It’s Thanksgiving - a good time to thank the farmers for the food they provide to feed all of us. Thank you Erik, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Tomorrow when I'm spreading butter on my bread. Sipping an ice cold glass of fresh milk, nibbling on some delicious cheese, and enjoying pie and ice cream with whipped cream.....I'm going to give thanks, for our Dairymen. Happy Thanksgiving! and Thank you!
You seem to come up with more interesting information about dairy farming each time, this is why I keep coming back for more. Heck, I'd come back if you had to walk with the family in a field or cow-watching or whatever. I'm in this for the long haul for sure, you might think it's boring Eric but I sure don't.
Enjoy watching your cows and all the tasks you have to do to care for them, a lot different than us, of course ours are beef cattle and their fed mostly hay with mineral salts and some grain. Thanks for sharing your time with us, I hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving!
I am always impressed with how much attention you give to the details. And how you are always looking for ways to improve your dairy operation. Therefore it is no surprise that your videos are always exceptional and excellent! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to providing quality, informative, and enjoyable videos to all of us. God bless you & yours this Thanksgiving season.
Having the same problem with the mold here sometimes. I spray a product called 'cool down' from visscher holland on the open surface of the cornpile. That works great if you do this daily. Gr from Holland😊
Eric I know you’ve said before. What is your all time favorite thing to do on the farm. Something you look forward to. Happy Thanksgiving. I hope your new house is blessed with laughter and love and the joyful sound of children. It’s been an amazing year.
Eric i just subscribed to you, you have a beautiful awesome farm 🚜 all modern technology, nice machinery, way to go keep the videos coming and you do a great job explaining everything. Keep up the great work 💪
It’s from over packing. The cell walls from the plant get destroyed and then the moisture actually moves out of the silage and up. Yes xzelite great product!!
I listen to a dairy pod cast and that topic was brought up about the molding below the surface of the silage and the Dr on the pod cast said it was from over packing!
We have heard that you get spoilage like that (6-8in down from plastic) in a band like that if you “repack” the bunk the next day. Like if you finished filling at night and repacked in the morning before plastic. We are new to bunks and haven’t experienced that but sure had a lot of comments from neighbors about the “right way”
You guys sure have a great looking herd. That aspirin idea seems wacko... Cant wait to see what happens with that! PLEASE show cattle at the automatic brushes. They're cute and it's fun seeing them having fun and feeling great!
Even if the asprin doesn't increase milk yield, just slightly reducing edema in their udder could make a lot heifers nicer to milk the first few milkings. As far as your pit could be a few reasons. Did something delay the packing? like a break down with the blade tractor, allowing a layer to dry out for an hour or two then there is 3 loads to get pushed up right away when things get going again. Starting out in a new field close to the bunks and the outside round is dried down quite a bit, then wetter silage comes too fast then the dry load didnt get packed enough. At least you probably have a historical recording of what went on while filling that bunk.
In school I learnd that the gases that form from the silaging process kill all the bacteria from the top down a few inches. So thats why its perfect at the top and then I think its a compaction error maybe
Instead of too many calc bottles I always found more oat hay. It makes a bit less popping milk but longer prod line and a lot less milk fevers. Only 10 gallon guys need any fancy stuff incl mineral which is just mostly dirt. You got that from alf ground
We had that layer 2 years ago 12 inches under top of bunk. We were told it was from over packing the top when finished filling bunk. So we didn't do any more than the usual packing when finishing the bunker and havn't had that issue since
just my opinion , if the fresh silage of that layer or maybe exactly that truck load is polluted by soil or something at field during harvest , mold may grow.
Your mold might be a hole in the cover plastic or it could be that the isnt enought weight in top, here in the netherlands we put a layer of sand on top of the plastic so it has enough weight to pack the top layer and to prevent mold
Amazing the changes in herd management I have seen since I started in the late 60s. If you would have told my Dad that a computer program and sensor’s would be able to inform us that a cow is not feeling well or in heat or was preparing to calve in the next 12 to 24 hours I am pretty sure he would have laughed and called me an educated idiot.
Being a life long "city dweller" It is hard to believe that something that size is so easy to swallow ( even for a cow) - does that "pill" disolve in the stomach or does it pass it through or maybe it stays inside the stomach and allows Eric to monitor important data about the cows' health Wishing you and the family a Happy Healthy Thanksgiving 🚜 🚜 🚜👶 🐄🐄🐄🐄 👶👶🚜 🚜🚜
It falls/sits in the bottom of her stomach and is able to let Eric know when the cow isn’t feeling well. Truly the cow does not feel the pain or the huge pill going into her stomach!
Giving a cow a bolus of any type or size is sure to make it uncomfortable in the moment. The cow is completely fine after he gives it the bolus. She’s just a bit offended.
You sure have your days work every day. but like many jobs you get the hang of it and no problem. It was the same for me on Heavy Equipment after a couple months it is enjoyable.
There's a published study by Dr. Adrian Barragan about postpartum aspirin use. 2 doses of aspirin (one within 12 hrs after calving, and one 24 hrs after that) showed a ~3.5 lbs/day increase over control animals. I've not heard of aspirin before calving though.
Erik from a consumer I would rather you be disappointed and being concerned while trying to improve then to just except and disregard while nothing perfect there nothing wrong in trying , thank you.
A lot of people are starting to back to mowbroard plowing with no till the ground is getting to compacted and the fertilizer never gets deep enough into the soil to stay and not get washed away
I have Like your video And Thank ! Hope your Family a BLESS year . I help at farm NJ. 1960 they milk By HAND 32 0r 36 I carry ,it keep chart on cow [ I was a 19 yr. }
Hey Eric. I have an idea why there is mold in your silage. I am a German Dairy Farmer. The tractor who packed the corn silage had a shield with forks on it right? I guess the forks on the shield had a wrong angle. They were down in the silage. He loosened it up. Maybe all the time. But at the end there was not enough pressure from the silage above to pack it again or to press the air out.
I follow nutrition science and studies, and have a suggestion for how you implement new items on individual cows like the aspirin treatment. Sorry if you already know about this and do it but here goes. The most widely accepted nutrition studies have a control group that does not receive the treatment, and the people are assigned randomly to either the treatment group of the control group. That way, other factors increase or decreases the milk production during the test period, and without a group you could falsely attribute the entire change to the treatment itself. The control group will remove all extraneous factors from the equation. It might be something as simple as assigning odd numbered cows to treatment and even numbered to the control group*. Then have a study period, and check the milk production of both groups after the study period, comparing the average of the two groups. There are more statistical methods that are used to show value of certainty, which could also be implemented. There's a lot more scientific validity when having a randomized, controlled trial like that. It could save you significant amounts of money. Best wishes.
We have been ag bagging corn for over 40 years, we have also had the mold problem about 18 inches down from the top of the bag. Very frustrating, I've never figured it out.
It’s Thanksgiving - a good time to thank the farmers for the food they provide to feed all of us. Thank you Erik, and a Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
its always a good time to thank a farmer!
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Enjoyed. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
Given the defined line across it would seem to be a particular load of silage.
Dew formation during a possible lag time while laying it in?
Eric...you have got the skid steer operation down to a science. Practice does make perfect. Nice video!
Tomorrow when I'm spreading butter on my bread. Sipping an ice cold glass of fresh milk, nibbling on some delicious cheese, and enjoying pie and ice cream with whipped cream.....I'm going to give thanks, for our Dairymen. Happy Thanksgiving! and Thank you!
Maintaining the herd makes for a better product. You and your dad are always looking for new ways to keep all the cows safe and healthy. Stay safe.
Thank yall for staying in business. Not many FAMILY dairy farms
funny to watch as they come running when you put the feed out! Chowtime!
You seem to come up with more interesting information about dairy farming each time, this is why I keep coming back for more. Heck, I'd come back if you had to walk with the family in a field or cow-watching or whatever. I'm in this for the long haul for sure, you might think it's boring Eric but I sure don't.
Eric, I’m an electrical engineer about your dad’s age, yet I’m amazed with the technology you use for herd management. Love your channel.
I'm a programmer and same, its fascinating.
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Enjoy watching your cows and all the tasks you have to do to care for them, a lot different than us, of course ours are beef cattle and their fed mostly hay with mineral salts and some grain. Thanks for sharing your time with us, I hope you and your family have a great Thanksgiving!
I am always impressed with how much attention you give to the details. And how you are always looking for ways to improve your dairy operation. Therefore it is no surprise that your videos are always exceptional and excellent! Thank you for your hard work and dedication to providing quality, informative, and enjoyable videos to all of us. God bless you & yours this Thanksgiving season.
Have a nice Thanksgiving in your new home! Your video's are always informational!
Having the same problem with the mold here sometimes. I spray a product called 'cool down' from visscher holland on the open surface of the cornpile. That works great if you do this daily. Gr from Holland😊
Happy Thanksgiving Eric,Ed from Vermont
a couple guys on youtube mentioned the mold is caused by packing a second day after the corn silage dried for a bit, causes the top too fluff,
You've got the cleanest cows I've ever seen!!!!!!WOW ❤🙏
its nice to have you as a youtuber love your channel
Good video on takeing care of cows.
stay warm and safe brother and have a great thanksgiving you and your family. From the imperial county California 👍👍🇺🇲
Hi Imperial County, I’m from Orange County, CA.
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Really very nice of you all to not take all of the pack off. Very considerate for your girls.
Eric I know you’ve said before. What is your all time favorite thing to do on the farm. Something you look forward to. Happy Thanksgiving. I hope your new house is blessed with laughter and love and the joyful sound of children. It’s been an amazing year.
amazing video Eric and dad. thank you guys so much
Hey Erik, I love the videos. I hope you have a great Thanksgiving with the family. Much love from Florida.
Eric i just subscribed to you, you have a beautiful awesome farm 🚜 all modern technology, nice machinery, way to go keep the videos coming and you do a great job explaining everything. Keep up the great work 💪
Fine young man and a great herdsman!
Good explanation of what contours do. Have a great Thanksgiving.
Another great video! You run a very impressive farm…not huge, but high quality. God has blessed you 👍
Glad that your new feed program is working out for the better. A very interesting video. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
You’re always looking at improvements it’s a Good thing
See that you washed the manure spreader. I like the way you keep your equipment clean and well maintained.
Good old aspirin, the wonder drug! Always my favourite vlogs come out of the 10 generation dairy farm.
Love seeing the every day farming Erik! Thanks for uploading, know the editing takes valuable time!
Happy Thanksgiving to ALL of your families. We are very thankful and blessed that you take the time to share your farm and dairy with us.
Erik makes everyone’s day better when he uploads a video.
It’s from over packing. The cell walls from the plant get destroyed and then the moisture actually moves out of the silage and up. Yes xzelite great product!!
greetings from ontario canada. never miss a vid. love your work. gotta help farmers when possible
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🦃🦃
Great video. The pen pack looks nice and warm.also. looks comfortable with new.shavings on top.
It’s good to see how you are using everything even the manure in the fields
Well those rows make the field look beautiful when everything is grown in.
I listen to a dairy pod cast and that topic was brought up about the molding below the surface of the silage and the Dr on the pod cast said it was from over packing!
We have heard that you get spoilage like that (6-8in down from plastic) in a band like that if you “repack” the bunk the next day. Like if you finished filling at night and repacked in the morning before plastic. We are new to bunks and haven’t experienced that but sure had a lot of comments from neighbors about the “right way”
Another great educational video Eric. I’m a fan of yours. Wishing you & your family a wonderful Thanksgiving.
And people think farming is low tech or non tech. Thanks Erik great stuff.
That mold line could be caused by multiple things. We try to spend quite a bit of time packing the top of the bunkers, that seems to help somewhat.
Happy Thanksgiving to you, your family, friends as well to all my fellow subscribers. Gooble, gooble till you wooble 😊
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Eric
You guys sure have a great looking herd. That aspirin idea seems wacko... Cant wait to see what happens with that! PLEASE show cattle at the automatic brushes. They're cute and it's fun seeing them having fun and feeling great!
The aspirin would thin the blood so there would be better milk flow. Maybe less stress during the delivery too.
Hi hope everyone is good and healthy
I think Eric’s humble approach explaining the day to day of a clearly elite operation is why this channel is so successful
A happy and blessed Thanksgiving to you and your family.
Very helpful your videos for dairy farm
I'm from India
Happy Thanksgiving Eric to you and your family. Your videos are a pleasure of my day.
I sure enjoy heavy whipping cream in my coffee every morning. And whole milk. And butter. And yogurt. God's gift.
Even if the asprin doesn't increase milk yield, just slightly reducing edema in their udder could make a lot heifers nicer to milk the first few milkings.
As far as your pit could be a few reasons. Did something delay the packing? like a break down with the blade tractor, allowing a layer to dry out for an hour or two then there is 3 loads to get pushed up right away when things get going again. Starting out in a new field close to the bunks and the outside round is dried down quite a bit, then wetter silage comes too fast then the dry load didnt get packed enough.
At least you probably have a historical recording of what went on while filling that bunk.
Always enjoy your videos. I learn something from everyone. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.
In school I learnd that the gases that form from the silaging process kill all the bacteria from the top down a few inches. So thats why its perfect at the top and then I think its a compaction error maybe
What’s good in dat hood and Happy Thanksgiving Eric
Instead of too many calc bottles I always found more oat hay. It makes a bit less popping milk but longer prod line and a lot less milk fevers. Only 10 gallon guys need any fancy stuff incl mineral which is just mostly dirt. You got that from alf ground
Very good work experience management
Happy thanksgiving! Been watching for a long time..
Glad the new stuff is giving you some good results.
As always you have very interesting videos. Thank You
Happy Thanksgiving from Philadelphia!
We had that layer 2 years ago 12 inches under top of bunk. We were told it was from over packing the top when finished filling bunk. So we didn't do any more than the usual packing when finishing the bunker and havn't had that issue since
banger vid em a farmer and you help us make a bigger better farm
just my opinion , if the fresh silage of that layer or maybe exactly that truck load is polluted by soil or something at field during harvest , mold may grow.
Your mold might be a hole in the cover plastic or it could be that the isnt enought weight in top, here in the netherlands we put a layer of sand on top of the plastic so it has enough weight to pack the top layer and to prevent mold
well done young man
Happy 😊 Thanksgiving to Yao and your family.
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and enjoy your special day with your family love you guys ❤
Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family be blessed and enjoy the holiday great job!!!!
Excellent video Eric!
Amazing the changes in herd management I have seen since I started in the late 60s. If you would have told my Dad that a computer program and sensor’s would be able to inform us that a cow is not feeling well or in heat or was preparing to calve in the next 12 to 24 hours I am pretty sure he would have laughed and called me an educated idiot.
Being a life long "city dweller" It is hard to believe that something that size is so easy to swallow ( even for a cow) - does that "pill" disolve in the stomach or does it pass it through or maybe it stays inside the stomach and allows Eric to monitor important data about the cows' health Wishing you and the family a Happy Healthy Thanksgiving
🚜 🚜 🚜👶 🐄🐄🐄🐄 👶👶🚜 🚜🚜
It falls/sits in the bottom of her stomach and is able to let Eric know when the cow isn’t feeling well. Truly the cow does not feel the pain or the huge pill going into her stomach!
He said it stays there for the life of the cow. So when the cow goes to the burger factory do they get it back or does it just end up in the dump?
Giving a cow a bolus of any type or size is sure to make it uncomfortable in the moment. The cow is completely fine after he gives it the bolus. She’s just a bit offended.
Great video as always. Thanks 😊
You sure have your days work every day. but like many jobs you get the hang of it and no problem. It was the same for me on Heavy Equipment after a couple months it is enjoyable.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
There's a published study by Dr. Adrian Barragan about postpartum aspirin use. 2 doses of aspirin (one within 12 hrs after calving, and one 24 hrs after that) showed a ~3.5 lbs/day increase over control animals. I've not heard of aspirin before calving though.
Did. It rain A little when you were packing it down . Mold is from moisture. Something got wet.
Wanted to wish you and your family a happy thanksgiving day and hope you have good one.
we always gave our cows and heifers 7 way lepto shot and heifers bangs vaccine and ear tag.
Erik from a consumer I would rather you be disappointed and being concerned while trying to improve then to just except and disregard while nothing perfect there nothing wrong in trying , thank you.
A lot of people are starting to back to mowbroard plowing with no till the ground is getting to compacted and the fertilizer never gets deep enough into the soil to stay and not get washed away
Interesting video Eric. Ik think your tires on the silo are not heavy enough. Good Luck.
I have Like your video And Thank ! Hope your Family a BLESS year . I help at farm NJ. 1960 they milk By HAND 32 0r 36 I carry ,it keep chart on cow [ I was a 19 yr. }
The mold could just be the line where the humidity and humidity are ideal for the mold.
You farmers rock!
Maybe clean it to the concrete and leave 1/4 of the pack to spread around fir normal cleaning? Just a thought.
Hey Eric.
I have an idea why there is mold in your silage. I am a German Dairy Farmer.
The tractor who packed the corn silage had a shield with forks on it right?
I guess the forks on the shield had a wrong angle. They were down in the silage. He loosened it up. Maybe all the time.
But at the end there was not enough pressure from the silage above to pack it again or to press the air out.
You should check out the avant 860 front end loaders they are the best for cow barns
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I follow nutrition science and studies, and have a suggestion for how you implement new items on individual cows like the aspirin treatment. Sorry if you already know about this and do it but here goes.
The most widely accepted nutrition studies have a control group that does not receive the treatment, and the people are assigned randomly to either the treatment group of the control group.
That way, other factors increase or decreases the milk production during the test period, and without a group you could falsely attribute the entire change to the treatment itself. The control group will remove all extraneous factors from the equation.
It might be something as simple as assigning odd numbered cows to treatment and even numbered to the control group*. Then have a study period, and check the milk production of both groups after the study period, comparing the average of the two groups. There are more statistical methods that are used to show value of certainty, which could also be implemented.
There's a lot more scientific validity when having a randomized, controlled trial like that. It could save you significant amounts of money. Best wishes.
Thanks that is a good idea
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that's interesting Asprin ? it will be interesting to see if it makes a difference
Here in Holland see use landbouw salt op you corn after silage
fun visit
Are you sure it's not Kahm Yeast instead of mold in the silage? Kahm Yeast is common with fermentation
Hope u had a good Thanksgiving
Hi Eric, I would love to see the inside of the mixer while you feed.
We have been ag bagging corn for over 40 years, we have also had the mold problem about 18 inches down from the top of the bag. Very frustrating, I've never figured it out.