Its Tougher in the Cold

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[@onemanswrld]

"You don't have to be smart, but you can't be stupid." Wise words Brian......

[@rickthompson4315]

I'm gonna start Repeating this. I'm 64. Words to Live By!

[@jdschini]

That video shot of all the bulls nestled into their fresh dry fodder pack…….PRICELESS ❤️good job Cole and Brian 👍

[@ChristinaTkachuk-bp4kp]

Brian’s stories are the best! We need more of them! You guys are awesome! Keep up the great work and stay warm.

[@cathiwim]

I love how when you move the cattles you don’t scream an holler at the top of your lungs. I think the cattles are much calmer that way. Even bulls!

[@jeanhorne5893]

Cole and Dad Brian thank you for sharing everything.Keep warm and be careful out in the snow.God bless you all.

[@SteveWilliams-d9e]

Great segment Guys.Great to see such positive intergenerational Farming.

[@williamwomack]

Heartwarming to see the 4050 crank up, and the bulls making good use of the bedding. I always look forward to Brian Time, gate guy and all :-). Cheese and rice! Now I can't think of Sheryl Crow anymore without Cole's sound effects popping into my head :-D. Thanks for the video, guys!

[@zak2u2]

The heart and soul of America. You guys have to at least do chores regardless of the weather. As a kid I lived in North Dakota. I delivered newspapers and more than once got frostbitten ears doing so. The papers had to be delivered. These days, I don't wash my car until it is at least 70 degrees. Thanks to you and all the strong men and women who bring food to our tables. You are amazing.

[@GregCollard-cq5yg]

Brain is so cool. You are lucky to have him as your dad. Good luck on clavin season. ✌️👍💪

[@chadmccollum6292]

Great video. Mondays just aren't the same without Sonne Farms

[@ILUVBIGBUCKS]

15 degrees to you guys looks to be a walk in the park. I honestly do not know how you do it. It was 17 here in south TX about a week ago and I was feeding some cubes and a couple of round bales and thought I was going to freeze to death! lol Hats off to you two guys and the job you do every day no matter the weather

[@garydungan6851]

Hey guys, I live in South Carolina, moved here from SE Pa 43 years ago. A few weeks ago I went snowmobiling in West Yellowstone Montana (a bucket list thing). We landed in Boseman on a Saturday and it was -33f degrees. Believe me, I'm not trying to take anything away from you by saying that. 15f degrees is cold, man it's cold. I personally think that you folks that live up there are crazy but deserve our appreciation. to willfully live there, work there you and provide for our country. I have a whole new respect for you folks. I couldn't do it. Thank you for what you do. and for god's sake try to stay warm.

[@elizabethdixon8038]

Everyone we’ve got to help Cole get his membership up to 500K, please share, Sonne Farms is more than just farming.

[@donnakytle6595]

Farmers are very intelligent My dads parents were farmers,and my aunts,and uncles,there was nothing they couldn't do,repairing machinery, doing electrical, and plumbing,don't down yourself.I appreciate you so much.All of them were great with budgets,and financing learned so much from them about life!!!

[@cathiwim]

Gatekeeping is very important! Especially with horses! That crow noise is spot on! Lolol

[@frankscruggs4749]

Good video and really nice looking animals.

[@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so]

Props to Brian. Lots of hard work done without a second hand while your sons were school and college aged.

[@kathleenclark291]

Good to see Ellie supervising tire repair even though she was so wrongly accused of nail planting!! ❤

[@edro3838]

👍 Enjoyed the “gatekeeper” reminiscing a bit 😉

[@wayner806]

Indeed! Especially, “you don’t have to be smart just don’t be stupid!” That’s good advise.

[@donrock6800]

I still get a kick out of your dad’s song of the day thanks

[@Digs1218]

For some reason, we always called the designated gate guy 'Steven". And we would holler "Steven! Get the gate!". It's been a running joke for years.

[@gregcatlett1458]

Love the cow care,brings back memories of the dairy farm days bedding the girls. I will say you just showing off working them bulls on such a warm day. 😂 The work facility is amazing with just 2 people,just need some sort of cover over the area. Thanks so very much men!!! BOSS MAN WITH A PLAN 👍👍👍

[@brayerpatch3471]

So nice to see the bulls enjoying their new bed. Good job.

[@SteveNicoson-u1i]

Thanks for another great video Cole. It was interesting. Cold weather makes everything harder to do that is for sure. My compliments to Cole and Brian for the efforts they go to, to make sure that their cattle are bedded down good for the cold weather. The Sonne’s are excellent herdsmen for sure!!!!!!!! Appreciate the care they give their cattle. Handling the gate, been there done that. Kind of a boring task but is important to contain the cattle where you want them. Good job on the feed lots and holding pens. You have them looking good. The bulls like that fresh bed do. About it I guess. Thanks for everything Sonne’s. You both take care and be safe. The Iowa farm boy. Steve. Loved you comments Brian while holding the gate. Got a few chuckles out of them.

[@williammerry4746]

Good work on the gates, Brian. That can be your retirement job. Love when you reminisce. Cole is one super good farmer. Blessings on you and your families.

[@kathy9363]

Cole your crow imitation was hilarious!😂

[@chuckyc6912]

You treat your animals great. Good job. I like the way you to work together. Keep it up. Time flys

[@Kaya084]

Zucchini bread is the absolute best.

[@denault3985]

Cole, you have a grateful audience...the bovine seem intent with you're work.

[@mossfamily2000]

Down here in rural adel iowa a few weeks ago we had 27” of snow in 4 days with a blizzard….anyway we got snowed in for 3 days because of the drifts and on day 4 the county came by in a payloader thinking he was gonna blow right through the drifts and the drifts were 8-10ft high across the road and the drifts pushed his loader right into the ditch!! 😂. It was funny to watch but in the end we were still snowed in.! Luckily the daughter’s boyfriend is a farmer and he came over with his tractor and scooped the drifts away and dug us out!! Thank god for farmers!!! Great videos as always!!

[@fjwrt]

Hopefully you get enough moisture the rest of the winter to help this summer!

[@aqter7911]

Love “Pa’s” Camera Commentary!!😊

[@SteveGibbons-td9tk]

Brian your comments about gate control reminded me about my grandfather at church one Sunday talking to an old farmer about me I was about 8 or 9 at the time and he stated well you now have someone to help you when you're hooking up to equipment but just remember it won't be long until you will be the one who will be dropping in the pins it seems as though it was only a few years till that happened it was only about 70 years ago

[@texasmike_K5TXM]

👍👍👍 Another great video. Being a Texas boy, I can't imagine working in SD winters. SD sure is beautiful driving through there in May on our yearly fishing trip to Canada.

[@darrenmotl8131]

Brian should do a speech like that in every video call it words of wisdom

[@Deborah-z3k]

Thanks for another great video!!!! And Brian you are a great keeper of the gates…..Livestock loves clean bedding….You guys do a great job keeping the clean and comfy…..❤❤

[@dannypittman4766]

I guess you could take the wagon loads of mostly snow and put them in the high spots in the pasture . That should help get the moisture deeper into the ground for the spring .

[@kimberlythomas1286]

Cole, hopefully you get to use the EZ Milker. Looking forward to it! Love from Ontario, Canada.🇨🇦. I found you through Sandi Brock.

[@amym8479]

Well I have watched your videos for years and am amazed at all of the skills you need to farm.. you all are multitalented and smart. Thank you for another great video. Awaiting the calf white board!

[@braduthe2782]

Love to hear Brian stories!

[@rickthompson4315]

Little Forest... He so Smart! Jenny

[@danielbowen9378]

Cole and Brian on them old tractors 30, 40, 50 series when cranking them over in the cold turn the steering wheel back and forth they'll Crank over faster and take less battery to get them started. It's something something a john deere mechanic/shop Forman told me. It always seemed to work for us. Keep up the good work and great content!

[@briansonne814]

thats right! i forgot

[@lstone.09]

Awesome video Cole. It's kool to see that you and Brian looking after the cattle the way you do. There's not many that care that much about their cattle. 🚜🚜🚜

[@donmedford2563]

I loved snow skiing but hated shoveling snow. I did not mind the temps in Ohio until it got down to about zero. I hated mud season too. You can have your weather, I live on the beach in the Philippines now. I love your videos.

[@briansonne814]

thats sounds like a good place to be

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Great video. Beautiful cattles. Loved the Brian gate session and chat. :). God Bless.

[@alanatolstad4824]

I haven't felt temps that low since I was a 4th grader, back in the 50's!---It's such fun watching that bale shredder, as long as it doesn't get blown toward me!---I couldn't help wondering if that mouse was running to, or from something.

[@46rambo49]

"most Rocket Scientists aren't rocket scientists" and they don't know which end to feed the cow

[@robert12345678912312]

Your stock are good to handle, fairly quiet on the yards.🌟🌟

[@mikewatkins1197]

First of all people have no idea how hard it is to work in those conditions you’re around and as far as I’m concerned, you are too smart guys

[@danielrandolph9170]

Good video Cole and Brian yal stay warm & safe my friend !

[@PeterDouglas-wd5fx]

my dogs are the same in the snow - frosty paws!!

[@mennoreuten1563]

I like all the comment from the old timers bad thing is that my own kids call me old man anyways thanks for the video and have a good day greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer

[@soderholmfarms4654]

I'm sure you know this but the Bobcat breaks those latches when the attachment that you are attaching has ice in the area where the pin goes through.

[@anthonyhengst2908]

Thanks!

[@fasteddy3425]

Lol, the gate guy,

[@brynredmon7869]

BRIAN! Cole is playing and being hard on the equipment. I seent it with my own eye. He was sliding the scraper around on the ground he was going so fast.

[@Nancy_S68]

Love to hear Brian talk about why something is done. Who knew he didn’t want to mix the heifers.

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Glad yall got everything cleaned up.

[@robertburt9071]

Hey Brian Like one old farmer said Takes one hell of a good man to beat me doesn't take long but it takes a good one lol

[@willmortimer8519]

Living the dream Great job boys

[@jeffgrudosky6084]

You were doing your crow imitaton and my new puppies started barking and looking for them. LOL

[@SonneFarms]

Haha I must be good

[@paulharvey1947]

While snow can be a pain for everything that needs to be done. I hope you guys get enough moisture in the ground before spring for the crops to grow. Its got to be easier to get the H2O as snow, that will slowly seep into the ground, than a bunch of rain later in the year that will run off instead of staying put

[@Lawrence-k4d]

Some day a law firm will sponsor your manure spreader. For when you really need to lay "it" on thick .

[@lumpy1603]

A boot warmer has to be a top 5 investment. I can't believe I went years without one.

[@denisedenomme361]

Enjoy the video.👍❤️🇨🇦

[@valleyfarmer5732]

Since Brian was the official “gatekeeper” and made the comment about keeping the first calf heifers from the close too yearling heifer, made me think that the song of the day should be “Come out and play” by Offspring

[@1944chevytruck]

Good job!

[@frankmcnish8489]

Up in Canada we take the air filter out or find a port closer to the engine not so hard on the starter

[@marcelmarion1785]

Nice to see you guys work together, keep those songs coming Gate Guy 😅

[@hugeblue]

1/31/24 - Great Video - Stay warm.

[@rickthompson4315]

Brian! I'm never gonna stop recommending a Song Of The Day! Im 64, feel like werethe same age! Lol Can You get on board with? Tracy Chapman-Give Me One Good Reason? Look forward to your future videos 😂❤😂 ❤😂❤

[@onewhitestone]

Hay Brian, I hear that farmers are out standing in their field. Peaceout

[@christophernowak3510]

As a kid I would be the gate meiser. I hated that job simply because I knew there would be hell to pay from my dad if/when a cow got out. We were out in west Texas so if one got out we'd have to chase them through the oaks, and that was an all day affair. I used the run/jump scare tactic to keep them away. Probably could've benefitted from a slappy.

[@chevyguy-hf1yq]

Thats a lotta housekeeping. Great job boys!!

[@Tom-p1q]

Brian, not a rocket scientist, maybe a rocket surgeon

[@smileypureblood930]

Wow that’s cold ..I’m in Australia in the Riverina area and it’s going to be 104 tomorrow 😅

[@jenniferwhite6089]

we had some cold weather here to -55 c bollom out we had a couple of tractors that would not start so we did not try to start them up we put a heater at the battler first warmed it up and put a charge on the batter after that we started the tractors like it was summer no nose candy for the green paint lol i was amazed them both stared up to think it was the warm batters and good charge that help the start-up yes we did have it plus in too we had a block warmer in the fuel tank to fuel war not like jello to we did leave the run before we moved the too

[@sheilasantiago3715]

And a mighty fine job you did cleaning the snow and poop! I just wanted to type "poop" LOL

[@randycharest4507]

I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO COLE AND BRIAN 😊

[@debbiethompson9029]

Hope you enjoyed your Christmas

[@LLthereistome2024]

Sounds repetitious. I'm going to scrape and rescribe, but I'm thankful. You have a dry, warm cab. Hopefully it's warm to sit in while the machine does all the work thankful for what we have. Be very grateful day, it's a good thing to do

[@tommychew6544]

Always love when Brian does some reminiscing, that was a great crow imitation. 🙂

[@kenc1800]

Brian and Cole, I thoroughly enjoy your humor, laughable moments watching Ellie slide on the ice and “I am NOT your puppet” Crow on cue!!!! The Sonne Farms YT Channel has grown over the year and you make cattle farming educational!

[@tommychew6544]

@@kenc1800 Their the best, that's for sure!

[@dougvinduska9593]

Using that pour on made me think about compounding it at Bayer Animal Health. I had 2 female interns doing summer internships from Cornell and K State great help and easy on the eyes.

[@bretcampbell9708]

I thought Brian was at his best in this episode. I like hearing about a little of this and that.

[@dalegereaux1863]

Good show, nice snow control. 👍

[@rickthompson4315]

Youre So Smart!

[@sallydyck3104]

Hows the latest newest water drinker working out??... Great inestment i bet.. Love the new bedding for the bulls, so cozy... Nice to hear stories from Rian . Good Ideo, thanks Cole..😊

[@sallydyck3104]

UHG! Darn phone, sorry for the spelling slips, Brian and Cole... Lol

[@AnthonySmith-hr2kp]

Hahahaha, even when frozen and Justin but...great sense of humor. Love you guys

[@johnevans4015]

That hydraulic cattle crush is the gear, it is as good as two more men fantastic I will have to get one 👍🇦🇺😱

[@thedonleroy]

The weather has been a little weird this winter here in west central Minnesota. December was nice & then January started out really cold a wintry. Today as I watch this video it is 51 degrees on January 31. The only snow we have left is the shaded areas. I haven't even had to fire up the snowblower or shovel the sidewalk yet this year.

[@shealy265]

How is the blue waterer working out in the cold. Did it freeze up?

[@Jon_Chapman]

Warmer weather coming Cole !

[@lindagentile2380]

You are an AMAZING Young Man Cole & Always keeping busy working in the coldest of day's ... I'm sure Your Dad & Mom are VERY PROUD of You.💙🤗✝️ You two make me laugh🐦‍⬛ 😅😂😅😂👍😁🤣 Hugs & Blessings to you ALL 🤗🙏❤️💙💖💙🐕...💙🤗✝️

[@M.BFarms]

New corn stalks to lay on is just like freshly washed sheets!

[@michaelkreiner8948]

good one best part when cole was a swinging them home made gates open with ease i think brian should get him and extra .60cents a hour me and all your followers will agree and brian get him a semi load of gate stuff even if you have too take the .60cent raise back to pay some of the load because he can can make some gates just teasing every one he makes up grade your place SUPER JOB ENJOY

[@piperdoug428]

yeah its funky weather when parts of Saskatchewan were warmer than parts of Florida (21c.....think our warmest was 5c)

[@kathyline11]

Hey guys, was the bedding you used for the bulls last year's leftover hay or was that the road ditch hay that you salvaged? Nice job!

[@rickthompson4315]

Sonnie Farms makes Me Feel Less STUPID! 😂

[@Pickhinke]

Stay warm now

[@johnnymurphy7779]

Thank You Cole i need this