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Carson, the 6th Gen Farmer, is a young farmer dedicated to promoting agriculture through funny and entertaining content. He is passionate about precision agriculture and implementing it into the family farm. Carson, along with his brother (Chris) and father (Ryan) carry on the family legacy in South Western Minnesota and explain the processes to educate farmers and consumers alike. If you like to watch and learn about John Deere, Farm equipment, precision agriculture, or the hilarious interactions between the family members on a daily basis 6th Gen Farmer is the place for you!

[@benpol3537]

Yep we are organic and we are also having those discussions. That’s really needs to be a new certification for food products that is USA grown certified organic. These big corporations basically made a deal with the devil in getting cheap over seas organic crops.

[@micahmiller4122]

Good idea, American Farmers First! 🇺🇸

[@janklaas3242]

I think you should continue the organic side of your farm. I know its hard but at the end you deliver a beautiful product without chemicals and you should be proud of that. We farm organic and its not easy but it is the way to go. Its a mindset and more and more farmers hopefully will do the same. Keep up the good work. Greetings from Belgium.

[@aTrippyFarmer]

As a conventional grower, I was shocked when you said the premium was only $1 per bushel. It makes a lot of sense at 2x the regular market price, but I don't know how you could justify it at just a $1 premium. Organic corn is still a niche market, so demand isn't expanding as quickly as operations are adding acres. That doesn't even scratch the import market concerns, which I have been pondering for years. The hardest part about transitioning away is the loss of organic status. That 3 year commitment to change things over is hard to just toss to the side. If there is another rally in the premium, these tighter margins would be worth the short term trouble pretty quickly!

[@rau123]

I love the look of a freshly cultivated field! I do feel your dilemma around conventional vs organic... they are decisions you need to make now but have long term implications.

[@Kpwns242]

Great video! Looks like it's working beautifully. Keep up the great work.

[@jamesmarsh4957]

The Government did the same thing here in the UK , we have a thing called Red Tractor .If you want to be in the scheme you have to pay and you have a farm inspection which has turned into masses of paper work and they want loads of things done on the farm that's costs lots of money and it gets more every year so lots of farmers have stopped doing it and pulled out of the scheme , but what is worse any Imported foods are give a Red Tractor stamp straight away and it is so unfair , how do they know and who checks and inspects the Imports .It is so wrong and Crazy system

[@austinmoe433]

While we aren’t organic… your experience at the moment is what the beef industry has been in for years!! Our angus cattle qualify for naturals. At the end of the day the government will always stifle your ability to get a premium whether it’s through regulations or imports

[@eliwagner4403]

I was cultivating with a 6 row today fighting giant ragweed

[@paulk2013]

If it’s beans . Giant ragweed don’t like zappers , as long as it’s not a jungle . If it’s corn ,,,,, that’s unfortunate

[@michaelpearson1367]

Love your cultivator, mine was a 2 row on an M, got in trouble for going to fast!

[@bryanhubner9848]

Great video! Thank you for sharing it with all of us.

[@GoBearstyJpyn]

Great video. Carolina Beach music was great.

[@robertreznik9330]

Another big problem is that eventually most of the 16 essential nutrients will be depleted. Hydrogen, Nitrogen, Carbon, and Oxygen may come out of the air but need the aide of healthy fertile soil and weeding to get to a crop.

[@steveneal2706]

Awesome video . Thank you

[@debi5292]

We grew non-GMO beans for the food market for two decades. Shoular grain kept telling us the market for them was expanding. But every couple of years they lowered the premiums. The reason they claimed was because other farmers were starting to grow them, too many in fact. I did not believe this excuse. We stopped growing them when it no longer made sense.

[@carlportland]

nice ride along

[@Husker3435]

G’job Carson, from someone who grew great northern and pinto beans, always loved to see a field cultivated. IMO, think breaking the crust, always helped the crops grow. We had pivots, so the moisture loss was negligible…Take care young man👍🏻

[@michaelderks994]

I know a really good organic farmer who was financially pushed out of organic dairying and it looks like it's coming to the grain farmers next

[@billupstateny9151]

You answered your question, based upon current variables 🇺🇸🗽🚜

[@craighinshaw2437]

if you do stop being organic , i would use use acres as test acres to reduce nitrogen , cover crops, and reduce chemicals..

[@raymondmcclain9083]

To me it looks like the trac tractor is making worse ruts than the wheel tractor.

[@MatthiasSchulenburg]

Interesting thoughts regarding organic farming. Everything is so much ruled by money, that's sad! Maybe I missed it: why did you turn around so far from the end (at 5:30 in the video)?

[@6thGenFarmer]

The reason I turned around early is because that area was too wet for me to drive through. I realize now it was very hard to see that in the video.

[@bryanlamb319]

There’s 9 words you’ll never hear in your lifetime! “I’m from the government and I’m here to help” Great video man!

[@ennoriemersma73]

Carson, thanks for the video. The extra soil you put between the plants, does that make ridges? Do you have to smooth these out before another crop can be planted? Stay healthy and safe.

[@machelbaillet7905]

govt loves the farmers keep jumping through all the hoops for the overlords

[@michaellauck7404]

Did you make your armrest brackets for your 4640 or where did you buy it from. I really like it you had me fooled that it was a newer tractor

[@6thGenFarmer]

@@michaellauck7404 yes I made myself. A few pieces of scrap iron and a few hours.

[@karlmyers9910]

i use to cultivate with two row.

[@asquithmainlines699]

I don’t understand the import system for North America. Western Canada produces some of the best grass fed beef in the world. Yet I just read an article that said beef imports from The UK into Canada are up 177% this year. The UK refuses to import any Canadian beef at all because they do not allow growth hormones. Why don’t we eat our own beef and tell the UK to keep their’s? I am sure most of the countries that are producing “ organic “ grains are not doing as good as job as you are.

[@gregjames5070]

I wasn’t aware that Canada produced anything good let alone beef. It should be a sign of just how bad your grass fed crap is that no one wants it…not even other Canadians. They’d rather eat British beef over their own local grown crap.

[@davidyoung9195]

You’re thinking about stopping organic farming due to the extra work. So what is the difference in dollars per acre for raising an organic crop versus conventional? And what is the difference in yield? If the only difference is the time involved then I would say it’s a no brainer.

[@greggergen9104]

Don't you save a lot on chemical?

[@benpol3537]

@@greggergen9104 you do but your spending that plus a bunch in fertility/ mineral balancing, wear and tear on machines, manny more hrs in the seat, fuel, and generally significantly lower yields. And not to mention all the special machines you can get into depending on how efficient you want to be.

[@greggergen9104]

@@benpol3537 It would sem if you went organci long enough, that you would begin to create fertility, through micro activity. But I get it in the short term. By the way, I buy quite a bit of organic and I am willing to pay about 30 to 40 percent more. If you look at most items, the amount the farmer gets is a small percentage of the total cost. Beyond the farmer, organic should be no more expensive to process than non-organic.

[@Beyonder8335]

@@greggergen9104 Microbial activity isn't exclusive to organic though, and soil microbes don't "create" fertility. They're essential to have, but when you remove nutrients you need something from the outside to put them back in.

[@bowlofscabs1]

Tillage required for organic crops destroys worms, mychorhhizea and other soil life. The tillage turns soil into a mere medium to support plants that depend on purchased inputs​@greggergen9104

[@bowlofscabs1]

Tillage is bad for the soil. Organic food is rich people's food. There's a balance where careful use of chemicals allows good soil health, zero errosion and sustainable opperation.

[@EricCarlson-bz2pt]

Tillage is wonderful for the soil.

[@bowlofscabs1]

@@EricCarlson-bz2pt How is the destruction of worms and other soil life that built our soil over the centuries good for it?

[@paulk2013]

Is money the only reason you’re doing the organic farming for ?

[@paulk2013]

Never said they should give away their product . It was a simple question . Some people have mission lead lives and some have money Led lives . So I ask again , is money the only reason you are doing organic farming ?

[@Beyonder8335]

I mean, there's not really many other reasons to do it. It's a lot more labor for less yield, so the premiums are the main value in it.

[@paulk2013]

If that’s what you think , you’ve missed the point. If life’s only about money, Then spray away!!!!!!! It’s very calculated , very predictable, heavily backed financially . It’s a shallow life when money is the only thing that matters, As seen by our billionaires whom control the majority of every American life

[@paulk2013]

There’s no wisdom in that thought pattern

[@Beyonder8335]

@@paulk2013 what exactly is it that you think makes conventional inherently greedy over organic? Why does it make a difference either way?

[@micahmiller4122]

END THE IMPORTS!! Our governments help foreigner 1st and let the American farmer suffer.

[@mikeconway9966]

Would this coming election and the results play any factor in the prices on organic?

[@gregjames5070]

Yes it could play a factor. Last time trump was in office he yanked grain prices. But we are also at the lowest prices since 2018.

[@allenwalters9068]

Organic has been the biggest joke to me, other countries can come who knows what has happened to it, there is some around me has to go almost 2 hours to get rid of it. First year they all bragged about it the price, now it's went dead silent here neighbor said it got to where it'd not worth it now. Every place is different good luck. I've harvest corn by it a few years cant see the corn for the weeds I don't get that was cultivated 2 times. Had a place come walk it then used a flamer once I think guys said that was 100 bucks for walking and propane combined chemical is cheap.

[@SeniorMoostacho]

Remind yourself of the Dust Bowl son. If anything, Stop Global Corporate Farming and go back to Local Farming providing for their area. Food available, jobs available, proper good practices used, cheaper food, less gas used to transport. Local not Global.

[@jlkkauffman7942]

The dust bowl was caused by tillage, which is very common in organic production, not chemicals if you’re doing no till.

[@SeniorMoostacho]

@@jlkkauffman7942 over tilling, dry conditions, I don't think they rotated crops. I was just giving a reminder to Learn from the Past.

[@jlkkauffman7942]

@@SeniorMoostacho Got it, i talk with a lot of people who automatically think organic is better for the environment when in reality it can cause a lot of issues. mainly because of tillage, water/wind erosion, loss of organic matter, tillage also collapses soil structure which decreases water infiltration which than expedites droughts. As a farmer myself i'm trying to go the regenerative route with organic no till. the last two years I've been planting green and roll crimping. we have a pretty good local market for organic because of an organic poultry company.

[@robertreznik9330]

@@jlkkauffman7942 I bought a farm 18 years ago that was Farmed 75 years in an organic way. Mostly wheat with cattle. Then in CRP grass for 10. It would not keep the rain and bindweed was the only thing it would grow. Now it is starting to produce with no till and $100.00 of fertilizer. It takes years to get a farm to grow residue to have structure and build soil organic matter.

[@EricCarlson-bz2pt]

​@@jlkkauffman7942Climate changers caused the dust bowl. They are still flying around everyday. Look up sometime.