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 !!
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 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.
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 👍🏻
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.😮
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.
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.
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.
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...
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..
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
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?
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.
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
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
