What a great video. Outstanding. Wonderful to see these outstanding Dutch farmers at work. Fine people hard work, calm cows all lead to a product second to none. THANKS so much for sharing Jan.
You have a knack for finding very good farms to tour. John seemed very relaxed and so it felt like we were watching two good buddies just sharing a conversation. I watch my videos on a 65 inch 4K TV so I am able to notice details someone on a tablet or smartphone might not notice. When you were up on the second level I immediately noticed how calm,content and quiet that barn was. Glad you mentioned it. You must absorb some new information on every one of these like the silage, never though of it but it makes total sense to layer it. Great video, one of my favourite farm tours so far, you always set the bar pretty high. Thanks.👍
Growing up in Ontario and driving around the countryside one could always tell a Dutch farm because of its cleanliness and tidiness. Your farm and this one are true to this observation. Very proud dairy farmers.
Excellent video of their lovely dairy farm. Loved the drone shots. Beautiful home. I was wondering if they also had horses for making their own bedding. The upper platform/office area is a great view of the herd. Good reason for John to be proud of the work they're doing. They know their cows well and take great care of each one. I like their use of 'necklaces' for the ladies. My first look at the self-propelled Strautmann Feed mixer. Very cool! Appreciate John and the other gentleman giving the tour of their grand facilities and herd. Thanks Jan!
I really love the simple calf barn set up, no transportation needed. Generally the farm is great, am glad they think about the welfare of both visitors and the girls.
Jan, this is the farm you all should emulate. I love the robots. I love the solar panels. I love the manure bedding. You guys could free up a lot of time with those robots. ❤❤❤❤
Extremely interesting to get a look at farming in a different place. I would point out to the younger farmers out there to look at how efficient the Dutch are with use of both technology like the Milker Bots and their use of space to maximize productivity. John and the other farmers in this video are obviously very educated and experienced professionals. What would be on the grocery store shelves in Europe without the Dutch farmer?
Jan, great video! I like seeing the different ways that farming is handled in various places around the world and you do an excellent job of showcasing them. 👍
Cows are far more intelligent than they are credited for. It's always nice to see how dairy farmers really care for their herd and even individual cows.
without a doubt those by far r the calmest group of Milking girls ive ever seen congrates to that farm the animals overall demenor is a great testament to the overall care given to those cows
And it's really different in each country - not only many technologies were developed here but agriculture in general started here for good and that is why we had so many serious wars over the centuries - farmers will fight for their land, we cant just run away and be moved somewhere else.
Wow, what a great farm and so clean. Love seeing tame cows. Do you ever take what you learn from the farms you visit and implement it at your farm? Thanks for the video.
Thanks Jun, for the ride along. It's really interesting to see the difference and the similarities in dairy farming from farm to farm. What I see the most differences are the bedding, the different farms come up with some ingenious ways to make the herd comfortable. Aloha from the Big Island 🤙🏼 🏝
That’s a unique feed wagon, and the way it loads. Amazing that the Dutch people speak English almost like it’s their everyday speech. Enjoy the video, stay safe.
Very good nice to see what farmers from other countries are doing ,I helped build a barn for a family from Holland .No plans just what the father was telling us what to do .They were asking a lot about our tools and ways we used them .They were great to work for and good to take notice every time i drive by anyway great video well done sir Jan
I've seen those loader/feeder machines on vids before, but they are superb- leaving silage faces like that, loading stuff on the floor like chopped straw, or root crops, brewers grains (beer grains waste in UK is in high demand) and so accurate, taking a lot of inaccuracy out of the job due to the way it all works. V good farm, superb Holstein cows, excellent care of them.
Love that they have sprinklers to cool down the cows in the heat. Very forward thinking in regards to climate change. Thanks for sharing your trip with us. One question....how old was that cow?
What amazes me is how clean the cows, calves, robots, floors and everything that should be covered in poop is nice and clean, very well looked after and the cows are very calm.
Thanks for the tour and all of the explanations, John! The solar array surely saves you some money - we’re finally starting to see more and more of them on farms where I live (almost in the exact center of the US). Interesting theory on the silage; it actually makes sense and is not something I would have ever thought about. I wonder how long it will be before we see that happening over here? Next summer, Jan, maybe??
Interesting operation. I was surprised to hear that they mix "horse manure" in with the straw pack for bedding. I have seen that type of feed wagon on most European dairy farms, with the self-contained loader & truck, no need for a bucket loader. to load the feed wagon. To me that seems more efficient, but there is the added cost of a piece of costly equipment that has only one function on tjhe famr. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍👍
So are there predominantly Dutch farmers in Saskatchewan? What tires of cheese does they make. I worked at a cheese factory in Wisconsin that made a lot of Gouda, Muenster, Farmers, and Chedder. But I'm surrounded by factories that make quite a variety of cheeses. But over the last 20 years the cheese factories & farms have gotten huge.
Jon. Thank you for the visit to other dairy farms. Many folks do not know how or where their food comes from. Have gotten the answer that all food comes from the supermarket.!!
Wow such an amazing informative volg totally enjoy it immensely. So fascinating thanks for taking the time to share this with us. Again thanks for sharing your time and life with us 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩😍😍😍😍
Hi Jan like the Dutch videos. Saskatoon is in the news in Australia firstly a professor from your university was on the news talking about alcohol contributing to many cancers. Second- we have a racehorse called Saskatoon he won again today in Adelaide he now has four wins from last five starts . Cheers Richard
@Sask.DutchKid Hi Jan, thanks for selecting my comment. Cheers Richard PS We now own a Bed & Breakfast last week we had a couple from BC & a couple from Regina , small world.
SOLAR PANELS Jon ! You have to get with the program! You have all that room on your roofs ! Those cows are just do calm ! That food mixer was just so cool !
The german dmk milk cooperative are the greatest pipes who produced dairy products . Ever the largest milk price for the farmer . Unfortunately had doc kaas finance Problems some years ago and must find help by an another company.
