Thailand Rice Cultivation, Start - Finish

This is how most rice is grown in this area of Thailand (North East) There is only one crop per year here so it needs to be a good one, There are much easier ways to do this but the old fashioned way is cheaper and for the most part better yield and better quality of rice.

[@Andrei-yv8fz]

People take food for granted when it takes so much effort to make.

[@ALayne08]

I'm glad you make these videos to inform the world that food doesn't just come from the local grocery store. Most people never give it a thought on where their food comes from and how much work is involved in getting it to that "Magic" place called the store. Again, thanks for all of the work you do to put these videos together.

[@dianaghera5095]

Thank you for this video! I was really curious regarding rice cultivation. Seems like a very hard work, something that is passed from generation to generation.

[@lifeinthailand]

+Diana Ghera It is a very had life, But something that run deep in the people and the country, Rice is life around here. Thanks for watching.

[@rodney12310]

Nice video!!!!...different way of life for sure !!!

[@adamlangdon11]

This video is great. Just like what everyone else said. It's crazy the effort it takes. Amazing the things we take for granted,were so spoiled in the U.S. it makes me sick.

[@lifeinthailand]

This is very hard work, There are other much easier ways to get the same results but this is the traditional way to do it and it is hard to convince someone to try something different, Rice is life and they know they well get good results doing it this way.

[@UhYeahWhateverDude]

Rice is the same no matter where you are, lol. But yes, I assume you probably are spoiled.

[@dazmaz4356]

great video.makes me feel very fortunate.

[@lifeinthailand]

Daz Maz Farming is hard work, Even harder if you do it all by hand. Farmers around the world don't get enough respect IMO.

[@dangunn6961]

I only eat rice from Thailand. I love it. Thai people are good people.

[@RobsAquaponics]

Great look at the process.. thanks

[@kevinbradleygardeningandou9767]

My back is hurting just watching, nice video thanks. :-)

[@lifeinthailand]

It sure is a had way to make a living, all farming is hard but this way of growing rice is not for the lazy person that is for sure.

[@jimmo]

Interesting as always! Cheers, Jan Maarten.

[@MisterMitchMM]

Excellent video.

[@lifeinthailand]

Thanks, Took a full growing season to do it but shows the basics of old school farming in Thailand.

[@MisterMitchMM]

Thank you for the effort.

[@alenaksalic]

thank you for this video about rice!

[@lifeinthailand]

Thanks,, Its rice planting season now but there is no rain, Going to be a very bad rice year I think.

[@choiklu]

you should include time line in between of each stage, it will certainly make a person appreciate how hard it is to be a farmer and cherish each grain of rice when eating.

[@ivornappinion9406]

Top vid,that was ace mate ;]

[@McGormak]

great video buy the way :)

[@johntheaccountant5594]

Thank you for this interesting video and your other videos. Most appreciated as I am looking at moving to Kumpawapi - Udonthani province. How many rai of farm land do you have and what are you growing on it?

[@steveuk2509]

v.nicely put together people can see the back breaking effort that goes into producing rice, these farmers work harder than anybody else I know. And then there is the weather....are you in Isaan? Last year was quite bad so this year the family mixed by planting some sugar beet.

[@CaptJohnsBar]

Transplanting looks to be the most backbreaking part even though it is all manual hard work....Nice vid...Curious to why you transplant and not just harvest from seed ?....Wouldn't it just grow wild or is it to maximize yield?

[@McGormak]

As a farmer explained to me the roots grow longer after transplanting. Roots can then get better nutrition and water from the soil.

[@annaszkarupska5542]

It's a hard work! !

[@lifeinthailand]

Very hard work for very little money.

[@rameshgaddala5802]

Superb my place also paddy work same super good hard work

[@lifeinthailand]

It is a very hard way to grow rice.

[@DaleCalderCampobello]

Very labour intensive and hard work but I suppose there are long periods where you just watch it grow. The land where the seedlings were growing must be very fertile they looks so lush and green.

[@salihabashir6945]

only watched this so I can do my geo assignment hahaha

[@lifeinthailand]

lol, good luck.

[@chintuchintu2288]

I like this peoples work is wership god

[@rontropics26]

Thanks for sharing, this was really cool to see! Do they remove that chaff before storing it? If so, how is it done by hand?

[@lifeinthailand]

Rice is stored in the hull and removed as needed, We do it a bag at a time, Rice can be stored for years this way. It is done by a rice mill.

[@rontropics26]

Oh okay, awesome! Thanks! I planted just a tiny plot of rice to try it out this year.

[@lifeinthailand]

Very cool, Good luck, Hopefully it does well.

[@corrineturner4122]

How long does it take a family to harvest the rice? and then bag the rice? How are the fields prepared for the next harvest? When does preparation of the seeds begin (May?)? Thank you!! This was an excellent video!

[@lifeinthailand]

Well that is hard to answer, Time depends on a lot of things ut mostly how much land, For us it is about a month. Fields are prepped with any aged manure/compost and then turned over, Close to harvest it is turned again if needed and made flat. Around here planting is normally in June, But depends on rain. Thanks for watching.

[@corrineturner4122]

This really helps. Thank you!!

[@nickdudley-jones7914]

Great video! Pom kit teung kun Nan korng pom x

[@lifeinthailand]

Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@dijayvaj]

I'm going to try to finish all my rice from now on

[@lifeinthailand]

Shao Vang lol, That is a good idea...

[@brosmoove5464]

+Shao Vang I just ate some and threw away two grain. I'm going back to get them out of the sink. :)

[@mdansaryoutubechannel1598]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@lifeinthailand]

Growing rice.

[@VirtualHorizonz]

Looks like hard work...why do they have to plant seedlings in one place & then transplant them into the rice field. Why not just plant them in the field first, so they don't havta transplant?

[@rothanakvanny6685]

Cambodia and Thailand use the way to plant rice

[@lifeinthailand]

Its hard work but it produces the best rice.

[@maikovandeneynde4747]

Do the farmers remove the chaff themselve and sell the rice to the locals or are they selling the rice to factories?

[@lifeinthailand]

The rice is sold in the hull, the rice that is eaten by the farmer is "cleaned" as it is needed, normally 1 bag or rice at a time. Rice stores much better in the hull.

[@Sonny377]

WELCOME TO THE RICE FIELDS!

[@lifeinthailand]

Its a hard way to make a living.

[@Capsius]

Hi Paul, can you make a video tutorial on how to germinate paddy seeds for viewers who wish to grow some paddy plants at home (i.e. in plastic containers or bottles)? 2 days of soaking in lake water...would the same procedure be recommended for home gardening (i.e. soaking unhulled paddy seeds in water inside a container for same duration of 2 days)? Any preparation for seeds required beforehand (rinsing, drying, pre treatment etc.)? And how long does it take to germinate after sowing on soil (dry, with water or any of the two)? For home gardening, can we just sow the seeds directly and not worry about transplanting? Thanks.

[@Capsius]

Forgot to mention the reason for requesting for a tutorial video is for home garden decoration, adding varieties of plants to the garden. Definitely not for home consumption as any harvest, if any at all...would not be sufficient for home cooking considering the little amount of space and resources a home gardener would have! lol. Thanks.

[@lifeinthailand]

I don't think you can grow rice that is out of the hull, but I never tried. I have watched a lot of people try to grow rice at home, most fail simply because they over seed, the rice need room to grow. How farmers that transplant here do it is 3 seedlings in a group planted a foot or so apart, no closer than 6 inches. Its the wrong aseason now to plant rice here, it might germinate but it is not going to do good, this would be an interesting experiment next year.

[@Capsius]

Cool, looking forward to your paddy seed germination experiment video next year if you make one. Yeah, I guess we've just past the planting season by a couple of months now. Hope your fields are doing good. It's been raining cats and dogs here way in the south in KL these couple of weeks. I have store bought Calrose black rice (with the outer dark hull) and Thai brown rice (with the brown hull), these are definitely not fresh ones from farm, they are imported and have gone thru a long chain of logistics, dealers etc...not sure if they would germinate successfully even if I attempt to give them a shot. Yeah, I tried soaking hulled wheat and rice the other day...don't bother doing it...without the hull, they will just become soggy grains good for making nice porridge! Oh thanks for the feedbacks. 3 seedlings on a spot 1 foot apart from the next group of 3 seedlings, I will remember this one. (I don't have land for cultivation at the moment.)

[@IAMTM509]

how many month does it take to harvest in this area? i need this for my assignment. thank a lot

[@lifeinthailand]

It depends on variety of rice and the weather but normally between 4 and 5 months. There are places in Thailand that has 3 crops per year so they must be getting it done in 3 1/2 to 4 months.

[@stillalive8583]

Nice film! Do they burn the fields after the harvest where you live? Here, in Chiang Mai, they burn after every harvest and there are three harvests per year! The burning can go on for 6 weeks across the province and cause very serious air pollution. Are you in Isaan? You are lucky if you don't suffer that. :)

[@lifeinthailand]

Yes were in Issan, They only get 1 crop a year here so no need to burn, some times they burn around the sides to kill the weeds but it is not a huge deal, better than spraying chemicals to kill the weeds.

[@robotintheworld]

Hello, man. How are you @lifeinthailand? What is the rice harvesting like in your area, manually or automatically? Thanks!

[@lifeinthailand]

Some people still cut by hand but the combine is more popular every year.

[@robotintheworld]

I see, do you know the price to harvest one rai of rice field by combine harvester? Thanks!

[@lifeinthailand]

Its between 500 and 600 Baht, when there busy its 600 Baht.

[@NightBazaar]

Isn't that the relative who used a car battery to power a light?

[@TheSushiandme]

Who do I call to volunteer to do this? :)

[@lifeinthailand]

I have no idea, there was and maybe still is a place in northwest Thailand where you could stay and work on the farm, I think you had to pay for it though. I saw it on Singapore TV, was popular with people from Singapore.

[@TheSushiandme]

@@lifeinthailand My step mom is from Chang Mai. She can probably ask around up there then. I just want to volunteer and use my vacation hours (3 weeks) to work on the field to help out. Don't need money.

[@lifeinthailand]

It would be an experience, you would be working and everyone else would be watching...lol I figured out quickly that a lot more got done when I do not help.

[@FFM12983]

Dry seeding

[@VirtualHorizonz]

I'll bet...when ever you see people working a rice field, they're constantly bent over.

[@gilbertdalo2348]

Noal farm

[@johntrevy1]

I like to watch videos like this because we take things like rice for granted. Yet the people in this video probably have to work their socks off just to make a pittance of a living.

[@lifeinthailand]

+johntrevy1 Most can't even afford socks, It is a very hard way of life.

[@ellenlee1]

the world would starve if it was not for rice.

[@lifeinthailand]

It would sure make life more difficult for a lot of people if there was no more rice.

[@ishmeetsingh5526]

6:02 XD

[@lifeinthailand]

Boys well be boys...lol

[@ishmeetsingh5526]

😂

[@9mmsteve]

bet that water is polluted as hell.....

[@lifeinthailand]

n4ktz Yell probably, Just like most every other farm in the world.

[@9mmsteve]

Yea and rice farming is a huge contributor to global warming.

[@Neo_1985]

n4ktz meat production is worse

[@annaszkarupska5542]

Why are they doing it all manually don't they have harvesting machines combajns or tractors ect

[@lifeinthailand]

Combines are getting popular now but they cost money.....

[@MiguelGomez-yb2ix]

nice vid but the captions are a little hard to read.

[@lifeinthailand]

+Spywareg Smith Yell some are hard to read, Not sure why that is, Would be better to add them after the video is uploaded but too late now.

[@annaszkarupska5542]

It would be easier for them to grow potatos

[@lifeinthailand]

Too hot for potatoes here.

[@teelaywaht7840]

I don't like it the way you doing.

[@lifeinthailand]

Thank you.