Brings back memories. I was raised on a small dairy farm in western Ohio. Do your cows always go to the same spot in the milk house? Ours did. They all had names and would come when Dad called them from the pasture. Dairy farmers must be the most dedicated of all. Cows need you twice a day, every day, rain or shine.
I was milking cows 40 years ago. My memory of milking on a hot humid night, the cow would find the crappiest wettest place to lay. They came into the barn and the flies were biting, you would get rewarded with a good old wet tail across your face! Fun times milking cows on hot summer days! At least your cows have a nice green dry pasture to lay in.
Thanks so much!! I am a former Dairyman from Petaluma, Ca!! You folks do a Beautiful job with your Cows!! I am very impressed!! Everything here in the West is geared for large scale production!! I guess that’s ok in certain situations, but my experience has taught me that bigger isn’t always better!! I absolutely love your operation and particular attention to detail!! You spoke of Somatic Cells in the Double Digits, Mine averaged 49,000 each and every month, because of paying attention to detail!! I’m so sorry to hear of good Dairy Folks losing their Dairies because they can no longer compete against the larger concerns!! Your videos may well prove to the public that it is safer and better to purchase Dairy Products from smaller Family owned Dairies like you Folks!! I really applauded your efforts, and hope to become better acquainted with you in the future!! Thanks again, Vic Chiapetta!!
I admire your family's dedication to milking cows and keeping things low-key in the dairy barn. Calm animals are light-years easier to handle on a daily basis.
Reminds me of the time I milked cows for a guy while he was sick he didn't have any relatives to run the farm I was 16 or 17 that was back in the mid seventies he had 30 milkers
Hey buddy I appreciate the video brings back a lot of memories when I helped milk cows back in 1969my senior year in high school we always kelp country music playing while milking dad said made the cows relax and their milk would flow more easily
I drove truck for nearly 40 years and I always liked going through your neck of the woods in summer. Those pretty green rolling hills dotted with little farms off in the distance was a pretty picture.
The spring flush of milk...June Dairy Days... Maybe a video of your milk pickup, milk plant delivery and processing into those wonderful high quality products we all enjoy?...Visiting other farms and sharing their stories could be something of interest. We live in the driftless area on the edge of cranberry country and the term "God's County" readily applies as does yours. This time of the years is something special to be enjoyed and shared. Another thing, the farm ladies do not get enough credit in farming operations. I know that all that is done on ours is a TEAM effort similar to yours.... Have to comment about your statement on pasture...so many believe that cattle/beef take away land that could be growing crops. We have many acres that could/will never be farmed, but out beef cows make very efficient use as your dairy cows. There are so many misbeliefs' perpetuated by competing interests about Agriculture that need to be corrected. Cow flatulent/methane gets a lot of negative press but the carbon sequester in a hay/corn/bean field does not. These are issues that need to be addressed/corrected for all! Thanks for all the knowledge/enjoyment....the Alps were super!!!!
I really enjoyed this video!! My husband and his dad used to milk cows, but couldn't make a go of it & had to sell the cows about 20 years ago...he really looks forward to your videos, thank you for the great content!!
Ineresting, maybe even fascinating. Milking cows put me through the UW almost 50 years ago. Never worked from between the back legs - always the side. Would put my shoulder/head kinda in front of the leg joint. This reduced the windup force the cow could generate if she tried to kick. Later on I added beef cows to the operation. The beef cow kicks completely different than the Holstein. The Holstein will swing the leg out with a relatively slow windup, always saw it coming. The beef cow - you never saw it coming and would end up laying on the ground looking up wondering what happened. (And yeaaah, da bull did S... ) 🤩
Enjoyed this one very much. My dad milked his cows with similar milkers, but it was a long time ago. He later milked our one cow by hand. Always enjoyed listening to the pump pump of the machines. Very soothing. Thanks
Excellent video. Great peaceful intro and great discussions regarding sanitation aspect and equipment. Just keeps getting better. Thank you for sharing and the hard work that goes into all aspects of your beautiful dairy operation.
TY for sharing love watching videos of dairy cows being milked in a tie stall barn that are fading away fast. I milked my cows in a Tie stall barn hoping your getting moisture happy farming
Your farm reminds me of my grandma and grandpas farm. They lived in belleville, Wisconsin… And they were Swiss too!! Sadly they retired and sold the family farm and it no longer is farming but is a summer home for someone from Chicago… ❤🐄
Best yet brings back the memories of milking in the 70' and 80's on the family farm in central Indiana.Back then we had chore-boy equipment in our milking parlor.Have a great weekend and Happy Fathers Day Mr. Gierok.
Great video today. I helped milk about 10 cows when I was growing up on a farm in Indiana. Your videos bring back a lot of memories. You have much better equipment and techniques than we had in the late 50's. Keep these great videos coming. Thanks
Thank you for bringing back so many memories. I can almost smell the inside of that milk house. It was always a favorite smell. And nothing beats the taste of fresh milk from that tank. Stay safe, and God bless.
Love the dew on the grass and the birds singing.The bells play a pleasant tune also .I know milking isn’t easy but you guys make it seam so. Some of those girls really dance when your wiping them down.Great video fellas .God Bless
Neat to hear your dad calling "come boss" or "coboss". I remember calling the cows in from the pasture as a kid. The youtube guy from New York state who raises pasture feed Dexter beef calls them with "Come on Cows", it just doesn't sound right. Great to see a small family farm in operation. In southeast WI where I grew up the township only has 3 farms still milking cows, used to be you could see 8 - 10 family farms from one hilltop. From the same hill now you can see 1 farm and half the barns have fallen down or been cleared away.
This is the best way to start off my day! Good cup of coffee and a beautiful video of the cows and your farm. The shots of farm and pasture are so beautiful. And the cows are so cute. Thank you so much for making my retirement life a little bit better then it would be otherwise. Stay safe and God Bless your family and all our farmers.
Lovely dairy set up those cows get so much more care than those hugh factory farms The quality of the milk must be so high 100% respect to the farmer These guys always do great videos
This brings back memories. All though our cows did have bells, my dad had a milking seat that was strapped around his waist an a pole with a flat bottom spring. Our milking equipment was a transfer dump an Couole milking buckets with the attachments. Vacuum system. New subscriber.
You really impressed me with how well you feed and treat your cows For an older operation it's amazing how good of shape your barn is Keep up the good work Great videos
Another great video, brings back so many memories of my younger days. How difficult is it to break a fresh heifer to used to milking? Thanks again for all the hard work farmers do!
So I'm a city slicker as you may say, never been on a farm in my life (I can see the farmers who watch your videos rolling their eyes as I speak) but I came across some of these videos a couple weeks ago, started watching and find them very interesting. So here go a few dumb questions, Like how much milk do you typically get from all the cows you milk in a day? How often do you milk your cows? I assume you sell the milk to some kind of milk dairy plant, how much profit do you get for the milk you sell. (you don't have to give an exact amount that would be a rude question but maybe a ball park figure) As I said I've never been on a farm or done this type of work,, a few of these type of videos pop up in my suggestions after watching a few I started watching not only your channel but a few others as well and well they got me kinda hooked. Lastly all I can say Mad Respect to you and your family and all the other farmers that do this kind of hard work and the hours you all put in to farm.
Hopefully they will have time to reply to your questions. They are all good questions. Thanks for your interest in agriculture. It’s a fascinating industry particularly those that continue to do things the old school way.
Went thru all of that! how big the barn, how to determine what size vacuum pipe & pump, cow prep and stimulation, bacteria count and sanitization, and how to eat on the run! I'v milked cows with one hand, ate sandwiches with the other! If you wipe your hands on your pants, and it don't come off, It ain't coming off on your food!! Long day in the field, take a few cans of sardines with you!
I milk about 80 cows in Indiana but just watching my first video of yours idk how those bells don’t drive you nuts 😂😂, there neat but it’s clear why I never have really seen any on cows anymore haha
Happy cows! You may want to try SuperKlean's DuraFlow Dairy Nozzle for mastitis prevention. It also lasts longer than other dairy nozzles and is making cows healthier and happier from better and faster udder sanitation. Dairy farmers are loving it.
Gee guys that's our process too. Except we still use Surge buckets and pour in a strainer. Our barn is too low for pipeline. We plan on raising the walls a foot or two in the next couple of years the the pipeline is going in. After 45 years of milking cows my knees will appreciate it!!😂
My great grandpa quit milking in 2007, he used surge buckets for his 25 jerseys. He bought some pipeline one time and then he learned how much it would cost to put it in so he didn't. Im hoping to start milking in the future but it's so dang hard to get started.
A 16 stanchion barn I used to milk in was converted to a flat parlor. I got asked to come back to help milk for a week while they took a vacation. I really like it. There were 12 stalls, auto takeoffs and each cow could leave after she was finished. Surprised at how well the cows loaded in as well. The platform was 18 inches high and sure saved on the body.
@@danw6014 sounds great. I milked in a parlor while in college at the College farm. It was really nice. Right now we milk 45 cows using 4 Surge buckets. It gets the job done and better than milking by hand.
@@anthonyhengst2908 I milk in a parlor now too. We run about 400 cows there. It a lot different than a flat parlor though, and a lot more expensive to build. A flat parlor could be retrofitted in place of stanchions.
Used to milk in a double 12 parlor. Did that for 25 year milking up to 440. Past 6 months they've been get adjusted to robotic milking. Farm in Abbotsford wisconsin
My inlaws milk cows. They pasture thier cows like you. This time of year is when sunburn makes milking a little less fun because the cows utters get sunburned. Do you do anything to help the sunburn be not as bad or don't you have the problem. Thanks 😊.
When I milked for the neighbor we tried for about 100k somatic cell count. the only time we ever had a real big issue is when the freestall was built and the cows had to come down to the tie stall for milking and over course the hot humid summer
enjoy watching your familys operation. do you weigh your milk every month? i grew up on a 120 registerd holstein farm in northeast kansas, we sold out in 2005 and went to row crop farming 3000 plus acres.we had a 23000 pound rolling herd average then.
Brings back memories. I was raised on a small dairy farm in western Ohio. Do your cows always go to the same spot in the milk house? Ours did. They all had names and would come when Dad called them from the pasture. Dairy farmers must be the most dedicated of all. Cows need you twice a day, every day, rain or shine.
I was milking cows 40 years ago. My memory of milking on a hot humid night, the cow would find the crappiest wettest place to lay. They came into the barn and the flies were biting, you would get rewarded with a good old wet tail across your face! Fun times milking cows on hot summer days! At least your cows have a nice green dry pasture to lay in.
Thanks so much!! I am a former Dairyman from Petaluma, Ca!! You folks do a Beautiful job with your Cows!! I am very impressed!! Everything here in the West is geared for large scale production!! I guess that’s ok in certain situations, but my experience has taught me that bigger isn’t always better!! I absolutely love your operation and particular attention to detail!! You spoke of Somatic Cells in the Double Digits, Mine averaged 49,000 each and every month, because of paying attention to detail!! I’m so sorry to hear of good Dairy Folks losing their Dairies because they can no longer compete against the larger concerns!! Your videos may well prove to the public that it is safer and better to purchase Dairy Products from smaller Family owned Dairies like you Folks!! I really applauded your efforts, and hope to become better acquainted with you in the future!! Thanks again, Vic Chiapetta!!
Just love to see them cows come in from pasture to be milked. More green grass and milk cows is what this world needs
I admire your family's dedication to milking cows and keeping things low-key in the dairy barn. Calm animals are light-years easier to handle on a daily basis.
Reminds me of the time I milked cows for a guy while he was sick he didn't have any relatives to run the farm I was 16 or 17 that was back in the mid seventies he had 30 milkers
Keeping the tradition alive. Well done!
It is a calming feeling to watch cattle graze. I don't know why but it seems to relax your mind
Excellent video Thank you have a great day.
Hey buddy I appreciate the video brings back a lot of memories when I helped milk cows back in 1969my senior year in high school we always kelp country music playing while milking dad said made the cows relax and their milk would flow more easily
P.s. but that was when country music was country lol
Oh and the sound of the cow bells is magical Beautiful video
You have a beautiful farm, reminds me of better times... when I was a kid
I drove truck for nearly 40 years and I always liked going through your neck of the woods in summer. Those pretty green rolling hills dotted with little farms off in the distance was a pretty picture.
Brings back some awesome memories growing up on a dairy farm morning milking
The spring flush of milk...June Dairy Days... Maybe a video of your milk pickup, milk plant delivery and processing into those wonderful high quality products we all enjoy?...Visiting other farms and sharing their stories could be something of interest. We live in the driftless area on the edge of cranberry country and the term "God's County" readily applies as does yours. This time of the years is something special to be enjoyed and shared. Another thing, the farm ladies do not get enough credit in farming operations. I know that all that is done on ours is a TEAM effort similar to yours....
Have to comment about your statement on pasture...so many believe that cattle/beef take away land that could be growing crops. We have many acres that could/will never be farmed, but out beef cows make very efficient use as your dairy cows. There are so many misbeliefs' perpetuated by competing interests about Agriculture that need to be corrected. Cow flatulent/methane gets a lot of negative press but the carbon sequester in a hay/corn/bean field does not. These are issues that need to be addressed/corrected for all! Thanks for all the knowledge/enjoyment....the Alps were super!!!!
My favorite video of your farm yet!
It is pretty neat that the cows know to come back to the barn to be milked and they know where their spot is in the barn.
Hey guys,,,,great beginning video start. Always fun to watch the well oiled machine in operation.
Great video! Our neighbor that milks said the price was down to 14.70, I hope the prices get better for you all.
Thank You. It is so calming to watch your videos. Thanks
Fun milking cows. I would not want the bells so noisy. I enjoy the calm and serenity with just the machines working. Have a great day.
Owsome videos love that old school way nice 👌👍
I really enjoyed this video!! My husband and his dad used to milk cows, but couldn't make a go of it & had to sell the cows about 20 years ago...he really looks forward to your videos, thank you for the great content!!
Glad you great men have good knees and a strong back.
Nice healthy cows there.
Thank you for that trip down memory lane. Spring was always a special time of year on the farm. Love seeing cows on grass.
Excellent video, gentlemen. Thank you for your hatd work.
I am always so impressed with your organization and constant attention to detail and cleanliness.
I’ll be right up to come milk cows with you all just for it tranquility in my book
Good to see simple farming. That’s why this farm is rich.
Great video brings back a lot of memories milking cows with my Dad very nice operation
Ineresting, maybe even fascinating. Milking cows put me through the UW almost 50 years ago. Never worked from between the back legs - always the side. Would put my shoulder/head kinda in front of the leg joint. This reduced the windup force the cow could generate if she tried to kick. Later on I added beef cows to the operation. The beef cow kicks completely different than the Holstein. The Holstein will swing the leg out with a relatively slow windup, always saw it coming. The beef cow - you never saw it coming and would end up laying on the ground looking up wondering what happened. (And yeaaah, da bull did S... ) 🤩
Really, really nice video. This is one of my favorites you ever made. The spray video was really nice too. John T.
The section where you explain livestock care at 0:26 is very detailed, I learned a lot of new techniques.
Yall do great videos keep up the great work
Enjoyed this one very much. My dad milked his cows with similar milkers, but it was a long time ago. He later milked our one cow by hand. Always enjoyed listening to the pump pump of the machines. Very soothing. Thanks
Such a peaceful feeling watching good people doing a good job doing something they love. ❤😊
Excellent video. Great peaceful intro and great discussions regarding sanitation aspect and equipment. Just keeps getting better. Thank you for sharing and the hard work that goes into all aspects of your beautiful dairy operation.
TY for sharing love watching videos of dairy cows being milked in a tie stall barn that are fading away fast. I milked my cows in a Tie stall barn hoping your getting moisture happy farming
Your farm reminds me of my grandma and grandpas farm. They lived in belleville, Wisconsin… And they were Swiss too!! Sadly they retired and sold the family farm and it no longer is farming but is a summer home for someone from Chicago… ❤🐄
The first 30 seconds of this video I thought the song low Rider was going to come on from all that cowbell haha
Good one!!
I did too but wasn’t going to say it. I’m so glad you spoke up!!! 😂
Best yet brings back the memories of milking in the 70' and 80's on the family farm in central Indiana.Back then we had chore-boy equipment in our milking parlor.Have a great weekend and Happy Fathers Day Mr. Gierok.
Just a peaceful place to just relax..well maybe not relax but to think ❤
One of your most beautiful and artistic videos. Nicely done!
Great video today. I helped milk about 10 cows when I was growing up on a farm in Indiana. Your videos bring back a lot of memories. You have much better equipment and techniques than we had in the late 50's. Keep these great videos coming. Thanks
Thank you for bringing back so many memories. I can almost smell the inside of that milk house. It was always a favorite smell. And nothing beats the taste of fresh milk from that tank. Stay safe, and God bless.
It is so lovely to see cattle grazing on green grass. Thanks for sharing.
Love the dew on the grass and the birds singing.The bells play a pleasant tune also .I know milking isn’t easy but you guys make it seam so. Some of those girls really dance when your wiping them down.Great video fellas .God Bless
Neat to hear your dad calling "come boss" or "coboss". I remember calling the cows in from the pasture as a kid. The youtube guy from New York state who raises pasture feed Dexter beef calls them with "Come on Cows", it just doesn't sound right. Great to see a small family farm in operation. In southeast WI where I grew up the township only has 3 farms still milking cows, used to be you could see 8 - 10 family farms from one hilltop. From the same hill now you can see 1 farm and half the barns have fallen down or been cleared away.
very happy cows
Both of my Grandfathers were dairy farmers in Wisconsin
One was still using cans into the early 70's
Great video !
Great video reminds me of the dairy farm I grew up on in Indiana
Very good video. Love the layout of the hills and the cows out grazing. Gotta have cold milk with your cookies. God bless
It's amazing how they know where they belong in the barn
Hello from east Texas
This is the best way to start off my day! Good cup of coffee and a beautiful video of the cows and your farm. The shots of farm and pasture are so beautiful. And the cows are so cute. Thank you so much for making my retirement life a little bit better then it would be otherwise. Stay safe and God Bless your family and all our farmers.
Thanks for this video, I like living in the countryside with large farms, raising cattle and other animals.with very beautiful 😍👍❤️
excellent video
Lovely dairy set up those cows get so much more care than those hugh factory farms The quality of the milk must be so high 100% respect to the farmer These guys always do great videos
This brings back memories. All though our cows did have bells, my dad had a milking seat that was strapped around his waist an a pole with a flat bottom spring. Our milking equipment was a transfer dump an Couole milking buckets with the attachments. Vacuum system. New subscriber.
👌👌Thanks. 😎(N.Graber)
Great video Gierok Farms. Very informative about the pasture land and the quality of the grass in the Spring. God Bless.
Another great video. Most people don't know how relaxing it is to sit in a pasture of cows grazing especially on a beautiful day. Thanks and God bless
Love your video!!..reminds me childhood memories at my uncle's farm in Vermont.
You have the most beautiful cowes on all family dairy. We had beautiful cows too I miss milking cows and stuff.
You really impressed me with how well you feed and treat your cows For an older operation it's amazing how good of shape your barn is Keep up the good work Great videos
Reminds me when I was a kid in the 60s.
Another great video, brings back so many memories of my younger days. How difficult is it to break a fresh heifer to used to milking?
Thanks again for all the hard work farmers do!
So I'm a city slicker as you may say, never been on a farm in my life (I can see the farmers who watch your videos rolling their eyes as I speak) but I came across some of these videos a couple weeks ago, started watching and find them very interesting. So here go a few dumb questions, Like how much milk do you typically get from all the cows you milk in a day? How often do you milk your cows? I assume you sell the milk to some kind of milk dairy plant, how much profit do you get for the milk you sell. (you don't have to give an exact amount that would be a rude question but maybe a ball park figure) As I said I've never been on a farm or done this type of work,, a few of these type of videos pop up in my suggestions after watching a few I started watching not only your channel but a few others as well and well they got me kinda hooked. Lastly all I can say Mad Respect to you and your family and all the other farmers that do this kind of hard work and the hours you all put in to farm.
Hopefully they will have time to reply to your questions. They are all good questions. Thanks for your interest in agriculture. It’s a fascinating industry particularly those that continue to do things the old school way.
Very great questions..
You want to be informed by boots on the ground.
I love it!!
Do your cows have a sense of when it"s time to come back to the barn for afternoon miking ?
Went thru all of that! how big the barn, how to determine what size vacuum pipe & pump, cow prep and stimulation, bacteria count and sanitization, and how to eat on the run! I'v milked cows with one hand, ate sandwiches with the other! If you wipe your hands on your pants, and it don't come off, It ain't coming off on your food!! Long day in the field, take a few cans of sardines with you!
good job
I milk about 80 cows in Indiana but just watching my first video of yours idk how those bells don’t drive you nuts 😂😂, there neat but it’s clear why I never have really seen any on cows anymore haha
so good for the young to learn should be on national telly in uk
Looks like very happy cows. George well explained dairy school. 👍
Happy cows! You may want to try SuperKlean's DuraFlow Dairy Nozzle for mastitis prevention. It also lasts longer than other dairy nozzles and is making cows healthier and happier from better and faster udder sanitation. Dairy farmers are loving it.
So relaxing
Great video and editing, you have got it going on. God save the family farm.
VERY PEACEFUL OUT IN THE PASTURE 😊
best of luck with your Dairy cows, A cow is my favorite animal/
Sledují tento kanál delší dobu .Ale toto video je super 👍👍👍.Taky jsem pracoval v kravíně tu práci jsem miloval .Hezky den 🇨🇿🤗🤗🤗
I used to milk by hand our family cow, learned to duck my nead very quickly out of the way of the dirty tail. Got good reflexes dodging the kick
I was raised on a 35 cow dairy farm near Edgerton Wisconsin 1955-1962
Gee guys that's our process too. Except we still use Surge buckets and pour in a strainer. Our barn is too low for pipeline. We plan on raising the walls a foot or two in the next couple of years the the pipeline is going in. After 45 years of milking cows my knees will appreciate it!!😂
My great grandpa quit milking in 2007, he used surge buckets for his 25 jerseys. He bought some pipeline one time and then he learned how much it would cost to put it in so he didn't. Im hoping to start milking in the future but it's so dang hard to get started.
A 16 stanchion barn I used to milk in was converted to a flat parlor. I got asked to come back to help milk for a week while they took a vacation. I really like it. There were 12 stalls, auto takeoffs and each cow could leave after she was finished. Surprised at how well the cows loaded in as well. The platform was 18 inches high and sure saved on the body.
@@danw6014 sounds great. I milked in a parlor while in college at the College farm. It was really nice. Right now we milk 45 cows using 4 Surge buckets. It gets the job done and better than milking by hand.
@@anthonyhengst2908 I milk in a parlor now too. We run about 400 cows there. It a lot different than a flat parlor though, and a lot more expensive to build. A flat parlor could be retrofitted in place of stanchions.
@@anthonyhengst2908 the first barn I milked I'm years ago had Delava pails and a milk Sputnik.
Used to milk in a double 12 parlor. Did that for 25 year milking up to 440. Past 6 months they've been get adjusted to robotic milking. Farm in Abbotsford wisconsin
My inlaws milk cows. They pasture thier cows like you. This time of year is when sunburn makes milking a little less fun because the cows utters get sunburned. Do you do anything to help the sunburn be not as bad or don't you have the problem. Thanks 😊.
Absolutely beautiful
Have the cattle sometimes poop or piss on you while hook up the milking equipment
Oh, yeah it's happened to me. Once I putting the milker on a cow and the cow across the walkway coughed and splotched on me from 12 feet away.😅
The combined cough / shart can really build up some momentum 🤢@@anthonyhengst2908
Happy cows
I love this video…. I want to come pet your cows❤❤❤❤❤
When I milked for the neighbor we tried for about 100k somatic cell count. the only time we ever had a real big issue is when the freestall was built and the cows had to come down to the tie stall for milking and over course the hot humid summer
how long does it take to milk all those cows
enjoy watching your familys operation. do you weigh your milk every month? i grew up on a 120 registerd holstein farm in northeast kansas, we sold out in 2005 and went to row crop farming 3000 plus acres.we had a 23000 pound rolling herd average then.
Do you prefer pipeline milkers or the old surge bucket milkers
I'd buy airtags for the cows before I listened to those bells another minute. 😁
Never mind. That is what the wipes are for, right?
What keeps the blue teat cleaner from carrying over into the milk?
O one more question have you had any rain there ? Getting pretty dry here corn is starting to show it in the leaves big time
Please tell us what you do for fly control.
I milk cows, those bells would drive me nuts.