I just discovered your channel late last spring. It's what my husband and I watch in the evenings. I grew up on a small family dairy farm here in Wisconsin in the 60's and 70's. Though our farm was on a much smaller scale, I can still relate to so much. I was involved with every aspect of the farm. I appreciate how well done your videos are.....they're filmed and edited beautifully. And I love how well your farm is operated. Everything taken well care of. My 3 and 5 year old grandsons love your videos, too. They especially like all the machinery and harvesting. Thank you for bringing back floods of memories to this old farm girl.
Hi Eric! I had the pleasure of taking care to mix and feed on the dairy farm for friends while they where gone for the weekend. It is definitely harder than it looks, but found it great fun and awesome to learn! Their production didn’t drop, so guess I did a good job 😅. Thanks for your inspiration! Greetings from The Netherlands 🇳🇱
With all the changes going on on the farm and the crazy weather, I’m surprised you haven’t taken more breaks. Please continue to keep your family and yourself as the priority. Those of us who have been following for a while definitely support your choice.
Eric! Glad you took a week off. Sometimes a break is good for the soul. Im in Upstate NY (ADK region) whenever it rains here im always checking your area to see if you guys caught some rain too. Glad you guys didnt get washed out like some of the farms in our region. I drive past the Marks' farm in lewis county on the daily. I appreciate you and what your family does.
Only Big Ag throws away stuff they're not currently using, they have the funds to buy new stuff whenever they like. Family farming, EVERYTHING gets reused & recycled until its no longer of any use at all whatsoever.
I never did do any dairy work, but I've had cattle for most of 40 years and I know you can keep busy with cattle and more than double that with a dairy. I think you guys do a great job and a real task every day keeping it going, your dad earned his vacation, I hope they had a good time. You did great, keep up the good work and have a good week!
Love how you get us right up front and personal with the operation of the skid steer. We can really see what is going on. Really glad you got some rain, hopefully not too much. You sure did take great care of things while your Dad was getting some much deserved rest and relaxation. Great video as usual Eric, thanks.
Grain could bounce apparently in Canada. We are going to see a strike on our two rail services, which will put a big difference in how grain gets transported across Canada.
Hey love your channel been watching for last three years and I’m from New York and I used to work on a neighbors farm for years untill sold out. Love your upgrades and glad you have found good young help he’s a good worker👍
What a marvelous feeing for your Parents Eric knowing all is well with you keeping the home fires burning! They can absolutely shower Alaska with some Pennsylvania hospitality! I'm betting Caleb would love working for you all full time and he seemed like a Big Help! As always it's awesome that you take the time to explain what is going on. Crazy just how much actually goes on behind the camera as in keeping records of shots, different menu's of feed, wellness of your animals and of course the constant maintenance that is needed on a farm! A ton more than just dropping a seed in the ground and turning on a tractor to be sure!😉 Thank you Eric for sharing a slice of your life with your Fan Base! MOO From Next door In COW-lumbus, Ohio MOO 👋
Farm kids catch on early about taking care of the business. My parents didn't leave town, but left me to take care of a few milking's when I was about 13. When my Dad was asked who was doing it, he smiled and said that I was. At this point, his Dad knows that all will be well when he gets home, rested and ready for the corn chopping and fall work. 👍
Eric, Alaska is an amazing place on this planet, and to have this as a state is remarkable. You and your family MUST place this as a high-priority bucket list place to visit. Lucky dad.
I very much appreciate how you blend your used/leftover equipment with your latest technology updates. Never miss your videos. Thanks for sharing and all your hard work!
@@daveklein2826 I'm not saying to drop everything. Just take a picture next time he is flying his drone and update the banner. Once you have the picture, the update will take less than a minute. It's likely something he isn't thinking about and just a friendly reminder. What would be really cool is to split it with the top half being the original and the bottom being a later state showing progress. I just look at the banner and see the old heifer barn that hasn't been around for 2 years.
A dairy farm is 24-7 365 days a year and two or three times a day. I grew up on a dairy farm years ago, my first vacation was my honeymoon, and I married a city boy so left the farm. I am a widow now and would go back to farm life in a minute if I found a nice old farmer.
I find it funny when you’re feeding every cow has their head in the way of the feed and get a face full when it comes out of the mixer! Doesn’t seem to bother them one bit.
Thank you again for all of your thorough explanations you give even for someone like me that has been watching for 2-3 years now. Would like to see that molasses mixing with the feed from an “above view”.
After the Robots are up and running, you can take a little time off as well. Just an overnight trip won't be a problem. Great video, tons of information, and well done. 👍👍
Me: *hits curb, hits another curb, boinks into a tree, and runs over a bike all while trying to maneuver my car with a backup cam out of driveway I've backed out of at least twice a day every day for the past year* Eric maneuvering heavy machinery in narrow alleyway to pick up a pile of feed: 5:43 - 5:53 Me: *slow clap*
I like your videos, watching since you started, but one of the best things so far is, that your parents took off to Alaska not just for a long weekend, but for 2 weeks (I guess). First of all they deserved it, but second, they trust you. (ok, why not?)
When you introduce new cattle to a group, is there a pecking order that needs to be established? With hogs they fight like mad trying to figure out dominance?
Hey Eric, if you run one long conveyer in line with the 3 silo's you could just have chutes at the base of each silo and you would be able to fill from all three at once with only one motor
Eric, as a number-oriented engineer type, I’m VERY interested in how many man-hours this will save (day, week, month, year) and what the expected milk fat yield will bring with more frequent feedings. Now, if you could just buy one of those round about milkers, things would be good. 😜
There’s a video I think it’s on Reddit and it shows what looks like dairy cows in headlock. One of the dairy cows escapes the headlock and then unlocks multiple other head locks to allow other cows to get out. It’s pretty interesting.
Will you keep your feeder mixer wagon once the robot's begin working/feeding? Just incase the robots fail or they go down for some reason? Thanks for the awesome videos! Greetings from Cambridge, England 🏴
Hey Eric, wondering what type of boots you wear? do you stick to a single pair and always buy the same or switch it up? Love the content, happy cows don’t lie.
Not sure if you have thought about it, but a video on a full days work with timestamps from morning to see how long everything takes you would be cool. Obviously not a video any longer than usual, just some clips showing the jobs you do, start time and end time.
I work and mix feed for animal’s and milk cow’s and hauled manure delivered calves a little gross but had to be done. Our farm is small only 10 acre’s and neighbor’s is a huge dairy farm 190 acre’s ,we help them quit a bit . Love doing it had fun got along no problem. Your farm Eric is set up awesome. The way you have your feed mill set up and remote control machines helping out with feeding. But have a question your robots have cement tracks okay . But about winter the snow and ice on cement would that cause the reboots to slide off the cement?
There won't be much waste feed. The robots will feed smaller amounts several times throughout the day, and continuously check feed levels every hour. Only feeding more when needed.
Hello, I'm from Poland , I've been milking cows since I was 11 years old, our farm is called POLHOZ, we have 1877 total 655 dairy cows, greetings to you
8:01 They have one in the main barn. However, the robot feeders will take over that job. Once they're up and running, they'll check feed levels and push up feed every hour.
