COLD TEMPS Arrive on the Dairy! Prayers for California 🙏

[@HarvestTrailblazers]

Those old milk tanks turned into waterers are such a creative solution! Always learning something new from your farm. 👏💡

[@Northernman68]

7100 views and only 1000 likes REALLY GUYS GIVE THE MAN A LIKE WHEN YOU WATCH HIS VIDEOS HE DESERVES IT.

[@stevebiddle8912]

Another great video Kip. Have a great weekend and stay safe.

[@michaelkreiner8948]

THANKS FOR YOUR FAMILIES HARD WORK

[@jimpolk]

Great to see these upgrades that will help you and the cows.

[@btw7107]

With those temperatures you can fill your mixer perhaps twice. One for the next day and put it in the shed. The cold prevents it for going bad. Saves you walking time.

[@SteveNicoson-u1i]

Thanks for the video Kip. Cold weather is tough. Dairy farming is always a full time job. You and your family are the best Kip. Thanks. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.

[@bobpurs]

Great Video. Been a cold week Kip but nice having it frozen instead of Mud. Stay safe and warm. Have a good week.

[@edic2619]

You have a very beautiful farm. We can tell you have happy cows. Your farm is wonderful. Your farm is much more beautiful than the huge industrial fancy dancy farms created by huge corp America. Your farm reminds me of my grandpa's farm and uncle's farms. Best to you and your family.

[@brucefick9691]

Bob Schapman is a legend. Hauled milk over 50 years. U hang in there

[@br927]

saw a mouse run out the last silage bag!

[@KipSieglerFarming1]

lol I’ve see that, had a muskrat in one the other day!

[@danbarrone1771]

Wish my parents would have farmed. I love farming I work for on farms and loved it. Not w I work as maintenance tech at a meat plate but wash I was farming

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Kip, you are on the ground, the cows are milking better, sounds like a win!

[@kirkhaverdink4454]

Load your second load after you feed in the morning then you only have one tractor to start in the afternoon and less time

[@edic2619]

Easy peasy... In rural areas, the cost is usually very cheap to get a professional company with insurance to demo it to the ground. After it is 100% to the ground, your family could save $ by hauling it away yourself. The rubble is very valuable free road base. Save it, overtime, use it in other construction projects in your farm.

[@wadesellers7748]

Another banger Kip. How about an episode concentrating on your feed ingredients per animal type (milking, heifer, dry). Do you use supplements, closely follow your butter fat levels per animal, track activity for breeding or to move to close up?

[@kenpalmer1900]

It looks cold out by those bags. I fed at 15 degrees this morning in NY. I had a cab

[@stephenhill8364]

hi kip from Yorkshire in England as a cold spell at the moment it's mineits 3 you get some good food out of them handbags have the milk yields gone up compared to the feed towers

[@57fitter]

Kip I don't blame you shutting the mixer off while traveling. It made the tractor bark a little and moving while a PTO is operating is unnecessessary wear on the driveline.

[@dong9163]

Once a day feeding works good if you push the feed up several times a day. They need the feed “freshened up often to encourage them to eat. It will get separated and stale if left to sit.

[@ericschmitt2597]

Also need to think about the required feed bunk space per cow

[@desross2002]

My tought also, good point

[@edic2619]

Easy peasy... look at the Florida Condo Crisis... All condos now need to be inspected if they are 30 YEARS AND OLDER... Many are concrete, many will be condemed or need extreme $ upgrades needed. Concrete is inferior in many building applications.

[@kenraterink]

When it's really hot and humid out especially you will get better production with 2 x feeding just because the cows always come running for fresh feed... that being said we do 1x feeding just for time and man power savings

[@kevinwittstruck8764]

Hi good evening kip from Indiana, keep warm

[@StirlineugeneBaker]

Hey kip i am asking for prayers for California

[@jerryfish1303]

🙏🙏🙏

[@alfredomarotta6604]

🙏🙏

[@timpingel9607]

Have you thought about a different way to add corn to your tmr?? Having a consistent tmr is key to milk production

[@boblowe5699]

It looks real cold there

[@gregcatlett1458]

I know you’re from Michigan,I still would like a cab on mixer tractor 😂😂😂. Why the extra bunks for once day feeding sir?? One more dumb question,want the posts along the feed bunks be a little hard to feed around 😢?? Thanks sir 👍👍.

[@aaronbeisch4707]

Without looking looking towards the rafters, I think the posts along the bunks are to help hold the conveyors at the height above the bunk. I could be wrong, but once the conveyors come out, the posts can be removed or cut off.

[@edic2619]

Easy peasy... old the old concrete would maje an excellent foundation for a road or a brand new building or brand new concrete pad.

[@briansullivan9125]

Should put the white on the mixer

[@edic2619]

Easy peasy... If every silo was taken down, everyday in the future wouldn't you say to yourself: "thank god, that was the best $ I spent in my life, I wish I did it 10 yrs earlier."

[@nicolemullen21]

Mr. GOOD hasn't talked you in to putting your hi moisture corn in mixer?

[@karenzimmerman2235]

I think some farmers in Russia that have acidict horizontal bunker feed feed every 3 days with gov money they get it done

[@rogernighbert5436]

Kip, we got 14" of snow so far in southern Indiana so far

[@edic2619]

Most farmers, with years of experience... Can do much of their own fabrication safely, saving $, but, SAFETY MUST BE A #1 PRIORTY because an INJURY CAN BE INSTANTLY MASSIVE on all equipment that has MASSIVE TORQUE and huge power.

[@kenpalmer1900]

Old school hammer no screws

[@bencaley]

Once you go to feeding once a day you’ll never go back we do it on our 500 cow dairy never have issues

[@edic2619]

CONCRETE SILOS... Concrete absorbs water. When the temp drops it freezes and thaws. Water in concrete freezing EXPANDS and SPAWLS. This often deteriorates the concrete. If their are 10,000 blocks, maybe 1000 are past the safe level.

[@alanscott8719]

I would pour new silos easier to keep feed

[@geoffhirsh2402]

How are going to feed around support posts?

[@edic2619]

Concrete silios... if a trained engineer were to come out and inspect them. What would he say. Would his expert advice give you peace of mind or would it be worth saving a life.

[@jerryfish1303]

I watched a video today and I’m not sure I think it was Illinois of a dairy farmer and he’s got his stalls the height that you’re putting yours too

[@jaygregory5511]

I am curious - how many acres are set aside for all of the Ag Bags?

[@ipfreely10001]

Hey kip, do you get problems with cows slipping in that open area in the milkers yard in the freezing temps?? I'd dread milking cows being on out door concrete and bulling etc?

[@rowdyyates1631]

So the White 2-105 isn't going on the tmr for the winter?

[@JerryShull-b9t]

You feeding 2 times a day gives you more chances to get eyes on your cattle. But I get it: "Time is money."

[@edic2619]

EASY PEASY... the style of how the silo concrete blocks are placed together looks very very inferior to how a coated steel silo is put together with bolts. Also, each seam on a steel silo over laps making it much stronger.

[@edic2619]

Easy peasy... if one silo fell and destroyed your barn, would that campare to the cost for demo of the silo.

[@edic2619]

Easy peasy... One silo will 100% fall by nature causes. It will happen 100% for sure... BUT, is it tomarrow at 9am or when?

[@edic2619]

Concrete VS steel coated material... It seems like the way your concrete silos were built, they are 1000 X inferior compared to a great steel coated material.

[@edic2619]

Silos... A new technolgy was invented (the plastic bag system). The new system made CONCRETE SILOS obsolete forever.

[@Hughvet]

I'm curious? Once a day feeding. Wouldn't this effect milk production? 😁LOL...that's a lot of fertilizer!

[@aaronbeisch4707]

It does to a point, if we fed the milk cows once a day then fed twice a day to help keep the feed fresh. Im not saying huge difference in production, but some of it was herd health and condition also for us.

[@Hughvet]

@@aaronbeisch4707 This is more complicated than just feeding. I'm beginning to suspect it may also included the dairy breed.

[@edic2619]

Concrete silo campared to rubber tires... When would a guy replace tire in his daily driver car for his wife. Wait for 80 years when they are all weather cracked? Wait until every thread breaks? Wait until there is a blow out at 55mph?

[@rizzo-xw2et]

Are your Ag Bags longer, then the height of your Silo's ?

[@aaronbeisch4707]

Yes, the bags are longer than the height of the silos. I think Kip's tallest silos is 75 feet. The shortest bag from factory that we have used is 150 feet with 8 foot diameter. I'd like to say Kip's silos are 20 foot diameter, but not 100%

[@edic2619]

Easy peasy... Do it yourself silo demo... If silo is 100ft tall... Place a massive steel beam inside silo on floor... Get a 200 foot cable... attach cable to the steel beam... Attach tractor to cable... Drive. Watch out... The silo comes down. I am not recommending this. It is a creative thought you and your friends could think about, get details from your friends. Watch ytube for others that have done this.

[@aaronbeisch4707]

We did that with our first silo, dropped 10 feet and sat there. Better off having an excavator there with a long stick and a cable hooked to a tractor, but that's not the answer either with the other structures

[@edic2619]

$10,000... Some demo construction companies work for peanuts. Seems to me... 10k is pretty cheap to have an expert concrete contractor do it professionaly.

[@kemkristensen4548]

OKEY... HVOR STÅ ALLE KALVENDE HENNE??

[@edic2619]

EASY PEASY... Professionally, I and other professionals, probably would state that your silios are a massive risk. Myself, I have been educated in material sciences.

[@homey3051]

[@edic2619]

ALL ELECTRIC CONTACT SWITCH BOXES / PANELS... A smart farmer would build wood boxes, aprox. cost $2, recycled wood, directly under each switch box to stand on before SWITCHING EXTREME HIGH VOLTAGE MANUALLY. MANUALLY MANUALLY. If the farmer is not smart or cheap, the farmer could get a wood pallet to put under the electric switch to stand on. A smart guy would always be concerned about isolating their switching hand and body from EARTH. Basic 101 electric teaches us... Electricity wants to take the shortest path to ground. If there ever is a problem at any switching box, where a human touches it, electrcity could go thru the hand, thru the body, thru feet, thru boots, to earth... resulting in possible massive electrical injury. Other solutions, professional grade rubber mats to stand on, never ever touch the switching box, consult a pro electrician. Basic 101 electric... isolate the body 1000% from earth and earth ground. Never touch box if it is raining.

[@MrDonfrans]

Why don’t you us a tractor with a cab actually on it during the cold weather and you can stay warm

[@edic2619]

YTube community: only recently in the last 5 years... The ytube vlogger farmers have uploaded 1000's of videos... Do your research and watch a ton of videos... If you are trying to save $ on the demo of your silos... There are many other farmers, in your similar situation, that have done it... watching their vids helps.

[@edic2619]

Easy peasy... You have 40 years skill of farming. Would you rather be the man that decides on your silos. Or, your children, if they run your farm, at their age of 25 or 30 and one eventually falls.

[@edic2619]

Easy peasy... maybe your favorite pet cow could get hurt badly if a 100ft silo fell on her at 2:07 am?

[@DeanHill-v3w]

Are you hugging that conveyor as it’s going by. If so stop it! That’s absolutely dangerous. Don’t do it. I don’t want to be reading your obituary or your wife posting a video stating you’re not with us anymore. That moving conveyor being straight is not that important. Please don’t.

[@karenzimmerman2235]

Til winter is over u might be Russian tough

[@edic2619]

Silos... Why does everyone buy insurance? Answer. Because, something very very bad could happen.

[@TheRealJesseStoltzfus]

Good lord man, take a breath. The man don’t need 50 comments from you, about things he already knows.

[@RickErwin-kt6ow]

Why don't you fill upper your feeder Wagon as soon as you empty it for your 2nd feeding.

[@TheRealJesseStoltzfus]

Because then the feed starts to heat as it get’s exposed to oxygen, even on cold days.