Harvesting Alfalfa Haylage (142)

[@alfredomarotta6604]

Happy Birthday Ian. 🎉 🎂 Nice drone footage, shows how big those fields really are 👍 Hope the new plastic works out for you and glad the company sent you for trial.

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

Thank you!

[@timjorden8329]

Your barns, barnyards and piles are always neat and tidy. I love seeing that. You’re obviously on top of that, I know you must be busy with other things

[@jeremy1350]

Happy Birthday Ian. Hope it's a great day. I was wondering why the pile was in the yard and not in a bunk ? You've got many different piles spread around the farm. You're gonna pile corn silage there later on. Now I get it. it is interesting how in different areas, farms are either doing very well, or are under water from excessive rain in the last couple of weeks. You've got sunny weather and blue skies and good silage right now, that's a good sign.

[@vincentdevos8982]

It may be late but Happy Birthday Ian , hope you had a good birthday.

[@jansky7063]

I really enjoy this video

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

Thanks!

[@PedroSantos-bw2sf]

Good pile alfafa I use also barrier oxygen from SILOSTOP, good quality product.

[@tannermutah]

Lol, good old North Dakota wind, alway makes things tougher.

[@DFB-1990]

When you take a feed test to see the quality of the alfalfa do you sample it right away or let it ferment and sample closer to feeding time?

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

I'll take fresh samples when we're harvesting and our nutritionist will pull a sample again when we start feeding it.

[@tomadelsberger6101]

Could you do some videos from inside the tractor with the blade and show how it works with seat facing backwards Thank you Happy birthday Ian take a day off work if you can 😊

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

Yes, I can do that in a future video.

[@nomerc3608]

👍🏻 From NC. I know how hard this work is…

[@keithvanpolen9049]

Awesome drone footage!!Happy Birthday Ian !

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

Thank you!

[@dsvidhill3409]

Riverview dairy's has announced announced plans to build a twenty five thousand cow Dairy in trail county. Would like to know what you think of that.

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

I toured one of their 10,000 cow farms a few years ago and thought it looked well run and clean. I don't have any personal experience with them, but 25,000 cows under one roof on one location seems like a lot to me.

[@PaulWilcox-n2p]

Is this a lite crop for you or good crop

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

This was a good crop yield wise.

[@valleyviewacres9120]

been a pretty nice growing season so far up in here in Manitoba. I'm not sure exactly where in North Dakota you are but compared to last year it doesn't even same we are living in the same hemisphere. Don't want to jinx it but maybe the drought is finally over for the long term. I know my cattle can't even come close to keeping up to the grazing rotation I need four times the cattle.

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

It's definitely been a little strange getting rain every 3 or 4 days. That doesn't happen here very consistently, I'm sure it won't stay like this all summer.

[@BRPFan]

Sure nice seeing some equipment on your farm that has the right colour green paint! LOL!! 😂 Another awesome video Piet! I love seeing everything is so neat and tidy! That’s the same way I grow up on the farm as well. My Dad was very fussy!! We milked 8 cows by hand and shipped the cream to the local creamery. They would come and pick it up from the farm in this 5-8 gallon metal cream jugs.

[@skkahare8728]

Good job bro.i love watching your vedios from Africa Kenya .what the best stage to harvest alfalfa?

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

Thanks! To get the best quality you want to harvest before seeing flowers.

[@skkahare8728]

@@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047 thanks a lot for the feedback, this channel is impacting young people interested in dairy in a big way...is there any chemical herbicide to use in the in alfalfa to control weeds ?

[@boertjejanvh3696]

Ik ben benieuwd Piet. 20 cm zand over heel de kuil is garantie op succes maar onbegonnen werk voor jullie volumes. 😅

[@alowl450]

Love it. I used to do this work on a big place. Al, Mike and Freddie

[@alexgordon5698]

I love being the first view and comment

[@davidfahl9106]

May I ask how many acres you farm and do you grow all your own forages?

[@pietvanbedaf-nddairyfarmer9047]

We farm 1200 acres, we also purchase forages from neighboring farmers.