In Russia, I remember how we manually harvested the beets and loaded them into the tractor bucket so that the tractor would load the truck. It was terrible.

You're doing such a great job at showing everyone the way you see the world! Thank you for this!

Thank you Mike for coming to Northeast Colorado and doing a video! Hope you and my son had a great day together! I know he was pretty excited about it!! The family you videoed is a very awesome family!! Thank you again!!

The birds were a big part of what I remember about the beat harvest. Lots and lots of gulls and raptors came to the harvest.

I always enjoyed sugar beet harvest in Moses Lake Washington back in the 1960's when Dad grew them Many changes since then. 6 row topping unit back then and a two row John Deere Lifter Into 2 and 3 ton straight trucks. Thanks again Mike.

Never seen sugar beets harvested before, very interesting, also liked the views of the specialised equipment being used, great video 👍 Regards from Down Under.

I like to see sugar beet harvesters at work😁👍 thanks for the video again👍👍

Awesome. I Used to cultivate beats as a teenager for my grandpa and uncles on the family farm. Many hours in the seat before autosteer was a thing. That was 30 years ago. So neat to see a sugar beat video on your channel. Thanks!

Great video, back in the day we used mostly straight trucks because semi's got stuck when loaded. Plus, we used beet carts when we had no trucks. We did not have to wait for trucks to come back..

Great video, thank you! Also off topic, but I appreciate your admiration for tractors farming and equipment alike. Very respectable work ethic especially revolving around farming

Great video Mike! Thanks for posting. The Colorado sugar industry doesn’t get much love anymore

Near Greely Colorado I drove beets from the harvest to the great piles. In mid winter I drove the molasses from Greely plant to Scots Bluff. The Walmart at Stirling, when it was brand new, was our sleeping spot often as we hauled loads out of Kodac at Winsor CO going to Rochester NY.

@ShainAndrews

Жыл бұрын

One word Scottsbluff. Little surprised Greeley can't or doesn't process the molasses down further. All the factory's have changed since I farmed.

Mike, you did an awesome job with this video!!!! diggin beets is my favorite crop to harvest, the sweet smell along with the smell of fresh churned dirt !!! nothing like it! thanks for the video in Colorado it's not to far from where we live, love the channel, keep it up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

He's close, he's very close... actually he's probably home by the time this posted. Just down the road from us in Julesburg, welcome to Northeast Colorado, Mike!

@farmhandmike

Жыл бұрын

Yes I was there two weeks ago. I did stop for fuel in Julesburg though.

I like that flat top t600!

Awesome thanks Mike!

Thanks for great video. In my neighborhood

Great video Mike. I always enjoy sugar beet harvest.

I worked in a potato packing company for 25 years great video brother 🥔🥔🥔

@iamunknowable

9 ай бұрын

What kept you around for 25 years?

Thanks again for another awesome video brother, content I guarantee we cannot find anywhere else, that is what is so great about your channel. Keep up the great work

@farmhandmike

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Another great video Mike your the tops must take quite a bit of work to do a quantity video thanks again 👍 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Good video.

Wish you went with the green semi, it is a side dump, fun to watch dump!

Mike Less is more.....or less..love the wholesome content

Very impressive. 8Rx operator is managing a lot and it just flows. Very cool!

@ShainAndrews

Жыл бұрын

I see green star on all the equipment. He probably isn't managing as much as you think.

when i drove truck i used to pick up sugar from the western sugar plant

Like a detailed piece of How it's Made

Love that 8rx on the lifter, would be a nice addition to our farm, except for the price tag. Looks like a good crop, lifter running full.

@ShainAndrews

Жыл бұрын

8 rows under a center pivot in some excellent ground. Yeah it better be full. I used to farm there. It's amazing how much premium farm ground is gone. Covered with houses and structures. Can't seem to get people to build on shit land and farm the good. Oh well when it bites them hard in the backside I'll be long gone.

I'd like to see that leaf defoliater mounted between the back of the tractor and the beet digger/harvester.

15:08 Those are vents running through the piles. Too hot can cause rot (fermentation) to begin, which consumes sugar. Freezing can be an issue, but typically too hot is the greater concern.

😊 In Europe whe have the deutz fahr javelin tornado 8000...

Good video. It kinda sounds like you'll be back in the area to film a 8500 stinger

i am ancient, remember my dad harvasting with a 1 row machine in Belgium😂

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Mike the guy Looses hands down when his Daughter Grace's with a ride along.

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I cannot believe how bad these stink as they are being processed. Oh wow!!!

Do we have an idea of the yield crop ? And how much is left behind (no pick up by the machine)

@mike I would like to learn how to grow sugarbeet on large scale. Will you be able to help me by sharing your knowledge.

They grow a lot of sugar beets in MI, not so far for you to go see

@farmhandmike

Жыл бұрын

Yes I did a sugar beet harvest video in Michigan last year.

The ground appears damp. I’m amazed the loaded semi’s don’t get stuck. How heavy are they when loaded?

@ShainAndrews

Жыл бұрын

Heavy. Overloaded heavy is not uncommon. That's why they keep the tractor close when they start getting full. As long as they keep moving it isn't an issue. If they stop though... Well they should back up then take a run at it or get a push from a tractor.

@TwoTone98Z71

Жыл бұрын

Legal is around 80,000.

Those pipes they had in the piles of sugar beets. Were they just to blow cool air on them to keep them dry & cool because I know they rot fast if wet & warm.

@ShainAndrews

Жыл бұрын

Keep the pile cool. Probably not running them right now, but you install them regardless. Get some rot/fermentation started the factory looses money because they already sampled the sugar percentage and paid the farmer based on that. Any loss in the pile is all on the factory. They will also blow straw onto the piles to keep them warm enough to not freeze.

Thanks for another excellent video. That dude is just wasting good JD hp with that toy disk. What an insult to so many horses-!-😉

@farmhandmike

Жыл бұрын

The disk is just used to smooth out the pivot tracks. They are not disking the entire field with it and the tractors other purpose on this field is to push or pull out stuck trucks.

@John-nc4bl

Жыл бұрын

@@farmhandmike Ah, ok.

Not sure if I just missed it but why is the field in an arch?

@zachsmith98

Жыл бұрын

Pivot irrigation. The irrigation swings on a single point, so they plant the crops on a arc to follow the irrigation.

Where was this?where was this video taken.?

I like Mike less videos on KZread from the imperial co California 🚜🚜

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With All the handling of the beets, do they ever get bruised or spoiled?

@ShainAndrews

Жыл бұрын

They don't sit around long. And they are hard. Crush the shit out of a vehicles roof... from the 60's hard.

So what are the pipes running through the pile of sugar beets for ?

@denbrei9112

Жыл бұрын

Ventilation pipes to help keep the beets cool for storage. We run the aeration fans when necessary to keep the beets between 33 and 48 degrees for these will be some of the last beets processed at the factory in February

@barrybardo3249

Жыл бұрын

@@denbrei9112 that's what I figured but thanks for the info I'm sure other people were wondering also

@onionfriend9799

Жыл бұрын

I don’t ever remember seeing the ventilation pipes under beets piles in Colorado before 🤔 is this something they just started doing in recent years?

@ShainAndrews

Жыл бұрын

@@onionfriend9799 Depends on the piler... but the main piles always have ventilation.

If the beet freeze in the piles can they still process them frozen-?

@TwoTone98Z71

Жыл бұрын

Yes but it really makes a mess and loses us in the Co-op money

Do American farmers feed sugarbeets to farm animals? It's not common around where I live anymore.

Addiction to too much sugar can be a killer for the bod. Hi blood pressure, inflamation, weight gain, diabetes, fat liver disease and all hung over the next day.

wonder if we can boil it like sweet potatoes and eat 😋

@ShainAndrews

Жыл бұрын

It's more like a radish, but sure you could give it a go. Won't take long and you will be over it.

their a safety shield missing off the pto shaft very unsafe ,

@TwoTone98Z71

Жыл бұрын

Only if you're dumb

@richardbeasley2738

Жыл бұрын

@@TwoTone98Z71 i guess ha

Of course they edited out the portion of the video where they spray the beet crops with pesticides✍️✍️✍️

@farmhandmike

Жыл бұрын

Who's They Edited? I shot the video and edited this video myself. There was no spraying going on here.

Thank you Mike for coming to Northeast Colorado and doing a video! Hope you and my son had a great day together! I know he was pretty excited about it!! The family you videoed is a very awesome family!! Thank you again!!

@farmhandmike

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, It was a great visit and hope to get back for future videos.