Planting Winter Canola | Vlog 35

[@nedrasmith2493]

I love your and Sandi’s videos. I helped hay our pastures growing up but my only other experience with farming is an interesting story. Uncle Roy leased 80 acres and planted milo. Had beautiful full heads ready to harvest. Had a severe storm lay it all on the ground. Him and Daddy decided the only way to save it was give all us kids,cousins and all, toe sacks and head knives. We cut it all by hand. Then when dry ground the heads with a mineral mix and fed cows with it. Yes, we were not wealthy. Lol

[@delsurf71]

Found you from your wife’s channel. I have a few square feet of garden in my backyard. I will never be as big as you but I really enjoy living lifestyles I never will. Thanks.

[@danielrandolph9170]

Good video Mark . You and Sandi have good drone footage cool . Keep it up yal besafe

[@Krissinator]

Your drone footage is amazing.

[@ontarioagguy2769]

We did about 15 acres of canola this year as well was also first time for us we’re about an hour and a half or so south of you will be interesting to see how it all turns out especially considering we planted it with our 750 no till John Deere drill

[@MarkBrock]

I'll keep you posted, fingers crossed it works out.

[@andersisberg7658]

Interesting! Now I don´t realy know what kind of winters you have but here in the south of sweden wintercanola or "oil rape seed" as we say in europe is a very common crop. Best of luck!!

[@arnaucanto6020]

Canola is a really good crop to do a rotation program, even though it needs a lot of fertilizer it gives the soil a big amount of organic matter, and its roots are supposed to reduce compaction

[@erikbrinkby7657]

Hi Erik from Sweden Nice to see a Väderstad biodrill in Canada 👌 l live in about 40 km from the Väderstad company I really like the chanel and what you and your family are doing Good luck with the winterrape

[@MarkBrock]

Thanks!

[@Benelli-ex7oq]

Great video can't wait for that canola to come out really never seen canola around here👍

[@martynasvizbaras1180]

on our farm in Lithuania we also grow Mercedes winter canola for last 6 years, its one of the best yielding hybrids and very popular, keep us updated on your try grow winter canola.

[@MarkBrock]

Will do, thanks for the message

[@justincase2830]

The Joker really put the volunteer wheat away. The field looks good. A good educational video. I will be interested to see how the crop handles the winter.

[@salmonhunter7414]

I hope it works out. Sound really promising.

[@raykrv6a]

Thanks for the video. Love learning about all the work it takes to put in a crop. Obviously not a farmer. :)

[@oldriversfarm1609]

Very good video , excited to see how it does. There are a few guys around me trying carinata for jet fuel. It's in the canola family

[@gordont29]

Looking forward to the results with the Carrier and bio-drill combination. There was some seeded with a Rapid from Vaderstad south of Hamilton.

[@briangilbert8094]

Very informative and interesting , hope it works out for your farm . Enjoy the videos .

[@samson1200]

Great video Mark. I love the way you edit your videos. Kind of choppy to look like you are a robot talking on a reboot program lol.Best of luck on the Canola. We have it all over here and in Cali.

[@diamonddog257]

Great Video ... you run an amazing short-handed oeration...

[@scottwarrington3737]

Canola is major crop in Western Canada, its seeded with air seeders. We just plant it canola into stubble, no seed bed prep. Maybe roll the field after the crop is planted. Why did you do all the work? Same country, such different farming practices. For years farmers planted 5lbs per acre, now corn planters are being used. Putting a rate of around 2lbs an acre & getting the same result. Image since you grow corn, likely have a corn planter?

[@georgegoertzen4723]

the science is less surface area exposed to the wind. a whole lot less surface area. i never considered that so it's good to know.

[@glenpalmer7711]

tthankyou for answering

[@perryschultz2468]

Great Video!

[@pms146]

Nice video Mark 👍

[@2009deerejohn]

Look like your new Joker does a hell of a job, can’t believe how nice that looks for 2 passes! Can your joker have a seeding rig to add to your Joker like your friends seeding rig?

[@MarkBrock]

Yes, I believe we can install a similar style seeder on the Joker. We want to see how this works out before we make the investment.

[@johnpiper82]

Thanks for the in-depth explanations, helpful for us non farmers. Please be careful with the Roundup. Great channel

[@theoroseboom-ranch-rimbey6636]

johnpiper82 what’s there to be careful with with roundup? It’s one of the safest chemicals

[@chrismclaughlin9302]

I was not aware of winter canola, interesting. 1. What is the price range/size of a bag of seed. 2. When does frost star in your area? We had frost this am in western NB.

[@andrewneso7067]

Here in Australia we direct drill canola straight then don’t touch it again until we weed free it No gm canola grown here yet but is very close

[@benjaminbauer4883]

Andrew Neso in my area we have gm canola and I’m from Australia

[@andrewneso7067]

Not where we are but slow in this state

[@stephanegroen942]

Hi Mark. Very interesting video again. Happy to see you try to introduce something new in your rotation. Wish you all the best. Regarding harvest, to make sure you will be able to do it early enough, do you plan to use a windrower to be then able to plant your second crop of soybeans? Bonne chance. Regards from Paris. S

[@bartoski-ag]

try some KWS hybrid rye, 60kg/ha and yields 9tons, plus it will handle -30c ez pz

[@JonathanKnighton961]

What is canola used for? Is it some kind of livestock feed? Thank you for the video! It had some great information in it!

[@thevipminer113]

Jonathan Knighton used for rape seed oil in the uk we can it oil seed rape as such its crushed up to use for the oil

[@Vjyden63]

Here i Denmark, September 10 is to late to plant canola, if you want to be sure the plant is strong enough to survive winter. Here it is no later than August 25...

[@MarkBrock]

If I were to doing it again next year (2020) I would plant a week sooner.

[@theoroseboom-ranch-rimbey6636]

I m in Alberta, almost everyone got Canola here. I even mix it with fertilizer and spread it on with the pullspreader, then harrow 2-3 times. Sometimes even 3 days later then the ground dries and pulverized more. More guy are seeding Canola with the corn planter with different seeddiscs. 15” spacing 2-3 inches apart. 2.2 lb an acre Btw, is it roundup Canola you seeded?

[@Hope-tg1jj]

He said the population ist from Germany and called Mercedes. That's non GMO.

[@MarkBrock]

Interesting, and the canola is conventional non-roundup ready.

[@edniemyjski3303]

does the rold ground help with ground erosion from hard rain storms ,i do 100% no-tile will it work on corn stalks planted to beans

[@farmermatt629]

What is your location? I’ve been thinking about doing the same here in Illinois to try it

[@MarkBrock]

Southwestern Ontario, just north of London

[@brianhamp702]

Wow. Just direct seed and save your iron and fuel. Been growing Canola since 70’s. Once it’s going it’s tough like a weed

[@MarkBrock]

Our issue with establishing canola in Ontario is wheat stubble. In the late summer/early fall slugs can eat seedling canola quicker than it can grow so we have to work the ground.

[@brianhamp702]

@@MarkBrock Thanks Mark. We thankfully don’t have slug here. Carry on and have a bumper crop. I’ll keep watching to see if you swath or straight cut Cheers

[@hardlyableacresrsh7212]

If your'e going to use the straw for bedding why would you want to separate the chaff from the straw as the chaff is the most absorbent part of the bedding?

[@MarkBrock]

Some bales are too good at getting the chaff and it remains in the field in a narrow strip. Once it gets wet, it never dries out and the soil is tough to work with. Also, it really impacts the grow of the cover crop. We find it's easier to spread it, although some does make it into the bales.

[@MarvinLStohs]

Put a Band-Aid over your Mic to stop the wind noise

[@carsons6519]

Looks like clover seed that stuff

[@danielkacko7616]

How do you seed your alfalfa and hayseeds? Or maybe you don't have a small seed box at all?

[@MarkBrock]

No small seed box, and no fine metering rolls on our air seeder. For hay seed, we have a guy broadcast it with an air boom and then roll after.

[@jtn-minn8105]

Do you have a market close by?Will it be crushed for oil or bird seed?

[@MarkBrock]

It will be crushed for oil. Likely at ADM Windsor.

[@jtn-minn8105]

We have a few crush plants in a 70 mile radius we haul Sunflowers to Cargill and ADM both are slow dumping and have long lines....we always pack a lunch!!!

[@glenpalmer7711]

did you find a elevator to take it in your area?

[@MarkBrock]

ADM in Windsor will, just have to contact them directly.

[@timothyendsley5833]

Less surface area

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Let us know how it comes out?

[@MarkBrock]

So far it's looking really good.

[@AR1G3]

Monty Python reference?

[@bfellowsjr]

Do you need to do anything special for harvest than what you already have?

[@MarkBrock]

Hoping our existing harvest equipment will do the job.

[@rebeccajoensson]

When you roll you decrease the surface-area of the soil which reduces evaporation.

[@stropolimadness3867]

Just admit that the loss is all due to that case

[@h.e.phillips4002]

Never be satisfied and stop innovating.

[@ChristophfromSchwiiz]

Careful with the field tiles. Had a farm near clinton grow canola over a few years, slowly scaled up i believe. Then they had a year that the roots found their way into the field tile. Was told they had a couple hundred acres that had to have most of the field tile checked/clear because the roots plugged it. Can't say for sure if it was winter canola, but probably. Just a little heads up

[@MarkBrock]

Thanks appreciate the info 👍

[@danielkacko7616]

Was gonna say you might wanna put it on untiled ground if you start growing it alot. One crop you could try if you like experimenting is the seasoning Kummin, I'm not sure if it is called that in English but if we manage to grow it up here in finland you should have no problem over there. The combine does smell like a Asian restaurant when you tresh it tho