Answering Your Questions
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- Опубліковано 9 вер 2019
- #AcresofClayHomestead
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Kenzie, breaking the pole in the barn and having to help fix it is good for you. When I was a kid , my parents gave me a BB gun . Told me not to be shooting any lite bulbs out. But I shot the barn lites out in the 50 foot barn ceiling. Dad made me climb the extension ladder and replace them. I got over my fear of hieghts fast . And Never did it again. He never yelled at me for any reason. Just made me fix what I broke. Helped me a lot in life . You have great parents that love you kids. Very pretty just like mom. And I can tell you are all great kids. Not very many left in this world. Your blessed growing up on a farm. Might not seem like it now ,but will later in life.
I raised a daughter like that and she turned out to be a significant adult. ;-)
I love your videos. I'm a 13 year old boy and I'm passionate about farming. Keep up the great work
13 years old and excited about farming!!?? Not many people say that! Thank You for watching.
i raise cattle here in central idaho,,,,,and hay,,,time is always short,,,i sure understand you folks on that,,,,you have great kids who help,,,,,and thats a blessing,,,,good help is hard to find,,
It is so refreshing to watch your channel. You’re family is awesome and knowing how your faith is so important is inspiring. Bless you all
Absolutely beautiful family....Your garden and your lifestyle are the envy of many... I grew up on some much smaller farms that were near their end in this area.You are definitely proof that the American dream is still alive and achievable.You are teaching your kids some priceless lessons that sadly few of our youth have the opportunity to learn today...I guarantee that in 20 years or so your kids will do you proud and continue your legacy of hard work and love. They have yet to learn how lucky they are :-)
Thanks for answering. So many farms today milk 3 times a day and replace their cows about 3 years +/- . Glad to see your animals are treated so good .
3.2k😎 you do have a great channel!!
Organic is a very misunderstood word... And means something different from state to state, country to country... Last I heard in our state, it takes seven years before they'll consider the ground organic.. a neighboring state will certify at three years with soil sampling each year.
Robotic milkers... They seem to be pretty good, those who have them seem to like them. I've heard after some time though, that production has dropped for many... It seems to be the lack of human interaction/touch. Sounds like there's still a few bugs to work out.
Thanks for the Q&A!!!
Keep up the good work and videos!!
I hauled milk for 11 years. I usually loaded in SW Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles. Usually delivered it to big plants in the southeastern U.S.
Here’s a question for Mackenzie (sp). What are her plans after high school and her career thoughts.
Надеюсь нет у неё мыслей пойти в университет, набрать кредитов-студенческих долгов и расплачиваться по ним до конца жизни???
I know how stressful it can be and how much hard work goes into what your family is doing. But I can tell that you all love what you’re doing. And I really respect your husband because he doesn’t let the stress put him in a foul mood and take it out on everyone else like my father did, and he really enjoys what he’s doing and working with his family every day. I’m guessing being a Christian has a lot to do with it. You all are truly blessed keep doing what you’re doing and I will be impatiently waiting for your next video
sure happy to hear that you aren't into "fad or petting zoo or some other style of get rich quick farming" it just ain't gonna happen quick it take years of hard work, and more hard work. Thank you and God bless your hard work and patience.
Thanks for that .I always enjoy your family videos .love the fact that you are a family that shows love and laughter. Have a great day Craig
Loved this video. Liability is indeed a big deal with giving tours.
You too have so much patience
A video of your parents rotary parlor and farm in general would be a must watch for me.
Rhonda you and Kenzie are so funny have a blessed day
Thank you for answering all the questions.
Your family is such a joy!😀🙏❤️🙏
Can you make a video showing manure paths throughout free stall barn? Where you store manure?
Y’all are so blessed so. I’ve to see the whole family working together
I just found your channel and had to subscribe, you said your daughter was being so quiet, she has been entertaining us while you guys were talking. she is funny...
I ALSO GREW UP ON A FARM IN GLASGOW MONTANA. TO U GUYS @ GALS AT YOUR DAIRY FARM. "KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK" 🇺🇸
Again good video & Lovely family Please Be great to see your dads rota milking setup. 👍
Growing fast in the channel, well done :)
We get about 13-14 US per 100. Was hard calculate due to currency conversion and we measure our payout differently.
It’s plenty here in NZ as our cost of production is much lower.
Appreciate videos
You guys such a cute family. Love watching how you all interact with one another.
Good video! A lot of questions answered.
I've worked a dairy farm in N.c. we milked around 110 head, 8 at the time. It was a small operation and a lot of fun, most of the time. I always wondered how the business side of it worked. Seemed like the owner always needed more land to stay profitable. The owner had to sell out in I believe around 08. I hope you guys do well at it. It's a joy to still see a family farm. My family used to raise tobacco but had to quit raising that in around 98. Just beef cattle for us right now. Glad yall covered the robotic milkers. I wondered how that would work, in cases of a cow with mastitis or causing it from over milking.
Thank you for watching!!
Rhonda, You could put together a great short video of the edits of the many faces of Mackenzie. She loves to make cute faces.
Congrats on the subs keep up the great video's.
U and ur daughter and family are very beautiful u and ur daughter u so much a like u are very good people and love all the videos u do keep up the great work and God bless you and your family and love u all
Congrats on hitting 3G. You are doing well and have great family. Thanks for the answers!
Thank YOU!
You sure have such a great beautiful family and life.. loves from Phoenix
Well done for getting up to over 3.2 K subscribers loads more will come I'm sure. I my self love the channel God bless you all.
Thanks you!! And thanks for watching!!
Thanks for the video.
I'm a new subscriber. Mother & daughter pose near the end you're both pretty :).
Tim H Really dude?!
New subscriber and I enjoy your channel. Your daughter did a great job on learning how to drive the truck
Welcome to our channel! Thank you for watching.
It takes a strong family bond to be a farming family. God Bless you all.
Mac is too funny. Video bombing. 🤪🤪Awesome 👍✌🤙🇬🇺
Enjoy all of your videos most all the dairy farms here in Eastern North Carolina have shut down over the last few years I used to enjoy buying bull calfs and raising them on bottles
Congratulations on 3k I really enjoy watching your videos yins are a great family ok here one for your daughter what's your favorite part of farming and what's your less favorite
Thank You!
Love the vid and love you all godbless
I would love a video on the life of Dairy Cows from born to retired maybe you could do an entire series and do a video on a newborn calf and feature different aged cows every video and what their lives are like
Great idea, thanks!!!
If you don’t think that you 2 look alike, watch the end of this video. YOU DO LOOK ALIKE! I grew up on a dry land wheat, beef farm & ranch in north east Montana, I am working for my cousin and her husband on some of dad & mom’s land. I had to get a knee replacement surgery, so suddenly I was bored, found your videos. Thank you for teaching me about milk herds. When I worked at John Deere in Glasgow Montana, I worked on corn chopper tractors when they did not run. So I knew something about corn chopping.
Thank you for the videos and the learning experience.
I love your UA-cam channel especially how hard working you sons and daughter is it takes the hole family to make it anymore love watching you all make a great living keep up the good work and your family will go fare
Thank you so much!
Haha THE LOOK ON MOMS FACE WHEN YOU PUT YOUR FINGER IN HER TEA!!!!! PRICELESS!!!!
What A Beautiful Family
Thank you!
My favorite animal are pigs and I love seeing the piglets
I found your channel a few days ago... I'm hooked!!! My kids are all grown and living their own lives, I watch your channel to enjoy the family life. I grew up working on small local dirt and cattle farm's. I'm retired Airforce and a farm like yours sounds like great place to work. Good luck and God bless.
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Welcome to our channel! So glad you found us.
Nice job on Q & A. 👍
I'm glad you said that about the brand issues everybody on UA-cam thinks to cut hay requires a 400 hp John Deere to rake 300hp John Deere to go disc a field a 500hp John Deere nonfarmers seem to think that's the only tractor to own but I would rather hang on to what little we make I'm not brand loyal I have case Kubota Ford Vermeer and Massey but I buy what fits the job I farm rough hilly and rocky ground here In middle Tennessee We raise beef cattle and hay great channel videos are great I have lots of expanding to get going on and I like seeing different operations gives me ideas
Thank you for watching!
My man kev swooped in and stole the farmer daughter!
LOL!!
Hello from Co. Mayo Ireland. Stumbled on your channel last night and loving the content, especially the fixing videos. Keep up the good work. Mayo for Sam 2021
Welcome to the channel!!
I just found your Channel today and I love it now on the home schooling. How much time do you spend everyday on school work. Do you join a special program or group . And what kind of grades are you making young lady. Love seeing you help your mom and dad.???
3,000 subs and in a mouth you made it to 16.7k nice
I was raised in New Mexico is a kid out on a ranch that my dad looked after 350 cows😊😊it was great ❤❤
nice a job and nice family saludos desde jalisco méxico lm Jesús Aguiñaga
Congrats on the 3k+ subs and 21 yrs of marriage...Luv the question/answer session!
Thank YOU!!
OK bless your daughter cracks me up a question for her does she want to go in to the family farm or go to agri college or does she want to go in to farming on her own one day xx
I'm a new subscriber. I didn't grow up farming but spent lots of time working at my best friend's family farm. I respect the hard work you all do. My question is do you buy new equipment and trucks or used?
Welcome to our channel!! We usually only buy used equipment, but it depends on the piece of equipment.
Happy Anniversary.
I believe I put down somewhere that we planted potatoes around St Patrick's day but that would have been too early. Would have been middle of April !
Your daughters expressions are hilarious!
I loved this so much. It’s nice to have hubby involved in this Q and A. By the way, I did freeze my salsa and it turned out beautiful! 🦋💜We had the mango salsa on taco salads last night and oh how nice.
Thanks for watching! Question about your salsa... Did you cook it first and then freeze it or was it fresh salsa that you froze??
Acres of Clay Homestead Oh hello Rhonda, I did boil it on the stove top, maybe 20 minutes. I cooled it then put into the fridge for about 5 days trying to figure out where I wanted to go in preservation. After removing from the freezer and it thawed, I stirred it up like crazy. It was as good as fresh. So for me this is a win. 🦋💜
Thanks! I might have to give this a try!!
i enjoy your videos.
We have a farm in Iowa and we do cattle too
Cows are going on robot milker when they want and here in Finland, they go normally 3 times in 24 hours and milking also little more than only two times milking.
I hope you can drink the milk from the cows my dad use to bring milk from the barn.
Great video
Love you guys....
I farmed for 3 years back in the early 90's and I can remember milk prices being as high as 14 dollars and low as 11 dollars needless to say i moved on to be a electrician where I knew the future would be more solid
Whatever you do don't let a bunch of strangers on you farm ! You would just be asking for trouble . Stay safe !
Question to Kenzie. Do you like or love to do anything? Have you hobby or passion?
George from Canada , Grew up on a farm not any where near as big as yours, , but love operating machinery, the question on hunting , you say your husband do d much hunting after he got married, i would say he did his hunting until he found you , then he knew he had is prize or trophy, lol keep up the good videos
Got to add my comment as to how funny McKenzie is. She reminds me of some of the younger ones I would love to kid around with
You both are real pretty. And you look a lot a like Ladies.
Kevin finished his hunting when he found you. Very interesting.
Kenzie question, I think in a video Mom mentioned you working at a greenhouse, do you like that growing plants stuff or do you like raising the piglets and animals more?
Nice family 👪
So I thought that as long as you milked a cow, they will produce milk. Like constant care of a calf. Is this not true? Do they have to have a calf on a regular basis to produce milk? Also, My store is ripping me off if you are only getting $17 per 100 gallons! You should be making 3x that much. Thank you to the hard working families that feed and supply our food and milk.
100 pounds, not 100 gallons. So, it's like us getting $17 for just over 11 gallons of milk.
@@acresofclayhomestead wow, milk is worth so much more than that!! Your milk especially seems good to me. You said you are almost and practically organic, and you have good practices.
Milk is the most valuable food on the planet.
Your daughter is a hoot, so funny and she loves the camera.
Where is your guys farm?! It looks alot like Kansas. It cool to see how the whole operation works for anyone that doesn't know the daily chores of a dairy farm.
West Michigan
The closest I've ever came to a farm is on farmer simulator#19, love that game
McKenzie 🙋🏼♂️🌹🌹🌹
What is each of you(r) favorite / non favorite thing dealing with live animals on the farm?
Your daughter 😍
Thank you very enjoyable... And Kevin has a clean shirt on? Wow... Lmao... I have a question for Mackenzie. When are you going to do another cooking video.. I did your chicken and pasta with cheese... It was good really good.. Tks. Rhonda you two do look alike...
LOL, yeah you don't see him very often wearing clean shirts!! Thanks for watching!
Lol your welcome...
Hi what is your rations consist of .for your milk cows per cow .and cost of that ration per cow .
In Michigan is there. Opertunitys to start a dairy or do have to buy ongoing farm with cows contracts
Thank for videos.
Great videos. I watch all of them. How many acres do you farm?}. Thanks
It might seem "farmy" but a lot of people would like to see your approach to , say for instance. putting up the corn silage, packing covering etc. You can always speed up a lot of that, just give the idea of how you do it. I think you guys are very interesting, not re-inventing the wheel, but making it work for your particular circumstance. And I, too, am amazed how many machines it takes. Since you've been doing the farm for a while, it's become second nature to you. But for us who left the farm so long ago, it's all terrific!
I'd like to see and learn more how to do the silage too
As a long ago pig farmer that was surrounded by dairy farms, I noticed that you use various different forms of silage. Which silage gives you better milk production vs the others? Hello from Ontario Canada by the way
You are funny both nice looking striking resemblance
Is there a way to check on volume of milk from each cow, as often as you want to know which is the best productive cows
Great video. Daughter acts a little ornery. 😂 😂 farming is a awesome lifestyle
She wasn't ornery she was just wanting to be in the video answering questions also. LOL!
Acres of Clay Homestead great 👍🏻
Does McKenzie sniffed her armpit at 12:39 ? O_O You guys rock, grettings from Polish lonely farmer ;)
YES! Silly girl!
I am new to y'all channel I am a new farm from Georgia
Welcome to our channel!!
Beautiful family. May God Bless you and your farm.
How much milk does a cow produce normally in your country ? How much are your cows producing ?
So how do you roll when school starts up?