Loading Skittish Steers While the Herd Wails
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2023
- This morning Hilarie and I are loading steers and taking them to the butcher. Afterwards, we take care of the rest of the bellyaching cattle and make a nice dinner.
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Pete is like the Mr. Rogers of farming
Yes!! I agree!!
You nailed it there!😂
OMG I SAY THE SAME THING!!!
😂 i agree
I doubt Pete has Mr McFeeley as his Mailman
Pete, you don't give yourself enough credit............you have already explained the cycle of life for your cows many times. I think those who don't "get it" maybe never will?? We appreciate you and your Hard Work soooo much!!
I agree. I think the ones who don't get it is because they don't want to get it.
I'm still a tad angry that grandpa sold the farm cause they had 8 girls and 1 boy. Maybe it's just jealousy.
Or hear me out It's different people. The internet isn't filled with one person it's billions of people. Are there a few trolls that just like to cause problems? yes. But education is always needed. By your logic Kindergartners should be learning about string theory because we have explained the ABC's to every single person before them.
Well said.
I have to laugh at people who complain about how cruel farming is then have no problem grabbing meat in a styrofoam tray wrapped in cellophane and dropping it in their shopping cart. It's like hiring a hit man to avoid guilt when snuffing out an enemy.
I appreciate you sharing the life cycle of the animals. Can't imagine there's any place better to be a cow. Rotating through the fields to the best grass every few weeks is a pretty nice life.
The butcher shop dispatches the steers for all those meat products for the farmers market. It's what farming's all about. Grass fed beef in a peaceful environment as possible, for an excellent source protein for the general public. Best of both worlds.
thank you Pete and Hillary for bringing us along
They sure like that new pasture. It's like you never feed them. Chomp, chomp, chomp. Happiness is!
Thank you for sharing, till next time!
I think the few acres cows have a real curiosity. They complain until they get something new. Thanks for sharing.
It is bewildering to me when i run into the your food comes from Walmart crowd. I am also 54 and have been part of farming part time all of my life. I constantly have to show patients and explain to people that have only known urban scenery all of there life about how it all works and the benefits of buying local most listen but yet keep forgetting there local guys UNTIL 2020 the empty food shelves they saw really opened the eyes of alot of people. Now everyone wants to know about everything
I love watching the cattle excitedly following you and calling to each other. They know you take good care of them. And you do. ❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
Truth
I’m the farthest thing to a farmer and I have understood the process because you explained it well. The people who say they don’t get it in my opinion are the same who like to argue about everything.
The sound of the cattle chopping down at the pasture plate is distinct indeed. The way they ran through the opening in the fence, a display of euphoria knowing desert was on the menu!
Ha! The Bovine Frolic! Young calves hopping around in packs, missing the open fence, moms' munching on a new pasture. The send off to the butcher is in the circle of life. Spiritual actually.
So glad you and your lovely wife works together. It’s fun when you can do this.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 the farmer raises an animal for food it go to market and to the consumer / this is what I call the circle of life
Yes, yes, yes -- back to my childhood! How the cows went practically crazy every spring, when they were let out to freedom. Also, how they had to be steered back in the fall before frost and snow. And how the milking during the summer time was an old fashioned hand job, while in the winter it was performed by a piped vacuum system. And, the leader of the herd carried a bell from the neck. The milking adults were kept close to the house in fenced areas, with a rotation from one area to the next. The young ones were taken further, into unfenced area limited by a lake and some woods. Both the spring time and the fall time moves were something we kids participated. In the fall we liked to pick some cranberries on the way. It was a rare specialty on our farm, where the common wild berries were blueberries and lingonberries. Oh, about the small potatoes -- they were first harvested just before Midsummer and invariably enjoyed at the Midsummer Feast.
40 years ago 4 calls tree back and wrapped in the house my FDA approval
Yup, Hillary is too cute. And yes, I've been the guy that gets out of the truck 11x before I get the hitch aligned
Pete, you have to grow up on the farm to understand. I am proud to be the son of a farmer. Brought me closer to God. I pray I have passed that on to my children
The receipe is not only in New York, but maybe the name is. We call them butter potatoes, or sometimes new potatoes. Cooked in saltwater with the skins. When cooked, melt butter over them. Sometimes add parsley and a little garlic powder for seasoning. Good eating.
Butter potatoes and mashed potatoes are the only way my grandmother and mother ever prepared them.
Thank you for sharing your country side , lovely .
You are the pied Piper of the beef . They trust you .
Prity neat .
You guys have such a beautiful farm! You both care so much, ❤ I love the way the cattle follow the leader😂
And he always does a great job on this farm.
Wouldn't it be nice of the whole world was like your world?!>> Thanks for posting !
Thank Pete becoming a crazy world
Have a great 4th! 62 now,not complaining. Making some baby 👶 backs soon. I helped my grandfather in his later years after farm down sizing. He always got the 🐷 piggies to butcher when I wasn't around. Oinky was my favorite. Knowing it was happening at age 8. Worst part of farming, seeing your chickens and piggies move 😒 😢 on .
Awesome. Thanks Pete. Love this channel. ❤️👍👊🙏
at 15:12: wise words! I grew up in the 60s in a very small village in Germany. The "process" you are talking about was normal for us kids, we got used to it.
I really appreciate all of your videos! And your way of thinking.
It's true city people will never fully understand. We always named out pets , pet them , play with them and all. Then they went to the butcher if they were the larger animals, But rabbits and chickens we did from when we were young. But there was never an issue, our pets had a very good life while they walked, and yes we had tears when they would die for no reason ( disease or sickness). But they were also the best tasting compared to the supermarket.
another good video.
I like knowing where my food comes from especially these days where they are putting some in our foods and lying to us about it! Thanks
So good to see new facilities at butcher 🙂
It shows that the new owners are investing in their future and plan to be around for a while! Good news for Hillarie, Pete and the rest of the family at Just A Few Acres Farm!
I get it. Too many don't and never will. I have said it before, but it can stand repeating. Pete, you and your family are good stewards of what you have been put over. The land, water, and the animals are treated with respect, yes, even love.
I’ve had our cows bend the cheap gates just by rubbing against them to where they come off as well too. Very aggravating! The more expensive green gates they carry are slightly better.
Can’t beat home made, sch 40 pipe !
Thanks for showing the hair pulling parts that other don’t! Have a good day!
Or the wooden examples as shown at the butchers' new unloading dock.
Tyler over at Farmer Tyler Ranch builds some durable pens and gates using service rig drill stem. Tyler is still pretty young and the fences he built will out last him.
Good to see contented cows munching away.
Please let Hillary know she is awesome love this channel so much.
Heck with the cattle, let’s have some DEVILED EGGS…👍🏻👩🏻🍳👏🏻 I follow deviled egg chefs everywhere…🕺🏻🏃 Hillary is really a Pied Pipper in my book 🙋🏻♂️
Pete and Hillary thank you for sharing. I truly enjoy seeing Hilary working with you pete. My wife & I bought a farm in Missouri. I hope we can work together well and grow closers during the process.
My ex wife is English and her father was the head meat inspector for part of Essex County. The farms there are beautiful and the animals are well looked after. My father in law, (ex) once told me that if he went out to the processing facility and the cattle were crowded together or not clean, he'd shut the whole operation down and make them do it right. His concern was not only for procedures and health concerns, but mostly for the welfare of the cattle. He reasoned that if they were nearing the end of their lives, they should be clean and well looked after before the slaughtering . I respected that. His name was Norman and he was a good man.
After many years of building holding pens and loading chutes I finally built one that incorporated all the things I've learned over the years and I'm always amazed at how well it works. Now I'm 71 years old and I'm thinking about getting rid of the cows 😔 go figure. Good job on loading the steers 👍
Again thank you very much for sharing life on a farm. Enjoy your dinner. Looks real good.
Dry in upper midwest also, it's time to cut and/or buy what you need as it's not going to grow to any substantial amount even if rain happens; we always have grass to cut in the upper midwest, it's just we have enough or more than enough. If you ever come to Minnesota, make sure to visit the Mn State Fair, one of the biggest in the Nation for fairs that revolves around AG. Aug. 24 - Labor Day, Sept. 4, 2023 | Minnesota State Fair
Thanks Pete and Hilary!!!!
I could listen all day long to those cattle grazing. So satisfying. Also, tell Hilarie I could eat my weight in those deviled eggs. Dang they looked so good!! Thanks for the upload!!
OMG I am the same with deviled eggs (and egg salad)! I make a meal out of them. lol I'm lucky they don't make me gassy!
Pete, you can please some of the people, some of the time. You cannot please all of the people all of the time! So don’t worry yourself about it. Just keep doing what you do, never feel you need to justify it. It is the right thing to do!
Thanks folks ,peace to you…
Hope you have a relaxing evening Mr. Pete and Ms. Hillary!!
I imagine the cows etc are in the same quandary that we are - do I like this sedentary, safe life compared to the wild freedom, the edge-of-seat existence that not farming is. The only difference being, we started it!
you guys are fun to watch..
Thanks Pete, and Hilairie. Nice trailer. I understand the concept of grass to table. Please keep posting vids. I love them.
Thanks Pete O and nice seeing your better half to 😊😊😊
Thanks Pete and Hilary!
Keep the great work up friend from Scotland
Hilary got a solo thumbnail! Her RUclips career is expanding!
Pete your videos keep getting better every time, thanks
THANKS PETE & HILARIE
I understand not having words for farm animals and the cycle of life. Being raised on a farm we learn early about many lessons of life and death. I do think you are right about pets. Have a wonderful day and as always thanks for you pieces of your world.
I know where you're coming from when you say, people having little to no understanding of where and how their food eventually presents before them at the dinner table! I see farmers' and ranchers' as the world's true, FIRST RESPONDERS, Without them the populated modern world wouldn't survive!
Thank you for sharing, we really appreciate all that you do.
Just a few acres farm could be my favorite RUclips channel totally enjoy your videos
Pete you are a great steward to your heard you manage to keep them healthy well fed and happy until they go to provide many people nutrition
You have explained the cycle of life for your cows many times. I think those who don't "get it" maybe never will. Being raised on a farm myself I did learn early that all the sweet baby boy calves would be someone's dinner down the road.😐 I think you do a great job along with your beautiful wife Hillary . It would be nice if the whole world was like your world!❤ Thank You for this channel I look forward to your posts. Have a Wonderful week to You and Hillary 🥰
You made me hungry Pete! Thank you for sharing 🤗👍
Somebody needs to send that young man a Florida State Seminoles Tee Shirt!!
My therapy. Thanks Pete. :)
Hello,! Friends,Love-you Enjoyed being with you, 87 year old woman ,still cooking and cleaning,Jesus is wonderful to me,
Yes been there done that growing up steers too sell or eat , farms looking good Pete 👍
Love this!! such a labor of love...tiring but a life well lived !! so satisfying God Bless such a great life
I absolutely love this channel! Thank you A Few Acres Farm! I'm in Puerto Rico vacationing with the family but still love to relax watching some of my favorite RUclips channels and this one is at the top of the list!
Those who don't understand the cycle of life for farm animals are the same ones who will never understand the cycle patterns of our weather
Bon appetite! Hillary & Pete! Thanks
I know what you mean, we are always interacting with our animals, just because they are raised for food doesn't mean you can treat them with care, kindness and respect, I am like you I grew up around it, you raise them like other raise their pets yet always knowing they will be going in the freezer, some just will never get that
Thanks for including Hilarie in the video. Always great to see her
I sure enjoy ya'lls video just wish they were longer there great never a dull moment may the Lord Bless you and your Fanily! from Chuck
Hillary totally owned this video! I about died when you turned the camera to her at 4:10 and she's stretched out leaning her whole body into that trailer door! You go girl!!! 💪😁✌️
Great video Pete, we lived on a dairy farm, and the cows were raised to produce milk. Therefore they were fed and watered daily.
my father never wanted us to name them, but we did anyway and they still tasted good
I agree, some folks just won't get it. We as a society have allowed our children to become too detached from reality, and too attached to their cell phones...buy your meat in the store where no animals were harmed...USNY is looking good with the rain you have received, hope it keeps up for you.
Hi Hillary 👋 hi Pete 👋 thank for sharing
When you end your videos with food I am left hungry!
Pete, I think it is obvious to everyone that watches your channel that enjoy your cows, and they enjoy the way you treat them. I get a kick out of the way they come running to you the minute you show up in the paster and I think if you walked off the end of a bridge they would all walk off it too.
There's just something soothing hearing the cattle feed and tear at the available munchies! Brings back some fond memories, for sure----also some sad ones when we had to select the cattle for the market. As a kid we really didn't understand and would stand around for the better part of a week for them to come back. Well, the did, in a packaged fashion but we didn't figure that out until later. 🤒 Thanks for another great episode. . .
Hillary is beautiful woman inside and out!! Pete, I’m your age and very fortunate to have my own Hillary.. We are lucky men!
Great episode Pete and Hilarie!
That butcher's setup looks very nice for cattle.
I agree Pete, I think people only know pets. Agriculture being so monopolized these days has taken the personal connection with food away, whether that food is salad greens or steak, people don't "get it" when it comes to the why and how. For animals OR plants I believe that you take good care of them because they will then take good care of you, its respect for the sacrifice of life, to give life through sustenance and resources.
Thanks again Pete for this channel.
Those that get it, get it. Those who don't, won't. You're a poet and you didn't even know it. Why grow cattle?! All ya gotta do is go to the grocery store. You'll never explain it away. They don't, and won't. Looking forward to all of the summer projects. Sorry, I know it's a lot of work.
salt potatoes gained notoriety due to the salt springs in the Syracuse area, the worker at those salt springs would boil potatoes for lunch\meals.
I always enjoy hearing you say "come on cows". I missed it this time. ☹
You guys are great. And I appreciate your outlook on life and farm life. I hope you guys had a great sunday
Pete, I love the connection you have with the animals and the Earth. You are a unique family who I admire. Being a white collar guy who is retired, you show me the best side of life.
It seems that you are also quite interested in matters related to agriculture.
Pete, you must say to the herd as you cattle drive them to the next pasture, "GET ALONG LITTLE DOGGIES", LOL. That's what Clint Eastwood would say in the many cattle drives in the TV series, Rawhide. Love how they follow you to greener pastures!
Have a great day Pete!! Another amazing video, thank you for sharing!!
The deviled eggs look perfect, Hillary!
Hi Pete and Hillary thanks for taking us along. I didn't know that about the USDA certification mostly because all the steer's we raised we ate. Quite a useful tidbit of knowledge Pete thanks for sharing it. As always good luck and God bless and stay safe out there.
Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!
Food does not come from the refrigerator. Farming is the heart of America.
Love your videos! I love when the wife gets in there and shows you how it's done! That's how it is on my little farm!😂
Such a wonderful video. Love your Florida t-shirt as that is where I was born and raised. I too grew up on a farm... the kind with an outhouse and a well in the front yard... hound dogs for hunting and hand cut cane poles for fishing. We made our own toilet paper and had a huge garden. My ma'maw taught me how to sew on an old treadle sewing machine and we churned our own butter, made our own pickles and soap in a huge kettle in the back yard, made our own buttermilk and picked wild blackberries. My pap-paw was a bootlegger and we had mules and milk cows that we milked by hand. We didn't have butchers to take our animals to for slaughter and processing, it was always done right there at home by hand... a day long process or longer that took many hours. I have so many fond memories, it takes a long time to go over them when I get in that mood to reminisce and get lost in the pleasure of them all. I had the most marvelous childhood because of those times. It was the best time of my life, living on a farm and I cherish each precious image, one by one. I totally get it how you described the natural beauty of raising your own meat, taking care of it with sensitivity to their needs and comfort, giving every critter a good life and then humanely ending their lives with a thankful heart of appreciation toward them and the cycle of life and the goodness they give us as we give goodness to them. It's biblical to care for animals and use them for food. It's natural and right and good and the way it was meant to be. I love the way you expressed that and it's sad to know there are people who have lost that ability to understand even though they have no problem going to a grocery store and buying meat. There's just no logic or common sense or intelligent reasoning to that. Strange, isn't it. It's an invisible blindness they carry that is a form of hypocrisy against the meaning of life and all that is natural in nature. It's one reason why I will never live in a city again. And why my heart and soul will forever be in the country as close to nature as I can get. And is why I love your show so much.
We moved to the country once my kid was a about 6. The rule that I had to enforce was the animals that we raised for food had to be called what they are. We ended up with a Bacon, Ham, Sausage, just to name a few. I will never forget when I got 3 boxes of chickens and the only thing my kid could come up with was OMG look at all the nuggets.
Thanks for sharing always a pleasure.
Set it and forget it! I love mine😊
I do love listening to "the meat" 😂 I know, I know, it's "them eat". ❤
There is a difference between “slaughter” and “murder”, but it is a fine line. When I worked on a ranch during summer, I was told to NOT treat the animals as pets. But I admit that it was difficult to not see weaning calves as adorable-until we had to clean their pen! Most consumers at the grocery store meat counter never associate a pound of ground beef or a pork chop with a living, breathing critter. Or a veal steak with a cute calf. Perhaps, only vegetarians do. Excellent video, as usual.