Visiting a 60 Stall Rotary Milking Parlor

[@rohrerdairyproductions4080]

That dairy looks very familiar. Thanks for visiting.

[@10thgenerationdairyman]

Very impressive operation, thanks for having us.

[@adamwynn8920]

Haha

[@budgetracing3425]

Thought that looked like your facility, what a contrast from your dairy to Eric's. Love both channels!

[@gdhone2371]

I knew for sure as soon as I saw the holding area and crowd gate. Someday maybe a KZbin open house. 🤔

[@carolynrose753]

The big herds in NZ have rotary sheds anything up to 80 bales. The rotary shed was developed in NZ. Most of the add ons used in these sheds were designed and developed in NZ. We have open yards here as the climate is more even and the bulk of herds are seasonal meaning the whole herd is dried off May and calving mid July/ August. Herds are mostly paddock grazed although there has been a swing to herd homes (covered) and feed pads ( uncovered). Calves are generally raised in batches and spend a relatively short time in sheds before going in to a paddock situation before weaning. A reasonable number of young stock go to grazers until just before calving. These females are usually mated by bulls run with them for a couple of months. Milking cows are mated with AI and run with bull to finish off mating.

[@farmfreshfinds-j4s]

The feeding process at 05:05 is so well organized! This is a great example of sustainable farming

[@sunroofracing]

Excellent video Eric! Appreciate the tour. Nice to see the 5th cut completed. Fortunate to get the burnt stuff behind you without any major problems. Very interesting to hear your thoughts on genetics/breeding. Glad you're getting some good prices for the calves. Thanks for the video!

[@carriebrumley8926]

Awesome road trip! Love to see the cows on the carousel

[@r.scotthill3082]

I am a loyal viewer of the Rohrer channel. Would have been nice if you could have had an interview with Ashlyn. They have also left alfalfa production for the greater volume of double cropping. As a dairyman who worked hard to grow alfalfa as the cheapest protein forage it's difficult to think of milking cows without it.

[@brucemanley7593]

That's a lot of cows! Wow! Thanks for taking us along for a peak.❤(Robin)

[@asquithmainlines699]

Keep your head and hooves inside at all times! As soon as you showed that farm I recognized it as Rohrer Dairy Productions. Ashlyn has a great personality which really makes his channel fun to watch.

[@ohPokey]

Eric I love that music selection and your drone work 😊. And thanks for the tour!

[@danfinley3690]

As always great footage and what a Parlor setup thanks for taking us along. Awesome footage and music god bless y’all

[@mawmaw9156]

I’ve watched a couple of Companies using this and it seems to be very useful and sufficient. A very nice setup but I don’t think the price of all that was mentioned. The place y’all were visiting looks like a great change. But I’m an old mawmaw and I find changes these days just makes me feel like sometimes old school is better. I suppose it all comes down to how helpful that can be especially with changing would small farmers benefit from an expensive change over from what y’all have and their way of that whole process. Thank y’all for sharing all the things and I PRAY GODS BLESSINGS FOR ALL OF Y’ALL 👍👍🙏🙏🇺🇸

[@rnewell3265]

Your farm is beautiful and clean ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@AhTechus]

It's great to learn from you, looking forward to your further development

[@davidbishop4015]

Wow Eric that's a lot of cows, feed and fields. Truly amazing production with that carousel. Thanks for a great video. Stay safe.

[@rearlt]

Eric, always love seeing drone footage that shows the amazing views around the farm.

[@phyllishalley8972]

That farm u visited is huge!!!! Ty for sharing.. ❤🙏

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Back in the 1960's when I grew up. most dairy farmers had Holstien cows with a few Gurnsey or Jersey cows to increase the milk fat content. That seems to have gone away these days. Also I wish you would consider allowing us to see the milk truck pickup process. You know the transfer of the milk from your holding tank to milk hauler. Thankyou.

[@CK-yi6pc]

Thanks for the tour super cool 😎,,,,,that sorting gate would save tons of work and time.

[@MorganOtt-ne1qj]

Great video! I was following RDP before I found your channel. I love them both. Everyone does the same job, but in different ways. And nobody does it wrong. What works best is the best way to work. 👍👍Stick with the Holsteins, they are milk trucks on legs!

[@Larsen307]

I used to work on the dutch cowboy dairy with a very similar setup. Had the same moving gate. Had the same rotary. But the floors had a flood system

[@dougdiplacido2406]

Thanks for the visit to the rotary milking parlor. Looks interesting. Great video and thanks till next time.

[@franciscosandiego3026]

Stay safe brother from the imperial county California 👍👍🇺🇲

[@dhenschel4]

Rohrer has grown into quite an operation - didn't they have the Claas harvester on display? Also, thanks for the discussion on the cross bred holstein / montbeliarde cows, one cow is a little quick to prove it is typical of the cow. Keep your eye out for other cross bred cows and their production. Good luck!

[@verdagarner5112]

Love the music very neat video, cutting corn next to my hose today, that means the snow geese will be here. Watching from western Idaho. ❤

[@joshuabarton1207]

Believed your farm started in Canada but now u Are in penn.😮

[@steveneal2706]

Eric, you make some really great videos. Thank you and your family for all that you do buddy

[@davidkimmel4216]

Thank you for taking the time to share this with us

[@glennluciano8787]

This is just one of the reasons I donate to St Judes every month! So sorry for your loss.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Very interesting with the rotary milking parlor, I had seen those before with other videos, quite the technology. Changing from the alfalfa to other crops is going to be different for you, but if your like me I like change, makes things interesting. Enjoyed watching, I hope you have a good week!

[@jwiereng]

If you're like me you can spell your vs you're

[@Dan-qy1rg]

I know the difference. You're is you are and your is a person's possession. You may be a person that is only wanting to help, but it can be otherwise. Either way you're (did I get it right?) the second one to do this. By the way I also sometimes forget to put an "r" at the end of your, when I am in a hurry.

[@jwiereng]

@@Dan-qy1rg yep - should be able to edit your post. Click on the three dots on the side.

[@randalkeener1]

Congratulations on 425k !

[@johnlebzelter4208]

I’m a follower of Rohrer Dairy and you did a great filming there at their open house. I couldn’t attend due to work. Great job!!

[@st4183]

Eric, thanks for the road trip. 👍

[@wendymoney2043]

What a fabulous farm. The most srupulosly clean I've ever seen. And... the 🐄🐄 look like they've just stepped out the shower! Here in the UK I watch the Hoof Trimmers. 🙈 Some of the Dairy Farms here, are absolutely filthy! 😢

[@ileenmcminn2062]

Nice clean dairy like yours, their rotary looked like it needed a catch pan behind the cows like your parlor has.

[@charleslynch7274]

Thanks for bringing us along love your videos

[@Well_I_am_just_saying]

Time for a road trip!

[@thereissomecoolstuff]

Eric did you ever do a biography on you? When did you start helping on the farm and why you love it. The American dairy farmer is one of the top 5 toughest jobs in the country.

[@jcurtis4082]

It's great to watch your editing as it evolves. All good.

[@46rambo49]

we quit feeding alfalfa and went to all grass for our beef and bison market, big difference, less problems, the horses are the same way

[@canvids1]

Thanks again for another very interesting video. All the best to all.

[@richardmason2918]

You make some great videos, with with top-notch explanations on how you farm. If you don't mind me asking, what did you replace your alfalfa with for feeding your milking herd? I'm always looking for ways to improve the farm. Maybe you already covered that in a previous video though. Thanks and keep up the good work 👍.

[@Travis_Rivers]

Very nice facility , we got a few in Addison county , Vermont with the largest milking I think close to 3000 head

[@LoganLong6620]

I’d be curious to hear more about the triticale in your feed ration.

[@loganrenninger4261]

I was actually at rohrer dairy a few months ago for a pdmp meeting was a very nice dairy.

[@rosemarymurphy5767]

Hello Eric. Haven’t seen hardly any of your videos ? I like watching your videos their is some great footage’s that our interesting. Holstein cattle for big dairy farmer’s milker’s the best. Unless your all Jersey cattle.

[@drcdrdoct9864]

We had a Rotary milking dairy down here East of Atlanta. I was looking them up to see how many slots it had only to see they ripped all that out after 13 yrs and now are using robots.

[@cashking8056]

loving the content sir, keep up the hard work!!

[@johnschmidlin5175]

Holsteins the best!! Grüsse aus der Schweiz.

[@31worm31]

Great video editing. Appreciate the time you spend on it. My 11 and 12 yr olds love it too.

[@CMDSR]

Always nice to visit other farms to see how they do things.

[@casperblount9084]

11:23 what is 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th cutting? I'm new here, but I play a buttload of Farming Simulator 22 and that's what's driving me to love farming so much. Been thinking about driving out to a farm and seeking a job. Awesome videos tho man, keep them coming!

[@jasonvogel211]

Great video again. Wonder how the total costs/cow work out on that dairy compared to yours. Lots of other things to consider too. Another issue is the labor part..and availability..and just how many things you would want to manage if you were to engage in a change like that. I personally like the size that you are, but everyone's different. In switching off alfalfa, another item that you've probably already considered is dry years. You've undoubtedly got a plan. You & your dad keep up the good work!

[@richardlaurent7229]

That circular milk room look cool wonder how well they stand up to use.

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Went over and subbed to his channel. Excellent videos.

[@nathandukelow1863]

Havent tried montbelarde, nothing beats the black or red Holstein. Like our lineback and normande crossbreds though only got 10 total but a fresh lineback heifer of ours is milking 90 in the robots

[@bigdcarmichael]

Always good to look forward. Great video as usual.

[@frankg5466]

Rohrer has a good channel

[@paulkendle]

when harvesting. why is the crop planted with so many curves? and are the rows programmed by GPS? It seems difficult to maximize the space for planting. truck driver from minnesota.

[@Old-bold-pilot]

Very interesting, thanks. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@dansfarmingandfishingadven2835]

I'm already sub to ashly watch the videos about building the milking 🐄 Parlor

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Great video as always. Is there an advantage to.having curved rows versus straight?

[@gdhone2371]

Great video Eric, didn't know SmartASH! and ToeKnee! were so close. Glad to see you got the hay fire conundrum cleared up. Thanks for the video and take care.

[@kontrastelevision9305]

7:20 isnt that pretty bad for the groundwater? it just sinks into the ground, right?

[@scottgarber7363]

So my question is, when are you installing your new rotisserie milking parlor? Lol

[@willholliday3537]

Cook that beef up real good.

[@coryfritz295]

Love the 717 Dairy farms!! 💪🏻💪🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@garybeamesderfer2510]

Looks like Rohrer’s Dairy Farm

[@svfproductions9520]

Oh yeah it is SmartAsh Ashlyn Rohrer / ToeKnee Tony Rohrer

[@montyklaus7223]

If it’s haylage why isn’t it cornlage, or Triticalage?

[@thr8061]

So you visted "SmartASH" & "ToeKnee" Rohrer? I've been watching / subscribed their channel for a while now.

[@Jacksonsfarmvideos2350]

U guys should try jerseys in stead of the beef cow cross

[@steffenjakobsen9242]

Norwegian Red is a great cow🐄🐄🐄

[@_Merica_USA]

Another Great Video 👍 Great content, keep up the great work!

[@ANNE-kz6qc]

For us nondairymen, when/how do you decide to replace your milking herd? Do you try out all of your new heifers once? more than once? then compare with current milkers to see which to keep?

[@MellowYe77ow]

They test all the cows in their active milk herd every month. Piet van Bedaf has a vide explaining why many dairy farms would sell a cow from their herd in vlog 93. A Dairy on the Prairie also has a video: "Why We Cull Cows"

[@Zeke-yv3nw]

Cool adventure! Man, yall have fed alot out silage out of that bunk yall just started feeding out of.

[@dennismaley4232]

I like Ashley and Tony’s channel.

[@stevebiddle8912]

Really good video. How many acres does the Rohr Dairy farm??

[@10thgenerationdairyman]

Thanks I think around 1400 acres

[@danfinley3690]

Wow! amazing the technique that is out there yea lots of cows

[@Token_Civilian]

Any methods you observed at that other farm that you may incorporate into your operations? Great vid as always.

[@michaelc.3812]

Eric, I’d like to ask you and your partner (pop) about future plans, if you wouldn’t mind. Do you have aspirations of expanding your herd as you continue to expand your barns and everything needed to grow? Most of your viewers have a minimal understanding of what it truly takes to run a dairy farm, and to actually grow the business means more of everything including local land for farming, more water and power for operations, more people to help, and the list is long (I’m just an engineer, so I can only guess what you are up against). It just seems that you have a better opportunity to grow with your KZbin in one helping to pay the bills. All my best, and God bless your family. Engineer Mike.

[@txsviking]

I can't imagine what their bulk milk storage must be. Nice place.

[@svfproductions9520]

Their milk goes directly from the Rotary parlour onto the Trucks then to the factory Ashlyn has a video that shows it as well on his channel

[@hicktownpa1233]

what about jersey cows arnt they high in cream ?

[@bruce02]

Wow that middle bunk is allready half empty

[@ascott741]

I'd be interested to hear about how your fertility management strategy changes as you move away from alfalfa. Personally, it's hard to believe how many have moved away from it entirely. As a crop, it has a lot of benefits and certainly high protein production per acre, but with cheaper sources of protein readily available to supplement a corn and grass based diet, I can see the appeal. I would be interested to know how much the benefits to the soil through nitrogen fixation and deep, perennial root systems played a part in making this decision, or if Milk/Cow is the main metric for this kind of decision.

[@nocodeelectronics3491]

Love your videos. Question for you out of curiosity, why don't you run straight line fields instead of the curved?

[@murielmartin6533]

I hope they have put safety on the rotary so that if the power goes out or there is a fire they can get the cows off

[@daveklein2826]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Dairy farms have generators. They cows MUST continue to milk or they can get very sick very fast and perish.

[@jamesbreault5762]

Interesting video Eric

[@William_wayne84]

I believe the saskdutchkid visited the same farm. I love good old colabs

[@MellowYe77ow]

Jan's never been to that farm. Most of the farms that he has toured are on the west coast.

[@svfproductions9520]

@@MellowYe77ow Ashlyn has a youtube channel and @saskdutchkid doesn't have to visit every dairy farm in the USA

[@ryanciest359]

Do you believe you still need to contour farm considering you have crops planted year round and you are no till?

[@anilkumarhv4842]

I hv seen ur all video

[@stuartsplace100]

Wow,you have used quite a bit of silage out of your middle bunk

[@DickAnderson-k9y]

I’ve seen in a couple videos that you wear a Michigan State sweatshirt. Did you go to State ?

[@Farmerzeb1618]

How are you on 5th cutting?? We're lucky to have a 4th cutting here in Minnesota

[@10thgenerationdairyman]

Southern PA is definitely a different climate than you are dealing with.

[@Farmerzeb1618]

@10thgenerationdairyman61 ahh! Gactha! Sorry I haven't watched your channel much but would like to

[@1ponsford]

I've never thought of myself as being afraid of heights, however, if I was standing on top of your silo, I think I might be a little uneasy.

[@billcampbell2943]

U would have to build a new barn for a rotary parlor

[@chickenfist1554]

If I worked with my Dad I'm sure I'd spend a lot of time coming up with ways to wind him up hahah

[@geraldkarl642]

Wonderful video, lots to see, thanks for sharin'

[@maddskillz1453]

Hey Eric, will you ever do another Q and A?

[@snipergod195]

i love the music what is it called?

[@MellowYe77ow]

Nat Keefe with The Bow Ties - Lost Native

[@tomnutting5014]

I used to watch you all the time. I now look forward to Cole the Cornstar. He is more entertaining. He includes his wife, son, family, trips, etc.

[@10thgenerationdairyman]

If you are looking for entertainment I think he's got me beat but that's ok.

[@stuartsplace100]

Amazing looking parlor

[@MichaelBrown-qn9hi]

You and your Father are Dairy Farmers. Your livestock is very content. Remember, HAPPY COWS produce more MILK.

[@BlazeDuskdreamer]

Beautiufl sunrise indeed.