Inside a Grain Elevator and Mill

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Today we head to Dakota Mills and Grain in Belle Fourche South Dakota and get a rare chance to take a look at the inner workings of how grains and feed are processed.
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@Paige0557 4 года назад

Shane was a cool dude. Loved how he took pride in his work.

@aurelepaulhus9374 4 года назад

Shane is one busy guy. Takes pride in his job. Very important.

@magmastatus 3 года назад

Worked with Chad for several years in agronomy across the northern plains. He knows his shit and he’d give you the shirt off of his back. Great operation-Great video!

@kennethmaser1767 4 года назад

HARD working Americans!!!! Thank You all for what you do.

@kylebuchmann7191 4 года назад

Thanks for stopping by mike love see all the videos and see South Dakota being part of the video 👍

@MetaView7 4 года назад

Salute to Shane. It is so good to see someone who takes pride of his job and his product.

@sarahaugustine4185 4 года назад

This was great. I never realized the complexity of an elevator operation. Thanks for these 'behind the scene' videos.

@cornerstone403 4 года назад

Who would have thought a 70-year-old lady would be absolutely fascinated by this. I am amazed. Thank you so much. I bet first thing you do when you get home is hit the shower. Mike, you have truly kicked it up a notch. Thank you so much.

@henry7765 4 года назад

Let’s go to South Dakota then! We’re all with you in spirit

@travisrickett5681 4 года назад

There are no unimportant job's when it comes to farming and ranching. Thank God for the farmers that grow the grains that the ranchers feed their livestock and gives us the best food supply in the world.

@rustynail3893 10 месяцев назад

As a trucker, I pass grain elevators all the time. Today I decided to learn more about them. Thanks for showing us around!

@cherrybomb7657 4 года назад

John Wayne, in the movie “The Cowboys” drove his cattle to Belle Fourche. Had never heard the name other than the movie and where you are going to get feed. The Cowboys is my favorite movie. Love your channel.

@katj7641 4 года назад

Exactly what I thought of Cherry Bomb! I love that movie also. Guess it's like watching this channel, things I'm familiar with and can relate to in my life (Hardy Fimps, my hero =)

@steveware6325 4 года назад

Great video. love to see people take pride in what they do. I had no idea what all went into making feed. Thanks.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Our pleasure!

@kkennedy9623 4 года назад

"Dakota Mills" sounds like a country music singer

@rickharper1497 4 года назад

You make sure you tell the guys at the mill thanks from all of us!!! Thanks for taking us with you!!!

@petruzzovichi 4 года назад

Most interesting tour. I lived in Fort Worth for many years and wondered what goes on inside one of the large grain elevators of which there are many scattered around the area. And here I am with you and Our Wyoming Life and I finally get a great tour. Very nice. Many thanks.

@TK-qu1ht 4 года назад

I sent your video to the owner of Dakota Mill & Grain, Tommy Lien, here in Rapid City. Tommy is a Good Guy... and my #2 son John’s BFF.

@southjerseysound7340 4 года назад

It looks like he's got a great group of people working there and that's not easy to find these days.

@FiremanJohn54 4 года назад

I am a city person. Very interesting. Great thumb nail sketch of a feed mill and grain elevator operations. Every time we get a little more of an idea of meat production. Now if we could only get an accurate truth of origin labeling for what we buy at the grocery store.

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Thank you very much!

@jordanroberts1519 4 года назад

Shane is the epitome of a hardworking American. Takes pride in how he does his work and what his end product looks like. Damn fine, sir! Damn fine!

@sheilasantiago3715 4 года назад

Another fantastic video! I absolutely love the behind the scenes "why's" and "how's". Thanks for taking us along!

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Our pleasure!

@judydruetto2636 2 года назад

Judy

@frankirwin2377 4 года назад

As a grandson of farmers and ranchers I under stand the grain distribution as we hauled our crops to the elevators during harvest. Buying in bulk saves you money and with a bit of work you can distribute the feed to your livestock as the feeding process is needed in the winter months. Farmers erect the storage bins so they can sell their crops as the market favors the need for them to sell at a price they want. That information on the bushel prices is important to farmers and ranchers so they can have more control on their yearly income. Good video Mike!

@SugaryPhoenixxx 2 года назад

It was probably really fun for that guy to give you a tour of the mill. He does this every day & it is fun to have someone shadow you & show them what you do for a living!

@johnnydavis3866 4 года назад

Thank you for educating the public about how their food is raise and what it takes to grow that food. I truly love your videos.

@keepinitcountry4401 4 года назад

Thanks for taking us along Mike, it is always great to see genuine hard workin' blue collar Americans in an industry that also helped build our great Nation! Excellent educational video 🇺🇸❤ Keep on keepin' it country! 🤠👍

@messianichebrewshawnkawcak1550 4 года назад

Great to see how things work. Also nice that they were willing to let you film the experience, things most of us will never see.

@Ranch_Hand_Jeff 4 года назад

I don't see how anything gets done, with all that milling about. :-) . Thanks for the tour Mike, Shane, and Chad.

@yvonneost12 4 года назад

hahahaha

@revtmyers1 4 года назад

Absolutely loved this. Brings back a lot of memories dealing with bulk goods in a totally different industry. Great job as usual.

@rhondacarey3293 4 года назад

Good idea for a video. My son George worked at a grain elevator here in Nebraska for awhile. He got pretty dirty, and at harvest time, he worked very long hours.

@rshoemaker7368 4 года назад

Another great field trip. Learned a lot today. Thank you for taking us along with you. Looking forward to tomorrow’s video.

@rodneydavis7958 4 года назад

Best video for feed mix I've seen. Loved it. Lancaster Cty., PA. here.

@johntrussell7808 4 года назад

I currently work at a grain elevator. Even though its listed as one of if not the most dangerous job according to OSHA, I absolutely love it.

@roncarlson228 2 года назад

Looks like old technology, but the old saying is if it works don't mess with it. Great tour Mike,and very interesting

@bigcliffadventures 4 года назад

Great job today Mike . Hard work goes in the taking care of the ranch too. Godbless you Mike

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

You got that right!

@wykeishacraft6820 4 года назад

Good morning to Our Wyoming Life

@jeffirons9228 4 года назад

I really enjoyed this video. It was Ruby great to see a man take pride in his job. He was more than just sacking feed. Although I no longer live in the rural area Listening to him talk about his job made me proud to say I worked around men like him. Men that took pride in their job. Thank you.

@triciaadamson2285 4 года назад

Wow! Mike big huge thank you for taking us along with ya today for sure. Knowledge, history absolutely loved it. Love what you have done with your channel with these daily vlogs. I am with you every day just do not comment much. Glad Grace had her private birthday with those in the family. Y'all Take Care & God Bless

@OurWyomingLife 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it

@sandracorless6186 4 года назад

Hey Mike, Wow this was a really cool video learning all the ends and outs on how grain is made. It is a scientific project of percentages just to get the right mixture and we get to see how it's done. A lot of work goes into this and these guys deserve a pat on the back for it for doing the job right. Mike I give you two thumbs up on this video, so what's next for OWL keep up the good work it's see you on the next video🤔🤠😉👍

@nancyk3615 4 года назад

Shane is a chef ! Made with the most important ingredient, American Pride! The grain elevators are our skyscrapers in the Texas Panhandle...

@red_power79 4 года назад

Nice to see an old elevator running like that yet. The new ones are a lot bigger.

@dmarks0630 4 года назад

Great respect for all the people involved in the industry.

@Navet63 4 года назад

I haven't seen a cigarette lighter in a car/truck in years. As if life on the ranch wasn't educational enough, you bring us on a road trip to teach us even more about the world of agriculture. Thank you Mike.

@littletractorbigjob255 4 года назад

I really enjoy your videos the music you use is spot on every time as a farmer my self I get a little smarter with every video thank you sir

@TheDisco672 4 года назад

Thank you for what you all do every day!

@daspicsman 3 года назад

My grandfather had a grain elevator in Muleshoe, TX. He would take me up to the top to see the owl that had a nest up there. I sure miss him, he was a real character. Incidentally he was a stickler on stacking bags the right way too.

@Bill_N_ATX 4 года назад

I love the small town service. They do it well, with pride and good service. I try to buy stuff from my local businesses. You might pay a little more but it’s usually worth it.

@thetraveler5798 4 года назад

ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW HOW THEY DO THE GRAINS HARD WORKING PEOPLE THIS FOLKS ! 👏👏 👏☺ 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👌 THANKS MIKE ! ✔ 🌎⛵🐬🌠✨🌌❇

@stevenkietzke5582 4 года назад

Thanks to the grain company for allowing you to take us on a tour Learned something new

@MilePost106 2 года назад

I use to drive grain truck for a feed mill here in Minnesota and always liked going inside to watch them make feed. Best job I ever had and liked doing. You talking about the boiler room for the heat, the rest room we had was right in the boiler room and you can imagine the heat in there in the middle of the summer.

@pammccrary7915 4 года назад

We bought some feed for our chickens from our local mill . Plus molasses for our dairy cows. We milled our own grains into feed in a hammer mill we had. Then we bought a grinder and made life much easier. W ed also got our field grains to plant and fertilizer from the mill as well. They still ground corn mill for people as well. As a noisy child my nose was in everything but they liked to show me how things were done. I got alot of knowledge from that noisy nose and still have after 64 years! But it was great to learn so much.

@michealnuss1179 4 года назад

My Uncle Ivan Majors ran a feed mill in Sutton, Nebraska for local co-op for 25 years. Got to know the ins and outs of it's workings. Takes a special person to handle the job.

@billybalfantz1855 4 года назад

This Is my favorite video yet ! It brought back the memories as a kid of going to the local feed mill with my papaw in Montpelier Louisiana !

@katj7641 4 года назад

Thanks Mike! This is an awesome video. I've gone to the feed mill for years and never had a clue other than trucks dumping and me picking up stuff. Very cool!

@genefoster9821 4 года назад

Most interesting, surprising how little we know about the manufacture of a lot of our daily products. Thanks for bringing us along

@beckyluvstoscrapnsew 4 года назад

Very interesting, I love how the main process is all old school not high tech computerised stuff ! Gonna work much better if there are power outages etc , love seeing how things were done many decades ago and it’s still working well....I’m a middle aged mum in Australia with no farming history except my father in law was a shearer, but I love seeing the country life , people and learning about the rural life ....we all owe farmers so much 👍🇦🇺

@keithhill77 4 года назад

Dumped more loads than I care to remember at an elevator growing up but never actually went inside other than to the restroom. Cool video Mike.

@PrairieSunsetRanch 4 года назад

Very cool video Mike. We buy feed once in a while in the Winter, this shows exactly how its produced and where it comes from.👍 cheers from Prairie Sunset Ranch☀️

@Cellottia 4 года назад

Thanks to Dakota Mill & Grain and to you -- that was really interesting!

@rustybuttrusty9960 4 года назад

Great video. My dad ran a feed mill and then a grain elevator in Minnesota. Not many old school operations left like the Dakota Mills mill. The Dakota Mill is way more modern than the operation that I remember. Thanks for another peek into how things work

@KH-tx6lg 3 года назад

Thank you so much! I love learning thing I'll never use in my everyday life 😁 If there is any way please let Shane know how much we appreciate his effort and pride in his work.

@trinityplate 4 года назад

It's so refreshing to watch people who take pride in what they do. You, Erin, and the gentleman who is mixing feed, you all take such pride in your work. Keep up the great work, everyone! ❤️

@ronalddominguez6641 3 года назад

This Video was SPECTACULAR! I am building models of some of the grain-feed mills and elevators and this video has really helped me to do it correctly! I see those yards in central Pennsylvania here but have never been up close to one like this. Thanks for making this video!

@silversrepairshop1459 4 года назад

Bring back memories from our farm with 350 head of Black Angus..

@melvinmulder7750 Год назад

I worked in feed mills in Southern California for 49 years. I estimate I filled, sewed and stacked around 2 million bags in my career. Most of the time I was making bulk feed, though. One man operated 8 grain rollers, and often rolled 1000 tons a day. It was dirty, thankless, and stressful work. This little mill would be a more pleasant place to work.

@markhoffman5719 4 года назад

I enjoy how it’s made videos. Yesterday and today. Two in a row.

@dbirdeycapozzi9807 4 года назад

How fascinatimg! And I so emjoyed the Mead vid as well. Many thanks for the education!

@tamipalin8171 4 года назад

Very interesting to watch!!! Thanks for taking us along.

@chrisa6719 4 года назад

Very interesting. Also how nice were the co workers over there. Big thumbs up!!

@lauriej9418 4 года назад

Love the insight of this vlog. Always wondered about those grain mills. Be safe and well owl family.

@jefflee5047 4 года назад

Thankyou Mike, for taking us on a very interesting behind the scenes tour!

@photosbychristensen 4 года назад

Thank you for showing this.Bring back good Memory with a good friend we use to the mill to pick up feed.The smell of sweet feed .

@RuthJones-iz1ve 4 года назад

Loved this video. Very interesting to see the process of making your feed. Thank you for taking us along.

@lindajarrett5078 4 года назад

I enjoyed your little field trip . Thank you so much for sharing this with us

@cleaningwithheatherlee1542 4 года назад

Absolutely loved this video especially with everything going on in this crazy world im glade to see the old is still alive and doing well great video

@NeoB-Lac 4 года назад

So freaking cool man!!! Hard working men!! And I love how all the races work hard and get along!!!!

@longcaster 4 года назад

Well done Mike. Loads of information.

@cindyrichards2214 4 года назад

This was really cool. And I thank you for the tour.

@Marshall_Weber 4 года назад

Awesome Video Mike and Much LOVE From Lexington, Kentucky!!!!

@dhansonranch 4 года назад

Very educational and interesting! Thanks Mike for taking us along. My uncle was an elevator agent for years so always found interesting. Every town had a small elevator so there is definitely some nostalgia with them. Good job

@terribethreed8464 4 года назад

That was a great video. I've been in trucks picking up rice chaff in my early 20's & have seen the loading & dumping process of the trucks & have done the tarping of the trailers up close & personal. Brings back a lot of memories lol. Thank you for this video.

@keithtowles4550 4 года назад

Thanks for the tour, Mike. Very interesting.

@pattipowell7788 3 года назад

Very interesting! I have never seen the inside of the mill workings!! Thank you for the insight.

@watcherofwatchers 4 года назад

That was fascinating. Thank you, Mike! Living in Kansas, I have been around COOPs and grain elevators my entire life, but I've never had a glimpse of their operation. I thoroughly enjoyed this.

@marknasatka1891 4 года назад

Incredible video. I grew up in farm country where there were a few grain mills. I had no idea how complex the process was. Thanks for the video.

@xtctrader1467 4 года назад

Thanks Mike for the Virtual Field Trip. I feel like singing....The Wheels on the Bus go round and round.....

@ronniepate4315 4 года назад

There's another great informative video . Mike you and Erin show so many folks how farm and ranch products get to the public threw small and large businesses all across America . It's like spokes in a wheel and it sure works better when we work together .

@brandongustafson7497 3 года назад

Very cool! Thankyou Mike!!

@emmaleamcelhinney8650 4 года назад

Definitely showing this to my boyfriend! He used to work at a Bunge Elevator along this Mississippi 😊. He always likes seeing the insides of elevators.

@hellionstao4573 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for showing this video mike!!

@TheHiggins1025 4 года назад

Great episode!!! I fully enjoyed it!!!!

@tomboustead7588 4 года назад

I love the video and I would enjoy more farm field trips to see how things are made

@robertreznik9330 4 года назад

Where they feed-out cattle, one can hear the mills fire up early in the morning and run for hours. Mike maybe some of your quality cattle end up in my back yard. Within 20 miles of my farm the mills in the local feedlots have to keep about 1/4 million cattle each day content. Often the cattle are shipped in 800 miles just as feed comes in by unit train to the Panhandles and Colorado from the Mid West.