Treating seed & why we do it!

** It's that time again, let the seed treating begin! It's very important to treat your seed especially if you are planting into cold soils.
** We treat for fungus mostly but can also treat for insects that will chew on and kill the seeds. We are not treating with insecticides this year.
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[@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! 😉😂

[@B.E.Long.63]

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

[@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. 😂🧠🧠🤣

[@kikikirikiw]

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

[@NoWay23548]

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

[@Oliver-kv2mm]

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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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

[@victor-emmanuel7485]

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

[@jeffyoung2089]

Thanks Mike!

[@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.

[@HarrisPropertyMaintenance]

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

[@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. 🇺🇸🦅🌏⚓️🇺🇸

[@coryrab]

Thank you for your videos.

[@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

[@siemteunissen5604]

Really interesting video Mike, keep it going.

[@MrKittke]

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

[@chriswhite7211]

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

[@davidbetts480]

Hi Mike and Ashton, very nice job 👍

[@ATLS_gaming]

27 MINUTES!!! This gonna be good.

[@stefrathe5060]

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

[@commonsenseisntcommon5338]

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

[@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

[@nevisprieler]

I'm so looking forward to seeding

[@kathypetruic4177]

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

[@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..

[@thomasvogelgesang667]

Great video.

[@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.

[@Meowschitz]

Coming from someone who has been farming and ranching his whole life you are by far the best KZbin farmer. Some of the others ones are okay but they all get way to political and preachy up there own ass! So thank you very much for that mike also I'm surprised you have CDL’s I mean here in Oregon we don’t have to have a CDL as long as we have farm deferral plates on the trucks and don’t go more then 159 miles from the farm. Don’t have to follow any weight or length restrictions don’t have to stop at weigh stations don’t have to get drug tested the governments mentality with farmers/ranchers here is kind of just let them do whatever they hell they want and it is awesome haha. Always love your videos bud plus you actually try to explain what and why your doing whatever is your doing awesome to see you trying to inform the world of what farmers do and why they do it. Plus your a big buy farmer I run about 6,800 acres of crop and about 2,200 acres of hay for the 300 head of angus beef cattle and i always thought that I had a big operations. Your outfit makes mine look like a toy hobby farm like good for man. I don’t know exactly but I feel like you guys do damn near 100,000 acres.

[@mikemitchell2554]

Hahah I appreciate good sir! Thanks for the kind words, and we are more like 40s not 100k..not yet anyways haha.. But one thing tho... I don't like being called a "KZbin farmer" I am just a farmer who KZbin's, that's all 🙂 thanks That's the key... Farmer first 👌

[@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

[@quicksc1]

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

[@robertthompson1489]

Great video thanks

[@RandyFerguson1]

GOOD very informative

[@johnnyroy1000]

That treater is impressive

[@gloryridgefarmstead981]

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

[@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!

[@davidmast7581]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@alexdidierjean9223]

and your glove !!!😁

[@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.

[@danielkure7836]

I was waiting like 1h for video now

[@cr4zyj4ck]

Grow, little plants, grow

[@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!!

[@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

[@tmlhio]

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

[@tonkapoplol]

Come to Québec i'll show you around!

[@mikemitchell2554]

Haha that's awesome!

[@farmshoffman8475]

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

[@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

[@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!!!!!

[@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.

[@kalemartin2437]

During seeding we should see an ashtyn cam

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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 🤣🤷🏼‍♂️

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@plowboy7700]

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

[@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.

[@hedleyjackson5131]

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

[@kluckfabrication5991]

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

[@nicke1903]

I wanna come play Traptors with you Mike.

[@oldfarmshow]

👍

[@mickbennett2595]

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

[@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!

[@recklessbehaviour01]

Morning

[@mr.moto1972]

Hi @Mike Mitchell

[@tonydelk8372]

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

[@pdh__]

I know you don't want to, but maybe invest in a action cam of some sorts you can clamp them on stuff very easily and they are better for filming stuff

[@alexdidierjean9223]

the fertilyzer are Urea and dap?

[@donbeam4072]

Mike how many acres do you plant

[@wilsonandrade6246]

👍👍👍

[@boerbrabant]

What is the result of the seed test mike?

[@robcondit8488]

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

[@scruffy6151]

Seeding is a coming.

[@jeffreyvanderiet8866]

Peristaltic pump

[@B.E.Long.63]

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

[@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

[@andban92]

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

[@mikemitchell2554]

The big carts will take a whole semi load

[@briankingwelding4531]

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

[@tquick3321]

HECK YES ITS MIKE HHHHHHIIIIIIIII MMMMMIIIIKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEE

[@symbologee]

Does it taste good?

[@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.

[@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 .

[@davidlogel2350]

Did you get the free Miravis hoodie from Syngenta in the mail? I did, it’s nice.

[@mikemitchell2554]

I think so

[@ethanhuber5360]

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

[@tobiasjacobsen_dk]

The additives used in farming is just so god dang expensive it is crazy !

[@RoisinT2]

Everyone around Farms get the money, farmer has only the risk and the job. - Farming nowadays.

[@leomocek9285]

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

[@Bizz55]

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

[@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.

[@7pdude]

16:03 that's what he said ...

[@TricksRforKids903]

How much urea u put down the tube

[@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

[@biobauer8]

crazy that durum is grown in canada, when it originated in warm italy 🤯

[@mikemitchell2554]

Durum is the number one cerial crop around here in the SW Saskatchewan