Silage Time, our favourite time of the year
14:09
The maize is in the ground
13:59
Күн бұрын
The calves are off on holiday
11:05
14 күн бұрын
Cleaning up a big Old Man Pine tree
9:24
Planting the last of the trees
14:29
The cows are milking well
10:20
Found a major Water Leak
21:11
Ай бұрын
I hired a film crew
16:40
Ай бұрын
When it rains it pours
20:25
2 ай бұрын
Calving is well underway, OAD life
29:27
Calving a cow that had milk fever
10:58
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@CarpzNZ
@CarpzNZ 11 сағат бұрын
We add sharpen to the glyphosate it speeds up the plant burn down
@alanb9337
@alanb9337 20 сағат бұрын
The West Australians made disc conversion units for the Duncan tyne seed drills. The disc units don't fit in front of the Duncan tyne drill tyres but fit the other positions on the drill. The seed drops between the discs rather than maybe getting blocked by soil in the bottom of the seed drill boot. Ryan NT youtube 'Retrofit Double Discs on a Duncan Seed Drill | WA Farmer Review | RYAN NT'
@jamieobrien9737
@jamieobrien9737 23 сағат бұрын
The turnips will come through just watch out for slugs with all the dead grass should be sweet with plenty slug bait out
@jinglongzhang7046
@jinglongzhang7046 4 күн бұрын
Here in our country maize have finish harvesting earlier this month. the maize in your farm mainly for food or silage?
@benjaminstrittmatter931
@benjaminstrittmatter931 8 күн бұрын
Nice camera work 💪
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 8 күн бұрын
@@benjaminstrittmatter931 thanks
@kevingaraway6494
@kevingaraway6494 8 күн бұрын
Awesome to see the first cut of silage looked like it was plenty dry would have really helped the silorator flow. Looking at the inside view on your John Deere is that in 540 eco looked as it was only ticking over for the quick glance at the rev's I remember my dad used to use a 75hp case he'd run almost full throttle when picking up silage. Grate video and keep up the great work
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 8 күн бұрын
@@kevingaraway6494 yeah good to get it done. Yep runs it really easy 540eco just over 1500 rpm. We used to run it with the cx80 and the fiat and the both run at full revs😁. Thanks
@thesource7
@thesource7 10 күн бұрын
Hi I am a 35 year old man from Morocco and I have experience in farms where I used to harvest olives in the olive season every year and also clean and sort and collect olives in bags and carry heavy weights and work during the day and sometimes I work at night with some experience in raising goats and sheep if you are looking for someone with this experience and want to hire him I will be grateful to you and thank you and if you want write to me here in a comment so that I can communicate with you
@TheOnceADayFarmer
@TheOnceADayFarmer 10 күн бұрын
Just my opinion but I think you've prepped it perfectly, looks great to me! I'm not a big fan of power harrowing as it makes it too powdery for my liking. Maize is big seed and will grow in pretty much any seedbed. Good stuff!
@davidcurley7901
@davidcurley7901 11 күн бұрын
Hello, another good video. Have you been grading for milk too warm? Lot of extra expense to set up new plate cooler
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 11 күн бұрын
@@davidcurley7901 OCD have been very good to us and give us time to get the new plate cooler in, we only had to dump 1 lot of milk because it was way to warm. Thankfully no grades and yes expensive
@AaronMchardy
@AaronMchardy 13 күн бұрын
Cool videos, I have a native plant nursery in Waihi if you ever need any plants in the future
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 13 күн бұрын
@@AaronMchardy thanks, when we need next I will get hold of you
@JamesOBrien2253
@JamesOBrien2253 14 күн бұрын
If empty rates are low should be no problem with short season of breeding
@kiwifarmerpete5246
@kiwifarmerpete5246 14 күн бұрын
Don’t totally agree with you on breeding infertility, you could be killing off some of your best producing cows just because somethings gone wrong and they haven’t got in calf in first couple cycles. More production pays the bills not in calf cows. An early calving cow doing 1.7ms now will soon get passed on production by a one doing 2.3ms calving 6 weeks later
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 13 күн бұрын
@@kiwifarmerpete5246 I get your point, but to me any empty cow is a good cow they just didn’t get in calf. We only had 10.5% empty, I know of other farmers having high empty rate doing longer matings. So I don’t think I’m losing any more good cows than any other farmer. I find it really hard to put my thought in to words I would love to catch up for a talk one day. I’m not really understanding the last part to your answer early cow only producing 1.7?
@kiwifarmerpete5246
@kiwifarmerpete5246 13 күн бұрын
@@FamilyFarmingandFun what I was trying to say is an early calving cow producing less than average production now will soon get passed in total production by a good late calving cow that produces well, I run a totally different system to you and I understand everyone does things and thinks about things differently. I had a cow last year that calved 2nd Oct and still did well over 600ms - glad I didn’t cull her
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 13 күн бұрын
@@kiwifarmerpete5246 yep my dad says every farmer is right. So if you could get a cows like that to calve earlier they could do more production?
@jamieobrien9737
@jamieobrien9737 12 күн бұрын
From my experience late calving cows end up being either late again or empty so getting cows in calf early is the name of the game they need time before mating to recover, just my opinion 👍
@jamieobrien9737
@jamieobrien9737 14 күн бұрын
100% agree with you in regards to breeding infertility, oad milking definitely takes the pressure off the girls and helps with getting cows back in calf, love your guys system so simple but effective and efficient, living the dream 🤙
@murraysmith6315
@murraysmith6315 17 күн бұрын
Send the rain south please. North Canterbury is still waiting for last seasons drought breaker.
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 8 күн бұрын
It seems crazy that you’re still in a drought.
@murraysmith6315
@murraysmith6315 6 күн бұрын
@@FamilyFarmingandFun Hopefully they got some good rain north of Amberley this weekend? 77mm here 30 minutes south west of Amberley. 👍
@mahargb4207
@mahargb4207 21 күн бұрын
7m 40sec - What are you gonna do with that chunk of stump?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 21 күн бұрын
@@mahargb4207 just firewood. Why do you want to mill it?
@mahargb4207
@mahargb4207 20 күн бұрын
@@FamilyFarmingandFun If only I had the skillset and the tools to do so. I thought it would be cool to use a chainsaw and cut it into a round poicnic table. hollow out the underside. Leave the top as the table and cut slots into it for seating
@mahargb4207
@mahargb4207 21 күн бұрын
Tractors a SUPER versatile huh
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 16 күн бұрын
Very you can do a lot with them
@davey6907
@davey6907 21 күн бұрын
Whats the cage you have on FEL, looks useful for this
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 16 күн бұрын
Yeah it’s Really useful. It’s made out of those 1000L pods with the pod taken out
@peteacher52
@peteacher52 21 күн бұрын
What! No old fencing wire, staples, nails and bolts hiding in the timber?! Old pines growing alongside a race are sure to have had something nailed to them since WW2! You must have a charmed chainsaw - mine ALWAYS found them!
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 16 күн бұрын
😂 nope no wires or staples hidden in this tree
@weindealer-berlin
@weindealer-berlin 22 күн бұрын
gut gemacht, noch ein bisschen Training mit den KIds und das reicht dann für den Profivertrag
@paulholmes7444
@paulholmes7444 24 күн бұрын
If the ground was that hard,why not do a second run at about 30 degrees to the first run
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 16 күн бұрын
Yeah I was talking to the guy I borrowed the ripper off and he reckoned rip it again after the maize comes off like you said
@johnp1388
@johnp1388 26 күн бұрын
Great video mate. Very helpful to me, stripping down my 3A 152 Fergie here in Australia. Sharing my experience too, on my channel. Good stuff, many thanks for uploading your videos 👍👍
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 8 күн бұрын
Thanks good luck with your restoration
@davey6907
@davey6907 Ай бұрын
Not using the sam trailer ?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 27 күн бұрын
Na we only had to cart them a short distance
@HillCountryFarmer
@HillCountryFarmer Ай бұрын
Wow, dairy farmer polishing their tractor unheard of! 😂 The wood splitter is nice and quick!
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 27 күн бұрын
😂😂. Yeah it is pretty quick. Really happy with it.
@PhilipPaul-c9f
@PhilipPaul-c9f Ай бұрын
Like the lifting frame for the area bags. I built the same thing for doing home kill beef . They have lots of other users
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 27 күн бұрын
Yeah we have used ours for other jobs too 👌
@jamieobrien9737
@jamieobrien9737 Ай бұрын
Trusty ol ratchet strap keeping the fiats front end loader together 👌
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 27 күн бұрын
Yeah I put that on there years ago before we sold it😂
@JamesOBrien2253
@JamesOBrien2253 Ай бұрын
Serious covers of grass there. Have you figures done on return of maize its expensive to grow
@mynameis123456ish
@mynameis123456ish Ай бұрын
Do you use gps tracking or anything to know where you have been?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 27 күн бұрын
Nope that’s why I sprayed before cutting it for silage 😂 so I could see where I was going.
@johnjordan4647
@johnjordan4647 Ай бұрын
Obviously the road is still buggered and you are still travelling around thru Waihi
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 27 күн бұрын
Yep have got a new date now starting next year
@davidblake8612
@davidblake8612 Ай бұрын
What are you spraying with? Like, what chemical?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 27 күн бұрын
Grunt 600 by Donaghys
@davidblake8612
@davidblake8612 25 күн бұрын
@@FamilyFarmingandFun So do you spray and then let the cows eat the grass? I wonder why it's not done the other way around i.e. cows eat grass, then spray? Is it because the grass won't absorb enough chemical if it's too short?
@plzdont6110
@plzdont6110 Ай бұрын
looking good mate what a start to the season😊
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 27 күн бұрын
Yeah it’s been really good, still struggling to get silage shut up on the dairy farm.
@plzdont6110
@plzdont6110 Ай бұрын
mate you have to much time on your hands😂
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@plzdont6110 OAD life😂
@plzdont6110
@plzdont6110 Ай бұрын
@@FamilyFarmingandFun that's the plan when i get old like you mate😂already sick of TAD
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@plzdont6110 hey hey hey I’m not that old😂😂
@plzdont6110
@plzdont6110 Ай бұрын
@@FamilyFarmingandFun 😂my old man's 40 haha so he's old
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@plzdont6110 so old😂😂
@edwardroskam5429
@edwardroskam5429 Ай бұрын
Hey mate great vid. What $$ did you grab that trailer at looking at selling ours don't really know what second hand trailer are going for
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
Thanks, we paid $6000 for it.
@edwardroskam5429
@edwardroskam5429 Ай бұрын
@@FamilyFarmingandFun What a steal!! Great buying!
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@edwardroskam5429 yeah I thought I could go wrong
@johnjordan4647
@johnjordan4647 Ай бұрын
Susan seems to be the only one planting. Kids busy playing and Hamish standing around talking 😂
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@johnjordan4647 😂😂 so true
@sweetashoney9372
@sweetashoney9372 Ай бұрын
Nice place can I work in Your farm?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 8 күн бұрын
Sorry we don’t need any workers
@mhd.jalismahmud306
@mhd.jalismahmud306 Ай бұрын
Hello is there any jobs available
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@mhd.jalismahmud306 sorry no
@RubenArielDelgado
@RubenArielDelgado Ай бұрын
what's is the drink give the calf?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@RubenArielDelgado it’s a drench called, corporal
@exposakiblife
@exposakiblife Ай бұрын
wow
@Björn-s1s
@Björn-s1s Ай бұрын
Great to see you bringing the kids allong 👍. How much do your cows produce on avarage per day over the lactation in liters?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 8 күн бұрын
Yep I think the kids learn a lot on the farm. The average for the whole period is 3630L per cow
@plzdont6110
@plzdont6110 Ай бұрын
Too good mate.the girls must be cranking😃
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@plzdont6110 how are your cows milking?
@plzdont6110
@plzdont6110 Ай бұрын
@@FamilyFarmingandFun yeah good mate nearly 2.2 with 40% of the herd being heifers😁4kgs of inshed tho
@Luke-qb8em
@Luke-qb8em Ай бұрын
You still considering doing lucerne or is that off the tables this year?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 8 күн бұрын
Na lucerne Is a bit complicated for me, to many things to get right😂. We are doing maize instead
@AhunuiFarming-o7x
@AhunuiFarming-o7x Ай бұрын
Hey man. Been awesome following your page since we bought our first dairy farm, in our second season now after being beef farmers. Was just wanting to know your platform area? Total herd size at start of mating? And longest walk on your property? We are transitioning our cows to OAD so the info would be key
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@AhunuiFarming-o7x thanks, 81ha 203 cows. I think the longest walk for the cows would be just under a 1km. I would like to be milking 210 which is 2.6 cows per ha. You will love OAD. Thanks for watching
@MrSowie72
@MrSowie72 Ай бұрын
The Sun is from "Sunshine", as far as I know (Sunshine harvesters, etc), it was the suburb in Melbourne where the Massey Ferguson factory was. These were later sold as a Massey Ferguson 512 bale loader. I have posted some videos on my Facebook and KZbin channels Craig's Farming Photos and Videos (I am based in Tasmania, Australia).
@grisleigh
@grisleigh Ай бұрын
Incidentally (I have just replaced mine) in order to remove the PTO Bearing (@6:20) instead of using a 3 legged puller, I made longer Bolts for the 2 additional holes in the Bearing carrier (Where you have placed 2 Bolts... 12 o'clock & 6 o'clock) and steadily wound those in equally & finally gave the PTO shaft a light tap & the Bearing came away (Matter of a couple of minutes) Just figured it may be of use to either yourself or others? 👍👍
@idk-fp6fq
@idk-fp6fq Ай бұрын
Last year ours went up to November 😂
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
That’s a long time 😂
@multipower617
@multipower617 Ай бұрын
I really enjoy your videos, especially when your dads tractors are involved, fantastic collection he has there
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun 8 күн бұрын
Thanks I’ll let him know. If you ever come to NZ pop in for a look
@mahargb4207
@mahargb4207 Ай бұрын
what will you do with the 10000 potatos
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
We sell some and give some away
@lukeduke3001
@lukeduke3001 Ай бұрын
It looks to me like the fiat has a new owner? You
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@lukeduke3001 nope just got it there to load the bales on.
@lukeduke3001
@lukeduke3001 Ай бұрын
Do you milk once a day 0r twice all year around
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@lukeduke3001 OAD all year
@matthewpeck4487
@matthewpeck4487 Ай бұрын
We are having a great start to season up like 13%. Grass is growing but could do with a bit more. Mid Canterbury based.
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
Awesome 13% ahead. Yeah we are a bit the same could do with a bit more grass
@davidcurley7901
@davidcurley7901 Ай бұрын
Impressive calving rate. What percentage milksolids are your cows doing?
@FamilyFarmingandFun
@FamilyFarmingandFun Ай бұрын
@@davidcurley7901 thanks, 9.4%