We SPILLED CORN While Loading the Truck! Touring a NEW Hog Barn with Randy
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- Опубликовано: 10 фев 2025
- We finished hauling corn to the ethanol plant, and spilled some grain while doing it. After Dad and I cleaned it up, Randy and I went to visit the Big Stone Hutterite Colony near Graceville, MN where they recently built a brand new hog barn. They also built their own feed mill and grain storage facility. A lot of their work is done right on the farm, where they have a metal fabrication shop to do their own work, along with work for customers. They build VERY NICE, high quality stuff!!!
If you're interested in having them do some work for you, send them an Email at bigstonefabricating@gmail.com
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I have worked with a Hutterite colony in the past. All of their equipment is top notch. While we build storages out of metal, the colony build theirs with concrete. It’s just amazing the different skills the colony has. From making furniture to making their own potato diggers. And to top it off, they are very good people. Hats off to them.
I’m an ex Hutterite and I have to agree
They are closer to the fully industrial model than any family farm I am aware of.
Very interesting video should make people appreciate what goes into our food system taking care of the pigs in a safe environment.
I MEAN WOW!!! Thank you Zack and Randy. That was an awesomw tour.
FIRST! Anyone else ever spill corn? 🤦♂️
Oh yeah so annoying LOL
I’ve spilled some barley before! Not a fun time…
I spilled corn, rye and barley and potatoes my wife says..okay you've had enough!
My grandma always told me no sense crying over spilled corn
Yep, tipped a grain cart over leaving a field.
Zach, you keep making your channel more and more interesting with the different areas that you explore. This was truly a fantastic video with some very good explanations of what the process is for a Hog Barn. I hope that you can continue to show us more places like this - very, very interesting and educational. Thank you and Randy!
Nothing like the hog barn I used to pressure wash by hand over 35 years ago. Wow and thanks from this old farm hand!!!
That is one of the most interesting videos I have ever watched thank you and everyone one who was involved
Great Tour. A special thanks to the Big Stone Hutterite for the Access and Hospitality.
Colonies are such an interesting mix of old and new. They live a pretty simple life in some aspects, and use the highest levels technology in others.
I have always loved the idea of colonys. Have lots around here with 10k acres and over 100+ people living off of it! Definitely a simpler life but seems to work.
Amazing what you can do with cheap labour ! Ask what they pay there workers in the fabrication shop..
@@kylealder4525 they don’t pay them at all. It is a collective colony. Everyone who can works, everyone is part owner.
Farmed surrounded by Colony's.. have hired them.. had a room mate that was ex Colony.. when you are close enough to see and know the truth .. they are not pure and lovely... .. and if they went into other mainstream businesses with there cheap labour under the discise of religion there would be uproar.. they have ruined many family farms in many areas...
@@paulthiessen6444 Maybe if you're an elder. Otherwise your just a worker bee and hope you don't get expelled at some point.
Wow...I'm 65 years old, college educated, and have never heard of a Hutterite Colony. STILL LEARNING!! Gosh...such interesting content Zach!!!
I agree. I’m 53 and never heard of them. My ancestors were mennonites. Unfortunately our family branch moved away from them probably the last 100-150 years ago
I wish it was like this again.
Eshleman is the name
This was one of the most interesting videos I have seen for a long time. Never realized how big these colonies are.
It is always great to see the MAXIMUS controller on a barn tour. Thank you for choosing MAXIMUS!
Very interesting hog barn and fab shop tour. Thanks for sharing
They should have taken you to their Garden Center so you could have purchased some homemade bread, pie and honey. Great people at Big Stone. Our company was privileged to work with them on the project. It was good to see the completed project. The video shows the care the animals get on these farms.
Awesome video of the hog barn!! Amazing the technology now days!!
Here in Alberta the Hutterites are the main producers of hogs. And as you see it’s very advanced very clean massive barns Very expensive. But they do a great job. It’s quite impressive. I went on tour in person to a very large farrow to finish barn. It’s cool.
Hey Zack, this is AMAZING !! Welcome to pig/hog farming 2023 - American style !! Absolutely incredible how fully automated this facility is these days !!😮
Thank you so much for sharing !!
There's lots of big Hutterite colonies out here in Sask and Alberta and they're some of the nicest and kindest people Ive ever met
Well they’re killing family farms and ranches in my neighbourhood. No one can compete. There’s three colonies with in 20 miles of my place all farming over 40K acres; 2k beef cows; 400 dairy; plus hogs, geese, chickens and diversified into gravel/aggregates and manufacturing. They don’t pay into AISH/CPP and all collect pogi because individually they’re all living below the poverty line. Yet they’re all running the newest iron and pickups. One Deer dealer had a colony hired to assemble new seeders because they couldn’t do it as cheap as the dealers own shop.
They’re great in an emergency tho
@@heatherfraserdaley460 they are really no different than the big corporate farms in that regard. A good chunk of the acres we contract are either big corporate farms or colonies. I grew up on 280 acres with 39 head of dairy. That a hobby farm now!
@@paulthiessen6444 oh for sure they’re similar. There is a couple of those types of farms within 60 miles and more into feedlot alley but even they have a hard time competing. The rules the corporate farms have to play by with regards to their employees are on a whole other level. I guarantee the margins are a lot tighter for a corporate farm than a colony. I’ve had a Hutterite tell me the “We’ll have that piece of land paid off in three years with EI money”. Same way a lot of the Mennonite workers collect EI for the winter and go back to Mexico for the winter, a colony will “lay off” it’s farm crew for the winter and “rehire” in the spring. Obviously this trick only works on a larger colony with more workers but MNP does a fine job helping these boys work the system. Don’t kid yourself, they’re not the quaint little religious group they’d like you to believe.
Really? Do your math.. most colonys have over 100 people.. devide the land amongst the people. It's not never much
@@reubenhofer2787 ok here goes the argument and I’ll “do my math” Now your last name implies your either a run away or a rebel with tech frowned on by your church. My dad and I run 350 cows on 7000 acres. There’s seven of us if you count my kids under age 10. So that’s a 1000 acres per person and fifty cows. If you only count the working adults we’re at 1750 and 87 cows.
Now my nearest colony farms 40000 acres, runs 2000 beef cows on 30000 acres, milks 400 cows, has a 5000 head feedlot, 250 pigs, 1000 ewes, 500 layers, 100 geese. So at you 100 people each person farms 400 acres has 20 cows on 300 acres, milks four and feeds 50 cows, raises 2.5 pigs, 10 lambs, 5 chickens and a goose. Oh sorry I forgot about the seed cleaning plant, gravel pit, soy bean processing plant, precast concrete plant, and overhead door manufacture.
So person to person they don’t have much more sure. If you take out all the other businesses they don’t pay overtime to their workers on or pension or mandatory government employee insurance.
So why can’t I get my eye glasses or prescription drugs paid for by my government like them? I’m clearly earning less. Why is it I can’t get a 100 year mortgage to buy more land or upgrade a tractor or two? Why don’t they ever feel the call of patriotism and go fight for their country? Or how about we talk about the fact they have no problem screwing the old widow by being locked into rental rates that are 30 to 40 years old. If I want to rent something I’m paying $60 plus an acre or $3 a pair. I can count over ten instances where this colony alone is still at $15 and $0.75 a pair.
You want to talk about math ole son, it’s going to take more than your grade nine education to come at me.
What an amazing setup this place is. Thanks for sharing
This was very interesting, some very cool equipment in metal shop.
Very easy to Keep clean, fed, and cared for. What an incredible advantage.
That was VERY interesting!! Thanks for the tour and guide Randy and Zack!! Good show!! I feel the need for some pork chops!!
Zack, when you get 2 million subs you have to go sky diving. Who's with me on this?
Me !!!!
Do it in a duo rig, and let poor Didg finally participate.
I’m not asking that of him. That’s suicidal.
With Anna? Special forces style? :p
Why would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane???
The Colony has changed completely since I was there with family and friends in 1966. This is really totally impressive.
@@BravoSeven Saye in the title, Hutterites.
I had no idea about the Hutterites and had to look'em up. They immigrated to and settled in America in the mid to late 1800's to escape persecution in Europe. That they're here 150 years later and appear to be doing well makes me proud of America, proud to be American and proud that they are American, too. Religious Freedom in action.
@@FineFlourishes they are doing well in Canada as well. I deal with them quite a bit. Some people don’t like them, but like everyone, you need to understand a bit about their culture. To the it’s very important who the BOSS when you deal with them. They have a bit of a pecking order in the colony, and you need to prove who you are before they fully respect you.
@@paulthiessen6444 we are familiar with one SW of Red Deer. For sure a pecking order from top to bottom, but they are friendly people. They helped my father in-law when he had a blowout and did fencing for us on our farm. They also made some texas gates for us. They have the best equipment and as this video shows they are up on technology.
Man, that fabrication shop is impressive, and that weld was perfect!
Zack and Randy should go tour the colony that’s about 20 miles southeast of Big Stone. Awesome place! Very friendly people and also a very impressive manufacturing facility that utilizes state of the art machines. Don’t forget to stop by the garden center and get some home grown produce.😊😊
Just wanted to congrats on hitting 1 million subscribers, and then i thought i want somthing special from this moment, so i bought a mearch that i will have on me when i work on my farm hope everything goes as planed this year. From a farmer from sweden.
Super cool the technology used by the colony amazing work and quality that the do and get
My parents and grandparents grew up in Bigstone colony. Been forever since I been there.
Fricken laser beam… Love it Austin!
Minny Mo to the rescue again.
Enjoy your videos. Thank you and your family.
Always like to see the Moline working, ❤the sound of old tractors!
Thank you for showing us what it takes for us to have bacon or a spiral ham to purchase in the store. A lot of work and science involved in modern farming. J.Au-en
Very impressive place. The hog barn is so modern and then you go into a modern fab shop.
I have to say that when I started watching the part about the pig barn it was initially unsettling thinking that the pigs were only limited to that first little cage. Thankfully I continued watching to see the whole process of the barn and the fact that they get a large space to be in for some time before having more piglets. That is a very advanced operation but also somewhat more humane than some of the set ups I've seen. Thank you for adding this type of content and showing that not all commercial operations are production lines of breeding and weaning.
You two give a good tour, and without notes, too. Amazing. What an operation! tI would be interesting to know how much ongoing maintenance that place will need with the hundreds of sensors. I helped test a delivery system in a hospital years ago with lots of sensors that directed delivery boxes to their destinations. Hardly a day went by when they all worked as designed. Maintenance costs were many times what the developer claimed it should be. I imagine they have more reliable sensors these days but they'll still have to work after the dust starts flying and the ear tags are dirty.
Loved seeing family and friends in the video! These are hard working and friendly people. They make a great job when building and have done it once again! God Bless them.
I went through a Hutterite colony pig farrow barn setup 55 years ago. It too was state of the art back then for that era of time. It was also mostly built in there own shop, and by there own tradesman. I remember listening to the engineer/electrician that was responsible for that barn, the overall electrical was mind blowing. Every colony has everything of everything, self sufficient, with the best of the best of the best. We all could learn a thing or two from there governance.
Growing up my neighbor had a hog barn. Open shed pens full of mud and slop troughs. I'm amazed at the level of sophistication that has changed. Oh, and mama always knew when we boys had been around the hog pens. Made us change clothes outside. Wonder why?
In my area Hutterite colonies are no strangers around here. There are 11 colonies all within in 20 miles of me. None are no smaller then 12 sections and as big as 30. A lot of them also run a side business from making garbage bags, to crushing expired coke products. Average hog barn runs about 650 sow farrow to finish, and they are all automated like this one.
As a kid growing up in Graceville we drove by that place a lot.Boy have things changed.
That's some pretty impressive technology, thank you for sharing that Zach and Randy
GREAT to see Randy and Jim again, it's been a minute.
Simply amazing the technology that goes into agriculture now. It’s not just some pens with hogs inside. It’s all technical stuff that has far advanced what we once used.
You can just tell the people at Big Stone are very talented.
Thanks MPL, MF, and Mrs MF for the video. 😊🇺🇸
Randy nailed it.
I can't wait for planting season to start.
Yeah, Lack of content is bumming me out.
I agree can’t wait for things to get busier. His other channel is a good watch too. But yes farming content is always needed
it is absolutely mind blowing how far we have come with technology. its so much to take in but its so interesting it makes you want to learn all about it! if able, please keep us updated on this place. maybe when they are in full swing maybe we can get another video Zach??
I spend a day at Big Stone Colony. Knowing some Norwegian I could understand most German. Made the visit more fun once the kids knew I understood them. I spent time where they rebuilt a truck into a quality grain truck.
I bet the grain leg will be better quality then work done for Cole the Cornstar
Thanks for showing this, that was really interesting. In the early 80's I'd occasionally help my uncle and grandfather, both of whom worked for MoorMans feed. One of the accounts was a giant operation, I think it was for Oscar Meyer, some big name with a suitably big farm, well, farms. Aside from the automation, very similar. Heat pens, hospital pens, feed pens... Couple differences, and maybe its due to times changing etc, and the new one isn't in operation yet. We had to wash up and wear, well, more or less a hazmat looking suit and a mask before going into the area with the hogs. Not for our protection, but for the hogs. That place was really clean and serious about it staying that way. Second would be the floors, which were all metal grates. Kinda similar to a panel ceiling in how it was built. Learned a lot and appreciated the work that went into the food on our tables from everything back then.
As someone who is in the industrial maintenance field working on equipment like this, this set up is fantastic and appears well thought out down to every detail
Such an awesome place thanks for showing us
It's amazing, Randy is not just a master pipe layer he knows everything about pigs and names of all the equipment they use..... 🙃🙃
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🤣🤣🤣🐖🐖🐖
That fab shop is impressive!
Thank you for showing us a hutterite colony
Hey Zach, I saw sprayers in the field and some discing today. I'm in southern Indiana. Spring is coming! Just a couple of more weeks. Hang in there!
I'll have to show this to my brother-in-law. He has been raising hogs for over 30 years. He has automation in his barns but nothing like this. I bet he would have enjoyed a walk thru like this. That is quite the operation it looks like.
I was thinking back to all the things that we did by hand and by observations that this system does automatically. Farm Tech in the 21 century
Not much automation there!
video is awful. how can you watch it?
@@DoreenQuinn Awful? Why
@@DoreenQuinn then why did you continue watching the video
I’ve been to Big Stone colony back in the 90’s and made a delivery of grain. And also South Dakota and Montana. Some of the nicest people you will ever meet.
Ocean Scuba diving and coral reef scuba diving is an experience, too!
I appreciate you showing hog farming in a positive light! Most procedures are in place for the comfort of the pigs!
Larson's farm would be probably interested in seeing this video Dougo would probably went wow do like these tours that you give us Zach
Awesome video thanks for taking us on the hog barn tour
I love seeing that 1M subscribers!
I love that they have their own little feed mill and that they don't have to ask some other feed mill for feed!! They just make it themselves!! The feed mill I worked at in Stewart Minnesota has a similar setup like that!! It's pretty cool!! Great video as always!!
Nice tour. They have really expanded since I visited them 22 years ago. At that time, we were analyzing energy use for the facility. Small world Zach. Thank you.
Wow. Very impressive
Very interesting. Enjoy all your programs. Thank you.
'ol Moline doing some work again, i love it!Man that thing sounds nice!:)
That was a top video! Randy is sooooooo full of knowledge.
That was a GREAT tour! Thanks.
That is one heck of a system! I never knew there was so much involved and to make their own systems! They must have some pretty good staff there.
Was just going to inquire on how the MM heater was working, but had to add that colony tour was amazing!
Very informative, thanks Zach and Randy for sharing this.
Totally fascinating! Thanks for the video and thanks to the Colony for the open house. Very impressive.
Man that hog barn is the Cadillac of hog barns, that's impressive, thanks for sharing Zach an randy
Should have brought your dad and Jim. See if it's a little different than it was 50 years ago.
Just amazing what goes on today
Back in the 70s I was around a 3000
Head hog operation (40lbs to 220 lbs). And down the road was the
Sow and gestation barn along with the farrowing house ran by another guy. Amazing what goes on today !!!
These guys spent some serious money on their setup
Thank you and randy for showing that. Hog farming sure is changing 😊
Thanks zack and Randy for showing us this impressive hog operation truly amazing farm operation i'am impressed. Never seen anything like that I hope there very successful.
That whole video was very interesting! I thought the colony's new hog farm was amazing! Their technology was amazing!!!
Made my day seeing Jim
That hog farm was damn impressive! Bet those boys spent hours playing with Erector Sets as kids!!!
I really enjoyed the tour. I love when you and Randy do things together I got to meet him at con expo. great guy. I wish you guys would do America again together.
That is dang interesting. Thanks Zach 👍👍
that was great to see thanks
Great tour. Always a good video when Randy joins you.
Thanks Zach and Randy. This is a cool look into the tech of today and a group of people that you wouldn't think would embrace that tech. I live very close to an Amish community. There are also some Mennonites. It is amazing how intelligent they are. People think the Amish are backward because of their lifestyle but they can do more by hand and with their knowledge and common sense than most English can do with a machine. They only go to school a few months of the year and finish in 8 years, technically eighth grade. They are more intelligent than a lot of college grads. I am amazed every time I go visit a family I have known since I was a kid. It is so peaceful and quiet in the evenings after the work is done. You better be prepared to help from before sunrise until sunset when you go. That is how you visit. They don't take a day off when they have company. Be prepared to eat well though.
Joy it very very Mush, very educatenal to me to learn the new system of farming animals 👍❤
Where have you been?! I was suffering withdrawal. Another great video. I'm in west central Ohio, not too far from you, but we certainly have not had the winter you guys have had. Thanx Zack
I used to live but 10 miles in Graceville from that place. I can tell you a couple stories about them. But not on here lol
I was glad to see you put that spilled corn into the grain wagon. I bought corn that had been processed into a 18 ounce box of flakes and calculate that if I had just bought the corn it would have been $94 a bushel. That is a pretty crazy markup from the 6.89 that you get paid.
Cool high tech hog barn and machine shop!
Fascinating to see how the "doughnuts" are made ... thanks "fer" posting ...
Even in Canada the Hutterites here have the same deep voice with a low German accent. Our Colonies here are extremely large and efficient and use technology to its fullest degree.
Great video. Loved the explanation of everything!
Thank you Zack and family! Interesting video, was great to watch 😊❤
They got it figured out. Pretty impressive set-up.
Awesome video Zach it was great to see how a hog farm works
Good show
I finally started buying farm raised local pork and the difference is staggering.
Love the sound of the ol Moline running