It is sure nice to have your videos back again. GOD Bless you all.

Good luck seeding your 2024 crops Tyson

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Thanks

Thanks for posting the spring seeding videos Tyson , wishing you and Shawn a great crop , regards to season 2024... looking forward to an update of the cow/calf herd , once seeding is completed and you have a moment to share a farm video !!

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Your welcome

Glad you're finally getting some rain!

That’s the coolest looking field I’ve ever seen on farmland. Looks like the stuff where they grow all our vegetables 👍

Good video, Tyson! That soil is very soft but you have found a work around that looks good!! Always a challenge to sort out! Have a nice day! 😀

Make sure to add 50 lbs of copper sulfate per acre to your fertilizer on peat soil. Best bang for your buck. It's a good idea to seed with the spreader in the low spots. Loose peat acts as an insulator, so packing it helps to improve heat conductivity. In Manitoba and Minnesota, the guys use 3' diameter rollers filled with water after seeding to get a firm compaction and smooth surface. Much better job than harrowing. If your peat tends to blow in the wind, packing also help keep it down.

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

It really does insulate...we were thinking of using the roller

@bovellois

Ай бұрын

@@Northern_Farmer yes any roller will do, but the larger the better as the peat won't bunch up in front of the drum. Some even weld horizontal bars (thick angle iron) to force the peat under the packer. Also, regarding copper sulfate, the 50 lbs dose I mentioned is good for several years (rely on soil analysis of main micronutrients to know when to re-apply). There are other forms of copper, like copper chelate, your dealer should have info on that. We always figured copper sulfate was the cheapest form.

Good evening Tyson. Seems everyone up your way has had rain delays.. but it should definitely help everything grow!!!

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

A little bit of rain yes

Keep up the good work

Great video Tyson

Looks really nice! A beautiful piece of land to seed. Thanks for the video

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Welcome

Good day Tyson Interesting, to see how peat works Ths

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

I'll have a update

I like the soil, hope you get the rain you need this season, raining here every other day the past 3 weeks, 1st cut Hay needs to be cut, Great Video Tyson Thanks 👍🏻

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Once it starts raining seems to not stop

That should make a nice crop

Going to be fun combining that soft peaty land

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Depends ...we will see...it's been awhile since I remembered my dad doing it

Nice black looking soil just have to be careful I guess when you can get in to seed

We use to lose tractors in spots like that were we grew up in Manitoba

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Lol yup

Good to see you back. That peat moss soil is some tricky stuff

Thanks Tyson

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Welcome

Great Job!!

Hope got good crop year.yes Tyson up northern alberta soil is bad worse pipeline work around grande prairie area.thanks video put update on d8k dozer.😮

hope you keep us all up to date on how this spun on versus drilled dose for ya....

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

I will

Farm a lot of that peaty stuff just like that. Feel your pain. Especially when it wants to push in front of the gangs instead of floating through. Looks wet coming up this week, could sure use it to keep everything coming along here.

@christophniggli4750

Ай бұрын

Yup seeded grass like that with a Brillion was not really funny

Now this will be VERY INTERESTING to see the difference, if any, between airseeded and broadspread/harrowed in. I'm leaning towards trying the latter next time we have to redo some grassland. Though nothing like the moldboard plough and then the disctines (tynes?) of a "Väderstad Rapid" seeder with some fert given via the medrow banders. I've been harsh on the "Väderstad Rapid" for being redicously expensive but, one has to admit the result is there. "Väderstad Rapid" is probably not sold in Canada but it is just a seeder with discs and fert between rows, put together in a rather compact design.

Interesting soil... that field with peat !! No experience with that on my small grain farm , just north of Carman ,Manitoba. Have a good farmer friend , grain farmer operating near Stead , Manitoba , close to an hour drive northeast of Winnipeg , they have a sizeable amount of peat in various fields apparently copper and potash fert helpful... soil test reports helpful perhaps.

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

I have spots in other fields...but not a whole field

That was a pretty short transit!

Havent even got to start putting in greenfeed yet, fields wont dry down enough to get on them

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

We don't have that problem

Thats crazy that you can plant on Peat in Ireland we just harvest the peat itself. I have heard it grows amazing potatoes but not many do it here.

She will lodge bad maybe before it even fully heads out...with rain events. No peas... I like canola on peat but bugs can be bad in spring and or double seed oats so it ripens up faster more plants and use less fertilizer....Always have a good crop even on a very dry year.. My monitor hit 320 bu/acre Oats like hair on a dogs back dry year 2023 on most fields.. Does not run short of moisture...

@bovellois

Ай бұрын

In Manitoba we had good success with barley and oats, not wheat, it has no tolerance to low copper. You are right about lodging. Nitrogen fertilizer has to be added in moderation based on soil test.

Need a track tractor sometimes on peat with larger than accustomed drill. And dig tires down bit and sometimes squib out on the frost. Seed on top and harrow or spread seed very good idea... Was it willow land before brushed the best or a beaver flooded area the very best perfect soil..

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Would have spun out to...it was willow and Muskeg spruce...

THANKS!

Its tuff dude, maybe a track machan might work better?

I've been stuck in mud before. But, that many, many years ago with a much smaller tractor. You don't see soil like that in southern Idaho. Have you ever been stuck to where you had to leave the tractor until it dried out?

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Usually this type of land is always a bog...but it's been drained...but with to much rain down you go

Looks great How’s the cart working 😊

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

It's working good now

👍

Nice tractor

Peat Moss is good for potatoes, carrots, onions, beets, sugar beets here in the States ..

What a ordeal that was hey lol

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Haha it was quite the ordeal lol

That's the damdest dirt I've ever seen

Do you like having those triples on the tractor? I’m guessing they help with compaction. It just seems a little overkill to me 😃

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Great traction...to wide

Boy that sucks getting stuck first to dry an now to wet but that’s farming

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Well it's not really to wet...that's just how peat moss is

That was a really good update. Enjoy going planting with you. Are the fires out? Anyway God Bless are Farmers and God Bless us all.. Take care good stuff

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Most are but way up north there are new ones

I wonder planting canola into that kind of stuff if you could work it up into a powder and just spread your canola on top and ideally get a inch pounder of rain to push it into the ground 1/4" I think it would work fantastic but have zero experience with peat

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

I planted some last year in another field....it grew so tall I coukd barely cut it

Is this the same field you were breaking up with old Smokey?

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

No

Would it be good to plow and turn some of that top dirt over

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

It's all the same

Don't see any smoke from the fires did the rain help get them out.

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Most went out from. The last rain...but a few new ones started way up north where it's still dry

I'm rained out again.

That is some weird soil... I saw your tractor tires, no mud sticking, just dirt with no structure yet. Like trying to drive on foam or feathers. Should produce a heck of a crop.

@bovellois

Ай бұрын

It's pretty much straight organic matter over mineral subsoil.

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Yup exactly...organic soil

If that grows, any concerns being able to combine it?

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Maybe

Is the peat moss field new this year?

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Yes..first time we have planted on it...it way in hay before

Think it will be soft come harvest?

@farming4g

Ай бұрын

Probably depends on how wet it is... but hopefully the crop's roots will make the support in the soil.

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Exactly

If you plant potatoes do you get potatoes?

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Yes

Could you grow potatoes in that soil?

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Why not

How big is your drill

@Northern_Farmer

3 күн бұрын

61ft

I dont think it was your seat sqeeking. Like everyone else your just trying to hang on to your money

How is your wife doing ?

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

Fine thanks

South saskatchewan farmer is better than your channel...

@garrytitford2595

Ай бұрын

Everybody in the world is better than you.

@waynek921

Ай бұрын

Don't take it out on me that you have a shitty channel and shitty equipment and no personality when talking on camra. Over all if you were better you channel would grow bigger. But your too blind to see that... Mr. Nice guy

@waynek921

Ай бұрын

No only you.

@waynek921

Ай бұрын

And the south alberta farms are better than you with new machines not old crap like you got. And there hired help can talk not like u people.

@Northern_Farmer

Ай бұрын

​@waynek921 haha I'm not forcing you to watch you dumb shit lol