A Morning On The Dairy Farm!

[@farmfreshfinds-j4s]

Wow, at 6:42, the cows look so relaxed and happy. Great work with animal care!

[@puirYorick]

So much fun watching you and your "boss" give each other grief working together. A really good mix of content today, Jan. Thanks.

[@davidkimmel5153]

Thanks

[@michaelcollins6851]

Bless your heart Jon every time I hear you say what time in the morning it is I'm just thankful GOD made dairy farmers and farmers

[@ihonestlydontcare1158]

Oh hey we have the exact same name my name is Mícheál Collins

[@screeperz9965]

Thank you so much for creating these videos. It's hard enough work as it is, yet, you manage to do this also.....its just awesomeness at its best. THANX again. Glad to see your father is getting more used to the camera.

[@saskdutchkid]

Thanks for watching!!

[@chrisbrian4190]

True true very inspiring

[@aaronmerkel5216]

It's hard work supplying the world with a product no one needs, which also causes animal abuse and death.

[@theburnhams2925]

Yeah, watch them dads...they'll take over the camera (right, Doug?). But it's good to be comfortable in your skin, as they say, especially when there's cameras lurking about...

[@barbarastedillie1336]

Glad to see your dad starting to participate in your channel! Ore of your family please!

[@weimaranerlover79]

Really liked the mix of content today. You are all such hard workers even when you are giving each other grief.

[@mdstonestreet]

Ordered a t-shirt and sticker, arrived today and absolutely love it! So great to see you share the nitty gritty details of a day in the life in agriculture. Makes me appreciate my own family more and more every day!

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you very much for that!! I appreciate it!

[@mdstonestreet]

@@saskdutchkid absolutely! Most people have no idea what farmers go through to make food for everyone and make ends meet financially. Your videos truly help connect the dots for people that may not have the opportunity to experience it first hand.

[@sheilaschlueter7330]

Good to see you and your dad working together. I agree it’s way better to stand back and let the boss run into something. Good water use of your water, very impressive.

[@nicke1903]

I just want to say y'all and Sonne Farms take such good care of your critters, it definetly shows. Enjoy the videos and challenges the weather gives you, hello from North Carolina US.

[@tryhardfinessedyou]

I Loveeee Some Farms. I agree with your sentiment

[@foodandcookingvlogallanima454]

@@tryhardfinessedyou I also agree

[@comiboudali2003]

Do you know that the greatest motivation for work is the love of livestock, and it appears on you. I wish you more success and rise to the best

[@marielcrable5170]

It was so cute when you woke that cow up, and she didnt want to open her eyes. They love those beds!!! I love animals so much. Thank you for making them happy and treating them good. GOD BLESS YOU!!!!

[@jeff7764]

You’re joking right? You actually think cows like this? 😂😂

[@GeeBee1261]

You should know there is nothing nice about the dairy industry, it is very cruel.

[@emesshots1161]

It’s always nice seeing the occasional every day life on a dairy farm.

[@sparklepurple24]

I can really see the resemblance between you and your dad in this video. He is a handsome man... and so are you. Another great bit of cinematography. I always enjoy watching your videos. You even make scraping poop appear interesting!

[@manonvanleijen4605]

Number 25 just was having some nice dreams . Thank you for another great video

[@dennisshull5994]

Your cows are very clean! Always enjoy your videos!👍

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you very much!

[@user-uo4jt4nm7e]

They’re walking on their own shit

[@RuralsHarvest01]

I love how engaging your videos are. It’s not just informative, but also fun to watch!

[@davidchristensen6908]

You use lots of water but your get so many uses from each gallon then is is put on the field to grow food. It is an incredible system anyone complaining just has not really looked into the usage. It is the cost of dairy and some beef. Thumbs up

[@waynefiebiger3202]

I was watching your latest video, it's so interesting,there is a lot of manure but you have a lot of animals. The cows are very clean, a very well run outfit. I can see lots of problems for you when it was so cold, and doors freezing , keeps you very busy . Thanks for the entertainment

[@kristianconaghan4225]

Very knowledgable young farmer safe to say the farm is in sage hands for many years to come

[@grassfeeding6073]

Jan, one consideration about water use is the fact that you have nearly a closed loop water cycle. Granted you will have some evaporative loss from your lagoon, but the reapplication of your manure to your fields means the water has the same chance of returning to the aquifer as rain water does. Because you use well water, and you have a large land area to recharge the aquifer between each user, your water use is likely not measurable in terms of impact on an aquifer. The biggest consideration that comes into play in your setup is the energy used in performing these operations.

[@sailingsolar]

I often wonder if there could be some additional way to process lagoon water into fertilizer granules or pellets. Which could somehow then be spread at the same time seeding is done. That would save the time, labor and fuel ($) needed to do those different jobs separately at different times into something done together using less days of work and less cost outlay.

[@grassfeeding6073]

Probably is, but likely not cost effective on a small scale. I know a number of chicken growers produce a dry, pelleted product out of chicken litter. It’s a 3-2-3 usually, and spreads out of standard fert spreaders. The pellet process also heats the material so it is sterilized and dry. I would think the lagoon material could be done in a similar way, but not sure if it has sand in it. If I had to guess, running sawdust bedded dairy manure through a digester or solid separator first and then pellet mill might work. But at that point, probably not cost effective compared to spreading raw. I think the chicken plants use it as a product for outside sales.

[@michaelgronski3941]

I'm a Master Plumber and I would like to say that you are right on the money. In fact we still have every drop of water that God made this planet with , with the exception of what of what we have sent into outer space. That is an immeasurable amount compared to what we have here on Mother Earth. Right On!!

[@ambisyosangbisayavlog4377]

more video to come . god bless

[@heatherdyett9119]

I think the main issue with water usage is the amount of water used to produce the crops for animal feed. That's why it's not efficient.

[@julielumsden5184]

Night time temps are the same in southern Ontario as Saskatchewan right now. Another great video Jan your Dads getting a little more relaxed in front of the camera now. Great team work includes the whole family.

[@saskdutchkid]

Thanks for watching!!

[@marioruisousa8846]

Very nice farm you have my friend I like it very organized clean everything is top notch. Canadian farms are the best for me. Thx for the video👍👍

[@bobbruce3925]

I like the banter between you and your Dad makes the work day fun Continued success Jan

[@darlanemechek3697]

Love your videos Jan ! Just got my saskdutchkid t-shirt today! It is really soft and fits well.

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you very much for getting it and I’m very happy to hear you like it!

[@antoinevandamme6506]

Another fun video. Fun Jan and Dad and calves that go on field trip. What more do you want ? Oh yeah, a wanky door. Probebly a sensor acting up. Keep up the fun stuff.

[@saskdutchkid]

Thanks for watching!

[@dark_ye7203]

I found him KZbin channel about 2weeks ago and I started watching it he is sooooo fun to watch and I like how he explain what he is doing

[@dmarks0630]

It's better that boss breaks something than me. 👍 Thanks for all the hard work to produce milk.

[@ricmeads9716]

Poor things....babies should stay with there mum's on grass.

[@ricmeads9716]

Poor things....babies should stay with there mum's on grass.

[@bigmac_98-j2u]

I love the humor between you and your dad!

[@dougpeebles2383]

4:42 - back in the 80s we had a Nuhn pump (smaller one though). Nuhn is located on Hwy 8 just outside of Sebringville between Stratford and Mitchell about 45 minutes from where I use to farm.

[@josephsprague484]

Amazing video as always. And you have a great operation going on

[@drewkryger1102]

your clean calves ,heifers and cows look good and well taken care of..

[@theburnhams2925]

I've been watching your channel for a while. Enjoyed going back a few years (my! how you've aged...) Always enjoy your content...in fact, the only reason I watched this video is because you had no new postings. But it was a "good 'un!"

[@steveadams99708]

It is so great that you can work with your Dad and interact the way you do! I admire you both. Your smiling face always brings a smile to mine. Another Great Video!

[@shahzadawan1609]

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[@drn30]

Love the setup in yalls parlor. Ours are way different style but gets job done. Jealous of the flow of yours. Love the videos.

[@rachelhamby3851]

Great fun watching you and your dad working together!!! He's a good sport! Nice seeing mom as well!

[@dong9163]

A lot cleaner cows than yours, I doubt it. Yours are the cleanest I’ve ever seen. Well done.

[@rickkoshak4919]

Greatest video yet. Thanks Jan.

[@rogerofrhodri]

Your Dad seems like a tidy enough boss, thanks for another great video of day-to-day goings-on .

[@saskdutchkid]

Yep he is and thanks for watching!

[@rogerofrhodri]

@@saskdutchkid Me and my grandson look forward to every video , I've got 17 hens at the top of my back garden but to him it's a small farm .

[@jeffreyoneal1014]

I love seeing you joking with your family. Enjoy all the time you get with your family 😉

[@bensmolko3465]

I liked the long videos. Gives a lot of in site of what dairy farmers do each day

[@jamielancaster5185]

Really appreciate to see Daddy Kielstra aka the Boss more often in the videos and Mama Kielstra is also to be seen.

[@gandalf87264]

@saskDutch Kid Hi Jan, Those kind of door motors have a very clever (or very stupid) sensor that measures the current it is drawing. If the current threshold is set too low, the door will stop. The idea is that if anything is under the door or if it gets jammed, it will stop and hopefully not kill anybody or burn the motor out. If the door is properly greased and you can't find any mechanical fault with it, there should be a pot somewhere on the controller board or some way to adjust the threshold up more. On our gate motor, we have to let it reprogram it's self.

[@Notguilty1]

When I was a kid, the calf barn was my favorite place to be!

[@michael7423]

Another great day on your family dairy farm Jan, I love your beautiful life! Stay safe and keep well!

[@cherylbaccino1435]

Another great day on your family dairy farm Jan l love your beautiful life! Stay Safe and keep well! xxxxxx❤😍

[@lauriej9418]

Simply fascinating. So many things to do. Awesome vlog today. You and your dad are great Thanks for sharing.

[@theburnhams2925]

Do you spread dry manure on snow? I've heard that the frost does a good job incorporating it into the soil profile. But I wouldn't know (Fl.) about such as like as that...

[@dougdiplacido2406]

Great video Jan. Thanks for the trip to the farm show.

[@rosemarymurphy5767]

Baby calf’s we load them and transfer them to a nother barn the older owns walk to get to pastures. Glad the cows like the brushes helps them out . We spray their backs with fly spray and hang fly propellant electronic spray on timers. The farmers here have a crew with semi trailer tank hauls liquid manure to fields and it dumps in a big tub which pushes it through the pipes to tractor with chisel plow puts it in the ground. Do you guys ever wash the calf’s off with warm water to keep them clean will in calf barn until transferred to another pin?

[@mienafriggstad3360]

Hi from North Battleford Sk.🙋‍♀️ I recently started watching your videos; after seeing you on the Peterson Farn Brothers "Highway to sell" video. Yes the weather is very nice for March. However you know that winter will return at least twice before real spring comes to stay. Thats life here in Saskatchewan.🤦‍♀️

[@ndrose]

The calf mover is the greatest & silliest thing I’ve ever seen. ❤️

[@komitadjie]

The sleepy cow! SO darn adorable, and that's not something I say about cows all that often. xD

[@aaronmerkel5216]

another thing not said about cows often is HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. All of their baby calves are killed (unless female, then they suffer the same fate as their mothers --- milking machines).

[@jeff7764]

@@aaronmerkel5216great point

[@Ticky66MN]

I really admire your calf management efficiency

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you!

[@Ericbjohnston5150]

Ever do a vid on gov inspectors?How milk prices are set?

[@wildog47]

I'm not totally sure. But I've heard that the actual farmers have very little say. They sell the milk off to be pasteurized and I think it's the company that's processing and packaging that deals with government. I'm not totally sure on this. Just what I've heard.

[@bovine9656]

In Canada, we have a supply management system. The provincial marketing board pays the dairy farmer based on the cost of (average) production The marketing board then gets best price for the milk from the processors. Canadian dairy farmers have to purchase the right to ship each kg of milk (including protein and fat). Because of the stable prices and milk supply, the government never has to pay out support when the price varies up and down as it does south of the border.

[@timothymbonham4453]

Dairy cows have been bred to be such good milk producers, and dairy farms have gotten so efficient, that in both the USA & Canada, dairy farms could produce more milk than the market can handle. So both countries have systems to deal with this, but different systems. In Canada, it's mostly managed on the supply side -- the government limits the size of dairy herds, to control the supply of milk. In the USA, the control is managed on the sales side. Theire are target prices for milk, and when an oversupply causes prices to drop, the government steps in and buys milk (but usually at a lower price than normal market price). This causes the market price to go up again. If this happens often, some farmers will decide to reduce the size of their herd on their own. The government-purchased milk often is turned into dried milk powder or cheese (you can't really store raw milk). Much of this is distributed to poor people in the US or as Foreign Aid to poor countries.

[@badisbouhdida7391]

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[@bryanhubner9848]

Awesome watching the shenanigans btwn you and the boss man 😂 great video thanks

[@peggyt1243]

Hey Jan - our forecast for Thursday is +15 Celsius (59 Fahrenheit) in beautiful south Oakville Ontario. Our snow is already gone.

[@jimkline8080]

I always enjoy the videos with your family the most of all I think your family will be youtube super stars in the near future!

[@curlybibliophagist2]

Great video! I ordered my shirt the day you had the video about the new ones. It came in a couple of days. It's so cute and super soft.

[@dbrown8388]

Even cows hit the snooze bar on the alarm clock sometimes

[@saskdutchkid]

Hahaha yep! 😂

[@alecfromminnenowhere2089]

March is the mud month. That loader crate thing for moving calves is a amazing idea. I'll never forget when your Dad said that; " Maybe now is a good time to negotiate your salary" when you were stuck in the bulk tank. :)

[@hughcox7001]

It’s always interesting and informative, good job Jan 👍🥰

[@maarykosters5848]

There is nothing better then to get the Dutchmen together--now I know where you get your good looks-Jan--your Dad!

[@markiowa5437]

good video. good explanation of water conversation. good stewards of the land. thank you.

[@wallaceloan4169]

Great to see you and your dad having some banter together. Interesting video Jan

[@saskdutchkid]

Thanks for watching!

[@engbertdijkstra6242]

For a good fiew on the oil. You need to do a second check with te dip stick. Our old tractor is always low on the first few. But when I do the second check right away. Its perfect in the middel.

[@jarettgros5821]

Awesome video Jan! Coming from a fellow dairyman, its pretty cool to see how other dairy's do things! Greetings from Kansas

[@ANIMOM1976]

😁 Hello, fellow Kansan! Where in KS are ya? I'm from Lawrence.

[@jarettgros5821]

@@ANIMOM1976 I'm from the Marysville area, north of Manhattan about an hour!

[@janvanhuigenbos6006]

Great to see how you pay attention to small details. Great video.

[@albertbusscher4270]

Good on you JAN, another very good video, thank you

[@marcdebroux3466]

Jan ! Great , informative work with your videos ! Thanks !

[@thenerv37]

I am impressed with how clean your Cows and barn are kept. A lot of work but great rewards in healthy animals.

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you!

[@ragoodman70]

I absolutely love your videos keep your Dad shoveling 🤣 love the banter

[@jarekmarek6396]

You survived this winter. Good job!!! Congratulations and thumb up from Poland

[@geraldsorenson6073]

That's my kind of barn. Built with winter in mind. I never liked the curtain wall barns, too cold in wintertime. Good video!

[@joshhofer588]

These calves look awesome 👍

[@davescouten7813]

Keep up that attitude young man you’re getting cold beans for supper😂😂

[@markgreenough5327]

Hi there... I just saw your VIDEOS ... Wow. I like what saw . My wife and me once we're Farmers... But never seen a Very Largest Farm like yours.... How many Cows do you have there.... Very clean as well.. We saw your Baby Cows . Very clean . Your sister was feeding them . Is it a Family farm ... Iam very in pressed in how everything is so Clean . I been to Farms around the.. UPPER MICHAGIN...The only thing was clean was the Mike tank... My wife like that CALF with the Spot on its body.... I will be watching every Video you put out .. We love all Animals ... God Bless your family 💞

[@leroysover]

Got tickled at the cow that did not want to wake up.

[@gill03]

You lic canda

[@giochi2186]

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[@James48535]

I like it when your dad bosses you about,he should do more of go Jan’s dad

[@saskdutchkid]

Haha okay I’ll try show more of it!

[@brycesiemers1901]

You and your dad are the best

[@tammybaker8577]

You're a busy body today, Jan. Hopefully it will warm up. It's going to be almost 50 degrees for the next few days. Maybe you will get it to. NH isn't to far from the Canadian border.

[@tylerhulshof84]

Love your. Barn setup 🥰

[@metho1252]

Oh yeah I love the calf pens awesome

[@peewee.3138]

You have a great family!

[@keithwood2984]

I love watching your videos I try to watch everyone you have ever gave us

[@bennetts-revenge_2]

Really love watching your videos. Cow number 25 reminds me of me in the morning not wanting to get up!

[@hossein54]

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[@joeldavis8851]

I would very much like to see these people who say you are lazy and exploit the animals roll their tails out of bed and do half the work you complete in a day. We'd soon see who was lazy. Not to mention exhausted. It irritates me when people talk down the farmers. Your farm and cattle are cleaner than most. Great job. 👍

[@marcwheelwright9191]

You have a very nice family. Enjoyed your video.

[@latinboycanada]

Love how this dude treats the animals, very humane way, and it is an instructive channel, already subscribed..!

[@jeff7764]

Lol! humane,you’re a funny guy

[@megs7019]

Don’t mess with sleeping 🐄 they work hard! It’s surprising how clean those ladies are…. Yeah love the sweet babies.

[@enriquepardo5502]

Farming is our life, greetings from Mexico.

[@melissadooley3195]

Love watching you and your dad working together!

[@charlieslorenson1861]

Been doing the new state-of-the-art open-air dairies in Idaho I spray polyurethane foam on the roof to keep the girls warm and happy so they produce more milk

[@dominikpiskoric9649]

We cleaning barn three times but we milk cows twice a day with automatic scrapers

[@tomstickney5500]

your farm looks nice and clean to me.

[@syedqasra]

Very hard work and nice care about cows well done, Stay blessed. Ameen.

[@charleslynch7274]

Great video as always loved seeing u and ur dad picking on each other i guess that one cow figured the hell with milking im staying in bed im to tired

[@sukhjitpandher7281]

I love ❤️ your blog and thanks to hardworking for us and vedio s

[@Adam_Poirier]

Haha your old man really told you what was up cleaning out those calf rooms buddy. Hey on your overhead door, if you take the cover off by the motor there’s like some limit switches in there. you’re pretty mechanical I bet if you look at them you’ll see that they’re just out of adjustment and that would straighten out your overhead door trouble. it’s a pretty easy adjustment. You will see when the doors all the way down it hits one switch then when the door is all the way up it hits a different switch. If those come out of alignment the door will do all sorts of weird things like it’s doing now

[@lindamitchell-fox1926]

Fabulous as usual. Loving your sisters new KZbin channel!

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you! I’ll let her know!

[@royordway9157]

I'm a new subscriber from Maine. Eric, the 10th generation dairyman sent me.

[@marymonson2187]

So glad I found your channel! The way you farm is really interesting, plus I love the machinery and how you use them on a dairy farm is pretty cool! ♥️

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you very much!