Lucas Bauman

@LowBoomLowDrift @wilkjef @JoshBoersen Cover crop oats after wheat as an example, even at low seeding rates it’s a popular time to apply dairy manure, they can get dense and thick in a hurry. Tough to get all the way thru the canopy to the weeds germinated underneath with such low water volumes

@wilkjef @JoshBoersen Water volume is not the only way to increase coverage 🤔

What is the lowest water volume you have applied out of your sprayer ? What chem ? What adjuvant? Did it work ? What about the airplane? Same results or different ?

@LowBoomLowDrift Sometimes or to get a whole case of product in the tank at label rate, for example I’ll spray Callisto at 14.3gpa because a case covers 112 acres. Just simplifies loading. Although there’s definitely been a trend towards 20 and 40 acre cases which is much nicer.

@BaumanFb Hmmmm. Maybe higher water rates in ontario are to match tank size to field size ? Sometimes I wonder.

@Mullin_95 Red potatoes, mashed skin on. Heavy cream, garlic, butter, white and black pepper

What’s the greatest form of potato ? No poll because there’s just to many fucking options

@LowBoomLowDrift I’d have to get another set of tips to try anything lower than 10. Lot of factors though, contact vs systemic MOA, how dense a canopy, wind. Also not many times I need to stretch my tank more than 160 acres, our fields just aren’t that big

@BaumanFb Have you ever tried lower?

Floaters and fenders installed, almost time to get out on the wheat 🌾

@kyledecorte @argis2000ltd Kinda figured, looks like a similar bushing to the seed drill boot kit

@BaumanFb Got them at @argis2000ltd , they have the fix for all the seeding related wear points. Super cheap fix.

Pretty poor wear point on a 7 year old planter, hope the bushing wears a bit better. Closing wheel tail spring.

@TSmith1867 @DanAllred1 I’ve tried everything from a chunk of angle iron to eavestrough and none of them really worked great

@BaumanFb @DanAllred1 That makes my home made throw away cardboard funnels look pretty shitty.. 👌😅

Should have made one of these years ago

@LowBoomLowDrift @gsorgard As a pro700 sprayer user my opinion is it works about as well as eating soup with a fork 🙃

@gsorgard I really like this idea. Make it fun. I’m open for debate for anyone reading this haha

How can we make North American farm shows more entertaining? Any ideas?

@Shawridgefarm @islandviewag @MvanbommelMikes This was just a custom job for us so unfortunately we don’t benefit from the moisture drop. But the fuel tank was full from last fall so at least we weren’t burning $2 diesel

@islandviewag @BaumanFb @MvanbommelMikes Yeah, would suggest more carbon penalty if notilling. We will just hit with our vt tools like we normally do. Having patience is critical now, would be nice to work on some good frost but if not its wait for dry conditions. We still have enough old snow inside our corn yet

Finally knocking out the last field of 2025 corn. I could get used to this 18% moisture thing

@islandviewag @MvanbommelMikes No wildlife damage here, birds or otherwise, not close to any bush though. Just wind damage on 8 rows of the unprotected west side

@BaumanFb @MvanbommelMikes Good thing. Probably a lot more stalk breakage if no fungicide. Any idea how much the wildlife would take over the winter?

@islandviewag @MvanbommelMikes Yep, Miravis Neo at R1

@BaumanFb @MvanbommelMikes Did it have fungicide at tassel?

@MvanbommelMikes Yeah looks fine, standing perfect too which is a nice surprise with the amount of snow and wind we’ve had

@BaumanFb Quality still good ?

Next up for service. Doesn’t get nearly as many hours as it used to but should still hit 12k this spring

Don’t need a sight tube on the silo today

@RSHFarms @farmerjustin18 @PentaFarmEquip Haybuster does well turning cardboard into bedding

@farmerjustin18 @PentaFarmEquip Just have to find a way to process it

Seeing if the @PentaFarmEquip mixer can recycle some cardboard.

@dsolson100 @Shawridgefarm @JohnDeere I’m sure they are getting ROI just not in direct high HP 8R sales. My thought was wider reach, more brand visibility, more people familiar with the product that might buy *something* from Deere someday. I’m no expert in marketing that’s jus let what I see them getting from it

@BaumanFb @Shawridgefarm @JohnDeere If you’re spending money on marketing and paying the YouTubers you should want a return on that investment. Deere has never had a hard time generating a buzz on a new product launch. Maybe I’m just getting old and cranky haha

Someone explain to me what @JohnDeere would get to out of paying YouTuber’s to make videos on their new tractors. I’m trying to learn about them and it’s annoying having to watch a video from someone that doesn’t know what they’re talking about it. No one cars what they think