Treating seed & why we do it!

[@B.E.Long.63]

You do a Hell of a job explaining things, Thank You from all us city folk.. lol..

[@kikikirikiw]

Always a good Day when Mike drops a New video 😁 greetings from Slovenia

[@happycanayjian1582]

C’mon, we’ve known all along that Ashtyn is both the brains and looks of the operation. 😁

[@mikemitchell2554]

Hahah she's awesome!

[@jchambers2586]

@@mikemitchell2554 is she your girlfriend?

[@mikemitchell2554]

@@jchambers2586 she is actually my wife as of July 7th last year 😁👍

[@1JeanPearl1]

Sure but you definitely need a goofy dude like mike that does everything to make the immense amount of hours working fun 😂

[@mikemitchell2554]

@@1JeanPearl1 couldn't agree more! 😉😂

[@victor-emmanuel7485]

Crazy how high tech farming has become, thanks as always Mike 👊

[@mattclark8436]

Mike, you are so right, seed treatment is very expensive. When I worked for a seed corn company we regularly calibrated our equipment to make sure we were applying the correct amount. You take care.

[@ATLS_gaming]

27 MINUTES!!! This gonna be good.

[@patrickpat8878]

I remember when I was young back in the 70’S I was working for a farmer and we where mixing red stuff in a small old concrete mixer the corn seeds and a other other products

[@gavinperry7237]

I am glad to see Ashtyn back in front of the camera even if it is only briefly. Since your referred to part of the auger as the “Brain Of Your Operation” it only makes sense that Ashtyn needs to be near by as any “Totally Functioning Brain” needs both the left side (AUGER) and right side (ASHTYN) to work properly. 😂🧠🧠🤣

[@paytoncobb9298]

Oh you guys got a whole setup for this! We just have a tank attached the auger that fills our drill and treat the seed as we fill our drill.

[@NoWay23548]

Who needs questions when you both ask them and answer them yourself.

[@kathypetruic4177]

Thank you Mike we still enjoy your channel will keep watching you

[@quicksc1]

It's a peristaltic pump, used for exact dosage application without actually touching the product.

[@commonsenseisntcommon5338]

3rd year running the Storm treater on our operation...very nice units! Wishing our northern neighbors a safe and successful planting season.

[@mesh1248]

Its surprising how many mike i gotta questions i come up with that mike answers as im thinking it

[@guzzimon61]

Wonder what is brain pattern looks like when he sleeps? Maybe he could make some cash while sleeping so they can study him......burn out 3 machines the first night alone.

[@kurtzbradley]

27 k per tote....I knew it would be expensive but, wow!! Don’t want to screw that up! You are the best and good to see the Mrs. is still putting up with you.🤣just kidding

[@rubenbraekman4515]

27 minutes! You're spoiling us Mike

[@mikemitchell2554]

It's the last longer one now for a awhile.. I ll be pumping out shorter, but more frequently... That's goal anyways hahah

[@rempellegacyranch4965]

fun fact, my neighbour designed the electrical and software setup for those Storms. and I helped build those red boxes on the first generation machines. they've changed quite a bit over the years since.

[@mikemitchell2554]

That's cool!

[@Oliver-kv2mm]

Mike I have a question, did Ashton take out a life insurance policy on you?

[@deepwoodguy2]

WOW !!! thanks for going thru what it takes to get seed in the ground... I am from Connecticut, USA, and trying to figure out what fertilizer to put on my lawn and the cost... and you just spent $20,000 on fertilizer for seed. that is amazing, Big thanks again. 😎👍😎

[@mikemitchell2554]

Hahah yeah, Ag is big business now a days

[@deepwoodguy2]

@@mikemitchell2554 thanks

[@wymershandymanservice9965]

An 18 speed is nice but the fuel mileage at the end of the day tells you who can drive them and who can’t. Because that’s the bottom line fuel efficiency on the units . Great 👍 content. 🇺🇸🦅🌏⚓️🇺🇸

[@davidbetts480]

Hi Mike and Ashton, very nice job 👍

[@chriswhite7211]

really enjoy watching your videos and your answering questions before i even ask them thanks

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

I think that young lady has a crush on you and that is why she hangs around to see you. Good video, can't wait till planting Begin

[@mikemitchell2554]

Haha I like to think so too 🙂

[@braderwin937]

it's his wife she is generally quiet though

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

@@braderwin937 I know that is his wife

[@briankingwelding4531]

Hi Mike, great content as always. Just a FYI, those little pumps are called parastolic pumps, which are more commonly called hose pumps

[@byamrcn]

Geez for twenty grand a pop those things ought to be full of Dom Perignon. Interesting one today, enjoyed it, thanks for the explanations.

[@gloryridgefarmstead981]

Nice channel! We finally have hit 50 subscribers. Thanks for channels like yours. Without them I want to learn for my channel!

[@MrKittke]

Was a very informative video Mike thanks! Was fun seeing Ashtyn again.

[@NVMDSTEvil]

drop-skirts for the meridian bins works great for hoppers, or put a pallet under the hopper to get it closer to the bottom of the bin, then you can crank it wide open.

[@cr4zyj4ck]

Grow, little plants, grow

[@HarrisPropertyMaintenance]

Well I learned something today, for pasta they use wheat that ain’t wheat

[@DiamondDoorsInc]

Great informational video. Thanks for sharing! The mittens analogy was great haha!

[@mikemitchell2554]

Haha did u even use that? I sometimes forget what I even said to be honest..

[@johnnyroy1000]

That treater is impressive

[@alexdidierjean9223]

and your glove !!!😁

[@leomocek9285]

Muy buena empresa familiar!!!! Me gusta mucho lo que hacen... me ubiese gustado criar y enseñarle a mi familia en el campo y enseñarle lo bueno que estrabajar en el campo....ser un productor o agricultor lo más grande del mundo!!! Saludos y como tú lo dudes a Dios Amigo!!!!!

[@stefrathe5060]

As always, a very interesting video! Like your work Mike!

[@loganfry676]

Been here since the beginning lol.. Awesome content Mike!! You ant that farmer that tries to beat the johnsons ( if you know what I mean) Just doing your job and you love it. We have a hog farm in Ohio!

[@Nevis.Supermoto]

I'm so looking forward to seeding

[@michaeldriesse384]

Couldn't help but think of you tonight Mike as I watched Patrick Marleau break Howe's record for most NHL games played. Marleau was born in Swift Current!!

[@RandyFerguson1]

GOOD very informative

[@coryrab]

Thank you for your videos.

[@jeffyoung2089]

Thanks Mike!

[@gavinperry7237]

I woke up to a skiff of snow this morning and the forecast is for a little more later this week which the farmers will certainly take since things are extremely dry in west central Saskatchewan.

[@Daxelinho9]

0:52 Schneider Electric, always nice to see German tech in use somewhere in the world. :D

[@Octoclipse]

1:03 one pump, two pump, red pump, blue pump

[@victorpledge655]

Mike, Put a mark on the top sides of the trailers, where the bars are, that way you do not need to guess where to stop.

[@hedleyjackson5131]

Just tried some untreated wheat its up treated still has a way to go.

[@siemteunissen5604]

Really interesting video Mike, keep it going.

[@alviney5138]

it seems to me that Faith Hope Farms -- with the huge number of acres you want to run -- extend both seeding and harvest at the start and the end of each season to cover maximum acres -- thus Vigor helps you get in the field as early as possible to maximize the amount of ground you can farm

[@davidmast7581]

Mike, great video. I wasn’t tuned in last year at this time.

[@kalemartin2437]

During seeding we should see an ashtyn cam

[@villuhill]

There are special mixers for those liquid containers, if settling is the problem. They should run on air or on electricity, so You don't have to "air" the container once in a while. Shouldn't be very expensive either.

[@thomasvogelgesang667]

Great video.

[@plowboy7700]

Tried seed treating some winter wheat a few years ago. Was the worst wheat we had. Haven't tried it again.

[@tonkapoplol]

Come to Québec i'll show you around!

[@mikemitchell2554]

Haha that's awesome!

[@danielkure7836]

I was waiting like 1h for video now

[@connorseaman4768]

Do you use potash to help with chloride in small grains? That is the main reason it is applied where I am located, the average soil test for potassium comes back around 400 ppm.

[@tmlhio]

You know it's a Mike Mitchell video when you have atleast 2 endings.

[@adi326]

You should really get a GoPro it would make your life soo much easier and you can record and have both your hands free.

[@cowkiller2189]

I was wondering has a bin of fertilizer ever turned all solid on you guys? Cause when we plant corn whats left at the end of it gets left out a week or 2 before we get to dealing with it in a gravity box and generally gets turned into a rock.

[@robertthompson1489]

Great video thanks

[@kluckfabrication5991]

So how long will this last during the planting season. Twenty trucks doesn’t seam like a lot

[@frankeinfish]

So Mike I have a question, Why would anyone prefer driving a manual truck? I used to drive a truck for a while here in Sweden and I really don't see why...

[@mikemitchell2554]

Because it gives you somito do, anyone can drive a truck that's auto, but only a few can actually drive manuals.. Its also a statement of whether or not to can drive.. Atleast here

[@frankeinfish]

@@mikemitchell2554Something to do? You can still control the autobox manually if you're bored.

[@donbeam4072]

Mike how many acres do you plant

[@diepfennings9634]

For On-Farm Treating and Planting When treating seeds, handling and planting treated seed, workers should wear cotton coveralls or long sleeved shirt and long pants, chemical-resistant gloves, and work boots. Wear a suitable dust mask when transferring treated seed to a storage bin. For good hygiene practice, it is also recommended to wear a NIOSH approved dust mask during all other job activities.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Yes.. But we don't do that, everyone would quit 🤣🤷🏼‍♂️

[@tonydelk8372]

How much fertilizer are you truly putting on you've got wet and dry and you have the same stuff in both

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome video mike, papa Smurf I’d say , don’t do that again . Seed treating looks fun lol

[@andban92]

How many times can you reful sedder with one fully loaded trailer hopper?

[@mikemitchell2554]

The big carts will take a whole semi load

[@nonamedesired8873]

we also had a extinction cord, we drove over it quite a bit of times, but you should still be careful because with time it broke, just stopped working and no it wasn't for other reasons

[@anderleof]

Extinction cord.........

[@nonamedesired8873]

@@anderleof english is not my first language😅

[@guzzimon61]

When they quit working, they are extinct I suppose. Gravel will chew them up. Could bury a source cable along the hopper bottoms so a power source would be closer.

[@mickbennett2595]

Mike use a bottle brush to clean that glass tube out good sir

[@ethanhuber5360]

Where are you guys located? I'm in south central north dakota

[@claudreindl7275]

I don't recall you saying anything Mike, but I imagine your guys have been out with the rock pickers prior to starting seeding ops.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Yes my nephews have been out doing that

[@alexdidierjean9223]

the fertilyzer are Urea and dap?

[@rlmartinmanor]

Mike, get a small rubber kitchen spatula to scrape out the calibration tube. At the price you are quoting on the treatment you are wasting $100 of product.

[@brianrutherford3229]

How many bushels does the hopper on the seeder hold?if you only have a tad over 400bushels then does it take 1or two semi hoppers per seeder.

[@mikemitchell2554]

1300bu total

[@brianrutherford3229]

Ok so two hoppers per seeder.thst us alot of loads per day.why not do a semi at a time if seed and a semi if feet per seeder?

[@mikemitchell2554]

@@brianrutherford3229 because it doesn't always work out that way, not enough trucks or ppl.. One truck needs to carry enough products (and there's 3) to load 1+ every time. Then they go back to reload .. Depending on how full the drill is when reloading, maybe that truck can load 2 drills

[@brianrutherford3229]

Ok I see and understand the lack of hired help.i use to work on a farm in North Dakota .

[@symbologee]

Does it taste good?

[@boltactionshooter]

Mike, I have a suggestion. Get a GoPro head mount and strap it on and just go about your day. I bet you will have a good video still and you can actually use your hands to get work done. I hate that we are holding your work up!

[@rhunter3406]

You are always wearing a hat! a hat mount!

[@robcondit8488]

So why aren't there marks on the side of truck letting you know where the rails are?

[@boerbrabant]

What is the result of the seed test mike?

[@markb5580]

I see your emptying your new fertilizer bins and and haven’t anchored them down yet? Just asking.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Not yet, but they are getting refilled as we speak

[@briankingwelding4531]

Mike, do you buy any seed or is it all home grown?

[@B.E.Long.63]

Being that it's wet, won't it kinda harden up in the trailer just sitting there.?????????

[@AlwayzPr0]

So the seed coat is a coat. Got it

[@leomocek9285]

Desde argentina saludos !!!! A Dios!!!!!

[@harveybauer4607]

Mike ~ Roughly, what is the cost of an auger/injection pump setup?

[@mikemitchell2554]

Prb around $60k

[@kennywilhite2092]

Great videos Do Yal sell any of your by products or older grain to feedlots ??

[@mikemitchell2554]

Not alot no

[@kennywilhite2092]

@@mikemitchell2554 Yal got it goin on up there. Good videos. Reason I asked we run couple hundred mother cows and background several feeder calves. Thanks for the reply

[@mr.moto1972]

Hi @Mike Mitchell

[@ivanvankeulen5214]

People usually say that seeding is 50% of the harvest yield, if it gets a good start you’re more prone to having a good yield and vice versa, it all depends on seeding conditions

[@recklessbehaviour01]

Morning

[@dennis2376]

Is this Monsanto type of grain?

[@jeremyensley3693]

Mike. Why don't you fill your tanks in a way that you could fill your trucks with all three products at the same time? Would be a real time saver.

[@7rixee]

Howd you calibrate the auger?

[@realredditstories420]

USB drive

[@7rixee]

@@realredditstories420 That aint music so its a meme🤔 Hows the usb know how much grain is passing? Dont tell me science or magic. I bet you it sweeps a known volume and they apply test weight.

[@oldfarmshow]

👍

[@TricksRforKids903]

How much urea u put down the tube

[@johanbibal8055]

Hye Mike how Many tonnes treatings seeds

[@Bizz55]

Would it be feasible or economical to just buy seed which has been pretreated by the seed company ?

[@mark568126]

How many Acres (sq km) does your farm contain?

[@scruffy6151]

Seeding is a coming.

[@christopherkaifel1096]

hey mike, why you don't have an intro for your videos?

[@tquick3321]

HECK YES ITS MIKE HHHHHHIIIIIIIII MMMMMIIIIKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEE

[@Daxelinho9]

How much does one IBC of treatment fluid cost? EDIT: I should've watched the whole video before asking stupid questions. :D It's 25k to 27k dollars.

[@ytfan3815]

No, it's 20k (CAD), .... he said correction at 23:00 😉

[@Daxelinho9]

@@ytfan3815 You're right! That was almost impossible to hear on my phones speakers. :D

[@ytfan3815]

@@Daxelinho9 He was talking about the small (red) one, only 450 liters, a " normal " IBC container is 1000 ltr ( 1 m³ ), that's the other one. Some expensive stuff .. 😃 ...... $44.40 per liter .... omg, that's $168.00/gal 😉