This is so impressive. So many people totally don't appreciate the knowledge, skill, precision, and technology involved in todays modern farming. This is simply amazing!
Do the farms own all that equipment? I apologize since I'm from Europe and we have very small fields here. How does it work? Do they lease the machines for the harvest? Cause in my country everyone owns their equipment and I cant even imagine someone owning 2 of those things let alone 6 or how many they have...
@@sgtbigpoop8559 not all but the majority of the largest operations are still family owned in the United States. Also there are some pretty large custom crop firms. I’m not sure about Canada. It’s actually very hard for small farmers in the United States now. New equipment is so expensive and sluggish commodity prices have made it impossible for the small guy. Small farms have sold out to larger ones that have cash flow and equity in land to purchase the struggling smaller farm. It’s a shame I was a small dairy farmer in my late teens and early 20’s. But I do respect the large farms and always thought the large farm equipment was cool. Was always a dream of mine to have a large farm in Montana.
Out of all the farming videos I watch your the only one who explains things in detail I appreciate it keep up the good work Mike happy harvesting you and your wife and crew
If a company ever builds a combine that will pass all of Mike's tests with flying colors, I would say buy it! All jokes aside, I really like your machinery reviews. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to put them out on free u-tube :)
Your a very lucky man Mike, Hard working and honest, A great farm, great machinery and a beautiful woman by your side, I wish you all the success in life you deserve. Stephen
I love how your videos are so informative and from a bit of an engineering perspective. ‘this is how it works and this is why it works like that’ great videos Mike as always. Ps, updated farm tour please 😬
@Lyn Wessel, thank you for answering my questions. 40,000 acres is a lot of land! Always wanted to get up north to Canada and see how things are done up there. From the looks of it, pretty much the same as in the Great Plains.
How long did they harwest for that amount of 50 milion, how much acres or bushells? Here in Croatia South eastern Europe average wheat field is about 5 acre and in my region the bigest is about 100 acre.. By the way You have awesome machinery and field's
Love ,love ,love your philosophy on the yeild monitors and sensors , certainly good tools but you still get paid by what goes across the scale and the moisture test that comes out of that load !!! 50feet would never leave the lot in Illinois most everything over 20 gets trailered most of the time !! So many machines that you have a traffic jam in the lot is a fairly unique problem I'd think but pretty fun and impressive !! Keep these coming and thanks a lot !!!
Ran across this video today and I always wondered what it is like up there farming. Well put together and what a wonderful operation. Wanted to say hi from Kansas and keep up the good work!!
Imagine paying 6 million for those combines, and on the last line is a bill for a 50 dollar service fee.... You would either throw him 100 dollars or say "I dont need to pay that".
@@corgraveland4874 Fendt has pink girl caps, even with colorful butterflies on it: shop.fendt.com/fendt-cap-pink.html Fendt also made a pink tractor for the Canadian hay exporter Barr-Ag recently. The owner Barry Schmitt had promised his daughter Rayelle Schmitt a pink Fendt. So he got a custom made pink Fendt 828 for her from his dealer Hanlon AG Centre. It even has her name Rayelle written in pink on it and Michelin tire logos also in pink. Pictures: hanlonag.com/about/news/pink-fendt-tractor/
@@ITubeTooInc Many thanks! Well that is fantastic story from Canada. That Pink Fendt with the black wheels is really an eye-catcher, very nice! Hope for Rayelle she will asap being able to drive it including baler and experience the fantastic quality tractor it is! Oh, wow! Happy Fendt also have nice pink caps, hope Ashtyn likes them too 👍😉
I like Mark's 3 points of contact and safety harness while observing the grain cart auger. Workman's comp would be happy. Just like they would be with Mike's gymnastics outside the cab on operating equipment.
Cant believe your already in the combines seem like a month ago you were planting them ok mike good to hear from you again have fun oh hows married life treating you
@@remingtonwells5638 lol ain't no american farms like the ones in the prairies in canada, I have seen 16 combines going down the highway in a line and 1000+ acre fields as far as the eye can see
@@benpattinson1 Since when is Claas better than Fendt? Never was and never will! I am not a fendt favorit but the truth is Fendt is much better then Claas.
Azorean Tractorspotter / unfortunately sir, where combines are concerned, you are factually incorrect. The Claas range of combines and specifically the top of the range Lexions are unbeatable.
I really like how mike thinks sometimes, i totally agree with him on, in harvest is not the time to think on increase your yield or anything like that or how much are we getting, its the time to put the grains on the combines the best way, the time to think on increasing yields is way past, most on germ and spray phase....
Impressive park of Fendt combines, grain carts and tractors, woow. Well, enjoy the 2020 harvest with your team and family. Be careful and secure with all the equipent Keep safe. Have fun😉👌
Wow Mike you sure have a wonderful setup there for everything farming glad I started to follow you and your endeavors in farming stay safe and when I am in a combine I am definitely having fun 😂👍
Mike,i'd be hella fun if you could fly over Zach(the actor who acts the Millenial farmer) and let him drive one of these. He'd be lost in the cab,cause the only color he knows how to operate is green,lool.
I’m so glad I found your channel!This is unbelievable to see!!your average field is 640 where my average field that I contract for is around 5 acres😂😂🇮🇪
Gotta love thinking about the scale of this operation... I live on a little 10 acre homestead. A single pass of one of these machines down a 1 mile long field harvests 6 acres, in about ~15 minutes. Take that by 6 machines... they're harvesting somewhere in the ballpark of 2.4 acres per minute. If I had my entire property 100% covered in crop, which I don't, they'd do in four minutes what I do in an entire summer.
I’ve actually seen something like this before when I used to go north to cut wheat in the Texas panhandle. Some guy had planted his entire backyard in wheat, it was like 8 acres if I remember right and he saw us dropping our heads to move down the road a bit and he asked if we could cut his field real quick. I’m like sure, ask my brother and sister to come with me. So we had three 9670 / 9770 combines with 30 / 35 foot heads in that field. It did not take long at all ha ha. That will always be the weirdest field I have ever cut because we were always in each other’s way!!! It got to the point that my sister said, screw this, and just unloaded and went to the next field. It was a literal backyard planted in wheat!!! Distinct memories like that ha
THAT SHOWS THAT FENDT IS A GREAT PLACE TO BUY HAARVESTERS!XD they had mechanic waitnig all day for you bc they know more than half of the harvesters will have issues.
We go old school..... the scale of this is utterly staggering. How sustainable is prairie farming? Are we going to have this kind of production in generations to come?
This is like a HD farm simulator
Nah it’s RTX Shaders
And we all love it
This is so impressive. So many people totally don't appreciate the knowledge, skill, precision, and technology involved in todays modern farming. This is simply amazing!
Now that’s a fleet of machines good luck with harvest 2020
Do the farms own all that equipment? I apologize since I'm from Europe and we have very small fields here. How does it work? Do they lease the machines for the harvest? Cause in my country everyone owns their equipment and I cant even imagine someone owning 2 of those things let alone 6 or how many they have...
@@sgtbigpoop8559 not all but the majority of the largest operations are still family owned in the United States. Also there are some pretty large custom crop firms. I’m not sure about Canada. It’s actually very hard for small farmers in the United States now. New equipment is so expensive and sluggish commodity prices have made it impossible for the small guy. Small farms have sold out to larger ones that have cash flow and equity in land to purchase the struggling smaller farm. It’s a shame I was a small dairy farmer in my late teens and early 20’s. But I do respect the large farms and always thought the large farm equipment was cool. Was always a dream of mine to have a large farm in Montana.
Thank you for the info!
"Why are you wearing a Case hat your driving a Fendt?"
"Cuz you gotta stay true"
*Welker Farms liked that*
Out of all the farming videos I watch your the only one who explains things in detail I appreciate it keep up the good work Mike happy harvesting you and your wife and crew
Wish you a great 2023 harvest
These open plains just make me feel relaxed. Thanks for these posts.
If a company ever builds a combine that will pass all of Mike's tests with flying colors, I would say buy it! All jokes aside, I really like your machinery reviews. Thanks for taking the time and trouble to put them out on free u-tube :)
Great start to a new season of harvest , hope the yield stays in the profit side .Take care ,See Ya .👍👍😊✌
Your a very lucky man Mike, Hard working and honest, A great farm, great machinery and a beautiful woman by your side, I wish you all the success in life you deserve.
Stephen
I love how your videos are so informative and from a bit of an engineering perspective. ‘this is how it works and this is why it works like that’ great videos Mike as always. Ps, updated farm tour please 😬
Great video thanks Mike
Good looking fleet of combines Mike. Wish your family my best for a successful harvest with few issues with machinery.
I'm just watching old videos to see what good yields look like... I hope this year can look like this.
Holy fresh hell that’s a lot of machinery! Your farm must be gigantic
1 field is just 110hac
Good luck combining your lentils
That scene of you guys getting to the first field it looked like a flight of B-52 bombers running down a tarmac 💥
Hope you have a good harvest! I'm relly looking forward to the upcoming videos!
More information about farming and machines than any other farming blogs I watch by a large degree I really enjoy this
Hey Mike thanks for sayin hey to my son deccie metcalfe before. It made his day he is tellin everyone he can, your a legend, keep the great vids comin
@Lyn Wessel, thank you for answering my questions. 40,000 acres is a lot of land! Always wanted to get up north to Canada and see how things are done up there. From the looks of it, pretty much the same as in the Great Plains.
Looks like high a volume low profit per acre type area,although they don't spend money on tillage.They know how to farm in that area successfully.
Nice looking machines......you have a safe harvest as well and I hope the weather cooperates for you this year. Hammer down man!
So long the good harvest. As you might know their combine burned😔 i am good 5 months late commenting this. And also no offense.
That's a roll out. love it! And you picked a good one mike ashton is awesome!
A drone footage rolling down the road & harvesting would be so awesome 🔥. Good job Mike 👍
$50m on equipment alone. What a wonderful operation. Good luck in your harvest.
How long did they harwest for that amount of 50 milion, how much acres or bushells? Here in Croatia South eastern Europe average wheat field is about 5 acre and in my region the bigest is about 100 acre..
By the way You have awesome machinery and field's
Awesome video Mike. It’s amazing that a dealer would sit on the edge of the field for you.
They are awesome tho!
Have a safe bountiful harvest. Thanks for the ride a long.
Awesome sight to see all these huge combines together.
Wish you guys a successful harvest. ✌
You mentioned the wheat baked in the head. I know people who are the same way ....
Bahahaha!!! 😂 Bets comment!
In America that is what we call a Demorat. After baking the head falls off.
Why do they have the top of the concave welded shut? Seems like it takes away threshing area.
Awesome operation, all the best for the harvest season , may all the bins be full.
Love ,love ,love your philosophy on the yeild monitors and sensors , certainly good tools but you still get paid by what goes across the scale and the moisture test that comes out of that load !!! 50feet would never leave the lot in Illinois most everything over 20 gets trailered most of the time !! So many machines that you have a traffic jam in the lot is a fairly unique problem I'd think but pretty fun and impressive !! Keep these coming and thanks a lot !!!
Ran across this video today and I always wondered what it is like up there farming. Well put together and what a wonderful operation. Wanted to say hi from Kansas and keep up the good work!!
6 million in combines, they better have a guy there hahaha
Awesome mike
Imagine paying 6 million for those combines, and on the last line is a bill for a 50 dollar service fee....
You would either throw him 100 dollars or say "I dont need to pay that".
Wishing you guys a great and safe harvest. From New Zealand 🇳🇿 Kia Kaha
watching from Europe... I am impressed!
Hope harvest goes well. Sweet set up with all the gear out in the field.
Keep Ashtyn happy by putting some RED PIN STRIPING on her combine 😂🤣. If you really get carried away you could also paint the rims
Haha 😂
Guess it is more of a matter that AGCO - Fendt group needs to arrange some nicely colored caps with visors that has some shining pink on it ?
@@corgraveland4874 Fendt has pink girl caps, even with colorful butterflies on it: shop.fendt.com/fendt-cap-pink.html
Fendt also made a pink tractor for the Canadian hay exporter Barr-Ag recently. The owner Barry Schmitt had promised his daughter Rayelle Schmitt a pink Fendt. So he got a custom made pink Fendt 828 for her from his dealer Hanlon AG Centre. It even has her name Rayelle written in pink on it and Michelin tire logos also in pink.
Pictures: hanlonag.com/about/news/pink-fendt-tractor/
@@ITubeTooInc Many thanks! Well that is fantastic story from Canada. That Pink Fendt with the black wheels is really an eye-catcher, very nice! Hope for Rayelle she will asap being able to drive it including baler and experience the fantastic quality tractor it is!
Oh, wow! Happy Fendt also have nice pink caps, hope Ashtyn likes them too 👍😉
Ahh, Combine troubles with Mike Mitchell 🤣 keep up the great work!
Love watching the harvesting, great video 👍👍🚜🚜💨
I can't believe y'all have all of those awesomely expensive harvesters.
Harvest time baby , love it , thanks Mike 😀👍🏾🚜🇨🇦
Good luck, enjoy the harvest
I like Mark's 3 points of contact and safety harness while observing the grain cart auger. Workman's comp would be happy.
Just like they would be with Mike's gymnastics outside the cab on operating equipment.
Wow this is going to be interesting to see your harvest this year all the best
Cant believe your already in the combines seem like a month ago you were planting them ok mike good to hear from you again have fun oh hows married life treating you
I follow the guys south of the boarder from you, Just started on your vids, I like how you explain how the stuff works.
Hey Mike! It feels like just the other day you guys were planting, can’t wait for Harvest 2020
Man, my mind is always blown by Canadian farms. 640 acre field is average, CRAZY!!!
You should see a big Iowan farm then 😂, But nah I get what you mean Canadian farms are huge.
@@remingtonwells5638 lol ain't no american farms like the ones in the prairies in canada, I have seen 16 combines going down the highway in a line and 1000+ acre fields as far as the eye can see
Go get’em Mike! Looking forward to seeing a successful harvest!
I can imagine Mike explaining all this to his kids one day or maybe he could show them his RUclips videos? 😀
Cool size...
of machines...
of fields....
of f***ing everything 🤩👍
I see lots and lots of health and safety measures, good on you Mike nice job! 😅😉
yep maybe it’s time to go Red just like that ladies hat hehe good luck with harvest hopefully it’s a dry one this season!
Love it how more combine are you getting with updates
Enjoyed the video as always ... Geez the money in that yard ... all the best from Arkansas!
Those fendt’s are freaking AWESOME look’n rides👍👍
You have 7 off the best combines in the world. Mike you are living a farmer's dream 🤠
I didn’t see the Claas machines (truly the best in the world) did I miss something?
@@benpattinson1 Since when is Claas better than Fendt? Never was and never will! I am not a fendt favorit but the truth is Fendt is much better then Claas.
Azorean Tractorspotter / unfortunately sir, where combines are concerned, you are factually incorrect. The Claas range of combines and specifically the top of the range Lexions are unbeatable.
Ben Pattinson as a fendt fan i have to agree Claas is better but tractors fendt are better in
name not allowed in your country : totally agree with that comment 100%
Great video Mike good luck combining your 2020 crops
Looking AWESOME GUYS😉👍. All the best and GOOD LUCK harvesting 2020 !!! Keep the vids comin.
Awesome video, Mike 👍
I wish you the best, and hope for less issues with the combines this yeat.
You guys are awesome 💪
Looks like a bunch of b52s ready to take off! Lol
I really like how mike thinks sometimes, i totally agree with him on, in harvest is not the time to think on increase your yield or anything like that or how much are we getting, its the time to put the grains on the combines the best way, the time to think on increasing yields is way past, most on germ and spray phase....
it looks like an evil villain's fleet of minions goin down those roads.
Enjoy your videos. Glad to see you in the field.
Thanks Chad! 🙂
Great video. I we wish you luck in your Harvest. God bless you all.
You add awsomeness above the awsomeness of combine Mike !
You got BIG feilds up their !
Impressive park of Fendt combines, grain carts and tractors, woow. Well, enjoy the 2020 harvest with your team and family. Be careful and secure with all the equipent Keep safe. Have fun😉👌
Keep up the awesome videos and work Mike.
Good luck with harvest!
Nice operation there Mike, looks like a great crop, nice and early too.
Awesome Mike great videos big gear have a good season 👍🚜
Truly amazing 👏. Love your videos.
Wow Mike you sure have a wonderful setup there for everything farming glad I started to follow you and your endeavors in farming stay safe and when I am in a combine I am definitely having fun 😂👍
Thanks Gary!
At first i was like, that can't be a fendt, but then at 11:52 it's was leaking, and i can relax again, now i recognize them.. leaking as usual :D
Massive operation, this is soo cool.
you need a drone to film that convoy, that would be epic.
When you buy 6 new combines the dealership will be there to make sure all goes well.
Haha they must really like them lol
When 1 feild is bigger than your whole farm!!!
god dayum i always forget how freaking huge your machinery park is
Mike,i'd be hella fun if you could fly over Zach(the actor who acts the Millenial farmer) and let him drive one of these.
He'd be lost in the cab,cause the only color he knows how to operate is green,lool.
He’s a farmer not an actor
Amazing, 640 acres is an average field...in Bavaria this is a very big Farm. I grew up on a farm with 60 acres.
Aaahhh!! the memories i have!
I’m so glad I found your channel!This is unbelievable to see!!your average field is 640 where my average field that I contract for is around 5 acres😂😂🇮🇪
JUST IMPRESSIVE....Keep the videos coming
Great awesome video mike, back to watching your videos ,
Thanks good sir 🙂
Little did mike know that later in the season a combine would catch fire but everyone is ok
Gotta love thinking about the scale of this operation... I live on a little 10 acre homestead. A single pass of one of these machines down a 1 mile long field harvests 6 acres, in about ~15 minutes. Take that by 6 machines... they're harvesting somewhere in the ballpark of 2.4 acres per minute. If I had my entire property 100% covered in crop, which I don't, they'd do in four minutes what I do in an entire summer.
I’ve actually seen something like this before when I used to go north to cut wheat in the Texas panhandle. Some guy had planted his entire backyard in wheat, it was like 8 acres if I remember right and he saw us dropping our heads to move down the road a bit and he asked if we could cut his field real quick. I’m like sure, ask my brother and sister to come with me. So we had three 9670 / 9770 combines with 30 / 35 foot heads in that field. It did not take long at all ha ha. That will always be the weirdest field I have ever cut because we were always in each other’s way!!! It got to the point that my sister said, screw this, and just unloaded and went to the next field. It was a literal backyard planted in wheat!!! Distinct memories like that ha
THAT SHOWS THAT FENDT IS A GREAT PLACE TO BUY HAARVESTERS!XD they had mechanic waitnig all day for you bc they know more than half of the harvesters will have issues.
Love that new international truck. Sweet front end
Your dealer is well aware that a service unit on site is valuable for you and thus his business. Nice to have a conscientious dealer.
Looks like they need a service unit on site do they come with purchase
He leases them so the company probably does most of the service work or is there to help with the proper tools and expertise.
Have a good & safe harvest BRO .
I wish you and your team a good and error-free harvest from Hungary!
Gorgeous combines! Greetings from Germany!
We go old school..... the scale of this is utterly staggering. How sustainable is prairie farming? Are we going to have this kind of production in generations to come?
Once you get the fleet all up and running. Need to get a good drone shot of them all running together again.
Damn that’s a nice fleet!!! Love the filler plate system !!
Great episode, Thanks!
That is one hell of an operation you guys got going on there haha
Ah... The ghosts of First Harvest..., First Planting..., First Snow... You got the picture...