Looking forward to see if you incorporate some type of tillage, maybe ripper, to loosen up the compacted soil. Was quite interesting to see differences with corn a few videos ago.
It's amazing to me how the build up formed on the concrete, but you got it taken care of with the skid loader bucket. You have a nice and simple system on the white board, tracking the treatment of the cows, I like it.
Eric- we live in KS and have lived in PA in our past. We love watching your videos and have a deep respect for your family history and your desire to preserve it. When you mention your Dad is vacationing in the mountains- we lived in the area of PA where he visits. My Dad was a former Mennonite Pastor in that area. My husband and I were also dairy farmers early in our marriage and can identify with your work ethics as we watch. We KNOW how much time you spend daily on the job. We love to watch you work- anything you have to show in detail is fine. We also notice the kindness and care you give to your cows- you and your family are a gift from God. May the Lord continue to bless you and Emily as you nurture your littlest blessings.
Cool video bro. I'd like to see you do a test trial on till or no till. Personally I'd till 5" and wait 24, 36 hours before planting. The continuous practice of no till. You end up with impacted soil which isn't a healthy head start for root structure to reach into the soil web of nutrients. I believe you'll see a 30% difference in yield. Split each field in half. It won't bankrupt you and you'll end up with solid data in your farm for the future. Best wishes.
Honestly, I don't think anything can be worse than tilling your soil. You cant judge no till just because you tried it once on a field that has been tilled for years, it has to be built up over time, and I can easily go and scoop up a handful of our no till soil. Whereas soil that has been till normally settles and gets hard as a brick until the next time you till, and when you do till, if the wind is blowing you lose lots of your valuable top soil. I recommend you doing some research and trying no till, but you can't just do it once and form an opinion, you have to give it a fair chance and build up the soil to it. We've been doing it for over 30 years, and our soil gets better every year
It’s interesting the same terminology in beef cattle ranching here in Montana means something totally different. To us, our dry cows are ones that came up not bred when pregnancy checked in the fall. Excellent channel!
Eric, thanks for your explanations in your videos. Your thoroughness is great for people who have questions. I thought that paste you put into the teat stayed there until after drying off period, but logically it did not make sense. I figured body temp would melt it or it would work it’s way up or down. I thought it was just there for a few days (long enough to stop infections) and then dissolved. Very interesting. Thanks again. 🏍🇺🇸🎒
A lot of farms up here in Central WI don't even raise heifers. They'll convert heifer facilities to dry and prefresh cows. Breed all the cows to Angus or limousine.sell the calves. Then they buy all there cows at sale barns.
My day is only complete when I see cows doing the new bedding "happy dance". lol it never fails. As soon as they're released, the back legs come up and the dance begins. And it's every single animal no matter how old. It must be genetic.
I'm with you the more the cows are out the better for them. The air is better, they get exercise and that makes a happy cow. Fresh grass is great too ! I love this channel glad I joined.
For the teat seal if you grab the bottom of the teat and push all the milk up into the udder and then put it in and pull down on the teat until a little bit comes up it nice a nice glob and seals way better
An excellent educational video Eric. Great Job. Super editing. You remind of my day watching you on the bobcat. Like my dad, your operating of the bucket was like a extension of your hands & fingers. Skillful!
Hi Eric, i can see your family run a very efficient operation looking after your cows and calves. From new born heifers up to the mature milking herd and everything in between. I was wondering if there is a specific age or time you stop milking the cows? Its never a dull moment on your farm, always something different to do. Thanks for sharing. Chris from Australia 🇦🇺.
Idk about eric, but on our farm, we normally milk them until they start to get "old" which is usually around 7-10 years old. And then cull them, but there are some younger cows that we sell because they don't do as well as we want or never really had a general liking for them lol(rambunctious acting, never cooperates, always doing something stupid...etc. but for the most part, there isn't that problem🙃🙃
Very educational video: Reminder to lock your bucket in place lol I actually noticed when you were getting the manure bucket that the auto-locks didn't move
I would tell people that dairy cows get their maternity leave 60 days before they have a baby. It seemed to connect better. You are doing a great job Agvocating for the business. Kudos!👍👍
Eric, even though you put a week's worth of work into your videos. They still leave us wanting more, having GREAT CONTENT will do that to your viewers.
Actually it is good filming Eric! Lol I've personally never said it but dude you do a real good job at filming in my opinion. You rarely leave us hanging. I think you guys have a pretty cool farm it really reminds me of our family farm when I was young you and your dad are a good team!
I’ve been viewing/subscribed to your channel for a couple of years now, and enjoy each video you post. I grew up in Rising Sun Maryland which is rich in dairy and general farming. Had a few childhood friends who were in dairy farm families and it was always so much fun spending time on those farms! Those visits created life long memories for me! The best was building forts in the hay barns and just being around such a wholesome environment. Thanks is not enough words for all you and your 10 generations have done, and are still doing, for our society today. Love the channel and please keep it going! P.S. the only other dairy channel I subscribe to is Tom Pemberton’s in the UK.
You would probably enjoy watching I Farm You Farm. A small dairy farm in Ireland. Adrian (he is the farmer) is a hoot, plus I adore his Irish accent. He is a hard worker too.
Eric, Did you consider using use sweeping brush attachment? Seems to me scraping like that will wear down the grooves quite quickly. Maybe try power washing then use your bunker cleaning attachment to finish cleaning it.
You know SuskDutchKod said something along the lines of “someone had mentioned to him that drying off cows was taking a towel to them or something like that…. Lol great video
No worries on the camera drop. You cameraman, producer, director, star and grip boy all in one. Hey, do you know what they used to do with dry cows before they had the tubes?
Here’s a trick take a bucket and dump a bucket or to of water on the cross alley before you bring cows over it then clean it off when your done moving cows across
Eric, if you had all the necessary resources available, would you want to change to a circular rotating milking parlor or would you prefer robot milking machines or stay as you are ? Just curious. Going to ask SaskDutchKid aka Jan the same question.
Idk if you still read comments but my 4yo old has been watching you every night before bed since he was old enough to pay attention to his surroundings. It would amazing for him if you said "thanks for watching, Samuel" at the end of a video. 😂😂 Been many years of watching and sharing your channel with friends and family 😊
Eric I would love to help you out if you ever need anything as far as bearings or chain or gearboxes or motors give me a call. I also might have a good solution for the build up of material on the concrete
I thought you had gone to selective dry treating, not so?? Don't you wish you had a drafting system so that they could hold cows that you needed work with? Are heifers confirmed pregnant by blood test or palpation?
Looking forward to see if you incorporate some type of tillage, maybe ripper, to loosen up the compacted soil. Was quite interesting to see differences with corn a few videos ago.
It's amazing to me how the build up formed on the concrete, but you got it taken care of with the skid loader bucket. You have a nice and simple system on the white board, tracking the treatment of the cows, I like it.
Eric- we live in KS and have lived in PA in our past. We love watching your videos and have a deep respect for your family history and your desire to preserve it. When you mention your Dad is vacationing in the mountains- we lived in the area of PA where he visits. My Dad was a former Mennonite Pastor in that area.
My husband and I were also dairy farmers early in our marriage and can identify with your work ethics as we watch. We KNOW how much time you spend daily on the job. We love to watch you work- anything you have to show in detail is fine. We also notice the kindness and care you give to your cows- you and your family are a gift from God. May the Lord continue to bless you and Emily as you nurture your littlest blessings.
Feels like you could use one of those rotating brush attachments for the skid steer. Of course easy for me to say when i dont need to pay for it!
Im pretty sure they have one they use for cleaning the bunkers.
Cool video bro. I'd like to see you do a test trial on till or no till. Personally I'd till 5" and wait 24, 36 hours before planting. The continuous practice of no till. You end up with impacted soil which isn't a healthy head start for root structure to reach into the soil web of nutrients. I believe you'll see a 30% difference in yield. Split each field in half. It won't bankrupt you and you'll end up with solid data in your farm for the future. Best wishes.
Honestly, I don't think anything can be worse than tilling your soil. You cant judge no till just because you tried it once on a field that has been tilled for years, it has to be built up over time, and I can easily go and scoop up a handful of our no till soil. Whereas soil that has been till normally settles and gets hard as a brick until the next time you till, and when you do till, if the wind is blowing you lose lots of your valuable top soil. I recommend you doing some research and trying no till, but you can't just do it once and form an opinion, you have to give it a fair chance and build up the soil to it. We've been doing it for over 30 years, and our soil gets better every year
It’s interesting the same terminology in beef cattle ranching here in Montana means something totally different. To us, our dry cows are ones that came up not bred when pregnancy checked in the fall. Excellent channel!
Eric, thanks for your explanations in your videos. Your thoroughness is great for people who have questions. I thought that paste you put into the teat stayed there until after drying off period, but logically it did not make sense. I figured body temp would melt it or it would work it’s way up or down. I thought it was just there for a few days (long enough to stop infections) and then dissolved. Very interesting. Thanks again.
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The moving cows went very well a good design on the new barn things go easy like it should.
Thanks for bringing us along on your adventures! I follow several ag. related channels and this is the best!
got to love demo units! exciting.
It’s funny those cows would rather stay in the barn than outside. That corn crop is really looking good Eric.
A lot of farms up here in Central WI don't even raise heifers. They'll convert heifer facilities to dry and prefresh cows. Breed all the cows to Angus or limousine.sell the calves. Then they buy all there cows at sale barns.
That sounds like a genetics pot luck
Where at in central wi ?
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Though about doing this for years, but contracting with one larger dairy for replacements.
Like how farms work he raises angus
My day is only complete when I see cows doing the new bedding "happy dance". lol it never fails. As soon as they're released, the back legs come up and the dance begins. And it's every single animal no matter how old. It must be genetic.
Oh I love that, it never ceases to make me happy😂😂
I've noticed the Veggie Boys' cattle do that too when they get fresh bedding. Always makes me smile.
Appreciate the extra details!
I'm with you the more the cows are out the better for them. The air is better, they get exercise and that makes a happy cow. Fresh grass is great too ! I love this channel glad I joined.
For the teat seal if you grab the bottom of the teat and push all the milk up into the udder and then put it in and pull down on the teat until a little bit comes up it nice a nice glob and seals way better
Herd is looking good. You and Dad have so much maintenance everyday to keep your place running well. See you next video,
Cows are so funny! They're so curious and interested in what you're doing
Nosy Nancy's! But so funny 😂
Always interesting never gets old! 😂 I love looking at the cows…and how careful you are with them!!
A lot of chess being played, moving cows from here to there. You and your dad do a great job of looking after the herd. Stay safe.
I love these herd management videos. They teach me so much about the nuts and bolts of the farm! Great video AS USUAL! 😁
I was just wondering this afternoon how you new dog was doing, glad you showed it.
When you dry cows 🐄 do you use a big big towel 😊😊 from the imperial county California 👍🚜
We had to lock the heifers outside, was always a challenge to get them to stay outside. How is the solar project going?
I enjoy watching your videos so much. I’ve learned so much from you over the last 2-3 years
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How are you liking being in the new house? Are ya unpacked? Love the video's.
An excellent educational video Eric. Great Job. Super editing. You remind of my day watching you on the bobcat. Like my dad, your operating of the bucket was like a extension of your hands & fingers. Skillful!
Hi Eric, i can see your family run a very efficient operation looking after your cows and calves. From new born heifers up to the mature milking herd and everything in between. I was wondering if there is a specific age or time you stop milking the cows? Its never a dull moment on your farm, always something different to do. Thanks for sharing. Chris from Australia 🇦🇺.
Idk about eric, but on our farm, we normally milk them until they start to get "old" which is usually around 7-10 years old. And then cull them, but there are some younger cows that we sell because they don't do as well as we want or never really had a general liking for them lol(rambunctious acting, never cooperates, always doing something stupid...etc. but for the most part, there isn't that problem🙃🙃
a really awesome video.. love watching you and your dad working together. love you guys. be careful
Have you ever considered cutting some (~1/32”) grooves in the calf barn? I think it may be a worthwhile investment.
Very educational video: Reminder to lock your bucket in place
lol I actually noticed when you were getting the manure bucket that the auto-locks didn't move
0:50 Gotta love Eric humor.
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Hey Eric thanks for explaining what drying off means. I always wondered.
Eric what about using the broom that you use to clean the bunkers with? Airports use brooms to remove ice from the runways in the same manner.
For sure you’re doing a good job. Keep up the good work.👍👍👍🇺🇸
I love your videos all a way from south africa 🇿🇦 ❤🎉
Show more pasture video with the girls enjoying it!! It's so awesome and a feel good energy ❤
Can't wait for you to get started with silage.
Do seal the teats after dry treating? we always did that seem to help with SCC
Herd dog was napping. Such a cutie.
I would tell people that dairy cows get their maternity leave 60 days before they have a baby. It seemed to connect better. You are doing a great job Agvocating for the business. Kudos!👍👍
Eric, even though you put a week's worth of work into your videos. They still leave us wanting more, having GREAT CONTENT will do that to your viewers.
Please mention the intrammary tube for clinical mastitis
Actually it is good filming Eric! Lol I've personally never said it but dude you do a real good job at filming in my opinion. You rarely leave us hanging. I think you guys have a pretty cool farm it really reminds me of our family farm when I was young you and your dad are a good team!
I’ve been viewing/subscribed to your channel for a couple of years now, and enjoy each video you post. I grew up in Rising Sun Maryland which is rich in dairy and general farming. Had a few childhood friends who were in dairy farm families and it was always so much fun spending time on those farms! Those visits created life long memories for me! The best was building forts in the hay barns and just being around such a wholesome environment. Thanks is not enough words for all you and your 10 generations have done, and are still doing, for our society today. Love the channel and please keep it going! P.S. the only other dairy channel I subscribe to is Tom Pemberton’s in the UK.
You would probably enjoy watching I Farm You Farm. A small dairy farm in Ireland. Adrian (he is the farmer) is a hoot, plus I adore his Irish accent. He is a hard worker too.
Thanks for sharing your work with us this afternoon. Great video.
Like seeing the calves.
Great job getting it all done.
Eric, Did you consider using use sweeping brush attachment? Seems to me scraping like that will wear down the grooves quite quickly.
Maybe try power washing then use your bunker cleaning attachment to finish cleaning it.
Great video. Awesome the solar is almost online. God Bless.
Eric, thanks for your explanations in your videos
Jumpin'...Happy 🐄🐄🐄🐄 on the new pack! Good work 9th and 10th gen dairymen!! I'd raise a Clover Dairy chokolate to you iiho...!
I hope you'll livestream while working with the cows someday and to interact with you as well 😁
built that barn 2 years ago? wow time sure does fly
Great video can't wait for the next one
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Excellent video Eric! Thanks!
Is there a chance you will ever buy the farm you rent? And do you your father have any succession plans?
I always love seeing the young calves. Stay well my friend!❤(Robin)
Well done ginger guy love your work.
Moo-man.
How many solar panels? I had 50 put on my house. I can only imagine how many you have!
Another great video 👍
I love how clumsy calves and heifers are 😅
Pressure washer on the cow crossing? Wet it, let soak, rinse? :D
You know SuskDutchKod said something along the lines of “someone had mentioned to him that drying off cows was taking a towel to them or something like that…. Lol great video
Always interesting. Thanks for sharing 😊
Give Samuel a shout out! Great PR
I like your inspector
No worries on the camera drop. You cameraman, producer, director, star and grip boy all in one. Hey, do you know what they used to do with dry cows before they had the tubes?
great video as always
Erik you need a hydraulic brush attachment. Like a street sweeper. That will take care of it. Get it wet and let her rip.
thanks Eric!
how many KW's will your solar panels produce ?
Maybe extend your hose out to there and spray that after every milking ?
Here’s a trick take a bucket and dump a bucket or to of water on the cross alley before you bring cows over it then clean it off when your done moving cows across
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How long do you keep your cows before you replace them?
How long do you typically keep a dairy cow?
Eric, if you had all the necessary resources available, would you want to change to a circular rotating milking parlor or would you prefer robot milking machines or stay as you are ? Just curious. Going to ask SaskDutchKid aka Jan the same question.
Might want one of those Harbor freight fans. 😊
The goal of this video was to say tete and utter as many times as possible. 😂
If you put a lick tub out in the pasture the heifers might make trips out to lick on the tub
Do you also trim the hoofs or have someone do it
They hire a hoof trimmer.
Hey Eric i see saskudutchkid pressure washes it because there’s get dirty to
Very cool video thanks
❤ lot of hard work
I like the format of the videos. Get a bit of everything
Another very interesting video Thank you
Idk if you still read comments but my 4yo old has been watching you every night before bed since he was old enough to pay attention to his surroundings. It would amazing for him if you said "thanks for watching, Samuel" at the end of a video. 😂😂 Been many years of watching and sharing your channel with friends and family 😊
This is pathetic sir. Teach your child what an entertainer is and be a role model yourself.
Love ur videos
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What is the dog called
Eric
I would love to help you out if you ever need anything as far as bearings or chain or gearboxes or motors give me a call. I also might have a good solution for the build up of material on the concrete
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Cool Eric
Do you have seath RUclips channel?
Are your cows allowed to roam the land, eat grass and absorb sunshine or rain or snow?
If yes, Wei do you not show them roaming. 2:48
Their active milk heard, no. Their heifers and dry cows, yes. He has shown them on pasture in other videos.
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I thought you had gone to selective dry treating, not so?? Don't you wish you had a drafting system so that they could hold cows that you needed work with? Are heifers confirmed pregnant by blood test or palpation?
Do you think the cows have cow friends and know each other, like a dog or cat will?
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