X9 + 70bu swaths?! 😳

So we have swathed down some hard red spring wheat with the John Deere D450 swather to test and make sure the swather was ready to go. (spoiler alert, it still isn't 😆) but now let's get these 40ft swaths picked up.
The wheat is testing (green) tough which is different and more concerning for storing than (wet tough) wheat should be 14.5% moisture to be considered dry.
Mike could push the combine harder, but has no need to 🙂
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[@kaaarl0976]

Seems like the north X9 already had more full hopper loads after just one day than the south X9 in the whole season 😅

[@tomboyd7990]

Great to see some grain in the tanks 👍🏻

[@tony98discovery]

*I could sit for hours in the fields and listen to the sound of the harvesting machines. It was a relaxing feeling for me.*

[@MrMagnat007]

I could literally watch the swath going into the feeder all day.. With the sound of the engine and the movement... its almost hypnotic..and relaxing.

[@philarchambault8835]

Probably the best job I ever had.

[@crandonborth]

Farmer ASMR

[@ghostrider7688]

@@crandonborth awesome for sure

[@jameshill4900]

That is a good description. 👍

[@robbertboon242]

Fully recognize this

[@berry1002]

Seeing that hopper fill must feel rewarding. After all the hard work you can literally see the money piling up

[@thomasvogelgesang667]

It is great to see a high bushel crop-a happy harvest at the north farm.

[@benpattinson1]

How many bushels to the tonne (1000Kg) 35ish?

[@condy130]

@@benpattinson1 1 bushel of wheat is approx 27kgs, so at 70 bushel they are doing about 1.9t/ac

[@leddielive]

40 × 4 stone = 160st = 1000kg

[@suave47]

Nice to see good crops up north there for u. Good luck and stay safe

[@billcowart589]

Looks like a pretty good crop Mike. Good luck hope the rest of harvest goes well for y’all

[@shanelewis3564]

I'm just glad to see you look a little more rested this year. I know you have more to go but you look better this year, which is good because harvest can definitely age a person depending on how it goes. Hope that keeps up. Take care of yourself.

[@zzzubmno2755]

it is good to know all our well wishes have panned out and you are getting some good yields. I hope everything goes well for the rest of the harvest. Wishing you the best from North Eastern Ontario.

[@mikeznel6048]

God wanted Mike to have a decent harvest this year.

[@tacitus7408]

Happy for you that your north farm yields are so good.

[@tony98discovery]

Very glad about that, my uncle is a farmer in the north and he said the yield this year is very good.

[@joefaris3665]

Love the positive outlook even in a bad year on the south farm! Keep moving forward.

[@mikea1893]

Its nice to see your north Farm with High yields your new binds will look good full!

[@dennislamers986]

Great to see grain in the tank.

[@nikoniko1965]

I love machinery sounds in general but I really love all the different engine and equipment sounds the combines make like when doing things like turning up the RPM, or starting the sifters and headers.

[@tugboat2739]

Enjoy your videos Mike

[@frankkirby5763]

Mike thanks for sharing your harvesting. Brings back memories.

[@mikeznel6048]

So glad to see a good crop for you Mike. Miss Ashtyn and the boy. Hope they’re doing well!

[@leddielive]

Surely you mean Mrs Ashtyn Mitchell? There are great wedding videos if you care to look back in this channels history. 😀

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank You

[@ke6gwf]

Lmao! I FINALLY realized what you are talking about with the Mustard and Ketchup references! I thought it was just some colloquial saying about giving it the sauce or something, but then you mentioned it being in the green, and I happened to look at the correct gauge and busted up laughing when it all came together...

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

Always, thank you

[@stevenwurz3440]

Very clean sample there mike.

[@nekolivegaming]

Nice to see some Bushls commin in. And hopefully the frost if any aint to bad so you Canola will be fine. Starting to get quite chilly here in Norway to so if there is still crops out which there issent in the close area but if there is well they should be fast about gettin it up.

[@gregmorris2846]

Glad the north farm had some bushels for you

[@joelbittner8791]

Happy Friday Mike!

[@mlb3135]

That's what we would call a bumper crop. Nice. Back south you need to seed 5 x more land to accomplish the same yield as here.

[@planeiron241]

Ol Mikey is full on today concentration level is high, good crops 👍👍👍👍👍👍🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾Great Vid

[@farminginbrazil]

REALLY NICE VIDEO BUDDY! 👍👍👍👍

[@tf7274]

I'm so used to 100% corn on our farm in Manitoba, that if I went more than 3 minutes without having a full hopper...I would be looking for a tailing auger open...been almost 15 years since we did wheat.

[@georgedavidson1221]

I hope you have monitors in the new bins Those wet spots in the field will create hot spots in the bin

[@andrewwoodhead8305]

Be blowing snow in the wind at wishart Saskatchewan before you know it Mike!!🤷‍♂️ nice yields 👍👏

[@joescheller6680]

Been long time since I've seen someone pickup wheat. Used to be standard practice once we got to north central Sout Dakota on north. Little nicer conditions from open station combines

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome video mike

[@vrfarmerguy]

That is an impressive grain sample for as tough as those conditions are. Wow!

[@daantermeer4841]

Here from Holland. Looks like a nice crop 😀😀

[@jeremyhardy7707]

Can you do a walk around of the pickup header, interested in the belt system on these new headers having walking problems with our belts

[@duanebolen543]

Last night September 22nd we had 45°. That is way too cold for this time of year and I'm in Iowa

[@carlfalt174]

You have had rain in eastern Saskatchewan to slow you guys down but hopefully the dry this coming week will get you guys back on track and especially in Manitoba

[@Northern_Farmer]

They are in western Saskatchewan. .totally different there

[@carlfalt174]

Nine years out of ten western Saskatchewan they are done early because it does dry up

[@richardradawetz8788]

East central Saskatchewan. Near bank end Saskatchewan. South east of wynyard

[@jerryulman5713]

Hey Mike, just paid $9.00 a bale (small square bale of wheat straw) at Home depot in North Carolina. You got a lot of straw in that field to bad it is long way from NC.

[@robertfranssen]

Great vid again Mike. Filling that hopper so quikly is more fun then driving around w8ting for a bushel a acre. Grood job Mike. Love the content. But uhmm love some chapel/ashtyn content to. Only watching at your face for several hours ........ hahahaha. Jk m8. Keep it up

[@mikemitchell2554]

😆 They kick me out of the X9 on her field of wheat and I get to run around and show you guys the outside of the X9 while Ashtyn combining of course 😉

[@myview1875]

It looks like a monster gobbling up a giant long worm. 😀

[@deercreekmechanical]

I like the ketchup and mustard references, reminds me of ZipTies and Bias Plys🤣

[@jakemacdonald8644]

Lunch kit is in danger with mile passes and the pickup header 😅

[@michaelthola1709]

Its odd watching a harvest video and not seeing you or someone out pulling out a plugged rear chopper. Its nice to see some good yielding crop being cut, its amazing what water does.

[@watomb]

This x9 seems to run a lot smoother. The other x9 had a lot of rotor vibration or maybe it’s just really bumpy ground.

[@Louis-B-53]

It’s probably because this x9 is working harder and it’s filled up where the other x9 had barely anything going into it.

[@roydelta1]

You always have new toys Mike 👍🤣

[@edrouse9578]

Not a Mother bin but still a nice grain cart. I'm thinking you may not go back south.

[@lsjojo98]

you have to pull it into yellow quit before red .. then you use full power :D

[@andrew3491]

Why did you buy two X9's -VS transporting the one on the south farm? Love the content mike!

[@mikemitchell2554]

Because, it never happens that we are done back home and haven't started here. Normally we start up here when we are only 30% at the south farm. This year is anomaly due to the severe drought back home.

[@andrew3491]

@@mikemitchell2554 awesome. Thanks!

[@joescheller6680]

Long time since I was around mustard only raised it one year 50 years ago. But was thinking 17+% moisture is a little to high for combining. Very hard to blow air through small deed like that.

[@einhorn1968]

in germany our wheat yields are usually 110bu / ac or 8t / ha ... when there is no drought though they can even be close to 140/ 150 bu / ac but than again we have much smaller fields over here and therefore can take much more individual care of our fields

[@jameshill4900]

Curious how you take care of your fields differently. I assume you have watched several of Mikes videos of how he does it. Do you use fertilizer. If so what types and rates.

[@markdiesen8206]

What kind of wheat is that? Protein level?

[@mikemitchell2554]

That's like comparing apples to oranges tho.. There's so many different factors to consider but either way that's amazing yields! Those avg for the area?

[@tjakko4659]

@@jameshill4900 By plowing and cultivating the fields, splitting the fertilizer in multiple gifts, drains in the ground, using less heavy machinery and being a lot more careful with the timing of the fieldwork. But Europe of course has a better growing climate and we will use more fertilizer/ manure. For N supply CAN is mostly used, P and K is from manure or some kind of NPK

[@tjakko4659]

@@markdiesen8206 feeding quality is mostly grown, would say 10-11%. But we can't use any gmo seed in Europe

[@billwang4086]

Seems like a very quiet machine in the cab

[@brandonneisen9030]

This is why its so fun to simulate your farms on Farm Sim...go to the shop button and buy the biggest baddest stuff! I guarantee almost every person that plays it has a Mike Mitchell set up. If only the money cheat mod would work irl. ☺️

[@straightpipeacres6365]

When did you make this vidja? Yesterday? I got rained out yet again yesterday

[@abhaysidhu57]

How many days did this brley take to ripe, you sowed them recently before going to harvest the south farm.

[@rogerneumann8105]

Could you get a cheap wireless backup camera to mount to the end of the auger to see where you're dumping in the cart?

[@recklessbehaviour01]

Morning

[@mikevandborg1]

I’m curious why you don’t use the same combining equip on the North Farm if it is later than the south?

[@brianrutherford3681]

How is the test weight on the wheat at the north farm? If it has a high moisture number that helps the test weight too.that is for the non farmers.

[@user-rw2um8ro2p]

Great video mike the x9 is a savage machine

[@andrewshaw1678]

Multiple X9 combines and all other capital investments Mike has made and last year was a bad year. Can’t wait for full on bumper crop. 💴 💴 💴

[@tarawa6839]

Hello Mike you bought a 2nd X9 it is very expensive to have 2 X9 as much to transport from south to north of your farm as with the Fendt Ideal.

[@lynwessel2471]

In a more normal year they would need both at the same time.

[@jackgerberuae]

Nice machine 💪🏻

[@davezalinko1354]

What variety wheat is that? I grew Starbuck, and Alloy durum. Had 200 of Defy also. Very happy with the Starbuck.

[@2007dalin]

i grew starbuck this year as well.. 75 bu yield and 12.5 protien.. haven't had that good with other varietys before

[@leddielive]

Hopper filling fast is a good problem to have eh Mike?

[@northwoodsguy1538]

Amazing what water will do. Is the northern part of SK wetter than where the south farm is located.

[@Northern_Farmer]

Always

[@JackSlater11]

To get the bushel count accurate for the acreage did you have to adjust your header size of the pickup header to match the header size it was cut at in the harvesters system?

[@mikemitchell2554]

Yes

[@stephenbradbury460]

Why do you harvest wheat in windrows and not use a header comb and strip it that way Great program keep it up . Thanks for your program

[@dougglick8241]

Mike were is the north farm at. How far is it from the south far?

[@jasonwalter2697]

Hi Mike question for you what is your calibration number if you hit Harvest settings it'll give you a number just curious on .3 of a bushel like you're saying out the back with those settings and that speed, thanks

[@travistharp4215]

Do you think you could get more grain if you swath it or no?

[@DraikoGR]

@Mike could you please explain the pro's and con's of swath harvester vs regular please ? In Greece we only have regular cutters and I haven't seen before swathed wheat! It looks easier but that must not be all!

[@Northern_Farmer]

It's to aid in drydown of the crop

[@jameshill4900]

Mostly to speed up the ripening process. Some will also spray the crop to obtain the same results. Both can advance your harvest by potentially weeks depending on the year. It is a real mixed bag after of advantages and disadvantages. Protects the crop from downgrading (water sheds) from light rains... too much soaking rain it sprouts easier (downgrades) and takes forever to dry out. Can help protect from frost damage and heavy snow damage...but can also incur heavy wildlife damage. You can usually harvest later at night in swaths before the it becomes "tough" (damp)... but it is an extra process with costs to swath.

[@cookiemonster4753]

How did the dugout back home turn out ???

[@rmedlinnc]

How much loss do you get swathing vs combining?

[@TwoToneTuna]

It's amazing how much farming just a few people can do these days!

[@d6joe]

With all that major investment to get the north farm started, I cannot imagine the total $$$$ you have spent and invested in the last year.

[@JohnDoe-jq5wy]

Great threshing for a John Deere....

[@verlinswarey507]

Man,you guys have a short summer/growing season! That always amazes me. You seed in the spring in almost freezing temps while wearing jackets,and you harvest in the fall in freezing temps while wearing jackets! I’m sure this seems perfectly normal to you! But it’s not,Mike! It’s not!

[@Northern_Farmer]

That's how it is in the north

[@carlfalt174]

That is what happens when you farm in the land of the environmentally friendly weather

[@benflint9877]

And yet your still having fun which is all that matters, so never "grow up"

[@brianrutherford3681]

I was not seeing much green cornels so that is a great thing.you are getting a bit on the high side of what the bin. Fans can handle but you and I now that.here again is info for non farmers

[@brendanleis6411]

Does this X9 have the seat issue as well?

[@sighalvorson3691]

You guys should try gleaner out

[@Brobro449]

What width swath? We’re getting like 80+ bushel canola on 22 foot swaths

[@alextremonti6430]

non farmer question. Why would you swath this and not just cut with the normal head. love learning and watching thanks mike!

[@ILucaII]

Im also no expert but I think they swath it while it’s not ready for harvest. And it dries faster when it’s cut.

[@alextremonti6430]

@@ILucaII Thank you!

[@delbutler885]

Swathing kills and dries the crop evenly. It speeds up harvest time

[@alextremonti6430]

@@delbutler885 thank you!

[@Rob-zx8lm]

Are you operating the one combine? You need some of the many from the south farm to help out!

[@Sawyer_202]

What’s the reason for picking wheat up in swaths to using a normal header

[@johnowens8992]

Will this be feed or milling wheat?

[@stephenross1581]

Mike the John Deere dealership must love you walking into the shop, sir can I have an x9 please, in fact make that 2, the second one will come in handy 🤣🤣🤣

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

Mike i was just wandering about the reason why first use a swather then pickup witht he harvester, that seems like double work and 2 x machines. Is there a benefit to swathing? Dont you loose grain in the swathing process? Thanks brother.. love ur vids.. keepem coming 🤣👍🤗🥰

[@rocksaw5]

I think its the same reason they spray off a field when its ready for harvest it kills and dries the crop faster

[@jameshill4900]

Speeds up the ripening process. Some will also spray the crop to obtain the same results. Both can advance your harvest by potentially weeks depending on the year. You don't lose alot. Modern varieties are designed not shell out.

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

@@jameshill4900 oh wow, interesting

[@Northern_Farmer]

Up north you don't have the weather like down south does...heavy crops take forever to ripen...so you either spray it off or swath it...kills the plants and drys the greens..he mentioned it in the video

[@FarmerBoBonYoutube]

@@Northern_Farmer ahhh makes sense, thanks so much

[@123plant1]

Drying it quicker is all I see. Is season not long enough?

[@65johu]

What is the intermittent buzzing noise I'm hearing? Seemed louder when you had a shot of the hopper.

[@travistharp4215]

Put me in coach I’m ready play haha

[@PeachesFriend]

Hey Mike which 2X nice did you get did you get the 1000 or the other one

[@frankg5466]

1000

[@jeeveswooster6922]

How many acres is the north farm?

[@stevefetter2389]

not reliability wise, but capacity wise...how do the deere's compare with the Fendt's? I assume X9 has more capacity?

[@jimmytreadway3195]

do you swath to help dry out the crop?or what are the advantange to just normal harvest?

[@jameshill4900]

Mostly to speed up the ripening process. Some will also spray the crop to obtain the same results. Both can advance your harvest by potentially weeks depending on the year. There are other advantages & disadvantages as well.

[@tbro6149]

What happened to the s780 u bought for that farm

[@duanebolen543]

Looks to me like you need to put a camera on the end of your auger so when you're unloading you can tell where you're at in a cart

[@Fjarninger]

Bushels / acre... 60 bu-weat / acre are 4 to / ha 70 bu-weat / acre are 4,7 to/ha 80 bu-weat / acre are 5,4 to/ha so every 10 bu-weat /acre are about 0,67 to/ha but only for weat...every crop has it's own Equivalent. What a nightmare.

[@fowletm1992]

Ha thanks for working that out

[@AlwayzPr0]

Wtf is an ha

[@Chiellus11]

Yea that's pretty insane, great topic ! And it gets worse, from Wiki 1 bushel equals : Oats: US: 32 lb (14.5150 kg) Canada: 34 lb (15.4221 kg) Barley: 48 lb (21.7724 kg) Malted barley: 34 lb (15.4221 kg) Shelled maize (corn) at 15.5% moisture by weight: 56 lb (25.4012 kg) Wheat at 13.5% moisture by weight: 60 lb (27.2155 kg) Soybeans at 13% moisture by weight: 60 lb (27.2 kg) So apparently it can even differ per Country and per Moisture level ??

[@Fjarninger]

@@AlwayzPr0 1 ha is a hectar. That are 10000 m². 1 meter x 1 meter are 1 m². 100x100 meters are 10000 m²... metric system.

[@garrettbeams7752]

The North is the best 🤙