Less Cows More Milk! Best Year Ever. Our Family Has Grown...I'm Getting Outnumbered

The 23/24 season has come to an end, this morning I'm Drying off the rest of the cows, not the best morning for it but I cant it.
A brief review of the season but it was our best one ever and we are more than happy with it but the weather was kind to us which played a massive part.
I also pick up our newest family member! Been keeping that bit of a secret.

[@andrelorentsen5014]

Hei! U are at the end of the season, while we are at the start in Northern Norway. Would be nice to se New Zealand. A dream of mine. Nice videos and a nice farm you got!🙂

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Hopefully you make it down here one day, I’ve been to Oslo for a night, I couldn’t get over how expensive it was there 😂 we went out for a beer but could only afford one 😅

[@purplerunner1715]

Congratulation to the entire family on your new baby girl. All the best of good health and fortunes to her and the rest of her family :)

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks mate 👍

[@pregonerodelfin]

Congrats for you, your wife and the grandparents! Cheers from Spain!!

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks mate!

[@peasant5612]

Congratulations on the new arrival. Well done on the production too Fantastic news all round

[@tc6573]

Congratulations from all in United Kingdom 🇬🇧

[@johncooke3353]

Congratulations on your fourth child Andrew, enjoy your break from milking 👍🏻🍻

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks 👍

[@brendont1082]

Congratulations on the new addition to the family. As always another great video Andrew thanks for going the extra lengths to video what you are doing. Be great to see a video of you and your dad sitting down over coffee and having a chat about the season and plans moving forward. Also all the blocks you have fenced over and planted out you should name them all like one after your grandad and your dad maybe family name and other names tied to your family 😊

[@harryparish5960]

Congratulations on the baby Andrew! I can relate, Oldest of 4 children with 3 younger sisters! Also well done for the milk production for the season. :)

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

You definitely can then! Thanks mate

[@elizabethcain2614]

Beautiful family- so precious!

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you so much!

[@renee3031]

Im a mum to 6, my biggest was 8p 3oz, always go over edd. Well done to your wife 💜. I think our rain is skipping us and hitting NZ, im in Vic Australia! Cant make money in dust 😭. All the best for next season.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Wow that’s a big family! Well done you 💪👌 Hopefully you’ve had a bit by now or it’s not to far away 🤞

[@gerryoconnor8751]

Congratulations Andrew and family, beautiful girl, what a head of hair, beautiful girl. We hope Mum is OK 😊

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks! Everything going well so can’t ask for much more 👍

[@margarethutton6448]

Congratulations on your new baby. She is a whopper. Well done mum for handling that one. She is absolutely gorgeous, perfect .

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you so much 🤗

[@margarethutton6448]

@@TheOnceADayFarmer Absolutely no problem what so ever. 8:36 pm at night and we are having what you like to call a bluebird.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Beauty! Summers coming 👌

[@andrelorentsen5014]

And of course congratulations with a new baby girl🙂

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks 🙏

[@michaelking9254]

Congratulations on your newest addition to the family.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you!

[@digthisnz1943]

Congratulations on great season and a even better end 👍🏼

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks!

[@user-jl8yw2vp1x]

Congratulations to ye on new arrival to the family

[@willem19641000]

Congratulations on the new addition. As a milk farmer you must be glad that it's a heaver. And very well done on your years performance.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks! Haha it is nice the bigger babies they feel a bit more robust 😅😂

[@AussieKool]

Cute baby, At that weight you wife deserves a medal or at least a big present. 🙂🙂🙃😇🥰

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

I think so too!

[@di5673]

Congratulations to you all on the new arrival x

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you 👍

[@yvonneward]

Congratulations on your little baby girl, I hope your good lady wife is doing well too have to say I think the coos look gorgeous and so do your paddocks I hope even though the herds are being dried off that we will still get the odd video from you. ❤😊

[@robertataylor1848]

Congratulations on your beautiful new daughter.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you!

[@michellekemp3104]

Awe!! Congratulations Little Cutie ❤️

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks

[@andrewpaige6571]

Congratulations on your new New arrival thank you for taking us down the path of knowing what to do when cows are in the condition that they are in West Blocton and support to you. I love your health and love the way that you talk and explain about your animals.

[@ronaldlucas5360]

What a nice baby.

[@shawnh8754]

Congratulations on your new arrival!

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you!!

[@Gearoid35]

Congratulations on your new Daughter first time I've seen heavy rain ☔ in your videos

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks so much

[@FamilyFarmingandFun]

Congratulations on the new arrival

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you!

[@mariannegoudswaard3996]

Congratulations on your secret. ❤

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you! 🤗

[@patmartin7907]

Great video just started watching a while back

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Welcome aboard!

[@cravenwetere6602]

We use to drycow, massage in a bit and teat seal all cows all at once. Primo content and always look forward to these vids.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Cheers mate 👍

[@zerocool9ball]

Great video, mate, and congratulations on your new addition to the family. I hope you went well at golf lol

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks 👍

[@SaimAhmed-gl3co]

Congratulations to the whole family on your new baby girl. And I ask Allah to give good health to the rest of your family. And good luck to all 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩Banladesh

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks mate much appreciated 👍

[@murraysmith6315]

Congratulations on the new family member! Calving ease might be something you need to keep an eye on. Also congratulations on your record season. We sow ryegrass in Canterbury any month, so I'm sure it'll be well established by calving.

[@davidchittick660]

Well done for your season, topped of with a beautiful daughter. Congratulations!

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you very much!

[@user-um2py9si1x]

Congrats on through new member

[@davidpilkington5902]

Congrats on the new addition

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks!

[@brianknowles5519]

Congratulations Andrew and family 👍

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you so much 😀

[@tericrosbie2052]

Congratulations!!!! Gorgeous kids

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you!!

[@chuckle30]

Congratulations to you all on the birth of your baby love seeing how you farm in NZ from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks mate, hope you make it down here one day 👍

[@brycekirby1567]

Congratulations on beautiful baby

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you so much 😀

[@fisherh9111]

Congratulations on the baby mate!

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks 🙏

[@bobuncle8704]

What a pleasant surprise. Congratulations.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks

[@plzdont6110]

crazy your short on grass and then there's me with APC of 2630 in te kōwhai bloody beauty autumn

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

All my new grass is ready to go just need the weather to be nice to eat it off

[@plzdont6110]

@@TheOnceADayFarmer better than my new grass that's only been planted for 25 days😂

[@bigg4299]

Congratulations mate..

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks!

[@donnapolizzia8553]

congratulations on the new princess!

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks 🙏

[@hamishdalby9692]

Congratulations .

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you!

[@caveweta]

That’s a Bonny baby! Congratulations to you both.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks

[@country-chic1774]

Congratulations to the whole family. Just a question for your dad ,I'm unsure if you've answered it before . How long has he been farming,is he from a farming family as well and is he still enjoying it

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks! He’s been farming since he left school, this is our family farm so he grew up here aswell, he’s still enjoying it, still got a couple more years left in him 😉

[@johnmcclelland5265]

Congratulations on the birth of your daughter.🎉

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you!!

[@alexthomson719]

Congratulations to you all I watch your videos every week and really enjoy them (from the old country) take care 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@kellyhawk822]

congratulations!

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thank you!!

[@joeandjudygreen5398]

Congratulations on another gift from God.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks

[@kaydewinter3588]

She's beautiful ,well done wife lol

[@willyfindlay4398]

Enjoy your SMASH (?) event. 😊 Well done on your season 👏 👍

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks! Will do!

[@jrolls38]

I'd like to hear about how farming was when ur dad was a young kid and man. I'm not a Kiwi so I'd love hear how New Zealand was back then

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

I don’t think it’s changed heaps since he was young but might be a good point to ask him, his dad would’ve been very interesting to speak to as he grew up through 2 world wars and the Great Depression but he died ages ago

[@DanielJock-nl6wz]

When I dried cows off i massaged the treatment in the udder have no clue if it actually helped but thought the treatment will just set in canal.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Interesting question to ask my vet and see if it is worth it 👍

[@plzdont6110]

@@TheOnceADayFarmeri wouldn't say it makes a difference but with treatments for mastitis i would.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

👍

[@frikki6000]

The same here

[@ipfreely10001]

You're not supposed to massage dry cow tubes up into the udder- yes milking cow/ mastitis tubes. The idea is to let the solution disperse itself into the udder, insert tube end partially into teat end, press all the solution into teat, give it a quick rub up the teat canal and that's it.

[@cdemo1186]

Congratulations on the latest addition to the family. Fine big healthy girl god bless her. Enjoy the lie ins Andrew, you'll never feel calving coming round 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks Connor much appreciated 🙏 Getting up at the same time now..just instead of the cows it’s for the kids 😂

[@cdemo1186]

@@TheOnceADayFarmer 🤣🤣 good man. The early bird and all that. 👍🏼😉

[@keithpadbury9818]

17:56 Fence is shorting out somewhere close to the camera

[@plzdont6110]

have you tried using cepravin on those high scc cows helps heaps but the withholding on it is like 54 days i think

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Nah I haven’t but I have heard that some people have had issues with milk at the start of the season with it

[@timmo645]

Hello Andrew. Congratulations on the birth of your new daughter. Last year did you not seal all the cows teats? If so, why have you decided against sealing the teats this year?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks! Never done the cows, they get dry cow only and the heifers get sealed but I’ve talked to marth the vet in the past about it and I think we decided that I don’t get many mastitis issues around calving so it wasn’t worth it I’m pretty sure

[@timmo645]

@@TheOnceADayFarmer thank you Andrew.

[@jrolls38]

Do cows feel any discomfort with being dried off? How long does a cow produce milk for after giving birth?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

A couple of years if you feed them well 👍

[@markanderson5795]

Congrats on the season-what do you and your father think of Fonterra re the selling of assets

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks! I don’t know to be honest, I’m kind of on the fence 🤷

[@Polysingh_]

Nice baby

[@vpurduxyt9460]

You’ll find that you don’t need to warm up that dry cow

[@johnmoore2555]

Good video beautiful baby girl

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks

[@johnjordan4647]

Cows dried off but with a young growing family I don’t think you will get much of a sleep in 😂. Hey when you and your Dad were standing in the cowshed reviewing the season I couldn’t help thinking how many more seasons has the old fella got left in him. 13 degrees still warm 🥶bloody freezing for us North Queenslanders. See Fronterra putting their Australian assets up for sale as they have to pay their suppliers currently 30% above the World Dairy price so in fact you NZ suppliers are subsidising the Australian suppliers. Crazy hun 🤔🥴

[@zararichards1197]

Oh wow i would of come if i wasnt fixing our races 😅

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍congratulations on your latest issue Are you going to get fixed?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Probably 😅😂

[@kiwicoolification]

How many cases of Mastitis did you have this season?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

I haven’t added them all up yet but probably around 50-60

[@user-ie3xg2et7y]

Andrew why don’t you teatseal the cows? I think you do your heifers don’t you?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yep do the heifers, I’ve talked with Martha about it in the past and I don’t seem to get to many problems around mastitis at calving so don’t really need to do it (touch wood!)

[@user-ie3xg2et7y]

That’s really interesting, do everything here in the UK although we do calve indoors so probably not as clean as your cows

[@whankerakerill6293]

So now you dried all the cows, so now you pay 50$ a litter for milk😅😅😅

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Haha feels like it 😂

[@user-pn9cz3nr1k]

Nice

[@user-ry2bb6yo3p]

Why do you only milk once a day. And why don't you milk year round seems like you would make a good bit more money. Ŵe milked twice a day year round more dry cows in the winter

[@zararichards1197]

Here in NZ over winter our grass growth slows down from frost etc and because its cows main feed we dry them off now so when spring comes their calving with grass growth and feed to keep their milk up. A few NZ farms milk all year round and calve during spring and autumn, but they have set their farm up to handle it with lots of supplement feed brought onto farm.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

I don’t have the infrastructure to milk through the winter. You need concrete as in a wintering barn or feed pad that could handle it, plus a lot more supplement feed. Also I don’t want to, I need a break and reset to get ready for the season so it’s just not worth it for me. There’s a lot of benefits that come from OAD, less lameness, improved repro and my cowsheds not big enough to milk twice a day. It would mean I would be in the pit for 7-8 hours and that’s to much. I have a system that fits once a day and love it 👍 production is not be all and end all. Hope that makes sense

[@donalblackwell3573]

Congratulations to you and your family. & Well done on a good production year.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks 🙏