Need To Get This Done ASAP & The Rats Back!

[@keithwheeler8875]

Good video It's great you've gone into winter with still plenty of grass and maize silage The cows and heifers are looking really well ahead of calving Farmers in the UK are pulling there hair out a bit I think, We had a very cold wet spring so cows went out very late but then it did warm up and most people had a huge first cut silage but then it's gone very hot and dry and now they're chasing grass for grazing and 2nd cut will not be anywhere near as good It's cooling down a bit this week and there has been some rain for most but there is rumours of several more hot dry spells with some speculation we could even see 40c record temperatures like last year which was supposed to be a 1 in 1000 Yr event we've already had low 30s

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks Keith, I’m actually really short of grass and feed now, just haven’t seen good growth rates which we usually do. So a little bit scary. 40 is getting pretty up there for you guys over there, that’s roasting. Didn’t you have a dry summer last year as well?

[@philipwatts992]

Hi Andrew the dog is looking great and enjoying her self

[@KiwiJim13]

👀🙄🐾👍Great video Andy glad the Fieldays where dry and sunny for you and Willie

[@digthisnz1943]

Always great videos. We do a fair amount of cow races and the cheapest thing a farmer can do is to spray the edges of the race. And if the bottom wires are taken off you can poke ya digger bucket under the wire, not always possible because of calf movements I understand but it really helps us digger drivers making a good job 😂

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Fully agree with you there, no broken posts and it makes your life so much easier and quicker.

[@rigger314]

It has amazed me on how more goes into dairy farming than you think.

[@markphilpott9531]

Great video Andrew greeting from Ireland 👍

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thanks 👍

[@alanb9337]

Things can be pretty touchy with the farm tracks. One of the Councils had a crack at someone I knew for something fairly trivial.(Looking up the FEP etc, using the right contractor, the registered civil engineer for the larger jobs). 1) Back in the day for the farm track, I would have put a dirt berm in the topside paddock, to reduce water runoff on the farm track. Depending on the rule book etc widening the farm track a wee bit, making a topside culvert for the track, crowning the track, putting concrete or other material pipes across the track at intervals, adjusting the lowerside fence so some type of tractor scraper/ blade/ bar can get under the fence, to keep the build up knocked down. (Probably preferable to the large total vet bill for lame cows some places add up) 2) Might put some type of marked off poles in the drains so you can measure the water heights through the year. Some councils suggest to clean the drains when using adigger to clear some and leave some lengths of drain.(probably trying to limit the effects on eels)

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yep you’ve got to be a bit careful around waterways where tracks are, but most people understand so hopefully council doesn’t have to get involved in to many instances like that 😅 I guess they all have different rules though

[@susiereed1147]

Just wondering Andrew why don't you hire a small excavator for the weekend with a mud bucket and clean all the drains out properly?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

I think in the summer when it dries out a bit I might just do that, generally it’s pretty effective and efficient getting a big one in as they are real quick and get through it so quick

[@LanaChoice]

Good job I always love watching my videos. A lot of people have been dairy farmers and had. They all have worked with Jerseys too. I also want to be one when I am older. My pop grew up on a dairy farm in NZ too.

[@LanaChoice]

I mean alot of people in my family have and are dairy farmers

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

That’s awesome man it’s a really cool industry to be apart of 👍

[@FamilyFarmingandFun]

Those Tow and Fert look real good hoping to get a demo of one when we get back from Germany, definitely think it’s the way to go. Great video nice to see some fine weather

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

They look awesome, really well built too! Hope your having a good time in Germany, the sun must be nice haha its been so miserable here

[@yvonneward]

Another great video Andrew thank you very interesting can’t wait to see the wee calves x

[@cdemo1186]

Oh man I do enjoy "feeding" rats .😂😂 Drains have a great flow in them, great job kneeling them tidy. 👍🏼

[@KnackeredFarmers]

Andrew, re Tow n Fert. Fantastic machines but if it just for urea you can achieve the same with a mixing tank, petrol pump and an ordinary sprayer. My set up cost a 1/4 of the Tow and Fert. I have taken off the booms and just have 3 nozzles which spread at 15m. Be careful with scorch. Spread/spray on cool dull days or dusk.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thats handy! and a massive saving, we do have that little tow behind sprayer so maybe I should try that first, the tanks not that big though

[@matthewobrien8318]

A couple of 1000ltr pods and pump and nozzle

[@kevinsheehan4565]

Would like to more about the tow and fert

[@stevenedwards2362]

We went to the Fieldays yesterday and it was good day

[@jamescarmody1710]

U should try catch a few rats and but them in a big barrel that they can’t get out and let them starve and they will eat each other until one survives then that rat will only eat flesh and will get rid of the other rats

[@alijonveitch1962]

is that a solway recycling plastic bin and liner i see beside the calf feeder right at the end of the video?..

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Plasbak, But maybe the same concept? I need to do a video on it some time soon

[@teresawalsh4114]

Andrew you should get them fellows to give you lease on that sprayer for one year here I have herd about it in Ireland wold love to see how it works and if you are happy with it all farmers might have to go down that route 👍

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Thats interesting! I'm not sure if they would do that here

[@smalloscar1]

Hi Andrew , thanks for a great video You mentioned the chooks , how are they ? Have you moved them ,? Laying already? Neil

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yes Dad moved them up to his place a little while ago and they started laying about a month ago, little eggs but theyre still nice all the same

[@smalloscar1]

Thx Andrew for that update ☺️

[@russellmurphy3678]

Tow and Fert have a good reputation. Made by Metalform in Dannevirke, that grew out of the older Easton Engineering. (they built bridge girders & other things) You should contact them for a sponsorship, they are a great company, with a very long history.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Haha sponsorship would be nice, and seem like a good company, good well built product

[@paulfinnan1984]

Get a few stray cats and feed them and ull never see a rat again. 🐀 keep up the good work and good luck wit the calving. Watching from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

We have a couple but theyre probable to well fed haha

[@Iisak1000]

Urea should of gone down as fast as it went up! I have refused to pay for it at such high prices, ballance were making over $500 a ton for the last couple months. Such a sham

[@ronaldlucas5360]

Getting your cattle moving to the location you want just takes time. Good to get the drains cleaned out. You said that you were in Hobart Oklahoma. What were you doing there?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yes I was, I was harvesting wheat. I worked for beckley harvesting out of Colby KS and Hobart was our first job 👍

[@caveweta]

Did you get to Fielddays this year? A video on innovation in the dairy industry would be great to watch.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yeah I did, but to be honest I didn’t actually get to look at the innovation side, all though I do have something in the works

[@NikauThrupp-w4c]

Hey Andrew how you😊

[@FarmerCJA]

Could look at a Walco Allspray 1200, more basic than the Tow and Fert but similar concept.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Probably a fair bit cheaper too

[@cameronwratt8219]

Had been looking at tow&fert but price scared us away. Ended up with a cyclone sprayer from chaos springs in waihi, few bells and whisltes missing compared to tow&fert but goes well. And 1/3 the tow and fert price.

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

Yeah they do seem pricey but also look well built but if you can find something that does the same job for cheaper that's definitely a win

[@MarkDonnelly-j9v]

Hi i like your video

[@jakekiddall5108]

Wood chips for those tracks mate, cows walk faster get on grass quicker make more milk.

[@cameronrolston6099]

Is this a Thing? We have a national problem with Forrestary slash it could be chipped up for tracks

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

I'm not to sure if it would work very well, I think they would all get washed away and end up in the drains which wouldnt be good. In places they wouldn't though

[@jakekiddall5108]

@@cameronrolston6099 yes used in oz a bit now, preserves the tracks and cows walk faster as they know they wont slip.

[@jakekiddall5108]

@@TheOnceADayFarmer be surprised once they travel over them a few times, need coarse chips.

[@carolcurtis2220]

I can’t believe you didn’t wear gloves when setting up the bait😩

[@RoshanMista]

Sir I want to work Dairy farm in New Zealand

[@HenryNailer]

How many hp does the new holland have

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

I think it’s about 115

[@HenryNailer]

@@TheOnceADayFarmer oh has more than I thought should run the multi 1200 fairly well

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

@@HenryNailer Right on the limit, I think they say the 1200 need a min of 115 HP

[@willyfindlay4398]

Good luck with the war against the Rats.

[@lancewiggins2064]

Rat bait will help kill them rsts

[@CareFactor00]

Did you sell the T6030 you brought a while back?

[@TheOnceADayFarmer]

No just find it easier to use the little tractor for jobs like this, the loader controls are friendlier and easier to jump on and off of