Why is the wheat turning purple?? (FIRST CROP TOUR OF 2020) | Vlog 75

PURPLE WHEAT? CANOLA THAT SMELLS LIKE CABBAGE?
Join me as I take you through the fields to answer these questions and see how the crops are growing so far!!

Crops we see...
1. corn
2. winter canola
3. winter wheat

Comment below if you have any questions on these crops so far!
#croptour #plant2020 #grainfarming

[kens.]

I think it’s Safe to say that the majority of the population on this Earth have NO idea with ALL the Thought, Planning, Risk and Experience that goes into Farming. Without our Farmers, we Don’t Exist. GOD Bless ALL the Farmers around the World. You ALL Rock! Thank you! 👏👏👏

[robertabatty]

I found this a very interesting vlog. Been around wheat fields for almost 70 years and I learned a lot in this vlog. I am not a farmer. Just love watching you and Sandy. Busch light? You need better beer.😃

[debbiebernstein]

I found this really interesting. I have no farming experience, but your explanations are very clear. I am hampered by 71 year old ears, so I googled “compassion issues in fields”, before realizing you were probably referring to “compaction issues”. 👂🏻😂

[Stevedish]

Thanks for the great videos Mark. You and Sandi are included in the heroes who will allow us to get thru this crisis we are in.

[ianleitch]

I'm always amazed by Canola (OSR in the UK) because a field suddenly becomes not just an area, but a volume 3-4ft high where all sorts of beasties can live or take cover, insect and animals alike. Like a wee forest really.

[brianhubbard]

I am not a farmer. I did enjoy the education of some of the crops you grow. Most farming channels do a great job showing how they plant the crops but you have done a great job in the education of the grop.
God bless you and your family.

[alohaerickson]

I appreciate the hands on teaching on the crop. I love learning and you are a good teacher.

[deanfordcreative]

Congrats on the 20k subscribers, Mark. The technical terms and abbreviations are quite a reach for a layman consumer such as myself. But this must show that farming is truly a crop science. Looking forward to watching your channel’s growth.

[JudyVt]

Ty for the way you explain things. Old grandma here and now I feel smarter! 😌

[jamesmoon]

Canola is a very pretty crop. Acres upon acres of brilliant yellow flowers. It is interesting to see how small canola seed is. We see lots of bee hives in Western Manitoba near canola. Hopefully corn prices will come back when all the Covid crap subsides.

[The-Lone-Wolf]

If there is a beekeeper in the area, maybe they would like to move some of their bees to your canola field. That will give a lot of really nice honey. ;-)

[jackiefris]

I love watching Sandi’s vlogs and now I watch yours and get an overall of the whole farm. Good work guys. We are heading into autumn (fall) and it is in the 20’s gets down to 14 degrees C and that is cold in Queensland.

[merlewarnsholz]

Mark - Great video. I agree with everything Ken S. said - A BIG thanks for you you farmers do to keep us fed. Thanks for sharing the development of your various crops - and you do a big variety of things. Here in Iowa its mostly soybeans and corn. Blessings to you, Sandi, and the family.

[amybumstead]

I live an hour away from you guys, and I woke up to snow today. I am stressing for you listening to you say how the weekend will be warm, and how bad it would be to get cold weather. I hope your crops are gonna be ok.

Love from Meaford!

[hootche]

Hi, mark, in the Uk, it has been a process for winter wheat, in the spring, when the wheat starts to grow, we graze hard
the wheat off with sheep, this makes the plant produce many more tillers than if it is not grazed
we look for at least 4/5 tillers per plant. we call the process stooling.

[racer]

Thanks for the video. You do a awesome job in explaining what you’re doing and what the plant looks like. And what you do to get a harvest.

[whankerakerill]

Congrats you and Sandy volg are some of the very few th a don't sound like commercial to me, and that what I live about them, and information 👍😁

[jmfarms]

A lot of times a purple coloring at the leaf tips on grassy type plants is low phosphorus . In alfalfa it shows up as a purple stem. Can be caused by low soil temperatures below 10 Celsius. Or by low P levels in the soil. In my hay fields i have actually had great results spraying a liquid phosphate fertilizer to get rid of the purple tips and increased yields. Which may or may not help increase the yield of your wheat as it tends to increase biomass more than head size.

[cathybrown]

Fascinating video, Mark! I learned a LOT! :) Keep up the great work...see you next video!

[davidfarner]

With the corn stalks. I have seen down in Michigan and Ohio in United States farmers leave the corn stalks, and just take a mower to cut up the stalks for them to use as mulch when they go plant crops.