Milking Cows In Our Old Parlour!

[@nonovyoubiz6906]

I've watched a number of your videos and I have to say, well done! As someone who worked in video production for several decades, I'm absolutely enjoying the photography, narrative and editing. You use the pictures to tell the story and the dialogue brings it all to completion! I'm looking forward to future videos!

[@hyunjunkim9423]

Your old parlors are new parlors in our farm. Lol I want to upgrade sooner or later too. Thanks for the video

[@katherinekinnaird4408]

Old or new parlor you folks are some of the hardest working people I have ever seen. Without farmers and ranchers we don't eat.God bless you all.

[@midwesternhooftrimmer6735]

Nice video! Your new parlor is much nicer but I'm impressed what's how clean and well-kept your old parlor was!

[@hoophil]

Hi Jan! That was great seeing you in your younger days and the previous parlor! You do such a great job putting together videos, all your shots, commentary and editing! Thanks for taking the time to show us old stuff too, very cool! Have a great day, stay safe and healthy!

[@mattsteitzer1457]

We milked 200 ish twice a day in a double six like this. It was easy to move them through. This brought back some great memories. Thanks for sharing.

[@mauricecahill3385]

Wow Jan what a leap forward!!!! The largest parlour I worked in was a 26 Unit Herring Bone....with just 26 Cluster Sets!!!.....Took 2 guys at least 3 hrs to put through 350 cows but on a Sunday we had it down to 2 and a half!!!!! Cannot beat moving forward and tech now in parlours with drafting etc has made it less labour intensive and better for the milker and the cow at the end of the day!! Stay safe!!!

[@darlenepowers9160]

I enjoyed seeing the old parlor very much. You do a great jog of explaining the “why” of everything. There is always a reason to each of your procedures. I’m hooked on these videos. They are fascinating. Thank you.

[@jerrydrake1140]

Jan, it looked so crowded in the old milking parlor compared to the new one. Awesome to see the old setup and all the old clean up too!

[@JABn4e]

Absolutely great. Thank you Jan for taking the time to make these videos. I am enjoying them so much.

[@johnhoog8874]

Really enjoyed seeing your old or should I say your previous facilities. Nice to see the cows are always clean and comfortable regardless of the type of barn. Love your channel keep, the vids coming

[@dougdiplacido2406]

Jan, that video was just fantastic. It was fun to see you in the younger years and I was wondering what the old buildings looked like that your new ones replaced. Thanks to much for taking the time to put that together.

[@jmeyer3rn]

Holy cow. You live in a place I would call a heaven on earth. We folks in our new fancy world as should thank our farmers every single day. Children around the place would give the world for a cup of milk a day. Keep up the good work you do, Jan.

[@albertjagt5713]

Hi from Ontario! I used to work for a milking equipment dealer as a route supply specialist. It was with Boumatic and it is meet to see a Boumatic claw! I do not have any customer with the wide body claw you have, but the narrow ones but we mostly have the Flo-Star claws. Thanks for all your videos! (even if not Boumatic!)

[@saskdutchkid]

haha we checked out the boumatic parlour when choosing which parlour to build but ended up going with delaval! Mostly because it was cheaper!

[@kenlynch6332]

Well edited & narrated. Interesting to see the improvements that were made freeing time for other tasks.

[@chrisbechtel9758]

Great to see the old facility.I really enjoy everything that you share with us!

[@peanut71968]

You guys have done some very respectable upgrades to your operations! Cheers!

[@braddd1000]

It was really cool to see that I was really curious on what your old system look like you can tell you guys take really good care on keeping your parlours clean the old parlour didn't look all that old

[@steveadams99708]

Great video Jan! Thanks for taking us back to "how it was." I hope all is well with you and your family during these trying times.

[@johnlong3214]

Then and now, fantastic video. I salute your hard work and long hours👍

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you very much!

[@organbuilder272]

Very nice, Jan. Interesting to see some of the old buildings

[@ajmiller7102]

You are an amazing young man.....smart, hard working, always a clean fresh appearance, great video producer and editor,,,,,and not bad looking either

[@lonepine5596]

Amazing how you always hit the bucket with the wipe towels! 👍🏻

[@n2slugs]

Some of my favorite pictures are the old aerial pictures of the farm I grew up on and the one I own now. Here in the states they have an archive of old shots and you can find your farm through the years and buy photos. It’s neat to see the changes as time goes on. I just lost my main machine shed in a storm three days ago. Insurance was just here with plans to demo the rest and put up a new bigger shed. Progress has to happen as we continue farming.

[@saskdutchkid]

Yeah its cool to look back! Sorry to hear that! Hopefully the insurance company thanks good care of you!

[@michael7423]

It’s obvious your dairy has had high standards for a long time, this was really nice seeing you before you got to be an old man 😂 just kidding. You and your sister are so beautiful! Thanks again Jan, stay safe 🇺🇸 ❤️’s 🇨🇦

[@jimbrown7226]

Great flashbackback video you had a very clean operation even back then That looked like a Case 930 in the back when they were picking up the milk I am still using one of those 60 years old and still running fine

[@henkjanssen186]

Very good ‘old’ video. Cows were well looked after then as they are now!👌👌

[@erichumann8058]

Nice to see how clean you keep your milkroom. The only time I see 'em that clean, on my route, is when they are new.

[@lionbill]

Thanks a lot! Really enjoyed seeing the old vs the new.

[@farmshoffman8475]

Great awesome video, ty for sharing the old parlour

[@maikipr]

Awesome as usual dude. So nice to see how you started and what you have acomplished today!

[@travelingdude33914]

Cool to see the past and what your using now. Will be interesting to see the changes in the future

[@dimduk]

Working hard from day 1, best of luck to your family and thank you for all you do.

[@saskdutchkid]

Much appreciated!!

[@russellmurphy505]

Interesting video . In New Zealand, your "Parlour" is called a Cow Shed & barns (rare, but exist in southern parts) are called Cow Barns, and usually only enclosed on 3 sides. Herds are moving to 400 in size+ & the newer sheds are the Rotary style. NZ farms & herds are 99% grass fed. Great to see that a lot of your new "Parlour" equipment is New Zealand made. Keep up the good work.

[@logiboy123]

His herringbone shed was also invented in NZ.

[@jamessparks8325]

Always good to look back. Great video.

[@timothyshepodd7826]

Nice to see how your operation has evolved. Blessings!

[@patricksmith3135]

Fantastic video. I love the old video and the comparison with your new setup. And we see a new family member in your sister who must be another than the one who sterilizes the calf quarters. Have we seen all the family now? I find all of this fascinating; thank you. How do you keep coming up with new ideas for shows?

[@tantasroom8646]

Nice! I'm new to your channel, been binging on the episodes, you work really, really hard for a young man, and your videos are not only good, but super informative! And your ladies, babies & gents are so very well cared for!! Hats off to you & your family!!💜😊 🐄

[@casey5711]

Loved the video, nice for your family to have the older videos. 😀👍🏾🚜🐄🇨🇦

[@saskdutchkid]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@joenoe7885]

I can see your hard work from a much earlier age,, that old technology needed to be thrown out,, the new is awesome...hard work for strong people like you....keep your chin up my friend..

[@gidotenhave6268]

Its great to see a bit of hystorie of your farm i was thinking your move the farm to a new place but that isnt. A like of a dutch farmer wachting your work.

[@garlandhenry6792]

Very enjoyable video Thank you. First class operation, you and your family should be very proud

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you very much!

[@Steven-vo8tk]

I enjoyed looking at the old. I enjoy your videos a lot.

[@rossbrashear535]

It was painful. I used to milk in a double four herringbone barn without automatic takeoff. It was nerve racking trying to determine which cow needed your attention first to take off the milkers. I got out of dairy farming 30 years ago. I must say you are in a sweet spot in time to be in farming.

[@boathead22000]

It's a shame the old barn was torn down. the outside view looked nice.

[@KanakaMaoli1]

You always have good content in your videos, Thank you and Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii

[@puirYorick]

2:24 Takes a fresh milk filter and lays it on the rusty old metal step before installing it into the pipeline. Thank goodness for Louis Pasteur, huh! It's good to look back on what the past was like. I'd never seen calf-sized igloo shelters before.

[@carsonswagel8612]

Wow so what it is called it gets satanized and no cow shit goes into the milk it gets tested

[@carsonswagel8612]

k henne it gets tested and that would make the test positive so thy would have to dump the milk if there were cow sit in it so if u don’t know the story don’t tell it

[@robynmorris2408]

What type of trees in the orchard? Thanks Jan, loved seeing the old parlor and vids. Sure makes you appreciate the new with the latest technology. The calf huts were the new and greatest back in the day. Look back are fun. Thanks for another great video.

[@pumperswife2248]

Awesome video. Look at the young Jan. You have come a long long way.

[@yz490w]

Your old parlour was way better than the one I remember in use at my uncle’s farm 45 years ago.

[@tracyshewell9544]

Fantastic. You are right. Appreciate the new parlor but the old one looked pretty nice to.

[@johnperry5102]

really good video very well done, great narration very entertaining, you did a super job thanks

[@BWYinYang]

Huge upgrade and many years of payment plans. Keep up the good work and technologies.

[@BEV0323]

@09:05...WOW, the aerial views are absolutely incredible...and they're so clear!!! I soooo enjoyed this video, you are very talented in all you do!!! Thanks!!! 👍🤩🏅🏆🐮🐄

[@belindaruis6609]

Brings back lots of memorys good times and some bad but our barn was pretty much the same

[@kennethstanton5407]

The double 6 layout was a really efficient set up and I spent a few years milking about 120 cows in one a long time ago. Nice to see your footage, but... Yikes! Good job of contaminating the strainer filters! EeeeeEEEeeeww... I'd edit that out if I had ever done that. Hope you're more careful in the new parlour.

[@cartersnethun6632]

It's gonna be catching a lot of shit anyway 🤷‍♂️ as long as you don't contaminate the insides, but that would take some doing

[@errqqwe2421]

hey man i love you videos you keep me entertained during quarantine

[@aaliyahks2561]

He sure does😃

[@mraetnts]

Your old parlour is a lot better than most I see today, and the one I worked in. Surprised you upgraded

[@saskdutchkid]

twice as big! The way to go!

[@Larry-325]

Jan awesome video. Excellent drone shots. Great edit👍👍

[@saskdutchkid]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@didiontheflynews8776]

Just wanted to drop in & say hello finally. Been watching your channel for a couple of months now, & have really enjoyed your channel & videos. Hope you're having a good day today. Coming to you from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I don't farm, but wish I could. I live in an unofficial farm belt/farming area. Anyway, keep up the great work at your dairy & in the videos. Wish you all the best.

[@TylerBunchanumbers]

I used to help my brother in-law is parlor exactly like that but double four. Usually 60 to 80 hd and he used to dream of automatic takeoffs like they were the greatest thing ever. Got out of dairy and never got them. Thanks for the video.

[@jceades1950]

Enjoy all your videos. Interesting to see the comparison between one system and the other.

[@chrisingle5839]

That's precisely what I remember from Yeoman's Dairy and Ingle Dairy in Dover, Oklahoma. I grew up 2 miles from there.

[@ghorner11]

What are you using to wash the cows teats before milking. We stopped milking over 20 years ago (in Quebec) - we were supposed to be using disposable paper towels (1 per cow) and throwing them away but we used J-Cloths folded over in to a square, sewn together around the outside permiter as well as diagonally corner to corner, and only threw them away when they started to break down. The health inspectors didn't like it but we had one of the lowest Somatic Cell Counts around so they never pushed it. Worked great, better for cleaning off anything that was stuck hard, and much cheaper. We just always had to make sure we had a few made up ahead of time in a drawer in the dairy. We didn't have a milking parlor but usually milked around 50.

[@kathyk479]

So your Dutch... me too! My family came to NY area in the mid 1650's! Or so!!

[@Leviwosc]

Hey Kathy, I'm a Dutchman, living in the Netherlands. I'm doing some research when the Dutch were leaving the Netherlands for the New World, the name we had for North America back then. Are you perhaps familiar with online archives with more information about Dutch settlers in the USA and/or Canada?

[@lennartdundys2657]

When I was around your age I worked on a dairy farm in Ontario, we milked about 50 cows... but it was primitive compared to what you have. We milked used milk cans that had to be emptied after each cow.... no parlor or pipeline. We typically milked six cows at a time... two people milking and one person feeding the cows as they were being milked.

[@jameswebb6804]

Hey buddy just got done watching your videos on the old milking parlor you look really young in that one.i know you are not about 22 years old now really like your show god blessed you and your family's.

[@mykalmcb]

I did like seeing the old clips.

[@icebabysnocain]

That was interesting. Even the old parlor was clean and nice looking. Good to see that your calves are not chained to those little huts anymore. You look like a teenager in the old vids. The new parlor must have been a huge investment. Good vid. Peace.

[@russellgalvin8407]

That was awesome Jan, I was wondering if you had any video clips of the old farm, cause was trying to see and was going to ask you about it. Thank you for sharing.

[@waynebulson941]

Always so interesting! I'll have to say, even the old parlour is worlds beyond what I used to observe in my uncle's farm back in the 1960s-70s. He lived to be nearly 100 yrs. old. I can really appreciate the work he had to do to accomplish these things then. Each video amazes me with the advancement and efficiency in modern dairy farming. Thanks for sharing. It always adds some joy to my day! :)

[@helenahusky2787]

I guess one had to move forward!! That old parlour was good too!! You must tell us the advantages of the new v the old! And what made you decide to upgrade!! Thank you!

[@ackimenko1]

Thanks for sharing ! do you have any new construction video on the new barn and were did you build it?

[@dhansonranch]

Things have definitely changed...including you! LOL. Still easier than the dairy barn we had where you took the milkers to the cows, one at a time, down the line. Interesting!

[@monanoma2639]

I can't believe you put the new milk filter on the rusty steps before reinstalling it.

[@TheGraceCraig]

The milk goes through so many treatments and filtrations before it is packaged and sold it does not make a difference.

[@monanoma2639]

@@TheGraceCraig so why do you bother to clean the cow's teats? Or maby you don't and just for the purpose of youtube videos you rub somthing to the cow's teats.

[@TheJonathanc82]

Another great video! Keep them coming!

[@brandeissports3436]

Quite a system. We had an 8 stall milk barn when I was growing up. We milked from 32-60 cows depending on the season. Your set up I can tell, is way bstter..

[@athulistaken]

Fly your drone in the same route as the old one....wanna see the changes in ur farm

[@jerushamwangi1015]

Now I think it's about time we made a tik tok clip of Jans' outro!! I say it together with him everytime!

[@christinekeleher3578]

I have a question for you. Is there a difference in the milk for the different seasons winter vs summer and if so do they use winter or summer milk for the making of cheese. Someone said that this is a thing and just wanted your expertise on the this. Thank-You and love your video as usual. ☘️🍀🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄☘️🍀

[@TheGraceCraig]

Christine Keleher from what my mom has said in the past while she is making cheese it’s not necessarily the season, it’s what they eat. Like cows going out to eat mostly from the pasture in the summer versus their dry feed. But my mom has only every cared about this for one specific cheese she was making and with raw milk. I don’t think it usually matters.

[@notapplicable430]

My cow's milk gets a little stronger and richer when she moves out on grass after eating hay all winter.

[@christinekeleher3578]

Thanks I was more on the path of the diet

[@JayR420]

Your old barn reminds me of the current one we have it’ almost alike in it’s ways

[@adamanderson6519]

your new parlour is definitely a huge upgrade to what you had before

[@saskdutchkid]

Yessir!

[@45searay]

Great to see the progress and new technology.....

[@Yet1moreUtuber]

Nifty cool Jan. Blast from the past.

[@davidbrenneman9447]

Thanks for showing how it used to be.

[@zararichards1197]

Wow it’s still soo different to farming in nz... you have some cool tech that we could use tho 😎 great vid bro

[@davegenske8973]

Wow you guys have had a lot of capital improvements in a short window of time. You guys have such a great facility

[@sciez22]

Kind of amazing the visible erosion from liquid underneath the teats. How long was that parlor operational?

[@raijmon]

hoi jan dat was weer een mooie filmpje ik heb er van genoten hoe je toen en nu te werk gaat en hoe de techniek weer voor uit is gegaan nu veel meer aandacht voor de koeien en het werk is er ook makkelijke op geworden hé en jij ben ook goed verandert volwassenen en nu een petje op leuk om het eens weer te zien ga zo door top werk zonder jullie daar en de boeren hier en overal op de wereld is er geen leven op de wereld mogelijk bedankt op naar het nieuwe filmpje groeten uit Nederland

[@saskdutchkid]

Thank you! Groeten truge!

[@6-4fab53]

Awesome video! You've come a long ways it appears! Best wishes for the 2020 season! Dan @6-4_Fab Glen Rock, PA, USA

[@khtboston]

Great to see how farm has progressed

[@WBOS72]

Just saw this now. You guys have done major upgrades over the years. Did you get drone shots of the new Parlor bring built Jan?

[@greenreaper6848]

Did 10th generation farmers new floor reminded you of the old parlor?

[@robhakeman5873]

Cool,always advancing to better technology and higher milk outputs. What did you do when you were building the new parlor did you dry the cows up or did you keep milking the cows. Todays tankers are 3 to 6 axles and the tractors are 3to 4 axles compared to back in the day when they hauled milk cans axles were 1 or 2 and the driver had to unload the cans by hand. Man things have definitely changed !

[@brentreid7031]

Always interesting to look through barns. So before your so called " old milking parlor ", did you ever milk in a tie stall barn.

[@kylecrowell9417]

I'm still milking in a tie stall barn! 👌

[@notapplicable430]

@@kylecrowell9417 The tie stall barn near me still uses belly milkers.

[@Polar-xj1tv]

Hei nice vids, do you still lay the milkfilter on the steps before you put in place before use. How sanitizing is that? Stay safe you guys, best regards from norway.

[@shopshop144]

Some of those barns looked in good shape from the overhead shots; they all got flattened? Christmas tree operation?

[@justinburritt1385]

I milked 17 years in a double six herringbone parlor, it was also Delaval but not as clean as yours!!

[@mhoffe]

Hey, Jan!! I'm curious as to why you and Eric use Holsteins for milk cows as opposed to using Jerseys or Guernseys. Do Holsteins give you a better yield, milk fat per litre (gallon for us Yanks), easier to breed and calve, and are they less expensive to maintain (feed, vaccinations, hoof care, and overall health and well being). The question has been on my mind for some time. I asked Eric Weaver (10th Generation Dairyman) the same about his herd. I love my milk and we go through about 3 gallons (11.35 litres) per week, not counting our cheeses - like American, mozarella, mixed shredded cheeses, sliced cheeses, and cottage cheese, ice creams, and yogurts. So, yeah, we are huge in our dairy consumption!! Please shoot me a quick answer. The farms throughout the thumb of Michigan generally have Holsteins and Jerseys, hence my inquiry. Thanks ever so much for putting out quality videos, explaining as you go, and making all of us feel like we are there with you. Take care and keep the awesome videos coming.

[@rogerwilson9892]

Yon you looked different back then but nice to revisit the past.