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The Big Small Farmer
Canada
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 25 ธ.ค. 2011
A big guy (6'9") on a small beef and dairy farm in Canada. Follow along as we go about our day doing what we love (most of the time😉).
Chopping 2022 corn silage
We've finally finished our corn silage video (only a few months late!)! Overall, the yields were good, although we lost acres in spring from standing water. Because that field borders a swamp, it was still wet in fall and that made it challenging for the trucks and tractors.
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2nd cut & Compost pack
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It's been awhile, so we start by showing milking. We are finishing our 2nd cut silage bales and it's going better than last time. We will also give you an update on how the compost bedding pack is working out. For more info on the wrap we demo'd from Poland, check out: aero-raldus.eu/ Facebook @richlanefarms Twitter @MbRichLaneFarms Instagram @richlanefarms
Trying to wrap and haul bales
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This year has been incredibly wet and making feed has been a huge challenge. It's been too wet to cut and the feed is getting old. No matter what we do, we are making ruts on a newly seeded field of alfalfa and that's not good... Facebook @RichLaneFarms Instagram @RichLaneFarms Twitter @MbRichLaneFarms
Seeding the millet and playing in mud
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Back at the end of June, we finally got the millet seeded and harrowed. Then we tried rolling the field of millet and alfalfa to push down the rocks. The field was still quite wet and it didn't work out great. We also update you on the Outstanding Young Farmer nomination. Facebook @richlanefarms Twitter @MbRichLaneFarms Instagram @richlanefarms
Breaking it down - We start a compost bedding pack
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Due to our harsh winter, we used WAYYYY more straw than anticipated and we have almost run out. With the drought there is really no straw out there to be bought (at least not the round bales that we need). We've been tossing around the idea of doing a compost pack in summer but were nervous about high cell counts in the high heat. Well, the situation being what it is has given us the push to ta...
Finally Spring Seeding
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We've been away from TH-cam for a bit and the reason why is revealed in the video. Spring seeding is finally underway after rains have delayed us at least a month. Glad to be back! Twitter @MbRichLaneFarms Facebook @richlanefarms Instagram @richlanefarms
Preparing the Farm for Winter
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Cows themselves seem to handle cold just fine, it's buildings and equipment that have the trouble. And in Manitoba, we see our fair share of frigid temperatures. So, now that it's cold, we have a few jobs to get everything ready for the deep freeze. Video 31 Facebook @richlanefarms Instagram @richlanefarms Twitter @MbRichLaneFarms
Weaning Beef Calves
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Winter is here, and that means it's time to wean beef calves. We already put the quiet wean nose flaps in a week ago and it is time to pull them out and separate the cows from the calves. We've used nose flaps for a few years and have really noticed a positive effect on calves health at weaning time. Follow along as we get this job checked off the to-do list! Video 30. Instagram @richlanefarms ...
Less Cows!
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The time has come for the extra cows we were milking to go on to their new home! It was a good experience, we learned a lot, but now it's time for things to go back to normal. Before loading them, we needed to do an epic sort after milking to divide our cows from theirs. A few loads, and it was all done. We know they will do great at their new barn! Video 29 Twitter @MbRichLaneFarms Instagram @...
Herd Health with the Vet
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Join us as we do our bi-monthly herd health with our local Veterinarian, Mark. To keep our cows healthy and at their best, we have an excellent team in place. Our vet is a very important part of that team. Mark does pregnancy testing using ultrasound, and checks any other animals with health issues. With the extra cows, herd health days are a bit more work as we don't have enough headgates to l...
Discing the old Oat field
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The oats have been baled and it's time to get the field ready for next year's crop. It has come a long way since being an untouched hay field back in Spring. Doing fieldwork while dodging cows is a first for us! Video 27. Twitter @MbRichLaneFarms Instagram @richlanefarms Facebook @richlanefarms
Chopping Corn Silage
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The day we've been waiting for has finally arrived! Corn silage chopping day! Come along as we take you through the whole operation. We also were lucky enough to get some drone footage of the chopper in action!! Not everything went perfectly according to plan, but we are overall happy with the result. The cows will eat well this winter. Video 26 Twitter @MbRichLaneFarms Facebook @richlanefarms ...
Preparing a new dairy cow pen, and measuring for silage piles
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We have a lot of dairy cows calving soon and they can't all fit in the barn close-up pen. So, we have to clean up the heifer pen to get it ready to hold dry cows. Manure needs to be hauled, fresh bedding put in, and cows vaccinated and sorted. In the midst of all that, we need to measure to see if the corn silage pile will fit in the feed yard. It's very full at this time of year so we hope it ...
Fall Straw Run: Stacking our Year's Supply of Straw Bales
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It's that time of year when we get our year's supply of straw delivered. Then, it needs to be unloaded and stacked somewhere on the farm. We have less space this year because of the outside straw pack, so that will be more challenging. We also pause to wrap our oats from the epic fail video. That was a surprise to actually get enough feed to bother wrapping! Video 24. Facebook @richlanefarms Tw...
Installing a water hydrant for the Calves
มุมมอง 3653 ปีที่แล้ว
Up until now, we have watered our weaned calves using homemade troughs and a garden hose. But, that was getting to be a bit of a pain as the hose always seemed to be needed at the same time as milk truck driver doing pickups. So, we bit the bullet and trenched in a water line to simplify things. Video 23 Facebook @richlanefarms Twitter @MbRichLaneFarms Instagram @richlanefarms
Wrapping Millet Bales and planning for Corn Silage
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Wrapping Millet Bales and planning for Corn Silage
Road Trip Storytelling: The farm's origin story, new entrant program and supply management
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Road Trip Storytelling: The farm's origin story, new entrant program and supply management
Mow those ditches - Brush mowing with the new skidsteer
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Mow those ditches - Brush mowing with the new skidsteer
Marshmallow hauling: getting the silage bales off the field
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Marshmallow hauling: getting the silage bales off the field
Wrapping bales with our new Anderson individual bale wrapper
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Wrapping bales with our new Anderson individual bale wrapper
Seeding Oats, Feeding Cows, & Some New Equipment
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Seeding Oats, Feeding Cows, & Some New Equipment
Dairy and Beef Farming: Random Stuff That Happens
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Dairy and Beef Farming: Random Stuff That Happens
First Time Cleaning the Outside Bedding Pack!
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First Time Cleaning the Outside Bedding Pack!
Signs of Spring: Checking Fields and Calving Cows
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Signs of Spring: Checking Fields and Calving Cows
Calving soon, time to vaccinate the beef cows
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Calving soon, time to vaccinate the beef cows
Bovine Pedicures! Dairy Cow Hoof Trimming - Video 8
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Bovine Pedicures! Dairy Cow Hoof Trimming - Video 8
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Is there any milk in millet?
Are you still happy with the RB ?
Interesting I have had a little bit of involvement with compost barns mainly V barns under a PVC roof it seems to be part of the solution, thanks for sharing
Wow! great video Sir....
Hello Sir have a nice day, i'm your new subscriber from Philippines
Hi there! Just wondering how big are the round bales please. Thanks !
G'day sir. Great video. There's nothing wrong with a little elbow grease. I like the pack idea...great footing and less liquid manure to deal with. Keep up the good work 👍.
Thanks for posting this vid. I am looking to upgrade to a RB 580. Still love it?
G'day from Quebec! I'm a small dairy farmer and just recently saw your videos. This one with your compost -bedded pack was exactly what I was looking for. Have you had any trouble finding the right kind of sawdust for your pack? Also, do you think if the straw was chopped fine enough, you would get the same great results as with the sawdust (low cell count and good composting of the pack)? Thanks and have a great day 😊!
Is it left to build up all winter.or ever month to clean it out. ..
When we used straw year-round, we cleaned out every 6-8 weeks. Now that we do a compost pack in summer, we clean out twice over the winter then start the compost pack. Great question, thanks!
@@thebigsmallfarmer1670 I’m only learning I put up a three bay shed concrete floor .loads of straw to bed yearling cattle .was keen to keep em comfortable but was unsure if cleaning out more frequently or building up is more cost effective.(with straw prices being £20 per round bale )thanks for your reply
Hi, very informative video.
I don't know much at all about dairy farming. I farm Christmas tree, pumpkins, have a degree in horticulture and own a landscape business. I do know compost though. What you're doing with the bedding pack is cool. I was just wondering if maybe using a compact tractor with a tiller would be more efficient. Less fuel, less hrs on your big expensive tractors. Tilling the pack would fluff it up more, provide more oxygen for it to break down and release more heat and steam. Just a random thought I had watching your TH-cam video on a late Saturday night. Now Subscribed.✌️
Hi Kevin, thanks for your comment! You are most likely right about using a smaller tractor regarding compaction and fuel efficiency. We are a really small farm and this is our "small" tractor. We use a skid steer for any compact work and it isn't very suited to doing the compost bedding. With such a small fleet of equipment, we can't always match the job to the equipment perfectly so we have to compromise. Great comment though! Anyone looking to do a similar pack could take your suggestion on board.
Does it need to have so many layers to accomplish the wrap? It was 100% covered in 8 rotations but continued on to make 21 full turns. Seems a bit excessive, but maybe the film is too thin and weak for protection with just the 8 turns that completely covered it?
yes, 100% coverage doesnt mean anything. you want it to be fully airtight. even after it has sagged abit. any leak will lead to mold and loss of forage quality overall. and its counted in nnumber of full layers. for a long time it was standard to run 6 layers on silage bales here in my parts of norway but last few years thats grown to 8 layers to be sure and prevent quality loss. 7 layers on our combi baler that has 2 "satelites" is 16 rounds (8 layers = 8+8 rounds and we add 1 more round to get that halfway around before it counts) note that the satelites spins around the bale and not the other way around so not 1:1 compared to this style of wrapper. and this is almost controversial but hay makers around here apply from 12 to 16layers of wrap each haybale. partly to be 100% of airleaks etc but also to make em able to survive handling multiple in logistics regarding sale and transport and to still be good 1y later. standard filmwrap thickness is 25my, atleast here but you can get down to 19my. personally i prefer 21my as this is enough in my experience and i get a few hundred meters more pr roll which equals more bales before running out. thickness has nothing to do with airleak, but a little bit with restinant vs scuffs and they can be "pre" stretched abit more too. its whatever suits your conditions and needs really. theres 2 11y old vids on my channel where you can also see it. poorly made ones ik but i was testing it out, also was doing widefilm /film on film back then too as the few first ones. th-cam.com/video/XPJ7smCzwpA/w-d-xo.html heres a video a friend of mine made when he was driving with us during silage ^^
I really like that barn setup. I would love to do something like that for my beefers. What is the dimensions of that side of the barn?
The bedding area is 35ft x165ft, the alley where they stand to eat is 15 x165. That allows roughly 120ft2 per cow
Northern Indiana
Silage packer seemed to work well.
The Kuhn Company that makes them round balers is owned by the Swiss Company BUCHER Industries in Niederweningen Switzerland, I have been to the BUCHER factory in Switzerland and got a tour there until the early 2000s they still made farm equipment in that plant. and they got a museum of almost all of there equipment they made over the 200 years the company exists. The Rotary Hay rakes that Kuhn makes and other companies was invented by Bucher same with the conditioners on the Disc mowers however the plant in Switzerland was to small for the large numbers ordered so Kuhn and Fahr where the first two companies that got the rights to make em. great video keep em comin'
Interesting! Thanks for the comment!
we had for many years the same setup with straw pack on our Dairy later it was upgraded to stalls (with natural floor and straw bedding. Cool to see other Manitobans making videos
What are the favorite holstein sires this year?
Using lots of Alcove, Fuel, Dealmaker and Alligator from Westgen
Curious if you shoved a temperature probe into the compost pack what the temperature is down in there
We didn't get around to that but it's a good idea for next year when we start the pack again!
Ideally compost breaks down at about 156° F.
Wondering what your milk times/intervals are???...
5am and 4:30pm
Great to see a new video of the farm and you guys! 😎
Great that the compost pack is working out for you! I'm sure the fans also help a lot to dry it out 👍
Just want to say that was awesome learning how to do all that. I've been away from your channel for a minute cuz I couldn't find you I lost my phone now I got a new one and I found you I had to go through and look at all the old videos so I'm up today hope everything's good in the family cows look good you look great man take care and God bless
Glad to have you back! Thanks for following along
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Wow I didn’t know you Guys were do wet! Hard times for sure! We are not wet at all out here! Be thinking of you Guys!
Ya insane about of rain this year in manitoba, keep a positive mind and hope all is well with the family.
Congratulations!
Great to see your back, best wishes for your wife and family, stay positive. Cheers
You could have saved yourself a bundle of money and have been just about as fast with a swing over milking setup. Much less maintenance expense as well. You don't need those silly brushes either.
Your'e going to have that manure worn out moving it around so much.
How many sq. ft./ cow is there in your pack?
120ft2
It shouldn't be making all that racket. Something is NOT right.
That screeching noise you hear is the plastic film. It was a very sticky brand of film and we switched to a different brand and had better luck. So nothing wrong with the machine!
Congrats Guys! You so deserve it! 👏👏👏
Congratulations from Quebec eastern township's 😎
Thanks
Congratulations 👏
Thanks
Where does the millet fit into the diet
Mainly for the young stock and the beef herd but depending on what the feed test shows it can work for the milk cows
How are u finding it for mastitis compared to straw bedding
It's been a big improvement so far. This time last year we were treating several cows each month for clinical mastitis. Since we started the compost pack almost 2 months ago I've only treated 1 cow and our SCC is 50,000 lower
th-cam.com/video/sGrM_seTQA8/w-d-xo.html
Great to see you back.wondering how the cows will like laying on warm bedding on hot days?
We shall see! It hasn't been too terribly hot yet but we are getting some higher temps this weekend and into next week.
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I can see where your cows would love that bedding! Very neat, never seen that before! 7810 Deere is a very nice tractor! Looks like you found a nice one! Great video, thanks!
How is your cell count and udder health doing? Greetings from a dutchman farming in East Germany
So far we haven't treat a single case of clinical mastitis since starting the compost pack. Cell count is averaging 115,000
Great video and glad to have you back making more. What was the reason for the change?
We are extremely low on straw because of the harsh winter. And with the drought last year, no one has rounds available so more of a necessity move.