I'm going to guess that there are about 20 family members involved in your operation. As your kids, and your brother's kids grow up, you are building for the future, to be able to integrate all of them as they grow families of their own. Excellent planning, and it allows for any of the family that want to pursue other things, but is able to expand for the ones that want to stay with it. Kudos to all of y'all for having the foresight to plan that far ahead. I can see that it's truly a family business.👍👍
Milking over 200 in a 48 tie stall. Anybody that grew up on or still operates or even visited a dairy farm with that configuration can really appreciate what he said. That takes some real dedication and motivation and these guys have it. Growing up we milked 75 cows in a 50 tie stall and I thought that was just so much work having to swap out those 25 cows lol... can you imagine doing that with a full barn three times or better. Awesome video Andy really looks good man.
I know the farmers on here get it, but there are so many uneducated people that leave comments that couldn't begin to fathom what it takes to get to this. They're usually the ones that leave suggestions lol
That farm is gonna be amazing when it's finished an operating, i mean it already was operational but the new add on, the future is being set, hey Andy is your dairy farm the biggest central new York state, place is incredible, hard work an dedication makes anything come to fruition, your mind has the power, thanks for sharing
Andy I love what y'all are doing!!! I grew up in CNY!!! Farmer my life!! I love the fact that y'all are farmers and NOT MILK PLANT!!! Like a lot of other farms in CNY!!! LOVE IT Y'ALL KEEP DOING WHAT YOUR DOING!!!
Thanks for the update, looking good. I hope when its done do a quick 10 min walk thru showing people it rotating and see how the process kinda of works. You and you family are hard workers for sure. I remember a lot of video's ago the size of the original farm, definitely growing and advancing for sure. Keep up the video's.
When we went from 28 cows my grandfather and grandmother milked by hand, they got surge milkers after grandfather came Dow with cancer and slowly moved to bigger farms and ended milking 70 and had a pipeline. Lived there and milked from the time I was 10 to 24 years old. When we bought the farm and moved there filled the barn and looked a 70 cows standing there I thought that was huge. That facility you have there is big I can’t imagine how big the dairy north of me that milks 22 thousand a day is. It’s probably not a family dairy like yours is and if given the chance I would rather visit one like yours being family own and operated.
The circular milking parlor got my attention. My late uncle worked on computing programs for circular milking concepts several years ago. He had worked on computer programming for General Motors in Arlington, Texas. I wish you all the best on your projects.
I enjoy the update videos on the expansion project. I appreciate that you give a dollar amount on things it really puts things into perspective. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Andy. Its always thoughtful of your to share the interesting progress with your Family Farm. You talked about the early times of the Farm. If there any chance you could share pictures of the bygones times. Would be cool little look into your History from then too now. I don't mean to sound nosy but its interesting to hear and see of a rich History of things
Oooh Damitt Andy an ohlite commercial 😂😂😂really!!! LOVE MINE SIR Seeker lll. Amen on your explanation of your growth to now with your parlor expansions!! Growth as you have it paid for. Thanks ANDY !!!!
In WI, any herd over 500 has to have a manure digestor. Does NY have something like that? It's just another government regulation to shutdown/slowdown dairy farms IMO. There are several farms here that are 5000-10000 milk herds. One has a HUGE power plant. It actually sells back what it does not use. Driving by, it usually has 10 semi trailers hooked up for milk. Take care Andy & crew.
Thanks for a great video Andy, think we could get a video with showing the working parlor that’s working now and compare it to the new parlor, god bless you and your family
Awesome progress. Very exciting to go along. Thanks Quite a step up from my youth being 9 years old and one family cow that my brother and I milked by hand (I had the evening milking) and clean the gutter by hand shovel. Then at 14 milking 30 head with two machines, carry the milk to the milk room to dump into the strainers over 10 gal cans, and feed and clean by hand. Just awesome changes but wouldn't trade those early days for anything.
Congratulations Andy & family , just amazing the thought process to make it all happen , Wow very proud of everyone to make it all happen , stay safe , enjoy , thank you all , remarkable !!!!!
the operation my uncle ran was only milking around 350 i think 3 times a day but possibly just twice so i guess thats why ur operation is so massive with tractors and equipment and now with barns, they were able to keep them outside in SC,THEY MILKED WITH 2- 5 cow rows with like person cleaning then attaching milkers etc
Growing up on a dairy in the 70’s. Thought having 6 stall parlor (surge) and 100 cows was pretty large. Especially as some neighbors still were stantion dairies. Impressive. Biggest challenge here is transition planning of the business going forward.
Andy, thank you very much for the detailed explanation of the farm history and future plans. That was really interesting and very helpful. The one issue I didn't hear you discuss is why rotary vs. robotic milkers? Also, is robotic feeding in the future? Just curious, thank you and best wishes for a great future!
Look great, I have seen one similar here in Connecticut and does make things very nice and easy. Assuming this will get big stationary generator? A lot of electric pumps these days.
@@FarmingFixingFabricatingAndy tell brothers to keep old parlour for fresh cows. Also they might not like this but should have at least but a 100 point in. Milk in my own 50 point for 15 years. Only 600 cows but. Myself and one other 250 cows hour . Been a follower for years and wish you all the very best..
It Will be a sweet barn but moving into the rotary getting the cows trained will be hell for the first month and you’ll start questioning if it was the right decision itll be 3 to 6 months down the road before you’ll really enjoy the parlour
WOW that is a lot of Sand almost need a placer truck that can back right in and place the sand so you don't where out the sand wagon you guys use sound was pretty good till the end
We have 1500 cows and I was wondering why you don't use upright silos instead of bunks? It's so much easier with an automatic feeding system,just thought I'd ask that's all have a wonderful day
80 cow rotary designed to handle 4k cows. " small time" lol Everyone up here,milking anyplace near what your new rotary should be able to handle,HAS direct load.saves$$$ ,not having to purchase tanks. Maybe past overdue find new milk handler. My understanding bryne sold out( milk division) upstate farms,at Niagara new owner. Nice video!
Who runs the front office? Does your wife or your brothers wife’s have anything to do with day to day operations or just take care of the family? Thanks amazing operation!
The Cow Motel. Amazing. So currently the milking cycle is 5-6 hrs twice a day and the new milking rotunda should reduce that to 3-5 hours? To grow further you need more feed hence mnre land. So 2025/2026 is buying farms?
I'm going to guess that there are about 20 family members involved in your operation. As your kids, and your brother's kids grow up, you are building for the future, to be able to integrate all of them as they grow families of their own. Excellent planning, and it allows for any of the family that want to pursue other things, but is able to expand for the ones that want to stay with it. Kudos to all of y'all for having the foresight to plan that far ahead. I can see that it's truly a family business.👍👍
Huge investment 😢😊
Looking great Andy, I can't wait to see it up and running. You and your family have a awesome place. Thanks for taking us a long on the build.
Milking over 200 in a 48 tie stall. Anybody that grew up on or still operates or even visited a dairy farm with that configuration can really appreciate what he said. That takes some real dedication and motivation and these guys have it.
Growing up we milked 75 cows in a 50 tie stall and I thought that was just so much work having to swap out those 25 cows lol... can you imagine doing that with a full barn three times or better. Awesome video Andy really looks good man.
We milked over 100 for a few years in a 16 stall headlock bank barn
I know the farmers on here get it, but there are so many uneducated people that leave comments that couldn't begin to fathom what it takes to get to this. They're usually the ones that leave suggestions lol
my teen years at unkles , we ran nearly 50 in/out of 35 stall . i understand 😊
Just curious as to why the big parlor and not robot milkers?
@@paulbauman8939 When the set up is that big, would cost more for all the robots. robot can only milk 60 cows per robot.
I stopped milking my cow 55 years ago, but still like following you and your family . Thanks Andy.
You’ve expanded nicely…iv seen it too many times when dairy farmers expand too rapidly in a short period of time
Pretty awesome! Thanks for taking us along and I appreciate you being so forth coming with information!😊
The construction is really coming along! It’s such a huge job!
All the best Andy!
And the pigeons said “ What the f@#% was that!”
That farm is gonna be amazing when it's finished an operating, i mean it already was operational but the new add on, the future is being set, hey Andy is your dairy farm the biggest central new York state, place is incredible, hard work an dedication makes anything come to fruition, your mind has the power, thanks for sharing
No we aren’t
I love how the cows just look at ya like "papa's riding through again guy's"
Andy I love what y'all are doing!!! I grew up in CNY!!! Farmer my life!! I love the fact that y'all are farmers and NOT MILK PLANT!!! Like a lot of other farms in CNY!!! LOVE IT Y'ALL KEEP DOING WHAT YOUR DOING!!!
Huge project Andy. A lot of money and a lot of responsibility and a lot of family members for support. Very nice facility!!
Beautiful Barns. Thanks for the tour Andy.
Thanks for the update, looking good. I hope when its done do a quick 10 min walk thru showing people it rotating and see how the process kinda of works. You and you family are hard workers for sure. I remember a lot of video's ago the size of the original farm, definitely growing and advancing for sure. Keep up the video's.
When we went from 28 cows my grandfather and grandmother milked by hand, they got surge milkers after grandfather came Dow with cancer and slowly moved to bigger farms and ended milking 70 and had a pipeline. Lived there and milked from the time I was 10 to 24 years old. When we bought the farm and moved there filled the barn and looked a 70 cows standing there I thought that was huge. That facility you have there is big I can’t imagine how big the dairy north of me that milks 22 thousand a day is. It’s probably not a family dairy like yours is and if given the chance I would rather visit one like yours being family own and operated.
Thank you for another Great video. Cheers
The circular milking parlor got my attention. My late uncle worked on computing programs for circular milking concepts several years ago. He had worked on computer programming for General Motors in Arlington, Texas. I wish you all the best on your projects.
I enjoy the update videos on the expansion project. I appreciate that you give a dollar amount on things it really puts things into perspective. Keep up the great work.
What an incredible project , I sure chuckled a little when He said , We are small time here 🤣. Always enjoy these videos.
I think he meant their milk plant. Clearly it would be faaaaaaarrrrrrr easier to go straight into the truck.
WOW! Enjoyed the tour for sure!! Thanks for sharing!!
It should be like a country club for your cows. Such a great transition.
Thanks Andy. Its always thoughtful of your to share the interesting progress with your Family Farm. You talked about the early times of the Farm. If there any chance you could share pictures of the bygones times. Would be cool little look into your History from then too now. I don't mean to sound nosy but its interesting to hear and see of a rich History of things
Good to see planning for future growth and family involvement.
Andy thanks for the update, very large project, hope it comes to completion on time and budget.
Oooh Damitt Andy an ohlite commercial 😂😂😂really!!! LOVE MINE SIR Seeker lll. Amen on your explanation of your growth to now with your parlor expansions!! Growth as you have it paid for. Thanks ANDY !!!!
In WI, any herd over 500 has to have a manure digestor. Does NY have something like that? It's just another government regulation to shutdown/slowdown dairy farms IMO. There are several farms here that are 5000-10000 milk herds. One has a HUGE power plant. It actually sells back what it does not use. Driving by, it usually has 10 semi trailers hooked up for milk. Take care Andy & crew.
Looks great Andy
Getting pretty good on those bikes to.
Thanks for a great video Andy, think we could get a video with showing the working parlor that’s working now and compare it to the new parlor, god bless you and your family
Thanks for the tour Andy! Been wondering how it was all going
Thanks for show us the barns and the progress
Thanks for the update, always interesting.
It's kinda hard to wrap my head around the size of your facility its crazy huge and beautiful.
Thats a big operation Andy but it should be sweet when its finished....Thanks for the updates....
Wow! 3/4 of the people that watch this will not have the appreciation of what it took to get there. Thanks for the video.
Well said
I love my olight arkfeld. I use it just about everyday.
Awesome progress. Very exciting to go along. Thanks
Quite a step up from my youth being 9 years old and one family cow that my brother and I milked by hand (I had the evening milking) and clean the gutter by hand shovel.
Then at 14 milking 30 head with two machines, carry the milk to the milk room to dump into the strainers over 10 gal cans, and feed and clean by hand. Just awesome changes but wouldn't trade those early days for anything.
Thanks for the update Andy , massive project taking shape .
Congratulations Andy & family , just amazing the thought process to make it all happen , Wow very proud of everyone to make it all happen , stay safe , enjoy , thank you all , remarkable !!!!!
You should check out a milking table. Consider one for the parlor.
I never did understand how come we don't see your current milking parlor. I love your videos stay safe.
The milk plant that buys his milk says no.
Andy, I had 20 questions.
Now only 5 and I know that you will answer them in time
Impressive, way nicer than the 3 head parlor I learned in lmao
Very good awesome build have a great day.
I can't wait to see it finished, impressive.
I live about a half mile from a dairy farm that milks about forty five hundred cows. Their parlor is very similar to yours.Well done!
Damn Andy you have your own little city there.
Good job guys and lots of hard work
Thanks for the update.
Well, that is something to see and to me very interesting, Andy!
Going to have to buy that new sand spreader machine for all them new stalls
What an operation it is going to be I don't know to much about cows other than the brown ones is where chocolate milk comes from 😂😮😊
Barn looks great , keep the construction videos coming, I wondering why its not red steel to match all the rest?
Looks awesome!!
Looks like things are coming along good Andy 🐄👍
I fully appreciate you are EXTREMELY BUSY but more regular videos of the expansion would be a bonus to watch.
ThanksAndrew for tour of your new diary
Around us here in eastern SD they have been building diary’s like crazy. We have 4 10k plus head ones within 20mi.
Seeker 3 and P Run2 are my go to lights...I use mostly...Great Vid👍👍👍👍🌽🌽🌽🌽🐄🐄
Can we see the current milking operation? Surprised you don't have any videos of it.
We take it anyway we can get it Andy yeah yeah that's what she said 😂😂
I sure hope they pay you a lot of money for those five minute commercials that we SO enjoy
I don't know a thing about a cow, but that's impressive!!
I can't even imagine how much that would cost. I picture a bunch of oompa loompas doing the milking. You never hear anyone speak of it.
Won’t need any Oompa Loompas, Robots!
@@clintsmith559 Where are they? I dint' hear nuthin about robots.
Fabulous!!!!
Andy the new milk parlor looksgreat. You milk alot of cows you aregoing new more feed storage,more feed also to get any bigger though.
It is looking like plenty of progress is being made.
Great update
i have multiple Olight and several Opens . nice stuff
Thanks for the video
the operation my uncle ran was only milking around 350 i think 3 times a day but possibly just twice so i guess thats why ur operation is so massive with tractors and equipment and now with barns, they were able to keep them outside in SC,THEY MILKED WITH 2- 5 cow rows with like person cleaning then attaching milkers etc
It is really nice to see the younger generation wanting to get involved, most of them just want their cut and leave.
I agree with your completion date
Growing up on a dairy in the 70’s. Thought having 6 stall parlor (surge) and 100 cows was pretty large.
Especially as some neighbors still were stantion dairies.
Impressive.
Biggest challenge here is transition planning of the business going forward.
coming together nicely
Andy, thank you very much for the detailed explanation of the farm history and future plans. That was really interesting and very helpful. The one issue I didn't hear you discuss is why rotary vs. robotic milkers? Also, is robotic feeding in the future? Just curious, thank you and best wishes for a great future!
Look great, I have seen one similar here in Connecticut and does make things very nice and easy. Assuming this will get big stationary generator? A lot of electric pumps these days.
Hi Andy !
very nice and cumming very well .
Thanks Andy for your time and have a good day at the farm ! 🙋♂️
Great video take care of Alexa bike👍🚜
Looks great. Quite an investment
Can you catch rain water off the roofs to do the floor washings at all? I imagine it wouldn't work for cow drinking water for grade A milk.
It would be cool if you had your own store on site and made and sold your own milk products and merchandise of course :-)
Wife's don't want that responsibility 😎
Looking good Andy! Now that your brother got a new rotary parlor, when do you get a new larger shop???
With operating two milking parlors will cut time down alot.
We will discontinue using the other one
@@FarmingFixingFabricatingAndy tell brothers to keep old parlour for fresh cows. Also they might not like this but should have at least but a 100 point in. Milk in my own 50 point for 15 years. Only 600 cows but. Myself and one other 250 cows hour . Been a follower for years and wish you all the very best..
It Will be a sweet barn but moving into the rotary getting the cows trained will be hell for the first month and you’ll start questioning if it was the right decision itll be 3 to 6 months down the road before you’ll really enjoy the parlour
WOW that is a lot of Sand almost need a placer truck that can back right in and place the sand so you don't where out the sand wagon you guys use sound was pretty good till the end
I really like your videos. Could you give a tour of the parlor your using now ?
Andy isn’t allowed to show videos of current parlour due to contract stipulations with company that purchases their milk
We have 1500 cows and I was wondering why you don't use upright silos instead of bunks? It's so much easier with an automatic feeding system,just thought I'd ask that's all have a wonderful day
So will you keeping cows a little longer to build the herd. Or not sell any heifers, if you had been selling any
Yeah
80 cow rotary designed to handle 4k cows.
" small time" lol
Everyone up here,milking anyplace near what your new rotary should be able to handle,HAS direct load.saves$$$ ,not having to purchase tanks.
Maybe past overdue find new milk handler.
My understanding bryne sold out( milk division) upstate farms,at Niagara new owner.
Nice video!
With the cows turning how do the milk lines attach to the pipe line?
This probably don't make sense
Collector ring
Quite a operation you got going on there
Best Video Ever 😅
Good video!
Andy, how do you know if you’re over / under feeding your cows. Also do you have much waisted food you throw out between feedings.
We always monitor what is left at the end of the day or start of the following day and adjust accordingly…. You want to have 3-5% left over every day
SUPER rough quick math. 2100 head X 30 Lb RHA would be annual income of 4.6 million $$$ . Great to see a family farm able to pull this off.
Maybe 30 or more pounds per cow at each milking . I thhink they milk 3 x a day.
Interesting stuff how long or how will the cows react to this new style of milking
Good content Andy, tell me do you or can you save the rain water from your new roof area for wash down?
Following great question
Another great job Andy ! How many Hairigons are employed there ? sorry for mispelling
Who runs the front office? Does your wife or your brothers wife’s have anything to do with day to day operations or just take care of the family? Thanks amazing operation!
You're going to end up needing a water tower.
The Cow Motel. Amazing.
So currently the milking cycle is 5-6 hrs twice a day and the new milking rotunda should reduce that to 3-5 hours?
To grow further you need more feed hence mnre land. So 2025/2026 is buying farms?
Milking cycle is around 7 hours 3x a day