Making Hay for Dairy Cows
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- čas přidán 25. 05. 2022
- In this video you can see us making hay for our cows.
We leave the grass in this field growing a little longer so it is more mature.
We cut the grass and then turn it over with a tedder. We left it drying in the field for one day, teddering it twice more. Then we raked it and brought it home, where we put it in one of our two haylofts. We got 7 full loads from this field.
We use hay blower to get the hay up in the hayloft. At the end is a swiveling pipe that spreades the hay evenly. We didn't really have sunny weather for drying hay outside so we will further dry it with drying machine.
Thanks for watching!
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Farmer's POV (Point of View) is a channel where I share videos of different chores that are going on on our small family farm in Slovenia. We have 60 heads of cattle, mainly simmetal breed and we milk about 35 of them. We farm in a fairly hilly area so our equipment is relatively small. Currently we own 4 tractors: Fiat DT55-56, New Holland TN70DA, Deutz Fahr Agroplus 85 and John Deere 5085M.We work around 20 hectares of mainly grass fields and about 2,5 hectares for silage corn. We also have 7 hectares of forest.
I can remember from over 60 years ago, the smell of fresh hay in the loft, but that was small square bales. I can only imagine the smell coming from the barn as the air blows up through the new hay. To me that's more pleasing than the most expensive perfume. I don't know if it's just me or not, but... there is a quality about your life that is unlike anything I've ever known... and I worked on dairy farms, but those who will never know those smells and those views and those feelings of knowing that this is exactly where I want to be... have no idea of what they are missing.
Yeah I hear you, I agree 🙂 one farmer once told me (he didn't grew up on a farm and he started farming when he was in around his thirties) that one of the most valuable things that he gave to his children is them growing up on a farm and learn all the things that he couldn't in the city 🙂
Hey, almost exactly my situation.
I was born and raised in the country and have always played in the yards and barns of farmers. (we didn't farm, my father was the local sheriff)
Lived there for a long time - nice time! Then I ended up in the city because of the job. Horrible time. i hate the city
Now that we are 60 years old, we have bought a house in the country with a field and we are starting to be self-sufficient. With organic vegetables and our own chickens. A lot of work, but nice. Even though I'm 60 years old and my wife is 51 years old. 😁
Love watching your videos... brings back memories of my youth on a dairy farm in Minnesota from the 1960-1980's.
That's really nice 🙂
Love the hay/Silage season. Your farm looks amazing. Greetings from Sweden 🇸🇪
Also Amazing puppy
Me too 😁 thanks, greetings from Slovenia 🙂
Nothing like making hay. Especially when it's the first of the season...love doing it..I actually like the mowing the best. Sometimes I've mowed all morning from daylight till noon and then tedded it the afternoon...
Nice, yeah, I think I like mowing the best too 😁
Just found your channel, and I love it!! We have the same amount of hectares but here in Belgium is not worth it anymore to farm like you do. I makes me sad, but your videos brings back memories how it was. Good luck with the farming and thanks you for all the effort that you put in making these videos. Greetings from Belgium.
Nice, thank you 🙂 I'm sorry to hear that 😔 thank you very much, all the best 🙂
I am a big fan of hay season! Your chickens look like they are into an intense molting season already.
Me too 😁 yeah, at least some older ones 😀
I enjoy the video again, mowing grass was my favorit job on my father's farm and by the contractor where I worked.
Greatings
Nice 😀👍
Hi from the states. The grass looks really great and the views you have in the feilds are nice. Have safe hay harvest
Hi, thanks 🙂
Lol the chickens and the music XD, Also looks like a nice cut of grass, keept it up!!
Well done your really getting it done 👍 bet that hay smells really good 🤩
Yeah its about time here, too 😁 oh yes, helps you sleep a little better at night 😀👍
Nice video as always
Greetings from switzerland 🇨🇭😄
Sweet dog man!!😍😍greetings from austria!!🐶
Harika. Keşke şartlarımız eşit olsa ve bende böyle zevkli hayvancılığa devam edebilsem. Türkiye’den selamlar 🇹🇷
Nice looking hay, you run a neat operation. We haven't started cutting yet, hopefully next week.
Good luck 🙂
Thank you for the Video.
Thats the same way we do it in Germany when i was young.
Thanks for watching 😉 Cool 😁
I like watching your videos 🚜🚜 greetings from Poland 🇵🇱
Nice to know, thanks 🙂
Good job. I always follow you from Vicenza, Italy. By.
Greetings and hello from New Mexico USA!! I own 10 acres and find the art of farm chores to be both relaxing and hard work. Keep up the great work. Love the cowboy theme..
Greetings 🙂 yeah I know what you mean, I guess you have to have something in you to find that relaxation in hard work 🙂 👍
@@farmerspov4709 well it's a cool morning here. I think part of the work is a kinda meditation. We don't have any animals except a pack of friendly dogs.
art of farm chores🤣
Bellissimo il vostro cucciolo...
I have a german shepperd too on my farm,he makes us have a lot of fun while we work on the farm even if he sometimes spits😅🤣. Keep going, gratings from western alps😉
Haha nice, yeah, they are great farm dogs 😁 greetings 🙂
Love the smell of fresh hay but know ,I’m allergic to hay . Fresh cut grass smells good and shavings from trees . We put oak and cherry or pine when we get shavings makes the barns smell fresh and chicken coops and nest. I just can’t get enough of how your scenery looks . Hay & straw & grass cuttings and baling making silage just can’t get enough of it even though ,I ‘m allergic to it . Milking not to bad we do all our milking by hands no machinery milk around six jersey’s . It takes about 1 hour all depends on how the cattle cooperate .
Beautyfull country and Smart farmer
I really like your videos Farmer POV🙂👍
Nice to know, thanks 🙂
Awesome 😎
Finaly i got time to watch your new Videos!
escaping Chickens, something that i see every day with my 12 Chicks :D
looks like a good crop you mow there! looks like nice first cut.
lovely Video again!
greetings from bavaria
Nice 😁 haha yeah, I guess there's always one... 😀 Yes, 1st cut turned out really good 🙂 👍
another very nice video, greetings from Germany
Superbe vidéo et très bon travail continue comme ça
Merci 😀
Nice movie and great music. Unfortunately, I only have an International 353 built in 1969. But it's also fun to work with. 😁 Greetings from Germany to Slovenia.
Thanks 🙂 wow, that's a nice oldtimer 😀👍 greetings 🙂
Great Video i Love it a lot
Some top notch hay
Saludos desde Puerto Rico que bueno que este bien cuídate
Saludos. Gracias, cuídate tú también 😄
Love the editing, especially with the chiken 😂
😍😍😍 wonderful ❤️❤️❤️
Nice, very nice video 🙂👍
Brilliant, how many days was the hay down before you brought it home?
Is the puppy an Alsatian?
Just one day as they were calling for possibility of rain storms again 🙄 we didn't get them though 😅 no, a German Shepherd 🙂
New pup on the farm 👍
Yes and it seems he likes it here 😁
@@farmerspov4709 so would I 😁
Are those ventilated hay lofts?
Does the hay need further curing in the loft?
Yes, usually we dry it further for a couple of days 😉
Nice baby dog wow
Another great video keep them coming 👍. How many acres of hay do ye make a year
Thank you 🙂 around 70 acres 🤔
Just a suggestion. If you make a platform about 4 ft tall by 12 or 15 ft long and 5 ft deep where you put the extra ingredients for the feed mixer, you could have all the ingredients on top of the platform, and then pull the mixer next to the platform. Then you could more easily dump the ingredients into the mixer.
Yep, good suggestion, I'm also looking for some kind of conveyor maybe 🤔
@@farmerspov4709 a conveyor is much cheaper i think. Greatings from the netherlands.
Zdravo odlični videi. Zanima me samo kakšne mere imajo boksi za seno ter kako močno dosuševalno imate in ali vleče zrak izpod strehe?
Hvala 🙂 približno 10 m x 5 m x 5 m 🤔 sušilna je 7,5 kW, ja, zrak vleče izpod strehe 😉
So how does your hay system work I would love to set something similar up when I build Just found your channel and love it!!!
We put hay in two large chambers above the cow barn where we can further dry it. If you want you can check out this video about storing loose hay on our farm 🙂
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Thank you, nice to hear! 🙂
@@farmerspov4709 awesome! Thank you so much!
Looks like you've got to train some chickens and a dog! Good the cows are still behaving! 😅 Beautiful hay.
Haha, yeeaah don't know about the cows either... 🙄😋
@@farmerspov4709 haha. Well, I think they behave better than my goats!
Do you guys prefer the barn hay curing vs just baling and wrapping by comparison?
Well we've never baled our hay before so can't really compare it 🤔
@@farmerspov4709 not that I’m against your system. If I had a hay mow I’d love to have that type of system myself. Unfortunately here in the states the silage wagon’s have never really caught on. Really limits my options unfortunately. Keep up the good work. Love your videos and what you guys are doing.
All time best video!!the name of the Farm îs Kmitija pri Lovret?greetings from Romania!!!👌💪
That's right 😉 greetings 🙂
Nice Video and why have you so modern maschiens
Thanks 🙂 I don't know, every now and then we try to buy new equipment and sell the old one while still has some value 🤔
nice video there is a ring on your hand does your wife help out on the farm too? nice greetings from Germany! 🇩🇪
Thanks 🙂 she does, but she has her own job too 😉
Hello, what is the brand of your hay thrower? It looks good that you don't must go up and rack it manually..
Sumag Mawek, Swiss made I believe 🤔
@@farmerspov4709 thanks you very much! Btw your farm is beautiful and how it works, it is nice to see....
A razmilšljate o nakupo novega traktorja?
Seveda, ampak samo razmišljamo... 😅
Cute dog
Will let him know 😋
there is work to be done.🚜
Every day and it's not going anywhere 😅
hello friend, this hay is native field or other material?? hug here from 🇧🇷
Native yes, permanent meadow 😉
@@farmerspov4709 Production cost is very low, very good 👍🏼
Pozdrav, dali puhalnik uništi djetelinu.
Mislim da ne, ali vjerojatno svaki pokret drobi djetelinu 🤔
What is John deere's total working hours?
2218 😉
and action😀😀😀😀
Two questions. Did you have chicken for supper that night? 😀 Is the new puppy yours?
Hahaha, well... No 😅 but I warned her... 😋 Yes, its our new farm dog 😁
how meny land do you guys own if you dont mined me asking
We own a little more than 15 hectares and rent another 7 😉
@@farmerspov4709 nice
Dober video. Jaz bi na tvojem mestu vse eno vzel cisterno vsaj 5000 l pa 200 € bi tudi dal za hidravlično poteznico.😄😄 Drugače pa dober video.😄
Hvala 🙂 jah, izgleda, da je 4 kubična kar dovolj za trenutne traktorje, pa sem do zdaj delal na suhem terenu... 🙃 Poteznica pa ja, dokler je nimaš verjetno ne veš kaj zamujaš... 😁👍
To je pri dosti stvareh tak dokler ne kupiš na primer viličarja pa kible ali čelnega, prvo govoriš da ne rabiš na koncu pa si misliš kak si prej dela brez tega🤣🤣
Točno 😁
Didi that scare you while you where mowing lol?
Just a little 😁
Which village
Hello cowboy and dog
Howdy 🤠
you are working hard this year 👍👍
Like every year, I'd say 😄 Bigger problem is timing between rainstorms... 😅
Is that a first cut?
Yes 😉
Je li njemački ovčar mjašanac ili?
Da, mislim, da je malo mješan 🤔
servus
Hallo
povej kolega a je letos dobr odkos prve košnje pri nas je bilo kar vredu sigurno bolješe kot lani na kamniškem koncu so traniki dali dobro proti domžalam pa mal slabše mamo njive pa travnike povsod mal
Precej dober ja 🙂 ja, letos je različno po različnih koncih 🤔
Haha odnese pas kameru😂😂
Haha odnese sve što nađe 😆
what is it you reap? :)
Permanent meadows, different types of grasses.
@@farmerspov4709 How many times a year can you mow?
@ 4-5
@@farmerspov4709 the rains are very good then
available for pc?
Still in beta phase 🤔
where did you buy this cowboy hat?
At a well-known hat maker in Ljubljana... 😉
Please buy a Front mower
Haha well sure, just need a bit of extra cash 🤪 maybe one day 🙂
@@farmerspov4709 i Hope it for you,i like your farm very much 👍😍
se kakšno decvo v pajkicah pa bo 2x več ogledov
Za take stvari verjetno obstajajo drugi kanali 😅
Dang if you ain't looking like a real cowboy man . Yee ha better watch out your wife will want to be a cowgirl next ha ha hey then you can go play your guitar and sing for us become rich and famous
Hahaha 😁 well, I guess you can’t be more cowboy than when working hard all days just for cows 😋
Why not just have the cows graze the fields?
Sure, in the summer, but we have to make a lot of feed for winter 😉
Kakšno dosuševalno napravo uporabljate?
Na hladen zrak 😉
@@farmerspov4709 Ventilator na podpih, spodaj pa letve z razmakom?
Ja, spodaj so letve, 30 - 40 cm oddaljene od tal in od sten.
When does an egg expire?
In about 4 weeks, if stored properly 🤔
Thanks 😊
On meule pas des couteaux de faucheuse
Sa chauffe sa les rend loin dure sa s'use plus vite et sa desiquilibre le poid comme un équilibrage de roue
Enfin bref du n'importe quoi
Yeah, was wondering about that... 🤔