We Toured a Hog Farm!
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Onyx and I headed a few hours south to tour a hog farm. We learned about the pigs diets and how well they are cared for. Onyx wanted to know how many slices of bacon come from one pig.. He was excited to hear that over 400 slices come from one pig. Thank you to Seth and every on the farm for their hospitality and the excellent and informative tour.
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Awesome field trip I'm a city boy that is something I would have never seen thanks for sharing. Carl
Thanks for watching, city boy! 🤣
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I fo have a you tub channel also it's called The Yard Dogs were do metal detecting. Carl
Onyx looks really excited to be there. I'm sure that during the entire school year he was dreaming about seeing a pig farm over his summer vacation. Luckily, I was able to use the "fast forward" button.
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At least he did ask a couple of questions. Carl
So cool was starting to miss your videos I like the long ones and interesting . How’s your stands of corn doing ? Progress report on the farm Would be cool . Thanks a lot
It is so refreshing to hear from the perspective of someone who actually works in the industry. Rather than selectively edited videos and a - I would say malicious - lack of perspective provided by so-called animal rights groups, this video explains the science behind animal husbandry. Thanks for the tour Zach!
Stupid comment - irrelevant to the context
It was nice to see how he was connecting to your son, and bringing him into the conversation.
I share Onyx' excitement for hog farms...😝. BUT I love ham, sausage, pork chops and most of all BACON etc. THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
Scott Owen mmmmm bacon
Ham and we had about 900,000 head at once in one barn
🤔 It seems to me when Onyx’s is on camera, he never shows excitement, calm young man.
I think everyone agrees with you.
Someone say bacon! 😳🤤Mmm bacon
My Father in Law said the best day he had raising pigs was when he gave up the hog business... I know what goes into it and salute those dedicated to it. Congrats in advance to Your achieving 300000!!!
You know your hooked on a channel when you can very happily sit through 35 mins of pig farming :P :)
Here in Europe we only see hogfarms in the news when there is some major problems with hygene and stuff. This farm looks clean af. Very professional! You love to see it
The quality of pork has really improved over the last 40 years. It people like this man who make it happen. Thanks. Also this should be show in schools!!
Great to see a modern pig farm.Pig farming has become way more advanced then when my Dad and Grandpa was doing it in the 1980’s.
Great episode. I like how he engaged with Onyx. The best tour guides do that. Livestock nutrition was my thing in high school ag classes. So many variables for the best outcome.
And there ya go again, teachin me more about where my food comes from. This should be shown in schools. Thank you so much for what you are doing
Thank you for giving everyone some real insight into where our food comes from and what it takes to keep them all healthy and happy.
Thx for the diversity.
45 yrs since i slopped the hogs.
It's changed.
So great to see this guy put some misconceptions and rumours to bed. He is also speaking so good about the future, with big data and whatnot. I feel like one of the big trends for agriculture in general, going forward, is big data and numbers. Farming will be increasingly data driven.
I like how they guy is so passionate about his business. He knows his business and shares his knowledge so easily! Bravo to our farmers and thank you for feeding our nation!
That was an extremely interesting video. My wife and I had no idea what the modern hog farm looked like are how much was involved. My experience was on our family farm with 20-30 pigs and the old fashion slopping the hogs. Since the grandparents have passed, we have moved to share cropping the farm. Thanks for sharing such an interesting video.
This is very interesting. The man doing most of the talking is quite brilliant. The science is working very well. I grew up around hogs. We had 10-15 sows each year. It was a lot of work. There was very little automatic things in our barn. Heat was a heat lamp and that was primarily for the little pigs.
I really like he answered super serious even when you try to joke little
O'boy O'boy ya really
Real serious dude
I recognize this to be a SPF operation. In 1965 when I was at Texas Tech, my cousin and I went to Loveland CO to tour an early version of this operation. He never went into hog farming and I left our farm in 1966 and NEVER looked back (hint: I first farmed with a 1949 Minneapolis Moline).
Love the organization of the farm and cleanliness. This is a very informational video for us to follow along with the tour. Awesome!!!!
This video (and others) demonstrates several of the reasons I keep coming back to the MN Millennial Farmer: Data collection, statistical analysis, trend evaluation, and strategic planning for the future. All applied scientific methodologies. Add in the purposeful educational and fun experiences for the upcoming generation. Warms the heart of this aged scientist. Thanks Millennial Farmer!
Very interesting and educational video, thanks for sharing !
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Ummmmmmmmm! Bacon! Thanks for asking such an important question Onyx. And, it's nice to know there are no hormones in it too!
For Pete's sake Beck Onyx was hamming🐖 it up all day today! No snout about it that he's a 🥓BIT like the old man😂
You can tell Seth has done a few interviews in his career, lol. He may have minored in
communications in college. Very informative I would not wanna be a hog farmer, that is alot of work! 〽️😎👍
Very clean sow unit looks very professional and ethical aswell as good living conditions for the pigs
I’ve really enjoyed these little departures you taken to educate all of us on some of the other aspects of farming. A one man DIY channel for becoming a farmer. Keep it up Zack
You really are an excellent reporter but the subject!!!!!!! I used to own an outdoor pig unit where we had as close to nature as possible, we still produced 24 pigs per sow per year of the finest cleanest meat possible which all our buyers really enjoyed and knew that no drugs had ever been used.
The day that the 'factory' you visited plus all others decide to close down will be a truly wonderful day for this planet.
When I see all those pigs in hog barn it reminds me of my in laws family reunion dinner party, loud and smelly. On a side note I also raise 6-10 pigs yearly for sale and I know how much work goes into making them until they're ready to harvest. Nice video, keep them coming.
Lol!
Not really that much work. I work on a 1200 head farrowing unit as farrowing Lead.
This is a wonderful confirmation of what I learned about pig farmers in general when researching my book Pigs, Pork, and Heartland Hogs -- that pig farmers (like other farmers) are smart, thoughtful, and deeply caring. I love the fact that the word "stewardship" is so often used -- it's one of many things I love about farmers.
Your son was like a huge magnet for all that he was taking in. Its so assuring to see what kind of people are involved in the food chain. That Seth was a wealth oh knowledge and one sharp cookie. I spent the last 40-years on the other end of the pork processing while involved in processing and packaging fresh meats....oh and I make the best bacon.
We always joke that are dog(runt of the litter) is a piglet but dang he perfectly described her with the description of the pigs.
Onyx is truly amazed at hog farming
We use to do custom work for a pig farm in Canada, Ontario. They did 1000 pig home barn. Worked there after we lost the farm. We have to shower into every barn. One of the best parts of my life working pigs. Loved it, Didnt love the pay. lol
that's a very beautiful hog farm, and Seth is very good in giving informations. especially on animal welfare and biosecurity
You should come over to Warrens, WI and tour a cranberry marsh.
agreed!
Quite a difference from when we used to raise pigs. We used to feed them by hand & shovel manure into a spreader. Of course we only had a couple dozen sows. My brother in law raises pigs the same way as this.Not this big of an operation though. It's great to see an actual pig operation. People are always talking about the cruelty that animals face on farms. These pigs looked pretty happy to me. I'm with Onyx on the bacon. Nothing better. Thanks for the video.
We have only had no more than 4 pigs at a time. So, we feed out of have bought from wilco. The manure goes to a pile in the woods behind our meadow
How long do these happy pigs get to live for? 6 months and then killed? Bet they are so happy when they are led onto the lorry away for slaughter 😢
@@samcourtney2991 I take it you don't eat meat. I don't know what they think at that time I was talking about on the farm. As long as people eat meat this is going to be part of the process.
Ours pigs are raised as show pigs and live for 6 months and then are auctioned off.
Thank you
You guys are fighting the good fight . Getting the truth out there in a way most of us farmers are not very good at . It’s much easier to talk to my pigs and crops than the public.
THANK YOU SO MUCH !!
I think Onyx actually did enjoy it . By the end of the video he seemed much more excited then the start. Great video!
Pretty awesome to understand the intricacies of agriculture and farming of all types. All of you guys are rockstars that never get the credit. Thanks for showing the world just exactly what goes into it all.
What an amazing tour and why buddy loves his pigs so much passion there. The whole family sat down and watched this video and we all learned a lot of the pig farm today. Thank you
I learned more than I thought there was to the science of farming pigs. Very helpful.
Zach, Thanks for this tour... Very Informative...... 500K of Manure... Makes your farm have rich soil :-)
theses videos on all kinds of farming are cool. time for some pork chops and bacon
I think a Mike Rowe episode with the Millennial Farmer would be huge!
Unfortunately Mike hasn't contacted me yet.....🤣
Hormones were/are used to insure the sows cycle at the same time. If memory serves me, one brand was Lutilyce. Antibiotics used to be used in the feed because it boosted growth rates by lowering the stress on the immune system. Not all farmers used antibiotics and/or hormones in that manner but the practice was common.
Absolutely wonderful field trip and educational opportunity. Sell them some corn and beans!
What else can be said but WOW! I loved the educational value. If you don’t learn every day you are cheating yourself. This was an excellent synopsis of modern pig farming. Very well done.
I liked how clean this operation is. This is how you farm livestock.
I have no comments but that is what my family was raised on ! I miss you Grandma and Grandpa Hevalow!
Can’t wait to you hit 300,000 subscribers and an early congratulations
Boy that happened fast!!! This is by far the best farming channel out there!
@@jasonprocai1020 welker farms look him up
Looks like 50 million views and 300,000 subscribers are lining up pretty close. Congrats. When you and Randy start that brewery with your crops and tile water let us know. We will support that too.
And he’s going to grill lunch on the ditch grill lol
416k now as ofJan 20 2020
We had a neighbor years ago in the 50's and 60s who had a deal with the school. He'd come to the school cafeteria and pick up the cafeteria lunch scraps for his hogs... He did this until the state health dept changed the regulations...I think the state put a requirement in that the scraps would have to be cooked again before they could be fed to livestock.
There were several large Bakeries that provided out of date bread and baked goods t o farmers for feed. Too
What a great video! There's nothing about this video that isn't interesting and educational.
Many thanks to you and all our farmers for our food.
I grew up in Brooklyn NY aka no farm at all. I drove MTA buses for 20 years fyi. Thank you for all the farm videos which I really enjoy . It is fun to watch where my food comes from although most people I know would like to put it out of sight and mind. I moved to NJ and took a job as a property manager on an equestrian farm and learned a lot about how your world works on a small scale . We were harassed by idiots for horse shelters which we had that were on different paddocks. Keep up the great work please
Very informative!! I didnt know so much was involved in raising pigs, you really have to know your stuff.
Neat to see all the technology being used from the feed mill to the barn and even the vet.
I build those pins for hog buildings pretty fun... heavy gates though alotta work to get those hog gates up and looking good! Love seeing things like this. Makes me happy
Would enjoy knowing more such as breeding, rotation, weight gain over time, vertical integration such as farming the feed. Thanks so much for such great information.
Great field trip today. This City boy from California just learned a whole lot about hog farming. Good job.
That's awesome, thank you for watching!!
Polite and knowledgeable man to
Hello California. All of your hogs come from Montana and the Province of Alberta. The Hutterites produce the pork for the Western states. I have trucked them in the past. We would usually go to 3 separate Hutterite colonies and load. The off to Modesto California, to Yosemite Meats, Farmer John's in East Los Angeles.
Good thing that seatbelt was tight his enthusiasm was crazy
We also live on a hog farm, but because of a drought year Dad was forced to sell everything out, we now are in the rebuilding stage but have gone a different route. Onyx would love our hog barns much more then what he seen, and he could hold any baby piggy he wanted or sit down in the straw with 120 weiner size piggies all wanting to be scratched. we sell the pigs at wiener size to an American farm in illinois state, oh yea all of our's are Hampshire or black and white and 100% gmo free. We are in Alberta,Canada
Fascinating look into a hog farm, thank you for sharing! Onyx is looking more like his mom every day! Good times with his dad, very cool Zach!
It's pretty fun being able to show him stuff like this
Thank you for taking us along, to bad you couldn't share the smell.
Thank you for showing the world another tour of a great family ran farm. There aren't to many left any more. I love the diversity that you've been posting. KCFO. Keep Cool and Farm On.
A good tour! I wish Seth were a little less nervous. I appreciate Zach's sense of humor! "how much bacon would a pig give you?" none voluntarily, of course.
wow 35 minutes went by so fast and it was a lot of fun seeing everything!
That was cool. My grandfather raised market pigs, me and my cousins had to keep the hammer mill fed when it was time to make feed. Hard work for sure. Technology has evolved that's for sure.
I was honestly surprised on how interesting that was! At first l thought wt.., who cares! But l was so wrong! Good job and Thanx!!
Absolutely fantastic mate thankyou, the things you see and places you go is amazing, and then to share it with us is brilliant thankyou.
There it is a "Boot Condom" 🤣🤣 got to love Zach
Coming from a long line of ranchers (not me personally, unfortunately, but my parents, grandparents, relatives, etc.), I’m familiar with ranching operations...back then!! Holy moly, it’s absolutely amazing how the farming and ranching industry has gone so high tech. Your guys knowledge blows me away!! I’m learning so much about these businesses, and loving every minute of the experience! Thanks for sharing your worlds, city folk should be watching this....I think it would bring a little reality into their world!
Awesome video...That's a huge operation....very interesting...Thank you and Onyx for the Hog Farm Tour, and of the course the farmer and his staff....Thank you again for another awesome video and your channel...
A Hutterite Colony will have double this size. That's right, 4,000 head operation.
In our small town we have a chicken confinement its like 750 feet long with 40000 chickens it has grates that poo falls through they put off so much heat you constantly have to cool it off and you have to shower every time you enter the chicken place
I am glad you do this kind of stuff mn! I have known this stuff my whole life but most people don't! God bless ya bud!
I can't understate how important all of your work is. I feel the biggest cause of division in this country and the world is a lack of perspective, and you're giving us a whole lot of it. Thanks for all of this, Zach.
Great informative video. The media has made some of these operations evil. This expert passionate stockman could put all that to rest. Thank you for representing farming operations.
Was raised on a large hog farm. One thing about this profession it’s nice and warm work in the winter
Great information. I've seen some farmers use methane digesters for the manure and use the methane to power the operation.
God bless.
the curly-q tail is how my dad showed me to know if a pig was sick straight tail is not good that was long ago. Its very good to see smart folks in charge of our food supply thank you
Zach - great video. Responsible presentation of production agriculture. Thank you. Keep up the great work.
My uncle was wiped out by hog cholera in the early 60's primarily because bio-security was unheard of.. I think he introduced by going to a sale buying some pigs and not having a quarantine area before introducing them to the herd....
Awesome field trip. That man seriously knows his stuff!
Interesting video. I raise 70,000 broiler chickens in NC. Same type set up as the hog barns. Also have beef cattle so I use a lot of corn. I like watching your channel to see your side of things in the field.
Where are all those people who complain about animal cruelty those pigs look happy too me
“Those people who complain about animal cruelty” don’t need to complain about well cared for animals. Fucking duh, you clever ‘tard.
Not all pigs are fortunate like this ones...
This is actually a nice one. Been in some really shitty ones. It’s the mentality of the farmer. This guy cares a bit more than some.
@@trythinking6676 Yes he does.....and makes more money than others and delivers it to us(the consumer) cheaper. A true 21st century hero in my opinion!
White oak pastures in georgia would b a nice place to checkout
Dairy Cattle braught in daily bread; Hogs paid off the mortgage! -- My dad's mantra in NE Iowa.
The cattle in barn warmed winter air for blowing into hog barn. Good combo.
You sell them corn or soybeans? I recommend going to Fair Oaks farm in Indiana were the have tours of their cattle and hog barns. We went last month and it is very nice. And I've seen the videos made by the animal activist. Go and form your own opinion. It is amazing the care they give.
I assume it's much different than what it was made out to be. Certain groups with their agenda got in there and skewed a lot of things. It's too bad because it puts a black eye on the entire livestock industry. Which is exactly what they were hoping for I suppose.
When I drove a truck. I took a load of wriggles gum. Well he he end of batch or lot to a feed plant. It was a binder to make pellets.
Very good video! Thanks Zach. Onyx seems to have his priorities in order, but maybe you need to have pork chops more often. 😁
Junior year I worked at christensen farms as a farrowing hand. We had to shower in and shower out for bio security. Also pigs are born with out iron in their system, pigs raised in barns get shots of iron, dirt raised get it from the dirt they rut around in
Great video!!! I have a replacement valve in my heart that is made of pig tissue. Some of those pigs might be kin folks. ;-)
Your 💓 condition isn't funny but might be kin folk is hilarious! Thanks for tha laugh.
Onyx is one smart kid, that's for sure!
Your humor is dry, yet i laugh at every joke you make (especially the Case jokes), keep up the good work Zack
Case jokes? Hmm, must"ve missed that.
The knowledge & passion this man has for what he is doing is so cool to see!!
Found your channel a couple months ago, been telling many folks to watch. Love your passion for farming.
I've come to appreciate the science, experience, and education that is invested in providing a safe and nutritional food product to us. Very impressive and appreciated from us "city folk". Thank you for all you do.
Extremely good video! Schools should use this one. The only answer to the question, is that enough bacon - is always No.
Awesome video, I like the way Seth interacted with Onx. Great questions. Too bad we did see the manure handling part of the barn. Thank you again for sharing.
Travelling with a photographer! She's easy on the eyes
Ha! She was with the MN Pork organization and helped line this tour up!
I´m an Austrian pig and chicken farmer and it´s so interesting to see, how much bigger the farms in America are compared to ours here. Very informative, thank you!
Love the video. Very informative. I learn a ton of stuff and I’ve been a farmer for over 35 years. I grew up on s small farm we had pigs, cows, chickens, horses etc. awesome job.
You shoulda had nick play solitaire in the background while you were in the office!!!!!!!!!!!!
No farms, no food. All kinds of food means all kinds of farms. No education, no farmers! What you're doing is educating, and i have huge respect for that. People just do not know how much sweat and elbow grease goes into putting that food on their plate come meal time.