Harvesting Corn with two of the Worlds Largest Combines.

Harvesting Corn with two of the Worlds Largest Combines.
In this video I am out in a corn field with a family farm that is wrapping up their 2023 corn harvest. This farm has a nice lineup of equipment and the machines being used in this video are.
John Deere X9 1100 Combine with 24 row Drago corn head
Fendt Ideal 10T Combine with 24 row GTS corn head
John Deere 9RX 640 Tractor pulling a Brent 2096 Grain Cart
John Deere 9R 640 Tractor pulling a Brent 2996 Grain Cart
This farm is based in Northwest Ohio and Farms in Ohio, Indiana and Michigan. The field they are in is near Fremont Indiana and the Indiana Turnpike can be seen in the background throughout this video. I was told there was an accident at a toll booth on the Ohio Turnpike that caused the backup you see in the eastbound lane.
I have also done a soybean harvest and some tillage videos from this same farm and will include the links to some of those videos at the end of this one.
Thanks for watching and supporting my KZread channel and feel free to Like, Comment and Subscribe.
Farmhand Mike Merchandise is available at www.caz-gear.com or www.farmhandmike.com
#cornharvest #johndeere #fendt #combine #farmer #tractor #farmvideo

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  • @joeahopelto8032
    @joeahopelto8032Ай бұрын

    Mike Van Mill started Brent grain cart manufacturing in 1973 in Shell Rock, Iowa. Today the largest capacity grain cart is in Brent Avalanche which can hold 2500 bushels. This is 1000 bushels more than a semi is allowed to carry. BTW, I have the privilege of knowing the founder of this fine farm equipment company for over 50 years.

  • @scottpykare801
    @scottpykare8012 ай бұрын

    Being able to watch harvesting videos through winter then right into planting videos in the spring......can't ask for anything better!!😊👌🏻👍🏻

  • @perrywollam8981
    @perrywollam89812 ай бұрын

    Can’t wait to see the new case & new holland machines running this year

  • @LaHaSi4208
    @LaHaSi42082 ай бұрын

    There was no Accident there, they all wanted to watch the Combine Harvesters.... 🤔😁🤣👍👏

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    And get in on a KZread Video. It'll be interesting to see if anyone on the turnpike that day will see this video.

  • @dandavis1023
    @dandavis102326 күн бұрын

    Nothing like being out in a field harvesting. I envy you guys! Stay with it. No matter who the president is!

  • @jeffreyhoover2105
    @jeffreyhoover21052 ай бұрын

    Thanks Mike for another great corn harvest video I always enjoy your videos. Thank you Mike

  • @ileenmcminn2062
    @ileenmcminn20622 ай бұрын

    Lots of experts out there! I loved how as they were opening up they were going faster than the freeway! Truck drivers couldn't stop for a break!

  • @chadshafer8095
    @chadshafer80952 ай бұрын

    I enjoy seeing the Fendt 10T Combines. Hope to see more in the Future.

  • @SimonKL11
    @SimonKL112 ай бұрын

    Cool to see an x9 and an ideal harvesting together😉👍 great harvesting setup, thanks for the video😁👍

  • @bripeck
    @bripeck2 ай бұрын

    Awesome machinery! 24 rows at a time! Mind blowing!

  • @frederickhildebrandt3892
    @frederickhildebrandt3892Ай бұрын

    I like that A John Deere Quadtrac and axial flow combine

  • @nam17695
    @nam176952 ай бұрын

    Cracking teamwork by the crew.

  • @brycekirby1567
    @brycekirby15672 ай бұрын

    Some people enjoy being miserable and negative, i enjoy your videos

  • @chrisgossman6512
    @chrisgossman65122 ай бұрын

    It is no wonder why I like Mike. Best in drone footage with audio, ground footage, and in cab footage. Happy subscriber for sure. Happy subscriber 😊!

  • @robwar2288
    @robwar22882 ай бұрын

    Oh Dear God! What a line up!😮😮😮😮😮

  • @CMBILAL12
    @CMBILAL122 ай бұрын

    thank you for sharing this

  • @Bowhunters6go8xz6x
    @Bowhunters6go8xz6x2 ай бұрын

    Awesome corn harvest video and great drone work Mike! I've been at home fighting a bit of a flu bug the last few days but i'm feeling better and your harvest videos always seem to take me back home. Thank You ! 👍

  • @petehutzel3778

    @petehutzel3778

    2 ай бұрын

    Looking at the deer tracks in that field and looking a your online ID, we need you out in that field!

  • @Ivakis
    @Ivakis2 ай бұрын

    great machines, had fun watching, keep it up

  • @outbackladas
    @outbackladas2 ай бұрын

    Great video, loved watching those big machines in action, all that golden grain going into the bin, looks like a good crop. Regards from Down Under.

  • @bubbawubba2307
    @bubbawubba23072 ай бұрын

    Very impressive and efficient setup

  • @AkbarMoncongloe
    @AkbarMoncongloe2 ай бұрын

    Amazing video 👌

  • @user-gr6sr6jp1i
    @user-gr6sr6jp1i2 ай бұрын

    Great video Mike 👍

  • @dutchdairyfarmer2850
    @dutchdairyfarmer28502 ай бұрын

    Awesome video Mike 😍👍👊

  • @cameronhaynes4487
    @cameronhaynes44872 ай бұрын

    great vid's mike I miss that smell of harvest when my grandfather had the farm wheat farm although.

  • @frankscruggs4749
    @frankscruggs47492 ай бұрын

    Good video.

  • @Hinesfarm-Indiana
    @Hinesfarm-Indiana2 ай бұрын

    Some real beast right there 🌽🌽👍👍. We’re working ground here in north central Indiana.

  • @TractorPasion
    @TractorPasion2 ай бұрын

    Genial Video - Nos vemos en el campo TractorPasion

  • @rebbroker8231
    @rebbroker8231Ай бұрын

    Like those LSW on the tractor!

  • @douglaslaschkewitsch6032
    @douglaslaschkewitsch60322 ай бұрын

    Its amazing how long those combine augers are- especially on the fendt! Suprised the combines don't tip over when they swing them out to unload! LOL.

  • @dirtfarmer7472
    @dirtfarmer74722 ай бұрын

    I noticed that at the 1st it looked like they were running crossways I guess they were just opening up the field. I didn’t know that they could go crossways. I’m just glad that the bank told me that I was through farming in 1985, the price of the new equipment, you can have it. Thank you for this video.

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    They were just opening up the field,

  • @user-oc5bv8xo2v

    @user-oc5bv8xo2v

    2 ай бұрын

    The 20" spacing on the head makes it easier to go cross ways. If you watch videos of the Millennial Farm, they actually bought a 20"corn head just so they could go cross ways to pick up downed corn. I think that was in 2022.

  • @jamesbarbour8400
    @jamesbarbour84002 ай бұрын

    Hi Mike - yet another great video, very enjoyable. Never ceases to amaze me just how fast those combines are able to move despite the width of those corn headers - their threshing capacity really is phenomenal, no other way to put it. Those two combines alone will have cost in excess of $2 Million - makes one wonder just how sustainable it all is in terms of the farmers' annual income versus his outgoings.

  • @404nitro
    @404nitro2 ай бұрын

    I'd wager that almost all of the negative comments telling you or other farmers how it should be done are by teenagers or early 20's posters. Some may actually live on a farm, and being so young only know one way to do things- the way their family does it, so it must be the only or the best way. Life will wise them up sooner or later though.

  • @franciscosandiego3026
    @franciscosandiego30262 ай бұрын

    I like Mike less videos on KZread from the imperial county California 🇺🇲👍🚜

  • @Steiger550

    @Steiger550

    2 ай бұрын

    I like toodles

  • @user-nf6cq7ey9i
    @user-nf6cq7ey9i2 ай бұрын

    Getting it done

  • @user-yr5ee9vm9e
    @user-yr5ee9vm9e2 ай бұрын

    Great Vid🌽🌽🌽🌽👍👍👍👍🍺🍺🍺🍺

  • @tonymckeage1028
    @tonymckeage10282 ай бұрын

    Great Video Mike, which combine impressed you the most, I have seen a number of You Tubers who have bought X9's and sold them at the end of the 1st season due to annoying breakdowns, thanks for sharing

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    They were both pretty impressive. Well all of the equipment in this video was impressive. The Fendt Ideal 10 is joystick control and has no steering wheel which I think is pretty neat.

  • @tonymckeage1028

    @tonymckeage1028

    2 ай бұрын

    @@farmhandmike I follow Brian Brown on his channel, and he made a series of Videos about trialing a number of machines to replace their Gleaner and 740 Claas with one unit, my bet was they would buy a Claas i think it was a 8700, but they bought a Fendt ideal and I think it was the joystick that sold him on the fendt

  • @joescheller6680

    @joescheller6680

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@tonymckeage1028no what sold them was the 5 year warranty bumper to bumper that went along with Fendt. Only hope it works out for them reports I've heard on fendt early models weren't the most dependable

  • @tonymckeage1028

    @tonymckeage1028

    Ай бұрын

    @@joescheller6680 Thanks Joe, I've heard that about the Fendt Tractors, not so much about the Combines, I think I remember an Ideal combine being demo-ed on Brown farms when I first started watching, In terms of Reliability, I would think it would be hard to beat a New Holland or a Claas combine or tractor

  • @para1324
    @para13242 ай бұрын

    Amazing coordination and machines. This is a skilled crew. You have the best harvest and machine information on the net. Thank you. 🇺🇸

  • @user-nt5wp3gy8c
    @user-nt5wp3gy8c2 ай бұрын

    My dad had a Uni-System back in the seventies and the only way you knew the grain bin was full was when you heard the cab corn. LOL It had a monitor but it never worked no matter how many times we cleaned it or adjusted it.

  • @Mombone1
    @Mombone12 ай бұрын

    Great video as always.....are yields comparable on 20 vs 30 inch rows ?????

  • @playbrable
    @playbrable2 ай бұрын

    GTS é uma empresa do Brasil 🇧🇷🇧🇷 Do Brasil para o mundo

  • @stuartmassengale3955
    @stuartmassengale39552 ай бұрын

    Awesome video Mike! Heck there was a farm here in Oklahoma that just harvested a field of corn a couple of days ago! I have been passing this field for months wondering why they haven't harvested it. They just did. I don't know how the quality was, but it's combined now! Lololol

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    Two fields of corn within a few miles of my house just got harvested today.

  • @stuartmassengale3955

    @stuartmassengale3955

    2 ай бұрын

    @@farmhandmike lololol. I'll take combine action any time of the year Mike! Harvest is my favorite! Looking forward to seeing some cool new machines over the next couple of years!

  • @raymondcamp8212
    @raymondcamp82122 ай бұрын

    Just wondering what the 20" row corn was yielding and how many bushel were they shelling per hour. Enjoyed watching. Thanks

  • @kennethbiggs2888
    @kennethbiggs288828 күн бұрын

    For the grain cart tractor, is it better for the ground for tires or tracks??

  • @mfreund15448
    @mfreund154482 ай бұрын

    Looks like the stalks held up to the extra time in the field.

  • @machineryworking4589
    @machineryworking45892 ай бұрын

    Thanks Mike Less - Farmhand Mike 😍😄😍😍😍

  • @mookett
    @mookettАй бұрын

    Great video Mike ive been farming in uk all my life and i was going to ask why still harvesting in December thanks for the explanation is that the interstate in the background cheers Mike

  • @peterschrott2674
    @peterschrott26742 ай бұрын

    New Mike video-clip: first step like it, next step enjoy it.

  • @hoppercar
    @hoppercar2 ай бұрын

    Funny, the combine is moving faster than the traffic

  • @hermyelf
    @hermyelf2 ай бұрын

    🤔was wondering how much fuel each of these Monster Harvesters use a day. Incredible operation! Thx Mike

  • @andrewschott3635
    @andrewschott36352 ай бұрын

    Hi Mike, any comments on capacity, loss, or fuel usage differences between the two machines?

  • @kw900lkevin
    @kw900lkevin2 ай бұрын

    if corn is a late variety or was planted late you may have to wait till December for it to dry down to shell it

  • @eatingamandarin
    @eatingamandarin2 ай бұрын

    Mike. Love your work. Fantastic camera work. Drone shots are great. What are the farmers thoughts and opinions on the LSW's?

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    They told me the tracks way out performed the LSW tires.

  • @eatingamandarin

    @eatingamandarin

    2 ай бұрын

    @@farmhandmike Thanks Mike.

  • @paulprillwitz9901
    @paulprillwitz99012 ай бұрын

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @bobnistler
    @bobnistler2 ай бұрын

    😎😎

  • @MM-jq8gl
    @MM-jq8gl2 ай бұрын

    Привет Майк 🖐Я смотрел обзоры игры "Фарм Симулятор" и внезапно попал на твой канал! Это самое живое, и самое впечатляющее, что можно увидеть! Я проникся атмосферой работы фермерства и по настоящему увидел как все работает в жизни а не в игре )) Я сразу подумал - хм, наверное фермеры зарабатывают много денег, но с другой стороны я понял насколько дорогостоящая техника у тебя, какие разнообразные тракторы и всякий техники, и сколько дорого стоит их обслуживание и починка! Хочу пожелать тебе удачи, процветания и много подписчиков тебе, а твоему фермерскому делу - чтобы твои поля всегда были плодородными и хорошая подога всегда встречал тебя утром! Удачи Майк)

  • @torralf9926
    @torralf9926Ай бұрын

    Unbelievable, I wish really my grandfather can watch that, he was borne 1880...

  • @dougk5456
    @dougk54562 ай бұрын

    How many acres per hour do these machines devour. Love the noise, it almost puts me to sleep!!!

  • @xzxz343
    @xzxz3432 ай бұрын

    I love this work and I have experience can l work with you 😊

  • @twysong91
    @twysong912 ай бұрын

    Those are the biggest corn cutters I’ve ever seen 😂😂

  • @gregfredrick283
    @gregfredrick2832 ай бұрын

    How many semis do they have to keep up hauling grain away from?

  • @russjordan3996
    @russjordan39962 ай бұрын

    man that has to be a lot of stress on the unloading augers hanging way out like that wow

  • @taylorjennings2218
    @taylorjennings22182 ай бұрын

    Some fuel got burned that day! How many trucks did it take to keep the corn away?

  • @DonWelter
    @DonWelter2 ай бұрын

    Non-stop harvesting. Sure wouldn't want any bottlenecks to keep these high$$$ combines from moving. Just wonder how large a grain system it takes to handle the output!!!

  • @paulprillwitz9901
    @paulprillwitz99012 ай бұрын

    Were thay trucking to a drayer and bin site of there own ? Or were thay hauling to a elavator?

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    To their own bin site.

  • @verlehumphrey5504
    @verlehumphrey55042 ай бұрын

    Put those combines in some GOOD CORN see how fast they go!

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    The corn was yielding good in this field. The top of the plant was gone due to be harvested a little later in the season which made it look short in the video is all.

  • @verlehumphrey5504

    @verlehumphrey5504

    2 ай бұрын

    @@farmhandmike sorry for that comment guess I’m just used to seeing irrigated high moisture corn keep up the good work

  • @pshodean
    @pshodean2 ай бұрын

    did that corn trailer tear off that truck's mirror? If not it was close. Gotta be mindful of the trail swing with all kinds of equipment.

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    I missed that.

  • @rogersteinberg2555
    @rogersteinberg25552 ай бұрын

    With them having to push harvest to very late in the season, does it affect the yield at all?

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    As long as the corn doesn't get a wind storm and blow it over it should be fine.

  • @GerhardBezuidenhout-qu7kf
    @GerhardBezuidenhout-qu7kf2 ай бұрын

    You need a CLAAS bro.

  • @paulreis1648
    @paulreis16482 ай бұрын

    It's obvious Mike those commenters don't know what the hell there talking about you can see the way they work together in the field and the equipment they have they know what they are doing

  • @markam306
    @markam3062 ай бұрын

    Mike, Spectacular video, good work, thanks. Any idea why they chose 20 inch row spacing ? Looks like it works for them yield wise. Also, why did they go with such small grain carts ?? :-)

  • @brirei4417
    @brirei4417Ай бұрын

    I didn't know they made a right hand unload grain cart

  • @puddlerunner187
    @puddlerunner1872 ай бұрын

    I wonder how much those grain carts weigh when they're full, that's gotta be a lot of weight.

  • @paulprillwitz9901
    @paulprillwitz99012 ай бұрын

    How many semi trucks were thay using that day? I think thay nee to and 2 more at least ?

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    I think they had 8 trucks running this day.

  • @markely3131
    @markely31312 ай бұрын

    I’d love to see an in cab view of the 10T operating without a steering wheel.

  • @OlisGaming
    @OlisGaming2 ай бұрын

    You don't see these mega tractors from John Deere here in Europe unless on mega larger fields in Hungary, Ukraine, Russia, Poland,..... but you could see the John Deere & De Fendt harvesters! Really super video with the drone footage & via camera!

  • @eatingamandarin
    @eatingamandarin2 ай бұрын

    Mike. Just had a look at their soybean harvest; they've moved away from the Case 620's? Did they offer a reason ?

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    They still have the Case IH 620 Tractors.

  • @r3b3lxxleader
    @r3b3lxxleader2 ай бұрын

    Great vid as always. I noticed something interesting on the 9RX that got me wondering: why is it running a separate 6000 receiver when it has a built in receiver since the other one doesn't, far as I could see, have RTK accuracy. not sure if the built in one did or not as I'm not exactly sure where the antenna is for that as, last I knew, the built in one still got an antenna

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    That might have something to do with being their planter tractor. I plan on filming this farm planting this spring and I'll try and find out as I didn't notice it while I was out here.

  • @jackzenz8037

    @jackzenz8037

    2 ай бұрын

    That tractor was ordered right after Covid when deere was having supply chain issues. So it didn’t actually have the integrated receiver. Just now got the integrated receiver for it so it will be ready to go this spring!

  • @r3b3lxxleader

    @r3b3lxxleader

    2 ай бұрын

    makes sense@@jackzenz8037

  • @r3b3lxxleader

    @r3b3lxxleader

    2 ай бұрын

    @@farmhandmike I only noticed it in a drone shot and was like interesting.

  • @captainsnack59
    @captainsnack5929 күн бұрын

    I saw what appeared to be digital numbers on the side of the Brent grain cart. What are those?

  • @jamesburleson1916

    @jamesburleson1916

    18 күн бұрын

    Most likely a scale display to tell the operator the weight of the grain

  • @captainsnack59

    @captainsnack59

    18 күн бұрын

    Thank you, James1916. I am fascinated by the process but being a city person I know little about farming. I am looking to learn more about the wonderful people that take care of us! Thanks to all farmers!

  • @MarvinDavis-tf3eu
    @MarvinDavis-tf3euАй бұрын

    How many acres are there harvesting corn

  • @halwilliams1682
    @halwilliams16822 ай бұрын

    Was the Fendt able to keep up?

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes

  • @gleanerman2195
    @gleanerman21952 ай бұрын

    How would a Gleaner S98 stack up against these two behemoths?

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    These combines are a few class sizes bigger than an S98

  • @user-zb7kq2fk9p
    @user-zb7kq2fk9p2 ай бұрын

    How many bushels per areas

  • @BaileyFarming
    @BaileyFarming2 ай бұрын

    How about those 1500 bushel semi loads. Lol

  • @user-vh2pk6bd3g
    @user-vh2pk6bd3gАй бұрын

    Is there any reason why tracks are used on farm equipment instead of wheels

  • @ATREY178

    @ATREY178

    Ай бұрын

    Bigger surface contact area than tires = less press on surface.

  • @dougcook8804
    @dougcook88042 ай бұрын

    did you see that ring or circle in the corn

  • @andymahaffa3396
    @andymahaffa33962 ай бұрын

    Holy smokes, what do those guys do, 100 acres an hour ?

  • @SideEyes_Curiosity
    @SideEyes_Curiosity2 ай бұрын

    this videos should be 2 hours long.

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    Funny you say that as one comment said it was too long of a video. For more action checkout the video I did of these guys harvesting their soybeans.

  • @allenschmitz9644
    @allenschmitz96442 ай бұрын

    Oh lord your gitting dust in Smokies squad car around that border...slow down!

  • @joegotz1971
    @joegotz19712 ай бұрын

    With those 2 combines they must be harvesting 14,000 bushels per hour.

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    I was thinking they told me these combines were pushing 8000 plus an hour.

  • @joegotz1971

    @joegotz1971

    2 ай бұрын

    @@farmhandmike with those 24 row heads I wouldn’t doubt it. That’s 16 trailers per hour!

  • @joegotz1971

    @joegotz1971

    2 ай бұрын

    In 1966 my grandfather harvested 600 bushels per day with a 2 row corn picker. Allis Chalmers WD with a mounted corn head. Those were the days!

  • @eriklarsson3188
    @eriklarsson31882 ай бұрын

    Wrong color on the Fendt. Should be Green and Red. Other than that everything looks as it should do everything looks great.

  • @stevebean1822
    @stevebean18222 ай бұрын

    There is always going to be an armchair quarterback in the group 😅

  • @jasonking5710
    @jasonking57102 ай бұрын

    Why are they combining across the rows and no with them 😊

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    They really didn't other than maybe one spot when opening up the end rows of the field.

  • @mrih1586
    @mrih15862 ай бұрын

    Liked, thanks for leaving out the horrible music you sometimes use. I know your music choices are limited because of KZread.

  • @gerhardma4687
    @gerhardma46872 ай бұрын

    Mike, I really appreciate your work and the shots are always great, but a) I don't need to see the same thing over and over again for 30 minutes. One shot from each perspective is enough, isn't it? And b) I'm sure many of your viewers and subscribers would appreciate some information about the machines and especially the opinions of the owners. If you're already sitting in the cabin, you could also ask questions. If the owners/drivers don't want this, it's important to respect this, but leaving us without information for 95% of the video is unsatisfactory in the long run. I hope you take this as constructive criticism and don't feel attacked. That is by no means my intention because I really like your work and appreciate the time you invest.

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    Hey I can't please everyone but the longer videos always do better and with this many machines in the same field there is a lot of different angles to cover. There is a lot of information I get from these farmers on their opinions of machines or the crop. that they don't want shared with the internet and we'll just leave it at that. Also I don't feel I need to always mention the machines specification especially if it's a new machine. Most people don't care and it's all information that can easily be looked up on the internet if someone wants it. Another thing I might add is if you look at my most popular videos on my channels they are all long videos. Now I understand if I am just filming one tractor and implement that video can't be as long as a video with multiple machines running together. I'm all for constructive criticism but I really have to do what works for me.

  • @joeahopelto8032
    @joeahopelto8032Ай бұрын

    I question the long term benefits of narrow row corn. Seems to me that 20" spacing will deplete soil nutrients. Also, this practice increase costs by upping fertilizer application to replace natural resources. This method of farming smells like greed and poor land stewardship. Resting the land by adding fallowing into the crop rotation seems to have fallen by the wayside. 😢

  • @XbsbnDnjsksks
    @XbsbnDnjsksksАй бұрын

    Hello Sir, I am from India and my dream is to work in agriculture in America. Please help me. I am ready to work at any salary.😢

  • @joescheller6680
    @joescheller6680Ай бұрын

    Not the biggest combine in the world Claas Lexion is.

  • @johnwayne6778
    @johnwayne67782 ай бұрын

    Not much corn

  • @farmhandmike

    @farmhandmike

    2 ай бұрын

    What do you mean by that?

  • @eatingamandarin
    @eatingamandarin2 ай бұрын

    Cracking teamwork by the crew.