We Toured a Hog Farm!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ก.ค. 2019
- Onyx and I headed a few hours south to tour a hog farm. We learned about the pigs diets and how well they are cared for. Onyx wanted to know how many slices of bacon come from one pig.. He was excited to hear that over 400 slices come from one pig. Thank you to Seth and every on the farm for their hospitality and the excellent and informative tour.
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Awesome field trip I'm a city boy that is something I would have never seen thanks for sharing. Carl
Thanks for watching, city boy! 🤣
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I fo have a you tub channel also it's called The Yard Dogs were do metal detecting. Carl
Onyx looks really excited to be there. I'm sure that during the entire school year he was dreaming about seeing a pig farm over his summer vacation. Luckily, I was able to use the "fast forward" button.
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At least he did ask a couple of questions. Carl
So cool was starting to miss your videos I like the long ones and interesting . How’s your stands of corn doing ? Progress report on the farm Would be cool . Thanks a lot
It was nice to see how he was connecting to your son, and bringing him into the conversation.
It is so refreshing to hear from the perspective of someone who actually works in the industry. Rather than selectively edited videos and a - I would say malicious - lack of perspective provided by so-called animal rights groups, this video explains the science behind animal husbandry. Thanks for the tour Zach!
Stupid comment - irrelevant to the context
You know your hooked on a channel when you can very happily sit through 35 mins of pig farming :P :)
I share Onyx' excitement for hog farms...😝. BUT I love ham, sausage, pork chops and most of all BACON etc. THANKS FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
Scott Owen mmmmm bacon
Ham and we had about 900,000 head at once in one barn
🤔 It seems to me when Onyx’s is on camera, he never shows excitement, calm young man.
I think everyone agrees with you.
Someone say bacon! 😳🤤Mmm bacon
My Father in Law said the best day he had raising pigs was when he gave up the hog business... I know what goes into it and salute those dedicated to it. Congrats in advance to Your achieving 300000!!!
The quality of pork has really improved over the last 40 years. It people like this man who make it happen. Thanks. Also this should be show in schools!!
Here in Europe we only see hogfarms in the news when there is some major problems with hygene and stuff. This farm looks clean af. Very professional! You love to see it
This is very interesting. The man doing most of the talking is quite brilliant. The science is working very well. I grew up around hogs. We had 10-15 sows each year. It was a lot of work. There was very little automatic things in our barn. Heat was a heat lamp and that was primarily for the little pigs.
Great to see a modern pig farm.Pig farming has become way more advanced then when my Dad and Grandpa was doing it in the 1980’s.
And there ya go again, teachin me more about where my food comes from. This should be shown in schools. Thank you so much for what you are doing
I like how they guy is so passionate about his business. He knows his business and shares his knowledge so easily! Bravo to our farmers and thank you for feeding our nation!
Great episode. I like how he engaged with Onyx. The best tour guides do that. Livestock nutrition was my thing in high school ag classes. So many variables for the best outcome.
So great to see this guy put some misconceptions and rumours to bed. He is also speaking so good about the future, with big data and whatnot. I feel like one of the big trends for agriculture in general, going forward, is big data and numbers. Farming will be increasingly data driven.
Very interesting and educational video, thanks for sharing !
Hi
Found your channel a couple months ago, been telling many folks to watch. Love your passion for farming.
Thank You for taking the time to make this video. I always enjoy your videos, but this one was extremely educational and informative.
Thank you for giving everyone some real insight into where our food comes from and what it takes to keep them all healthy and happy.
I’ve really enjoyed these little departures you taken to educate all of us on some of the other aspects of farming. A one man DIY channel for becoming a farmer. Keep it up Zack
Love the organization of the farm and cleanliness. This is a very informational video for us to follow along with the tour. Awesome!!!!
The knowledge & passion this man has for what he is doing is so cool to see!!
What an amazing tour and why buddy loves his pigs so much passion there. The whole family sat down and watched this video and we all learned a lot of the pig farm today. Thank you
Zach - great video. Responsible presentation of production agriculture. Thank you. Keep up the great work.
That was an extremely interesting video. My wife and I had no idea what the modern hog farm looked like are how much was involved. My experience was on our family farm with 20-30 pigs and the old fashion slopping the hogs. Since the grandparents have passed, we have moved to share cropping the farm. Thanks for sharing such an interesting video.
This video (and others) demonstrates several of the reasons I keep coming back to the MN Millennial Farmer: Data collection, statistical analysis, trend evaluation, and strategic planning for the future. All applied scientific methodologies. Add in the purposeful educational and fun experiences for the upcoming generation. Warms the heart of this aged scientist. Thanks Millennial Farmer!
So awesome. Thanks for the great video. You have such an awesome family. Keep up the good work chief.
Thank you for showing the world another tour of a great family ran farm. There aren't to many left any more. I love the diversity that you've been posting. KCFO. Keep Cool and Farm On.
Thank You Zack and Onyx for this wonderful video full of Seth's awesome information, take care and have terrific day.
Very clean sow unit looks very professional and ethical aswell as good living conditions for the pigs
Can’t wait to you hit 300,000 subscribers and an early congratulations
Boy that happened fast!!! This is by far the best farming channel out there!
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Looks like 50 million views and 300,000 subscribers are lining up pretty close. Congrats. When you and Randy start that brewery with your crops and tile water let us know. We will support that too.
And he’s going to grill lunch on the ditch grill lol
416k now as ofJan 20 2020
Absolutely fantastic mate thankyou, the things you see and places you go is amazing, and then to share it with us is brilliant thankyou.
Great job. One of the best videos yet. Love the videos where we city folks can learn and also the ones showing the human side of farming with your family.
Zach, you are a very curious person, Great! Keep it up, I am learning more and more about this wonderful world I live in. Thank You.
Great field trip today. This City boy from California just learned a whole lot about hog farming. Good job.
That's awesome, thank you for watching!!
Polite and knowledgeable man to
Hello California. All of your hogs come from Montana and the Province of Alberta. The Hutterites produce the pork for the Western states. I have trucked them in the past. We would usually go to 3 separate Hutterite colonies and load. The off to Modesto California, to Yosemite Meats, Farmer John's in East Los Angeles.
What a great video! There's nothing about this video that isn't interesting and educational.
Many thanks to you and all our farmers for our food.
What a great field trip. I love seeing where my food comes from. It also gives me confidence to buy more pork products.
Amazing.... thanks for sharing. Learn so much. Many of us have no idea what’s goes into our food... Great report / video. Really like the Father Son share as well...
For Pete's sake Beck Onyx was hamming🐖 it up all day today! No snout about it that he's a 🥓BIT like the old man😂
You can tell Seth has done a few interviews in his career, lol. He may have minored in
communications in college. Very informative I would not wanna be a hog farmer, that is alot of work! 〽️😎👍
Great video. Enjoyed learning about pig farming in our modern day facilities.
That was fantastic. Thanks for all you do!! Jim.
Geez, I keep learning stuff on your channel. Love seeing different types of farming. Thanks for the video.
Pretty awesome to understand the intricacies of agriculture and farming of all types. All of you guys are rockstars that never get the credit. Thanks for showing the world just exactly what goes into it all.
I am glad you do this kind of stuff mn! I have known this stuff my whole life but most people don't! God bless ya bud!
Thx for the diversity.
45 yrs since i slopped the hogs.
It's changed.
I learned more than I thought there was to the science of farming pigs. Very helpful.
Your son was like a huge magnet for all that he was taking in. Its so assuring to see what kind of people are involved in the food chain. That Seth was a wealth oh knowledge and one sharp cookie. I spent the last 40-years on the other end of the pork processing while involved in processing and packaging fresh meats....oh and I make the best bacon.
I liked how clean this operation is. This is how you farm livestock.
Interesting stuff, it's cool to hear how much more efficiently they've become at raising their cattle. Thanks for sharing!
Just wanted to thank you for having us Channel it is very enjoyable
Awesome video...That's a huge operation....very interesting...Thank you and Onyx for the Hog Farm Tour, and of the course the farmer and his staff....Thank you again for another awesome video and your channel...
A Hutterite Colony will have double this size. That's right, 4,000 head operation.
When I see all those pigs in hog barn it reminds me of my in laws family reunion dinner party, loud and smelly. On a side note I also raise 6-10 pigs yearly for sale and I know how much work goes into making them until they're ready to harvest. Nice video, keep them coming.
Lol!
Not really that much work. I work on a 1200 head farrowing unit as farrowing Lead.
One of the most informative videos that you have put out. Thanks for the video.
Very informative!! I didnt know so much was involved in raising pigs, you really have to know your stuff.
Neat to see all the technology being used from the feed mill to the barn and even the vet.
I really like he answered super serious even when you try to joke little
O'boy O'boy ya really
Real serious dude
that's a very beautiful hog farm, and Seth is very good in giving informations. especially on animal welfare and biosecurity
Zack. Your are doing it, You are educating people about what goes on; on the farm ! Thank You. I learn something new every time I watch one of your video's... Rick. Pittsburgh, PA.
This is a wonderful confirmation of what I learned about pig farmers in general when researching my book Pigs, Pork, and Heartland Hogs -- that pig farmers (like other farmers) are smart, thoughtful, and deeply caring. I love the fact that the word "stewardship" is so often used -- it's one of many things I love about farmers.
I think Onyx actually did enjoy it . By the end of the video he seemed much more excited then the start. Great video!
Awesome field trip. That man seriously knows his stuff!
Wow they have there pigs together. The amount of home work and research they do is amazing. Awesome field trip. Very educational. Thank you.
Love the video. Very informative. I learn a ton of stuff and I’ve been a farmer for over 35 years. I grew up on s small farm we had pigs, cows, chickens, horses etc. awesome job.
Ummmmmmmmm! Bacon! Thanks for asking such an important question Onyx. And, it's nice to know there are no hormones in it too!
Fascinating look into a hog farm, thank you for sharing! Onyx is looking more like his mom every day! Good times with his dad, very cool Zach!
It's pretty fun being able to show him stuff like this
I've come to appreciate the science, experience, and education that is invested in providing a safe and nutritional food product to us. Very impressive and appreciated from us "city folk". Thank you for all you do.
I recognize this to be a SPF operation. In 1965 when I was at Texas Tech, my cousin and I went to Loveland CO to tour an early version of this operation. He never went into hog farming and I left our farm in 1966 and NEVER looked back (hint: I first farmed with a 1949 Minneapolis Moline).
I was honestly surprised on how interesting that was! At first l thought wt.., who cares! But l was so wrong! Good job and Thanx!!
Would enjoy knowing more such as breeding, rotation, weight gain over time, vertical integration such as farming the feed. Thanks so much for such great information.
This is a great video. I like the comments about health concerns, due of antibiotics, and environmental concerns. This really is a sophisticated operation. Also great pr video for the industry. Thanks.
This dude is great at explaining things and breaking it down for the kids! amazing presentation and great video!
Onyx is truly amazed at hog farming
wow 35 minutes went by so fast and it was a lot of fun seeing everything!
Really good video. Thanks for letting us join you on the tour.
This is amazing, how pig farming has changed! Thanks for this video
Very good video! Thanks Zach. Onyx seems to have his priorities in order, but maybe you need to have pork chops more often. 😁
You should come over to Warrens, WI and tour a cranberry marsh.
agreed!
Keep up the good work you are doing spreading the word of what farmers do to protect our food supply
What else can be said but WOW! I loved the educational value. If you don’t learn every day you are cheating yourself. This was an excellent synopsis of modern pig farming. Very well done.
I think a Mike Rowe episode with the Millennial Farmer would be huge!
Unfortunately Mike hasn't contacted me yet.....🤣
Absolutely wonderful field trip and educational opportunity. Sell them some corn and beans!
This is very educational, hope you can do more like this. Thank you very much
Thanks for the Excellent, very interesting video. I miss farm life 👍
Amazing, educational video. All your videos are excellent. I have learned something new again today. Thank you for the job you do as a farmer and educator.
Quite a difference from when we used to raise pigs. We used to feed them by hand & shovel manure into a spreader. Of course we only had a couple dozen sows. My brother in law raises pigs the same way as this.Not this big of an operation though. It's great to see an actual pig operation. People are always talking about the cruelty that animals face on farms. These pigs looked pretty happy to me. I'm with Onyx on the bacon. Nothing better. Thanks for the video.
We have only had no more than 4 pigs at a time. So, we feed out of have bought from wilco. The manure goes to a pile in the woods behind our meadow
How long do these happy pigs get to live for? 6 months and then killed? Bet they are so happy when they are led onto the lorry away for slaughter 😢
@@samcourtney2991 I take it you don't eat meat. I don't know what they think at that time I was talking about on the farm. As long as people eat meat this is going to be part of the process.
Ours pigs are raised as show pigs and live for 6 months and then are auctioned off.
that was awesome. thanks for taking us along with you
These little field trips you are going on are pretty cool and educational as well. Awesome videos
Zach, Thanks for this tour... Very Informative...... 500K of Manure... Makes your farm have rich soil :-)
Great information. I've seen some farmers use methane digesters for the manure and use the methane to power the operation.
God bless.
That was very interesting and a long way from the way we raised pigs years ago! Thanks for sharing!!
Very entertaining and educational. This is one of your vids i like the most. Thanks for posting this video. Keep up the good work.
There it is a "Boot Condom" 🤣🤣 got to love Zach
Very interesting, thanks for sharing this with all of us.
Thank you for the videos.
Great informative video. The media has made some of these operations evil. This expert passionate stockman could put all that to rest. Thank you for representing farming operations.
Good thing that seatbelt was tight his enthusiasm was crazy
Well done on the education of a pig farm.
Awesome! Cool to see you bring your son along. Very informative!!
Where are all those people who complain about animal cruelty those pigs look happy too me
“Those people who complain about animal cruelty” don’t need to complain about well cared for animals. Fucking duh, you clever ‘tard.
Not all pigs are fortunate like this ones...
This is actually a nice one. Been in some really shitty ones. It’s the mentality of the farmer. This guy cares a bit more than some.
@@trythinking6676 Yes he does.....and makes more money than others and delivers it to us(the consumer) cheaper. A true 21st century hero in my opinion!
White oak pastures in georgia would b a nice place to checkout
You sell them corn or soybeans? I recommend going to Fair Oaks farm in Indiana were the have tours of their cattle and hog barns. We went last month and it is very nice. And I've seen the videos made by the animal activist. Go and form your own opinion. It is amazing the care they give.
I assume it's much different than what it was made out to be. Certain groups with their agenda got in there and skewed a lot of things. It's too bad because it puts a black eye on the entire livestock industry. Which is exactly what they were hoping for I suppose.
Thank you
You guys are fighting the good fight . Getting the truth out there in a way most of us farmers are not very good at . It’s much easier to talk to my pigs and crops than the public.
THANK YOU SO MUCH !!
Thank you for taking us along, to bad you couldn't share the smell.