Visiting A Family Dairy Farm
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- Visiting a Dairy Farm-What do Dairy Cows eat? Why do cows wear earrings? Why do farmers separate the calves from their mothers? Do Greg's cows fart? Did you know there are now half the amount of cows in the US compared to 60 years ago and we are producing 3x the amount of milk!! FACT CHECK: There is NO ANTIBIOTICS in the milk you drink! EVER! Your milk is tested for antibiotics at the farm, as its being loaded into the truck and at the processing plant!
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Utterly fascinating, you milked this topic for everything it’s worth. This was the cream of the crop. You didn’t skim anything off the top. You buttered up your audience with this one. No antibiotics needed
Pinned for the Dad jokes. Mad respect!
Thanks Millennial Farmer! Dad jokes are my specialty! In all seriousness, I look forward to your videos! The topic was something I really knew nothing about until I found your channel and it quickly became something I love. Huge respect to you and your fellow farmers for what you do and thanks for showing the world what it takes to feed it!
This comment made my head hurt lol
Kevin Koster that is what I said! LOL!
A little dairy farm humor: Did you hear what the calf said to his Mother? "Shot the other udder to the other brudder, there Mudder!"
To the Millennial Farmer wife, Becky as a subscriber I want to say Thank You for putting together the content of Millennial Farmer. With out your work this would be just a video by Zack..Thank You again.
I second this. "Basic Becky" behind the scenes does excellent work. Many thanks for the great content from the both of you.
Recently sold my cows, did it for 45 years, raised 6 kids they drank about 10 gallons a week, right out of the tank. None of the kids wanted to milk cows for a living, all got good jobs because they were farm kids, a 60 hour work week was more appealing, easier work than dairy farming and I didn’t hold them back. That said I never regretted it, even though we missed a lot of events and never had a vacation, when we had to be in the barn twice a day 7 days a week, it was a good lifestyle to raise kids.
i wanted to come back to the farm and run the dairy after i got out of the Marines. They couldn't do it with just three people so dad decided to sell the cows by the time i got out the prices for everything was really bad so we didn't start the herd back up
I was born and raised on a Wisconsin dairy farm. No dairy farmer in his right mind would ever abuse his dairy herd. Those animals help the family make a living, pay their bills and educate their kids. The animals come first and are often loved because they are special. Even if the kids leave the farm (which I did) they are some of the best workers in what ever job they do. On my first and second jobs after college the fact I was a farm kid was almost as important as my accounting degree. Thanks for sharing an amazing video. God Bless!
So you didn't kill all the male calves?
Gregory Toomey : They were raised to be sold as breeding stock or used to feed the world. May I ask why your question was negative?
@@gmtoomey I buy male bull calves every week along with many other calf buyers. I make a living raising them for beef. They are averaging $100.00 a head right now. 3 or 4 years ago when prices were higher I was paying $300.00 . A finished Holstein beef is going for $1,300.00 . If anybody is killing bull calves in southern il. I will come and get them. Il even pay for them!
@@truckdispatcher8326 Male bull calf is redundant. If it is a bull it is understood it is a male and vise versa. You would never have a female bull calf. I can remember a time when these calves were almost useless and you had to darn near give them away. I live in southern Illinois and have friends in the dairy business. Tuff business. Again the American farmer has out done themselves in efficiency and are producing more milk than the American public consumes. I myself drink over 2 gallons of milk a week. I grew up drinking whole milk when you had to stir the cream up off the top. Best drink in the world. I too like these videos and only wish more of the urban dwellers in the United States knew what all goes into supplying the products that reach the dining room table. I also have to say that I agree with the comment that follows about the drinks made from almonds, soy, oat or what ever. only one of them is MILK and it comes from a cow. The word MILK should be synonymous with the product that comes from cows and not some plant or whatever. Thank god for farmers.
@@Bricky-gs3lp Yes it is redundant but some of these people have no clue.
Great video. Both my grandparents milked. By hand at first, and later with machines. Of course those were 10 to 12 cow herds. I worked in a dairy processing plant for 43 years. Our plant quit operation December 31. We processed all local milk and was supported faithfully by the area. But, we couldn't compete with the big boys. We had to make a profit on sales, not like some retailers who sell milk for less than what it costs to process. Dairy is a tough business all the way around. Producers have had a rough go of it also. There were a lot of 20 to 60 head herds. Most are gone now. Hats off to all you out there dedicated to milk. Keep up the good work!
I’m an OTR truck driver. My wife and I have 4 boys. Ages range from 7 yrs, 5 yrs, 2?yrs and 11 months old. My wife buys at the least 5 gallons of milk every week. Our boys make sure we support the farmers.
Grow up on a Dairy farm drank milk from tank first time I tried 2% milk though it was colored water. four person family drink 2 plus gallons every week. Cheese and real butter thank you dairy farmers of the America
Zack you have done so much to bring agriculture, the life style of farming and what it takes to put food on the table to the general public. My hat is off to you and your family. Your videos are so professional you deserve an award for what you do with your social media channels. Thank you 🚜🚜
Thank you for the kind words!
Funny how they don't show you the behind the scenes. Like the part where they send their beloved cows to the slaughterhouse to have their heads cut off. What about the sexual and physical abuse too? In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit and taste pleasure. How can you possibly support these kinds of practices?
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd I don't know where you get your information, but it's twisted and inaccurate. I suggest watching the video and contacting an actual farmer.
@@MillennialFarmer Agreed!
@@michaelburchfield1978 You're lying to the public. Put yourself in the cow's position for once. What would you call that kind of treatment if it was being done to you?
My family were immigrants from Germany . they were dairy farmers there and the whole generation become dairy farmers here in Minnesota, Wisconsin,south Dakota and Iowa. this was a great video, hits home. sometimes I think people take dairy farmers for granted. Education for farming is priceless! Food doesn't grow on the shelf at the super markets!
Thanks for all you do for the American farmer Buddy!
You gotta stop by our place sometime Zach
Where are you located at again?
@@MillennialFarmer Southeast Pennsylvania
@@10thgenerationdairyman61 I'll be in Syracuse next week but unfortunately I won't have enough time to run down to visit you. I do have plans to visit 2 other dairies while I'm there. Next time I get out east we'll have to schedule something!
@@MillennialFarmer alright, sounds good!! It's cool that you're getting out to see some dairies.
I was going to say the same thing. MF needs to visit you guys.
This coming from a dairy farmer, I greatly appreciate you doing this video as the dairy industry is struggling right know and with your large fan base you can educate a lot of people for the Industry! I greatly appreciate it!
Found millennia farmer by way of tdf farm, 10th generation farm girl here. Love the video on dairy farmers. Hard work, long hours. I would ride along ,on open tractors for hours, just to be near my dad. We had eighty milking cows. Six sisters and a brother, drank two gallon of raw milk a day. Fresh cold rraw milk, so delicious. I miss the sounds of the farm. Thanks for the videos.
This guy is going to be the next big influencer in the industry! Very well spoken and informative
And without excessive advertising. They just say and show how and what it is, they show the real world calm way and with good manners so yeah, this is the way to go and makes good for the whole farming "industry" everywhere.
George ‘
21 years, 7 days a week.. still miss it.
thank the local farmer. They work hard for you and me..
Love farmers supporting farmers. We are in this thing together!
There is so much more information on the Off The Husk podcast. I had no idea how much there was to a dairy farm until I listened to that episode. Thank you to Bred and Butter Dairy for allowing Zack and Onyx to film there.
Hang on... Gotta run to the fridge...strange random milk urge. Mmmm
Don't forget the ice cream!
Bovine mammary secretions. Are all of you baby cows? Ditch dairy. The industry is dying. Good riddance. Abuse. Slavery. Rape. Torture. Murder.
@@aaronmerkel5216 lmao
One of the better videos he did a fantastic job explaining things like cow calf seperation, antibiotic use basic the health and wellbeing of the animal. Many farmers sacrifice their own health and wellbeing for the health and wellbeing of their animals
Funny how they don't show you the behind the scenes. Like the part where they send their beloved cows to the slaughterhouse to have their heads cut off. What about the sexual and physical abuse too? In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit and taste pleasure. How can you possibly support these kinds of practices?
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd apparently you have never been on a dairy farm or probably any farm for that matter. I myself have spent many years in the dairy industry so they did show pretty much everything. I do not know where you received your information but ever statement you claim is not even close to the real dairy industry
@@markcollmer4427 So tell me then, how do we make the cows produce milk? And what happens to the male calves? What happens to the mother cows after they have spent their entire life having their babies and milk stolen from them?
Thank you for supporting the dairy industry @Millenial Farmer we milk 1900 cow in sw Minnesota and farm 4500 acres of corn alfalfa and soybeans.
Okay -- I've done books on corn and hogs -- maybe milk needs to be next. Have to get the word out about how amazing American farmers are. Thanks for the tour.
When I was in my teen's after milking I would drink 8 pints a day of cold milk.....just loved it, am now 65 so can't be all bad....!
Very nicely done, Great job Zach and thank you Greg for letting Zach video your dairy.
Hey Zach great video and thank you and Greg for taking the time to talk about the Hormone and Antibiotic testing in the cows milk to educate the uneducated people out there that don’t know what they are talking about
I dairy farm in New Zealand and it is amazing to watch the huge differences between the way dairy farming happens.
@@jamesberlekamp8923 There are many but a few of the big ones that spring to mind are the likes of our girls being all outside on grass 24/7 and that we have specific times of year that we mate all our girls calve and milk them all at once
Nice video, interesting to see another type of farming . Thanks for posting for everyone !
Super nice to see a modern dairy farm. Grew up helping local guys with their 30 cow herds. Nice work sharing.
19:40 It's crazy that American farmers have the same problems as Germans. A very good video and greetings from northern Germany.
whats the name of the fitbit-things in the ears of the cows?
welche wird in deutschland benutzt?
In Germany we use transponders attached to collars, or what do you mean?
@@Marcus23999 i thought these transponders are only to control the amount of special-food for each cow?! i mean the explained "fitbit"-sensors in each cows ear for the measurement of the temperature and movement and health
@@christ.5377 They are called Cow Manager tags and are marketed through Select Sires here in the US. The parent company and where they were developed is in the Netherlands I believe.
@@christ.5377 years ago it was indeed only for the extra vitamins they could get, but now they can notice how match they move (and calculate when its time to inseminate by this) how match they eat, there bodytemperature and sometimes even how match they ruminate. The different type of transponder do have other options i think (in the ear they have temperature and the collar can measure the ruminating for example). The transponders can also being used for communicating when a robotmilking is used.
I'm a 73 year old farm boy that grew up in the 60's helping on a dairy farm that was huge at that time. We milked 96 cows and thought ear tags were something out of the future. This was amazing and very informative. Love em all.
Steve
Appreciate your efforts to show different aspects of farming besides your own....like the dairy, turkey, hog, farm fest, and Agco tours.
You have a knack for asking interesting, and informative questions in an easygoing manner.
Greetings from a frosty evening in Ireland! Great to see you talking to a real farmer Zack! That’s a great video and a great simple explanation of how dairy farms work and the daily challenges we face to produce top class food. Keep it up lads 👍
Great video with tons of good information for everyone who is not familiar with dairy farms. Greg is a terrific communicator. Fitbit for cows, I had no idea but it's great to know cows are tracked for health, production, etc.. I say Greg deserves an encore performance - maybe in the summer to show how cropping is different for dairy farmers vs grain farmers. Carry on...
Funny how they don't show you the behind the scenes. Like the part where they send their beloved cows to the slaughterhouse to have their heads cut off. What about the sexual and physical abuse too? In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit and taste pleasure. How can you possibly support these kinds of practices?
Always enjoy you showing us non-farmers the side if farming we never see. Those ear tags are really cool.
snakerancher It would be a great idea to make a video about the #AllflexAnimalMonitoring technology.
I am a cattle farmer in Italy and I really liked your video! also I didn't know about that "cow Fitbit" technology that seems really interesting! I totally agree with your last dialogue, there's a lot of disinformation about what we do in our farm. Bytheway I have a beef that's called "Ok" and every time I see him you came to my mind while saying "are you ok?" well, I think he literally is :) keep up the good work Zach!
I'm 16 and my dad works part time at a dairy farm. I help out from time to time. Its amazing how much work is put in and their even out their in below zero weather. I just have to say I have a lot of respect for Diary Farmers.
Dairy cows are hands down the most spoiled livestock. They are fed the best feed possible. Given the most comfortable clean place to lay. They better they are treated the better they treat you. Makes me mad to see people that have no experience on a dairy farm demonize such a hard working group of people.
I was a dairy farmer for 20 years. Yes, we worked hard, but the whole principle of dairy farming is based on exploiting animals. We steel their babies from them, we steel their milk, and they live horrible lives. Just because you give them good feed and a clean place to lay doesn't mean it's Ok to completely exploit them at the same time. I'm still amazed at how we received such good subsidies from the government for doing such a cruel thing. Not to mention the negative effects dairy farming has on the environment.
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd You do realize that GOD put the animals on the earth for us to have dominion over them so we can receive the blessings that they provide to us. Its called being a good steward of our resources and animals are a resource that GOD provided to us. Just like in the wild some animals are eaten for food for other animals and We as humans have dominion over the land and the animals who walk it. Where do you get off saying that farmers are exploiting the animals? The farmer is a good steward using what GOD gave him to help and feed mankind.
Sergio. Sounds like you were horrible to your animals for 20 years, maybe if you tried harder and had a teacher like these folks, you would have known you were not doing it the right way.
@@ericr4247 What's the right way to exploit and kill animals for a product we don't need? You do realise that in order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit or taste pleasure.
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd I can't believe you farmed like that Sergio, that's terrible. On other farms they separate the baby from the "mum" for safety reasons, sometimes mum will unintentinally harm her own baby, and then the cow is milked in a clean environment, and baby is fed mums milk in a sterile baby bottle. Then the remainder of milk that the baby can't consume is then sold for a minimal amount of money, that the farmer then reinvests into the business to keep going, all so people like you can eat and survive. So sit back and enjoy the lifestyle that these hard working people are providing for you. Go buy your leather boots, and vegetables that you eat, that were all grown by a farmer.
Raised on a small dairy farm back East, lots of memories....long before the day of technology. When the power was out, we milked by hand, our biggest tractor was 55 horse. Drank "raw" milk, made our own butter, boiled sap to Maple syrup, squeezed apples to cider, made grape wine and mowed the lawn with a "push" mower. One common thread through all of it was it was hard work. Good gravy did I say lots of memories??? Whew, for a minute there I was "young" again. Thank you Sirs for the video and all that you do! Jim.
UDDERLY fantastic video. Hats off to the dairy farmers. 👍🏻
I see what you did there 😂👍👍✌️
Thanks so much for the support!
Bred & Butter Dairy on my moms side their 5th generation dairy. My grandpa started it around 1920. So I have a good idea what your doing! ✅👍🏻
Funny how they don't show you the behind the scenes. Like the part where they send their beloved cows to the slaughterhouse to have their heads cut off. What about the sexual and physical abuse too? In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit and taste pleasure. How can you possibly support these kinds of practices?
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd Aaaah i see, copypaste comments and you flood this to every single dairy related video i assume? Maybe you should take a day off, go outside and breath a little. I get that you are disagreeing with the whole dairy industry, but this ain't the right way. You harm "your cause" more than do good by doing it like this. Hate ain't gona bring anything good towards you..
Thanks for the excellent video,I was born on a small farm in the Uk 70 years ago. Its truly amazing the amount of milk the cows are giving, and that's no accident. To anybody who denies there children milk in there diet are going to affect there bone strength in later life.
So much has changed since I grew up on the farm. 'Specially the milk cows. Next ya gotta show us the parlor, where the milk goes, and is stored until its picked up. That too has changed a lot.
Glad to see that family farms still show the real work ethic that is needed for success in the land of the free and home to the brave.
Love the video. I am a dairy Farmer in New Zealand and it's awesome to see how different countries operate. So glad I don't have to deal with temperatures like that 🥶
What a quinkedink. I've recently started watching two dairy farm channels. 10th Generation Dairy farmer (who watches you) and Sas Dutch kid. They are some hard working young men. I have a lot of respect for these farmers in the dairy business.
Well done Zach and Greg very informative video top men for supporting the dairy industry 👍👍
This guy is awesome! You need to include him in more of your videos. This just amplifies what you’re trying to do by educating the average Joe’s about how all forms of agriculture works. Great job Zach!
This was a very nice informative video. I'm a farmer and knew what was going on in this video, but for those people who have no idea what was going on here, I think the different situations and examples, and the was of putting it into terms where others would understand was great!
Funny how they don't show you behind the scenes. Like the part where they send their beloved cows to the slaughterhouse to have their heads cut off. What about the sexual and physical abuse too? In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either raised for beef, shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit and taste pleasure. How can you possibly support these kinds of practices?
I grew up on a dairy farm. It was so fascinating to see the advancements that have been made in the last 20 years. My thanks goes out to all dairy farmers.
“These are attack cows” love it!
Zack, once again you have left your comfort zone and brought another great example of American agriculture to the masses. Great job, Greg, on your dairy operation!!
Thanks and keep on drinkin milk!
I wish just one person would explain why they felt the need to “thumb down” this video. Cuz I don’t get it. WHAT don’t you like about this excellent representation of an American farm and way of life? No respect? Zach, Greg this was an awesome video!
Thanks for the support Todd! There always has to be someone in the crowd to rain on the parade.
@@bredbutterdairy9383 Do you guys drink your milk before it being pasteurized? I was able to get fresh from the dairy milk one time and it was so good having that butterfat floating at the top. I wish we could still get milk that way.
Yes, we drink our milk unpasteurized.
@@bredbutterdairy9383 oh man Im jealous LOL
Because they miss out the parts that dairy farmers don't want you to see. Like the part where they send their beloved cows to the slaughterhouse to have their heads cut off. What about the sexual and physical abuse too? In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit and taste pleasure. How can you possibly support these kinds of practices?
Brings back memories of being in a parlor during milking time. If the tail raises - MOVE. lol. Thank you for the video.
Hey Zach really LOVE your videos keep up the good work and i hope this year goes extremely well for you and your family, love you all you guys always make my day♥️
Funny how they don't show you behind the scenes. Like the part where they send their beloved cows to the slaughterhouse to have their heads cut off. What about the sexual and physical abuse too? In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either raised for beef, shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit and taste pleasure. How can you possibly support these kinds of practices?
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd enough with the copy and paste bs man. Nobody cares what a screwball vegan has to say.
@@jackbannock3458 In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother has to have a baby. For this to happen, all female cows in the dairy industry are forcibly impregnated by humans, then their babies are stolen from them at birth so that they don't drink their Mothers milk. The babies are either shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own taste pleasure.
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd stop copy and pasting that bulshit lol. Yes a cow has a calf every year, and they produce milk. More milk then the calves can ever drink, so its milked and sold. They're not forcibly impregnated and their calves arent stolen lol. Wow. They are taken so they won't be stepped on or injured in the pen. And they're not shot in the head on the first day. Wow you people are clueless. Copying and pasting that bs over and over.
@@jackbannock3458 They are FORCED and bred to produce more milk than their calves need. That takes a huge toll on their bodies and reproductive system, hence why they rarely last more than 8 years. The calves are almost always fed on milk substitute and never get to suckle from their mother. Yes, all cows in the dairy industry are forcibly impregnated. Here's how it works; czcams.com/video/UcN7SGGoCNI/video.html
My family had a dairy farm in New Ulm Minnesota that has been in the family for over 5 generations. So cool to see a video that is like their operation.
I'm here only because he's fun to watch and he makes the best dad jokes!
Jk, I'm here for a lot more reasons!
Greg is absolutely correct, Holstein cows are very valuable. We used to have one in our Jersey herd. We milked her last and used her watery milk to rinse out the pipeline.
Certainly takes dedication to do the dairy end of farming since there's basically no days off. I loved the cows but I hated milking.
Funny how they don't show you the behind the scenes. Like the part where they send their beloved cows to the slaughterhouse to have their heads cut off. What about the sexual and physical abuse too? In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit and taste pleasure. How can you possibly support these kinds of practices?
@@SergioGarcia-cn2kd You are a fruit cake.
@@jw8848 Which part of what I said isn't true? Tell me, how do we make the cows produce milk. And what happens to all the male calves? What happens to the mother cows after they have spent their entire life generating profit for the farmer?
As a dairy and grain farmer I appreciate that you took the time to make this video. With Dean foods going bankrupt and milk consumption going down these past years, I really just want to thank you for doing this.
It's always fun to help highlight the good things farmers are doing! Thanks for helping to feed the world!
Zach thank you for this video. I am a dairy farmer in the north east and the industry is getting such a bad rap. Love your videos.
I love seeing farmers come together and working to make it better for the next generation of farmers
Im on one of the dwindling dairies left in southern california (just a lowly house renter) so this video is of particular interest to me. Good damn people you folks are..I also listen to the podcast.
@Bred & Butter Dairy This is SUCH an important message to share, and it was shared the right way. The way you convey facts is what changes peoples' opinions, not just the facts themselves. I couldn't have said it better myself, thank you!
Great story with farmer to farmer interaction. Kudos!
That's why we sold the Dairy Farm. Cause we always had to keep milking 24/7/365 it was good money but to much to deal with. A company brought all the milking machines and equipment and storage containers. And the milking area is storage space for a Semi Truck and tractor.
What if a steer self identifies itself as a cow, do you give it utter implants and dry milk it to make itself feel more inclusive?
that stuff doesn’t exist in their world
TomCat: Your a Rectum-Hole !!!
omg now that is hilarious ..........
Brilliant quip. Pmsl 😂😂😂
That is impossible. Steers don't know what transgenders are.
I owned a dairy farm, am retired now but the job was not that physical but at some parts of the season it's very time consuming. Loved it.
Highest quality and most cost efficient milk comes from New Zealand. 👍🇳🇿
We had dairy I lacked the passion for it so I quite ore rather the famaly farm quit I do miss it sometime's dho the feeding and stuff its a 7/24 job and you got to love it.
Thanks for this tour. I suspect most of the population has no idea what is involved in Farm and Dairy production. Thanks farmers!!
Good video nice to see you with the kids. At farm .
I've recently started watching all your videos. The content is raw and very entertaining compared to the nonsense we see across social media. The positive influence your children have in their lives is awesome to see, as well. Most kids these days can't even change their own flat tire. Much respect and love to you and your family.
Thank you very much!
I drank whole milk all my life and just can't understand why anyone would like or prefer oat or soy "milk"..and I'm retired in pretty good health.
Lactose intolerance is a thing
I drank milk from the bulk tank until dad sold the cows in 2001. I can't drink white milk from the store. It doesn't taste good to me. I drink chocolate milk.
@@shinchib So is liberal ignorance.
@@cucvfarmer I used to get it that way from a local farmer. I filled up glass gallon jugs for only 50 cents a gallon. 1967 to 1975 then I moved.
@@cucvfarmer I did too! But the government will put you behind bars or at least out of business if you sell it that way!
Great video! Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I worked on a dairy as their herdsman here in CT years ago. Milked Holstein’s and Brown Swiss three times a day. I don’t miss those freezing cold days/nights. Drink milk!!!
Looks like a well run family dairy operation! Nice work
I grew up in a dairy family. Always loved milk, butter, ice cream and yogurt. My father did herd paring and sire selection for over 40 years. He saw milk production almost double on a per cow basis strictly through selecting breading. Wish farmers could spend more on advertising as milk has to be way better for people versus sucrose water carbonated beverages. Some way or the other diabetes has to have a tie to excessive sugar intake In carbonated beverages.
Greg is a good man, nice video and very informative . All live stock farmers are MVP’s in my book.
Thanks for the support!
Bred & Butter Dairy thank you for our butter and ice cream ☺️ love all the way from Denmark 🇩🇰
I spent my summers from age 10 to age 15 working on my uncle's dairy; it's a never ending, always something to do, never get finished type of job and I stand and applaud those who do it 24/7/365. I learned to quirt milk in a bucket at 10, and soon after was helping milk 10 at a time twice a day. My uncle's herd was about 200 head, mostly Holstein with a mix of Jersey and Guernsey cows to bump up the butterfat content a little. This was back in the 1960's, and we stayed covered up; seeing this guy's "somewhat larger" enterprise makes my shoulders ache thinking about it.
Another great video from The Millennial Farmer. Keep it up, I'm hooked.
this video has got really excited for spring calving
in Ireland love the content
Funny how they don't show you behind the scenes. Like the part where they send their beloved cows to the slaughterhouse to have their heads cut off. What about the sexual and physical abuse too? In order for a cow to produce milk, the mother is forcibly impregnated by the farmer, then as soon as she gives birth, her baby is stolen from her (so that her baby doesn't drink the milk - that shit's for us!). The babies are then either raised for beef, shot in the head on their first day of life or raised as milk machines like their mum. All while people like you continue to steel that milk for your own profit and taste pleasure. How can you possibly support these kinds of practices?
Zach, thanks for taking the time to highlight the dairy industry. I worked on a dairy farm during college. It was the greatest and most interesting and challenging job I’ve ever had. Cows and dairy farms will always have a special place with me. I’ve learned a lot from you about the grain side since being a subscriber. Keep up the good work!
“Milk, the udder cola!”
I drank milk all my life and a gallon a day for the last 50 years and still do at 80 years old
I just watched the video on the Dairy Cows! Last time I milked a cow was the fall of 1966 when dad sold off the cows and later the farm. I'm now 71. We had approx. 30 milking girls and no fancy milking parlors, girls had drinking cups and a barn cleaner so when weather was very cold or snowy, they didn't want to spend much time outside getting exercise. We also put all the milk into milk cans then into a cooler to cool the milk down! The Milk hauler then went from farm to farm and had to lift each one of those cans into a truck. Needless to say the creamery would go through lots employees because their backs would eventually give out. So amazing the changes to the industry, ie how each cow is doing etc. Not sure if it got asked or not, but how many acres of corn, hay etc is needed to feed all of his livestock?
GOD BLESS THE FARMERS
Great video. Farming isn't easy.
My parents milked but sold the herd in the 80's. I went to work for another farm and milked. Now they sold the herd. Farming in Canada is tuff. Very tuff. Thanks for the tour.
At some time in the past, someone had to have said: "Hey, I think I'm going to squeeze those dangling bits under that animal and drink whatever comes out!"
And, thus, the dairy industry was born...
He’s 100 percent right you have to love dairying and I am thankful for people like his family willing to take on that challenge.
did it for 30 yearse!!! loved it ..mis it!!! every day!!!
Man that guy could sell bathing suits right there in the snow. What a good representative for the industry. Fun stuff.
Think a certain group of people need to watch this and educate themselves
Yes, Yes they do !
They won’t do that cause they have agenda that’s gets in the way!
People need to stay in their lane..
Too bad they wont because it dosent suit their agenda
Doing it for the gram
Brilliant vid, I work as a tanker driver suplieing feeds to Farms in the UK, I get to speak to farmers and see some of what goes on, and I Have Massive Respect for farmers. Especially for how hard the industry is especially cost whys. It’s a hard industry but one of the Key Pillars of life and society and is taken for granted. So thank you for what you do👍. Also am enjoying you’re channel as well..
When is the next off the husk podcast coming out. Those make my mornings and the rest of the day when one comes out.
Zach Ashcraft scheduled for Monday
Millennial Farmer sweet👏
I work in the dairy industry transporting milk to the plants in upstate New York. The sad thing up here is a lot of small milk farms are closing down because there's actually two much milk and the only farms that can get by are the big ones. There is thousands of pounds of milk getting dumped every week due to it actually being cheaper just to dump it because the market value is two low.
Hey Millennial farmer your videos are the best P.S I work on a dairy farm in NY
Keep watching! I have some cool stuff involving NY and dairy coming up!
@@MillennialFarmer man I hope you are coming to meet up with Andy I love both of your channels... and then if you want you could come visit my cousin who runs a 30 cow Organic dairy farm only 30 minutes from Andy talk about contrast!! Anyway thank you for promoting agriculture most people are so clueless
I used to milk in a double 10 parallel parlor just like that one. Did it for over 15 years and absolutely loved it. Only reason I quit was I was getting screwed over by the owner I saw the end coming and decided to leave to have more time with my family instead id getting treated like garbage. The owner tried to convince me to stay with lies and less then 3 months later a semi showed up to pick up the cows leaving everyone without a job except for them.
Great content- he’s very knowledgeable
I grew up on a Dairy Farm in Dexter, Maine The Dairy industry is an awesome industry
I was talking to my wife's Doctor about calving.. his jaw hit the floor when I started talking about delivery...the cross over of knowledge from cows to women was shocking to him...
🤣🤣 I did some of that when my wife was in labor too!
Yes, but did your wife ever speak to you again? A little bit of a touchy subject at that moment I would imagine!
@@bobjohnson1710 she laughed! She's used to it, she married me!
My wife got so pissed at me for that. She kept telling me "I am not a cow"! But yea, it's all the same.
I like my house, car, moneys, dog, refrigerator etc. too much, so i kept my "knowledge" of this subject all to my self that day.
Having done AI many years etc. it is very familiar thing all and all..
I love milk and drink it everyday of my 56 years.. Respect for the Farmers of America and thanks Zack for showing your neighbors dairy farm.. In WA state, paying anywhere from $2-3/gallon of milk depending on the day of the week..
He needs a You Tube channel!
Double 8 parlor can milk 500 in 7 hours and then 1 hour wash up time. Takes a little coordination and preventive maintenance for no down time but not hard to do
The videos and the off the husk podcast is awesome
I live in New Jersey, while there's not a whole lot of Farming, there is some.
After decades of pollution, and superfund sites, and health scares about water and food safety, we are a bit paranoid when it comes to industrial agriculture.
I guess the point of my comment is it's people like me that are getting to hear directly from the farmer for the first time.
Thank you, your youtube is an eye opener.
I was hoping to see y'all enjoy a glass of milk straight from the cow
We should have!
I was surprised to not see that or at least show the bulk tank room...
Been there, done that on my Grandfather's farm, late 50's, early 60's, the cat or me , and yes, it was warm .
Lol it has to say bud light on the cows tattoo before z man would drink it
@@MillennialFarmer Aren't you too old to be breastfeeding from a cow? Milk is literally for babies.
It sure is nice to see a family run dairy in the area. In my area west of you a ways there are no family dairies left. There are 2 corporate dairies west of Wendell on highway 55. One is supposed to be 9500 head & the other one is 11,000 head. They were said to have cost 50 million to build.
5 thousand per cow sounds about right but that includes the value of the cow