On Farm Therapeutic Pounding! No tractor work.

[@geofiggy]

Thanks Matt.

[@scottwilhelme9880]

Thanks

[@Ricefarmingtv]

You’re welcome, Scott! My pleasure.

[@satnambawa0711]

Thanks for nice video

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Satnam! Thanks man. Glad you enjoyed. -Matthew

[@KawaiiKamikaze1]

We had Jerry Rig Everything and now we have Jerry Fix Everything!!!

[@cntslesfabrication]

Matt if you box in the top of the ears it will really add alot of strength to them

[@tylerscriven3324]

Love your vids

[@terrynicol2098]

Are you guys making any adjustments to your planting in response to COVID? Any expected loss in sales/exports? Do you all lock in your prices in advance of harvest?

[@candramd721]

try using cangkul instead of shovel. its way easier for your work and doesnt give you back pain. greeting from indonesia

[@redeemedfarmer2670]

Ok silly question... Are you not flooding the filed before you plant? Why does it matter if the soil is wet when your going to flood them anyway? Great job on the videos...

[@robertreznik9330]

We need the rain but the forecast is dry. We don't plant much wheat because it takes too much water to make 6,000 lbs and we rail it cheap to California for export to Asia. Our 1/4 half mile circle or 122 acres of wheat had 5" applied in the last 10 days. It is heading and need extra soil moisture because we will be planting corn and the irrigation on this circle is then on corn ground for perfect germination. I think you needed to sprinkle your sweet corn regularly after it was planted. Sweet corn has little starch reserves to be planted deep as field corn is.

[@jfo738]

Matt, like your channel, but you don't explain why the soil has to be dry in the first place in order to plant seed.

[@ryaniest8103]

After your explanation of why you are switching the chisel plow points to sweeps, my 6 year old son exclaimed, "That guy is Smart!" Shortly after that, Daddy saw the corn patch and thought, "Hmm" about the 6 year old's previous comment. Just kidding! Great content. That moisture should help the corn.

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Ha! I’m going to have to side with your son on this one, Ryan. What’s your son’s name? -Matthew

[@ryaniest8103]

His name is Elliot. Thank you for creating good videos that my son and I can enjoy together.

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Please tell Elliot that he’s a cool kid, that you’re a great dad and if we lived closer we would probably all be friends.

[@ryaniest8103]

Will do! I am a former Californian, from the Fresno area. I use to drive through your area to buy dairy cattle in Orland. I always liked the area of California you are in.

[@mehulgolakiya4704]

Hi how are you

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Doing well thank you. How are you doing?

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day mate fields are looking great 🍙🍚

[@mooorecowbell4222]

I found the upgrading of the chisel plow repair job fascinating. It looks "beefed up" for the future. Mother Nature is such a mysterious woman - Our home is minutes away from your fields and we did not see a drop of rain that week while you received almost 2 inches. Matt, you revealed yet another weapon in your arsenal: THE SWEEPS... what other attachment tools can you pull out of your "bag-of-tricks" to keep the planting and harvest on track?

[@ohiofarmboy3983]

Build a nice size shop or barn

[@Ricefarmingtv]

I need to find a shop or barn sponsor for these videos then. Actually the ground where our equipment yard is located is leased. We don’t own it. So the owner nor we have much incentive to invest in a big nice shop. -M.

[@cember01]

As a Chico State grad, I drove past these activities a million times. Now I know.

[@ericmanteuffel6403]

How long ago did you film this episode (and others)? Reason I ask is the blancorilio channel showed you already flooding the fields and seeding , along with a shortage of fertilizer. I am about 100 miles to your west (Santa Rosa) and it caught my attention with regards to the weather difference. Just curious. Thanks

[@ericmanteuffel6403]

Never mind. You just said in your video it is only the second week in April, so about a 2 week delay. Now the weather makes sense. Great work on the videos by the way. Really enjoying them!!

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Hi Eric this was filmed in the middle of April. I am having trouble working so hard, hanging out with Juan and editing all my raw footage. I need to get caught up. I hope to do that this week by uploading a couple episodes. Thank you for your interest and please let me know if you ever have any questions. -Matthew

[@ericmanteuffel6403]

@@Ricefarmingtv Matthew. Thanks for the reply. Please don't think I was criticizing how long it took you to post. The thing that caught my curiosity was the difference in the weather. I know sometimes the weather sweeps in differently through the state, but when you said in a couple of episodes about the weather, I was like hmmm, I not that far away and directly to the west. Anyways, I figured you are busy working then going home to the family, with only precious time left in the day to edit your youtube videos. I enjoy your videos. Keep up the good work!! Can't think of any questions now, but will let you know. Enjoy the nice weather coming this week

[@LNDCRUZIN]

Good job Matt!

[@nbpk01]

You are really getting korney.

[@Ricefarmingtv]

I think I’ve always been. It’s just sprouting now! -Matthew

[@TheLinkssuper75]

Sooooo if your going to flood the field why are you worried about drying out the dirt

[@cntslesfabrication]

If it's not dry and in big clumps the rice seed won't be at the right depth and could possibly be to deep and not grow right or at all

[@mcottingham]

Ah man, when you leaned over your crops and said "Ah man, I don't know" I can relate so hard. I give mad props to the farmers after trying to grow microgreens in my kitchen, that shit is tricky.

[@shaunroberts9361]

Thanks nice Vlog for sure. When will you have some Rice for sale in the web site.

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Hi Shaun! Glad you enjoyed this episode. Oh man, I’m all out of the 2019 crop and of course we haven’t even planted the 2020 crop. It’s gonna be awhile, my friend. -M.

[@brianbob7514]

Why do you dry it out at all? Isn’t it going to get totally flooded?

[@cntslesfabrication]

If the dirt is in clumps the seed depth could really causing a issue unlike dry and zero clumps

[@abdulmumeenabdulkair5831]

Hi my is Abdul from Nigeria your rice TV Chanel is inspirational, I want to be a rice famer like you how do I start ??

[@scottwilhelme9880]

Dumb question, why dry soil for a crop that grows in water?

[@troyadamswaymarfarm5224]

Basically it's all about the seed bed preparation, even though Matt arial seeds. You still gotta get an even field and more so a proper seed bed for maximum germination...😎

[@lancebass9883]

In NC, we are in the middle of planting tobacco and we had 3 inches of rain in 24hrs

[@robertreznik9330]

If it were mine i would use a seed drill when it drys some for timely planting even with more rain. The Urea and other nutrients could be applied and covered by the drill openers. You could then cut your seeding rate some. I am an Agronomist and 50 year experience farmer so I am not a rice farmer! Because you have lots of compaction deep and much cultivation near the surface you must have a rice variety with a shallow root system.

[@dmdrewitt]

Great video. Thank you. It was interesting to see the repair on the chisel plough mount. Can you also advise what microphone you use on the go-pro please?

[@sanfranciscobay]

Curious how much Jerry charged to install/fix the broken frame? I'll estimate $100 per hour x 4 hours = $400?

[@nochese]

Is your rice sold in stores or goes somewhere else? Do you know what brand of rice it gets labeled with?

[@cliffh8486]

How do you not have more subscribers, you make entertaining stuff!!

[@waggtech8793]

From the looks of the previous repairs that didn’t hold together, you’d better let Jerry do the welding!

[@Ricefarmingtv]

David, I agree 100% with you. I think pops just likes re-welding the same place year after year.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

Hi Matthew, another fun video, thanks. It's always a pleasure to see Jerry's artwork. Good luck with your corn. I saw a couple of dicots popping up too. Wonder what they are

[@tonyczuleger182]

This fall see the gang in Dixon at Cool Patch Pumpkins & Corn Maze. Matt Cooley runs a great operation and is a Great Tomato (Tomata) Farmer. :>)

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Hi Tony! I’ll bring the baby girls by! That sounds fun. I just hope the festivities start before our rice harvest. -Matthew

[@mehdikandoul8559]

Thank you mr atthew for video i am first one watching your video

[@dtube2]

I am from India I have questions Are u not do wheat farming?

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Hello to you in India! I’m not wait for me because I’m rice farming. The northern Sacramento Valley is a prime rice growing region in California. Are you a wheat farmer? -M.

[@dtube2]

@@Ricefarmingtv yes I am grow wheat and rich crops both in same field in a single year. And I have also yearly crop of sugarcane. I am learning direct seeding of rich. Thanks for replying

[@thepubliceye]

Why does the soil need to be so dry?

[@Sicktrickintuner]

J&L Services Too wet, and you just get compaction, and never really open up the soil.

[@battlewilson3064]

nitrogen needs to be added to it

[@rickbrandt9559]

But, water is what you use!

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Rick, this is correct! But right now our only goal is to work up and dry down the soil so that when we apply our fertilizer that the nitrogen bonds successfully to the soil. It needs to be dry in order for that to happen. Once the fertilizer is applied we will start the flood irrigation water. -M.

[@tysleight]

Get the my man with the impact a set of ear plugs

[@qrplife]

At least fuel is cheap right now. Otherwise, that rainstorm would have been more expensive.

[@ihguy2113]

i dont remember how deep did you plant your corn it should be up by now