Bringing Out The BIG Hay Bales for Winter!
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- Today is an exciting day for the dairy herd, because they are getting the large square bales from out west! This is some really nice hay and the cows produce well after eating it. It’s always exciting to watch the cows realize that they are getting something they haven't had for awhile. Thank you all for watching! We hope you enjoy the video!
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Back when I use to farm [25 yrs ago] we farmed just like you. Our hurdle was the snow belt of New York living on "mountain it was a mile up the road to the farm". Throw snow into air and watch it blow to the bottom sometimes. Many times snow with green grass at the bottom of hill. When you can't see your hand in front of your face. Winter a hate love relationship. The smells of winter linger even now. Many winter piling manure because too much snow. A snow blower a must. 80 to 100 in normal. Wind and sub zero temp what made it hard. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything. It made me and my boys what we are today! I just wish more people could understand what we had and you have. I "laugh" at your snow but love the content. Many memories. Many stories.
I don't mind the cold but I hate the snow and it's really hard on the cattle. I feed cattle, cut fire wood , logs , sawmill, repair and build things. Take care be safe and well.
The best channel on you utube
Thank you!
After driving a truck for 42 winters, the best part of winter now is heading SOUTH!!!
I myself like Winter. I do construction as well as farm and the cold makes me appreciate the heat and the warmth of my wood stove and the inside time with my family all that much more.
Great video. 3:55 - Regarding hitting anything, I had a boss who used to say, “speed compensates!”
My favorite part of winter is Spring. I’d rather sweat than shiver.
Being short, walking through snow was the best thigh work out all winter. Otherwise, fresh snow, blue, completely unspoiled by footprints or skittering leaves, sparkling in the moonlight is the most beautiful thing on the planet.
Ditto.
When we had cows my dad would put bedding in the part of the pole shed with a electric fence for the cows to lay in with a heated water tank then sometimes we would bedded their stalls and they stay in the barn for the night and cleaned gutters every day now that cows are no longer here we just sell big bales to people who are interested
Winter? I love it! I love Xmas and I love snow and winter brings them both. . I’ve got good equipment and that makes snow removal even better.
I watch your videos and I am reliving that snow all over again.
Thank you!
I don't mind winter except for the Frozen net wrap especially with the silage bales and the occasional hard starting tractor if I forget to plug it in
Loved seeing the dogs playing in the snow.
Woot first view. You guys are awesome. Keep up the good work
Winter was always special as a kid. Like a great adventure. Spent time at my Gramps homestead and I was the designated shovel guy. Gramp would put the chains on his Dodge and off we would go. He carried mail for years so even after he retired he always wanted to check the neighbors on his route. We’d swap a story and then back home to fill up the wood burner with some apple firewood.
Like all of it.. I like the cows and I always like to see how different areas do and ur equipment as well.. you guys need a bigger bobcat with tracks as well..
I'm older and retired but enjoy watching how you guys run ur farm. I worked for a neighbor many years we milked holstein and brown Swiss .. we didn't have as nice equipment as you guys do. I remember climbing the upright silo and forking silage down the shute then go feed it all by Manuel means.
Love ice fishing but it’s not getting cold enough here in MI to make ice . Might as well jump back to spring
I agree with your dad dry and cold, we don’t use near as much bedding as well, also I prefer the ground to be frozen before it snows so we can haul manure, get to the woods to skid logs, and the driveways stay frozen to haul grain with the semi,but we take what we get eh
Enjoyed the video guys as always keep them coming 👍
Hey, guys! I accidentally came across your TH-cam video, after watching it, I decided to subscribe to your channel. I am from Russia, I live near the city of Nizhny Novgorod in a rural area. Your topic about the farm and agriculture is familiar and interesting to me. My whole childhood was spent on the farm where my parents worked. I myself work in the production of aerated concrete blocks, but I always like to look at the work of farmers. Rural life is difficult, but beautiful. You have such a cool agricultural machinery. Good luck with your business! I'm waiting for new videos.
My 7810 starts good in the cold also. Used it on the manure spreader for 20 winters. One of the best tractors John Deere ever made.
I always enjoyed winter except when the frigid cold came in. Always had a couple waterers that froze at the other farm, and the silo unloader in the hm corn silo had troubles making circles. But it always seemed that after the first couple days of it you got used to it
My favorite part of winter is when it's over. Lol
My favorite winter hobby is being in a warm place watching Gierok farming videos!
That warms my heart thank you!
Me too!
I love large square bales. Easy to handle and stack inside the barn as well. I am definitely envious of the snow. We had a couple of inches right at Christmas and 30 mile winds that made tremendous drifts here but that has been all we have had.
I’ve recently retired, here in western Wisconsin we have about two feet of snow on the ground some places less with a hard crust and ice I’m currently making preparations to start cutting down trees were the woods borders the field. I don’t like the real cold anymore I did a lot of wood cutting in the winter when I was younger. Not anymore, now it’s a warm cab or warm house.
Dad would have let you know if you hit anything bet he is like my Dad used to be he could find any microscopic scratch you put on.......lol
Snow is the best. Feed cows haul manure and work in the shop.
Love the dogs
Favorite part of winter is putting miles on the snowmobiles, might have to make a trek down to trempealeau County from dunn county, looks like a beautiful area to ride
Even here, in Texas, the best thing about winter is the day it ends.
Thanks so much for taking the time out of your busy life to make these videos
Love the beauty of winter but this year so far has been pretty nasty with lots of snow and the wind has been horrible. We are already running out of places to pile snow so the big snowblower has been getting a workout. This time of year we spend fixing things up and trying to stay warm
Really enjoy the videos guys! Do you sell any shirts or hats? I’d like to support a fellow farmer and buy a few shirts if you had any 👍🏻
Working on it!
I love winter, but I hate that I haven't had snow the whole winter and only plowed twice....
Really enjoy your camera work, takes me back. That 1650 is an awesome tractor, looking for an Oliver now for our hobby farm.
Wife and I are 73. We live full time in our motor home and snowbird in Naples, FL from early November until May. Not like our days growing up on the family farms in the 1950s and 60s. Wife was in south central MN and I was in SE WI. I liked winter.
I remember at -30 my brother and I would take a big sled made out of plywood put 15 small square bales, and 4 sacks of feed and cow manger sweepings and pull it like a team of horses to feed the heifers about a third of a mile one way. Then we could let tractor warm up a little more on the block heaters before cleaning barns. It wasn't all that bad. Now it's a fond memory. Back then we didn't have the heated shop that we have today.
Like it froze without the mud lol
The first day of spring is the best part of winter.
I was enjoyed working on the farms during the 4 season exsp
I would be happier being busy farming year round, but life is not there yet. So I spend a lot of time on the ice fishing, and taking naps. My ice fishing shack is is my winter happy place. Peace, Quiet, and meditation is good healing for anyone.
I love ❤️ winter!!! I 💕 the snow, I like to Crochet 🧶 inside on real cold days. I like taking walks in the woods and just enjoying Mother Nature any day 30 degrees and above. Growing up in Wisconsin I loved snowmobiling, especially thru the woods. Loved living out in the country - Now I live in Illinois in the western suburbs of Chicago, moved here almost 30 years ago for work. But I’m still a Wisconsin Badgers fan and Go Greenbay Packers!!!!! Still love ❤️ Wisconsin!!!!! Love 💕 your channel!!!!!!!!!!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🥰🥰🥳🥳🥳
OMG, you are totally covered in snow. We never get to see snow in our part of Texas. We do get thousand of Winter Texas or Snow Birds that spend winters in our area.
(Winter) I'm still making grass Hay on our farm. We are mostly summer year round, check us out.. Blessing Guys
Well in Kentucky we just don't even know what season it is one day snow the next day it's 65 lol
best part of winter is when its over
As you get older, winter hurts a bit more but I could never live somewhere there's no snow. I use to love winter when I logged..... Sure Enjoy your videos and seeing that old Oliver out earning her keep....That's from a Red guy.lol...Thanks guys.......
Great video guys. Love seeing you guys getn er dun. We don't get near as much snow here in central Illinois as you guys do. That's fine with me, but it does make great scenery! Take care and God bless. Keep us updated when you start to work on that 7000 planter.
My farm was right on Lake Ontario in Northern New York our winter’s were hard, and long we had 60 Registered Holstein’s Plus, live stock right around a 100 head. At that time my larg tractor was a JD 4000 that I bought at a auction it hd just been rebuilt and produced quite a bit over 100 hp as crazy as it sounds I used to love putting on my Carhartt’s and spread manure with that tractor. People have always thought I’m crazy but that’s ok because I’m kind, and like people I began watching your podcast 2 days ago, it’s made want to start doing something with my farm I’m 77 years old but still am pretty rugged. I haven’t heard on your podcast what State are you in? Thank You John Humphrey
I love your channel thanks for sharing your farm with us Im 17 just bought my first tractor a oliver 1650 I love your guys oliver 1650 by the way haha but I was wondering if you had any advice I am planning on hopefully buying my grandpas farm and grandpa loves that I guess to make it simple what would your advice for young farmers just starting I would love it if you would make a vidoe about it thanks!
Your cows are not that hungry. Exactly what you want to see. I like ice fishing and snowmobiling. Favorite thing to do is just go for a walk and watch 🦌 after everything is done
I like winter also ,do a lot of repair work which I don't have time to do during field work season
Your skid loader is sure getting a workout. Have you ever considered putting a loader on one of your tractors? If the skid loader breaks down your going to be in a real bind
Very nice hay. Good work guys.
Seeing your Saint playing in the snow reminds me of when we had our Saints and how much they enjoyed being outside in the winter. Winter is certainly their environment, ours used to love to lay down outside during a snowstorm.
Here on our Western Pennsylvania beef operation that was formerly dairy, we operate much like you folks . Cattle work still takes up two to three hours of work everyday we still find time to clean out fence rows and do other woods work, plus shop work and keeping our custom ground feed business going winter other than Christmas weekend has been pretty nice in Western PA. Our precipitation has been coming more in the form of rain rather than snow, which of course we don't have to shovel or push out of the way or pile up. The only thing is we are dealing with mud I always say when it gets like this do you have a winter like this everyday you get th that's not causing weather issues he's one more day closer to spring I'll take the rain over the snow.
Been down to Florida a couple times in the winter is nice it is just hard with all the frozen waters for the cows and pigs I like cutting wood in the winter and hunting to
Can I ask a dumb question? One of you has mittens and one of you has gloves. 5 minutes into snowblowing and my fingers are frozen - would you share what you use to keep warm! Thanks, Al
Hey buddy appreciate the video don't care too much for the snow although it is beautiful when it first comes down keep them videos coming thanks
Good video enjoyable life of the dairy farm.
A little bit of bicycling on a pedal powered mtb with studded tires.
Also learning a language on line.
Could you guys do another video on spreading manure in the deep snow.
My favorite part of winter is a nice warm wood fire. Also I like being able to concentrate on caring for the animals without having to worry about tending to the crops. Everything hunkers down and rests. Some of the Swiss immigrants surnamed Ragatz were the first to settle in my Sauk County, Troy township back in the 1830's. One of them wrote down what a shock the Wisconsin winters were in contrast to the Alpine winters they were accustomed to back in Switzerland. They lost considerable livestock, hogs in particular, during the harsh winter their first year. They soon learned how to adapt to the new climate and we, their descendants, rest comfortably warm as do our livestock. It's one of the joys of winter. God's people still learn to adapt to climate change. One part of his wonderful grace. I should have said earlier it was not Troy township but was Honey Creek just beyond our property in Troy.
I look forward to winter every year, like you said a little slower pace. I can do without the fog we've been having this year.
Been a rough winter for us here in south East Kansas. Didn’t have hardly any hay production this year and almost no carry over from last year. Hope next year is better.
Agree with your dad on dry/cold winter being better than the wet. Sitting here in W. Wash, I think it applies to humans as well as cattle. At least this guy ;)
I love watching you guys work you two work together so well. Be safe and God Bless.
Great video, love watching the cows munching on hay.
Love the videos keep up the great work.
Winter is a great time of year, especially when you live in Florida! Having lived in Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Utah. during my career, I have had the joy of driving and shoveling enough snow. I have to admit, now the only snow that I enjoy is what I see on T.V. Another great video....
As kids we would hollow out the real deep snow drifts after a big storm, making large caverns with tunnels and such...stayed out all day til almost dark then home to a warm house, a good meal and good sleep.
As a kid on the farm the wheel barrow was our skid steer with a plank out of the barn onto the side of the spreader. Every morning we needed to clean out the outside feeding stalls. It made me who I am.
Was born to far north live in Kentucky hate winter time
Always plenty to do. Never a dull day, maybe some not so great but, never boring!
I milked for 13 years at my uncles farm
I love watching the videos
I. Still farm cash crops
Love all the different daily smells of winter farming I can smell the alfalfa and corn silage and the manure being spread with a touch of diesel exhaust on a cold day
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I've never experienced snow like you get here in Australia 🇦🇺 we do get it.
Aaron & Family-I attempt to like every one of your videos…even if I don’t end up watching the whole segment…I know it’s pure gold. Takes me back to my childhood on my grandparents farm. We are predominantly an Allis Chalmers/AGCO/Massey Ferguson family…ain’t got not nothing against green tractors though 😁😄
Love a New Holland bailer too
I made a set of chains from an old pair of tractor chains for my case skidsteer, it's like a bulldozer now. I live about 35 miles from you to the west and have the same amount of snow.
Great video! Northern PA dealt with the sub zero and wind over Christmas. Has been warm, 40-50 , so muddy, would be nice to have mud freeze and some snow. Pouring rain now. Happy New Year to all!
Back in my very young years there were no snow blowers at least on the farm i worked on.
It was a blade plow or a v plow and I spent many hours as a young lad of maybe 11 or 12 with the H and a V plow/chains on the rears and go at it.
Thanks for your videos as it brings back many memories.
Enjoy your videos soo much please keep them up. Thank You
My favorite thing about winter is when it ends. "SPRING"
Here in Northern California, we haven't been able to enjoy winter much. We've got atmospheric rivers hitting us with storm after storm, and we're getting flooded out. I'll take spring and summer, thank you. 🙂
I spend the winter working on tillage equipment getting it ready for spring
No matter how inconvenient it might be, in January, white seems right.
i like when winter is over i like being outside on my bicycle
I live in town. Best part about winter, is how the sidewalks look after they are taken care of after a big snowstorm.
I love when it snows. Then we can go chase some mountain lions. Ride the four-wheelers in it and it makes everything look so much more beautiful your guys's Farm look so beautiful in the winter time I really enjoy watching all your videos I learn something every time can't wait to see more videos take care and God bless to the gierok Farm and cows
Gotta give them bulls respect, that's for sure. Lot's of snow. Do you ski the hills?
My son thinks it’s easier for us to farm in the winter. It’s cold and it’s easier to take care of chickens because they aren’t outside. We haven’t gotten snow yet but I’m sure that will change. I’m kind your dad, I like it to snow in one week and that’s it for the rest of the year!
I live for the wintertime... I live in Arizona... love your videos.. thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Farmers are the luckiest people in America! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
When feeding big squares, cut the strings on the bottom or end of the bale. Then you don't need to pull the knots through when removing the twine. It is much easier.
Went to the farm and went snowmobiling dad had a 16 year old cow drop a calf last week surprise!
I'm with you. I like it to get cold and stay that way until the end of March. Better to have three weeks of mud than three months of it.
Love the sound of that 1650 Oliver.... What state are you in?.. just subscribe to your channel
Greetings from New Jersey. This is first time I watched your video. Winter is my favorite season. Your farm is awesome and peaceful looking. I no you farmers do alot and keeping busy is a norm. Thanks for sharing see you next time.👍👍
We have a lot more snow in ND . Take Care
Just want to say how much I enjoy your channel. I didn’t grow up on a farm but have some great memories of working on my best friend and neighbors farm. They had a dairy farm and also raised some chickens for eggs and meat.
Hard workers - keep up the good work on the farm 💯
Your canine supervisors are hard at it , I had German shepherds and they used to love to play in the snow . The snow gives time , you have to consider your moves , make sure there's a fire lit , cos snow strips body heat faster than most things . Your beautiful farm takes on a great atmosphere . Stay warm , great video 👍🇬🇧
In eastern Canada on our small livestock farm my favorite part is on a cold stormy night after cattle are bedded with fresh straw and the feed bunks are full, that gives me a great sense of accomplishment. My 11 year old son says his favorite part of winter is plowing snow with our new Holland 170 skid steer.