Good morning Taylor. I know farming can be tiring because it requires some long hours every day but to me that work was very always rewarding because you knew it was honest work. Something that is missing in today’s world. In the last year Wisconsin has lost over 450 farms. Most of them family farms and it is so sad to see so many empty barns as you drive through the country. 😞I really enjoy watching your videos because of the hard work you and Brent do. So keep farming, keep smiling, and stay positive. 🐄🚜😉
Hi! You are 100% right, nothing compares to the feeling of accomplishment when you work honestly and hard! Very sad about all the farms going out in the last few years, its a shame because small farms are the life’s blood of American 🇺🇸 . Thank you so very much for your support!
I just had a bad flashback to being a teenager. The straw bed pack in the bottom of those old barns and hours and hours of shoveling into wheelbarrows then wheeling the poop outside 😂. No skidsteer around back in those days. 😊
I know the owners of the farm you and Brent delivered to that's a Friend of mine's father that owns it now I used to help them get the cow's back in fence when ever they got out. If you keep going straight instead of taking the turn I live just down over the hill with the pond in front of the house.
We used to put bras on our largest cows after swelling to keep them from stepping on themselves. They were a pain to use but were a lot better than doctoring mastitis and losing quarters on our best cows. Well worth it because you usually know who is prone to injury.
Hi Taylor you were saying on your day off you awake at the same time tip for you drink a mug of chilled water guarantee to give you 3 hours extra sleep 🤗
Glad Cinnamon is doing better, she is a cute calf. The older heifers are growing fast. The cow that liked the donut was funny, there is a video going around of a guy that has a cow in his house and she keeps taking all the food off his plate. Hope you guys stay safe and healthy. BTW nice Milwaukee sweatshirt.
There's an application of solar panels where they hang them vertically and you have about 25 feet between them which ends up producing more power through the day than the sloped mounts - costs a lot less to do, they stay cleaner, they're easier to clean and you can plant shorter crops between them.
An apron chain just laid loose in the dump body that can be tied onto something in the barn then collected at a later time makes an excellent quick-unload tool for dump-beds. You just need 3 or 4 anchor points and give the bet maybe 20° then drive out from under the load. The main thing is finding something to anchor to like a couple large tractors or some really strong anchors run through the barn floor. There was a company at one time that made a single stroke chain that you had to pull back in yourself that had a set of sprockets at the back but they liked to pop right off the sprocket system.
Have a good friend at milk cows back when I did. He had some Jersey Holstein crosses I said well that would be a good combination he said yeah he said he'd like a horse and milk like a goat.lol!
No shortage of things to do. Morning and evening milking takes varying amounts of time based on the herd size besides all the other farm activities. Hate to see farmland re-purposed for solar/development/etc. Once it's gone, farmers have to keep increasing yields on the remaining land to maintain production. They're phasing out coal-fired power plants here in Ohio too. At our electric co-op meetings the importance of baseline power generation has repeatedly been emphasized. A transition to battery powered vehicles will only increase the demand.
I know farming you do have long days I know all about it hang in there Brent makes me so nervous being on top of the truck just be very careful love you guys ❤❤
I remember seeing the white wrapped bales of hay and they were spread all evenly on a pretty green field . My kids who were 3 and 9 were in the car so I said "hey kids look at the giant marshmallow farm !"
Hi Taylor. I have been watching for several months, and want to complement you on your camera work. Makes me feel like I am there in the barns, in the tractor or wherever and having a conversation with you. Good job and keep making great videos.
There is a coal fired power plant here in my town in central Minnesota that is being phased out. Theyre taking 6,000 acres of irrigated farm land(owned by power company) out of production and installing solar panels! What a waste of good farm ground! Enjoy your show! I like that youre not afraid of getting dirty!
I thought sending you the cleaner links was a nice touch. I agree with Brent. Not much use for solar panels at least not set on acreage. They ugly up the landscape really fast. Actually, I think putting them on building roofs makes more sense because you already have the building there and aren't using any more land. Great video Taylor. keep at it!
Hi Taylor, the cows seem happy chilling out in the stalls, especially when it's cold outside. The heifers have grown so much, it must be having their own barn that's doing it. The muck cleaner is co-operating, so your repair job was successful. You have received from a farmer a couple of near new chain links to help you out, such a nice guy. It's amazing how nature is helping the damaged teet heal so well on the cow. When will your weather realise its spring, cause i know you are busting to get in the fields on a tractor. Thanks for the video. Chris from Australia 🇦🇺.
Hi Taylor and Brent just finished watching you’re awesome video love how you explain all work you do and Brent wonderful guy and as always you both be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I love your videos Taylor and I thought that was funny giving one cow her morning donut, I worked on dairy and hog farm and the owner would feed the pigs donuts and then mix some in with the cows feed
Good morning Taylor. Lovely video as always from you. Loved the donut scene 😊. You should call her daisy donut Ha ha. Please say hello to Brent for me and as always Taylor stay safe and well 🙏. Kind regards from all of us in Ireland Patrick Brazil. 😅
Hi Taylor thanks for sharing another awesome video again. Looks like the heifers are doing really good in the other barn,Brent's makes using the skidsteer look so easy, great job cleaning the barn out. Thanks again take care and stay safe 👍 😊.
I always enjoy going for a tractor ride.Thanks for A GREAT VIDEO.Take care and stay safe.The cow eating the donut was special.very interesting about the slatted feeders.
Thank you for the video, like you, always enjoyed when the Hoards Dairy publication showed up in the mail each month. I still get it on-line, yet it not the same as years ago when you could keep in the cab and do a quick read of an article within. As you get older the small screen on one's phone is a pain in the butt to read.
My pleasure, thanks for joining me! I know what you mean to me there’s no comparison between reading something on a phone and actually holding a paper and flipping through it. It’s almost therapeutic! Don’t know why we had to digitize everything 😕
As an old farmer, I very much detest seeing solar panels on ag land, even if it's not used! and seeing tall cornstalks also, we chopped as close to the ground as possable!
People dont realize the complexities of farming not easy so many different aspect in farming if yu dont know ask dont make assumptions people think new equipment less problems not true cost alot more money to repair doing a great job
Thank you for another wonderful video. Those solar panels can go. My brother-n-law has them near his pasture and continues to scare his cows. Anyway keep farming
Good morning sweetheart another great video. I’m glad the barn cleaners working well and that cows udder looks pretty good. We have them damn solar panels going around here. It’s horrible to see them things everywhere. They don’t put them in the villages or the city. They put them out in the country so we have to look at them. Hope you’re staying warm up there.🤗
here in wisconsin every low spot every slew hole are ALLL dry have been since fall. we are so dry here it doesnt look good. we are in a complete burning ban and have been for a month
Another great video youngin, they are getting fields really to plant here. I still try to help when i can with tillage and what not. Definitely my favorite time of the year. Everyone in Northeast Arkansas says hey Taylor 🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️😁👍🙏🚜🐄🐄🐄
Is the motor 14.36 trying to turn or just hmmm. Likely starting capacitor not energized from corroded dirty points inside motor. Usually corrosion opens contact. Nights are short so we do take cat naps between 16 hour day, if we can, wake up may be ruff but makes farming much safer
A lot of it depends on the land that it goes on. Generally prime farm land and in the north east they aren't the greatest due to the weather i.e. clouds and snow for 2/3 of the year. There are better options for producing energy and the land most solar panels end up on.
I did not know that (some) cows liked donuts!! Glad to see that the cow that has the cut teet is healing well! I'm with yall on the 'renewable' energy stuff!
Some certainly do, but then other will look at ya like you’ve got two heads if you offer them one😂. Thanks so much for watching! Hope you and George are doing well 😀
We had a nice nuclear power plant here in northeast Wisconsin. They shut down 10 years ago now they’re wasting all the land around it on solar panels 800 acres of good Crable farmland just sickens a person.
And the thing is all the waste from that plant would fit in a suitcase, but now we’ve got acres and acres of wasted land and tons of panels that will someday be junk metal..
Brent is right by telling them to go pound sand the problem in this country is greed traditions don’t mean anything these days. Parents don’t make their kids work because teachers tell them that’s abuse. People need to realize the small farmers built this country and they continue to push us around like a garbage can
@@tayfarms I'm do good. It was really windy here in Pennsylvania yesterday...well Wednesday but it's nicer out today...but cold..totally ready for warm weather
Donuts aren't breakfast. Donuts are junk food. High fiber like oatmeal, whole wheat muffins, High protein like egg and cheese omelets, nut butters on whole grain toast, whole grain pancakes. Hard working bodies need to be maintained with balanced nutrition.
He doesn't need to sell anything he needs to start replacing and repairing things you can take for so long but if you don't put money back into then you have a bunch of junk like you have. you can buy barn cleaners or parts he refuses to repair pretty much anything. Your equipment is junk I don't get a milk checks but I don't let my equipment look or work like that get 2 links for barn cleaners from a viewer he should be ashamed of himself sell the farm to someone who cares
Okay so normally I wouldn’t even respond to a comment like yours, but… if you don’t get a milk check then clearly you’re not a dairy farmer and don’t know the actually state of the industry. Times are HARD. Very hard. And every penny that is made is pretty much accounted for by the time you even receive it. Brent is frugal because he has to be and I will not let anyone drag him down for that. He has successfully paid for and run a farm for close to thirty years and he is continuing do so even in the toughest conditions the dairy industry has seen in nearly 40 years. He gets the most out of everything he can(such as the barn chain) because we can deal with that frustration if it means we save money for catastrophic breakdowns. I for one believe he is doing a fine job. If you don’t like it then don’t watch…
So, you don't get a milk check, as Taylor said, there is a lot you don't know. First, dairy farmers are price takers. They don't know what they got paid for the milk until the check comes and they have little control over the price paid. It's like you go to work and have no idea how big or small your paycheck will be until you get it. So yes, they have to be frugal and prioritize what they spend money on. I would in no way say Brent (and Taylor) don't know what they are doing, their equipment may not be new, and not pretty, but it is generally in good repair and I would guess paid for. Too much debt will put a farm or any business out of business in a hurry. The fact that the fields grow hay and not houses is proof enough that they know what they are doing. It's easy to criticize when you haven't walked in their shoes.
Im not a dairy farmer but I farm here in Minnesota, my family got out of dairy back in the 90s. My neighbors are dairy farmers and they are barely getting by. Ive seen many go under and the first to fall were the guys with all new fancy equipment. Obviously you dont get a milk check so you have no clue of their situation. You also need to learn some manners, if you dont have anything good to say keep it to yourself.
Good morning Taylor. I know farming can be tiring because it requires some long hours every day but to me that work was very always rewarding because you knew it was honest work. Something that is missing in today’s world. In the last year Wisconsin has lost over 450 farms. Most of them family farms and it is so sad to see so many empty barns as you drive through the country. 😞I really enjoy watching your videos because of the hard work you and Brent do. So keep farming, keep smiling, and stay positive. 🐄🚜😉
The worst thing is an empty barn doesn’t last long it needs animals to keep it alive. Sad
Hi! You are 100% right, nothing compares to the feeling of accomplishment when you work honestly and hard! Very sad about all the farms going out in the last few years, its a shame because small farms are the life’s blood of American 🇺🇸 . Thank you so very much for your support!
Hello Taylor enjoyed your video have a great day.
Tell you what Taylor you ain't afraid to work that is for sure Good Video
I just had a bad flashback to being a teenager. The straw bed pack in the bottom of those old barns and hours and hours of shoveling into wheelbarrows then wheeling the poop outside 😂. No skidsteer around back in those days. 😊
Love seeing the Milwaukee sweatshirt represent wisconsin
Great video Taylor and Brent
😊 Thank you
The donut is precious!!
I know the owners of the farm you and Brent delivered to that's a Friend of mine's father that owns it now I used to help them get the cow's back in fence when ever they got out. If you keep going straight instead of taking the turn I live just down over the hill with the pond in front of the house.
Love your enthusiasm Taylor--you have found your greatest passion.
Good morning Taylor. Meanwhile here in Québec, a severe snowstorm is raging all over again , One foot of snow is predicted with 50 mph gusts of wind
We used to put bras on our largest cows after swelling to keep them from stepping on themselves. They were a pain to use but were a lot better than doctoring mastitis and losing quarters on our best cows. Well worth it because you usually know who is prone to injury.
Hi Taylor you were saying on your day off you awake at the same time tip for you drink a mug of chilled water guarantee to give you 3 hours extra sleep 🤗
Glad Cinnamon is doing better, she is a cute calf. The older heifers are growing fast. The cow that liked the donut was funny, there is a video going around of a guy that has a cow in his house and she keeps taking all the food off his plate. Hope you guys stay safe and healthy. BTW nice Milwaukee sweatshirt.
Love it. Taylor works hard. And enjoys it.
Your videos are always fun, Taylor. Also, Brent is 100% right about windmills and solar panels.
Hi Taylor thanks for a beautiful video
Thanks so much for watching!
There's an application of solar panels where they hang them vertically and you have about 25 feet between them which ends up producing more power through the day than the sloped mounts - costs a lot less to do, they stay cleaner, they're easier to clean and you can plant shorter crops between them.
An apron chain just laid loose in the dump body that can be tied onto something in the barn then collected at a later time makes an excellent quick-unload tool for dump-beds. You just need 3 or 4 anchor points and give the bet maybe 20° then drive out from under the load. The main thing is finding something to anchor to like a couple large tractors or some really strong anchors run through the barn floor. There was a company at one time that made a single stroke chain that you had to pull back in yourself that had a set of sprockets at the back but they liked to pop right off the sprocket system.
hi there interesting show thanks john
Have a good friend at milk cows back when I did. He had some Jersey Holstein crosses I said well that would be a good combination he said yeah he said he'd like a horse and milk like a goat.lol!
No shortage of things to do. Morning and evening milking takes varying amounts of time based on the herd size besides all the other farm activities. Hate to see farmland re-purposed for solar/development/etc. Once it's gone, farmers have to keep increasing yields on the remaining land to maintain production. They're phasing out coal-fired power plants here in Ohio too. At our electric co-op meetings the importance of baseline power generation has repeatedly been emphasized. A transition to battery powered vehicles will only increase the demand.
I know farming you do have long days I know all about it hang in there Brent makes me so nervous being on top of the truck just be very careful love you guys ❤❤
I remember seeing the white wrapped bales of hay and they were spread all evenly on a pretty green field . My kids who were 3 and 9 were in the car so I said "hey kids look at the giant marshmallow farm !"
Hi Taylor. I have been watching for several months, and want to complement you on your camera work. Makes me feel like I am there in the barns, in the tractor or wherever and having a conversation with you. Good job and keep making great videos.
Definitely agree with you both on this whole renewable energy crap.
Sou daqui do Brasil tenho visto vc e seu pai na lida vc e muito especial com certeza um orgulho pra seu pai parabéns
There is a coal fired power plant here in my town in central Minnesota that is being phased out. Theyre taking 6,000 acres of irrigated farm land(owned by power company) out of production and installing solar panels! What a waste of good farm ground!
Enjoy your show! I like that youre not afraid of getting dirty!
I thought sending you the cleaner links was a nice touch. I agree with Brent. Not much use for solar panels at least not set on acreage. They ugly up the landscape really fast. Actually, I think putting them on building roofs makes more sense because you already have the building there and aren't using any more land. Great video Taylor. keep at it!
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I agree with you and Brett, solar panels are terrible to look at. We have lots of them here in Vermont.
Good job Taylor. Also, glad to see the white truck is awake from its nap. Cheers 🍻
Thanks! I can’t wait to drive it this summer 😀
Hi Taylor, the cows seem happy chilling out in the stalls, especially when it's cold outside. The heifers have grown so much, it must be having their own barn that's doing it. The muck cleaner is co-operating, so your repair job was successful. You have received from a farmer a couple of near new chain links to help you out, such a nice guy. It's amazing how nature is helping the damaged teet heal so well on the cow. When will your weather realise its spring, cause i know you are busting to get in the fields on a tractor. Thanks for the video. Chris from Australia 🇦🇺.
Hi Taylor. I'm sure everyone on here is dying to know how you discovered that Daisy loves donuts. let me get my coffee. this should be a good one. LOL
Another great vid! Stay safe and have fun
Thanks, you too!
Hi Taylor and Brent just finished watching you’re awesome video love how you explain all work you do and Brent wonderful guy and as always you both be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
Awesome! Thank you!
@@tayfarms 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Ms.Tay keepin' it real!!!
I agree those slanted feeders are horrible on concrete I believe they were designed for turf where livestock have sure footing
God bless you Tay!!
I love your videos Taylor and I thought that was funny giving one cow her morning donut, I worked on dairy and hog farm and the owner would feed the pigs donuts and then mix some in with the cows feed
Leftover donuts? Never heard of such a thing! HaHa!!
Good morning Taylor. Lovely video as always from you. Loved the donut scene 😊. You should call her daisy donut
Ha ha. Please say hello to Brent for me and as always Taylor stay safe and well 🙏. Kind regards from all of us in Ireland Patrick Brazil. 😅
Thanks for sharing
It’s my pleasure, thank YOU for watching!
Good Morning Taylor.
Hi there!!🤗
I sold the dairy cows in ‘98 and I still can’t sleep in. lol
Hi Taylor thanks for sharing another awesome video again. Looks like the heifers are doing really good in the other barn,Brent's makes using the skidsteer look so easy, great job cleaning the barn out. Thanks again take care and stay safe 👍 😊.
It’s good to know your savior.
Have a great day, Taylor! 🐮 🏍🇺🇸🎒
Thank you, you too!
I hear you on the solar pannels, not the pretty's think to look at. My neighbour has some on his house roof.
Thanks for sharing, love to follow along with what you are doing!!!!
I always enjoy going for a tractor ride.Thanks for A GREAT VIDEO.Take care and stay safe.The cow eating the donut was special.very interesting about the slatted feeders.
Big snow storm coming next week maybe you can go snowmobileing 🤣😂👍🇺🇸
Thank you for the video, like you, always enjoyed when the Hoards Dairy publication showed up in the mail each month. I still get it on-line, yet it not the same as years ago when you could keep in the cab and do a quick read of an article within. As you get older the small screen on one's phone is a pain in the butt to read.
My pleasure, thanks for joining me! I know what you mean to me there’s no comparison between reading something on a phone and actually holding a paper and flipping through it. It’s almost therapeutic! Don’t know why we had to digitize everything 😕
Hoards Dairyman, wow blast from the past. I have
Hoard's "Drink more milk" bumper stickers on several of the vehicles.
Good morning Taylor really enjoy your videos Firs time I have ever seen a cow eat doughnuts lol Have a great day stay safe and enjoy your day
surprised any donut survived Tay
Enjoyed your video
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome video!
Thank you!
As an old farmer, I very much detest seeing solar panels on ag land, even if it's not used! and seeing tall cornstalks also, we chopped as close to the ground as possable!
Totally agree with Brent on the solar panels and what kind of environment the solar panel landfills will create.
Nice sweatshirt Taylor!
☺️Thanks!
Hi Taylor, I would rather see wind mills than solar panels,Ed from Vermont
I agree with ya there, between two they don’t look as bad and they don’t take up usable farmland
Love yall ❤
Gm 75 here and mowing lawns
Enjoy it for me!!😀
People dont realize the complexities of farming not easy so many different aspect in farming if yu dont know ask dont make assumptions people think new equipment less problems not true cost alot more money to repair doing a great job
Thank you for another wonderful video. Those solar panels can go. My brother-n-law has them near his pasture and continues to scare his cows. Anyway keep farming
Thanks so much for watching!😀 Poor cows, takes them a long time to get used to different things. Have a wonderful day
Looking good be safe
Good morning sweetheart another great video. I’m glad the barn cleaners working well and that cows udder looks pretty good. We have them damn solar panels going around here. It’s horrible to see them things everywhere. They don’t put them in the villages or the city. They put them out in the country so we have to look at them. Hope you’re staying warm up there.🤗
here in wisconsin every low spot every slew hole are ALLL dry have been since fall. we are so dry here it doesnt look good. we are in a complete burning ban and have been for a month
Another great video
I had a bull on the farm I worked on that loved loved Mountain dew he would open up and pick his head up and drink it down lol
Doing a good job.
Another great video youngin, they are getting fields really to plant here. I still try to help when i can with tillage and what not. Definitely my favorite time of the year. Everyone in Northeast Arkansas says hey Taylor 🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️😁👍🙏🚜🐄🐄🐄
Enjoyed the video
Great!🙂 Thanks for watching
All cows love bread
Is the motor 14.36 trying to turn or just hmmm. Likely starting capacitor not energized from corroded dirty points inside motor. Usually corrosion opens contact. Nights are short so we do take cat naps between 16 hour day, if we can, wake up may be ruff but makes farming much safer
I don't understand why some people are so against solar panels. We need to keep our options open.
A lot of it depends on the land that it goes on. Generally prime farm land and in the north east they aren't the greatest due to the weather i.e. clouds and snow for 2/3 of the year. There are better options for producing energy and the land most solar panels end up on.
ANOTHER GREAT JOB AN VIDEOS LOVE YOUR CHANNEL 😊😅😢😂
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😀 thanks for watching!
First !!!! 🆒 Video Taylor !!!!!
I agree with Brent on the solar panels and windmills. They are always trying to get more farmland to cover it up with these solar farms.
I did not know that (some) cows liked donuts!! Glad to see that the cow that has the cut teet is healing well! I'm with yall on the 'renewable' energy stuff!
Some certainly do, but then other will look at ya like you’ve got two heads if you offer them one😂. Thanks so much for watching! Hope you and George are doing well 😀
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Somethings Wrong....Taylor's.....Hands ...R STIL ...Clean!!!
To soon to put up the snowmobiles
How often do you have to lay sawdust down there?
Dairy farmers work eight hour days, …. One before lunch and one after lunch. 😀
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We had a nice nuclear power plant here in northeast Wisconsin. They shut down 10 years ago now they’re wasting all the land around it on solar panels 800 acres of good Crable farmland just sickens a person.
And the thing is all the waste from that plant would fit in a suitcase, but now we’ve got acres and acres of wasted land and tons of panels that will someday be junk metal..
Brent is right by telling them to go pound sand the problem in this country is greed traditions don’t mean anything these days. Parents don’t make their kids work because teachers tell them that’s abuse. People need to realize the small farmers built this country and they continue to push us around like a garbage can
👍 I agree about the solar panels
Good morning 🌞 great video ✌🏻💯🌻💚🌱
Good morning, Thank you so much!😊
@@tayfarms hope you are having a great day 💯 pretty Cold 🥶 in Pennsylvania today 💯✌🏻💜🌞😎
Same here! Even got some snow ❄️☺️
@@tayfarms won't be long you will be chasing Hay Fields putting up Hay! Enjoying the 🌞 on a tractor 🚜
Good day guys
😀👍🏻 Thanks!
Oh sure the cow gets a donut, but me? Noooo...
Good Morning Taylor. How are you my friend
Good morning! I’m doing well and how about yourself? We’ve had some pretty crappy weather though!
@@tayfarms I'm do good. It was really windy here in Pennsylvania yesterday...well Wednesday but it's nicer out today...but cold..totally ready for warm weather
Saw your hoodie. What’s the Milwaukee connection?
from durham england u need your own farm
Taylor, do you want some help putting the self tapping screws in that panel above your head on the Kubota for you?
Feed me a donut I will be your friend too. js
I feel the same about panels and wind machines. They totally ruined our country with thousands of machines.
Donuts aren't breakfast. Donuts are junk food. High fiber like oatmeal, whole wheat muffins, High protein like egg and cheese omelets, nut butters on whole grain toast, whole grain pancakes. Hard working bodies need to be maintained with balanced nutrition.
He doesn't need to sell anything he needs to start replacing and repairing things you can take for so long but if you don't put money back into then you have a bunch of junk like you have. you can buy barn cleaners or parts he refuses to repair pretty much anything. Your equipment is junk I don't get a milk checks but I don't let my equipment look or work like that get 2 links for barn cleaners from a viewer he should be ashamed of himself sell the farm to someone who cares
Okay so normally I wouldn’t even respond to a comment like yours, but… if you don’t get a milk check then clearly you’re not a dairy farmer and don’t know the actually state of the industry. Times are HARD. Very hard. And every penny that is made is pretty much accounted for by the time you even receive it. Brent is frugal because he has to be and I will not let anyone drag him down for that. He has successfully paid for and run a farm for close to thirty years and he is continuing do so even in the toughest conditions the dairy industry has seen in nearly 40 years. He gets the most out of everything he can(such as the barn chain) because we can deal with that frustration if it means we save money for catastrophic breakdowns. I for one believe he is doing a fine job. If you don’t like it then don’t watch…
He's just jealous that you and Brent can deal with the issues that come with dairy farming, and he cant.
So, you don't get a milk check, as Taylor said, there is a lot you don't know. First, dairy farmers are price takers. They don't know what they got paid for the milk until the check comes and they have little control over the price paid. It's like you go to work and have no idea how big or small your paycheck will be until you get it. So yes, they have to be frugal and prioritize what they spend money on. I would in no way say Brent (and Taylor) don't know what they are doing, their equipment may not be new, and not pretty, but it is generally in good repair and I would guess paid for. Too much debt will put a farm or any business out of business in a hurry. The fact that the fields grow hay and not houses is proof enough that they know what they are doing. It's easy to criticize when you haven't walked in their shoes.
If you have nothing good to say, keep your mouth shut.
Im not a dairy farmer but I farm here in Minnesota, my family got out of dairy back in the 90s. My neighbors are dairy farmers and they are barely getting by. Ive seen many go under and the first to fall were the guys with all new fancy equipment. Obviously you dont get a milk check so you have no clue of their situation. You also need to learn some manners, if you dont have anything good to say keep it to yourself.
Great response to user-rywhatever
Thanks🙂