115 years of one farm selling to the same creamery.
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- 21 years old Jim Hauschildt had to take over the farm after an accident. Decades later, he's still milking cows and working with his son. From building harvestores to buying a Brown Swiss heifer calf, This is the last farm that founded the Ellsworth co-op creamery.
Wish the farmer had a channel sounds like his got alotta good stories
That guy looks familiar...
Oh wait it's my dad! On UA-cam! Very cool. Appreciate all the nice comments. Thanks for making this video Ryan!
I really enjoyed doing it!
I worked for this family 10 years ago when I was in college at River Falls. I remember talking with Jim, reminiscing about his father and thinking to myself that if I ever have children of my own I hope that I have as large of an impact on their lives as Jim's father had on him. Without Jim and Diane I would not have graduated. They supplied a home away from home and a flexible schedule that allowed me to get my fix of farming when feeling home sick. I may not have been the best employee but they were always patient with all of their help and treated everyone with respect.
I'm still in contact with them and enjoy catching up from time to time.
I'm on the home farm, I milked cows for 40+ years. The barn alley makes the greatest conversations to make a a bond for a family that will never be matched. My Great Grandparents built our barn and house in the early1900s, I sold the cows in the fall of 2023. We raised two daughters that moved on to different avenues but live within four miles from home, We've got three grandchildren, are going to raise beef and cash crop until I am physically unable to. Everyone that has ever farmed has or will adapt to the circumstances dealt to them. I'm sorry you didn't get a lifetime of experience with your parents, My parents are just turning 80 as are my wife's we are fortunate to almost see them daily. Ryan, keep up the great work. I'd love to share our farm history I feel I that I could follow up with all of the great interviews one on one almost like I know each one of them. God Bless!
Very heartfelt video..touching how Mr. Hauschildt described his relationship with his dad. You could see how much his dad means to him, even after 40 years.
Love his attitude, Fight the Good Fight. Love those Cows
I sleep better, food taste better, I’m in a better mood, when & after I’ve completed my farm work. Planting & watching plants grow, never gets old. Great interview Ryan. This guy is a solid farmer and has earned his keep, I wish him well.
Great story, love that Jim appreciates his past and the farms future. Thank you for bringing us into your barn and those beautiful cattle . I wanted this same set up when I was young; but to start with nothing scared me from taking a chance. God bless the farmer that sticks to farming!!
I’m a few years older than you from north east Iowa, but it’s funny how some of our experiences have been similar. I’ve known quite a few guys like the ones in your interviews. All different personalities, but still alike in a lot of ways.
Thanks for doing them. Brings back some good memories and sometimes reminds me of things I really want to do.
This story is beautiful. What a testimony to what rural life, faith life, married and family life was and still should be.
WOW, What a story, city people will never understand what it takes to make a man like that tick!!
Thanks for the good video Ryan. Excellent interview.
Wow. 115 years of milk from same farm. Wow. Nice one Ryan.
The Iowa farm boy.
Steve
Ryan thanks so much for this video. You guys are so spot on about farming/dairying as well as life and that being hungry drives you forward to accomplishment where as comfort leads to complacency. You have had so many good videos but tonight I think this one is my favorite. Another example of an smart honest quality guy with integrity. So glad to see guys like that are still out there. Sounds like he has modeled to some extent both his Dad and his Grandpa. Thanks Again !
Ryan this has been one of the best videos I’ve seen from you . Maybe cuz it’s a dairy and an operational one yet . If you ever take a trip to Kewaunee county hit me up id love to chat with you . I look forward to your videos every Friday!
What a nice guy! Love to sit down and watch the whole video!
What a wonderful interview - thank you for sharing your stories.
Really like these videos.
I had to quit my job three years ago due to heart problems. I am also Bipolar and to maintain any semblance of sanity I got to keep myself busy tinkering in my garage even if I'm only making work for myself. Love these heart to hearts ye do.
Great video ryan. I've known jim since about 2005 he is a great man I've had the privilege of with jim and his son over the years he is a really good farmer and person. Thanks for the videp
It’s sad that all the dairies have gone. We have one of the two in our township as well. It’s nostalgic to me to hear the old timers talking about the way things were. Here in East Central Ohio there used to be tons of dairy cows not very many big dairies but a lot of guys that milked 50 to 100 cows.
Great video. I look forward to these every week.
, amount of wisdom we get from these videos are priceless. Keep up the good work!
Shipping milk to Ellsworth one family same farm would make me want to get up and every morning to pass it along to the next generation 😊
Thanks for a very good interwiev 👍
Cowman from Sweden
How is dairy in Sweden?
It seems like we are struggling with same problems in Sweden as you are in the states. In my opinion i think it is what decisions the goverment takes, if we are going to excist big or small dairyfarmers.
Another great video. Probably my favorite! Thanks!
I’m listening to your presentation and amazingly today I’m having a discussion with a farmer I’m in business with and we’re having a discussion about a 1066 open cab tractor. He bot one new with his dad and I bot one 3 years ago. The correlation with your conversation comes with the radio mounted on the fender. How loud it was and how you could hear it a 100 feet away better than when you were operating the tractor. He brought up the noise just like you guys are. My comment was is that why I’m wearing hearing aids today and can’t hear worth a darn. Anyhow just thought I’d share. Enjoying your video. God Bless.
what great story and person these video are high lite of the week keep up the great work
Thanks for the video Ryan
Another great interview!
Fathers tell kids you love them!!
Great story Ryan, what an awesome guy
Another great interview
Great video. We need more small family farms. Need to get these kids to go work on a farm and learn respect and how to work and take pride in what they do. Instead of mega dairies and video games. A tired kid won’t get into trouble. God bless
Great video and a great farmer!
Really enjoyed this video, thanks
If I had the big money I'd start my own dairy farm. Good video
I was born & raised on a Wisconsin dairy farm. Harvestore silos are stressfull to manage because you must cut your entire hay crop in 3 days, in order to obtain the highest % of Protein haylage. That is what those silos are about,(better feed & less buying of soybean meal). But it is stressful to work under those demanding time restrains. I bought a 20 x 35, & a 20 x 70 in 1972, a 20 x 80 in 1974, a 2nd 20 x 80 in 1977. I milked 130 Holstein cows. I was also married to city girl from Washington state, & she could never adopt to the 60 to 90 hour work week. She left me on 10/17/1986, the divorcé was final on 10/22/1987. By 1986, I was too emotional depressed to continue farming, I was 40 years old. I had liquidation sale on 1/??/87. I am 78 years old now. I do miss the cows, but I do not miss the stress that goes with the dairy farm work week. After dairy farming, I drove 18 wheelers in all 48 states until I was 57, & then retired. I live in Los Angeles CA. now, and I am enjoying the wonderful warm weather.
Great story Ryan 👏
Out of curiosity I looked up the Wisconsin dairy stats just to check the numbers. In 1970 there were roughly 64,000 dairy farms. Today, there are roughly 5500. That is only about 8% of what was in 1970. Interesting in 1970 the average herd size was only 28 milk cows. Today it's over 200.
It's crazy!
In 1991 when I graduated from high school there were 91 dairies operating in my county. Now there are 5.
That's a good guy there
Enjoy these videos
I like the part about the sound Guard Cab! Like when my Kids say they can’t disc when auto steer doesn’t work 😂😂 I say you don’t even know!
There used to be a place about 5 miles away from me called Tri-state Harvestore in Northern Indiana. I think they tore them down and rebuilt them.
27 min I’m not crying you are
Got to love triumph
Old farts here who have been long gone for awhile always told me they farm size was increasing pre-depression, and that put the brakes on it, there was a huge place they were building near me that never got completed because of it. They always said the cycle would repeat itself.................I hope they are right.
Yes New Holland is still making new PT 240\230 choppers. They'll run you 80k new. I dont know about the 790.
Who hasn’t got a cow for Christmas? Most families don’t give cows? 🙀😂🤣
Sounds like the ideal gift to me!😂
Good video
Is the inside wall in front of the cows brick whitewashed?
Per my dad, who doesn't have an account: It's a poured concrete wall and the forms had a brick like pattern in them. With white wash over the top.
@ thanks for replying
You’re dad had some great advice
How old was his Father when he died?
My dad was 21 when his dad died at 57.
My curiosity got the best of me so I stopped the video and looked. It appears that John Deere and New Holland still make pull type choppers.
You hit on something that I think is a major problem in our country. To many people who lack purpose. There was and experiment done with mice. The mice were provided with everything they needed to live. They were able to breed as well. Their population never grew. The females became more masculine and the males became more feminine. All because they had no drive to forage and nest. It was all done for them. There seems to me to be an awful lot of parallels between our modern society and the experiment with mice.
Only a FP 240 is made anymore. Likely 80 to 100k with heads
Ya know
But yet everyone that ships milk to Ellsworth Coop Creamery bitches about their prices.