Seed Potatoes! How we cut and store them!
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- čas přidán 14. 10. 2024
- In this comprehensive tutorial, we delve into the intricate process of transloading and cutting seed potatoes using cutting-edge Milestone equipment. Whether you’re a seasoned farmer or a novice in the agricultural realm, this video offers valuable insights and step-by-step guidance to optimize your potato planting operations.
Join us as we showcase the seamless integration of Milestones cutting technology, ensuring precision and efficiency in every step. From loading the seed potatoes onto the transloading equipment to the intricate cutting process, we leave no stone unturned in maximizing yield and quality.
Discover expert tips and techniques to streamline your workflow and enhance productivity, all while maintaining the integrity of your seed potatoes. With our detailed instructions and demonstration, you’ll gain the confidence to master transloading and cutting with ease, ultimately boosting your farm’s success.
Don’t miss out on this essential guide for potato growers looking to elevate their planting practices. Watch now and embark on a journey towards greater efficiency and profitability in your potato farming endeavors!
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That's a lot bigger than we do! ONE man can load and operate. It just takes a little bit longer. Good video I learned a few steps I can take.,👍 awesome video!!
Well I’m glad you enjoyed it. Hopefully it was helpful. Thanks for watching.
I am impressed that you showed us the process, maybe now we will look at potatoes differently. Thanks
I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’m glad I get to show people where their food comes from.
Very interesting. Thanks for the education.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks for the seed process tour. Unlike other crops, like corn, there are many steps required to obtain the needed seed size.
Yes potato process is a long one
I’m glad you liked it
Really interesting. I've never seen the process of growing potatoes before. I'm familiar with row crop farming, but this is totally different. I'm ready for some planting videos!
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I’m glad you liked it. We will be planting in about a week.
Sweet Video! I'm not sure why but the potato process is awesome! Thanks for showing us how its done!
Thanks for watching!
This is a very interesting process, as a row crop farmer I never really knew what type of machine potato farmers used to cut seed or all that's involved.. Good Luck with your crops this year.
I’m glad you enjoyed it thanks for watching.
Very interesting and informative. Excellently explained.
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching
This was very interesting! Why don’t you use your own potatoes as seed as opposed to buying them from another grower?
I’m glad you enjoyed it. We plant 4th generation potatoes and harvest 5th generation potatoes. If we plant 5th generation potatoes there is an increased risk of disease.
So I gather you are planting from a previous generation? Like 2 years behind?
We buy 4th generation from a seed grower. That’s what everyone does.
@@RockyMountainFarmer First, thank you for the vids, as someone far removed from farmland, it's incredibly interesting to see where my food comes from (and there's nothing better than a fine baked potato). Second, I'm confused about the generations and hope you can explain. I presume the original potatoes were the 1st generation, then the crop grown from seeds made from them would be the 2nd and so on - but what I don't understand is how can any potato be only 4th generation given we been farming them for over a century in your area and for millennia throughout the world? I presume I'm just misunderstanding generations in farming terms and would appreciate your clearing that up for me. Thanks.
This was all new to me. Tks for sharing.
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Great job keep it up thanks for sharing information 👍 you have your own semi or hire
We hire them to transport potatoes
That is very interesting. Is it true that a seed potato has to have an eye on it to come up?
Yes you need an eye. That’s why it’s nice when the seed is small.
Interesting!
Does the potato grow better after you cut it or would it be better if all seed potatoes were golfball size from the begining?
Best regards from Sweden 👍
It will grow the same. Either way you just have to make sure that each piece has at least one eye on it. cutting it is just to make sure we get the right size.
We have 3 large potatoes growers in our town Alliance Nebraska
That’s good. When you say large how many acres do they plant?
At one time we had 2 others that quit.
Can you use last year's potatoes to use as seed? Or it's just like canola and soybeans that you can't use the previous year's crop as next year's seed.
You could grow potatoes with your own potatoes, but potatoes are actually grown in generations so we plant the fourth generation and we harvest the fifth generation, the more generations you go down the road it’s harder to certify them and get them to a good quality
How do you know how much to cut and pile?
We know how many sacks we want to plant per acre and how many acres and one sack is 100 pounds so we know how many pounds to get.
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Do you guys grow any of your own seed?
No we don’t. you have to be pretty secluded to grow seed
Why do they need to be secluded?
What does a sack of taters weigh
100 pounds
Cruiser Maxx Vibrance is a fungicide and insecticide. There's no fertility or starter in it.
Oh gotcha I must have been confused. Now that you say that I do remember that. That’s the hard thing about filming. I’m going off memory and there is no script. We put the starter fertilizer on when we plant.
@@RockyMountainFarmer Didn't want to come across as calling a fellow farmer out! a lot of chemicals to keep track of in the potato farming world. I was out your way from Maine with the National Potato Council in February. Stayed a night in Boise, Burley and Twin Falls. Keep up the good work with the videos!
That’s along way to come for meetings. I’m glad you like the videos.