Hauling the first loads of liquid manure on to our ground for this spring and explaining how the pit works and how we prepare fields for planting. Thanks for watching.
Young man you are one of America's brightest and best. The work ethic and character you represent is what made us the greatest country in the world. Thank you for what you do and sharing it with us.
I was wondering where the water and stuff went in the slots. Today I learned about it. I am amazed at how much work you do in order to keep us in milk. I appreciate my milk a lot more now. Did I see you drinking a Coke? I was waiting for the Mountain Dew to show up. Or are you testing us to see if we are paying attention? As usual, thanks for sharing your day with us.
Happy Easter Eric and families! Can’t thank you enough for taking us along on all the chores that it takes to keep the dairy chugging along. So much work for our dedicated dairy farmers.
Thanks Eric! Good explanation of the manure and the no till ground. The ideas is to keep the soil healthy. That means organic matter, natural fertilizer, and not tearing up the ground and in-soil infrastructure of bacteria, fungi, worms, that make plants grow. The new farm!
Absolutely smells like money, and huge thanks to all farmers, we couldn't live without them. I would be willing to bet I've been in a persons house that has 10 miniture poodles NOT potty train that smells much worse. He lives in Florida in a small mobile home. Extremely disgusting. I couldn't even take them outside to groom them, because he is only allowed 3.
It's great to see all the farmer's out and providing the entire world with great products. Thank you and your family for all the continuous work you do. Oh and the great videos as well.
You are a very good inspiration for those who want to be dairy farmers and thank you for all the effort you put into your vids have a great Easter Erik
When I was your age, I got hooked on Mt Dew. I drank 6 to 8 12oz cans per day. I had so much caffeine in my body that I would shake bad when it came time for sleep! My body would finally relax but couldn’t get it going next morning until I had my Mt Dew, Raisin Cream pie breakfast! Finally stopped after my pancreas/ insulin levels off the chart. I later substituted Coca Cola finally giving up all carbonated drinks. Replaced with The Holy Nectar of The Southern Gods- sweet tea w/ just a little ice! Still use too much sugar and caffeine! No better off! You and Your family bring me Great Happiness- Thank You! Many Blessings and Plentiful Yields for YALL! From Northeast Georgia Mountains, Gainesville: Poultry Capital of The World 🌎‼️
Yeah were are supposed to be doing that here, but I still see the farmers tilling every year. I would love to see that done here. God is good he gives such a abundance
We never had liquid manure, either loaded by hand or the farmall 400 with manure bucket but that was my favorite time me and brother running spreaders and uncle loading them.
We had no barn cleaner on our small NE Wisconsin dairy farm when I was growing up in the 70’s. During winter, we hauled manure from the barn each night before milking using a wheel barrow, making a pile as went through the winter months. In spring my brother and I loaded the manure off the pile with our Farmall H with an old fashioned trip bucket into a New Idea ground-drive spreader pulled by our Farmall A. Took several days to spread it all. Then into tilling and planting. Fond memories...
They looked like they were patiently waiting in line for the brush! (With excellent social distancing) Also, your accuracy with that sprayer is oddly satisfying.
Wow, I never realized the amount of work that goes into a dairy farm. You work your butt off dude. I am really surprised at the attitude of the cows. they have their own personalities, I guess I never though of it. Thanks for the vids, good work.
200+ loads, now I understand why some farmers try to spray it directly on their fields. You are investing alot of labor in this job. I hope it cuts down on the amount of chemicals you need to apply.
Great video and it is good to see someone showing the dirty stuff. Haha. You take a lot of extra time setting up your shots and I particularly loved the tractor driving over the camera at the end. I am sure it is not easy filming while you are trying to get your work done. Keep up the good work.
Great video! Very informative to us wannabe-farmers! :) I was impressed, but so nervous when you did the drive-over camera shot...HAHAHA You all are inspiring with how hard you work! I follow a grain farmer and a sheep farmer as well...and I'm in awe of how much work there is to do each day!
I spent my summers and falls growing up a a very large hog farm in Central Indiana. 10,000 head of hog and 20,000 acres of corn. All the corn was just to feed the hogs. We would also do beans, wheat , hay and occasionally a cash crop like sunflower when the prices were right. But with that many animals, I spent many hours in the seat of a 4440 open cab pulling the honey wagons, as we called them. Dry and liquid. After a while you don't even notice the smell. I went through so many tubes of grease! lol The life blood of a machine!
I think that's the first time I've ever seen you drinking Coke over Mountain Dew or Chocolate Milk! =) Love your videos, you look very relaxed and are a natural born presenter. - Dave
Tilling in the slurry would definitly reduce the ammonia-emissions after the application. I know that this won't work in no-till but there are methods that apply the slurry closer to the soil surface or inject it into the soil (and yes, I know that those applicators cost lots and lots of money) Nevertheless thanks for the work you do and for sharing it with us in your videos!!!
Your absolutely right don't know why this guy wrote a novel but you can watch farming fixing And fabricating Andy injects it in the ground to stop it from being moved off the field if manure gets a lot of rain it will run to the lowest point always
You definitely got the right idea with doing no-till, I study soils and land management in college and plowing is basically the equivalent of a forest fire, earth quake, volcano, and flood for microbes living in the soil. It disrupts channels in the soil to help with water infiltration and it kills off the fungi and bacteria that helps make nutrients available for crops. Also no-till tends to have more consistent yields even with large weather variations. Keep up the good work!
If we don’t do lots of tillage in Minnesota we don’t have a crop to harvest, our soils are really thick and clay-ee?😂 but no till would be nice to do. Saves lots of money on diesel. And erosion is always something you wanna try to avoid if possible.
Nevertheless, you will lose a lot of ammonia to the atmosphere if you don´t till in the manure. On a warm and sunny day on naked soil more than half your ammonium-N might float away in a few hours time.
Yes,no till has many advantages...just do'nt like the idea of having to use roundup on everything these days.It's reported to be in all oat products now including baby foods because of soy products used so how long before it's in our milk? Great job farming and sharing with us all...Thankyou
