I'm a Christian. Had 3 boys they are all grown men and im very proud of them. I tell people being a parent was the most challenging thing i ever did but the most rewarding thing i every did. I know it's very hard to take time off. But there will come a time when there gone. Great video
I'm a christian and a farmer, I grew up working with my dad and grandpa. They were such great role models for me. They modeled the way a believer should live and witness to others. For us faith family and work was all the same time.
Some constructive criticism from a fellow valley farmer. We need to see more of my old friend Dan besides the back of his head :) I never knew him to be shy!
Mitch, Jsem v pořádku, děkuji. Just found your channel. No women in the current Legacy? But excellent Video. You have done well on the Academic side, however, with the rapid development in not only in the sciences of growing crows but in the advancement of IT and new technologies in farming equipment will need a concerted effort to keep ahead of the game.
Very true! It kind of makes me a little sad to be honest. I see the overall size of family farms increasing and the total number of farms decreasing. My hope is that things will level off and we will always have our family farms. I know a big part of that in the Red River Valley is American Crystal Sugar Cooperative. Being able to grow sugar beets helps to sustain more family farms and keep our communities strong. I don’t know what will happen in the future, but yes it is important to stay diligent to keep the family farming legacy alive. Oh lots of women in the legacy! They keep us going behind the scenes. Stay tuned tomorrow for a special episode. But currently no women farming in the operation, although we do have an occasional female beet truck driver!
Always enjoy your content Mitch. Jenny & the little Sugar Beet are adorable. We have six children and ten grandchildren. Before my feet hit the ground in the morning I praise God for a new day and the multitude of Blessings. The "real" for me was triggered after reading a little 100 page NDE by George Richie, Jr. called 'Return From Tomorrow'. It is very settling. It takes the worry out of life/living. Deferring to Our Blessed Lord in everything is comforting and builds trust in what may come my way. Also, giving back to others ($, volunteering, prayers, etc.) has a boomerang effect. Your channel content is up-lifting. Your personality and smile is infectious because it's genuine. Cheers on a fantastic 2024 harvest!
Hi Mitch, in France they haven't started the beetroot yet, only in 15 days, it's too hot. Where I come from, before 1970, many people, like me, received a Roman Catholic religious education, but now few of them go to Mass, which is being lost. My children are baptised, but 3 out of 4 grandchildren have never been to catechism classes and are no longer baptised.🗽 There is just one priest in a canton of 7 to 10 communes (or church), he says 1 mass on Sundays and about twenty of them go to church on Sundays. Personally, I go once on Palm Sunday, and many have become agnostics. I don't know if half of them are buried in church. One of the reasons is that in our country a priest can't be married like an Anglican clergyman and there's a shortage of priests. Besides,not enough French, our priest is black and was born in Africa (Ivory Coast, Cameroon etc ..).✝✝✝
Good to see you again, Daniel! Hot beets and frozen beets, neither are good! Very interesting religious background, thank you for sharing that. I see, it is hard for rural/country churches when they do not have enough God-honoring, word-preaching servants of the Lord. The harvest is plenty, but the workers are few. I will share a snippet of my testimony as I think it correlates. I grew up going to church, but I was in a place about 10 years ago where I neither believed, nor disbelieved in God. (AKA agnostic). I certainly do believe now for in short, three main reasons. 1. The world around. (trees, people, relationships, human body, earth, calm, periodic table, etc.) There's a lot of miraculous things we see every day in this "perfectly imperfect" world. 2. The Bible and the resurrection of Christ. (I have read the entire Bible multiple times over the past 8 years or so, and I am continually convinced it is a divine work of the creator. It is amazing the whole story of it and how it points to Jesus of Nazareth & his resurrection. I can see he has conquered death, and it makes so much sense why things are the way they are. I didn't learn that overnight of course. 3. Personal prayers & walk with God. When I seek the Lord, I always find him. He has answered many prayers of mine, and he is never far. Anyway, thought I'd share that as it seems people in your area may have similar struggles as I did. I know it's common in our area too, but I figure if God is real (Which I absolutely believe is the truth) and he is who he says he is. Then he is absolutely the most important thing I can pursue in life.
Thank you Mitch for your comment about returning to your faith, remembering my first name! When you prospect like I do (Thailand in February 2024, Northern Italy-Po Valley-Rome, the Vatican in June 2022, California-Arizona in 2019, for the latest) I realize that All religions preach Wisdom, respect for others, but that they are mostly made by a messenger who dictates many prophetic recommendations of good behavior to invoke prudence, a benefit, health. The tragedy is that some want to impose their exclusivity (like Islam, for example, with the Koran in other climates, or consider themselves martyrs). Personally, I find this stupid, because in the end, the world beyond will undoubtedly be very different from what we can imagine on earth. As Darwin thought, nature is well-crafted, with its self-adaptations, but divinity has also forgotten to eradicate human tyrants from our globe. Daniel
I’m no farmer but there was a time where I had little toddlers running around back home. I worked a full time day job and got into real estate investing as well. I spent an entire year and a half working on rehabbing my investments. I thought I was making time for family. I made sure I was home for dinner or bedtime. By the end of the 1.5yrs I realized my kids had gotten big and every story my wife would tell friends and family I missed. So I closed the chapter of real estate investing and made sure I didn’t miss any more of my kids growing up. As a Christian if I don’t pass on to my family what I believe and why I believe it, all the properties in the world won’t mean anything. If I’m being honest, as much as I liked real estate I wouldn’t trade the memories and the moments with my wife and kids. I can always chase after dollars. When my kids are grown that time is gone and there are no do overs.
This is why we work so hard. 1 Timothy 5:8 New Century Version (NCV)Whoever does not care for his own relatives, especially his own family members, has turned against the faith and is worse than someone who does not believe in God.
BFM; what do you think of unloading directly into the semis on the go when you are cutting wheat instead of having to run back and forth with the tractor and grain cart to the truck.-? It would save on manpower and there are other advantages as well. I think that it would be the ideal way to go on the long straight rows. Blessings for bountiful harvests.
Hey John! Well, back in the day we used to do that more frequently! Now, I would not do it for a few reasons. -It’s not great for the soil (truck tires compact the soil much more than the tractor and cart) -it would probably get stuck. If it’s even somewhat wet the truck would get stuck as it fills with grain. Then we’d have to get a tractor to pull it out and it would become an ordeal. -it’s difficult to drive a semi at a proper distance and not spill grain. The truck box is much lower and narrower than a grain cart. It would also be more difficult to navigate in tight spaces when opening up a field.
No, this is a normal beginning. With sugar beets, there are two main harvesting times. #1 - Pre-pile (on and off from Aug 15th- Sep 30th) Beets are harvested on and off to start factory production after a summer break. #2 - The main storage campaign. (Oct. 1st-finish, typically 2-3 weeks.) Beets are stored in large quantities to be processed all winter.
I know deer like beet tops. Why can't you cut and bale them for cattle feed? My father used to eat them. You would probably have use other sprays for human feed.
Some places do use them for animal feed. There is not a market for that in our region on a wide scale, plus it is nice to add some organic matter back into the soil on a beet crop instead of leaving no material in the field. I know beets treated with Thimet insecticide cannot have their leaves harvested and fed to dairy cattle. Beet pulp, a byproduct of sugar beet production is commonly fed to cattle. Beet pulp pellets are also prized in high end pet & horse feeds. Check out "Unbeetable" feeds.
You may have to temporarily or permanently hire some extra help to reduce your workload, so you can be with family more. I know it would cost more and eat into profits, but what is the cost of losing family time? Take it to the Lord in prayer. He knows exactly what needs to be done and when. I know that I gave up some promotions and pay raises, because it would have meant more time away from the family. Having less money and more time with the family was well worth it.
@@BrianRutherford-o7i Take a look at Mitch's old videos from last year. Here in France they haven't started, and the site is different: no lorries driving through the fields and compacting the soil. Instead, there are self-propelled integral diggers that unload at the end of the field, sometimes with tractors and 30-tonne farm trailers that pile up at the end of the field. There are several reasons for this: firstly, when the heap is picked up, the soil is shaken up and the beet is clean, and secondly, the roads are not dirty..
I'm a Christian. Had 3 boys they are all grown men and im very proud of them. I tell people being a parent was the most challenging thing i ever did but the most rewarding thing i every did. I know it's very hard to take time off. But there will come a time when there gone. Great video
Mitch, With your philosophy of "Faith, Family & Farming", you can add "Fun". Importantly, take everyday as it comes AND don't over think things.
I'm a christian and a farmer, I grew up working with my dad and grandpa. They were such great role models for me. They modeled the way a believer should live and witness to others. For us faith family and work was all the same time.
That’s a great way to put that Jim! Very cool!
Another Great video, thank you for sharing your FAITH, Family and Farming with us. May GOD watch over you and all the farmers for a safe harvest.
This home churcher is so glad you are producing episodes and harvesting your crops. Tuna safe👍👍👍
My Wife and I are both Christians as well Sure is nice of You to talk about Your Faith on your channel! Keep it up Mitch!,🙏✝️
Thanks for your clear testimony of faith in Jesus Christ, love your channel and love how you love the Lord. ❤
It all balances out in the end Mitch, as long as you allow Christ to be your pilot and not your co-pilot!
I’m from Stephen Minnesota sure like to see more videos of sugar beet harvest
I plan on getting more beet harvest footage than ever this year!
God bless y'all, Mitch, for sharing God with all of us. We love your videos - so calming & positive!! Your smile is beautiful & sincere!! 😍 🙏👍
Loving the new thumbnail style!
Cheers from Fort Smith, AR!!
another great video
We have tons of sugar beets here in Imperial Valley, Ca.
Literally
Thanks
Some constructive criticism from a fellow valley farmer. We need to see more of my old friend Dan besides the back of his head :) I never knew him to be shy!
He would be a first-class content creator. I should add him more!
No farms no food. Thank you farmers !
Mitch, Jsem v pořádku, děkuji.
Just found your channel. No women in the current Legacy? But excellent Video. You have done well on the Academic side, however, with the rapid development in not only in the sciences of growing crows but in the advancement of IT and new technologies in farming equipment will need a concerted effort to keep ahead of the game.
Very true! It kind of makes me a little sad to be honest. I see the overall size of family farms increasing and the total number of farms decreasing. My hope is that things will level off and we will always have our family farms. I know a big part of that in the Red River Valley is American Crystal Sugar Cooperative. Being able to grow sugar beets helps to sustain more family farms and keep our communities strong. I don’t know what will happen in the future, but yes it is important to stay diligent to keep the family farming legacy alive.
Oh lots of women in the legacy! They keep us going behind the scenes. Stay tuned tomorrow for a special episode. But currently no women farming in the operation, although we do have an occasional female beet truck driver!
@@beetfarminmitch Thank you for your comprehensive reply, much appreciated. Good luck. JP from Adelaide, Australia
Always enjoy your content Mitch. Jenny & the little Sugar Beet are adorable. We have six children and ten grandchildren. Before my feet hit the ground in the morning I praise God for a new day and the multitude of Blessings. The "real" for me was triggered after reading a little 100 page NDE by George Richie, Jr. called 'Return From Tomorrow'. It is very settling. It takes the worry out of life/living. Deferring to Our Blessed Lord in everything is comforting and builds trust in what may come my way. Also, giving back to others ($, volunteering, prayers, etc.) has a boomerang effect. Your channel content is up-lifting. Your personality and smile is infectious because it's genuine. Cheers on a fantastic 2024 harvest!
Thank you for the comment. I appreciate that!
Hi Mitch, in France they haven't started the beetroot yet, only in 15 days, it's too hot.
Where I come from, before 1970, many people, like me, received a Roman Catholic religious education, but now few of them go to Mass, which is being lost. My children are baptised, but 3 out of 4 grandchildren have never been to catechism classes and are no longer baptised.🗽
There is just one priest in a canton of 7 to 10 communes (or church), he says 1 mass on Sundays and about twenty of them go to church on Sundays. Personally, I go once on Palm Sunday, and many have become agnostics. I don't know if half of them are buried in church. One of the reasons is that in our country a priest can't be married like an Anglican clergyman and there's a shortage of priests. Besides,not enough French, our priest is black and was born in Africa (Ivory Coast, Cameroon etc ..).✝✝✝
I wouldnt attend a church that requires you pay them to attend church
@@claytonlong391 In France, the state does not pay the priests for their clergyman.
Great video. God bless all your family and workers who help get the farm work. I miss beet haul here in michigan. Too old for that job now. God bless
Good to see you again, Daniel! Hot beets and frozen beets, neither are good!
Very interesting religious background, thank you for sharing that. I see, it is hard for rural/country churches when they do not have enough God-honoring, word-preaching servants of the Lord. The harvest is plenty, but the workers are few.
I will share a snippet of my testimony as I think it correlates. I grew up going to church, but I was in a place about 10 years ago where I neither believed, nor disbelieved in God. (AKA agnostic). I certainly do believe now for in short, three main reasons.
1. The world around. (trees, people, relationships, human body, earth, calm, periodic table, etc.) There's a lot of miraculous things we see every day in this "perfectly imperfect" world.
2. The Bible and the resurrection of Christ. (I have read the entire Bible multiple times over the past 8 years or so, and I am continually convinced it is a divine work of the creator. It is amazing the whole story of it and how it points to Jesus of Nazareth & his resurrection. I can see he has conquered death, and it makes so much sense why things are the way they are. I didn't learn that overnight of course.
3. Personal prayers & walk with God.
When I seek the Lord, I always find him. He has answered many prayers of mine, and he is never far.
Anyway, thought I'd share that as it seems people in your area may have similar struggles as I did. I know it's common in our area too, but I figure if God is real (Which I absolutely believe is the truth) and he is who he says he is. Then he is absolutely the most important thing I can pursue in life.
Thank you Mitch for your comment about returning to your faith, remembering my first name!
When you prospect like I do (Thailand in February 2024, Northern Italy-Po Valley-Rome, the Vatican in June 2022, California-Arizona in 2019, for the latest) I realize that All religions preach Wisdom, respect for others, but that they are mostly made by a messenger who dictates many prophetic recommendations of good behavior to invoke prudence, a benefit, health. The tragedy is that some want to impose their exclusivity (like Islam, for example, with the Koran in other climates, or consider themselves martyrs).
Personally, I find this stupid, because in the end, the world beyond will undoubtedly be very different from what we can imagine on earth.
As Darwin thought, nature is well-crafted, with its self-adaptations, but divinity has also forgotten to eradicate human tyrants from our globe. Daniel
I’m no farmer but there was a time where I had little toddlers running around back home. I worked a full time day job and got into real estate investing as well. I spent an entire year and a half working on rehabbing my investments. I thought I was making time for family. I made sure I was home for dinner or bedtime. By the end of the 1.5yrs I realized my kids had gotten big and every story my wife would tell friends and family I missed. So I closed the chapter of real estate investing and made sure I didn’t miss any more of my kids growing up. As a Christian if I don’t pass on to my family what I believe and why I believe it, all the properties in the world won’t mean anything. If I’m being honest, as much as I liked real estate I wouldn’t trade the memories and the moments with my wife and kids. I can always chase after dollars. When my kids are grown that time is gone and there are no do overs.
This is why we work so hard.
1 Timothy 5:8 New Century Version (NCV)Whoever does not care for his own relatives, especially his own family members, has turned against the faith and is worse than someone who does not believe in God.
BFM; what do you think of unloading directly into the semis on the go when you are cutting wheat instead of having to run back and forth with the tractor and grain cart to the truck.-?
It would save on manpower and there are other advantages as well.
I think that it would be the ideal way to go on the long straight rows.
Blessings for bountiful harvests.
Hey John! Well, back in the day we used to do that more frequently! Now, I would not do it for a few reasons.
-It’s not great for the soil (truck tires compact the soil much more than the tractor and cart)
-it would probably get stuck. If it’s even somewhat wet the truck would get stuck as it fills with grain. Then we’d have to get a tractor to pull it out and it would become an ordeal.
-it’s difficult to drive a semi at a proper distance and not spill grain. The truck box is much lower and narrower than a grain cart. It would also be more difficult to navigate in tight spaces when opening up a field.
@@beetfarminmitch Thank you for your reply.
Isn’t it a bit early for the beets to be harvested?
No, this is a normal beginning. With sugar beets, there are two main harvesting times.
#1 - Pre-pile (on and off from Aug 15th- Sep 30th) Beets are harvested on and off to start factory production after a summer break.
#2 - The main storage campaign. (Oct. 1st-finish, typically 2-3 weeks.) Beets are stored in large quantities to be processed all winter.
I know deer like beet tops. Why can't you cut and bale them for cattle feed? My father used to eat them. You would probably have use other sprays for human feed.
Some places do use them for animal feed. There is not a market for that in our region on a wide scale, plus it is nice to add some organic matter back into the soil on a beet crop instead of leaving no material in the field. I know beets treated with Thimet insecticide cannot have their leaves harvested and fed to dairy cattle.
Beet pulp, a byproduct of sugar beet production is commonly fed to cattle. Beet pulp pellets are also prized in high end pet & horse feeds. Check out "Unbeetable" feeds.
You may have to temporarily or permanently hire some extra help to reduce your workload, so you can be with family more. I know it would cost more and eat into profits, but what is the cost of losing family time? Take it to the Lord in prayer. He knows exactly what needs to be done and when. I know that I gave up some promotions and pay raises, because it would have meant more time away from the family. Having less money and more time with the family was well worth it.
That is one thing I am so thankful for. We have a great crew this year, and It has made work very fun and productive.
We never saw any beets lifted in the video.
3:12
@@lynwessel2471 yes but they did not lift any.i wanted to see the beets being lifted.
@@BrianRutherford-o7i Take a look at Mitch's old videos from last year. Here in France they haven't started, and the site is different: no lorries driving through the fields and compacting the soil.
Instead, there are self-propelled integral diggers that unload at the end of the field, sometimes with tractors and 30-tonne farm trailers that pile up at the end of the field. There are several reasons for this: firstly, when the heap is picked up, the soil is shaken up and the beet is clean, and secondly, the roads are not dirty..
@@DG-ne8iq i am looking forward to see this year's crop come off.
@@BrianRutherford-o7i ok
11:36 to fast