Grinding Pig Feed with a Beginning Farmer
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- čas přidán 7. 02. 2016
- I'm a beginning farmer through and through, so I'm generally learning everything from scratch. That is especially true when it comes to my feed grinding process and ration mixes. Thankfully I have good resources like Practical Farmers of Iowa!
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Great music. I had to smile when you were turning the corn off and on.
MB BAR RANCH
Man, so reminds me of my youth raising hogs. My Dad had cross bred Landrass with Yorkshire. Made for a beautiful open eared, long back, big hammed hog. Fantastic pork chops, bacon, and hams. We would load them on the trailer at mkt weight 190-240 straight to the Neuhoff processing plant in Dallas, now closed. At one time we had 200 hogs rotating to market each month. I would spend all day grinding with a NH grinder mixer and JD 60, shoveling milo gently from a 2 ton truck, then unloading to a 3 self feeders they would empty in 2 days. Thanks for refreshing the memory.
Awesome tunes and making the feed was great to !
Thanks, that’s my brothers music some I’m kinda partial to it 😁
Damm fine music sir
There are 1 phase to 3 phase inverters/speed controllers. Wire 220 volt single phase into it and get speed controlled 3 phase out. I'm partial to the Allen Bradley 160S-AA series. They often show up on eBay for under $100. Read the amp ratings and keep an eye open for good cheap 3 phase motors.
I think the ABs are 3 phase to 3 phase speed controlled.
Stumbled on your channel... Enjoyed your efforts brings back memories of Having to grind feed when I was dairying... Have Been envolved in farming one way or another.. Added you to my list that I check everyday..... Keep it between the mayonase and the Mustard...
+David Goethe Thanks for stumbling across the channel!
try putting a larger pulley on your maize auger or a smaller on your motor. may save switching on and off alot.
great music i play banjo and i just love you songs.
Thanks so much! That's my brother on the banjo, so I think it's pretty good ... :)
Scales broken Kentucky wind will do just fine lol
If you grow your own feed try a mix similar to this, you broke my heart with the soy and corn lol
Barley 40 (#/acre)
Oats 30
Peas 60
Flax 5
Numbers will vary, contact a seed supplier to hone in on your locations best interests (I like green cover seed company). Grow it all in 1 field and inoculate your seeds (especially your peas!)
Block the side auger up as high as you can, it'll go much faster, trust me. Just a 4 x 4 under the side auger makes a big difference. Personally, I would raise it up until the hopper almost contacts. You could also install a slide gate at the discharge auger intake. Starting/stopping electric motors is hard on them. From a young pig farmer with very good family mentors to you. :)
Thankfully we've since added a new smaller auger that works better ... and we really can't send the corn through the mill any faster otherwise it overwhelms the hammer mill (we use the smallest screen). At least that has been my experience.
aside from knowing exactly what is in your feed cost wise grinding your own versus pre made whats the cost bennys nice share :) thumbs up
Great video, it is always fun to see how you do things. I like the beard, you may have some vikings as ancestors.
+Nate Madd Thanks so much! The beard comes in handy on the cold days. I shaved it off because it wasn't very cold this winter. Of course shaving made it get cold ;) I do have English ancestors, so who knows there could be some Viking way back :)
Love your channel. I grew up on a dairy farm in Ohio but have lived in the city all of my adult life. I. Done with the rat race. I am looking for property in Kentucky and possibly Missouri. I want to run a small beef / cow/calf operation any advice would be greatly appreciated.
+Mr Nate One of my favorite authors on cattle businesses is Greg Judy. If you're interested in direct marking also check out my friend John Suscovich of Farm Marketing Solutions (and his CZcams channel). Thanks for checking out the video!
Hello 🙂 Paul from Kansas. Do you recommend any grinder mixers? And do you know if buying older used mixer are problematic? Or are they pretty reliable for the most part?
Thanks 😊
I don't think he's very active on CZcams anymore. I'd recommend New Holland, International or John Deere. Mainly due to the fact that those are the only companies that made them that are still in business so some parts are still available. A lot of other companies made good ones but are impossible to find parts for. (Have that issue with my Bearcat). If you're looking at one that somone quit using make sure they cleaned it out before they put it away. If leave feed still in them lots of times moisture will rot away low areas. Also check moving parts like bearings and the knives for wear. Make sure the screens you need come with.
I would add to the list Artsway as they are still making new equipment and have a dealer network you can use for even old parts. That is the biggest issue with my Owatonna (OMC) and I am always keeping an eye out for a used Artsway.
Do you combine your own oats?
+Shawn Zenz We did this year (here is a video: czcams.com/video/I7wywysLGRU/video.html), but probably won't be next year. I should have enough oats if I mainly use it as a sow ration.
Man that seems like quite a process to get the feed together. Is that something that you have to do every day >?
+Iain Robson I don't have to do it every day, but I do grind about once a week usually. If I had the oats in a bin with an auger the process would be much faster :) The thing I like most about it is that I know exactly what is going into my feed because I see the pieces and know where it comes from.
The Beginning Farmer Yeah that is a big plus that you know what goes into the feed.
Can you pre mix it in advance for the week or month?
+Iain Robson Generally speaking I think the fresher the better. But, realistically grinding as I need it works better and takes a step out of the process in one way. If I made a months worth of feed I would have to grind it and then transfer it into a storage bin ... then you would need to load out of that bin into another implement to fill the feeders again. Really it works pretty well just to have it as part of the workload each week :)
The Beginning Farmer Ah ok cool.
I guess I just had imagines of a small silo filled with pre mixed feed. However, it seems like it's not necessary
non GMO lol
Non GMO is gay
lol
+Gracie Belle Do I need to go LOL your videos now :) haha :)