I had never fully appreciated just how talented farmers needed to be. Part accountant, part chemist, part heavy equipment operator, part mechanic, part animal psychologist, but cattle must be the wisest of all animals because they are always ruminating.
I worked for a farmer while going to college, and to this day he's the only person I know who uses Calculus in his work. He measured the piles of fertilizer, and used Calculus to figure out the volume of fertilizer left in the pile.
This has got to be the most rookie friendly info I've ever seen. You remind me of my grade 12 math teacher. Putting challenging ideas in simple terms. If only all smart people could break down complex ideas into simpler terms.
I've had college teachers who really shouldn't be in the business of teaching because they just couldn't break concepts down for students and then belittled them if they weren't immediately able to grasp a concept. Laughing at a basic question or when asking for clarification shouldn't happen either.
Thank you for breaking that down! I shake my head whenever I hear anyone say farming is easy or doesn't take a lot of knowledge or.. that farmers are "simple". Thank you for taking the time to show and explain this!!
Pete, in another life I was a consultant to farmers. I'll never forget a colleague referring to the combined 1st, 2nd, 3rd cutting all-in-one as "baled puckerbrush."
Thanks for that info. When we were dairy farming back in the 60’s, we bought our hay which was alfalfa hay. I always loved the smell when you cut the wire and the bail fell open. It was leafy and grown without herbicides and pesticides. We fed our cows dairy feed when in the milk barn which was oats and barley and molasses. They loved it. During the day they were out on pasture grasses. The only testing we ever did was on the milk for butter fat content and bacteria. That testing was weekly unless we suspected a problem. Things are so high tech now. 😂
Pete, it's just fascinating how technology is there today for a farmer like yourself!!! If my farmer daddy were still alive, he'd be right here with me in rapt attention to today's science of farming. Thanks for sharing, and blessings for letting all 239,000 of us visit you and your farm life there in New York!!! ;o)
I just rewatched an episode from March 31 2020. Ironically it was about getting a field to grow decent alfalfa and other grasses. At the end you thanked the viewers for your channel reaching 1,000 subs. Now you're at 239K You've come a long way in two years and your videos just keep getting better and better. Congrats!
Obtaining information and knowledge is one thing. Being able to translate, articulate and share that information in a thoughtful interesting way is an art form. You nailed it Pete! Great presentation! You’re a blessed teacher!
Thank You Pete, for giving us this information ! It is surprising to me that, local AG department or at least a FFA would not have this info and be willing to share and teach what it all means, to the health of the future of our food !!! I hope to one day have a homestead to just feed my family ! I wish I had started earlier in my life, but like to many I was chasing the all mighty worthless dollar ! As everyone can see today our GREAT GRANDPARENTS had it right !!! ( 100 yrs ago ) THANK YOU AGAIN , GOD BLESS YOU AN FAMILY !!!
I agree 💯% @Jerry Campbell. Our grandparents would have taken all they had and put it into building a good solid base for family and food production. It's the only real security that matters in life for me now. And like you feel, I started way too late in life. Take care and all the best 👍
I have been ill for the past 6 weeks. Watching your videos whether it is about the farm or rebuilding your tractors always brings a ray of sunshine into my life. I eagerly await your new videos and rewatch your old ones. You are obviously very bright and a deep thinker. Please keep it up
That was So interesting !!! Thank you !! As a horse owner this is very inportant in the comparison.. What you feed cows ! The NDF very relevant & ADF. Thats what we need to understand $19 is very good for data !! have no idea on £'s. I know Cow & Horse Ratio is different as I had to sow Horse grass !!! Love your disection of this as it is very relevant what is the point of feeding S*** Hay !!!! Love your Porkies even tho I am a veggie !! But You would not have them if people didn't eat them!!! Sorry Mr or Mrs Vegan !!!! Love your Vloggs !! Hubby Is a Electrical & mechanical engineer I watch loads of tractor disections !!!!!🤣😂🤣😂
Greg video Pete!! You bring me back to my time on the farm as a kid in the 60's and 70's. I'm 66 this month and this is as close as I get to farmers by these days. Thanks for sharing this part of your life ! With us.
Just imagine 30/40 years time watching these videos with a grandchild that's farming and comparing results! Pure gold in the bank for an education to them
This was extremely useful, insightful, and especially knowing that you make hay and you buy it in, too. Thank you for making the time to post this. I have dairy sheep, and we’re still figuring everything out from scratch.
Never appreciated the potentially disastrous consequences of Tedding when it’s too dry. I’m glad to hear there’s no issue with the herd and that Prudence’s passing was sadly, just one of those things…
We took soil samples last night to see what we could be lacking in out soil. I guess we will see what the Data will tell us. Thanks for all you do Pete.
If I can make a suggestion... steer clear of fertilizer. There are much better ways to fertilize than pellets in a spreader. I'd say that you basically create an environment that depends on unnatural fertilizer and long term issues are bound to become more prevalent
I am going to try I really just want to get a base line and see what are my option with out going ro commercial fertilizer as a 1st resort. We don't have enough manure to self fertilize. I am not real sure what else to do.
Pete - Your explanation regarding feed analysis is spot on. Using available resources to constantly improve everything you do is a no brainer IMO. Then you share your knowledge for free. You are pretty unique in this selfish world. More power to you.
Mr Larson, I can see you have the same love and respect for not just your personal heritage, but our great American heritage that I have! Your endless patience and work, transcending all sorts of needed talents and abilities is, Im sad to say, quite unusual for our times today! My wonderful father was a decorated 101st Airborne survivor who was a heavy equipment operator and mechanic, but he could do anything , build, re -build, electrify, plumb, and I followed in his image , Ive never hired anything built, plumbed or electrified, and until our evil govt infringed on our wonderful auto industry I had never hired an engine, tranny or rear end worked on ! Im a fan and will be subscribing !
I'm nowhere near a farmer. But I can't appreciate enough someone who puts this much thought and effort into what they do. No matter what the field. I work in the radiology department of a hospital. My world is digital imaging, radiology information systems, and AI digital dictation systems. I am inspired by spirits like Pete. Go all in on whatever you do. I sub'd when you were 20'ish K subscribers. I've loved watching you grow to almost 250K. It's a privilege to get to decompress and listen to your calm words of wisdom no matter the topic. Keep doing what you do Pete.
Excellent as always Pete. Just one question, based the results are there any changes you are contemplating to improve your hay? Would you overseed anything? Thanks as always. You are providing a great service to those who need it and education for all.
The only thing I would change is the weather so we can take first cutting earlier! Seriously, one thing we are always considering is baleage, which is baled grass at higher moisture that ferments in a plastic wrapper. This type of hay (like silage) only takes a day or so to be ready to bale, and is more palatable to the cattle.
That was really insightful and I enjoyed learning about hay nutrition. Do you have a comparison to balage or silage? You mentioned a few videos back that the nutrition in these forms is better but the added plastic waste is a big negative part of that process. It would Be nice to know how much more or better nutrition they have vs hay and if it’s worth it(maybe worth it in a dairy farm but for beef cows perhaps not)
Perfect timing for this video for me. I just got back from a Grazing Conference and they handed out some forage analysis reports for a couple of the farms we visited. Now I can go back over the forms and figure out that they actually mean.
Pete, I always enjoy your videos. They are always informative and entertaining. I will never be a farmer or rancher. Thanks to you I have whole new respect for you and all others like yourself.
Awesome video! I'm currently taking a forage ecology and management class at my university and it's great to have an explanation/input from the producers side, along with the professors.
I just found your channel about 1 month ago. It is wonderful. Thank you for sharing all you do. I am learning so much. I just bought an old dairy/then beef farm and an IH 544 row crop diesel that the previous farmer was using . My first tractor. It is a very small farm of 23 acres with about 14 acres of the land being baled for hay. I have so much to learn going forward. Oh! Love the dad jokes! Thanks again for your channel. Take care Greg
Good follow-up work, Pete. The peace of mind to know you're doing right by your stock is what a good night's sleep is made from. Not to mention, liking the face of the guy who looks you in the mirror every morning. Kudos Kemosabe.
Thank you for the education! I’m starting out with 2 low line angus and a belted Galway here in Northwest Florida. Most farmers get 4 cuttings a year here. I buy hay from a local black angus farmer so I assume it’s good but I’m going to have it tested.
PA Conrail: Does your supplier spray his hay fields with Grazon? (Not sure of the spelling). This tends to pass through cattle and if you use the waste hay and manure in your garden, it wipes out your plants. By the way, where in NW FL? I am North of Pensacola.
Thanks Pete! Obviously I know next to nothing about how ruminant nutrition works. I assumed proteins worked the same in all animals. This is a great video on so many levels.
The agricultural extension station class on hay was very educational, nice to make your background the latest work on the tractor which I can tell is something you're proud of!
Pete. You should blurr out your address. Awesome video. 21 minutes about testing and interpreting hay. You do an amazing job explaining something so complicated, simply.
Hi Pete. Do you think the hay nutrients degrade overtime. Let’s say you have hay from two years ago second cut? Do you think you would have roughly the same numbers?
Always such knowledge in your UA-cam videos. Thanks so much. My parents just retired and purchased a farm that only raises hay. They will be getting that test done for sure
When I studied at UW-River Falls I had whole year of this and calculating this in my Animal nutrition classes. Yes we took hay and burned it in a calorimeter. We put a marker in the feed and weighed the manure as it was all marked with color. We had to analyze that too as a measurement of TDN. It was a tough but also a really fascinating class. I use this often and yes I'm in dairy.
Pete I give this video a 102% rating. I have often wondered how grass/hay gives animals what they need to survive and grow to such large sizes. By the way the monsters are looking Marvelous. This video was very informative and funny. Even being a city girl I am always interested learning how things work. You managed to take a serious matter and made it palatable with your sweet humor. If we lived closer to NY we sure would buy or meats from your farm. Thank you and your wonderful wife for all your hard work. Your videos have enlightened me to a new appreciation of where our food comes from. Every time I eat anything I say a special thanks for those that do what you do. God Bless We look forward to seeing what the farm is up to.
Just wanted to say what a treat it was to be reading through my most recent issue of Grit, turn the page see you standing there with a calf wrapped around your shoulders! I looked and thought, “Hey, I know that guy!” Great article!
I have a relitive who is a farm consultant. Part of his service offerings is soil sampiling. Wow it is a lot more complicated than I thought. Way over my head. I knew not all hay is equal, but you brought a lot of info out that no one every knew about. I will think of you when I mow my lawn. ha. thks
Pete, Thanks for the great videos. I have been a subscriber for a couple of years now. I too am a small farmer and like to listen to your uploads while I work. However, the ads are so numerous anymore that I can hardly manage to get through a video. It is very frustrating... I don't know if this is a UA-cam thing or something you have control over. Hopefully, this is just considered as helpful feedback from an otherwise greatful listener.
Hi Casey, I put lots of time into making these videos. The ads make it worthwhile for me. I don’t think it’s much to ask to spend minutes listening to ads for a video that took me hours to make.
Pete, I noticed your phosphorus was much higher than your purchased hay. This is promising to me as I am starting to hay pasture I’ve raised chickens in for 3 years now, and I have high phosphorous in that soil, I am trying to lower that number to prevent any issues in the soil. It’s good to see that it does come off in the hay. Thanks for the explanation. We aren’t doing beef at this time, but I will be selling our hay and having it tested to aid in its sale and pricing. This really helped. Thanks again.
Great video, thanks. One thing you touched on was putting nutrients back in the soil. You see very little manure being put back in hay fields now compared to decades past. there is a lot of reliance on chemicals rather than returning the manure to the ground. We have never tested our hay but will in the future after seeing this.
Great video. We make silage here in the UK mostly because of the weather. We do make some hay and know how difficult it is to get it right. Looks like you're getting it just about right.
OMG Pete, I feel like such a dumbass after watching this video lol . Thanks for sharing the info and I'm sure you have helped many people with this info.
Awesome Video, I am glad it put your mind at ease about Prudence and that it was nothing you did or didn't do. Hugs! Things happen. We are in the process of rebuilding our pastures as they need to be limed, due to high acidity levels. We did have the soil tested. Now to look for good pasture seed where I can get the mixture I would like or at least purchase the seeds I would like. Take care, God Bless.
Hi Pete. I don’t know whether it was an error due to the amount of data being discussed, but the macro nutrients are the nutrients living things require in large quantities. protein, fats, carbs, fibre, etc. The micro nutrients are the smaller quantities such as magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, etc.
Hi, I use the term to separate mineral groups. "Macro" minerals are required in relatively large quantities, usually expressed in percentages. "Micro" minerals are expressed in PPM.
Good video Pete. As my grandfather always said with livestock you get live ones your going to get dead ones and sometime they die for no particular reason it seems.
Fantastic! Yep, science is mankind's greatest tool. If we can just get more people to understand it's value then use it we can make everything better. I used to assist in soil and nutrition analysis in a landscape horticulture department. It was exciting when students' lab work revealed why their plants or clients plants weren't healthy then could implement solutions based on their lab results. Thanks Pete for the academic flashback.
This video was excellent. We raise sheep and I've always wanted to have our hay tested. You've inspired me to do so. Question: is the chart on bed, good, better on the protein percent. Perhaps I missed it, will watch it again. Thank you so much for creating awesome content.
@19:50 it is good to have the data. I like data. I can digest it and use cognitive thinking and real life experience and critical analysis to make decisions about what's right for me and my family. Good point!
I’m not a farmer but great educational video I guarantee that they’ll be a Lotta other farmers testing there hey and seeing what they’re feeding their animals. I think it was such a great educational video that it should go viral. Keep up the great work it will all pay off someday and then you’ll be able to RELAX. In the channel keeps growing every week. Take care.
Loved your hay for dummies tutorial, very informative!!! Wondering if you might consider doing similar content related to beef, poultry and swine quality on the hoof/foot. I have no idea what the meat quality metrics are for animals prior to slaughter. Thanks for considering this topic in future videos, I think many would benefit from your perspective in this area. Kurt
Thanks so very much Pete, I am not farming myself, but that is the kind of information tat anyone raising catle, or other pastured an8imals, need to know. Your a great teacher.. Keep it up.. JR
Very interesting video, thanks Pete! I would be very curious what the results would be if you make silage. Would you produce enough nutrients so you would not have to buy? The plastic issue remains though. Greetings from the Netherlands!
Wow Pete. You have a PhD in grass now❗Such a lot of technical information for digestion, literally for your cows 🐮 I had no idea just how complex the issue with feed actually was. Yes, we fertilise and tend the fields but this really breaks it down to the nuts and bolts. I am afraid I will not pass the pending exam you spoke of. 🤣 Thanks for sharing your results. Take care and all the best from the UK 🇬🇧.
I had never fully appreciated just how talented farmers needed to be. Part accountant, part chemist, part heavy equipment operator, part mechanic, part animal psychologist, but cattle must be the wisest of all animals because they are always ruminating.
@@shawndugay4089 He is my comedic hero!
Pete for President
I worked for a farmer while going to college, and to this day he's the only person I know who uses Calculus in his work. He measured the piles of fertilizer, and used Calculus to figure out the volume of fertilizer left in the pile.
This has got to be the most rookie friendly info I've ever seen. You remind me of my grade 12 math teacher. Putting challenging ideas in simple terms. If only all smart people could break down complex ideas into simpler terms.
@@donbrutcher4501 It's a nice saying but Albert Einstein never said that.
That's the sign of a great teacher!
@@hschultz123 When people aren't using Einstein as a ventriloquist's dummy, they are using Mark Twain.
I've had college teachers who really shouldn't be in the business of teaching because they just couldn't break concepts down for students and then belittled them if they weren't immediately able to grasp a concept. Laughing at a basic question or when asking for clarification shouldn't happen either.
Thank you for breaking that down! I shake my head whenever I hear anyone say farming is easy or doesn't take a lot of knowledge or.. that farmers are "simple". Thank you for taking the time to show and explain this!!
Pete, in another life I was a consultant to farmers. I'll never forget a colleague referring to the combined 1st, 2nd, 3rd cutting all-in-one as "baled puckerbrush."
Thanks for that info. When we were dairy farming back in the 60’s, we bought our hay which was alfalfa hay. I always loved the smell when you cut the wire and the bail fell open. It was leafy and grown without herbicides and pesticides. We fed our cows dairy feed when in the milk barn which was oats and barley and molasses. They loved it. During the day they were out on pasture grasses. The only testing we ever did was on the milk for butter fat content and bacteria. That testing was weekly unless we suspected a problem. Things are so high tech now. 😂
Pete, it's just fascinating how technology is there today for a farmer like yourself!!! If my farmer daddy were still alive, he'd be right here with me in rapt attention to today's science of farming. Thanks for sharing, and blessings for letting all 239,000 of us visit you and your farm life there in New York!!! ;o)
As a scientist I can say that Pete is no lightweight when it comes to his profession!
The man can clearly turn his hand to anything with perhaps the exception of standup but seriously, what a fascinating fella.
"Down at the university of science!" - Norm Macdonald.
@@coffeepot3123 and it's proper science, not the made up stuff 🤣
I didn’t realize how little I knew about hay. Raising cows is more complicated than most people think. Most think their Tbone is grown in a factor.
I just rewatched an episode from March 31 2020. Ironically it was about getting a field to grow decent alfalfa and other grasses. At the end you thanked the viewers for your channel reaching 1,000 subs. Now you're at 239K You've come a long way in two years and your videos just keep getting better and better. Congrats!
Obtaining information and knowledge is one thing. Being able to translate, articulate and share that information in a thoughtful interesting way is an art form. You nailed it Pete! Great presentation! You’re a blessed teacher!
Absolutely. It's not easy to do
Thank You Pete, for giving us this information ! It is surprising to me that, local AG department or at least a FFA would not have this info and be willing to share and teach what it all means, to the health of the future of our food !!! I hope to one day have a homestead to just feed my family ! I wish I had started earlier in my life, but like to many I was chasing the all mighty worthless dollar ! As everyone can see today our GREAT GRANDPARENTS had it right !!! ( 100 yrs ago ) THANK YOU AGAIN ,
GOD BLESS YOU AN FAMILY !!!
I agree 💯% @Jerry Campbell. Our grandparents would have taken all they had and put it into building a good solid base for family and food production. It's the only real security that matters in life for me now. And like you feel, I started way too late in life. Take care and all the best 👍
I have been ill for the past 6 weeks. Watching your videos whether it is about the farm or rebuilding your tractors always brings a ray of sunshine into my life. I eagerly await your new videos and rewatch your old ones. You are obviously very bright and a deep thinker. Please keep it up
That was So interesting !!! Thank you !! As a horse owner this is very inportant in the comparison.. What you feed cows ! The NDF very relevant & ADF. Thats what we need to understand $19 is very good for data !! have no idea on £'s. I know Cow & Horse Ratio is different as I had to sow Horse grass !!! Love your disection of this as it is very relevant what is the point of feeding S*** Hay !!!! Love your Porkies even tho I am a veggie !! But You would not have them if people didn't eat them!!! Sorry Mr or Mrs Vegan !!!! Love your Vloggs !! Hubby Is a Electrical & mechanical engineer I watch loads of tractor disections !!!!!🤣😂🤣😂
Ever since I started watching your videos, I’ve never missed even one. You’re in a league of your own, Pete. Your videos are priceless…😍😍😍
Thank you Frans!
We love the talking and farming, no pressure
On you 👍
Ooo,and I find you jokes funny 😆
Greg video Pete!! You bring me back to my time on the farm as a kid in the 60's and 70's. I'm 66 this month and this is as close as I get to farmers by these days. Thanks for sharing this part of your life ! With us.
Sorry. Great, not Greg
Very interesting! That is a very valuable tool Pete! Very well done as usual. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and knowledge as always Pete!
As the late Tom Lasater used to say: "The cattle business is a simple business. The only problem is keeping it simple.”
Pete, I love your sense of humor. You are an excellent teacher!
Just imagine 30/40 years time watching these videos with a grandchild that's farming and comparing results! Pure gold in the bank for an education to them
A person just never knows what Pete is going to educate us on! Keep up the great work!
This was extremely useful, insightful, and especially knowing that you make hay and you buy it in, too. Thank you for making the time to post this.
I have dairy sheep, and we’re still figuring everything out from scratch.
Never appreciated the potentially disastrous consequences of Tedding when it’s too dry.
I’m glad to hear there’s no issue with the herd and that Prudence’s passing was sadly,
just one of those things…
Thanks for sharing your personal farming-related experiences...
We took soil samples last night to see what we could be lacking in out soil. I guess we will see what the Data will tell us. Thanks for all you do Pete.
If I can make a suggestion... steer clear of fertilizer. There are much better ways to fertilize than pellets in a spreader. I'd say that you basically create an environment that depends on unnatural fertilizer and long term issues are bound to become more prevalent
I am going to try I really just want to get a base line and see what are my option with out going ro commercial fertilizer as a 1st resort. We don't have enough manure to self fertilize. I am not real sure what else to do.
Pete - Your explanation regarding feed analysis is spot on. Using available resources to constantly improve everything you do is a no brainer IMO. Then you share your knowledge for free. You are pretty unique in this selfish world. More power to you.
Pete, again... you are a fantastic teacher because you put complex items into easily understood terms. Thanks for another great video.
Mr Larson, I can see you have the same love and respect for not just your personal heritage, but our great American heritage that I have! Your endless patience and work, transcending all sorts of needed talents and abilities is, Im sad to say, quite unusual for our times today! My wonderful father was a decorated 101st Airborne survivor who was a heavy equipment operator and mechanic, but he could do anything , build, re -build, electrify, plumb, and I followed in his image , Ive never hired anything built, plumbed or electrified, and until our evil govt infringed on our wonderful auto industry I had never hired an engine, tranny or rear end worked on ! Im a fan and will be subscribing !
Thanks Mike!!
❤️. Keep them coming Pete. Your amazing and very informative. I’m happy for you and your family. You will remain successful.
I'm nowhere near a farmer. But I can't appreciate enough someone who puts this much thought and effort into what they do. No matter what the field. I work in the radiology department of a hospital. My world is digital imaging, radiology information systems, and AI digital dictation systems. I am inspired by spirits like Pete. Go all in on whatever you do. I sub'd when you were 20'ish K subscribers. I've loved watching you grow to almost 250K. It's a privilege to get to decompress and listen to your calm words of wisdom no matter the topic. Keep doing what you do Pete.
That’s the single best resource on UA-cam about hay quality. Great job Pete!
Excellent as always Pete. Just one question, based the results are there any changes you are contemplating to improve your hay? Would you overseed anything? Thanks as always. You are providing a great service to those who need it and education for all.
I'm not suggesting or implying that there is anything wrong with your hay as it is. Just wondering if your urge to continously improve is kicking in?!
The only thing I would change is the weather so we can take first cutting earlier! Seriously, one thing we are always considering is baleage, which is baled grass at higher moisture that ferments in a plastic wrapper. This type of hay (like silage) only takes a day or so to be ready to bale, and is more palatable to the cattle.
@@JustaFewAcresFarm Shouldn't baleage also be more nutritious, especially in protein?
@@springhollerfarm8668 the big problem is ALL. THAT. PLASTIC!
@@peterstockschlaeder956 also the equipment, silage equipment is expensive and the equipment to wrap bales isn't cheap either.
Can’t thank you enough. Father in law and husband have talked this jibbrish for years. Thanks to YOU I finally understand 🤣. Amazing
That was really insightful and I enjoyed learning about hay nutrition. Do you have a comparison to balage or silage? You mentioned a few videos back that the nutrition in these forms is better but the added plastic waste is a big negative part of that process. It would
Be nice to know how much more or better nutrition they have vs hay and if it’s worth it(maybe worth it in a dairy farm but for beef cows perhaps not)
Perfect timing for this video for me. I just got back from a Grazing Conference and they handed out some forage analysis reports for a couple of the farms we visited. Now I can go back over the forms and figure out that they actually mean.
Pete, I always enjoy your videos. They are always informative and entertaining. I will never be a farmer or rancher. Thanks to you I have whole new respect for you and all others like yourself.
Hello Peter I love your stories God bless you keep them coming love to all your family 👪
Pete, you can make the dullest of subjects somehow quite fascinating. You are a very talented fellow.From a long time subscriber . Bob
Very informative vlog... Thank you Very much for all you fun & learning vlogs each time...
GBY & YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY ALWAYS 🙏❤️💙✝️🤗
Awesome video! I'm currently taking a forage ecology and management class at my university and it's great to have an explanation/input from the producers side, along with the professors.
I just found your channel about 1 month ago. It is wonderful. Thank you for sharing all you do. I am learning so much. I just bought an old dairy/then beef farm and an IH 544 row crop diesel that the previous farmer was using . My first tractor. It is a very small farm of 23 acres with about 14 acres of the land being baled for hay. I have so much to learn going forward. Oh! Love the dad jokes! Thanks again for your channel. Take care
Greg
Good follow-up work, Pete. The peace of mind to know you're doing right by your stock is what a good night's sleep is made from. Not to mention, liking the face of the guy who looks you in the mirror every morning. Kudos Kemosabe.
I grew up in the hay fields on a farm, and I still learned a few things.... many thanks
Boy your doing super job on the tractor. Thank you for taking the time to explain how the parts work. Can wacth for hrs.
Thank you for the education! I’m starting out with 2 low line angus and a belted Galway here in Northwest Florida. Most farmers get 4 cuttings a year here. I buy hay from a local black angus farmer so I assume it’s good but I’m going to have it tested.
PA Conrail: Does your supplier spray his hay fields with Grazon? (Not sure of the spelling). This tends to pass through cattle and if you use the waste hay and manure in your garden, it wipes out your plants. By the way, where in NW FL? I am North of Pensacola.
@@andy38andrews96 hi thanks for the info. I’ll ask. I’m north of Defuniak Springs
Thats very informative thanks Pete. Even the cows pays attention on this ones towards the end.
Thanks again keep up the good work I learn a lot
Thanks Pete! Obviously I know next to nothing about how ruminant nutrition works. I assumed proteins worked the same in all animals. This is a great video on so many levels.
Thank you Pete for another informative video. I never knew there was so much involved in raising cattle. I truly enjoy all your videos.
An excellent tutorial to the layman. THANK YOU
Very helpful to help us with our beef cattle. Thank you.
Can’t say I ever thought hay analysis would be interesting, yet, here I sit on the edge of my seat, learning stuff. :)
The agricultural extension station class on hay was very educational, nice to make your background the latest work on the tractor which I can tell is something you're proud of!
College level lesson. Even better! Saludos desde Mexico! Pete, Saludos desde Tamaulipas . Thank you!
Pete. You should blurr out your address.
Awesome video. 21 minutes about testing and interpreting hay. You do an amazing job explaining something so complicated, simply.
We need more people like you!! You give out a lot of good information love you. Keep it up and be happy!!!!
Hi Pete. Do you think the hay nutrients degrade overtime. Let’s say you have hay from two years ago second cut? Do you think you would have roughly the same numbers?
Really informative! Thank you very much Pete!
Hello Pete and Hillary. Usefull information have a great day.
Great stuff, Pete. I watch Sonne Farms you tube and they are always talking about haying and leaf loss - now I know why!
Always such knowledge in your UA-cam videos. Thanks so much. My parents just retired and purchased a farm that only raises hay. They will be getting that test done for sure
This needs to go viral it's the best explanation I've herd
When I studied at UW-River Falls I had whole year of this and calculating this in my Animal nutrition classes. Yes we took hay and burned it in a calorimeter. We put a marker in the feed and weighed the manure as it was all marked with color. We had to analyze that too as a measurement of TDN. It was a tough but also a really fascinating class. I use this often and yes I'm in dairy.
Pete I give this video a 102% rating. I have often wondered how grass/hay gives animals what they need to survive and grow to such large sizes. By the way the monsters are looking Marvelous. This video was very informative and funny. Even being a city girl I am always interested learning how things work. You managed to take a serious matter and made it palatable with your sweet humor. If we lived closer to NY we sure would buy or meats from your farm. Thank you and your wonderful wife for all your hard work. Your videos have enlightened me to a new appreciation of where our food comes from. Every time I eat anything I say a special thanks for those that do what you do. God Bless We look forward to seeing what the farm is up to.
Just wanted to say what a treat it was to be reading through my most recent issue of Grit, turn the page see you standing there with a calf wrapped around your shoulders! I looked and thought, “Hey, I know that guy!” Great article!
Glad to hear the out come of the hay, but still very sorry for your loss.
I have a relitive who is a farm consultant. Part of his service offerings is soil sampiling. Wow it is a lot more complicated than I thought. Way over my head. I knew not all hay is equal, but you brought a lot of info out that no one every knew about. I will think of you when I mow my lawn. ha. thks
As I have come to appreciate yet another great video. I love your style! Thank you for all your effort to share what you do!!!
I am such a good listener.
Even if I only understood 10 % of the lesson. But I did stay till the end.
Well done me.
WOW.....Thanks, very informative. Jim
Pete, Thanks for the great videos. I have been a subscriber for a couple of years now. I too am a small farmer and like to listen to your uploads while I work. However, the ads are so numerous anymore that I can hardly manage to get through a video. It is very frustrating... I don't know if this is a UA-cam thing or something you have control over. Hopefully, this is just considered as helpful feedback from an otherwise greatful listener.
Hi Casey, I put lots of time into making these videos. The ads make it worthwhile for me. I don’t think it’s much to ask to spend minutes listening to ads for a video that took me hours to make.
Pete, I noticed your phosphorus was much higher than your purchased hay. This is promising to me as I am starting to hay pasture I’ve raised chickens in for 3 years now, and I have high phosphorous in that soil, I am trying to lower that number to prevent any issues in the soil. It’s good to see that it does come off in the hay.
Thanks for the explanation. We aren’t doing beef at this time, but I will be selling our hay and having it tested to aid in its sale and pricing. This really helped. Thanks again.
Fascinating! Thanks for taking the time to explain all this! Very helpful!
Great video, thanks. One thing you touched on was putting nutrients back in the soil. You see very little manure being put back in hay fields now compared to decades past. there is a lot of reliance on chemicals rather than returning the manure to the ground. We have never tested our hay but will in the future after seeing this.
Great video. We make silage here in the UK mostly because of the weather. We do make some hay and know how difficult it is to get it right. Looks like you're getting it just about right.
love those detailed talks, keep em coming
OMG Pete, I feel like such a dumbass after watching this video lol . Thanks for sharing the info and I'm sure you have helped many people with this info.
Excellent info, thanks!
Awesome Video, I am glad it put your mind at ease about Prudence and that it was nothing you did or didn't do. Hugs! Things happen. We are in the process of rebuilding our pastures as they need to be limed, due to high acidity levels. We did have the soil tested. Now to look for good pasture seed where I can get the mixture I would like or at least purchase the seeds I would like. Take care, God Bless.
Take it the autopsy was negative?
@@williamtfinnegan1359 They didn't do a necropsy on Prudence.
Hi Pete. I don’t know whether it was an error due to the amount of data being discussed, but the macro nutrients are the nutrients living things require in large quantities. protein, fats, carbs, fibre, etc. The micro nutrients are the smaller quantities such as magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, etc.
Hi, I use the term to separate mineral groups. "Macro" minerals are required in relatively large quantities, usually expressed in percentages. "Micro" minerals are expressed in PPM.
Excellent presentation Pete
Good video Pete. As my grandfather always said with livestock you get live ones your going to get dead ones and sometime they die for no particular reason it seems.
Wow! This is one of the best ever! Talk about useful information density (UID)! Top marks Pete!
Fantastic! Yep, science is mankind's greatest tool. If we can just get more people to understand it's value then use it we can make everything better. I used to assist in soil and nutrition analysis in a landscape horticulture department. It was exciting when students' lab work revealed why their plants or clients plants weren't healthy then could implement solutions based on their lab results. Thanks Pete for the academic flashback.
This video was excellent. We raise sheep and I've always wanted to have our hay tested. You've inspired me to do so. Question: is the chart on bed, good, better on the protein percent. Perhaps I missed it, will watch it again. Thank you so much for creating awesome content.
thsanks Pete
@19:50 it is good to have the data. I like data. I can digest it and use cognitive thinking and real life experience and critical analysis to make decisions about what's right for me and my family. Good point!
I’m not a farmer but great educational video I guarantee that they’ll be a Lotta other farmers testing there hey and seeing what they’re feeding their animals. I think it was such a great educational video that it should go viral. Keep up the great work it will all pay off someday and then you’ll be able to RELAX. In the channel keeps growing every week. Take care.
Looking forward to Spring. I’m sure the animals are too. I enjoy your videos. Thanks!
Hi Pete, I see you have a nice article in the March issue of GRIT magazine, great article! joe
Interesting, glad you got some answers.
Pencil...lost / paper...burned. I got so tired after this session. You're the Man!!!
LOL, my Dog ate it.
Jeez this is complicated stuff , your a very smart guy !
A great informative video Pete. Thank you for sharing this information.
Loved your hay for dummies tutorial, very informative!!! Wondering if you might consider doing similar content related to beef, poultry and swine quality on the hoof/foot. I have no idea what the meat quality metrics are for animals prior to slaughter. Thanks for considering this topic in future videos, I think many would benefit from your perspective in this area. Kurt
Thanks - I wasn't paying attention to this much when I was in 4-H It's much more interesting now!
Your do a great job 👏 of taking care of all the animals 👍
Thanks so very much Pete, I am not farming myself, but that is the kind of information tat anyone raising catle, or other pastured an8imals, need to know. Your a great teacher.. Keep it up.. JR
Always a pleasure Pete.
Very interesting video, thanks Pete! I would be very curious what the results would be if you make silage. Would you produce enough nutrients so you would not have to buy? The plastic issue remains though. Greetings from the Netherlands!
All I can say is wow! Great educational content . Lived ir
Wow Pete. You have a PhD in grass now❗Such a lot of technical information for digestion, literally for your cows 🐮 I had no idea just how complex the issue with feed actually was. Yes, we fertilise and tend the fields but this really breaks it down to the nuts and bolts. I am afraid I will not pass the pending exam you spoke of. 🤣 Thanks for sharing your results. Take care and all the best from the UK 🇬🇧.