In the past, farming was largely an instinctive activity, and the best farmer was the one with the most sense of livestock, fodder, the weather, and nature in general. Today, so much is automated (and even autonomous) that the farmer is a manager on his farm. With an enormous amount of digital support, an attempt is made to generate as much return as possible within the welfare of the animal. I wonder where this will end, but I'm afraid of giant companies with all kinds of robots and only a few people behind the buttons. And that is probably not why they became farmers in the first place. Still, I find your videos extremely interesting, informative and of high quality. Thank you for that.
I think today we still need to have a vast amount of knowledge about the cows, crops and farming in general. We have access to more tools now that aid us I'm making decisions and measuring the effectiveness of our farming practices. We are able to use technology to help us focus on areas of our farm that need the most attention. We still spend a large amount of time carring for our cows' health and nutrition, but now we are able to use technology to help us focus on cows that most need our attention any given day. I think this could be a good topic to focus on in future videos! I don't believe I would want to be a farmer if it became sitting in an office all day!
Great video. I'm74yo,your operation is a bit different than my grandfather's dairy I grew up on sixty years ago. We thought we had a good size operation milking 45-50 cows. Not many daires left that size. Time changes things. Welcome to the USA happy you hose to come live here😊
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 You are from the Netherlands - you have a connection to saskdutchkid then, another good channel to watch if you aren't already.
You know what i have noticed after wathing several of your videos now? You stil have that Dutch 'nuchterheid' Its nice to see. For people who doesnt know what nuchterheid means. It means something like down to earth or act normal and you act crazy enough mentality
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 Thanks, thats awesome. Do you ever have years that the corn silage/earlage aren't high enough in energy/starch? Like would you buy in ground corn grain the same way if needed?
The first bay in the shed is ground corn, we feed that to our pre fresh and fresh cows instead of earlage to give them a really consistent starch source. We haven't fed that to our other pens before, but would be an option if needed.
Do you ever actually weigh the refusals? Do you ever put them through the Penn State shaker box to check to see how well your TMR mixer is actually mixing the ingredients?
Where do you get your molasses in bulb like that? Many years ago my Brother in law milked a few cows by hand just for his family and he always gave his cows molasses as well. He claimed it produced a better tasting milk. He had a 45 gallon drum with molasses.
Yeah, time for some action videos! Really cool! Keep them coming! I'm looking forward! So, how many times do you fill the feedingwagon in the morning and how much time does it take daily to feed them all?
Great video. That computer system sure makes things easier. I'm sure it helps manage so you don't waste as much ingredients. Feeding looks like it's pretty much a all day job. Thanks for sharing
Yes, it's easy to see that we're adding the right number of pounds for each ingredient. It also helps us manage the amount of feed left over in each pen so we don't underfeed or overfeed. Typically we would have 1 load after lunch and then getting bales ready for the next day and opening the feed piles if necessary.
Nice setup, more efficient than the other dairy's that I am watching, however none of them are as big as your's either. Couldn't you push the feed from in front of pen 1 over to the front of pen 2 as some of them looked hungry but there was no feed for them like at 14:50? They are all probably looking for the fresh feed, but if they could eat some of the feed you are throwing out that might be worthwhile and save you a little time.
I am planning to build a pit to park the tmr in aswell .... wouldn't it have been nicer to put that pit 90 decrees on to the building from your feed bays?
It would make loading a little easier, but our plan is to extend the roof over the pit to protect that loading area from wind. That's the main reason we have the pit in that spot.
Great video i have wait a lot to see tis. Because i really like feeding cows so i like this a lot 👍🏻👍🏻 But i am really interested about the program you where use on the tablat
Interesting software. So when you change the amount of feed in% I assume that all ingredients change? We only change the amount of silage has no corn because our soils are not suitable for it.
What is the name of your program on the tablet connect to the scale ? Excuse my poor english im french guy from québec . Nice to view your succesfull operation
Waarom gebruiken jullie geen zelf ladende mengwagen dan gaat het voeren veel sneller en preciezer. Hier komt de loonwerker voeren met een zelf ladende mengwagen en is binnen een kwartier klaar.dat
The tractor can handle the mixer well hp wise. We had a 927 on it in the past, but probably wouldn't want anything much smaller than that for hp. I wouldn't go any smaller as far as frame size and weight goes, especially in the winter time when it can be icy around the farm yard.
Another great video with excellent explanation of your feeding routine.
Great video
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing. Yes we enjoyed it a lot and look forward for more of such video.
Thank you!
In the past, farming was largely an instinctive activity, and the best farmer was the one with the most sense of livestock, fodder, the weather, and nature in general. Today, so much is automated (and even autonomous) that the farmer is a manager on his farm. With an enormous amount of digital support, an attempt is made to generate as much return as possible within the welfare of the animal. I wonder where this will end, but I'm afraid of giant companies with all kinds of robots and only a few people behind the buttons. And that is probably not why they became farmers in the first place. Still, I find your videos extremely interesting, informative and of high quality. Thank you for that.
I think today we still need to have a vast amount of knowledge about the cows, crops and farming in general. We have access to more tools now that aid us I'm making decisions and measuring the effectiveness of our farming practices. We are able to use technology to help us focus on areas of our farm that need the most attention. We still spend a large amount of time carring for our cows' health and nutrition, but now we are able to use technology to help us focus on cows that most need our attention any given day. I think this could be a good topic to focus on in future videos! I don't believe I would want to be a farmer if it became sitting in an office all day!
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 I agree, but still farms turn into factories when it comes to scale.
Hi Piet this is Henk/ new mars dairy, Millet/ Alberta, just wanna say you’re doing a good job clogging, keep it up, we learn a lot
Hi Henk, thanks for watching!
Great video. I'm74yo,your operation is a bit different than my grandfather's dairy I grew up on sixty years ago. We thought we had a good size operation milking 45-50 cows. Not many daires left that size. Time changes things. Welcome to the USA happy you hose to come live here😊
Yes, things have definitely changed a lot over the years! My parents milked 60 cows in the Netherlands 25 years ago.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 You are from the Netherlands - you have a connection to saskdutchkid then, another good channel to watch if you aren't already.
I'm new to your Channel I really like what you guys do I'm going to watch all your back videos so far they're awesome stay safe stay warm God bless
That's for watching!
Thanks for the great video! I'm excited to see the next one!
Very interesting video thanks for you taking time to show us your operation 👍
Very interesting! It’s so process, wow!
You know what i have noticed after wathing several of your videos now? You stil have that Dutch 'nuchterheid' Its nice to see. For people who doesnt know what nuchterheid means. It means something like down to earth or act normal and you act crazy enough mentality
Thank you, sometimes I think we are a bit crazy!
Nice clean setup u have there keep up the good work
Thank you!
Very cool! So other than the molasses, you put everything else in with the loader? (no augers?)
Yes, no augers. Keeps it simple this way, no augers and bins to maintain.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 Thanks, thats awesome. Do you ever have years that the corn silage/earlage aren't high enough in energy/starch? Like would you buy in ground corn grain the same way if needed?
The first bay in the shed is ground corn, we feed that to our pre fresh and fresh cows instead of earlage to give them a really consistent starch source. We haven't fed that to our other pens before, but would be an option if needed.
Do you ever actually weigh the refusals? Do you ever put them through the Penn State shaker box to check to see how well your TMR mixer is actually mixing the ingredients?
We weigh the total refusals every day. Our nutritionist will put them through a shaker box on occasion, but that's not something we do often.
Where do you get your molasses in bulb like that? Many years ago my Brother in law milked a few cows by hand just for his family and he always gave his cows molasses as well. He claimed it produced a better tasting milk. He had a 45 gallon drum with molasses.
Our molasses comes in bulk from a company called QLF. I call it molasses, but it's actually a molasses based feed supplement.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 Oh I see, I bet your cows really like it!
Goed op de rit Piet 👌
Yeah, time for some action videos! Really cool! Keep them coming! I'm looking forward! So, how many times do you fill the feedingwagon in the morning and how much time does it take daily to feed them all?
We typically make 9 loads every day, I will talk about this on Sundays video.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 dankjewel voor je antwoord! Het is leuk om te zien hoe je channel groeit! Welverdiend!
Wow! How many milking cows were there in the 2 pens you were feeding?
Those 2 pens had 170 cows in each pen.
Great video. That computer system sure makes things easier. I'm sure it helps manage so you don't waste as much ingredients. Feeding looks like it's pretty much a all day job. Thanks for sharing
Yes, it's easy to see that we're adding the right number of pounds for each ingredient. It also helps us manage the amount of feed left over in each pen so we don't underfeed or overfeed. Typically we would have 1 load after lunch and then getting bales ready for the next day and opening the feed piles if necessary.
Can you talk about the cost of your production??
Never to long.
Nice setup, more efficient than the other dairy's that I am watching, however none of them are as big as your's either. Couldn't you push the feed from in front of pen 1 over to the front of pen 2 as some of them looked hungry but there was no feed for them like at 14:50? They are all probably looking for the fresh feed, but if they could eat some of the feed you are throwing out that might be worthwhile and save you a little time.
Those 2 pens just had their bunks cleaned and that load I was unloading was for both pens, I just didn't show unloading for the other pen.
I am planning to build a pit to park the tmr in aswell .... wouldn't it have been nicer to put that pit 90 decrees on to the building from your feed bays?
It would make loading a little easier, but our plan is to extend the roof over the pit to protect that loading area from wind. That's the main reason we have the pit in that spot.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 I see .. that makes sense.. don't have that much wind in Central alberta 😁
Great video i have wait a lot to see tis. Because i really like feeding cows so i like this a lot 👍🏻👍🏻
But i am really interested about the program you where use on the tablat
Thank you! The program we are using is called feed supervisor.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 okey thank you i wil take a watch on that brand.
And how many hours do you spend during the day on feeding?
@@josverhelst526 about 7 to 8 hours every day.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 okey thank you
Interesting software. So when you change the amount of feed in% I assume that all ingredients change? We only change the amount of silage has no corn because our soils are not suitable for it.
Yes, when we adjust the % every ingredient adjusts automatically.
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How meany. Bulk tankes. You have -- Pick ups. A. Day-- Head ct. Picked up your channel couple days ago.
We have one bulk tank and one milk silo. We ship two loads of milk a day, currently our cows are producing 89 pounds average.
Great video 👍 How many acres is your farm?
We farm around 1100 acres ourselves and purchase feed from our neighbors.
What is the name of your program on the tablet connect to the scale ? Excuse my poor english im french guy from québec . Nice to view your succesfull operation
The program we use is called feed supervisor. We can adjust pens and rations in our computer and transfer that to the tablet in the tractor.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 thank you
What brand feed software do you use?
We are using feed supervisor.
Waarom gebruiken jullie geen zelf ladende mengwagen dan gaat het voeren veel sneller en preciezer. Hier komt de loonwerker voeren met een zelf ladende mengwagen en is binnen een kwartier klaar.dat
Er zijn en paar reden. Ik zal er over praten in de Q and A video morgen.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 hoeveel m3 heeft de voerwagen?
@@powrotdokorzeni 44m3 I believe.
Isn’t that a over kill tractor on that mixer
The tractor can handle the mixer well hp wise. We had a 927 on it in the past, but probably wouldn't want anything much smaller than that for hp. I wouldn't go any smaller as far as frame size and weight goes, especially in the winter time when it can be icy around the farm yard.
@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 so is that mixer a 1000 pto or does the tractor have a 540 pto because that’s a big tractor to have a 540 shaft
@@evanhix7049 You can see he set the pto at 5:30 to 950