrow night

[@MillennialFarmer]

Not planning on it, just have too much going on around here!

[@rattlinurcage3]

I dont doubt that any, works gotta come first especially on the farm. Im headed to Ceder Lake tomorrow for the nationals. Hope you come up for the Seitz race !

[@MillennialFarmer]

Mark Sinn We won't miss the Seitz!!

[@andrewmaas6620]

Thank God we don't have those last time we had them I worked for a co-op as a custom applicator

[@SaneNoMore]

Love the informative videos... hope he gets better with using the mic though lol.

[@koryleague8833]

Great video as always very informative

[@hootche1]

M F,,,, When was the last time, the poor area in that field, had any FARMYARD MANURE, to retain the moisture, could you give us some vids of manure spreading......

[@nickblank402]

Did you use adjavants with it aswell

[@jimwalden9871]

Have you considered using a hoe to eradicate the weeds & keep the $500?

[@michaelheinen8526]

great video,again really informative,hope u get some rain,

[@barrychouinard4019]

Dicamba has turned out to be pretty concerning to be involved with this year. Lots of unintended results.

[@MillennialFarmer]

Sure seems that way...

[@bobbysears6626]

Good video and that stuff sounds like 2-4-D it’ll get up and walk with the fog .

[@valeriegriner5644]

Is water hemp the same thing as "pig weed"? (we have pig weed in GA) My brother-in-law has to hire people to pull it up.

[@MillennialFarmer]

They are very close but different. They're both an "amaranth". We have pig weed also but don't have big problems with it.

[@valeriegriner5644]

I'm impressed with your knowledge and prudent use of chemicals. Your videos are very interesting...thanks! We're having thunderstorms in south GA...every single afternoon. I haven't checked with my brother in law to see if his peanuts or cotton are being affected. I know he has been spraying a lot...that darned crop dusting plane flies very close to my house(lol)!

[@johnangus895]

Well said about the chemicals

[@nikolatesla5553]

Watching this I can see the constant conflict of interest that farmers face. Maximizing every acre is imperative to remaining competitive and economic survival, but everything they do affects the environment and wildlife habitat etc. But wildlife and habitat is constantly evolving whether farmers do anything or not. I don't think any farmer wants to pollute the environment, but I can see how some might rationalize doing so. I appreciate your channel, I've learned a lot. And thank you for the food you grow.

[@pinesedgefarm1155]

Very good video.

[@clearingbaffles]

Are you related to OLF? Cause you both say “can” the same way, ken Thanx lovin’ your videos from the left coast near the Krapitol of California

[@DougKremer]

Bifenthrin is my favorite insecticide. same stuff as in ortho "home defense max" sold at the box stores.

[@alixwhite4054]

what did it cost to aphid spray your beans per field?

[@davidwoermansr]

Depends how many acres the field is and how it's sprayed

[@landaroon7793]

Love the vids. Don't use or like poison, but when one mono-crops you need it. Of course it inevitably screws plant biochemistry and causes the problems that are being fought. Always. But I enjoy the vids a lot

[@scottschaeffer8920]

I like that you have some CRP-Good Job!

[@waterskiingfool]

First video with the music on the opener

[@nickblank402]

Ted kahler if it is 10 mph or less wind no buffer needed

[@kestrelmetersusakestrelmet806]

When spraying, be sure to log your data. Check your Delta T before Spraying!: kestrelmeters.com/pages/dicamba-pesticide-spray-meters

[@noelhohberger1188]

I love your videos learn alot !

[@Tspin317]

im not a farmer but i am a landscaper, we do turf fertilizer and pesticide spray (i have my spray licence), and its insane that since i charge a customer to put down weed control or insect control, using the same active ingredients as something they could buy at home depot, that since i do it commercially i need a licences. My assumption is that because we are doing such high amounts of the work is the reason we are required to have our homework done and documented...labels are laws for us, but not residents.

[@MillennialFarmer]

It's odd, isn't it?

[@david111davies]

Yea we have bright green aphid in the UK, they are so tough. I have tried drowning them under water for a long period and they survived like they had gills lol

[@shanebartholomew2457]

What did you spray the Dicamba with? Engenia? Xtendimax?

[@MillennialFarmer]

Shane Bartholomew we used Xtendimax

[@Bammsaidthelady]

We have similar issues with weed control, except we dont get water hemp we get cleavers.

[@brandonb9452]

That water hemp looks a bit like the soy so it threw me off when I first saw it in the fields here in Canada

[@farmermatt629]

Ever try not plowing that sandy area? Just no till it... would make a good experiment... and wouldn’t be out of anything if it didn’t work if it burns up every year anyway ... I strip till my corn and soil has changed a lot over the years... a lot more biology and structure in the soil.... I understand a guy can’t go all in on it especially with heavy soil like you have... I didn’t go all in on it for years.... I thought soil wouldn’t dry out in spring and the list goes on... I’ve been half strips on half my ground and conventional for the other half for 15 years... strip till corn is always the best yielding... I recently just went 100% strips and just make strips in the fall for beans in the heavier soils

[@calebvick4112]

Awesome video!

[@sdbok76]

What day was most of this video shot

[@MillennialFarmer]

Monday

[@tf7274]

I actually did 10 acres of canola knockdown with a 4 stroke weed wacker...I probably looked crazy from the highway...but 50bu drop in corn if I didn't.

[@MillennialFarmer]

T F Gotta do what you gotta do!