The smell of manure is what killed dairy farming here in Hawaii, but the same people who complained about the smell are the same people that complain about the price of milk brought in from the states. We have a bunch of cry babies here in Hawaii. Thanks Eric I love that little pup helping spread out that fabric. Aloha🤙🏼🤙🏼
Your attention to your dairy cow health and well being is commendable and I appreciate your conservation efforts! The land sustains us and you are, in my opinion, good stewards! Thank you and continued success. ❤
Great video Eric! Nice to see the guest appearances by the family and the horse. Fascinating equipment in farming and the slurry injector is interesting. Always nice to keep the neighbors sensitive noses happy if the neighbors wallets will pay a little extra for all the extra tubing, pumps, disc wheels, hydraulics, mounts, etc. Hopefully the yield will improve enough to offset the costs. Farmers do more than their fair share to keep costs down. Nice work on the new earth sculpture - looks like it will drain well. Enjoyed the video. Well done!
Excellent report...you explain so well what you are doing and why you do it...a good communicator. And your video work and editing are second to none. Good on you young man. FIVE stars
here in the UK they do similar injection spreading but they have the injection attachment only on a tractor which has oversized tires on it then has hundreds of feet of 6" flexible pipe and then have say two 3000 gallon tankers running back and forwards from the slurry pit to the fields and then pump into a large tank which has a pump on it to pump the slurry out to the injection tractor, this keeps the smell down and less compaction in the ground also keeps the roads clean
Been watchin your chanell for a year.. It relly pleasd me when you post som new video.. I cant never compet with so much acers.. Also family farmer, love to see someone doing it whit cheer.. Best wishes for you Eric and all the family.. Miha Kobarid🇸🇮
There is a company in Germany named Vollmer, they make a kind of manure injector which can apply two strips of manure in different depths of the ground. If you work with satellite guiding systems you can seed your corn rows directly above those strips. That way the corn gets the nutrients at different times when it needs them the most. Plus nearly no smell and no evaporation.
This is gonna sound weird but I actually like the smell of manure. Especially in the early morning when it’s still cool and foggy out. My pappy was a farmer and the smell instantly reminds me of him
Great video. Learning new things again. Read up on the manure injection. Pretty good idea, hope it works well. Drainage channel looks really nice. And loved the way Duchess was "helping"...love those puppies.
amazing video! injecting slurry is the right way to do it, we are doing doing strip till injection (injecting slurry right beneath the corn seed) for a couple of years now and it really is affecting the plant growth
That's a neat way to apply the manure if it truly keeps more nutrients in the ground where they won't degrade. It will be interesting to see if that process pays off in crop growth. Thanks for another good video.
I wonder if they could mix the manure and the water spray fertilizer in the tank and have them inject all of it, less loss in spray, less smell, less waste and more retained in the soil
Nope. Would plug the sprayers. To much fines. Injection is done a lot more in Europe because it also reduces odor while giving the benefits he talked about.
Lancaster County has the highest percentage of cover crops used on farmland in the US. The Chesapeake Bay is still in trouble but improving in terms of nitrogen and phosphorous levels. Lancaster County is part of Susquehanna watershed of the larger Chesapeake watershed. Hard work in terms of education by the environmental authorities makes it happen. Glad to see you're doing your part Eric. I've read the Amish and Mennonites are willing to accept govt assistance to improve their manure handling and animal facilities and it's making a difference. Animals are kept out of the streams and manure tanks and containment bunks are being built too.👍🐮
I used to drive semi tanker for a dairy farm in central Ohio and we would spray it out and sometimes we would get stuck from the runoff or misjudged picking up from where we left off. Good times.
I have a question for you. How much are your operations going to be affected by a fertilizer shortage this planting season? Do you use much of the type the shortage will contain? I love watching how your family takes care of your farm! It's so interesting getting a first hand view of how everything works. Thank you for sharing!
Wow. I’m interested to find out how well this worked out for you guys. It’s good to innovate and look for new ways to do things you do every year, if this will improve yields and work out well for your operation then it will be well worth every penny!!
In the Netherlands it’s the only way allowed by law to inject the manure for years now. You may apply it on top, but then you have to cover it up by tilling for example. Nice to see you are trying this too, I’m wondering what you think!
Great awesome video Eric. Wow your injecting manure that’s the way to go , top dressing has more run off. Perfect way to go, Glad the waterway is all finished, great job.
Round here in Ontario it's Bio-Solids from the waste treatment plants. Not sure what long term issues may be there but it's free to the farmers including application so it's not going away. Cheers 🇨🇦
@@E.lectricityNorth yes there has. We had concerns about our well as we live surrounded by farmland that uses this fertilizer and it can be injected as close as 80ft to a drinking well! 9 years now and our water is fine. The product has no living organisms within just the remaining nuitrients, supposedly!
@@jamesmisener3006 the organic part is the beneficial part. My concern would be for what could happen if heavy pollutants that are contained in the solid waste gradually accumulate in the soil, and then the crops grown from it. In Maine, apparently many farms have had major soil contamination problems from years of this type of experiment. Now some of them are unusable and farms have been lost as a result. I suspect that toxicity from various inorganic wastes wasn't given enough thought prior to mass adoption of this strategy. Pharmaceuticals, and any other waste flushed down the toilet can end up in food. It's a disgusting thought--and I think it could possibly be filtered out somehow--prior to application on farm fields--the question is, how?
@@E.lectricityNorth it is a concern we have and all we get is reassurances from government departments and the company spreading it. A new menace to battle..."Big Poo"
Very interesting way to fertilize your fields. My friends live in Middleburg Pa and they are surrounded by farm's and they say you can't complain about the smell because you knew where you were moving to. Installing the rolls of straw is a great idea and family affair. Stay safe.
Eric I love this channel! Not a farmer (got Kin down in Iowa that raised hogs and soy beans when I was young and visited them but that was 40 years ago) I could not keep myself from commenting after I watched your Q&A with your dad… I always thought he was too shy to get on camera unlike Daddy Cornstar or Dougo but he is down to earth and he rocks… The reason I’m posting is I just had to say your dad‘s arms are like three times the size of yours… I’m guessing he works out
That’s a sweet setup on that tank Eric👍 You should get the tractors all cleaned up and pretty before triticale harvest/first cut 😁 Maybe even the 4240 too.....after 18,000 hours I’d say she deserves it
That's really neat how it works, hope it turns out good for you. Is it very expensive to have someone inject the manure? The little pup is teaching the roll of straw netting a thing or three. Thanks for sharing your time and efforts with us, have a great weekend.
With the current record high fertilizer prices, injection won't cost him money, it will save him money. On corn acerage the value of injection to preserve N value will produce a positive ROI.
@@JHruby My point wasn't to compare costs, of course I know it's going to cost less than conventional fertilizer, that's not hard to figure, when it triples in over a 6 month period.
Anaerobic decomposition of manure. As opposed to surface application, where oxygen promotes aerobic decomposition. One promotes one type of fungus over another. Too, injecting should preserve more 'nitrogen fixing'.
Interesting watching the manure injection. Hope that works well and helps with controlling costs of fertilizer. Also looks like a great job on the waterway project.
We do this every year and we have a chisel plow attachment on ours instead of discs. Same tanker too and they just added a system that tells you exactly what is in every load of manure
here in Switzerland, just spreading slurry like you guys did in the past is actually banned in most places (except for alpine / very steep land) so injecting or using a trailing shoe is what's usually being done.. very cool to see you guys using the same technique over the pond! :)
Thank you, Eric! I really appreciate all your effort to record, edit and post your videos! Love your farm and how dedicated you and your family are to having a beautiful farm!
That manure injecting seems like a great idea ! At least you put something down to prevent erosion. Can you water the grass, or don’t you have a hose that’s long enough? That would help the grass get started, at least germinate. Also, have you considered “regenerative agriculture?” At least try it on 20% of your land. I think it will be more profitable for you. Check out this video series, titled: “Treating the Farm as an Ecosystem with Gabe Brown, Part 1, The Five Tenets of Soil Health.” I think you’ll like it.
I come from a 4th Generation mixed beef, chicken and cereal grains farm in Canada, and have had a bit of exposure to dairy farms over the years. I like the way you run yours, and your area looks very serene. You should be proud of carrying on the dairyman lifestyle and for working with your family and community every day. That said, I'm surprised automation hasn't hit your farm further. How are the cleaning robots working out? I saw you raising the shutters, and opening the doors for better airflow. Do you not have a gas sensors system and an automated system than can adjust for temperature, humidity and CO/C02 levels? Nice to see some custom application and direct injection of manure though, coming from a Canadian perspective I imagine we'll get paid carbon credits back to DI/J everything soon. Take care and please keep sharing your farm with us! Edit: Btw Southern Manitoba here, nowhere NEAR close to seeding or even cultivating due to a late thaw, and continued snow. Might be another 3 weeks before kicking everything into full gear.
Nice one, here in the uk all splash plates will be band by 2025 and we will have too put it on with a dribble bar or inject it. Just ordered a 10.7m dribble bar from slurryquip also all farms will have to have 6 months storage by 2027.
Hi Eric, In Denmark has we done the ijnecting for 20 years. we are using much big injecters, around 8 meters. It is not allowed to spread on the ground. So difrent how the rules are. Hello from Denmark and thanks for very good videos.
Real nice job on the prep for the grass , looks like all the family worked together on that even the little 4legged monster was a great help the farm looks beautiful
Drilling the manure is the right move. What I see people do here also is spray like normal and go with another tractor after it and rake it in just 2-3 inches.
Definitely looks much better (Fields with injected manure) and as you said, probably smells less for your neighbors. Farming is all about adapting and improving, just like high tech is!
The smell of manure is what killed dairy farming here in Hawaii, but the same people who complained about the smell are the same people that complain about the price of milk brought in from the states. We have a bunch of cry babies here in Hawaii. Thanks Eric I love that little pup helping spread out that fabric.
Aloha🤙🏼🤙🏼
So many people complain ab the smell of manure it's a good smell tbh 😂
If i may ask, what is the price of a gallon of whole milk in Hawaii ?
@@boathead22000 sale price is 5.09. Regular price $8-9. 18 eggs was $9.92
@@boathead22000 it could run about 5 bucks on up to 8 bucks
Cow poop is the smell of money to farmers and dairy producing folks...
13:07: the puppy playing with the roll made my day.
Your attention to your dairy cow health and well being is commendable and I appreciate your conservation efforts! The land sustains us and you are, in my opinion, good stewards! Thank you and continued success. ❤
I disagree. Even the farmer health is a concern from what I've seen, but I'm not a farmer.
Almost all farmers and ranchers are like this. Their land and animals are their livelihood. They care for them like they're family.
Love the puppy helping roll out the netting. Good little farm hand!
Eric. I love watching your videos. I've watched enough of them, I could go to work for you and your Dad, with little training.
Puppy is such a good helper! Looking forward to seeing how it all pans out.
Great video Eric! Nice to see the guest appearances by the family and the horse. Fascinating equipment in farming and the slurry injector is interesting. Always nice to keep the neighbors sensitive noses happy if the neighbors wallets will pay a little extra for all the extra tubing, pumps, disc wheels, hydraulics, mounts, etc. Hopefully the yield will improve enough to offset the costs. Farmers do more than their fair share to keep costs down. Nice work on the new earth sculpture - looks like it will drain well. Enjoyed the video. Well done!
So glad you kept your channel up Eric! Enjoy your videos.
The drone, the music, the land-beautiful. Thanks for another thoughtful video. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Eric, your dairy farm is looking better and better. Y'all have done a lot of work. Really looks good buddy
That was great seeing jack Russell helping to roll out the Matt...🐶🐶🐶
Excellent report...you explain so well what you are doing and why you do it...a good communicator. And your video work and editing are second to none. Good on you young man. FIVE stars
I like ur “little” helper there at the end helping roll out the straw bed.
Love your channel. Thanks for putting in the time to show us how your farm works!
Same
here in the UK they do similar injection spreading but they have the injection attachment only on a tractor which has oversized tires on it then has hundreds of feet of 6" flexible pipe and then have say two 3000 gallon tankers running back and forwards from the slurry pit to the fields and then pump into a large tank which has a pump on it to pump the slurry out to the injection tractor, this keeps the smell down and less compaction in the ground also keeps the roads clean
Your operation is LOOKIN GOOD! I'll be praying God takes care of you this growing season. America needs you and (many) more like you.
Farm just keeps getting better and better. Love to see it, Eric and Fam!
Been watchin your chanell for a year.. It relly pleasd me when you post som new video..
I cant never compet with so much acers..
Also family farmer, love to see someone doing it whit cheer..
Best wishes for you Eric and all the family..
Miha Kobarid🇸🇮
I think your channel get's better every new video. Great music for the drone shots and love to see the new puppy in action so cute!
Another great vid, Eric. Thanks for sharing your farm life with us. God bless.
@13:07 Love the new 4-legged helper !!
There is a company in Germany named Vollmer, they make a kind of manure injector which can apply two strips of manure in different depths of the ground. If you work with satellite guiding systems you can seed your corn rows directly above those strips.
That way the corn gets the nutrients at different times when it needs them the most.
Plus nearly no smell and no evaporation.
Looking forward to seeing the difference in results. Great content mate 👍
This is gonna sound weird but I actually like the smell of manure. Especially in the early morning when it’s still cool and foggy out. My pappy was a farmer and the smell instantly reminds me of him
Great video. Learning new things again. Read up on the manure injection. Pretty good idea, hope it works well. Drainage channel looks really nice. And loved the way Duchess was "helping"...love those puppies.
amazing video!
injecting slurry is the right way to do it, we are doing doing strip till injection (injecting slurry right beneath the corn seed) for a couple of years now and it really is affecting the plant growth
This was an excellent video. Ditches had fun helping you unroll the netting. 🙋♀️😊
'sup horse'. Not sure why but that had me rolling
Great that you show two jobs that are great for the environment and likely botton line with injection of manure
The puppy came close to being permanent resident under the water way netting. His curiosity was almost the end of him.
No till is pretty sweet, but there is something about seeing those lines made by the cultipacker on freshly tilled dirt! Great job on the videos.
Great top notch content as always! Keep being great. The way you explain everything makes a city guy like me understand and enjoy every minute of it.
Thanks for today's vlog. I enjoyed it a lot.
You know its spring when Eric brings out the shorts! Now just need some slides or flops! Thanks for the video.
The water way is looking great. Your dad and you did a great job.
That's a neat way to apply the manure if it truly keeps more nutrients in the ground where they won't degrade. It will be interesting to see if that process pays off in crop growth. Thanks for another good video.
I wonder if they could mix the manure and the water spray fertilizer in the tank and have them inject all of it, less loss in spray, less smell, less waste and more retained in the soil
Nope. Would plug the sprayers. To much fines. Injection is done a lot more in Europe because it also reduces odor while giving the benefits he talked about.
Watching you roll out the netting, I can see how the boot scoot boogie was created
You could try Spring Valley Spreading too if you go that route later. They’ve done some work together in the past with their injector rigs.
Watching from buford,GA today heading to myrtle Beach South Carolina while being loaded another great video as always.
Very interesting learned a lot of new stuff thank you..... Hopefully you'll have your water problem cleared up God bless! 😁
Lancaster County has the highest percentage of cover crops used on farmland in the US. The Chesapeake Bay is still in trouble but improving in terms of nitrogen and phosphorous levels. Lancaster County is part of Susquehanna watershed of the larger Chesapeake watershed. Hard work in terms of education by the environmental authorities makes it happen. Glad to see you're doing your part Eric. I've read the Amish and Mennonites are willing to accept govt assistance to improve their manure handling and animal facilities and it's making a difference. Animals are kept out of the streams and manure tanks and containment bunks are being built too.👍🐮
I heard from SaskDutchkid then when you do no till and inject it into the ground the mounds are hard to get rid of
Great job on the water way. You’re homestead is really taking shape & looking good.
We have these guys do are hauling they deal bazooka and they dragline out in are fields and it works pretty good they are nice guys
I used to drive semi tanker for a dairy farm in central Ohio and we would spray it out and sometimes we would get stuck from the runoff or misjudged picking up from where we left off. Good times.
Awesome work ! When leveling soil you might want to tilt back the bucket and put it in reverse
Great video can you keep us updated if the injection was better than spreading it on top
I want to let you know that your montage music is top tier.
More thinking and a lot of hard work. You guys are superstars in my book.
I have a question for you. How much are your operations going to be affected by a fertilizer shortage this planting season? Do you use much of the type the shortage will contain? I love watching how your family takes care of your farm! It's so interesting getting a first hand view of how everything works.
Thank you for sharing!
never run out of fertilizer on a dairy farm. cows produce more manure than milk.
@@trythinking6676 they still buy and spray a couple of different liquid nutrients. I thought I've heard him mention nitrates before.
I love the drone footage and the music is great.
Awesome video! Loved the drone and music! And the puppy. Thanks for sharing.
Nice job on the water way. By the time the grass fills in it will be beautiful.
Wow. I’m interested to find out how well this worked out for you guys. It’s good to innovate and look for new ways to do things you do every year, if this will improve yields and work out well for your operation then it will be well worth every penny!!
Truly enjoy watching your day to day operations
Great drone work, good perspective of the land. Health and Happiness to you and your family.
Thank you so much Eric for taking us along on your adventures; I really appreciate it.
I see the pup is helping with the roll out of the matting.
One of the best dairy farmers I have seen in many many years
Hey I learned something new injecting poo into fields lol it was nice to see your sister!! Thank you for making the videos we love them!
In the Netherlands it’s the only way allowed by law to inject the manure for years now. You may apply it on top, but then you have to cover it up by tilling for example. Nice to see you are trying this too, I’m wondering what you think!
Very interesting the roles of straw in the center of the Waterway. 🙂 🙏
Another very nice video. Never a dull moment on the farm. Thank you Eric.
Best video of the year so far! Good job Eric
We appreciate you Eric for doing the you tube vidoes!!
That old disc looks like it’s seen better days haha. We have a bunch of old tillage equipment like that we barely use anymore since we went no till.
9:30 every time I hear this music it reminds me of the Sci Fi series Firefly.
Great awesome video Eric. Wow your injecting manure that’s the way to go , top dressing has more run off. Perfect way to go,
Glad the waterway is all finished, great job.
Always doing a great job! But hey you might want to spend a few dollars or so to get that disc back into shape
it's nice to see a Fendt tractor
Round here in Ontario it's Bio-Solids from the waste treatment plants. Not sure what long term issues may be there but it's free to the farmers including application so it's not going away. Cheers 🇨🇦
Have any studies been conducted?
@@E.lectricityNorth yes there has. We had concerns about our well as we live surrounded by farmland that uses this fertilizer and it can be injected as close as 80ft to a drinking well! 9 years now and our water is fine. The product has no living organisms within just the remaining nuitrients, supposedly!
@@jamesmisener3006 the organic part is the beneficial part. My concern would be for what could happen if heavy pollutants that are contained in the solid waste gradually accumulate in the soil, and then the crops grown from it.
In Maine, apparently many farms have had major soil contamination problems from years of this type of experiment. Now some of them are unusable and farms have been lost as a result.
I suspect that toxicity from various inorganic wastes wasn't given enough thought prior to mass adoption of this strategy. Pharmaceuticals, and any other waste flushed down the toilet can end up in food. It's a disgusting thought--and I think it could possibly be filtered out somehow--prior to application on farm fields--the question is, how?
@@E.lectricityNorth it is a concern we have and all we get is reassurances from government departments and the company spreading it.
A new menace to battle..."Big Poo"
Waterway construction looking good. You might get some water erosion from the sidehills perpendicular to the straw mat.🍁👍😎
Very interesting way to fertilize your fields. My friends live in Middleburg Pa and they are surrounded by farm's and they say you can't complain about the smell because you knew where you were moving to. Installing the rolls of straw is a great idea and family affair. Stay safe.
Eric I love this channel!
Not a farmer (got Kin down in Iowa that raised hogs and soy beans when I was young and visited them but that was 40 years ago)
I could not keep myself from commenting after I watched your Q&A with your dad… I always thought he was too shy to get on camera unlike Daddy Cornstar or Dougo but he is down to earth and he rocks… The reason I’m posting is I just had to say your dad‘s arms are like three times the size of yours… I’m guessing he works out
That’s a sweet setup on that tank Eric👍 You should get the tractors all cleaned up and pretty before triticale harvest/first cut 😁 Maybe even the 4240 too.....after 18,000 hours I’d say she deserves it
That's really neat how it works, hope it turns out good for you. Is it very expensive to have someone inject the manure? The little pup is teaching the roll of straw netting a thing or three. Thanks for sharing your time and efforts with us, have a great weekend.
With the current record high fertilizer prices, injection won't cost him money, it will save him money. On corn acerage the value of injection to preserve N value will produce a positive ROI.
@@JHruby My point wasn't to compare costs, of course I know it's going to cost less than conventional fertilizer, that's not hard to figure, when it triples in over a 6 month period.
Puppy is good helper... :-) @13:08 Too cute... :-)
That manure injection systems seemed like it may be a game-changer in the current situation.
Anaerobic decomposition of manure. As opposed to surface application, where oxygen promotes aerobic decomposition.
One promotes one type of fungus over another. Too, injecting should preserve more 'nitrogen fixing'.
Interesting watching the manure injection. Hope that works well and helps with controlling costs of fertilizer. Also looks like a great job on the waterway project.
I loved how the puppy was helping you guys lay out the straw
We do this every year and we have a chisel plow attachment on ours instead of discs. Same tanker too and they just added a system that tells you exactly what is in every load of manure
Great video Eric. Hope you have a very bountiful growing and harvesting season this year. Thanks.
Your waterway is going to look great! Several firsts for me. Straw in the role like you used. Manure injector.
here in Switzerland, just spreading slurry like you guys did in the past is actually banned in most places (except for alpine / very steep land) so injecting or using a trailing shoe is what's usually being done.. very cool to see you guys using the same technique over the pond! :)
Love your little helper
Thank you, Eric! I really appreciate all your effort to record, edit and post your videos! Love your farm and how dedicated you and your family are to having a beautiful farm!
every time I watch one of the videos, I'm like "I can smell this video" lol.
That manure injecting seems like a great idea !
At least you put something down to prevent erosion. Can you water the grass, or don’t you have a hose that’s long enough? That would help the grass get started, at least germinate.
Also, have you considered “regenerative agriculture?” At least try it on 20% of your land. I think it will be more profitable for you.
Check out this video series, titled:
“Treating the Farm as an Ecosystem with Gabe Brown, Part 1, The Five Tenets of Soil Health.”
I think you’ll like it.
Never been to a farm of any type, and I love milk! It's harder than going to the grocery store and getting a gallon of milk!
I come from a 4th Generation mixed beef, chicken and cereal grains farm in Canada, and have had a bit of exposure to dairy farms over the years. I like the way you run yours, and your area looks very serene. You should be proud of carrying on the dairyman lifestyle and for working with your family and community every day.
That said, I'm surprised automation hasn't hit your farm further. How are the cleaning robots working out?
I saw you raising the shutters, and opening the doors for better airflow. Do you not have a gas sensors system and an automated system than can adjust for temperature, humidity and CO/C02 levels?
Nice to see some custom application and direct injection of manure though, coming from a Canadian perspective I imagine we'll get paid carbon credits back to DI/J everything soon.
Take care and please keep sharing your farm with us!
Edit: Btw Southern Manitoba here, nowhere NEAR close to seeding or even cultivating due to a late thaw, and continued snow. Might be another 3 weeks before kicking everything into full gear.
“Sup horse.” I’d have said the same thing. Homie was just staring. It’s only polite.
Nice one, here in the uk all splash plates will be band by 2025 and we will have too put it on with a dribble bar or inject it. Just ordered a 10.7m dribble bar from slurryquip also all farms will have to have 6 months storage by 2027.
Good looking job on your waterway !👍🏻
Hi Eric, In Denmark has we done the ijnecting for 20 years. we are using much big injecters, around 8 meters. It is not allowed to spread on the ground. So difrent how the rules are. Hello from Denmark and thanks for very good videos.
Real nice job on the prep for the grass , looks like all the family worked together on that even the little 4legged monster was a great help the farm looks beautiful
Drilling the manure is the right move. What I see people do here also is spray like normal and go with another tractor after it and rake it in just 2-3 inches.
Definitely looks much better (Fields with injected manure) and as you said, probably smells less for your neighbors. Farming is all about adapting and improving, just like high tech is!
GREAT CAMERA AND DRONE SHOTS. THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WIRK.
Love the lay of the land. Very nice well kept farm !