Christmas Day as a Dairy Farmer!

[@CDN1975]

Canada is blessed to have hardworking families such as yours. Thanks for all you do. Glad to hear 1332 is feeling better :).

[@saskdutchkid]

Your to kind! Thank you!!

[@milasmirrnov6819]

@@saskdutchkid Where's my brother's merch? It was supposed to come before Christmas.

[@MellowYe77ow]

@@milasmirrnov6819 Ask Farm Focused, not Jan.

[@jamesryan9206]

I don’t envy you having to work in those fridge temperatures, but I am so appreciative of the time you give for our viewing enjoyment. I hope you enjoyed Christmas with your family. Your the best Thank you.

[@broodmare25]

My dad used to work on tobacco farms when he was younger. He had a funny story, one time he was able to have a sleepover at a friends house who were dairy farmers. He didn’t realize that if you stayed over, it also meant YOU woke up at the butt crack of dawn to milk the cows too. 😂

[@cindifischer6919]

24/7, no days off on the farm, somebody always has to be there, always something to do. Hope you enjoyed that Christmas dinner.

[@saskdutchkid]

It was good! Thanks!

[@timothymbonham4453]

@@saskdutchkid Tell us what a Dutch-Canadian Xmas dinner is like!

[@thomashninan3825]

did you have stake 😋😋😋😋

[@thomasmccardle725]

I’m thinking prime rib roast yum yum

[@organbuilder272]

Hello Jan: I hope you holiday is nice despite the work day you have to complete. Let's wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year and the weather treats you much more kindly. It is such good news to hear the your "Lady" is improving and will recover. All the best to you Jan. You work so diligently to help your Dad to keep the farm going.

[@Pharphette]

Thanks for the update. I appreciate the more personal aspect of these vlogs. Showing more of your personality:)

[@dairyfarmmidwest1615]

Merry Christmas to all of you and dairy farms work through all holidays and conditions God Bless

[@ryanbachman9227]

Really good videos. I worked for a farmer that dried his cows up 45-50 days before calving never had any milk fever at all. I know everyone has their own way of doing things.

[@dithompson2679]

When you are a generation dairy farmer, you love your family, your animals and your land equally. It wouldn't be Christmas or any other holiday without that early morning visit with the ladies to start the first milking of the day. My grandfather once told me he often said Merry Christmas to his dairy cows before he said it to my grandmother! We enjoy your videos. Keep up your good work with your family.

[@thomasmccardle725]

Thank you Jan for this beautiful Christmas gift, I love your family farm content🎄I hope your new year is awesome 🐄 please stay safe and keep warm 🥶much love from Tennessee ❤

[@thomasmccardle725]

Jan I keep getting what appears to be scam texts that appear to be from you telling me I won something from you and asking me to call a 1 860 number! Can you please confirm this is a scam or am I wrong! If I’m wrong I apologize but I’m really not interested.

[@jackthewisedog5171]

I grew up on a dairy farm working all days including Christmas Day - it is not an easy life but still I would not have traded it - Happy Christmas Jan to you and your family and the staff at your farm

[@RyanMurphy-j5d]

Great video great looking cows

[@Isra_Elabd]

MOOMOOMOO AND A HOOHOOHOO AND A JINGLE ALL THE WAY WOOOOOOO

[@mienafriggstad3360]

A belated Merry 🎄 and a HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and your family from my family and I in North Battleford. I hope alllllll this SNOW that we are dealing with; will be beneficial to you and all farmers; come planting season.

[@Emg2463]

busy Christmas day on the farm ! We had a little button bambi peek in our window Christmas morning...quite a nice visit ! Hope you made it home for dinner !

[@CMDSR]

Hope 1332 makes a full recovery. Maybe you’ll get a drone on Boxing Day. Great vlog of life on a dairy farm during the holidays.

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

Well my heart goes out to you all working 8n such coooold weather. Glad that cow is feeling better. God bless you all and Happy New Year. From Bakersfield California USA where we are having rain for 7 more days!

[@mauricemiller6689]

As someone who love agriculture, dairy farming is a never ending job, you have to love it to stay. I hope you enjoyed your Christmas

[@russellgilson4072]

Jan you really handle your cattle well, obviously you've had good instruction along the way!

[@benjamindejonge3624]

Congratulations with your new NEXAT corn harvester

[@aimeevandergun9310]

Most of the time with cows, if they have internal bleeding they don't make it.(my dads a dairy farmer ) I'm happy to hear she is doing alright!

[@robertesposito9871]

God Bless you, your sisters, and parents. Farmers are the hardest working people on earth, and we appreciate you

[@dougdiplacido2406]

Despite you having to work on Christmas, hoping you had a very Merry Christmas. Sure glad that your treatments on 1332 are showing promise. You sure have some really cool looking skies up there. Your Dad's tags are clever.A sleve of PVC pipe would protect it pretty much.

[@MrRobert1603]

People here in NYC panic at 10 degrees !! Hats off to all at the Farm !!! Happy Holidays stay warm ..... Thanks

[@teenagefarmer]

It's a full time job and then some. Thanks for all the work you dairy farmers do.

[@davidmcgee4525]

Dairy farming is 365, The Ladies don't have Holidays. The Juno, one individual replaced the tires & filled them with foam , constant size & no loss of air pressure. Thank you for your videos, Belated Merry Christmas to your entire family!

[@asquithmainlines699]

Me thinking as the deer walk through your feed mill lane reading all your dad’s new signs would be like me as I walk by the dessert bar at a buffet reading all those signs. Got to love a good old blizzard but I will never complain about snowfall as I know our producers and Ag dealers need the moisture for next spring. Speaking of that I think we may get some more real soon. Bring it on.

[@snowwolf5963]

Thanks for the update Jan! Thanks for all you do for those cows and for us that buy the product. Another question for you….. I know your dad is the boss but can we see him in the milk parlor milking some cows? Also how does that internal bleeding happen in the cows like that? Great video’s and thanks for sharing them with us!

[@JackieDannenberg]

God Bless you on Christmas working away like it’s just a regular work day. We all take our hats off to you for your hard work and dedication. Merry Christmas and a wonderful 2023 we pray and hope !

[@mikecardwell6497]

Farmers are awesome thanks for what you do . I have always raised my own beef ,pork , chicken and I have honey bees, but all that is not near what you do thank you again. Love your videos🐄😃

[@stevepalmer8285]

Thanks for all the quality content 👌 that you do for us.thanks.

[@3069mark]

Jan, thank you for the update on 1332. Please continue to update us. I was one of the folks who asked for updates on the first video about her.

[@robertdurkin7596]

You're very busy for Christmas 🎄 time with cows, good working hard, Jan!!👍😉🐄🐄🚜🚜❤️

[@karloarsch1579]

The picture with the 3 suns and the halo was amazing, we do not see this very often.

[@fabriceenjalbert4538]

Great video Jan and wishing you family and friends an happy new year when watching it .. never thought that Holsteins cows could stay 100% outside in winter freezing period … greetings from France 🇫🇷

[@steffc8881]

Merry Christmas to you and your family thanks again for sharing your time and life with us 😍😍😍🎄🎄🎄😍😍😍

[@dieterbosch723]

Hello Jan, I hope you got to the Christmas roast on time and that you enjoyed it. Let's take it a little easier in the winter time. (translation translation)😃😃😃

[@steveadams99708]

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone appreciates your hard work every day of the year.

[@sueupham2519]

that sun is beautiful,,I've never seen that .. God is trying to tell us something,,,amen..

[@nmccw3245]

Happy Holidays and Happy New Year Kielstra family. Glad 1332 is getting better. 🎄🐄🇨🇦👍🏻

[@mpchahal2260]

A cow numbered 13** will be killed and will be on your dinner plate....wud u be so worried then?

[@nmccw3245]

@@mpchahal2260 - Hopefully she will have a long and healthy life as a dairy cow before she is harvested for meat. When that time comes I will honor her spirit for giving me life as I gratefully consume her flesh.

[@BruceALeye]

Merry Christmas and happy new year. There’s a few farms out here in Manitoba that are use quick attach box blades for snow removal.

[@Brobro449]

Hey man I fell for ya. We’re by Lethbridge and run 170 cows with 6 bulls. We did the same thing Christmas. Had to mix our feed in the morning and afternoon. But bedded Christmas Eve so didn’t have to do that. Dairy’s and feedlots are lots of work. I couldn’t imagine milking every day lol. Much respect merry Christmas fella

[@BEV0323]

All that snow is so pretty...it's absolutely gorgeous but I would not want any of it where I live. See...I live in the deep south and no one down here knows how to drive, much less drive in actual SNOW!!! ❄☃🌨

[@STONEDay]

Oooo going from cold to warm humid environments repeatedly will wreck your zoom lens. Once the moisture condenses inside the lens it's hard to get out and left unchecked can cause mold and ruin your lens. I avoid it by bagging my camera, keeping it from moisture, and letting it come up to temperature slowly to avoid condensation. Don't know how you'd do that the way you film. Maybe one reason a [sealed] GoPro is better.

[@dhenschel4]

Kudo's to you and Naline for handling the Christmas Milking so your employees can enjoy their Holiday. Hopefully there were many presents for you at your parent's that evening.

[@bethbossman5812]

Hello first yall can keep your cold weather there we Minnesotans don't want it lol Have you always wanted to be a farmer like your parents? Do you like / love being a farmer? What is your favorite part and what do yo dislike the most? You showed us your home do you and your siblings along with your parents live close to each other? How far are you from the farm and do you have staff on the farm 24/7?

[@Digeroo123]

Well done for getting all the chores done. A white Christmas day of snow is not much fun for you. But very special seeing one of Santa's deer!! I hope you all enjoyed your Christmas Dinner. Nice video. Lovely sun dogs. Do you earn enough from youtube to cover the new drone? We had an unusually cold couple of weeks in December down to -7C, but so far no signs in the forecasts of another cold spell arriving here in south of UK anytime soon. A dull rainy 11C right now. Our wind is coming up from Florida. My rye should be growing nicely. Did you see they had 4 feet of snow in Buffalo again? Sometimes we get what New York has had 4 days later but not this time. 10th Jan might be a bit raw. I am hopefully off on my summer holiday next week to Egypt where it should be maxing out in the low 20Cs.

[@joelritter5230]

I hope you had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and your family.

[@robertmarino2158]

Merry Christmas , enjoy everyone , stay safe you all !

[@juslookin313]

Busier than my Christmas day! Belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Edmonton.

[@carlmarr2984]

that pile of snow you guys made reminds me of the winter of 1959 in eastern Colorado we had a drift 20 feet high across our drive way about 100 long my brother and I wore out Grandpa's #2 scoop shovel using it as a sled no school for a week Dad and grandpa pulled a pickup across the field the get to the other county road appox a mile away

[@49lucky]

Yup all farmers 7 days a week I don't miss it anymore but what a great life.

[@davidkimmel4216]

No rest for dairy or hog or cattle farms. Merry Christmas to All.

[@thomasburton5843]

You will save a lot of time (money) with a snow pusher. Even make a homemade one that slips on the bucket then chain it down. 12 or 14ft push versus 7 or 8 ft bucket

[@alk7142]

After 50 years of pushing snow I can think of many things more enjoyable. Very nice farm you guys have there. Happy Holidays

[@jameslesliejr.5636]

Piet Van Bedaf recommends rubber flaps on the bottom of the overhead doors. Solves most of the icing issues.

[@FarmFreshIB]

Merry Christmas to your whole family!

[@matthewm7540]

Retractable canopy for the feed to keep out rain and snow

[@robertsimon6500]

Flex seal for your hose, to bad you can't put all that snow in your manure spreader. Better melting on the field then down the road.

[@Leoforever79]

My grandfather used to call those sun dogs.... moisture is on its way in 24hours... He ate, drank and lived for the farmers almanac...

[@uppityupshaw]

Hoping you had a Merry Christmas! The views on the Prairie have been beautiful and are so amazing! Thanks for sharing!

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

So glad the weather broke and that the cow is doing better. I'm surprised that the cows can withstand such frigid temperatures!! Only -15?! Brrrr!!

[@pietoosterhof5901]

Enjoy the Christmas dinner, Jan and see you around.😉

[@fischbachfischbach8180]

Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year!!

[@michaelmonthei8019]

Such an informative video Jan! I truly enjoy watching your videos so much. Nice idea your dad had to label the feed bins. Good information of the total picture of what has to be done on a daily basis on the farm. Hope you made it home for Christmas in time to have dinner. Happy New Year to you as well.

[@arzamumma1202]

Viewed 12-28-22 from USA Happy New Year to you and your family 😀😀👍👍

[@melissagreen1117]

Merry Christmas to you all.

[@mauroentra9820]

Merry Christmas from Abano Terme , Italy

[@tysonvandenbrink6025]

You never know Santa Carries a elf on board to make last minute changes 😀

[@markhale6062]

Hope you all had a good Christmas.

[@hiheeledsneakers]

Merry Christmas! Stay warm! 🎅☃️🎄

[@raflyadelia7610]

You should catch that litte bugger Their so delicious

[@harrytaylor6854]

Well done you and your family enjoy your CHRISTMAS dinner

[@earlhollar1906]

Nice move Taging the hopper bins.!.! 🙂👍🏼

[@SharkMaron]

Noticed a limping cow about 11:05 of the video. You were following her. So I assume you already noticed. But just wanted to mention it. I live on Guam and thanks for all the great videos. I watch both you and your sister. ✌️🌴😎🌴✌️

[@satejkolhe7962]

Happy Christmas ⛄🎄⛄⛄

[@Supernaut2000]

Thanks for the kind update on 1332, so glad she's recovering with your kind and professional care. Season's best and happy 2023!

[@amysgardenstead2879]

My husband and I enjoy watching your videos. My husband used to milk cows and comments all the time on how good your cows look. Do you give your cows magnets?

[@gregcatlett1458]

Love the way some cows spot your camera at times😂😂😳. Beautiful drone shots,don’t go to long with out 1 SIR. THANKS from KY.

[@pamelanoirot1427]

Merry Christmas to you and your family. Hope you have a great Christmas and get what you want. The same with the girls.

[@glennoliphint8691]

Jan have you ever got some of the corn waste from a ethanol plant to mix into the feed for your cows? I used to haul quite a bit of it out of the ethanol plants here in California to the Dairies. There's a company here west of Merced California and Madera California that will feed 3 loads at 50,000 pounds a day. They say that it works out pretty good for them to put it in their feed for the dairy cows.

[@erwinlageschaar5550]

That's DDG!

[@glennoliphint8691]

@@erwinlageschaar5550 DDG is different than the Corn waste from the ethanol plants the corn waste is wet and they couldn't put it in the silo be it would probably freeze in their weather. Ddg is a dry distillers grain and the corn waste is either hauled in a walking floor or belt trailer or end dump because it's so wet from coming out of the ethanol plants and I don't believe that anyone wants to take the time to dry the corn waste from the plants that i've loaded it at.

[@erwinlageschaar5550]

Dried Distillers Grain!

[@BWYinYang]

Cover cable with used garden hose, less wear on air hose.

[@julielumsden5184]

Another drone bites the dust , or was that snow. Great video thanks and enjoy what ever time you have with family and friends.

[@thomasrobinson8336]

Merry Christmas to you and your Family

[@satish8896]

😄🎂Marry christmas dear to you and your family 🎂😄

[@tracyeaves1084]

With the extra snow that y’all pushed up you might can put in a underground storage tank for washing the equipment or putting it on the fields with a sprinkler system just something to think about

[@luisvalle-monroy.8256]

Thank you for all those awesome videos!

[@richardtoms9161]

Merry Christmas from a dairyman in the states. You could have kept the cold front you didn’t really need to share. This morning it was -15F with wind chill down to -40.

[@tracyeaves1084]

Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 to y’all and happy new year 🎈🎆🎊

[@tirolermilchbauer7655]

you could just build a roof over the feed bunks it can just be a 2 meter roof so it doesn't snow or rain onto the feed bunks

[@Dennismelnychuk]

I always used oats instead of barley and used a cheaper source of protein if needed like canola or soy meal

[@garykline820]

Love your videos thanks for sharing on Christmas Day.

[@rogerfillion2804]

Merry Christmas to you and all your love ones!

[@sgtmayhem]

Sun Dogs are the same as rainbows. The rays you see are from 42-53 degrees refracted from the source.

[@hanksfarmvideos]

No days off! Stay warm!

[@ryokokirchhoff782]

Merry Christmas to you and your family...hope you had your dinner waiting for ya...I have been watching your video for a long while but I see something new every time and it just amazing...Thank you for all of your hard work!!!!! 🌲❤🌲

[@yeagerxp]

Well done 👍👍👍. Thank you for sharing. Be safe 🇨🇦 Wishing you and your family a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR

[@neilmeacham1210]

happy chrismas and happy new year to you and famly buddy over there looking forwards to next years vlogs keep safe

[@WillFaison]

I didn't realize you reside off-site and commute to the dairy farm--i'd like to see that commute, especially in various weather extremes (like snow, storms, etc). Whadd'ya think? ; ] W~

[@MellowYe77ow]

He only lives about 4 km away form the farm. There's not much to see on his commute, as it's at around 4 am.

[@stephencampbell4145]

Hope you all had a great Christmas from Tennessee

[@pietoosterhof5901]

A bezem on a skitsteer that will do the jop Jan.😉