Straw Baling | Four Straw Balers in the Same Rice Field | Tractor Video

[@MillennialFarmer]

3rd. Lol, good to see things are going well out west Matt!

[@Ricefarmingtv]

...1st to respond (but 16th to like)! Thanks, Zach. If got a fun email coming your way regarding that secret project. Take care, dude! -M.

[@twothreebravo]

Well...I'm intrigued

[@ToshiDaddy]

Great job in giving the general public the knowledge of why it is important to get rid of the straw after harvest but importantly the method and ideology of the uses of the by-product of rice harvest...

[@kathyhennigan7807]

I remember many winters in the '70's and '80's where the burning darkened the skies in Butte County, and I could not breathe. The weather is such a factor in how the inversion layer is held to the ground for days that I was glad to see some regulation placed on it. So happy to see the rice straw baled instead. Makes for happy lungs.

[@jamesfarnham1976]

Raised on small dairy farm back East. After "Oats" were harvested, always bailed the "straw" and used for bedding on the Farm. Dirty dusty job but was the norm. I enjoy the videos. Thanks for all you do Mathew! Jim.

[@bigtractorpower]

Very interesting. I did not know farm’s baled Rice straw.

[@clarekrishan1597]

many craft stores sell it at this time of year for setting up Nativity scenes!

[@valalicante6455]

Love this and the prior rice farming vlog, glad to know that the rice we eat here in California is sustainable and environmentally well managed, love to see those migratory birds are also benefiting from those farms, I hope you guys keep the rice farming. I love my rice.

[@jesusmejia827]

Like always good job and good speech

[@genechronister7085]

Another great vid! Brings back great memories

[@karinhart489]

Thx for explaining the 25% burn rule. I could never understand driving by on I-5 why sometime field were burning & other times not after the Fall harvest.

[@thomaswade5583]

I personally appreciate learning from your u tube shows I've lived in the north State for 60 years be and always wondered how u grow rice

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Really happy to read this comment, Thomas thank you so much. Glad you’re having fun learning and that you’re interested in how rice is grown. Please stay in touch. -Matthew

[@delvistaveras]

Extremely informative, this is great.

[@olivercarmichael548]

I always enjoy the waterfowl footage. Thanks.

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Glad you enjoyed, Oliver! -M.

[@casey5711]

GREAT VIDEO , THANK YOU SO MUCH .😀👍🏾🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@cntslesfabrication]

I didn't know that the Straw-waddles could drive down the highway. Learn something new everyday. LMAO keep up the good work Matt

[@AgriFarmModelsTV]

Very interesting video Matt 👏🏻👏🏻

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Thank you, Ed! -M.

[@dallasschwartz7135]

So Love seein these vids of Ag in California!!! #1 Ag state in the Country! And it's not even close! CA Produces over 400 different crops. Next close is TX at somewhere north of 200 crops. Hmmmm 400 is Bigger than 200... Guess Not everything is bigger in Texas... lol California's Ag industry is massive. We truly Feed the world!!! Several crops are grown solely in CA or dang near it. Yes, I'm Proud of My Home state! Born & Raised in NorCal!! I had the opportunity too live in the South while in the Corps. I love the South. But I'm CA born & bred, CA till I'm dead.

[@khmerruralpost9890]

Very nice love to watch. Thanks for sharing

[@spex357]

Very informative. The birds would miss this free food and resting place, and the manure drop must be quite substantial. So all are happy.

[@jasonnorris2979]

I am definitely curious about that plant . Hope to see something in the future

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Thanks Jason. We’ll get something together I’m sure. Better to visit when they’re actually running. -Matthew

[@supriyakumarmishra9177]

Lots of love from India... Wish you a very happy new year.. I am a rice farmer here, and I watch your videos to get inspired about rice farming. Would definitely like to connect for Getting some suggestions for improving our rice supply chain.. It works different here.. Not much different, just you work at a higher scale.

[@jankotze1959]

Awesome, your channel is one by one good for a National Geographic episode, so many info and learning information. Thanks so much

[@wry569]

Great edition of Rice Farming T.V.

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Thank you very much, Marc! Glad you enjoyed. -M.

[@America-First2024]

A veritable cornucopia of information! Thank you!

[@koolman2021]

Awesome video thanks for sharing

[@farminaus9617]

Gday brother, missing not getting my fix of rice farming tv, family first, but miss your style on KZbin. 👍🌾🇦🇺

[@j121212100]

free geese guano too! this looks like the best straw management plan.

[@billbooth4147]

Thank you for great video on rice straw ,wish I had a bunch of it on east coast small square bales

[@Ricefarmingtv]

You’re welcome Bill. Glad you enjoyed! What would you do with the straw bales out there? -Matthew

[@billbooth4147]

Most of it goes to reclamation and animal bedding ,most straw around here is gone wheat tridacale and rye some oat straw pretty well all sold n gone

[@uralbob1]

My lord! We baled hay with an old Case baler drawn by a Mineapolis Moline UB Diesel. We thought we were somethin' back in the day baling those $.65, 45 lb bales of alfalfa! I'd have given my right arm to farm like that back in the day (1960s)!

[@koryleague8833]

Very informative. Thank you for sharing.

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Thank you Kory! Glad you enjoyed. Have a great rest of your Sunday. -M.

[@NorthViewModelShop]

Love the video Matt. For informative... as the out sider looking in, I like the bailing option as it seems to be little waste, but I do see the pros and cons of all the other options. Looking forward to the next video

[@shirleyobrien7786]

Thank you so much for this video! From a city girl now living in the country. :-)

[@tractorcorleone]

A very good tractor farm video👍👍

[@danielhepp541]

I used to manage a leased truck shop operation for Ryder Truck . Guess what we used for DrySorb to clean and contain oil and fuel spills? No not the Kitty litter dried clay stuff! we bought rice hull ash from the Sacramento Valley !! Now years later I get to meet Matt Sligar the famous KZbin Rice Farmer who is the Agricultural Producer of the rice . The Ecological disaster CryBabies hate concrete because it is made by burning lime to make cement. Now Rice Husk Ash can be used to make concrete. Matt is a Ecological Wonder and shows how farmers can save the world from global warming using rice byproducts. It is so great that all these folks blaming farmers for negative activities are being proved wrong. Farmers feed the world and save it .

[@markgrigson3439]

Many thanks, that was great. I'm interested in baling paddy straw in 3x4 large square bales. What would you say is the ideal moisture content for baling and what the maximum moisture level might be? Do folks always use cutter balers as you mentioned? I've hear of folks using straight packer balers, guess it depends on the end use of the bales. Cheers, Mark

[@X-OR_]

Straw Baler Fields Forever

[@stevet8121]

I'll be singing that from now on. Thanks!

[@SteveMillerhuntingforfood]

Witty

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Should I change the title of the episode to this??? Very nice! -M.

[@seabulls69]

I was walking next to a grass field, here in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, full of Canada geese. Had to be well over a thousand of them congregated in an area about half the size of a football field. Anyway, something spooked them and they all took off at once. The sound was awesome. Reminded me of a 747 taking off. Yeah, it was a loud roar.

[@richardburguillos3118]

Nice update. Never knew it could be used. Always thought there were only the burn or flood options. Learn something new. Don’t for get to polish that shovel.... 😉

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Shovel is still resting, warm. I’ll polish her up soon, Richard. Glad you enjoyed the update. Thanks for the message. -M.

[@waseemgulshaikh1730]

Nice information ℹ️ 👍

[@orvillemeek6893]

Excellent presentation....

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Thank you, Orville. Have a great rest of your Sunday. -Matthew

[@karriefalon7779]

so love i found your chanell, i been kinda curious about rice farming since i visited a rice farm in about 1990? i was there on a field demo for Kello Bilt tillage, we had a DOW field disc, a kellobilt subsoiler, deep shank ripper, and a kellow built 325 double off set disc. it was intresting to wach but was nothing close to what i been learning from waching thiese videos.

[@middlebury65]

so interesting and excellent explaining by the way. I always wondered how the burning was managed. I'll bet your daughter loves all the birds!

[@cheikhmed3408]

Is this equipment used in ground preperation for rice farming : CASE IH TIGERMATE 200

[@koenkexl]

Good luck and greetings from belguim🇧🇪

[@mrgoob76]

nice i asked about this and now i know! and big square bales no less! the best there is!

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Hey Corn Man! Thanks for asking too. I thought a video response would be better than a quick written message. -M.

[@mrgoob76]

@@Ricefarmingtv is alot of the straw used for animal feed/bedding?

[@skibik64]

Great video. Is there a reason you don't run a chopper on the combines? If you know you are going to mow it wouldn't a straw chopper help? I do notice there is an excessive amount of straw and I'm thinking it might be too much for a chopper to handle.

[@mfanwelikeit3760]

Would you ever pretreat the rice straw with an alkali to speed up the breakdown?

[@IH100]

Great Video Matt!

[@ThatPhilBurgGuy]

Hey. The cal plant is right outside of my town. I'm actually trying to get a job there currently

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Nice Phil! I hope you get the job. They claim the plant will bring 115 new jobs to the area. Keep me updated. -Matthew

[@AutoCrete]

To start, all I know about rice is it comes in sacks, bags and boxes, also really good if you want to eat 2000 of something. Is there a reason that rice straw is not in demand as bedding for livestock?

[@genechronister7085]

Another great vid! Keep em coming!

[@txpacket]

I know I’m not in the majority... but I desperately miss the activity of going out with my Uncle and starting/monitoring the rice fields. There was something for each of us kids to do-if even being on “Patrol” to make sure nothing inappropriate was burning!! There was a certain satisfaction coming home to shower after a long day, smelling like burnt rice straw. It meant (to us) the holiday season was upon us and the family would get to spend more than moments together. For me, the smell and the smoke meant family.

[@spicyF1]

How long does the decomposition process take

[@ollie-lk5dx]

I'm a farmer from SE ND I noticed you don't chop the straw when you harvest, There are times when we have very green or damp-tough straw and it goes through our choppers on combine, can you explain please

[@DonnerPassWhisky]

Very informative episode Matt. About a dozen years ago cellulose ethanol was a upcoming technology people were hoping would be another renewable fuel source. Have you heard anything about a plant being built near rice country to process rice straw into ethanol? That fiberboard plant looks interesting a tour of the facility sounds good

[@SmallMartingale]

Awesome!

[@trentbadon5581]

Great video Matthew! That crawfish was loaded with eggs.

[@rdekort9273]

Why are those massey fergusons yellow?i know they are part of agco and also sold as challanger,my qeustion is why?are they cheaper as challanger in yellow?

[@Drew-in-NoDak]

Because in some areas Challenger tractors have been around for many years before agco bought them and farmers are still attached to the yellow color it has been proven that if they stop selling yellow tractors and bringing red tractors people will go to a completely different brand even though they're the same tractor

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Great question, R de Kort. I had no idea. Thank you, ND 332. Very interesting. -Matthew

[@kalwongkl]

Over in Louisiana, they raise rice and then have a crop of crawfish after the rice harvest. Couldn't you do the same in California? Too cold, not enough water etc?

[@rickbrandt9559]

Matt , explanations clear,concise, Always watching, thanks.. -------- How many people recognize the laying hens boxes hanging behind your left shoulder /

[@sukumarkar98]

Good video

[@BassmanTvfishing]

How many implements, tractors, and harvesters do have all together.

[@waddeym]

I just stumbled across your vlog. very good content. has anyone ever estimated the pounds of nitrogen per acre that the birds leave behind?

[@Tommy-vh7xj]

Interesting well explained

[@amanpss]

Are the burnt/baled fields planted with winter crops or left vacant till the next rice season ?

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Aman, after being burnt or baled they are left alone until the end of winter. It’s just too cold and too short of a winter window to plant much else. Plus growers finally take some time off. -Matthew

[@lopocarvalho9009]

We just put water after harvest and bury the straw! It works pretty well and you save those two operations you mentioned ($$$)

[@chrisbooboo3840]

I don't recall seeing a video about straw bailing before. I didn't think you burned it anymore but flooded the mess with water to rot. Interesting.

[@jeremyhershberger3012]

When burning rice straw how much of the rice potassium remains in the field? Also, what pests and diseases does burning control?

[@jeremyhershberger3012]

@LowJack187 😂 Precisely why I ask a farmer and not a town counsel person. 🤣

[@justinbeabes2010]

Great information

[@andrewwilbert]

Do they need to flood fields that are bailed? Can you get on bailed fields sooner in the spring? Same question for burned fields?

[@zimmermanservice7474]

Were all the baler claas? I couldn't tell what the new Holland tractor was pulling. If they tried a Massey Ferguson baler they'd never go back to those things...

[@BentTreeFarmPa]

With the new plywood plant coming online, do you think that new revenue stream will you change the way you handle your straw? Just from your video (my only frame of reference) it seems like baling would be more profitable even with adding fertilizer or potash back into the system in the spring. Love you videos, very informative while introducing farming to people who are not farmers!!! Thanks

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Hey Badger, it could be if you had the baling equipment I suppose. But then you’d need to bale a lot of other’s straw too to justify the equipment purchase. The fiber-board plant is charging growers to bail the straw right now $25 an acre. They’re hauling the straw out but not paying for it. So the only benefit to the grower is getting rid of the straw. That’s my understanding. You remember Tom from some of my videos? He grows close to the plant and they baled his straw this year.0 -Matthew

[@Junglepedia]

How much is the diesel consumption during Baling of Straw per acre?

[@steveclement504]

Question what the tractor with the metal wheels doing going through the flooded field??

[@ImpHalla66]

Thanks for explaining how you do things! Would you burn 100% if you could?

[@sanfranciscobay]

I think they would rather burn 100% based on that's how they did it before 1991. After 1991,they were required to reduce to burning 25%.

[@Bagndux88]

Can you only burn on a certain wind direction??

[@valleyboy2099]

That chisel plowing isn't incorporating straw very well tho isit? You should be conventional plowing and hiding most of the straw would give you better fertilization?

[@oceandrew]

Most interesting.

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Thanks Drew. Glad you enjoyed. -M

[@oceandrew]

It seems like it was just last week we were discussing this very question in the comments of your last video.

[@SlowBowMonroe]

Do you lose nutrients in burning?

[@shaunroberts9361]

Nice.

[@matthewbestge6612]

Is rice straw about the same as wheat straw

[@seamusdaley3961]

Great video. Very succinct and informative, the way I like 'em. Do you get air resources credits that can be used, saved or traded each year? I'm thinking along the lines of cap and trade pollution credits for CO2 when burning. I imagine there must be some sort of economic balance between the diesel fuel burned in order to till or cut channels versus the CO2, smoke and ash produced from burning. Some farms may be willing to buy credits if they need to do a lot of burning and some farms are willing to sell if they can till or flood economically. Also if you can carry-over credits year to year depending on conditions, planning or need, then long range economic forecasting can help to reduce yearly variability of income/costs projections. Might help with insurance actuary pricing as well. Many folks think this will be a very cold and wet winter and that the spring will be wet as well. Managing risks and knowing when to till, flood or burn seems to be a real skill and then accounting for the market costs of burn credits, water allotments and costs to till just add another level of complexity. There may be a good market for the straw waddles this year with all the burn areas in the state needing erosion control. If it isn't the fires in California it's the flooding that inevitably follows! This may be a very wet year with cold wet storms from Alaska or atmospheric rivers from the south Pacific (Pineapple Express). Thanks for all the educational videos and helping us to understand the California central valley economy. Those beautiful birds along the central valley flyway are incredibly awesome. I'm sure they were enjoying their Thanksgiving crawdad dinners! Happy Holidays and best wishes to you and yours! ...

[@Mansingh-vx4tl]

Great video👌👌👍👍

[@Dakota-fi8wl]

Do you know if that crew is form Oregon?

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Hi Dakota, yes this is “Baler Bob’s” crew from Oregon. -M.

[@Dakota-fi8wl]

@@Ricefarmingtv that's what i thought thanks for the information.

[@Farmall450]

Imagine that -- CA making life difficult.

[@pootthatbak2578]

What are the pests and diseases, burning removes?

[@lake-bdk-genevawisconsin.241]

PLEASE, please, MAKE MORE VIDEO'S,,I find them very interesting. I live on the ill, -wis. border & never see rice farming... ONLY CORN,,THANK YOU.......

[@coole1982]

He Matt, great video with lots of useful information. How much straw is produced per acre?

[@dixiecupdrinker1]

In the mid south a stubble roller is used with spikes when its wet out to pust the straw in the ground and smooth out ruts and then disk in the spring.

[@robertpayne2717]

A stubble roller has to have a wet field, usally raining when being done.. after being cut and mature the stubble will usually lay down flat. A heavy disc will also help if moisture and stubble is not to bad. Our fields in order to chisel would be by a counter chisel..

[@robertpayne2717]

Several years ago here in Arkansas we had a stagnant high pressure weather system and I wonder how many people were hospitalized because the Smoke was just hanging in the air. I know I didnt like it.!!!!!!!! That was about the same time the legislature all important employee clean air act was implemented

[@kd6iwd]

Do you harvest the crawdads? Eaten in Louisiana and texas as mudbugs! Could be a new harvest for you!

[@joelundberg5930]

Do you guys stomp anything?

[@michaelsonke1848]

What makes “co-cropping” crawdads viable in Texas/Louisiana and not California?

[@trentbadon5581]

There has to be a demand for them locally. There is a big demand in Louisiana and Texas. I fixing to put some traps out in a pond in Louisiana and will try to post some videos.

[@nicholasnapier2684]

I still think that would be great for biomass as a construction idea as we talked about and secondly I think as biomass for biofuel I'm sure that you could find some way of other animals eating it .. secondly using it for insulation I think that would be great of North got to have a great R rating when it's packed together like you had those bale's...

[@SteveMillerhuntingforfood]

Another excellent/informative video from you, thanks. How much rice seed is leftover in those bales? Maybe Ducks Unlimited would be interested in buying it to manage private wetlands and promote food for the next waterfowl migration. Just curious. Oh, one more comment; great job on those transitions from location to location, really well done.

[@hahuynh978]

How to buy rice straw,please

[@mooorecowbell4222]

Okay Matt I studied this episode of Rice Farming TV. Will the Quiz be multiple choice? Do you grade on a curve? SAMPLE QUESTION: True or False 1) Rice Farmers are allowed to burn 75% of their acreage each harvest season.

[@littlerougue]

Are those rakes still ground driven?

[@genechronister7085]

Hydraulic, that's why the big tractors with big hydraulic pumps

[@littlerougue]

@@genechronister7085 that makes sense I didn't see a pto shaft

[@genechronister7085]

We use the same type of rake for alfalfa,different brand

[@AceHardy]

👑

[@Ricefarmingtv]

King of Straw. -M.

[@shorttv1032]

🚜nice

[@Gustav4]

Adding the increase in soil fertility or soil organic matter, will make it easy to chose what to do with the straw.

[@MrEst1953]

Why can straw not be burned to generate power ?

[@Ricefarmingtv]

Not very efficient. Not enough to keep the plant going. There was one that was burning rice hulls-out of business now I guess. Too many regulations too. -M.