Spring Vlog: Planting Season Begins! | Farming Adventures in Southern Iowa

[@iowANFarmer]

Did you guys get my Yoga Joke?

[@blacklisterd]

👍

[@45Deere9500]

I was wondering what it was going to entail, but your comment and seeing you on the drill, answered my questioning.

[@alfredomarotta6604]

😂👍🍻

[@AKGatesway]

Yoga master with a plastic bag lunch box! A new trend! 😂😂😂😂

[@austinfrazier7581]

As an employee for a crop insurance AIP, I enjoyed hearing the crop insurance talk.

[@davidmager2827]

You do a great job of keeping your farm and fields neat and trimmed

[@iowANFarmer]

Thanks 👍 we try our best!

[@michaelmajor5098]

Really enjoy watching your videos always learn something about farming - thank you for sharing.

[@iowANFarmer]

Our pleasure! What did you learn from this one?

[@michaelmajor5098]

@@iowANFarmer The point I think was when to plant according to the rain affected the soil-crusty after a rain or not crusty before the rain .

[@michaelmajor5098]

I also liked your Yoga joke.

[@iowafarmhandanf2266]

Got it did!

[@iowANFarmer]

Hardest part was the oat bags!

[@iowafarmhandanf2266]

Agreed.

[@benbiegel4683]

I tried some of that exact seed powder product last year really liked it

[@iowANFarmer]

Are you going to be using it again?

[@benbiegel4683]

Yes

[@Marialyse]

I enjoyed the tilling and planting the most. All the explanations you give helps understand everything that farming is comprised of. I was raised in the ‘50s and 60s on a farm and ranch in West Texas.

[@iowANFarmer]

Great to hear! Hope to have more out this fall!

[@stanhensley3082]

It's hard to bet oats to help the soil. The starw will sell well too!! Thanks 😊.

[@iowANFarmer]

Very true! Last year was the first year that I need straw and didn’t have any!

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO BEN 😊

[@iowANFarmer]

what was the best part?

[@45Deere9500]

Stale seedbeds are awesome to plant! They're more consistent than a freshly worked seed bed.

[@iowANFarmer]

I agree! Plus they have been rained down!

[@45Deere9500]

@@iowANFarmer Going to Precision Planting meetings in the past, the presenter agreed that stale seedbeds were often the nicest to plant. Having been rained on, and settled down, they generally have consistent moisture and are easy to set the planter for depth, down pressure, etc...

[@iowANFarmer]

Great points!

[@kenia7430]

Had good luck seeding oats by taking them into the co-op and have them added to the fertilizer and put on with an air machine and then working in with a field cultivator

[@iowANFarmer]

We have had that done too! I think there is still some advantage to drilling them if you have the time! What do you see for an oat yield?

[@kenia7430]

@@iowANFarmer It's been 30+ yrs since I seeded oats but usually 80-95 bu, plus the straw and I alway seeded alphafa with the oats and usually got 1 round bale per acre, needed the straw and place to haul manure more than the oats :)

[@bfellowsjr]

Made my morning here in Pa. seeing you planting. This and the patch channel by far my favorite on you tube. Appreciate all you do. Bob in Pennsylvania

[@shawnschnathorst533]

I always enjoy watching to compare your season to ours. My operation is central Iowa. I seeded last weekend also. Let’s hope for a good stand. Keep up the good work!

[@iowANFarmer]

We could have probably done it earlier but that just seemed risky! Did you put in a seeding or just oats?

[@shawnschnathorst533]

@@iowANFarmeri seeded a versagrass with the oats on waterways. We did end up getting a little rain out of this system (not much tho)so hopefully will see green soon!

[@iowANFarmer]

we got soaked!

[@johndoyle6697]

Enjoy all your videos. Noticed your approaching 100 thousand subscribers. Congratulations on your hard work. Hope you had a decent Easrer.

[@iowANFarmer]

It will take some time to get there but thank you!

[@alfredomarotta6604]

Thanks for sharing, Ben. Always enjoy your videos.

[@richarde.miller9304]

Nice Doctor Rick material 🤣🤣🤣Ben! I thought I was the only one that did bread sack sandwich bag…..😎😎😎😎😎

[@iowANFarmer]

I learned that trick from my grandmother!

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello! God speed...

[@iowANFarmer]

Hello there!

[@luisnunes7933]

@@iowANFarmer 👌

[@willyfindlay4398]

What is the end use of your Oats ??? I start my day with Porridge made with rolled whole oats. But living in Scotland that is traditional. Great video. You need more practice with your Yoga.😊😊😊

[@iowANFarmer]

Unless we can get some really awesome test weight oats they will be turned into animal feed. Oat meal is a thing here too!

[@DG-ne8iq]

Hello,En Europe In France, oats were used for plough horses, but there haven't been any for 70 years. a few racehorses.🐴 Maybe you eat oatmeal, we in France, but we don't know porridge ???? Frenchfarmer DG Chartres👦

[@JohnJohnson-mi1ox]

Some of the best oats I ever raised were planted in March and got a foot of snow on them middle of April

[@iowANFarmer]

Well, I got them planted in March, but I can do without the snow! How did they yield?

[@JohnJohnson-mi1ox]

140 bushels 48lb test weight they stood up good and matured even that is a hard combination to achieve in Southeast Iowa hope you have good luck

[@iowANFarmer]

Those are CRAZY good oats!

[@howardhendrickson2933]

Still got snow on the ground up here in my part of Canada

[@iowANFarmer]

When would you start seeding?

[@kennywilhite2092]

Our nrcs drill just like that one. Bent Haha

[@iowANFarmer]

You know the struggle! I think they are getting a new one! Hopefully in time for a seeding!

[@paulwelsh2179]

Should plant the alfalfa and Timothy now and use oats as the cover crop works great here in Ohio put Timothy in with the oats and alfalfa in the grass box

[@brettsibert7948]

Was wondering why not seed the alfalfa with the oats? I see it had a small seed box. In my experience we have seeded them together at the same time and it has worked great. Just have to swath the oats and use what i call a dummy head that has belts that pick up the swaths and feed them into the combine

[@richarde.miller9304]

Nothing like equipment frame YOGA

[@iowANFarmer]

Good old bolt to the knee cap!

[@bigcarp60ify]

I love my landoll VT. However I wish I had a bigger one some days hahaha. Keep up the good work gents!

[@bgengler30]

I do that haha

[@bigcarp60ify]

Do you only plant corn into a stail seed bed? Or corn and soybeans? Im assuming you woukd do it with a row crop planter instead of a drill for soybeans. We do 15" row beans. Seem to harvest better than han drilled beans

[@tomnugent845]

Ben, we notil our soybeans with a 1590 drill and a Kinsie 8-15 planter.

[@iowANFarmer]

How do you like the drilled soybeans?

[@gregcatlett1458]

ALFALFA you better keep up the drill YOGA young fellow,for the future hay bale handling .I am sure you know the catch and drive set distance then weigh seed caught from two seed meters gives pounds per acre 😂😂👍. ABUSED NOT WARN OUT RENTAL DRILLS!! Still run an antique 750,yoga at 64 💪😬. Thanks BEN and crew.

[@iowANFarmer]

I would agree, they get abused more than worn out!

[@philhosier9185]

If you don't have animals, why do you want to plant oats ? Isn't it a low money crop ?

[@DG-ne8iq]

Hello, En Europe In France, oats were used for plough horses, but there haven't been any for 70 years. a few racehorses. Maybe you eat oatmeal in France, but we don't know porridge ????