TIPPING MILK DOWN THE DRAIN

[@limekilnfarm9657]

I wonder how many other farms missed their collection that day. Must be sole destroying watching 2 days work run down the drain. Thanks for again showing the reality of these situations. Chin up mate!

[@james1c763]

Not only a nightmare Richard, it must be bloody heartbreaking

[@byamrcn]

Glad you're getting compensated for it at least. I do appreciate seeing the glitches and problems that happen, it's all part of your story.

[@philyew3617]

Not only a nightmare Richard, it must be bloody heartbreaking. The compensation will take the sting out of it but it's so sad to see all that produce and hard work lost. It happens rarely but it's never easy to watch.

[@irvenrathburn9421]

Harry is a good boy and very helpful he is getting tall likes to help dad.

[@sweed58]

I've been in this position, I feel your pain, we had a big snow for a week in 1996

[@bobjameson2531]

In the winter of 1963 our milk churns could not be picked up, nothing could get down any roads. We had a four wheel drive x army lorry and with tractor and loader managed to dig our way to the dairy.

[@jimmybroom]

It’s awful that you have had to do this Richard. It’s a shame there isn’t a fall back for situations like this.

[@ianhaggart1438]

Thanks for sharing the tough times. Which in farming can be most days for some. Stay safe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@deadymonkgaming9652]

Sorry to hear that but this was a good video to show how things can go wrong on the farm

[@wilmidwales1287]

Never a good day when you have to pull the plug and stand back and watch all that hard work go down the drain Wil mid Wales

[@nickaf5262]

Love watching you’re videos there so upbeat and with all this doom and gloom in the world it really cheers me up just watching you’re videos 👍

[@kevinevans7236]

Remember having to do this in 2010... when we had bad weather due to snow and frost. We cleared are lane but the county roads were impassable. 3 full tanks in a month, when you think we are 4 1/2 hrs a time milking its soul destroying😕. We too were compensated but if i remember correctly they went off like our yearly average. Our milk volume however in December is higher than average because we do most of our calving then, so we lost out quite a bit.

[@johnlea4779]

That has got to be soul destroying for you Richard. All the hard work you have done just to let it go down the drain. Thanks for showing this video of the problems you have to deal with on the farm.

[@patrickgroenewegen]

I’ve had to do this a few times over the years, bad weather is usually the cause. In 1998 we had an ice storm we were without power for 16 days, we were sharing a generator with several other farms so we could all take turns using a generator to milk the cows. Trees and powerlines down all over, I think we dumped milk for the first week, then the trucks started being able to get around and pick it up again. Fun times!

[@nancysmith-baker1813]

Thank you for showing all the reality of this . I am so sorry for you all and us . I work in a grocery store and we have waste food all the time . I just learn not look at it .

[@markshropshire5995]

I remember around 1970 in New Jersey USA the farm I hung around on dumped it into the paddock. This was a strike to stop the abuse of control of price fixing of milk.

[@patrickcormack7637]

Here in Ireland milk is being picked up every 3 days from October to March and every 2 days form March to October. The latest i milked at night was 10 to 10.30 in jan feb one year. We where putting in a new milking machine that year and bulk tank later on

[@waynecompton7612]

Good morning Richard, thank you for the video, I work at Cadburys and when they have problems the waste milk goes for pig feed !! Would it not pay to perhaps investigate this route in case a future problem did occur? I know it's all about time etc and it may not be worth the hassle. Thank you for the video and take care stay safe 👍😎🇬🇧.

[@bradley2427]

Probaly not aloud as he's being consempated for it

[@nickaf5262]

I had to do that when I milked a cow into the tank that had antibiotics

[@Benzos6149]

The cows sound about 5 minutes away from drinking each others’ milk - they don’t like full udders. There’ll be a Xmas cow-conga soon, all attached udder to mouth - but no singing. Cold milk on one stomach is bad enough, but 4? Ahhh listen to them, poor girls. The monster from the Milk Lagoon…. Urghhh, winter; I hated winters, fencing, welding, hitting frozen fingers on sheet steel,… still do anything to go back though, the early 80’s were a very happy time. Hazard will love milk from the cow when he discovers caffeine, and girls. Crack on Richard, 😉👍

[@t395delta]

glad to hear you dont lose any money, but that sucks to have to dump it.

[@stu.smith79]

What a bloody nightmare. I know some one who was told to dump his milk tank due to the supermarket having there quote for the day and didn’t want it due so his condition on his contract he couldn’t sell to anyone else and if he was found to have sold it to someone they would cancel his contract

[@jamesrees2846]

Sorry to see that happen, but on a + you and your brother are great farmers and always show the ups and downs of farming, keep going rich 👍

[@alicegamble6145]

Sorry this is happened. Farming has its ups & downs that people don't realize. Hope the rest of the month is better for you.

[@neilwilkinson78]

Richard sorry for all the hard work that you have put in and how long did it take for the tank to empty and how does the milk go in to the lagoon please as I am very interested as I don't come from a farming background

[@brendanwhite9799]

Sad to see milk being dumped . In Ireland its 3 day collection and 4 days in december and Jan don't under stand when it is cooled to 3.5 and kept at that why they say dump it

[@johnspibey783]

Well done dairy industry for letting down our hard working dairy farmers again!

[@helenholmes3018]

Yes I have seen it I have done it and there is nothing worse than watch your hard work go down the drain I know how you feel

[@sandymcghee3328]

Richard sorry to hear you had to but the milk down the drain that is a lot of work Richard hope the people no what farmer do all the hard work

[@howarddustan]

Hi FUNKY FARMER I no how you are feeling and it is gut - wrenching to lose all that work

[@sil8515]

Sad to see how hard the work is rewarded these days

[@keithwheeler8875]

That sucks at least your getting compensated, When milk quotas came in back in the 80s/90s I had spent 3 years as a herdsman building the herd up to produce more milk and we couldn't get any more quota so had to start pulling the plug, That was sole destroying and that combined with major foot surgery led to my decision to leave farming altogether Luckily we had a tractor generator for power cuts that others have mentioned but think we did have collection issues occasionally due to snow

[@rodneyswales6538]

I was wondering why you had to dump it all. Here in the US when I was milking to dump just enough to get the next milking in. My last milk tank held 9000 lbs. So if my next milking was 4500 lb that's what I could drain off the bottom of the tank. We had to let the tank stir so we weren't just dumping low-fat milk. Some reason the creamery got suspicious when are butter fat test would go from 4.2 to 5.5 and then drop back down to 4.2.. we were lucky, from 1979 to 2008 we had the same family haul our milk. And We never dumped milk because of hauler problems or weather . Unfortunately drug residue problems but not haul caused problems

[@ianhoward1651]

Seen that happen many times it's very frustrating when it happens.

[@markryan6578]

Prior to you having the lagoon, where would the milk have drained to?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

we pumped it into tge muck spreader and put it straight on the land

[@lordofhowell7158]

Such a shame! But will do the ground some good! I had to spread milk once. Smell was unreal mixed in the slurry 😂 Best of luck for the future 💪🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@glenkoopman7347]

Hi I am just wondering if you can sell or give this milk to a calf rearer or someone? I know here in New Zealand it is very common if you have to dump milk for what ever reason there is always someone you can ring to pick it up especially if it is excess colostrum /calf milk

[@jasonmushersee]

february 1995 had to dump 6200 gallons milk hauler could'nt get here roads blocked by snow for days co-op insurance covers 1 tank loss per/yr i put a galvanized stock tank in skidloader bucket dumped those in nearby corn field seemed like it took forever did'nt want to send it down the drain would wreck septic tank/drain field forever. year before that same situation but i had opened 1 1/2 mile county road with tractor/snowblower county public works supervisor called me gave me hell told me never do it again or get fined. TODAY & every weekday school bus turns around in my driveway sometimes comes up my 1/4 mile driveway turns around in my yard around 6:30-6:45am so its up early for me plow/de-ice driveway so other peoples kids don't get late for school. the things farmers go through

[@MrShanbla]

What dairy do you supply Richard? Here in Ireland where majority of milk goes to consumer foods rather than liquid milk, we'd usually process milk up to 4 days old as we can handle the extra bacteria load through processing technologies

[@thefunkyfarmer]

we sell to Muller

[@Peterharte73]

That's ridiculous have they no backup vehicles. Do you get the full price back or down cash

[@martinoneill1644]

Our milk collection is 3 or 4 days this time of year. What can you do. I find a head torch much better then a flashlight around the farm, free up those hands.

[@MrDbone75]

Good Friday morning to you sir and your family

[@johnking6475]

Sorry richard i can only imagine how frustrating it is for you. Hopefully things will get better and this will be will the last tllime that you have to pour milk down the drain

[@johnsheahan7914]

Great video as always sorry to hear about what happened richard

[@lylegreen9053]

I've been in the same situation many times in years gone by and it always seems such a waste of time, effort, money and good food. Chin up.

[@royjacques5650]

Do you drink it from the tank when i was a kid my best mate lived on a dairy farm and we used help milk after school and get free milk when it was still warm and creamy lovely better than what you buy in the shops, roy, quenington.

[@elizabethmaybrown6715]

Good morning, it's so sad when this has to happen, can you legally source a back up outlet for the milk such as a cheese dairy or are you tied into a contract? When we had the blizzards in 1978 and the tanker couldn't get through my Dad's boss sold it to a local cheese dairy and we borrowed a trailered tank to deliver it behind a tractor, I still have a photo of the snow drift the tractor driver went over just to get out from the farm😳 we had power cuts that year too

[@wrn4171]

Not shush a bad ider

[@criss0077]

How many cows do you milk each milking ?

[@markh5433]

So so sad to see that!!!! Just one question? Where would of all the milk gone prior to the lagoon being their? I hope the Company involved are quick to compensate you.

[@thefunkyfarmer]

we have an electric pump that screws onto the tank outlet. yiu can then pump it into the myck spreder then spread it on the land. Much too toxic to allow down a drain. Not a lot of people realise that problem with milk

[@kevinmanley2498]

@@thefunkyfarmer TOXIC is the wrong word. It’s actually a “pollutant” in a water course. Milk is never TOXIC as it’s a 100% natural product but should never be allowed to enter a water course.

[@margarethill1071]

Feel for you,

[@seamusdunne7129]

That’s a shame Richard we go on a three day here in Ireland for the winter no problem. Would you not of saved some for the calves you can store it with a preservative

[@adkeesom926]

This is horror for a farmer, here in Holland we store the milk 3 days

[@Dextamartijn]

It definitely sucks do you ever have to dump for over producing. The farmers do here in Alberta. How many liters doe the tank hold?

[@richardl7161]

It must be difficult for the cows having to wait so long to be milked. I suspect it will affect tomorrow's milk too!

[@nickaf5262]

4 milkings in that tank that doesn’t seem a lot of milk how many cows is that off

[@rogerprout5574]

Been there, done that. An awful feeling.

[@lewiscartwright3609]

Hi Richard please could do a video on the Little dog Also I was wondering what the dogs name is?

[@etxgoff]

A sorry sight

[@dmfor9001]

To me looks like ice and butter balls. Is cooler working properly. Slow cooling means too much agitation and makes butter.

[@tucobenedicto109]

Years ago there was a bad batch of ice cream from Ben and Jerry's. Now I realize this is process milk. But since the Inter Vale compost company wasn't far they tricked it over there and the temp in the compost went straight up with the sugars and the bacteria! Don't know if that's legal over there.

[@charleslynch7274]

What a nightmare one positive ur not loosing money I know a farm that had to dump their milk for 2 weeks straight due to covid

[@landyboy88]

Sorry this has happened to you Richard it’s soul destroying.

[@horseo5111]

I hate it when this happens 😡 you need to get one of those dispensers sell it yourself I’d make the drive down for raw milk

[@neilwilkinson78]

How long does it take to empty when the tanker emptys the tank of milk

[@andrewgriffiths2789]

Was it just your farm that was affected or were other farms affected too?

[@richardbath3645]

Sorry to see this what time did you finish

[@samuelrobinson9012]

Not to worry, there's no money in milk, as a lot like to claim.!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thefunkyfarmer]

theres no money in any business if you don't know how to manage it properly

[@johngregory8576]

Understandable that each stage in the supply chain has a time limit but I hate food waste and it must feel even worse when it's been the fruit of days of you own labours. Just another example of how critical our transport infrastructure is.

[@clydemarkham7915]

So sorry this has happened.

[@MrLaking123]

what a waste of milk good that you got compensated for it

[@steunenberg]

You will receive compensation

[@andrewellison1203]

That must be absolutely soul destroying

[@RG-mk3ds]

Had to do the same today 6200 litres down the drain such a terrible demoralising waste

[@thefunkyfarmer]

😪

[@chrisccraw]

sad times :-(

[@Neilukuk]

How much is that milk worth? Just checked and I worked it out to be around £576?

[@thefunkyfarmer]

yes about right

[@AlleyCat-1]

How long does it take to clean out the holding tank after you've drained it out? That's definitely a mess to clean up on the outside. Such a loss. 🙁

[@harezy]

How many other farmers had to do the same in that collection area?. Seen a full tank get emptied but that was due to a cow that should not have been milked get milked and contaminated the rest. Need to learn how to make cheese Funky cheddar or see if any locals wanted it for cheese lol.

[@Dermot501]

It's a shame after you putting so much work into producing a quality product for this to happen,hopefully you won't have to go through that stress again.Keep up the good work.Crack on.👍

[@paddygoesracing]

That sucks what a waste . I have a question do buy milk from a shop or get it from the tank . Sorry to c this

[@thefunkyfarmer]

yep i get it from the tamk. Gorgeous stuff

[@paddygoesracing]

@@thefunkyfarmer sweet . My uncle and auntie use to do the same . I bet it is

[@denzelwashingtonhavingavie1861]

Interesting info on how milk effects wildlife. I never new that milk was extremely toxic to aquatic life. Sorry for the loss of your milk mate. Im a tanker driver myself and its fustrating for both sides mate. Even worse when the company your useing don't communicate

[@oldfarmer4700]

Yeah it will take a least a couple days for the cows stress to get back to normal too. I’ve seen tons and tons of milk dumped. Back in the 60’s and early 70’s when the so called NFO talked dairy farmer to dump it trying to get a higher price. We never agreed in wasting a product and our hard work to something so stupid, and we never did dump milk or was a member of the organization. Had a neighbor that would jump thru his butt every time the NFO would say something dumb.

[@BC-vg3zf]

Know the feeling , bloody frustrating as you produce a product and x happens.

[@bobuncle8704]

Wasn’t aware of milk having that affect. Cornock’s education corner. Maybe make a new segment of these educational bits 🤔

[@martinhandley8753]

Wow what a waste Richard, I feel for you mate, bloody good job there paying you for the loss isn't it?? All the best to you and your family. Martin

[@nickfoster9526]

Sorry to hear about your bad news could you turn it in to ice cream and sell it

[@stewthorne]

we were lucky with this some years ago we gave the pigs most of it and the neighbor ca me a took the rest for his pigs

[@asthenewt]

That sucks, it must be soul destroying for your hard work, time that went into 4 milking sessions. Q. do you not have a pipe to attach to the tank that would empty into the yard drain ? to save the mess in the parlour and yard? all the best to you.

[@RealLimerickman]

If this was a regular occurrence, then yes, not because this is rare and the water flow goes to the lagoon, it is not an issue. Milk cleans up well from the yard after a day or two. Farmers only buy what is necessary, not things for just in case.

[@bgoody7500]

Seeing you have to dump all that milk stinks. I milk cows myself and its such a waste and I always find it annoying how long it takes reps to get back to you. Keep up the good work!👍

[@davie2606]

Look at all that white liquid gold going to waste.

[@Martin-xo2le]

i can imagine how bad it is to tip your hard earnt milk down the drain:(

[@johnharry4831]

How many litres did you have to drop

[@thefunkyfarmer]

about 1800

[@richardwalsh6024]

Richard ar u all spring calving do u stop milking at all

[@Ricey1987]

Such a sad sight if you had been told earlier you could told the community and they could have it instead of it going to waste it's a crying shame

[@nicholadstoap6944]

The company might pay for the loss but will they pay for how much milk u had in the tank

[@HughzieTube]

On a plus note, the lagoon and drainage systems are working exactly how it should. Sucks you put all the labour in for what will seem like no reward.

[@kennethhalls8062]

Sad rich they could off hired a tanker lorry for you the last time I seen that happen was back in the eighties a big farm that is so destroying

[@jimr9762]

Lot of people on every other day collection. Surprised you were told to dump it so soon especially as there looked plenty of room left in tank.

[@michaeltoon607]

Soul destroying I had to throw milk away in the eighties when quotas introduced having to throw away 10 days milk because we were over quota from. 180 cows 4000 litres a day now retired Cowman seeing you throw your milk away brings back the bad memories even though I was just employed on the farm still comes keen

[@tom4412]

180 was a very large herd back in 1984. How many does that farm milk now.

[@michaeltoon607]

@@tom4412 yes a lot of hard graft cows calved from August to Christmas herd sold in nineties through BSE I was made redundant last I heard herd reformed 2010 300 plus cows now

[@tom4412]

@@michaeltoon607 Thanks for replying. Oh ok good that the herd is still running. Were you able to find another job easily.

[@michaeltoon607]

@@tom4412 As many herds disappeared in late nineties jobs with cows became scarce made redundant 3 more times,worked for nationwide contract milking company worked and moved to various parts of the country before finishing my working life (last 10 years relief milking 3 farms when people needed time off) altogether 53 years in dairyiing now 73 married for 43 years until my wife passed away 3 years ago, moved 9 times in that time at first for experience then because of redundancy all part and parcel of farming life

[@tom4412]

@@michaeltoon607 I’m sorry that your wife passed, I know how difficult that is. Currently it’s really easy to find a job in the dairy industry. Employees can walk out of a job and walk straight into another one the next day. Often with a higher wage. I milked my family’s dairy herd until 2012. They were sold as the farm needed to much reinvestment. We then went into beef cattle, the buildings weren’t up to that either. Since dispersing the herd Ive milked on 4 local dairy farms. The current one I’ve been at 22 months. The family farm is almost all let out now to a neighbouring dairy farm. I’m 39

[@PAYNEKILLER..]

That's just brutal, I don't like wasting stuff quite like Richard 😆 Hopefully they'll pay you double for aggravation

[@Morsve]

Awful waste of food and all that hard work down the drain! Such a shame but it is what it is! Keep up the hard work!