I give you and your brothers a lot of credit for doing this and all of what you guys do in being able to keep the family members that want to farm to be able to stay on the farm. I personally don’t think l could handle the stress of it all. You are one of my favorites when it comes to farming TH-cam channels and enjoy watching what you do.
My guess is this major expansion has been in the planning stages for many years just to get the proper engineered drawings ready & to preorder the materials in a timely manner
It takes a well versed contractor and project manager to do that kind of build. It's well more complex than just a standard building job, having to deal with the size, scale, and special equipment being used. Great video!
There are businesses that specialize in these types of products. They do other work too but know what needs to happen to make a project like this successful.
That's massive Andy. It will streamline the cow milking process a great deal. I'm sure when the cows move into place for milking, Bluetooth speakers will drop down beside their ears and play soothing milking music.😂 Really cool engineering Andy, I can't wait to see it in operation, good luck
Andy ,thank you for taking us on the new build tour. Can't wait to see it when it's finished. Wow ,what an undertaking. Hope it doesn't take to long to get all the start up kinks out of the system
This is a lot of effort and expense so kids in NYC can push open a carton of 2% with their school lunch. Those kids will never understand how hard Hourigan's and the other dairyman have to work so millions of kids can have strong bones and healthy teeth.
Thanks for the great explanation, Andy. The electrical is quite a project in itself. As an industrial electronics guy, it'll be interesting to see the equipment once it's installed.
Hi Andy ! Thanks for that beautiful update on go big ! Looking very good your big farm . Good job everybody ! Thanks Mr. Hourigan for your time and everybody have a good day at the farm ! 🙋♂️
you really look after the animal comfort levels, as a previous dairy farmer I'm very pleased to see that, keep up the great work and keep the videos coming.
All i can say is WOW , quite the operation you and the family are building. Maybe one of these days the milk price will go up. Millions of investment and payback must be forever. By the time you get it paid for It will be time to rebuild it. Thanks for the walk through Andy. Take care and stay safe !!
I helped build an 80 bale rotary and one thing we wished we had done is to put all of the services in accessible troughs. When we had to fix a water leak , cutting concrete and chaising it down was a real nightmare.
Wow . That’s a serious amount of conduit and pipe work. Have to admire the engineering behind all that and the installation crew . Good job u videoed it before they cover it cause if anything goes wrong at a later stage you’ll know where to dig 😂😂😂😅
Andy, we love your channel and are extremely impressed with the facilities your family are developing, a significant industrial dairy complex! After seeing so many daires leaving or going out of business in our area of the country due to development taking over farm ground, and/or envirmontal regulations, I sincerely hope it is possible to produce the needed feed for all of those cows, going into the future. All the best, Nick, North West Farmer (Oregon)
With the amount of cash you seem to put out for construction projects, equipment, repairs, and employees I would expect to see milk tankers lined up down that main road. I guess you must get a pretty good price for the raw milk though?
Andy have you ever considered adding solar panels to your roofs? Great walk through and explaining how everything is coming together. The maze of conduit was amazing. 👍👏🙏🇺🇸
Thought you Guys would have milk tank silos,just curious. Come on ANDY FLY the drone in side the facility 😂😂 !!! Wish you guys and ladies the best in this major expansion. You guys sure do replace a lot of the old 100 cow dairys like we were 20 years ago 🤫🤫👍👍. Thanks to all!!
Andy, Please show your hoof trimimg room and your hoof triming person doing the trimming. Also have the person talk about mobile hoof trimming trucks and trimmers. No kidding I am not a BOT. Love your channel. Take care.
That is a topic that requires some some careful consideration. Some animal welfare people get a hold of those videos and twist it into animal cruelty claims even though you are trying to make the cows life better
Hi Andy, is there any Government Grant available to Farmers in your State to install Solar Panels on the barn? I would imagine you have high electric costs for all your barns and the new milking parlor. It would be cheaper in the longrun to be off grid and actually with the roof size you have you could install enough panels to be selling electricity to the grid ontop of what you use. Just wondering if you have had a costing and projected pay back timeline considered before?
Not sure in Andy’s case but others I know of that have checked into solar on dairy barn roofs the weight of the panels and related equipment make it difficult. The buildings typically aren’t spec’d with a high enough load rating and to get a 100 or 120’ wide building with the required ratings it gets quite expensive
Andy, thanks for the video showing the new construction. That is one huge project, it must have taken an enormous amount of planning before the construction started. Did your family visit other dairy facilities before the design was completed?
My first coment would be nice looking Chicken coup! But that upset illinois pork and beef producers upset. The real coment is cool nice. Glad to see what has been family structured business
WOW!! Now this is a project to under-take. Just to late out what you want now and what the future will be. When this present construction is done how many cows will be milked daily. How many cow will be in your herd or on site?
Any plans to move away from bulk storage tanks? My friends farm they only use semi milk tank trailers. Milk goes from the parlor to a chiller cools milk down to 34 degrees then is pumped into a waiting trailer. As you know the those tanks are extremely well insulated they have 3 days plus depending on the time of the year to move the milk to their local dairy. They do not own the tank trailers a Coop owns the trailers they provide logistics for moving their milk.
Thanks for sharing. I am getting ideas for an addition for my daughters sheep I am doing soon. Smaller scale, but I am building to be simple to maintain and clean. What fan are you using? Need to put fans in this building too.
It’s a hugely impressive set up your family have and continue to expand and future proof for the next generation. Just wondering why you’re putting in traditional bulk tanks over a milk silo.
I see you went from having white roofs to black roofs. Is there a benefit in either one? Seems like the white roof would keep the buildings cooler in the summer.
Thanks Andy. Is there a reason the lot was not all leveled to the same grade before the buildings went up ?? and the Stall building / Holding area roof line and the new Carousel roof lines do not meet up in line with each other . Mike M.
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You're making a multimillion dollar infrastructure improvement to the farm, a huge commitment. The project looks really nice!
This is a FAMILY FARM...not some corporate holding company...Absolutely awesome!!!!!!!!!!
It would be awesome to see a video of your farms history and expansions over the years!!!
I give you and your brothers a lot of credit for doing this and all of what you guys do in being able to keep the family members that want to farm to be able to stay on the farm. I personally don’t think l could handle the stress of it all. You are one of my favorites when it comes to farming TH-cam channels and enjoy watching what you do.
Thanks Andy interesting seeing the inside of operations as it is being built 😊
Wow them rooftops are steep! At least the US Secret Service wont be climbing them!🤣😂 Love the videos Andy!
👍💪🗽
To Me this is a "WOW" project for a FAMILY FARM Project !! Your family is making a huge investment ! Thank GOD for FARMERS !!
That electrician really knows how to lay pipe... The black on white looks great!
My guess is this major expansion has been in the planning stages for many years just to get the proper engineered drawings ready & to preorder the materials in a timely manner
It takes a well versed contractor and project manager to do that kind of build. It's well more complex than just a standard building job, having to deal with the size, scale, and special equipment being used. Great video!
There are businesses that specialize in these types of products. They do other work too but know what needs to happen to make a project like this successful.
That's massive Andy. It will streamline the cow milking process a great deal. I'm sure when the cows move into place for milking, Bluetooth speakers will drop down beside their ears and play soothing milking music.😂 Really cool engineering Andy, I can't wait to see it in operation, good luck
Holy crap!! What a spaghetti explosion! All that conduit!
Andy ,thank you for taking us on the new build tour. Can't wait to see it when it's finished. Wow ,what an undertaking. Hope it doesn't take to long to get all the start up kinks out of the system
You really take care of your cows,It’s just amazing what you’re doing with the new barns!!Great job!!!
This is a lot of effort and expense so kids in NYC can push open a carton of 2% with their school lunch. Those kids will never understand how hard Hourigan's and the other dairyman have to work so millions of kids can have strong bones and healthy teeth.
Amen brother
Holy moly that's some operation!! Glad I found you guys, so on and so forth 😊
Thanks for the great explanation, Andy. The electrical is quite a project in itself. As an industrial electronics guy, it'll be interesting to see the equipment once it's installed.
Hi Andy !
Thanks for that beautiful update on go big !
Looking very good your big farm .
Good job everybody !
Thanks Mr. Hourigan for your time and everybody have a good day at the farm ! 🙋♂️
Great tour of the status on the new construction Andy!
you really look after the animal comfort levels, as a previous dairy farmer I'm very pleased to see that, keep up the great work and keep the videos coming.
Looks great! I have to admit, the amount of conduit for the carousel was jaw dropping lol
Takes some pretty big balls to commit to a project like that. Enjoy your videos. Be safe Brother. Thomas, Mississippi!!
All i can say is WOW , quite the operation you and the family are building. Maybe one of these days the milk price will go up. Millions of investment and payback must be forever.
By the time you get it paid for
It will be time to rebuild it.
Thanks for the walk through Andy. Take care and stay safe !!
It sure is looking fantastic.
A massive amount of work has really turned this into a top notch cow resort 👏
Damn, andy, your set-up just keeps getting bigger. I love your channel its awesome to watch what you do 👍🇺🇲
HOLY COW , That is a huge edition !!!! May the good Lord look over your operation
I helped build an 80 bale rotary and one thing we wished we had done is to put all of the services in accessible troughs. When we had to fix a water leak , cutting concrete and chaising it down was a real nightmare.
Congratulations on your new project ❤ still growing awesome
Thanks for the tour, best wishes to you all God bless 👍💪🗽
Wow . That’s a serious amount of conduit and pipe work. Have to admire the engineering behind all that and the installation crew .
Good job u videoed it before they cover it cause if anything goes wrong at a later stage you’ll know where to dig 😂😂😂😅
Andy, we love your channel and are extremely impressed with the facilities your family are developing, a significant industrial dairy complex! After seeing so many daires leaving or going out of business in our area of the country due to development taking over farm ground, and/or envirmontal regulations, I sincerely hope it is possible to produce the needed feed for all of those cows, going into the future. All the best, Nick, North West Farmer (Oregon)
Andy, you should buy an old bowling ball and 10 pins and get the kids together and bowl down one of those super long alleyways ! 🤣🤣🤣
Wow. Incredible upgrade and addition. The future is bright. I sure hope Andy gets a new bigger shop.someday.
That's awesome information on the head locks ! It's all about cow comfort. Of the girls aren't happy no body's happy ! Lol
With the amount of cash you seem to put out for construction projects, equipment, repairs, and employees I would expect to see milk tankers lined up down that main road. I guess you must get a pretty good price for the raw milk though?
Andy have you ever considered adding solar panels to your roofs? Great walk through and explaining how everything is coming together. The maze of conduit was amazing. 👍👏🙏🇺🇸
Thought you Guys would have milk tank silos,just curious. Come on ANDY FLY the drone in side the facility 😂😂 !!! Wish you guys and ladies the best in this major expansion. You guys sure do replace a lot of the old 100 cow dairys like we were 20 years ago 🤫🤫👍👍. Thanks to all!!
Someday I would like to try and fly it in the barn
Awesome video thanks Andy for your time and consideration top job top team regards from England 🇬🇧🇺🇲
Very nice Andy. I like the way you care about your cows.
Enjoyed your video have a great day Andy thanks
Truck looks nice. Awesome addition too.
Thanks for the tour! Would love to see calf area and calves some time.
That's really something looks good. Great video Andy
So incredible all done right great video !
Andy, your family is spending alot of money in this project.
Business expense. It gets written off.
Your milk parlor is coming along very nicely Andy.
Farmers feed the world, thank you
Thanks for the update team really enjoy the videos
Andy, Please show your hoof trimimg room and your hoof triming person doing the trimming. Also have the person talk about mobile hoof trimming trucks and trimmers. No kidding I am not a BOT. Love your channel. Take care.
That is a topic that requires some some careful consideration. Some animal welfare people get a hold of those videos and twist it into animal cruelty claims even though you are trying to make the cows life better
I’ll show the hood trimming area but I don’t think our guy would want to be on camera
Didn’t know you were related to Elon Musk
Looks like to me it would almost be a full time job cleaning out all the waters every other day!! Awesome commitment to your family operations
WOW Andy. This is fantastic! Its huge!
Hi Andy the new Barn black and white looks really good together and it's coming along really good Bud ❤
Very impressive well done continue success 👍🏻🇺🇲
Love the updates! We have a 16 stage milking parlor, with automatic milkers.
God Bless you and your family
Lots of work
Well done
Very impressive! Hopefully you can show us when everything is done and the cows are on the carousel.
I am surprized at those bulk tanks. I would have thought with your volume that you would be going to direct truck loading
Tanks for storage in bad weather
He said in previous videos their milk buyer doesn't want to go to that yet!!
Thank you for showing us Andy!
Hi Andy, is there any Government Grant available to Farmers in your State to install Solar Panels on the barn? I would imagine you have high electric costs for all your barns and the new milking parlor. It would be cheaper in the longrun to be off grid and actually with the roof size you have you could install enough panels to be selling electricity to the grid ontop of what you use. Just wondering if you have had a costing and projected pay back timeline considered before?
Not sure in Andy’s case but others I know of that have checked into solar on dairy barn roofs the weight of the panels and related equipment make it difficult. The buildings typically aren’t spec’d with a high enough load rating and to get a 100 or 120’ wide building with the required ratings it gets quite expensive
New York is not great for selling power, most places you get paid little to nothing.
Thank you for another Great video. Cheers
Andy, thanks for the video showing the new construction. That is one huge project, it must have taken an enormous amount of planning before the construction started. Did your family visit other dairy facilities before the design was completed?
We have been to a couple facilities
Very Impressive facility and thoroughly thought out for cow comfort.
Appreciate your detailed explanations on your operation'
Thanjj my a Andy for the update on the new construction
Another very interesting video Thank you Andy 😊😊😊😊
I was thinking it was going to be a floating carousel.
learning the cows onto the rotary will be a pain in the ass, looks like a factory now
My first coment would be nice looking Chicken coup!
But that upset illinois pork and beef producers upset. The real coment is cool nice. Glad to see what has been family structured business
Awesome progress. Andy did you ever think that the farm would be the size it is today from when y’all started
No not really
Interesting. Been involved with some fairly automated large scale pig farms. Think I would rather deal with dairy.
Nice Little addition! 😊
WOW!! Now this is a project to under-take. Just to late out what you want now and what the future will be.
When this present construction is done how many cows will be milked daily.
How many cow will be in your herd or on site?
Andy once the new facility is completed can we see it in operation your videos are Awesome
Biggest farm I ever seen , it’s something 👍
Nice video.i wish over time we could see more about the dairy instead of so much detail on your repairs.
That has got to be a expensive set up. But boy will it be nice
Sweet, everything is looking great.
Most large farms in south central Wisconsin have their milk go straight into a trailer
Thanks for the tour Andy
coming together nicely.
Any plans to move away from bulk storage tanks? My friends farm they only use semi milk tank trailers. Milk goes from the parlor to a chiller cools milk down to 34 degrees then is pumped into a waiting trailer. As you know the those tanks are extremely well insulated they have 3 days plus depending on the time of the year to move the milk to their local dairy. They do not own the tank trailers a Coop owns the trailers they provide logistics for moving their milk.
Great update on the expansion how many cows will have after the expansion 👍🚜
Not anymore than what we have…this will be something that we can grow into
It's like the biggest farm expansion I've ever seen mind boggling beautiful facility
You will need to build a small Nuclear Plant to generate enough electricity to run the farm. (Ha!Ha!)
Thanks for sharing. I am getting ideas for an addition for my daughters sheep I am doing soon. Smaller scale, but I am building to be simple to maintain and clean. What fan are you using? Need to put fans in this building too.
Not sure off the top of my head what kind they were
Wondering why the different colored roofs on the various buildings?
Very nice tour, be proud!
JIM ❤
Roofs get dirty over time
Thanks for the update, Andy looks like it's coming right along look great
impressive build! say, you've got a lot of empty roof space... maybe you could start a solar farm too!
Thanks for sharing... very neat..👍
Wow Andy. This is truly amazing project you have going on. How do you keep up on all this? I got dizzy just you showing the electric part.
Man, if you put solar on all those rooftops it would make some serious power.
You think Andy and his family works 7 days a week for nothing that's how you get things like that hard work
Barn is awesome I love it
Nice addition 😮
Hello Andy. Are there any other dairies your size I your aera???keep up the good work.
Yes kinda
You guys did alot of thinking about the "new way" of barn building. Once again technology is a magor part of farming.
I know it might be a tough figure to tell us but how many tons of sand will it take to fill all the cubicles before any cows go into this new shed?
Few hundred tons
Are those Paul Muller Tanks for the New Parlor?
I grew up and Worked there back in the 1980’s
No
Are the cows every able to go outside and be in a field?
It’s a hugely impressive set up your family have and continue to expand and future proof for the next generation.
Just wondering why you’re putting in traditional bulk tanks over a milk silo.
I see you went from having white roofs to black roofs. Is there a benefit in either one? Seems like the white roof would keep the buildings cooler in the summer.
Thanks Andy.
Is there a reason the lot was not all leveled to the same grade before the buildings went up ??
and the Stall building / Holding area roof line and the new Carousel roof lines do not meet up in line with each other .
Mike M.
Buildings are different Wirth’s and therefore different heights…. Barns are pitched for manure flow