Lots of people. are unaware on dairy farms such as yours and the one i work on of the daily chores. Its a lot more than just milkin the cows. Its everything else that follows, cropping, feeding young stock, taking care of THAT sick cow or calf and O YA, that UNEXPECTED WHAT THE H, that some times GREETS US when we hit the barn, You get up and your set to milk, thn do this or that and you find when the lights come on a cow down or you start milking and something breaks!!! Your videos cover it all, day to day!!! KEEP UM COMIN!! side note as i have said before, NO MANURE SPREADER EVER BREAKS EMPTY nor does A MILKER EVER GO DOWN between the times your NOT using it!!! MILK ON!!! Kevin
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I miss milking.. been a few years. I hoping to milk this winter when my works slow down. I always tell people that farming grows on you. I always enjoy washing the parlor down at the end of milking. Thank ful for a good day milking. God bless you!
Your farm raising and military training are showing through in your training and support of your young help ! A deserved atta boy is priceless in getting the respect and loyalty that you need from your best helpers !!! Get many people stop by at milking time just to BS or to see what's new in the neighborhood ?? Thanks for the video!!
Great video kip!! Glad to see someone putting video on the web of milking cows an how it's really done an the care farmers take of their cattle!!! Dairy farmer of Wisconsin here!!
You might have an older parlor but you really get the job done and it's nice too see how well you keep a close eye on all your cows! You know them well!
New to your channel! Am a retired dairy farmer from Virginia! In lawncare now! Really enjoy your videos brings back a lot good memories! You guys have 1st class farm👍
I'm new to your channel, I have watched one video and seeing how you show care to your cows made me subscribe. Thank you for sharing you dairy farming life on youtube, it is educational and hopefully you continue to share your videos and advices to your viewers.
Nice to see local family dairy farms still hanging on! Some day I might have to tell grand kids about the smaller family owned dairy farms that was every half mile in the state not looking forward to that!!
@@KipSieglerFarming1 my son retired a little over a yr ago USAF Master Sgt 20yrs they are in derby Kansas now he working on his 2nd retirement working at the VA Proud dad I am . Be e ssfe kip 👍🇺🇸
Brought back good memories, mom and I milked every evening starting at age 9. We always knew when we were done, same cow was always last in. Thx for great video!!!
I take my hat off to you Kip for milking the 150+ cows in your parlour. 3hrs twice a day is a long time to be milking cows. Do you never think in putting a bigger parlour in? We have put in 8X8 for speed and comfort of our cows. But it works for you and you boys are happy thats all that matters. Great video Kip
Let me just say great video... We were diary farmers in the UK for 60+years,,then in 2000 switched to beef,, best thing we ever did,,, We never realised how much time we actually spent bloody milking,, crazy,, its so labor intensive,,, 5/6 hours a day,,, Really really great video. 👌👌👌
Kip , I want to thank you for making these videos , I know you have a lot on your plate already . I watch your videos with my grandson . It’s so nice for him to see where our food comes from and the hard work it takes for farmers to get it there . We really enjoy your videos .
Nice - looks like a well-oiled machine. We're beef cow/calf, currently starting our calving season. Used to be lots of family dairies around here, but only a handful left. Keep it up - my two girls drink a gallon of milk every two days.
I have to take my hat off. Dairy farmers never really gets a break. 😊 Morning and afternoon every single day. Atleast Kip you have turns on the farm. Enjoy your icecream.🍦
You do an awesome job of videos! Even us dairy farmers who do it everyday like you guys never get tired of seeing a well put together milking video Keep them coming and god bless!
Love the videos. Grew up on a dairy farm we milked 90 head of holstein. Sold the farm awhile back. Looking into starting my own dairy. Just have a flat parlor now wanna build a double 4 parrel parlor with a pit. Just a pipe dream right now. Waiting to see what happens to deans with the bankruptcy.
Thank you for all your dairy promotion and excellent dairy management! Great group of cows! Gotta love it! From a fellow dairy farmer in south east Wisconsin to you Kip! Thank you
Hey Kip, Great video! I grew up on a small family dairy in the 70s and 80s. I recognized the NuPulse milkers, and it looked to be that some of the pipeline might have been from a Surge system or maybe just the transfer line from the receiver to the bulk tank, but I'm questioning if I'm hearing a Bou-Matic vacuum pump, Bou-Matic FR-4A 7.5 HP? I grew up with DeLaval but had some neighbors that had Surge and Bou-Matic, so some vacuum pumps are very familiar. Thanks! Scott - MN
good video from start to finish! most people do not realize the work that goes on in the parlor after the milking is done, you don't just milk the cows and turn out the lights and go to the house LOL plus all the feeding and cleaning up outside early mornings and evenings. A dairy farming operation has to be on of the most demanding and exhausting part o the Farming Industry
Thank you for this video, very interesting to see farming in american way, just a little bit other wise than here in Germany ;-). Best wishes from Germany, Gerrit. :-)
Great vid Kip. You folks must have a pretty good water supply as your vid shows a dairy farm uses a lot of water per day. What kind of water supply do you have on the farm? Is the red cows Ayrshire? Thanks for taking us along and showing us a shift of milking. Cheers
Lawrence Hofer here from Dinsmore Hutterite Colony in Saskatchewan Canada Sir you got a different looking milking parlor compared to what I was milking with but were building a new dairy barn now with robot milkers
I'm thinking of either starting a dairy farm (when I'm older) , or starting a contracting business but it will be extremely difficult to buy equipment , sheds, cattle , land , feed etc, so I'll probably just ending up working on a farm , anyways your farm is awesome and I love these type of milking routine vids👍 keep it up
Can you divide the cows so the ones milked and the ones waiting to be milked have access to feed as 6 hrs + a day is a lot of time in the holding yard .
Great video, how do you see the future for your dairy farm? Will you have to milk more cows and upgrade your parlour? Are you able to make a profit at the current milk prices?
I see us staying the same, we live modestly and invest almost all the money back in to farm, that’s why we’ll make it. Starting to profit now, the milk price went up some 👍👍
Great video keep up the hard work! First time to the channel but won’t be the last, how do you get the water back out of the lines after rinsing them out?
Hey Kip, greetings from the dry Southwest. Great work = great videos, thanks. Just a suggestion....but that silo in the open montage would look better with a maze & blue top instead of the green & white. Strong work. Go Blue.
Excellent video Kip, I had my milk with hot oatmeal 4 breakfast. I know how hard farmers/ranchers work 2 make a livin', most people would FAIL miserable if they tried. Will have some cheese 4 afternoon snack. Since I am an ole newspaper (on bicycle) delivery guy, how do U accumulate that large quantity of ole news print? The cow named "Pig Pen", what is the problem, I know U have free stalls @ the dry cow/heifer lot? 👍👏😊
🇫🇷just discovered your channel last week great videos .. one question why keeping a dairy bull in the heard .. you don’t ai ? Only for empty cows ? Milking parlour.. next steep to be a lely robot for more efficiency or not at all adapted ? Keep safe and I enjoy your videos
Dairy Farming With Kip Siegler yours look really strong and a bit more conditioned than most, I’ve seen a lot of farms that have Holsteins that it just seems there cows could fall apart any day
sir I'm from Canada we have quota to control amount of milk being produced we get decent price hearing that the USA don't have the best prices for milk is that so? please reply
That’s a very good system you guys have, we did not do that and now we have a milk surplus and the smaller farms like mine are getting snuffed out. We’re hanging in there 👍
Very cool. I hope to start my own dairy one day. My gpa just sold all the cows and I hope to get it going again. Everyone tells me to not be a dairy farmer. What are your opinions on it ?
Lots of people. are unaware on dairy farms such as yours and the one i work on of the daily chores. Its a lot more than just milkin the cows. Its everything else that follows, cropping, feeding young stock, taking care of THAT sick cow or calf and O YA, that UNEXPECTED WHAT THE H, that some times GREETS US when we hit the barn, You get up and your set to milk, thn do this or that and you find when the lights come on a cow down or you start milking and something breaks!!! Your videos cover it all, day to day!!! KEEP UM COMIN!! side note as i have said before, NO MANURE SPREADER EVER BREAKS EMPTY nor does A MILKER EVER GO DOWN between the times your NOT using it!!! MILK ON!!! Kevin
You know it, a knew challenge everyday !!
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I stupidly forgot my account password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!
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@Blaine Niko i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
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Gotta give you credit for you work ethics. You know what you have to do and you just do it, non stop. Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed the video. I love that the whole family is involved running the farm.
Glad you enjoyed it
I miss milking.. been a few years. I hoping to milk this winter when my works slow down. I always tell people that farming grows on you. I always enjoy washing the parlor down at the end of milking. Thank ful for a good day milking. God bless you!
👍👍
Your farm raising and military training are showing through in your training and support of your young help ! A deserved atta boy is priceless in getting the respect and loyalty that you need from your best helpers !!! Get many people stop by at milking time just to BS or to see what's new in the neighborhood ?? Thanks for the video!!
People stop in from time to time yes lee!! I learned that respect goes along way and works both ways👍
Thank you for the time in your milking parlor very educational. I appreciate your hard work so my family can enjoy dairy products thank you
Great video kip!! Glad to see someone putting video on the web of milking cows an how it's really done an the care farmers take of their cattle!!! Dairy farmer of Wisconsin here!!
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You might have an older parlor but you really get the job done and it's nice too see how well you keep a close eye on all your cows! You know them well!
It helps to have a good worker to fill in, hats off to Cody.
He’s the man!
Great video Kip enjoyed it very much, yes I watch all of Mike's video's
I like your channel. You put good content in your videos. I am a retired farmer, and still follow farming. Keep up the good work.
Thank you 👍
Great video Kip
4:34 LOL "Turn and burn bro!" Love the commentary Kip!
Yes sir 👍👍
Can’t wait, love the milking videos Kip! I am a 5th generation dairy farmer from central Wisconsin. Keep up the great work 👍🏻
Great thanks Ryan 👍
Love watching your channel Kip ! Nice to see some people still want to work in this world!! 👍👍
Thank you👍🤠
Its awesome that you are happy with what you have. So many dairy farmers are always updating multiple things every year. The bank owns everything
Thank you👍
New to your channel! Am a retired dairy farmer from Virginia! In lawncare now! Really enjoy your videos brings back a lot good memories! You guys have 1st class farm👍
Thank you! Appreciate that👍
What a great video. Thank you for sharing
Thanks 👍
I'm new to your channel, I have watched one video and seeing how you show care to your cows made me subscribe. Thank you for sharing you dairy farming life on youtube, it is educational and hopefully you continue to share your videos and advices to your viewers.
Thank you 👍👍
Love your vids I can see that you are doing what you were put on earth to do and youre great at it and love what you do.
Nice to see local family dairy farms still hanging on! Some day I might have to tell grand kids about the smaller family owned dairy farms that was every half mile in the state not looking forward to that!!
Good video Kip pretty cool start strong finish strong stay safe & warm hello from Daniel from central Mississippi
Learned that line in the military 👍
@@KipSieglerFarming1 my son retired a little over a yr ago USAF Master Sgt 20yrs they are in derby Kansas now he working on his 2nd retirement working at the VA Proud dad I am . Be e ssfe kip
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Brought back good memories, mom and I milked every evening starting at age 9. We always knew when we were done, same cow was always last in. Thx for great video!!!
Great thanks you👍
I take my hat off to you Kip for milking the 150+ cows in your parlour. 3hrs twice a day is a long time to be milking cows. Do you never think in putting a bigger parlour in? We have put in 8X8 for speed and comfort of our cows. But it works for you and you boys are happy thats all that matters. Great video Kip
Awesome video....from those of us that always milked by hand this was very informative!
U have some super strong fore arms my friend, most people would tire before the cows udder was empty!
Thank yiu👍
Let me just say great video... We were diary farmers in the UK for 60+years,,then in 2000 switched to beef,, best thing we ever did,,,
We never realised how much time we actually spent bloody milking,, crazy,, its so labor intensive,,, 5/6 hours a day,,, Really really great video. 👌👌👌
Thank you sir👍
Nice old parlour kip!!👍🐄we packed in milking in our tie stall 10 yrs ago.miss the milking job!! They look good cows to milk and be around!!👍good vidya
Yes sir 🤠🐄
Kip , I want to thank you for making these videos , I know you have a lot on your plate already . I watch your videos with my grandson . It’s so nice for him to see where our food comes from and the hard work it takes for farmers to get it there . We really enjoy your videos .
Thank you that makes me feel good 👍
Awesome video. People don't realize how long of a day farmers put in
I know what I am talking about when I say you know what you are talking about when it comes to milking cows. Great job, keep going as you are.
Yes sir thank you
Looking good from lachute Quebec Canada 🍻
So much hard work for my glass of milk.Thank you !!
Bless the hard working farmers
Great channel Kip, love the content.
Great video Kip lets go do it
Nice - looks like a well-oiled machine. We're beef cow/calf, currently starting our calving season. Used to be lots of family dairies around here, but only a handful left. Keep it up - my two girls drink a gallon of milk every two days.
Thanks
I like a man who thanks his cows. ❤️
Great video👍👍👍
Wow !!!! good job.......
Thanks!
Looking forward to the video Kip hello from Daniel from central Mississippi
Hello, Mississippi great👍
I have to take my hat off. Dairy farmers never really gets a break. 😊 Morning and afternoon every single day. Atleast Kip you have turns on the farm. Enjoy your icecream.🍦
Thank you, yes we have it good👍
Thanks for that good video, red cow are my favorite.
You do an awesome job of videos! Even us dairy farmers who do it everyday like you guys never get tired of seeing a well put together milking video
Keep them coming and god bless!
Ultimate compliment when it comes from your peers thanks 👍
This is really cool. Ive been looking for channel from michigan. im about 3 hours north west of you. keep up the solid work!
Thank you 👍👍
Kip just love your show
👍👍thank you
another great video.
Love the videos. Grew up on a dairy farm we milked 90 head of holstein. Sold the farm awhile back. Looking into starting my own dairy. Just have a flat parlor now wanna build a double 4 parrel parlor with a pit. Just a pipe dream right now. Waiting to see what happens to deans with the bankruptcy.
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Very nice 🐄
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Watching from Kindersley Saskatchewan,a grain farmer
Great thank you 👍👍
Thank you for all your dairy promotion and excellent dairy management! Great group of cows! Gotta love it! From a fellow dairy farmer in south east Wisconsin to you Kip! Thank you
Thank you it’s the least I can do
Hey Kip, Great video! I grew up on a small family dairy in the 70s and 80s. I recognized the NuPulse milkers, and it looked to be that some of the pipeline might have been from a Surge system or maybe just the transfer line from the receiver to the bulk tank, but I'm questioning if I'm hearing a Bou-Matic vacuum pump, Bou-Matic FR-4A 7.5 HP?
I grew up with DeLaval but had some neighbors that had Surge and Bou-Matic, so some vacuum pumps are very familiar. Thanks! Scott - MN
Thank you👍you’re right on surge pipeline bou-matic vacuum pump !
A hard working American Dairyman you are , thank you . Now to my glass of Milk.😀👍🏾🚜🐄🐄🐄🐄
Thank you👍
i love your video s
Great job
Great Job!!!!!!! Milk Makes The Body Great!!!!! Thanks so Much!!!!!
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good video from start to finish! most people do not realize the work that goes on in the parlor after the milking is done, you don't just milk the cows and turn out the lights and go to the house LOL plus all the feeding and cleaning up outside early mornings and evenings. A dairy farming operation has to be on of the most demanding and exhausting part o the Farming Industry
Nothing wrong with the reds! Lol👍
Thank you for this video, very interesting to see farming in american way, just a little bit other wise than here in Germany ;-). Best wishes from Germany, Gerrit. :-)
Thank you 👍👍
Great vid Kip. You folks must have a pretty good water supply as your vid shows a dairy farm uses a lot of water per day. What kind of water supply do you have on the farm? Is the red cows Ayrshire? Thanks for taking us along and showing us a shift of milking. Cheers
All Holstein here, well water here in Michigan we are surrounded by fresh water👍
Thank you for the response. I’ve heard of red Holstein just never seen one. Cheers
I know it's one look but I think Cody is a good hand, patient with the heifer shows his worth
16 yrs old we’ve had him young, neighbors and I’m friends with his dad, he’s good👍
Lawrence Hofer here from Dinsmore Hutterite Colony in Saskatchewan Canada Sir you got a different looking milking parlor compared to what I was milking with but were building a new dairy barn now with robot milkers
Yes sir good job 👍
I'm thinking of either starting a dairy farm (when I'm older) , or starting a contracting business but it will be extremely difficult to buy equipment , sheds, cattle , land , feed etc, so I'll probably just ending up working on a farm , anyways your farm is awesome and I love these type of milking routine vids👍 keep it up
Thank you
Can you divide the cows so the ones milked and the ones waiting to be milked have access to feed as 6 hrs + a day is a lot of time in the holding yard .
Yes you can I’ve got a gate in one of the ally ways👍
Great video kip! We drink alot of milk her at my house!
Thank you
great videos...! would you consider doing a video of how your entry\exit\pulley system works within the milking parlor...?
👍 keep on rolling..
It is a very tight right angle for cows to be entering parlour.
Yeah it is
Thanks for the video. I’d like to know more about how you manage your bulls. How many you have and how you integrate them with an AI breeding program.
We use all bulls, no AI. We have four bulls right now and I rotate them and have to get rid of them when they get mean
Great video, how do you see the future for your dairy farm? Will you have to milk more cows and upgrade your parlour? Are you able to make a profit at the current milk prices?
I see us staying the same, we live modestly and invest almost all the money back in to farm, that’s why we’ll make it. Starting to profit now, the milk price went up some 👍👍
Thanks for the reply, wishing you all the best from a retired dairy farmer from Down Under, Australia.
I like how you feed them a few
pellets. Had an old boy tell me they
drop better when you feed them a
little something ???
What’s the reason for the newspaper ? Looked a hassle when scraping up .
We help paper company recycle and help sop up manure 👍
Great video keep up the hard work! First time to the channel but won’t be the last, how do you get the water back out of the lines after rinsing them out?
Thanks 👍 the water gets pushed out or sucked out automatically from the vacuum pump👍
Great video. I love cheese sandwiches.
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Are the pellets and soybeans you feed in the parlor the only feed supplements you use ?
Yes, then the rest is just our feed we put up👍
Cool vifro, may i ask why the papers on the floor?
When we milked we had 2 groups of 4 and milked into glass weigh jars. We could dump milk that way. Think I still got 4 weigh jars in the bar.
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Watching this channel, and other channels really makes me want a job milking cows. I love milk and drink alot of it. 3/4 to a gallon per day.
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I got a question about we can use a laundry sanitizes liquids it clear and 0% bleach and we can wash it with voluntary milking systems ?
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Hi Kip, what's the second pipeline for that's next to your wash line?
Hey Kip, greetings from the dry Southwest. Great work = great videos, thanks. Just a suggestion....but that silo in the open montage would look better with a maze & blue top instead of the green & white. Strong work. Go Blue.
Yes sir GO BLUE 👍👍
Hey bud when did you change the milk tank
What brand are your milking units ? Your family does a great job !
Thanks 👍 those are old nupulse milkers
I've never seen a set up like yours before. How many do you milk on average? How long does it take?
Milking 170 cows right now around three hours it takes 👍
Awesome do your heifers flow through pretty well? How many milkings does it take before they flow in naturally like the older cows?
Is the bull in with the Miller’s as a clean up breeder, or do you always have a bull in with them?
We breed with only bulls, so he stays in there with them 👍
Excellent video Kip, I had my milk with hot oatmeal 4 breakfast. I know how hard farmers/ranchers work 2 make a livin', most people would FAIL miserable if they tried. Will have some cheese 4 afternoon snack. Since I am an ole newspaper (on bicycle) delivery guy, how do U accumulate that large quantity of ole news print? The cow named "Pig Pen", what is the problem, I know U have free stalls @ the dry cow/heifer lot? 👍👏😊
There’s always one odd ball and it’s pig pen, local paper company prints to many 👍
Do you have to flush the milk machine after the just fresh cow, to clear any residual colostrum
, before going on to the next cow?
Yes exactly 👍
What type of parlor is that
Think it’s called a switch parlor
If you guys keep expanding will you put in a bigger parlor? Love the videos keep them coming.
Probably not but never say never 👍
@@KipSieglerFarming1 popular owd parlour. Paid for!!👍👌
How long does it usually take to milk each time
🇫🇷just discovered your channel last week great videos .. one question why keeping a dairy bull in the heard .. you don’t ai ? Only for empty cows ? Milking parlour.. next steep to be a lely robot for more efficiency or not at all adapted ? Keep safe and I enjoy your videos
How many cows do you guys milk? How many times do you milk each day? Have you ever experimented with milking three times a day?
Around 170 twice a day, no never tried 3x
Cool! We milked 200 Holsteins twice a day. I don't recommend milking 3x/day and neither will your bride :) Blessings
how many cows do you milk---i brred holsteins mainly north american genitics here in nz
How old are you love your energy and calm demeanor
Almost 38 that’s that military training 👍👍
How long would it take to milk 100 cows through that type of parlour
Are Holsteins the best way to go for profit?
I’m really not sure, I know our Holsteins are bigger and stronger so we like that, they are durable and live longer👍
Dairy Farming With Kip Siegler yours look really strong and a bit more conditioned than most, I’ve seen a lot of farms that have Holsteins that it just seems there cows could fall apart any day
If I ever get to farm again I am going with Brown Swiss.
Bill Pollock why’s that?
@@travis2417 I just always liked that breed.
sir I'm from Canada we have quota to control amount of milk being produced we get decent price hearing that the USA don't have the best prices for milk is that so? please reply
That’s a very good system you guys have, we did not do that and now we have a milk surplus and the smaller farms like mine are getting snuffed out. We’re hanging in there 👍
@@KipSieglerFarming1t ö TV
How many do you milk? Nice vid
Milking around 160 right now 👍
@@KipSieglerFarming1 do you raise steer cattle for beef.
Remember when I was a kid (now 24) my dad and uncle milked 100 cows in a 8x8, now it is only my dad and he has got 3 lely robots milking 230 cows
Cool 👍👍
How many head do u milk on average ?
Around 170
Very cool. I hope to start my own dairy one day. My gpa just sold all the cows and I hope to get it going again. Everyone tells me to not be a dairy farmer. What are your opinions on it ?