Milking Cows On A Small Family Dairy Farm!

[@8tomtoms8]

Your cows are SO content!! I can see it in their eyes. They always say the grass is greener on the other side of the fence but your cows are happy right where they are. If I was a dairy cow, I'd want to live w/ you guys!!!

[@jeremyscott8690]

Keep showing the dairy half of your operation. Love the cows and milking videos. You guys are great!!!

[@ronaldfeuerstein435]

Thank you so much for sharing this morning chores. Your cows look like the most Healthys Happy cows on utube. Its so great to hear and see the care you show for the Blessings you got. Thank you.

[@johnbeam-d3v]

We were in a pit. we stood up. did not have to bend over. Milked 150. 3:30 every morning and 3:30 every afternoon. Love you guys bringing old memories!

[@alfredomarotta6604]

Thanks for sharing and a tag along. A day and life of a dairy farmer. Your cows got to be the cleanest of all. Always enjoy your videos, please keep them coming. Ty

[@KeithFinkFamilyFarm]

Fabulous video! Thanks. Yes, this time of year the cows like to spend a little more time in the barn to keep out of the heat and away from the flies. Our morning milking starts much earlier so it is still dark when we're finished. We give them an hour or two of rest time before they head back out to pasture. It is very common to see every cow lying down when I head in for breakfast. Very satisfying to see. We also have a number of them who zone out and lie down with the milker still attached. Kind of amusing but it drives Mrs. Fink crazy. LOL Keith-

[@Travis_Rivers]

I love your set up what I wouldn't do to be able to get up every morning sip my coffee and a most wonderful herd of dairy cows

[@anthonyhengst2908]

I always loved the munch and crunch of cows grazing. The bells are always a nice touch. It's almost cliche now but sometimes we still need a little more cowbell.😊

[@theburnhams2925]

Always! More cowbell!! Not a cliche' but a FACT!

[@vicnis625]

Nothing better than quiet mornings on small town dairy farms, love from central new york!

[@PNW_Hawk]

I follow several farming channels and you are my first one involved in dairy. I really enjoy the tractors you use, specifically the Oliver as I drove one with a rake very similar to yours when I was growing up, but I am enjoying the miking part too. And, those calves are too cute! I look forward to more!!

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

Such a calming, relaxed thing to watch the cows graze and meander around. They look so content. It brings to mind that slogan they used for Carnation Condensed Milk, "the milk from contented cows". Thank you.

[@MartyHenderson-ie9sp]

I love this. I used to stay at my uncles dairy farm in Barling Arkansas during a couple of summers. I loved helping on his farm and milking the cows. I have always wanted my own dairy farm, but that is not happening now. LOL Thanks for the great video.

[@jeffreyhoover2105]

Thank you for this videos I always said the cows on small dairy farms are more content more relaxed. Small dairy farms are what made this country if think back to 50s 60s and 70s there was a lot of small dairy farms .

[@rickgarriott1940]

I'm glad you put your cows out on pasture. Love your set up.

[@nf2449]

I love seeing your cows out on pasture.

[@jjarm]

My gosh, that opening was so serene. Thx.

[@loneridgefarms-uo4ww]

Really enjoyed this video. You guys work hard! The way you guys keep older facilities and equipment spotless is incredible. Good on you guys 👌

[@Steve-t5l]

I remember having cows that had twins, one a bull and the other one was a heifer. And twice the heifer had all her reproduction organs. I had the heifers scoped by my veterinarian, and glad I did. Both turned out to be decent milk cows. Thanks again for another great video. All the best from Canada 🇨🇦

[@suecrothers9041]

Enjoy the bells ringing! Fun seeing the difference of each farm. Each farm does everything little different!

[@ronaldwang8119]

I enjoy your channel and farm not far from you. You do a good job with everything on your farm. What should be noted here is the ambition, expertise and knowledge that Dad brings everyday, however it's the family and consistent labor working together. That is what makes this farm work so nicely everyday. Without the family labor and passion for the farm it can not be so much fun. A great example of how things can work when you have a great team effort!!

[@MrTonyharrell]

It is SO refreshing to see dairy cows on pasture. Most of the other dairy channels I watch, the cows live inside on sand and never get to graze it appears. I know it’s a business but you’re proof dairy cows can graze. Great job you’re all doing! 👍

[@Brandon-bw1nv]

Cows on pasture is the best! You have a beautiful farm!

[@brendanperry6429]

Never seen a cow barn that clean; way past impressed! Beautiful farm & cattle. Bet the milk is incredibly good!

[@charliewheeler725]

Thanks for sharing the videos of the farm enjoyable to watch! Impressive how clean the cows and barn are.!

[@muddytoesfarm]

Nice video! I enjoy seeing other people's set ups and how they milk. That's a great looking herd you have there. And what you got out of crossing your Roan to Oliver-P was neat to see. Thanks for sharing that. Have a good one!

[@RoMaxFarms]

I milked in a 44 tiestall barn, all the girls wanted to lay down after milker came off, I had to move fast to get em dipped. The whole barn would be down by the time I took last unit into milkhouse. Great video guys.

[@caroleneemter4844]

I really enjoy watching your channel. Brings back good memories on my grandparents and parents farm. Hard work for everyone.

[@pdrphil8159]

I grew up on a small farm with about 50 head of cattle... Mostly beef... I remember every spring when we turned the herd out to pasture ... If you ever want to see a cow get exited , watch them on fresh green grass after months of hay ... It was one of my favorite times on the farm...

[@EpicWhitetailHabitatLLC]

I love quiet morning milking in the tie-stall barn at Bert-Mar. Great Video!!!

[@timsticha650]

So nice and relaxing to see the cattle grazing. Your dairy barn is exactly the same size as our barn except we never had switcher cows and the manger was in the middle (cows facing each other). Thanks for sharing.

[@dekdek551]

When cows lie down, you know they are content and relaxed for sure. Greetings from Scotland.

[@hughmclellan3099]

That's a happy cow having a fresh meal. It shows how great you treat your animal's. That say alot about your family.

[@jamesaplin6887]

I love your dairy farm the scenery and the care that you give the cows. It’s great

[@lazeppelin1]

Brings back memories of our dairy farm. Except we didn’t have the pipeline, it was the milker bucket and pail. 💪

[@bodiehot]

great video. always love watching your family.

[@mikebelfield76]

Love the way you take care of your cows. We had a out 5 blue roanes,of our 300 loved those cows. Its nice when animals are not bunched up by the 1000. Everyone should know someone has to work off the farm to pay outrageous insurance costs. Love your videos. Keep it up very restful.

[@TMarie-eb8rt]

It is so refreshing to watch your videos and how you care for your land, cows, and machinery as you go about your chores. In central WI, it seems that all we have are semi farmers with unbelievable noise, smells, and lack of attachment to anything but $. I love your farming choices and wish you were my neighbot! Keep up the great work & example for others! (Note: It wouldn't hurt to let some wildflowers grow up around those ponds and save his back a bit...you know for the wild pollinators. I have only seen two monarchs this summer.) It is great that you are sharing with the world how you live. May God Bless you!

[@barryhanamann4453]

It's like the sound of music to my ears love the cow bells but also enjoyed another great video!!!

[@Charolaisman]

Excellent operation you have going, I hope you are able to maintain the family farm forever. I have beef cattle and my Son's have a few and as soon as the grand babies are old enough I hope they have the interest.

[@musefurd]

I enjoy watching all of your videos. From the time that I was 3 or 4, I wanted to be a dairy farmer, but sadly, life took me in a different direction. When I think back on those dreams, they look very similar to your setup. I've said, for a while now, that I think a person can still make things work on a 40-50 cow dairy, but you have to farm like they did when that was the common size dairy. That includes picking corn and and grinding your own feed. Square baling a lot of hay is a part of that theory too. I'm glad to see that working for you still. Keep up the good work. God bless.

[@mikebrown1188]

Awesome scenery. My parents live on our farm. Everything rented out. They go out and love watching the cow calf pairs in the evening so relaxing

[@kellyscut1761]

Great shots of the cows grazing!

[@jpeel2066]

We used to stand in a pit to milk. Being tall it certainly helped with the back. Great video. All the best 🇬🇧.

[@joeyhenniker251]

Those cows sure are grazing. I like that one. He reminds me of Otis

[@phillipsmith7081]

One of my favorite videos. Great Job catching the mlking experience. Beautiful twins. Sorry they are male and female.

[@mattdanger-ny]

Something soothing about the morning chimes from a few cowbells in the barn

[@greghamann2099]

I admire your dairy operation. It works well and you demonstrate it.

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Personally, I am a Purebred and Pedigree guy. I grew up with Registered Holstiens, and that's what we showed. Had couple of 🤬 Swiss (😂), and they were kept Purebred as well. But y'all have to do what you have to and want to do, and your Xbreeds look nice! I know that X'ing Jersey or Swiss does help with components in the F1 X, but I don't know what you go back with for the X2. The roan looks like a Montebelaird, but that's just a guess. I love your videos and appreciate the time y'all put into them! 👍👍

[@murraysmith6315]

Love a good crossbred cow! Enjoy seeing the animal side of your operation.

[@KennethLWeimerskirch]

looks like the cows are real relax. real good looking herd.

[@drknockers5716]

Thanks for feeding the world

[@cz_ww2117]

48 cows, just the right size for a small family farm. Interesting that this small of an operation can support the number of people you have involved. Further your machinery is all good stuff, nice tractors, and other equipment. Over here in Northeast Wisconsin, the smallest herd I know about is 700 cows. From there it up in the 2 to 3 thousand cows.

[@dalebennett9867]

Well at 65 I'm not going to start a dairy farm but if I were yours would be a perfect model to patern one on love your set up

[@kensmithler5965]

I love seeing the cows and the milking process. Your Dad always explains his breeding ideas and why he chooses as he does. Cows grazing in the field is so peaceful. Been wondering about the roan cow. Too bad her calves were not both heifers. Do the switch cows get fed the extra feed like the first ones in? Guess you didn't show that. Great channel and love all the videos!!!

[@joehowe9532]

A very beautiful farm you have there, have been watching for a long time. Enjoy your videos immensely. However, if I had to listen to those bells every day they would drive me nuts. lol. 😊

[@Stephenklausmeyer-hr9rb]

George, you should really invest in fly sprayer and a brush like one used in car washes. You can pick up used ones.

[@joeldavis8851]

Nice set of twins. Too bad the heifer calf is a freemartin. Sometimes they are able to be bred but it's rare. Maybe you could show the new red Holstein bull. He must be lots bigger by now. 🙂

[@larryklostermann5779]

Nice video Aaron

[@paulreis1648]

Great video guys I was told once by a friend that milked in a tie stall barn for 60 years it's better to have 60 cows you can take care of that a 150 you can't

[@markschwab7829]

Very nice herd of cows! Have you ever had any Ayrshire cows friends of mine had them on pasture they were nice cows also.

[@RhettDixon-v1l]

What time do you guys start milking? Growing up my Dad always had 2 cows we milked by hand. Was not a big milk drinker . But my mom made butter out of cream. I loved the butter

[@edgravelle5247]

You guys are the bomb❤

[@DavidLack-s4n]

Love your videos! Where i live when i was growing up there was several dairy farms close to where i live now there's none really sad

[@davepatti2296]

I notced that not all the cows have bells. How do they earn their bells? 😀 Wonderful sound actually. It's that background music that sets it apart.

[@randybennett5417]

Do your cows claim a certain stall as their own day after day when they come in from pasture ?

[@andrewwilgress4100]

I was wondering that too

[@dalethomas8866]

Awesome! Living the dream! Where does y'all's milk go for?

[@randyvilleneuve4907]

I just saw that a Dairy North of ours in NY is milking 5000 cows now. We milked around 60 with 64 stanchions and pipeline. We did not graze too much as my dad said if they are walking they are not eating so we fed them in a bunk in the summer and in the barn in the winter.

[@burtzorn4059]

Them dam bells would drive me crazy 🤣 Beautiful family farm your dad has. Not many left anymore. To me sad day what farming has become. Pretty much along with the rest of the world.

[@jameschapman6908]

My uncle milked 80 head had a 40 cow tie stall like you ja e and a 40 cow freestyle connected to the barn .we milked 40 switched and milked 40 more. All they got in the tie stall was high moisture corn 42% pellets and baled hay

[@theburnhams2925]

Your hay looks pretty enough to eat MYSELF! (Maybe with some salad dressing...) The cows obviously approve. Always enjoy your videos! Those bells produce music to the ears.....one can only imagine how sweet the sound is to a dairyman's ears----each "note" is a cow munching grass (or moving to some more...) Thank you for sharing. btw, this "flatlander" cringes every time you drive "suicide hill" (especially in the trikes) Be careful and stay alive. Not a ROPS in sight, although I imagine the cabs would provide some measure of protection---although they're on wide-front tractors which are less likely to capsize.

[@Timkrenz-gr6ol]

❤😊 SOOOOOOOO PEACEFUL ❤😊

[@johnhatt1219]

That is how I would milk cows in a tie stall barn or station barn

[@AhTechus]

Great video 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@clinthochrein888]

Oh the memories .

[@whew5]

Would rather watch videos of dairy your size instead of large dairies of 1000 or more. Reminds me of my neighbors back in the 60's when went there to help. Was about 12 then.

[@350mack]

Any day

[@lem1953]

I really like watching your videos. You guys do a good job. I have a barn about the same age as yours even though we don't milk. Lawrence Welk played in our hay loft during prohibition. Cows can hear if an electric fence is on. The cow bells bother me because of the noise for the cows ears. You guys probably know if the noise is ok for them. I am from SD.

[@louisstan6180]

If I was a cow those bells would drive me crazy...

[@michaelhintz6187]

Can you gauge if the cows like, dislike or indifferent to the bells?

[@geraldsundberg3610]

DO COWS ALWAYS GO INTO THE SAME STANTION ?

[@dlzastera]

Nice barn set up George, How many Feet wide from wall to wall is it?

[@daleroth236]

When we milked cows we always switched out 4 cows per milking session. And we also had to install pipeline milking later before Dad sold his share to my Uncle in order to have Grade A milk. Otherwise it became Grade B and was sold for dry milk if we didn't have pipeline installed.

[@dougtheviking6503]

From what i can see is you have happy cows , well kept buildings and machinery, conversation conscious of your land . Your milk check is not enough you guys have to be Grade A . And you guys make everything look easy but its not .

[@TimMcarthur-cx7gh]

Those bells would drive me nuts

[@brianhayes7618]

Do you white wash your barn downstairs where the milking is done? I remember doing this every few years on our dairy.

[@danvincent1195]

Used to have it done every fall

[@KenStewart-kt8ol]

If memory serves correct, freemartin may be the term for the heifer that is twin to a bull.

[@oldfarmer3001]

The moon at 3:25 looks great

[@pamelastilin7893]

Question: How do the cows 🐄 know which stall to go to? Do they each have assigned spots?

[@shealy265]

So how is the haying going? Any room left in the barns? Will any of third cut need to be stored outside?

[@edelm6062]

I have a question for you guys, it sounds as if you need to upgrade your milking infrastructure to allow you to get more cows milked in a shorter amount of time. Just a thought.

[@matthewwarfield4302]

Very nice looking twins. Too bad about the heifer not being able to reproduce... Not knowing it's genetics like your dad does, is it possible to raise up the bull calf for a new herd sire?

[@rogerpadgett3189]

Forgot to tell you we have A Dairy in out county that process their milk Jersey cows milks around Seventy cows only one in the county has very Good milk young couple

[@jeremyscott8690]

More more more milking videos

[@SirOpinesALot]

3:06 I was looking around for the mosquito that just buzzed my ear. 😁

[@robbutler7958]

Hi sorry but I have to ask why the bells on the cows ??? and thank you for the videos

[@dougtheviking6503]

They are of Swiss heritage. These cows are out on pasture. Bells let you know where they are if you have to look for them.

[@rogerpadgett3189]

How long does it take to milk a cow on average keep milking 😅😅

[@aaroncoates6323]

What happens if you miss a milking?

[@mikeburgan7675]

Great

[@jamescoughlin6357]

what is the purpose of the cowbells?

[@farmfreshfinds-j4s]

We were in a pit. we stood up. did not have to bend over. Milked 150. 3:30 every morning and 3:30 every afternoon. Love you guys bringing old memories!

[@BegashawMamo]

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