LELY VECTOR. How does it work and why did we choose it?

[@flatbedtruckergaming2974]

I realize the longer videos take make time but it’s nice being able to see more than a one min snippet. Thanks for the awesome job you do

[@pawzir]

It's interesting to see how modern dairy farming works. In all commercials I've seen, the companies want to make it look like farmers still use pitchforks for feeding animals.

[@esflyfree7231]

Binge watching your videos. Glad to find you on KZbin. The technology on your farm is amazing. Thank you for sharing, your girls look happy, comfy and totally content. 🐮🍨

[@stevejoramo8013]

Very Interesting how you take care of the cows. Considering subscribing via the pay site..

[@rainman23602]

I grow up in & around dairies for most of my childhood in the late 80's early 90's. It was nothing like this. It is amazing to see science evolving small farms like this.

[@danschwandt8945]

Great job at explaining! You and your crew do such a great job at keeping your cows happy and healthy!

[@iowadairyfarmer]

Thanks Dan! 😁

[@NortheastSurvival911]

I just started watching your videos on Facebook the other day. I've learned more in the last 3 days about dairy cows then I have in my entire life up to that point. Keep up the excellent work!

[@Sugco.sweets]

Glad you are on youtube, love the longer format videos!

[@iowadairyfarmer]

More to come!

[@abbyhumphrey8838]

So glad to see a long video on KZbin!! Please post more.

[@danielwalker2459]

This is one of the most fascinating channels I’ve come across. Lot’s of amazing information

[@haroldingmire6768]

I worked a 200 cow dairy in the 1970’s. This automation sure would be nice. This dairy wa s very modern, but those 5:00 am and 5:00 pm dates with the herd made for long days and no weekends. Great videos.

[@ElveeKaye]

This is amazing, whoever designed these machines is a genius!

[@sammacleod8975]

It so wonderful to get these longer videos to full understand! It been hard to price together over in TikTok

[@robfishpond3026]

Great explanation of how it works. This stuff is so interesting. being someone who grew up around farms I love to see the technology. How many times do you do a full clean up of feed that is left?

[@talkbrian1522]

I applaud you man I've been away from a dairy industry for many years. But you helped me get back in touch. I'm from Preston Iowa

[@ikeherbst9356]

thanks for the tour very informative and awesome! automation is the way to make dairy farming a happy investment for farmers, especially the milking and the feeding you have just shown. technology must come to us out here Swaziland!!

[@clothnappies123]

I have an interesting laly It is so cool how it works. Thank you for showing us your automated feeding machine.

[@finnurthor1231]

Could you do a video on everything there? Eccept the fields mabe, like the equipment and the barns all together? Young farmer from Iceland asking out of curiosity

[@adammiddleton4037]

Really interesting tour of the system. Thanks

[@versasilagebaggers3492]

Thanks for mentioning your Versa Bagger, Dan and for helping to educate people on your important business!

[@niketabrowning6370]

Was great to see it all in more detail 😄

[@iowadairyfarmer]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@davechristel5408]

Having grown up in Wisconsin working on 60 to 800 cow farms i am impressed with how technology is being used.

[@timothyspanos7308]

This one of the best videos showing the Vector system.

[@Forevertrue]

Excellent vid and explanation thanks for this. Going from 3-4 hours per day of feeding to watching the robot go by is a game changer. The next 10 years are going to bring even more with AI influencing the methods and procedures.

[@strykerwaller3784]

Awesome channel! My mom found you on Facebook and decided to show me your stuff. I hope you can post again soon, it’s always a joy to see you explaining the dairy farming industry from your humble and in my opinion very admirable and impressive farm. Regardless, God bless you and all your family, and all that you own and serve as steward over.

[@Irene-ke6to]

Thanks! That was really interesting!

[@thomasaccuntius9946]

I didn't grow up on a farm, but I have been on and around them my entire life. Your operation of your farm is so neat. I enjoy automaton and how all this works with your cows in unison. How many head do you normally have? I enjoy your videos.

[@iang7007]

this makes a lot of sense. good planning. with milking robots you want some cows up at all times to utilize milking capacity and keep milking frequency and in robot grain intake up. this encourages that.

[@ryangaynor9715]

I have 3 of these in FS22. Really saves me time. :)

[@marykCLT]

I grew up in an old farmhouse that is red. Mom would give us a bucket of water and a paint brush and my brother and I would “paint” the house. 😂 Because it was red, the water would change the hue so we thought it was amazing. Good way to get kids to wash things. We also did it on dads tractor too. Kept us busy for hours!!

[@calicocat444463]

Where did you go..no longer see any videos..I miss learning about your farm.

[@coreylawrence9260]

I often wonder if this feed system gives feedback to your phone, i have been curious about the automated feeding on farms and how it changes dairy farms productivity

[@wendyfromny6890]

That feeding system is amazing!

[@portiasnyder1812]

New sub here love watching how things run on a big farm!!!

[@tanyajenkins919]

Interesting thanks for sharing Dan.

[@stephaniebarron1331]

I would be interested in a video that explains all the different types of feed that is mixed and how each feed type is beneficial to the cow. Also, if you are able to produce it yourself or if it is outsourced.

[@evandickens3917]

I know silos are becoming less and less common but would the system be more efficient if the bins were being fed directly from a silo? Main advantage at least at first glance is less labor and equipment needed but drawbacks would below it would make it harder to check feed quality

[@bryanhubner9848]

Great video thanks for sharing. I’ve heard about and seen these some but not with this much explanation. Thanks!!

[@firstname6208]

you mentioned you saved $900 a month on power bill, that's awesome. i see other farmers with vectors going away from bunkers and bags for now GIGANTIC silos 28x 140 or some such monsters. how will that save power when traditionally the silo unloader is the longest running slowest machine in the feed lineup? starting and stopping a BIG 15 -20 hp motor isn't cheap.

[@simcoespring]

I can't imagine how much money that Vector saves just on labor costs. It would take 2-3 hours a day extra just to run the feeder system....3 milking a day per cow by hand...these robots must save 40-70k a year just on labor costs alone...or at least just give you some time with the family instead of working from 5am till 8pm every day 7 days a week.

[@reidgibbs]

For our new robot barn we are considering it, love it!

[@carolynsullinsdonner6104]

Awesome job thanks so much for the KZbin channel!!

[@gkmiller24]

Very nice! Only thing I would change is eliminate the feed kitchen and direct feed the Vector from silos. Then you would have a truly automated system. That would eliminate the need of a tractor and dump trailer and your labor. Not knocking your setup at all. It's very nice and efficient. Far better than my old school setup. Just curious, how clean can it get the kitchen? Is there much cleanup that you have to do before you dump more in the kitchen?

[@paulwelsh2179]

I personally think it's awesome you get the correct amount every time and minimal loss

[@chuckcompton3622]

Great video!

[@giuliani3570]

Very cool. Glad there are people like yourself that do this job, because I would never want to do it. Give me a server farm and network to monitor any day. But it is interesting to see how it is all done. Just in case you have a chance to answer ( it is obvious you have a LOT to do)....how do you know the feed is bad? Smell? look of it? or is it just time out in XX degree weather.

[@matthewlewis5103]

Usually herd of milk cow 1/2 will be consuming feed while the other 1/2 will be chewing cud

[@mered30]

Fascinating

[@beckybilson5934]

This is so fascinating to watch, thank you for the education! May I ask, do they break down often? Xx

[@dink277]

Thats pretty cool always wanted to see that in action

[@Katiesarabians]

I'd like to find the video where you explain how rumensin works. I raise goats and would like to share that information.

[@cocoanderson6833]

Aww I love cows they are to cute

[@robertstetson4077]

If you haven't existing Barn it might not make the most sense but if you're building a brand new barn you could easily save enough on building materials to pay for that. Before I saw the video I didn't really think too much about those I was just thinking it would save labor and it would probably never pay for itself but I kind of see it now

[@jamespetty9545]

Very cool

[@juliefetcho7801]

Thanks that was interesting.

[@soccerrefwilcox]

Great video. Could never do this on TikTok but don’t get me wrong I enjoy those as well.

[@lindamorris7572]

This is pretty damned impressive.

[@andrewjames3498]

Very cool!

[@daynatorngren7699]

Such an interesting industry. Wish milk was less expensive in hawaii. Almost 7.00 a gallon.

[@marykCLT]

Question:: how often do you clean /sweep out the feed in the kitchen and along the locks?

[@davidkimmel4216]

Very interesting 🧐

[@rcguy45]

They just added these to farming Simulator 22 and it is really nice to see them adding stuff like this

[@andreakeeling9217]

More long videos please. Go pro on a head band. Show it all!

[@brianpritt4154]

The tech used in Ag is awesome. Instead of the farmer with pliers and hammer he only needs a laptop

[@jolese24]

Why did you go with a chain scraper vs robot? I'm assuming you have a pit at the end and not slats to the pit? Your shorts and long videos are great!

[@gailp9432]

Very educational

[@pamelabuskirk5953]

I really appreciate all I'm learning from you. Could you talk about how vegans are saying cows are causing climate change? True or not?

[@petersonsawmillservice268]

How do you calculate a ration? Is it protein plus minerals or amino acids plus vitamins or all the above? Lpve the feed robot and thanks for the explanation!

[@AmandaDoll-hi4dr]

I like your jhon dear trucker

[@beckyroberts8315]

You say it has a dry cow mix, are your dry cows in the same barn as the fresh cows? Or is there a different track? I don’t think you covered this on your tiktok either, but I may have missed it.

[@EndlessSurprisesSD]

Just curious, does the MFR have a bumper/recognition system to keep from running over anything its way (like a human or barn cat)?

[@mikewood3203]

So what happens when the system FUBAR's? Explain the trade off in cost of labor vs. specialize repair needs? Replacement/repair cost of the technology?

[@estherdoyle4906]

How many cows do you have? Have you ever been kicked or headbutted or seriously injured by a cow? What is the hardest part of being a dairy farmer? Have you ever wanted to do something different? After you butcher the cows that inevitably die, do you keep the beef or sell it? Do you butcher the dairy cows? Have you ever been 'visited' by an angry vegan? Are vegans and animal rights activists a serious problem, or more of a minor nuisance? Do you buy all of this feed, or do you grow it? How long did it take to grow your herd to the size it is today? Am I asking too many questions? I probably am. I'll stop now. PS. You're my favourite tiktok creator :)

[@iowadairyfarmer]

Haha I'm very humbled by your last comment! I'll try to reply to these in a suitable fashion as soon as I can :)

[@antoniosalas5520]

Im from México how much does it cost to buy a milk robot thank for you help

[@jamesbrisendine2344]

Hey really random but I was curious how do you take care of medical issues? Like broken legs or other things that I cant think of right now.

[@jasonchupik901]

You need a go pro lol but that feeder is awesome

[@btcbrian32]

Love the channel! But you need a camera, not your phone. Easier viewing and better quality. Thanks for all that you do.

[@jimgannon1917]

How designed the shed for you

[@joannperry4571]

Does it have a censer on it to detect objects in it's path?

[@robertfulton7118]

I’m late to the party - just found this guy on social a month or 2 ago …. I can’t wait for this technology to move past the dairy and into more animal production-

[@TheSupercat91]

i wish they could add this to Farming Simulator. Btw is Farming Simulator accurate or do they take shortcuts

[@icccoldstorageproducts]

Can you talk about the Holstein herd versus the Jersey herd?

[@hopelewis5650]

Sounds like a Wookie purring.

[@robertl2227]

You should post your tiktok response video to cow slaughter question on YT

[@bransonrappe1906]

How long does the battery last in the vector?

[@pspblows99]

whats maintenance like on one of those feed robots? costs and stuff?

[@favadairyfarm6419]

Cost include grab claw ?

[@johncassidy2298]

The dirty side is the 'lick-able' side? Isn't that a universal truth? (Dirty dad joke) I found you (and 'liked') on FB, but I subscribed here as well. Keep up the good work.

[@AnitreaSadi]

So the robot v Basically paid for itself in the first year or 2? Dropping energy bills, having fresh feed for the cows, and the extra production and productivity. Plus it gives you more man hours to do other tasks. The robot starts making you money it seems.

[@Celedge84]

I haven’t seen much from his Tik Tok, I hope he’s okay, or I missed something.

[@mattmopar440]

I think he kept getting banned because Tik-Tok the way they have it set up if enough people report it just automatically bans you so he has primarily shifted over to Facebook I believe

[@brianhembel567]

Can you take the depreciation on the vector system like you would a tractor and TMR mixer?

[@jenniferwhite6089]

my sisters had bad luck last year wildfire burnt out their farm year they did take them to a safe zone was not the first fire my family had as to the dairy barns we just rebuilt in 2022 most of the fire was in the milking parlour someone that milk for us did have a chance to buy a milk run and did help he get it too he knows what to do for the cows to clear them out of the barn to but he did not know the back fence was open lol we had 2 weeks look for the cows and all of the calves in that barn my sister cow was at the safe zone most of the time they cow would stay there they have green grass to eat springtime not much to eat we did not expect to have any other wildfire season here year did for that one i have a standing timber someone on a quart started that one 2 more fires that person started wind did change direction and pushed the fir back to were there vehicles were to how we catch them interesting one of them was already charged with something in winter he was under a house arrest he should not have din here to march was very dry now mush snow to trouble the fire when ground into peat moss that I harvested and bagged under is a coal vine all we needed to have that start to burn to 2023 we had the fire out did have my men book on a holiday to Hawaii we did drop off the vehicle we use and equipment at an auction before they left short on driver and semis to and operator also they did all return back here that next day too we got back all that we had at the auction to October we had the fire out but we move on to and other fire to help out ther to my question the strips on the floor how did they go down install them i mean

[@LandonNewswanger-bn8do]

How many cows are you milking

[@TheSupercat91]

i know you are used to tiktok but i would recommend filming in horizontial love the video though

[@iowadairyfarmer]

Lol you aren't the first person to say that! Will definitely do it next time 😅

[@allenols3175]

Fun

[@patricianewton1417]

Follow my logic. If you have ever been on a long airplane ride the crew feeds us and we sleep. Your cows eat and sleep and the robots do the work.

[@nickaltvater5592]

Do the milking cows ever go outside?

[@Tuliplady21]

Still alone of labor moving feed around

[@patricklemire9278]

Oh wow its a Moo-mba

[@scottrayhons2537]

Proud of that 5125r tractor? I would'nt give you 2 cents for a green tractor built now.