I love it when your old videos show up in my feed. Just watched this one and it's amazing to see how much the farm has changed in just over four years.
What I see is Mark is doing the little things too. Not just shoveling out the 6 months of buildup but cleaning off the ledges. That is the difference between an owner and an employee, tradesman and grunt. Most would just dig out the majority and call it good. Mark gets every pound of crap out of there before rebedding!!
Nice to see young people work like you do. I used to work every spare minute I had, when I was a teenager some 40 years ago, on the neighbours dairyfarm. For that time it was a big farm in the Netherlands with around 100 cows, 20.000 chickens and Maschinework for other (smaller) farms as well. Always a lot of work ( and repairments) to do. I loved doing it and learned a lot there!
Love watching these and relating to so much! 😂 Every time you think you’ve mastered the skid steer a post or a wall jumps in the way and wrecks you’re confidence! 😂
I am sure all your subscribers (as do I) appreciate the time and effort in filming & editing your vlogs all while running a Dairy farm. Many thanks and have Blessed & Joyful Christmas season.
If you ever wanted to film... oh say 10-15 mins of 'just' the cute little calves and their antics, we sure wouldn't complain. They're adorable with their little coats on!! 🐮👍❤
Another interesting and informative video. Better yet, a life lesson where you never say "that's good enough." You always do that little extra, and that is impressive. Good job!
@Nolan Glomski doesnt really answer my question. i know he is running his families farm, does he have a salary and is that salary based on how much the farm pulls in? or as you say, he makes nothing personally and it is just used to sustain him and the family.
Yeah... farm work is everyday ... no holidays or anything. This is farm life. He is getting some days off and so on but overall this is nonstop thing...
@@SZ-ZS- that is a very good question we have a very large dairy farm we have 500 head mixed in with my birth parents and stepbrothers and stepsisters farms we just get the new barn on the 7 the put 175 cow in it step-parents take a percentage of the monthly income, my step-parents is my birth dads grandparents they adopted me when i was some nice to have all your bills paid for as to how we pay for the farmhand too we have a house we supple and all the utility we pay for supple them with a vehicle to drive to 4 weeks paid holidays 2 in the summer and in the winter health care is paid too we offer to school too to the employee's we have a shared grocery store we have already paid for the food bill they can shop their what they need too we do not pay for any tickets with the vehicle or alcoholic for there pleasure we do have panty we do supply the alcoholic to them we make sure they get home safe we only pay $15.00 an hour you figure out the rest how much we do pay them with what we offer them have family here for 25 years still working here we have a different way we take care of the longer team stiff without them we would not have what we have today we must be doing something right to have 400 employee
hey, enjoy your videos! wondering if you are on municipal water? do you milk 2 or 3 times a day? @8.00, just an observation but doesn't matter if you have a skidsteer, backhoe, front end loader or a combination of all 3, sooner or later one has to pick up a fork (or shovel). (hello from rural eastern Ontario). (edit) that spreader really flings it!
Sure is alot of manual work as far as cleaning bedding goes. Good efficient systems in place. Must compliment you and your dad on a clean,well run tidy setup. Looks amazingly clean and well organised.
THE HOOF GP sent me and I'm SO glad he did! New Sub here 😊 I find all this stuff fascinating ( boring to you I'm sure) . Your cattle are well taken care of by the looks of it which is wonderful. I really appreciate the variety of views you give us. I look forward to watching more
Nice video, Eric. I will never cease to be amazed at how orderly, clean, and well managed you guys run your dairy farm. Glad to see you give that cow the medicine she needs to get well. Good job!
Good job Eric, Another good video as usual Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to film these videos for us to follow along keep up the good work!!!
The cow "I don't want antibiotics" Farmer "Come on, it's good for you" The cow "Okay then. But do it carefully" Farmer "You know I do". The cow "Thank you"
I'm from New Zealand and most things we do is by hand, tractors post rammers, and a spade lol. There is one thing missing in this video clip, "where is the dew drink" lol
I must say that i really enjoy watching yor videos 👍 It is always nice to see that there are people out there who is not afraid of getting their hands dirty doing a honest days work. You really deserve my subscription!!
Busy, busy days. That spreader does a nice job on that pen pack and if I was running that skid steer cleaning that barn there would be no barn left by the time I was done. lol. Another great video. Thanks.
I have literally binged watched all your videos and now i'm waiting for more and more. Keep up the great work. Might start working on a Dairy farm myself at this rate XD
Dont know how they use to do that job before heavy equipment. Just cleaning those stalls would be a nightmare. Takes a lot of equipment to keep that place going.
Hey I’m a big fan of your Channel and I love watching you on a skid loaders I really think you should probably get a track skid loader because I really love watching you and it’s really fun watching skid loader’s
Nice job, looks nice, even though not what is a pleasant task, perhaps you should consider cleaning that more often so it doesn't get that bad. That spreader looks like is working real nice. 😉👍👍👍👍👍🐂🇺🇸
Thank you for yet another great video!! A special thank you for the time you put into making & editing each and every video! I have a couple of questions. Do y'all trim and maintain all of your cows hooves?? Or do you have someone come in and do it? The cow you gave the shot to, with the infection in her front foot, does it have anything to do with something found while trimming up her hoof?? Any way you could do a birthing video?? Then show all you do with the calf from birth to ear tag, shots, colostrum, placed in the calf barn?? Would be interesting to see your process from birth to pen for both the calf & mother......maybe a 2 part video?? Please keep up the great videos!!!
Hi thanks a lot a very enjoyable video just Love clean pens and watching them eat!! No snow ❄️ that’s it I’m leaving Michigan heading to Pennsylvania 😂 Lol
I think I would tear out the short perimeter concrete wall under the fence rails and reinstall the rails but with the ability to open and close each section so you can drive straight into each of the pens. A little work but would save time and damage to the building in the long run. Thanks for the videos. It's relaxing watching what work is done on a farm to me.
He showed in another video the refrigerated tank the milk is stored in. The pickup is something like 2am and not very interesting. Think of a gasoline type truck pumping the milk.
You really do a great job with these videos. Not only are they informative, but you have an eye for camera angles and editing. Where in Pa is your farm?
Hi Eric love your videos. We have a beef and sheep farm in Yorkshire, England and celebrated our centenary of farming here last year! All the best Ashley Caton
I remember reading a set of books about a Glasgow Vet. It was hilarious, I think the author is James Harriet. I wonder if anything funny happens as a farmer?
It's so cool how you get the silage out of the clamp! I've never seen anything like that. But of course I haven't watched but a few different farmers' videos and have no experience whatsoever myself...keep the videos coming! Love from Alabama...
I jump on all your videos as soon as you put them out! Just curious, at your farm what's a rough percentage of the total work time that you spend just on manure and waste clean up? Looking forward to the next one in Raleigh, NC!
Please keep showing pics of the cow that is always first in line! Was that cow 1382? Love watching her. Also do you follow the Hoof GP regarding hoof care. Do you have a person like him that comes and checks and helps correct the lame cows feet instead of giving them antibiotics? I love you channel so entertaining. I bet your days go by very fast with all that you have to do. Please show babies being born!! Yes babies!!🐄🐄
What’s the bedding material made of? Can you explain what’s in the feed mixer and how much of what your feeding? I’m new to your posts so don’t know anything about dairy farms? I like your show!!! Thank you Dan
We see what the cows eat for breakfast, What do you eat? Eggs/Bacon - Oatmeal - Dinner Leftovers? Another question- What exactly are the special needs of the cows in the "special needs pen" ? Are they sick? Pregnant?
For those wondering what the farmer eats for breakfast, there is probably a small "first breakfast", such as toast and coffee, just after rising, followed by a heartier second breakfast after the first round of chores is done. The second breakfast would consist of coffee and pastries or some sausages served with pretzels, sweet mustard, and wheat beer. Mini quiche made with cheese, bacon, or vegetables; a honey nut cake and marmalade; hash (potatoes, leeks, spinach, and cheese); ham omelet made with curry spices, onions, and tomatoes; and biscuits topped with sausage, eggs, and a smothering of gravy. Perhaps ending with a light dessert like chocolate pudding or kisiel.
So I'm still new to your show, is that your sister that helps you milk?skid leaders, are one of the greatest tracker type machines, I love the way you can turn 180 degrees, basically standing still. Dang those little stalls are time consuming. To bad you couldn't access those from the back.
