They don’t need it, you’ll notice every cow does have wind protection though, this is because the animals are more at risk from the cold prairie winds in the winter than any precipitation we get year round!
@@saskdutchkid It's just like beef cattle here in the United States they are out in open fields and open feed lots with no cover. They're pretty well insulated.
I believe your channel is my first or second, behind Andrew Camerata, perhaps, favorite day in the life youtube video series. I'm amazed at how much work is involved in getting dairy products to our stores and appreciate all the smarts and effort involved. Thank you.
Always love your drone footage of you farm. Amazingly impressive. Glad you are getting your new sound system in the tractor. You work very hard and deserve the perks of some good tunes while you do it. Thanks as usual for a great video.
Jan if all it takes to keep you happy is some good tunes you must be easy to please. I bet the truckers appreciate your efficiency when it comes to unloading, long enough to stretch their legs and right back at it. Speaking of trucks I came across the milk truck broke down on the side of the road yesterday leaving the city. I hope he wasn’t headed your way. Does anyone know how hemp straw compares to flax straw? I know flax is notoriously hard to break down and a lot of it is burned instead. It will be interesting long term to see how this hemp works it way through the whole process.
Excellent video Jan! Gus is a cool dog. Sweet drone work and quality work shots. Was hoping to see the DDG semi weighing on the weigh bridge. Glad to see the new feed bin system working so well for you. Even though I 'm not from Canada ~ couldn't help but be very impressed with your 🇨🇦 Flag! Thanks for another stellar video.
Great drone shots. Really enjoyed this videos. I guess you've learned how to deal with huge interruptions in your day. I would be boiling. That's the difference between me and you.
Your snow is disappearing. We keep getting snow storms one after the other. I'd be tapping my Maple trees by now and looking for the first Bluebird to come north.
So you sell the low production cows. I would think they are no longer wanted a milk producing cows. So does that mean are going to meat packer, same as the males, though older, don't know effect on the meat. Have wondered how many birth cycles a typical cow has before production falls below what you would keep. Clearly have an ample supply of replacement heifers that you have to do something with assuming no increase in your quota..
I enjoy the content. An interesting video might be what would you do differently if you had a blank slate, same size property, same location, but just nothing there. What would it look like?
It varies by cow, but they generally start being milked at age 1-1/2 to 2 years old, and the average for Holsteins is about 6 years of milk production, so age 10 (about age 42 in human years). But I think Jan mentioned one cow still producing at age 12 Remember that on Jan's Dairy, they keep the young heifers until they are milking age, and add them into the herd. So to keep the herd size consistent, they will have to cull about 1/5th of the cows each year -- the least productive ones.
If you are getting low on straw have you ever thought to use sand 1st your in calving and fresh cow pack? Put some sand down 1st then straw ontop just to stretch out your straw?
Actually, a lot of barns do play music for their cows. (And lots of horse barns, too.) Big arguments about what kind of music the cows like best. Many studies seem to show that Classical music is best for cows production. But most young cowhands don't like it.
This was worth watching second time around. so many memories I live in a care center so I need nothing. I am so happy to see your great videos.. granny USA. seem the flag second time around
It varies. They typically have anywhere from 750 to 1,000 head of cattle. Including all of their calves, heifers and steers. They're currently milking around 360 cows.
Every one is a dairy cow -- except the herd bull. And they keep the young males (steers, no longer bulls by then) and feed them until they are market weight, then they are sold for meat (and a few go into their own freezer).
We have recognized that, as a baseline matter, we must reject slavery because slavery involves treating humans as things that have no intrinsic or inherent value. Treating animals as property is equivalent to saying that animals are just things without any moral value. So if animals matter morally, we must reject their status as commodities. We must embrace veganism as a baseline matter. There’s really no other morally coherent choice.
