Grinding Feed for Heifers and Steers

[@dennisjenkins7040]

My grandfather was a dairy farmer and I used to love grinding feed and cutting silage as a young boy.

[@ekim2003]

One of the best channels on You Tube! Go Patrick!

[@PatrickShivers]

@@ekim2003 🙏 thanks so much.

[@MarshallLanier-oi1mk]

You're getting feed dust all over that nice GSU fleece!!😮

[@PatrickShivers]

And the newest GS hat. I wish they would send me a new cap every 3 months. I usually have a “dress” version of a GS hat at all times also so I don’t have to wear a dirty one to the mexican restaurant

[@MarshallLanier-oi1mk]

We grind a mixture of shelled corn and cotton seed with a New Holland 355 powered by either a 6150R or 6155R. We then use a J&M mixer wagon to mix this with corn silage and peanut hay. It gives us a good ration for our market heifers and steers.

[@PatrickShivers]

That sounds like a pretty good ration

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Gehl made the best grinder/mixers. Narrow hammers and a wide mill area, and they were easy to maintain or repair. JD didn't always mix concentrates as well, but they did grind good.

[@PatrickShivers]

Preaching to the choir. Gehl was the Cadillac. Back when every farm in south Ga was in the pig business we grew grain sorghum and had a hydraulic Gehl

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

@@PatrickShivers Gehl set the bar for much of what they made. Forage boxes, blowers, grinders, and choppers, even though I never ran the latter.

[@brucestewart5939]

As of today I'm new to your vids and as a non farmer it is all very interesting to say the least. I have a very good bud who inherited multiple farms in middle Michigan so I figured why not get educated in this process so as to know what the Hell he's talkn about. You have an innate way of describing the things you do that makes it easily understandable to unknowing idiots as myself...thank you!

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks for watching. The entire purpose of this channel is to explain what/how/why farmers do what they are doing. Is your friend going to grow Hops or blueberries? Both are valuable cash crops in Michigan and can be marketed at a boutique direct from farmer to end consumer level.

[@brucestewart5939]

As of right now I haven't a clue as to what he might be thinking as to plantung in his personal plot. The other land(s) he co-ops out to other family farmers and I believe they rotate betwn soy beans, sugar beets and corn among others. I will pass on that info! Thank you!! Awesome channel brother.

[@RobB-cy5gu]

Another Great Video! Nice job on explaining the grinding and feeding process. We raised some Black Angus on pea forage and hay. We provided mineral blocks for them also. Keep them coming Patrick!

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks for watching Rob. The feed mill has a door parallel to the ground at the back of the machine for inserting minerals. An auger carries them straight into main hopper instead of through grinder. Of course that auger tube is rusted out b/c it’s been carrying minerals (salt).

[@mcdowellfarm23]

I like how you explain equipment..I have never seen how a feed mixer work.i gotta get some of your beef..Thanks Patrick 😊

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks for watching Anthony. Explaining equipment and processes is what I do. I don’t do comedy bits like field rows or have manufacturers constantly giving me the latest most expensive equipment to advertise/demo like Brian’s Farming Videos or Laura Farms. I’m just a small educational farm channel.

[@jerrysedivy2977]

Great video!

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks Jerry

[@gatorguy7711]

Super video!

[@PatrickShivers]

Thanks Gator!

[@Jan-Boer]

Thanks for the video, unheated soybeans contain lectin, a toxic substance. No idea how much is involved and whether this is also harmful to your livestock? What do you think about this?

[@PatrickShivers]

That is a great question. I did some research on it and found numerous American Universities saying that raw soybeans are an excellent source of protein but should fed to cattle at a rate of less than 10% of their daily ration due to several factors. I have been feeding it to my cows for years as part of a ground feed and not yet had any issues. My cows also have grazing and hay available to them and are not totally dependent on the ground feed.

[@jamiecollins1220]

That gin trash is excellent fertilizer can grow fantastic tomatoes with that stuff.

[@PatrickShivers]

I have never heard that before. I may have to do an experiment.

[@jamiecollins1220]

I have used it for 3 years now. Biggest tomatoes I have ever grown. Just give them about a week after you transplant and start throwing it to them.

[@colefletcher-ox7xd]

How many horse power is that 6115M tractor Patrick?

[@PatrickShivers]

120

[@colefletcher-ox7xd]

@@PatrickShivers that's a strong little tractor!

[@luisnunes7933]

Hello, Patrick! Merry Christmas!

[@PatrickShivers]

Merry CHRISTmas Luis!

[@luisnunes7933]

@@PatrickShivers 👌

[@ranchomoore]

GATA

[@PatrickShivers]

@@ranchomoore One More Time!

[@wandapadgett9492]

Great video We Have a J D four. Hunderad. Sagly to say To many good friends have used it saying we Left you a Little. Feed Wrong thing to

[@PatrickShivers]

Yep. Never leave anything in it…ask me how I know

[@mikewalter8547]

We had a 1 row picker then we had to pitchfork the cobs into the grinder. the ground corn went into huge bushel baskets lookin crates that we kept in a barn. We had to go catch bull snakes put them in barn to keep mice and rats from eating all the ground corn. What a job not my favorite.

[@PatrickShivers]

“We caught snakes to put in the barn” 🤣. My favorite farm story yet! They didn’t have cats back then?🤣

[@mikewalter8547]

We live in a valley in Colorado Mountain lions and foxes eat cats@@PatrickShivers

[@PatrickShivers]

@@mikewalter8547 I’d rather deal with 10 foxes than 1 Bobcat.