Living in Scotland, UK 🇬🇧 this Rice farming is all new to me. We always joke about planting rice when it is very wet in Scotland but I think it is too cold here . Great rig Jole. 😊😊😊
This is GREAT!! With you, Joel, Juan Browne, and the Millenial Farmer I have so much information in my head that my hair hurts!! LOL Seriously, it is a pleasure and a privilege to listen to people so well qualified AND articulate enough that even I can understand them. Thank you for all you guys do. I enjoy all these channels VERY much.
Could you to get a shot of that field once it is drained? Would be cool to see the affects of the stomping and what it looks like. Thanks for another great video!
Thanks Joel for allowing the viewing public to gain some valuable insights into "stomping" and the long term benefits to those rice farmers who have tapped into your expertise.
Hi Rick! Glad you enjoyed. It was a fun video to do and you're right, Joel is very articulate so it made for an interesting video and it was easy to edit. -Matthew
Thank you, brother! My battery was low to start out with so that was all the shots I got! Wish I could have flown closer to the steel tires. Glad you enjoyed. -M.
Joel is very cool, like all you rice guys. My uncle Wesley Samuelson who farmed rice with his brothers in Richvale in the 50's always came in the back door of his house dripping with mud. I never saw him out of his overalls, they were either very muddy or very clean which was my aunts job, and yes I believe she ironed them!
Mr. Rice Farmer, I'm totally digging the vids. Here are some of the reasons. 1) You are videoing just how innovative farmers have to be to survive. 2) you are showing that farmers have to be smart. Lots of regs, farming techniques, etc. Gotta evolve or die. 3) you didn't show any action shots involving hands (LOLs). Thanks and keep up the excellent, professional work!!
Thanks SB VOL! You don’t like hand action shots? Man, that’s hilarious. You know I was looking for the hands-on-wheel action shot but it just never happened. Thanks for the cool message. -Matthew
As a fellow farmer I absolutely love what you're doing for our industry! I just wish we had someone like you back here in white corn country aka south central Nebraska.
I have to say that I just love all the specially adapted farming machines. And some of them have been adopted by the farmers themselves and not produced by large companies
Hi Matt...🇦🇺 Joel's got it right, the stomping is a one pass operation... Very interesting to see the depth of the steel wheels as they pass over the stubble layer.. looks like very good incorporation of the stubble back into the field.👍
Always wondered what those 6 foot wide metal wheels were made to do... and now we all know... thanks Matt for all your super powers. The Sutter Buttes in your shots are gettin' green.
I have a farm in Uruguaiana, Brazil, our rice production method is little different, but the mud and dirt is the same. Congatulations and good harvests.
I am going to guess they have a special low bed for moving that rig? Steel wheels on a steel deck sounds difficult to move. Thanks for another great video.
I did that back in the '70s thru the '80s in a place called Bara-Bara, Mahaicony River, Guyana, South America as a rice farmer. We all have unique ways to get the soil ready for planting.
That looks fun to drive the stomping tractor in that deep of water. The owner of the tractor has a good idea on cutting cost in raising rice. Matt have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Man I like that idea. We pull what we call a water buffalo. Same principal but it's a big drum pulled behind with angled plates welded to it on edge. Plus it's on hydraulics with travel axles so you can drive it down the road with no need to trailer the equipment.
Here in Arkansas we grow alot of rice , never seen a tractor set up like that , here we use a roller that has cleats on it called a stubble roller pulled behind a rubber tire tractor to do the same thing. And the roller is 20' with loft wheels so it can be moved from field to field
I never knew rice could be so fascinating! Great shots of the tractor ‘floating’ across the field and the Ibis looking for a meal (we don’t get them here). California Soul (Joel)!! 🙃
Dude. I was showing my dad your videos and he knows who you are!! I was kinda star struck lol. His name is Wes. He works for Kramer's manufacturing in orland.
The local mechanic must love responding to calls from the field:) Also interesting that the tractor wheels stay free of debris, the trailer wheels however seem to collect a lot. Wonder what the difference is?
The mechanics are never to excited to come out to the stompers! If the trailer is directly in the path of the harvesters tailings you will see the straw build up on the trailer, however if the tractors wheels are in the path of the tailings you will see build up on the tractors wheels. Thank you!
Very cool dudes! I had no idea that rice was grown in California. One question I had was, how do you get from field to field ? Can you drive on the road with the steel wheels?
It’s really just smushing, Skinner. The chopped straw I grabbed into frame was cut back during harvest by the combine. The stomper is pushing the straw into the mud. -M.
@@Ricefarmingtv I'm running this thing behind me and I wish I could send you a picture/video. Maybe I should upload it to youtube. It's sizing up stubble in 2 x 2 pieces. Cross cut and it's obliterated. The only downside is the Phillips harrow as it wraps straw or grass. But at 30 foot, I'm making time. And sometimes the axles are under water. This thing might could be up your alley
Good point, guys. But I would imagine the trailer is heavy enough to push soggy straw into the mud, all under water. Definitely not getting the same compression. I wonder if that’s noticeable come spring tractor work. -Matthew
In some fields the trailer could use more weight. You will see a “mow hawk” behind the rig. However after a winter worth of decomposition it has very little effect on spring ground work.
north east arkanas and south east Missouri use a roller with slats or steel plate 6 to 10 in. deep and the rollers are up to 40 ft. long ,, thay do fold so you can get down roads .. thay travel fast enuf that through mud over the tractor . in spring thay pull a land plain if needed. or just plaint. gumbo ground .
This looks like a efficient method for dealing with the straw. Guess every option is a compromise as you mentioned in the previous episode that cutting very low that you need to do for this puts more wear on the internals of the combine but when compared to all the other activities you are not doing it would save? Thanks
Have seen wet-field prep in Thailand, but the gear is not quite so big. Could we see the effects of 'stomping' after the fields have drained? Would be interesting to compare to chiselled/disked ground. Keep up the good work!
This video is the first of yours to be recommended to me. To be honest I am surprised that California allows rice farming because of the amount of water required to do it (that is a comment towards leftist politicians, not rice farmers). Also, I am surprised that they allow such an old tractor to still operate due to emissions but I am glad to see the tractor still working hard. Great video. Really neat to see.
California rice farming...how much has your land subsidance have you seen from all the groundwater your pumping? If you haven't maby you should look into it.
Very interesting method of late season soils conditioning Matthew! Is there a sufficient tillable aspect to the stomping method that removes a chisel step in the spring? Or does the volume of winter water compress the soil too much during the winter's rest phase? -Bob...
Hi Bob, the stomper primary goal is to mix straw and soil. I don't think there's a sufficient tillable aspect that removes the chisel step in the spring. In fact I would think that, in the spring after chiseling, the discing, land planing, fertilizing and flooding of the field we already settle the soil and any chisel marks. As Joel mention: one aspect that aides spring work that the stomping accomplishes, is filling in any drains or harvest ruts made by tractors. In the spring the field will be a nice even plain to run tractors across. -M.
Down south Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,the water has to be pumped, either a well or a bayou. So yeah it does cost either diesel or electricity, and equipment. Where this is at they have dams, Matthew is in Gridley CA near the Oroville dam. They may be able to get water via aquaduct, and I'm sure they still have to pump, though I'm not totally certain on their exact water particulars. Never been there.
Joel’s a natural. You should have him back.
Will do, Eric! I agree 100%. Take care.
-Matthew
Yep, he's an interesting fellow. Would love to see him back.
@@Ricefarmingtv Hello Sir My Name is Mauricio 24 years i would like to Work with You can i get a Job driving
Living in Scotland, UK 🇬🇧 this Rice farming is all new to me. We always joke about planting rice when it is very wet in Scotland but I think it is too cold here .
Great rig Jole. 😊😊😊
Fifth generation rice farmer, you guys are truly a pioneer.
This is GREAT!! With you, Joel, Juan Browne, and the Millenial Farmer I have so much information in my head that my hair hurts!! LOL Seriously, it is a pleasure and a privilege to listen to people so well qualified AND articulate enough that even I can understand them. Thank you for all you guys do. I enjoy all these channels VERY much.
Could you to get a shot of that field once it is drained? Would be cool to see the affects of the stomping and what it looks like.
Thanks for another great video!
Hi Dean, that would be a great follow up as winter comes to an end. I'll try to remember that! Great suggestion!
-Matthew
Hello my @@Ricefarmingtv greed
Thanks Joel for allowing the viewing public to gain some valuable insights into "stomping" and the long term benefits to those rice farmers who have tapped into your expertise.
That is/was a articulate guest with an interesting subject!
Hi Rick! Glad you enjoyed. It was a fun video to do and you're right, Joel is very articulate so it made for an interesting video and it was easy to edit.
-Matthew
Thanks Joel and Matt. Another good video.
Awesome drone shots Matthew, beautiful scenery during golden hour
Thank you, brother! My battery was low to start out with so that was all the shots I got! Wish I could have flown closer to the steel tires. Glad you enjoyed.
-M.
Fascinating, Matthew. Thanks Joel! Learn something new every day!
Glad you enjoyed, Patman. This was a fun one to film and because Joel was so well spoken, an easy one to edit!
-M.
Im a hay/80 cow farmer from Grovedale, Alberta, Canada. Stomping is wild YEEHAA!!!
Awesome! Glad you enjoyed. YEEHAA!!!
-Matthew
Joel is very cool, like all you rice guys. My uncle Wesley Samuelson who farmed rice with his brothers in Richvale in the 50's always came in the back door of his house dripping with mud. I never saw him out of his overalls, they were either very muddy or very clean which was my aunts job, and yes I believe she ironed them!
I am Asia peoples and I liked modern farming equipment was excellent
Looks like a Mississippi Steamboat going down the field 😀👍
Haha! Nice visual comparison! It totally does in a way. Thanks Jorrie, have a great day!
-Matthew
Mathew/Joel you guys are awesome!!!! I am learning so much. thank you both
That’s a cool Tractor rig he’s got there. Love the drone shots
Mr. Rice Farmer, I'm totally digging the vids. Here are some of the reasons. 1) You are videoing just how innovative farmers have to be to survive. 2) you are showing that farmers have to be smart. Lots of regs, farming techniques, etc. Gotta evolve or die. 3) you didn't show any action shots involving hands (LOLs). Thanks and keep up the excellent, professional work!!
Thanks SB VOL! You don’t like hand action shots? Man, that’s hilarious. You know I was looking for the hands-on-wheel action shot but it just never happened. Thanks for the cool message.
-Matthew
I love the way he is set up and teaching us what he does makes alot of sense
As a fellow farmer I absolutely love what you're doing for our industry! I just wish we had someone like you back here in white corn country aka south central Nebraska.
I have to say that I just love all the specially adapted farming machines. And some of them have been adopted by the farmers themselves and not produced by large companies
This is intresting, I have never seen rice farming before.
Would be interesting to see what that field looks like in the spring when it's drained compared to the other methods.
Hi Matt...🇦🇺
Joel's got it right, the stomping is a one pass operation... Very interesting to see the depth of the steel wheels as they pass over the stubble layer.. looks like very good incorporation of the stubble back into the field.👍
❤nice I am loving rice business ❤
Joel, nice tractor.
Always wondered what those 6 foot wide metal wheels were made to do... and now we all know... thanks Matt for all your super powers. The Sutter Buttes in your shots are gettin' green.
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Awesome video man. I love seeing them stomping fields around here. The wheels are massive!!
As always impressive Matt keep up the good work
Impressive. Very interesting to see. Is this STEIGER always set up to stomp or do they put tires on it to do other jobs?
Thanks, Joel. What a weird-looking piece of machinery. The GPS "driving" was something I hadn't seen before. Merry Christmas, guys.
Glad to see you doing something different and exciting Joel! Hope you and the family are well. -Mikey with the old suburnan.
That is an interesting way to deal with the straw. Here in Louisiana we can still burn the straw, so the struggle isn't quite so bad.
Very fortunate, Dale. Any sense that that tool may be ratcheted back due to regulations? Or smooth sailing?
-M.
@@Ricefarmingtv It's all smooth sailing here. Our air quality isn't compromised as easily since it's all wide-open flat land here.
Really miss your show.
I have a farm in Uruguaiana, Brazil, our rice production method is little different, but the mud and dirt is the same. Congatulations and good harvests.
This was a fun video!
I am going to guess they have a special low bed for moving that rig? Steel wheels on a steel deck sounds difficult to move. Thanks for another great video.
You’re right. They need to low-bed it from location to location. From what I hear it’s pretty involved and precarious.
-Matthew
I did that back in the '70s thru the '80s in a place called Bara-Bara, Mahaicony River, Guyana, South America as a rice farmer. We all have unique ways to get the soil ready for planting.
Clean your stuff it shows how you run the company great Video
Nice and short. Very convenient 👍🏼👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed, JR. Thank you.
-Matthew
Great job bro wonderful!!!!!
Awesome video
I dont know why but I think this is cool as it gets
Awesome stuff Matt.
Nice video
Super cool!
Great video learning something new each time👍
That looks fun to drive the stomping tractor in that deep of water. The owner of the tractor has a good idea on cutting cost in raising rice. Matt have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
John Lindquist it’s fun for the first few hours but after bout 6 hours you start to feel sea sick 😂
great!
As always.... Love the video content and videography! Great job Rice Farming TV and thanks Joel!
That was really kool Matt... Thank you Joel. Hey I live in GV. And I will drive that Case for you anytime. Lol.... That looks like fun...
Joel nice guy . Thanks for a very interesting video .😀👍🏾🚜🚜
Really cool! My compliments sir
That looks like awesome duck hunting area
Most definitely is, Drew. Probably the best in the state.
-Matthew
Love from punjab
Fantastic video keep the videos comming 👍👍👍
Awesome video bro
Welcome to the five fields.
Cool video. 😁
Thank you, Robert! Glad you enjoyed.
-Matthew
very nice
Sweet!
Would like to see how they move the stomper to different fields.
We use a lowbed with out riggers.
Travis Swetkovich Would be interesting to see the process of loading and unloading the rigs.
Pretty awesome. In Asia we do stomping but burning the straw is more common. We also graze stubble in the field.
Oh yeah i like u video bro !
Another great video. Have a merry Christmas.
Cool
Awesome, like the video
Thank you, Jan!
-M
And it smells sooooo good
Man I like that idea. We pull what we call a water buffalo. Same principal but it's a big drum pulled behind with angled plates welded to it on edge. Plus it's on hydraulics with travel axles so you can drive it down the road with no need to trailer the equipment.
Love those tractors. I spend my summers in a 9130 pulling a kinze grain cart !
You could be twins.
Great post !!!!!
I love learning new facts 😆
Underwater roto tilling..lol
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Here in Arkansas we grow alot of rice , never seen a tractor set up like that , here we use a roller that has cleats on it called a stubble roller pulled behind a rubber tire tractor to do the same thing. And the roller is 20' with loft wheels so it can be moved from field to field
I never knew rice could be so fascinating! Great shots of the tractor ‘floating’ across the field and the Ibis looking for a meal (we don’t get them here). California Soul (Joel)!! 🙃
Dude. I was showing my dad your videos and he knows who you are!! I was kinda star struck lol. His name is Wes. He works for Kramer's manufacturing in orland.
The local mechanic must love responding to calls from the field:) Also interesting that the tractor wheels stay free of debris, the trailer wheels however seem to collect a lot. Wonder what the difference is?
Might be the weight of the trailer.
@@sunshaker01 difference in the weight for sure...👍
The mechanics are never to excited to come out to the stompers! If the trailer is directly in the path of the harvesters tailings you will see the straw build up on the trailer, however if the tractors wheels are in the path of the tailings you will see build up on the tractors wheels. Thank you!
Very cool dudes! I had no idea that rice was grown in California. One question I had was, how do you get from field to field ? Can you drive on the road with the steel wheels?
I love to play with mulch
Looks like it does a fair amount of chopping. I just got a great plains turbo chopper, and it likes everything but grass lol
It’s really just smushing, Skinner. The chopped straw I grabbed into frame was cut back during harvest by the combine. The stomper is pushing the straw into the mud.
-M.
@@Ricefarmingtv I'm running this thing behind me and I wish I could send you a picture/video. Maybe I should upload it to youtube. It's sizing up stubble in 2 x 2 pieces. Cross cut and it's obliterated. The only downside is the Phillips harrow as it wraps straw or grass. But at 30 foot, I'm making time. And sometimes the axles are under water. This thing might could be up your alley
Ricer good
I'm surprised that the trailer doesn't need extra weights on it to do the same job as the tractor.
My thoughts too, especially seeing how the trailer appears to bounce around more than the tractor.
Good point, guys. But I would imagine the trailer is heavy enough to push soggy straw into the mud, all under water. Definitely not getting the same compression. I wonder if that’s noticeable come spring tractor work.
-Matthew
In some fields the trailer could use more weight. You will see a “mow hawk” behind the rig. However after a winter worth of decomposition it has very little effect on spring ground work.
It would be interesting to scale each wheel to see what the weight difference is on the trailer and add weight to equal out
The Sutter Buttes. I live in YC. I see the Buttes everyday....
You guys should do a test section or a test field and compare the yields of what you guys normally do vs stomping.
It looks really fun. 😂
In the distance, you get a thought about a Mississippi wheel steamer 🎣 🐟
north east arkanas and south east Missouri use a roller with slats or steel plate 6 to 10 in. deep and the rollers are up to 40 ft. long ,, thay do fold so you can get down roads .. thay travel fast enuf that through mud over the tractor . in spring thay pull a land plain if needed. or just plaint.
gumbo ground .
I came from Outdoor Chef Life.
Very nice, we make it in Massaranduba, Santa Catarina, Brasil.
Nice
This looks like a efficient method for dealing with the straw. Guess every option is a compromise as you mentioned in the previous episode that cutting very low that you need to do for this puts more wear on the internals of the combine but when compared to all the other activities you are not doing it would save?
Thanks
Wow supra
Awesome video, Sligar! Wonder if that rig would crimp cover crops?
Thanks Brian! Let’s get one out there and find out, my friend. Merry Christmas to you and your family!
-M.
Have seen wet-field prep in Thailand, but the gear is not quite so big. Could we see the effects of 'stomping' after the fields have drained? Would be interesting to compare to chiselled/disked ground.
Keep up the good work!
Joel, do you charge by the hour? Or by the acre? Thanks.
He charges by the acre, Steve. Good question.
-M.
Yes by the acre. Thanks!
This video is the first of yours to be recommended to me. To be honest I am surprised that California allows rice farming because of the amount of water required to do it (that is a comment towards leftist politicians, not rice farmers). Also, I am surprised that they allow such an old tractor to still operate due to emissions but I am glad to see the tractor still working hard. Great video. Really neat to see.
Hey Joel or Matt, how do you move the tractor from field to field. Do you take dirt roads the whole way, or transport it on a trailer? Thanks!
Ryan Iest that was my question too.
Said in other comments, low boy
Lowbed every where. Stompers are not very kind to asphalt roads! 😂
Joel Giusti I imagine not! Never saw something like that. Pretty cool idea.
Joel Giusti, Do you have to take the wheels off, or run an extremely wide load?
California rice farming...how much has your land subsidance have you seen from all the groundwater your pumping? If you haven't maby you should look into it.
Well we’re not pumping groundwater. We’re flood irrigating with surface water delivered from Lake Oroville Dam.
-Matthew
@@Ricefarmingtv good to know! Thank you
Very interesting method of late season soils conditioning Matthew! Is there a sufficient tillable aspect to the stomping method that removes a chisel step in the spring? Or does the volume of winter water compress the soil too much during the winter's rest phase? -Bob...
Hi Bob, the stomper primary goal is to mix straw and soil. I don't think there's a sufficient tillable aspect that removes the chisel step in the spring. In fact I would think that, in the spring after chiseling, the discing, land planing, fertilizing and flooding of the field we already settle the soil and any chisel marks. As Joel mention: one aspect that aides spring work that the stomping accomplishes, is filling in any drains or harvest ruts made by tractors. In the spring the field will be a nice even plain to run tractors across.
-M.
Interesting process to aid decomposition of the rice straw. What does the "trailer" weigh compared to the weight of the tractor?
John, I have never had the trailer on a scale but I can say it takes two 8k rated forklifts to get the trailer off the ground for repairs.
The trailer probably 7000-1000 pounds
10,000
Is there a cost involved with getting water on the field in the fall? Pumps, wells? Or, is the water available, just open the valve?
Down south Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,the water has to be pumped, either a well or a bayou. So yeah it does cost either diesel or electricity, and equipment. Where this is at they have dams, Matthew is in Gridley CA near the Oroville dam. They may be able to get water via aquaduct, and I'm sure they still have to pump, though I'm not totally certain on their exact water particulars. Never been there.
G'day