2023 Goals and review of 2022 Goals: What are our plans?

[@farmertylerranch4399]

Great recap of the year. Isn’t it funny how some goals just get forgotten about haha! Looking forward to the new year and more cheese that is hopefully ship able!

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks! Enjoyed your goal video too! Wishing you folks a great 2023!

[@planejet42]

You two are incredible. I wish I was in Washington so I could meat you. If more Americans had a mentality like you, this country would be a much greater place.

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks for your thoughts...our cows are really incredible...we work for them!

[@toma5153]

Glad you finally mentioned the cheese cave. I thought that would be high on the list of 2022 accomplishments. Best wishes for a great 2023.

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks for the support!

[@kerryverity963]

Excited to see what you guys do in2023! Happy New Year to you both!!!🎉❤🐂🎊

[@vnthomas16]

Happy New Year!

[@doncc6080]

Working horses with Jim has a whole library of videos on this subject. He farms and logs with horses. He explains everything involved in using them. Hope you achieve all your goals. Washington you have to have apple trees.

[@vnthomas16]

We’ve watched some of Jim Gordon’s videos and am connected on some Facebook groups. He puts out good content! We have a few apple trees, including a Shackleford, which was once considered a “lost” variety. Thanks for watching and thanks for your support!

[@caroledwards3465]

Love your ideas for 2023 especially planting trees ans hedges, that's one thing I notice about US farms is the lack of hedges for wildlife corridors and food for bees.

[@vnthomas16]

Wildlife is an important component in our farm plan, and we really fell in love with hedges when we visited the UK.

[@richwhitaker1506]

Great to have a little sit down,catch up session. Love how you are staying on track with the farm yet stretching and growing. Doing more with the horses will be interesting to watch and learn along side the two of you. Hope you guys record more of what you may consider the mundane of daily life. That's the stuff we armchair farmers want.😀 Best wishes for 2023!

[@vnthomas16]

We’ll try to get more day to day stuff. Thanks for the support! Happy New Year!

[@ahomeinpisgahontheroad4481]

Love your ideas, the cows, the land and your personal growth. Especially the cows and the farming adventures.🎉🎉🎉Happy New Year from North Carolina😊

[@vnthomas16]

Happy New Year!

[@ronharrison1776]

Looking forward to seeing you meet you goals in 2023 . Happy New Year .

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks for the support!

[@charlenewenthold5150]

Thanks 😊 Well Done

[@vnthomas16]

Thank you!

[@bucsr.6106]

Congratulations and best of luck in 2023! 🎉

[@vnthomas16]

You too!

[@PilotMcbride]

What you guys REALLY need is an air strip to land you small plane that you will use for stock surveillance and crop dusting, 😂😂😂. Happy new year to you both, have a great time.

[@vnthomas16]

No, none of that! Actually our neighbor has an airstrip. The previous owner there was a commercial pilot and he would “commute” to and from work in his own small plane!

[@joansmith3492]

I sure hope you plan to keep your you tube channel as I really enjoy your videos! Happy New Year!

[@vnthomas16]

Of course!

[@randybutler4772]

Good luck with the new year coming up. Thank you for sharing.🐂

[@vnthomas16]

You’re welcome!

[@katb6981]

Congrats on your accomplishments! Would love to see your plans include making some of your organic A2 into freeze dried powder for sale. It is very hard to find it in that form. Alexandre Farms in CA sells it through Azure Standard who delivers to the Colville area at the Eagles drop site once a month and they sell out quickly even at a pretty high price. If like our household who can only drink/use A2 and live in rural areas with no place to purchase it near to us, a big 55 lb bag of it is precious!

[@vnthomas16]

Hi, thanks for your idea, but that is SO beyond a small farm's ability...the equipment alone is cost prohibitive. Also, the ethos of our farm is to provide high quality fresh dairy to our local community. Glad you are able to order it. Thanks again!

[@audreyshelton9301]

Just love the Jerseys, we milked them for 13+ years

[@vnthomas16]

Jerseys are great!

[@katmoore8730]

soo fun catching up and I am excited for this next years videos!!! keep up the great work you guys are awesome!!! Happy New year too!

[@vnthomas16]

Happy New Year!

[@rowleydairy3254]

Glad to see you are doing well. I remember chatting with you on the old dairyforums website. We come from similar backgrounds ( dads driving milk trucks) but from opposite ends of the country. Keep up the good work. Take care Rob

[@vnthomas16]

I miss the old dairyforums… I stuck with it to the end. FB replaced all that and there are some dairy groups that have familiar names from dairyforums. I’ll probably talk about it in a video in the near future, but I’m actually looking for a small milk tanker. Evidently they’re hard to find. Need one for the community creamery project and I actually look forward to getting back into milk hauling. Thanks for reaching out!

[@rowleydairy3254]

@vnthomas16 ya I kinda seen the website was down the last I checked on it. My brother and I still haul milk yet from two other farms besides our own. I might have a lead on a smaller tanker. Just shoot me a email

[@vnthomas16]

I don’t have your email, but could you email me? You can through our website at clovermountaindairy.com

[@leorademaker1837]

Beste wensen voor 2023 en blijf gezond.

[@vnthomas16]

Dank je! De beste wensen voor jou!

[@melwallace1255]

With wanting to compost more, y'all should look up some of the Holler's videos. You can just search Holler. They actually put their chickens to work with the compost. It might be something worth looking into. It's just a thought. Do you know how many cows you're going to keep? Especially with all the calves coming later in the year!! Will you use more milk to make your 🧀cheese? Will you ever get it set up to milk two 🐄 🐮 cows at the same time? I know it's something you've spoken about before. With all the cows you have and will have, you may want to milk two cows at a time!! Just curious!! 🍾🥂Happiest of New Year🥂🍾 to you and yours!! Cheers 🍻 to 2023!!! Much love from Mid - Michigan!

[@vnthomas16]

The chickens actually do a good job in the barn with our composted bedded pack. We were looking at a separate, outside composting system but we just never got around to it. We’re already set up to milk two cows. Our parlor has two stalls, and we’ve used both. But right now with our herd size, it actually saves a little time to just use the one due to reduced clean up time. Next season our herd will be bigger (six milking) so we’ll probably be using both stalls then. We do plan to make more cheese next season. Happy New Year!

[@johnhenderson299]

Great goals

[@vnthomas16]

Thanks! Happy New Year!

[@nicoleolson1416]

Great video. Happy New Year!

[@vnthomas16]

Happy New Year!

[@planejet42]

Can you offer shipping on your products? I’m in Ohio and would really like to support you guys and enjoy some dairy simultaneously!

[@vnthomas16]

We hope to grow our cheese business to the point where we can ship cheese.

[@karencary3312]

When did your mother become part of the farm? When did you build her home?

[@chrism.2231]

Happy New Year!

[@vnthomas16]

You too!

[@presidentialviewfarm]

Looking forward to seeing all you accomplish in the new year!

[@vnthomas16]

Stay tuned!

[@frankgibson8861]

Happy new year to both of you I just love to watch your videos and see the enthusiasm yous have in want you are doing , I was wondering how big your farm is ? Best wishes for2023 . 😀👍

[@vnthomas16]

We’re 40 acres. Happy New Year and thanks for watching!

[@mennoreuten1563]

Youre very welcome, clear view on the goals ,just a little sidenote from me personally, if you get older you wont get faster but all the work is still there,so take that as a reminder, anyways thanks for the video and have real good new season, greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer,ps stick to the Gouda

[@vnthomas16]

That’s why we have to build in efficiency now while we can!

[@mennoreuten1563]

Youre dang whright, hope to plan a vacation to the state of whasington

[@vnthomas16]

Let us know if you plan to visit the east side of the state!

[@mennoreuten1563]

For sure

[@ajlewis9454]

Have a happy and safe new year. Are you still planning on a pipeline from your milking parlor to the processing room?

[@vnthomas16]

The pipeline is mostly installed. We just need to finish up some things in the dry period and then it’ll be ready for next season.

[@joshiparth3786]

Hello there Im Joshi parth from india Happy new year to both of you 💐🎉 Can u please make a video series on Jersey breed ,diet , management , reproductive health, problems you faced in Jersey Thank you Wish you a happy new year

[@vnthomas16]

We have done video’s previously on our cow health care, but we’ve been blessed with relatively few issues.

[@janetdupree6353]

Thanks for the the successful end of the year round up and the new year goals. I always enjoy this video. I am curious, do you have a goal for the number milking cows you want? I follow a small, family dairy farm in Ireland-I Farm You Farm-he milks about 50 cows. I also follow 10th Generation Dairy Farm. It is another family farm near Lancaster, PA. I believe they milk about 120 + cows. (I like to give a shout out to hard-working, small, family farms)

[@vnthomas16]

I watched them. A few other good dairy channels are Keith Fink and the Once a day Farmer. We only want to milk 6-8 cows ourselves.

[@neilfaulkner9424]

Working horses with Jim, check out his channel!

[@caroledwards3465]

I thought of " Working Horses with Jim" too. He is training 3 young horse's at the moment it's fascinating to watch. Best wishes from Nottingham England UK 🇬🇧

[@vnthomas16]

I watch Jim Gordon’s videos as well, and am connected through some Facebook groups. He puts out good content.

[@neilfaulkner9424]

@@vnthomas16 I’m not a big horse person but the way he’s got his horses trained is quite remarkable. I enjoy his channel very much.

[@caroledwards3465]

I watch him on Utube xx

[@presidentialviewfarm]

Quick question for you guys.....I have an opportunity to buy two excellent condition surge side opener stalls just like yours with a 3rd for parts for $1,200. Does that sound like a fair deal?

[@vnthomas16]

I have no idea on price… But I don’t think you could buy materials and pay someone to fab them for that. I paid 10 years ago $150 per stall, but still put over $500 in parts and supplies into them. TechForAg sells reconditioned stalls. You could probably reach out and see what they’re selling for?

[@presidentialviewfarm]

@@vnthomas16 thanks very much for the info!

[@kenlynch6332]

🚜 🚜 🚜🐄🐄🐄🐄 🚜 🚜🚜

[@johnsquires9645]

The two horses would work as a team they don’t have to be identical. Just don’t hook to a weight that is for a pair of Belgians

[@vnthomas16]

Oh yes, they could be hitched together, and we’ll probably do that as part of training with ground driving. It’s less of a literal and more practical consideration. Thanks for watching and Happy New Year!