Your cows are SO content!! I can see it in their eyes. They always say the grass is greener on the other side of the fence but your cows are happy right where they are. If I was a dairy cow, I'd want to live w/ you guys!!!
Thanks for sharing and a tag along. A day and life of a dairy farmer. Your cows got to be the cleanest of all. Always enjoy your videos, please keep them coming. Ty
Thank you so much for sharing this morning chores. Your cows look like the most Healthys Happy cows on utube. Its so great to hear and see the care you show for the Blessings you got. Thank you.
We were in a pit. we stood up. did not have to bend over. Milked 150. 3:30 every morning and 3:30 every afternoon. Love you guys bringing old memories!
Such a calming, relaxed thing to watch the cows graze and meander around. They look so content. It brings to mind that slogan they used for Carnation Condensed Milk, "the milk from contented cows". Thank you.
Thank you for this videos I always said the cows on small dairy farms are more content more relaxed. Small dairy farms are what made this country if think back to 50s 60s and 70s there was a lot of small dairy farms .
I always loved the munch and crunch of cows grazing. The bells are always a nice touch. It's almost cliche now but sometimes we still need a little more cowbell.😊
I grew up on a small farm with about 50 head of cattle... Mostly beef... I remember every spring when we turned the herd out to pasture ... If you ever want to see a cow get exited , watch them on fresh green grass after months of hay ... It was one of my favorite times on the farm...
I love this. I used to stay at my uncles dairy farm in Barling Arkansas during a couple of summers. I loved helping on his farm and milking the cows. I have always wanted my own dairy farm, but that is not happening now. LOL Thanks for the great video.
Fabulous video! Thanks. Yes, this time of year the cows like to spend a little more time in the barn to keep out of the heat and away from the flies. Our morning milking starts much earlier so it is still dark when we're finished. We give them an hour or two of rest time before they head back out to pasture. It is very common to see every cow lying down when I head in for breakfast. Very satisfying to see. We also have a number of them who zone out and lie down with the milker still attached. Kind of amusing but it drives Mrs. Fink crazy. LOL Keith-
I enjoy your channel and farm not far from you. You do a good job with everything on your farm. What should be noted here is the ambition, expertise and knowledge that Dad brings everyday, however it's the family and consistent labor working together. That is what makes this farm work so nicely everyday. Without the family labor and passion for the farm it can not be so much fun. A great example of how things can work when you have a great team effort!!
So nice and relaxing to see the cattle grazing. Your dairy barn is exactly the same size as our barn except we never had switcher cows and the manger was in the middle (cows facing each other). Thanks for sharing.
I follow several farming channels and you are my first one involved in dairy. I really enjoy the tractors you use, specifically the Oliver as I drove one with a rake very similar to yours when I was growing up, but I am enjoying the miking part too. And, those calves are too cute! I look forward to more!!
It is SO refreshing to see dairy cows on pasture. Most of the other dairy channels I watch, the cows live inside on sand and never get to graze it appears. I know it’s a business but you’re proof dairy cows can graze. Great job you’re all doing! 👍
I milked in a 44 tiestall barn, all the girls wanted to lay down after milker came off, I had to move fast to get em dipped. The whole barn would be down by the time I took last unit into milkhouse. Great video guys.
Love the way you take care of your cows. We had a out 5 blue roanes,of our 300 loved those cows. Its nice when animals are not bunched up by the 1000. Everyone should know someone has to work off the farm to pay outrageous insurance costs. Love your videos. Keep it up very restful.
It is so refreshing to watch your videos and how you care for your land, cows, and machinery as you go about your chores. In central WI, it seems that all we have are semi farmers with unbelievable noise, smells, and lack of attachment to anything but $. I love your farming choices and wish you were my neighbot! Keep up the great work & example for others! (Note: It wouldn't hurt to let some wildflowers grow up around those ponds and save his back a bit...you know for the wild pollinators. I have only seen two monarchs this summer.) It is great that you are sharing with the world how you live. May God Bless you!
Excellent operation you have going, I hope you are able to maintain the family farm forever. I have beef cattle and my Son's have a few and as soon as the grand babies are old enough I hope they have the interest.
I enjoy watching all of your videos. From the time that I was 3 or 4, I wanted to be a dairy farmer, but sadly, life took me in a different direction. When I think back on those dreams, they look very similar to your setup. I've said, for a while now, that I think a person can still make things work on a 40-50 cow dairy, but you have to farm like they did when that was the common size dairy. That includes picking corn and and grinding your own feed. Square baling a lot of hay is a part of that theory too. I'm glad to see that working for you still. Keep up the good work. God bless.
Nice set of twins. Too bad the heifer calf is a freemartin. Sometimes they are able to be bred but it's rare. Maybe you could show the new red Holstein bull. He must be lots bigger by now. 🙂
Personally, I am a Purebred and Pedigree guy. I grew up with Registered Holstiens, and that's what we showed. Had couple of 🤬 Swiss (😂), and they were kept Purebred as well. But y'all have to do what you have to and want to do, and your Xbreeds look nice! I know that X'ing Jersey or Swiss does help with components in the F1 X, but I don't know what you go back with for the X2. The roan looks like a Montebelaird, but that's just a guess. I love your videos and appreciate the time y'all put into them! 👍👍
48 cows, just the right size for a small family farm. Interesting that this small of an operation can support the number of people you have involved. Further your machinery is all good stuff, nice tractors, and other equipment. Over here in Northeast Wisconsin, the smallest herd I know about is 700 cows. From there it up in the 2 to 3 thousand cows.
My uncle milked 80 head had a 40 cow tie stall like you ja e and a 40 cow freestyle connected to the barn .we milked 40 switched and milked 40 more. All they got in the tie stall was high moisture corn 42% pellets and baled hay
I remember having cows that had twins, one a bull and the other one was a heifer. And twice the heifer had all her reproduction organs. I had the heifers scoped by my veterinarian, and glad I did. Both turned out to be decent milk cows. Thanks again for another great video. All the best from Canada 🇨🇦
I just saw that a Dairy North of ours in NY is milking 5000 cows now. We milked around 60 with 64 stanchions and pipeline. We did not graze too much as my dad said if they are walking they are not eating so we fed them in a bunk in the summer and in the barn in the winter.
Would rather watch videos of dairy your size instead of large dairies of 1000 or more. Reminds me of my neighbors back in the 60's when went there to help. Was about 12 then.
Great video guys I was told once by a friend that milked in a tie stall barn for 60 years it's better to have 60 cows you can take care of that a 150 you can't
What time do you guys start milking? Growing up my Dad always had 2 cows we milked by hand. Was not a big milk drinker . But my mom made butter out of cream. I loved the butter
I love seeing the cows and the milking process. Your Dad always explains his breeding ideas and why he chooses as he does. Cows grazing in the field is so peaceful. Been wondering about the roan cow. Too bad her calves were not both heifers. Do the switch cows get fed the extra feed like the first ones in? Guess you didn't show that. Great channel and love all the videos!!!
Your hay looks pretty enough to eat MYSELF! (Maybe with some salad dressing...) The cows obviously approve. Always enjoy your videos! Those bells produce music to the ears.....one can only imagine how sweet the sound is to a dairyman's ears----each "note" is a cow munching grass (or moving to some more...) Thank you for sharing. btw, this "flatlander" cringes every time you drive "suicide hill" (especially in the trikes) Be careful and stay alive. Not a ROPS in sight, although I imagine the cabs would provide some measure of protection---although they're on wide-front tractors which are less likely to capsize.
Them dam bells would drive me crazy 🤣 Beautiful family farm your dad has. Not many left anymore. To me sad day what farming has become. Pretty much along with the rest of the world.
A very beautiful farm you have there, have been watching for a long time. Enjoy your videos immensely. However, if I had to listen to those bells every day they would drive me nuts. lol. 😊
From what i can see is you have happy cows , well kept buildings and machinery, conversation conscious of your land . Your milk check is not enough you guys have to be Grade A . And you guys make everything look easy but its not .
When we milked cows we always switched out 4 cows per milking session. And we also had to install pipeline milking later before Dad sold his share to my Uncle in order to have Grade A milk. Otherwise it became Grade B and was sold for dry milk if we didn't have pipeline installed.
We called them free martins, that was a heifer born twin to a bull calf. Not sure that is an official title but that was "our" title. Hated that, seemed like a wasted 9 months waiting for that, harder on the cow and when calves were worth $30 or less, Plus you usually had a vet call to clean the cow.
Forgot to tell you we have A Dairy in out county that process their milk Jersey cows milks around Seventy cows only one in the county has very Good milk young couple
Good morning, have been meaning to ask if you use artificial insemination to breed the cows but your dad just answered that for me you have some nice cows with good udders. Could your dad talk about what bulls he uses ? Cheers from Phillip Island 🇦🇺
Sorry those twins were not both heifers! My neighbor has had some luck with heifers born twin with a bull but there is at least a 90% chance of them being sterile, too bad. We used to have a cow lie down on the milking unit now and then, I think they were tired from the extra exercise of being on pasture. Sometimes it creates quite a problem! Anyway, they all look nice.
I really like watching your videos. You guys do a good job. I have a barn about the same age as yours even though we don't milk. Lawrence Welk played in our hay loft during prohibition. Cows can hear if an electric fence is on. The cow bells bother me because of the noise for the cows ears. You guys probably know if the noise is ok for them. I am from SD.
I have a question for you guys, it sounds as if you need to upgrade your milking infrastructure to allow you to get more cows milked in a shorter amount of time. Just a thought.
Very nice looking twins. Too bad about the heifer not being able to reproduce... Not knowing it's genetics like your dad does, is it possible to raise up the bull calf for a new herd sire?