Farmin' might not be easy, but its exciting and fast paced with many adventures along the way! From the trials and tribulations to the thrills and the triumphs we vow to show the real life of a first generation family farm in Southern Alberta, Canada.
As a first-generation farmer, a millennial, and a person with progressive intent, David Benjamin will take you along on his journey of farming in the hay and forage side of agriculture. From soil health to the perfect piece of equipment for the job, the daily tasks to make things function on this farm will make for genuine entertainment for all ages. The wild ride of farming has so many stories to share, this channel will pay tribute to the influences that have been absorbed from others, while paying forward the opportunities to others.
There is no other industry outside of agriculture that I would be as proud to be a part of. Come along for a ride while we help contribute our little sliver to the world's food supply.
Great video! It’s interesting to see how a mixed species pasture generates hay. In Australia, hay is single species for the most part. That probably reflects the fact that we can graze pastures year round without having to confine animals over winter. Hay is usually used as part of a ration for intensive feeding or in times of pasture shortfall.
Two of the best tractor parked right there I’d love to own a fastrac with a loader and we do own 4 Deutz tractors two loader tractors and two main work tractors a 6145G tuned to 170hp and an older 140 Deutz agrosun with over 16000hrs
JCB Fast track what a load of junk they are, get rid of it and get some big John Deers around you, JCB make good diggers but not tractors, unreliable, uncomfortable and look horrid in the fields. Great vidio but in my eyes and ears drop the crap music it just spoils the vlog, let's listen to the junk Fast track struggling to work it's rubbish tractor dump it!!!!
Can’t believe the channel isn’t bigger. Your content is awsome, and the video quality is insane! 😍 Just discovered the channel a few days ago, but i’m hooked, and look forward to follow along 🤠
Having used the products for a few years what is your experience of wear on the blades? How long do they last and how are they replaced? Thanks for the informative video.
You deserve a medal trying to rely on a JCB Fastrac, after having the displeasure of owning a few.. what mechanical nightmare's!! Absolute must with a frOnt mount is a reversible fan. We moved to fendts and 7r JDs. Have thousands upon thousands of hectares under my belt with Claas triple mowers. Best day mowing in rocks was 72 broken blades. And yes when we got quick change blades over bolts 20years ago was a game changer.
You’ll have to go further with the European kit. A lot of them have a twin rotor rake on the front linkage. This means raking & baling becomes a one pass operation. In Europe because the weather is much wetter the crop will be tedded out to dry quicker. 👍
Pretty cool watching the 2 FasTrac's. Thinking the young buck in the raking tractor needs a rock box on the front 3pt so he can stop and pick any rocks instead of resting and waiting for baler to catch up. Wear of that take out 😂😂😂😂
Really awesome... Totally like your energy and your hilarious comments.. Is a microfarmer from Denmark myself.. and loves seeing how farming goes around the world.. Btw is the grass for silage or for bales__?
Enjoy your bumper crop. Cause not everyone in Alberta is getting good hay crops. Mine are still below average. Also i see someone on Facebook using your thumb nail picture for the video to advertise their hay for sale.
I remember we refreshed a couple small (10 ac) fields by till, wheat, & seed (timothy-alfalfa mix). The following year we got 100+ small squares per acre.
Nice to see you put some nice hay on the ground and that triple does it in short order! Looking forward to your rolling it up video. Thanks for sharing
Problem with a good hay crop is it isn’t worth as much per bale as a dry year. 🤣👍🍺🍺. Nice having a decent crop, been three years here too since the last one.
Terrific video David. That Krone triple-header disc mower is sure a step up from the old 7-ft sickle mower I used to use. I hate sickle mowers. But I suppose they were a big step up from bending over with a hand sickle or sweeping with a scythe. And congratulations on that crop.
The Icons are excellent. I’ve driven both the old model and we have three icons at work. The Vulcans are excellent and extremely comfortable and spacious and the suspension is in another league from other brands. The new icon controls and screens are the best I’ve ever used in any brand- if you know how to use an iPad the Icons screen and software will be a breeze to work out. The only issue with the Icons is they get a lot of software glitches and issues and have been continuing to do despite jcb updating them. Most are solved however by just turning of/isolating the battery and turning on again.
The biggest question I’ve got…….. are you going to delete the DEF in that JCB. Lol 😆. Minute the warranty comes off my new Kubota it’s getting a delete. Hasn’t caused trouble, but I’m not going to wait for it to like our pickups.
Thanks for watching our videos! We have been in a pretty bad drought for the last 3 years, and we're looking for something drought tolerant that could still make good forage. We didn't expect this spring to be wetter than average, our Long Term summer forecasts were SUPPOSED to be hot and dry, again.....
