That's why I like your channel so much trinity dairy cause you make things work instead of having to go all out and having all new equipment and things like that, very nice wholesome real videos keep them coming thank you
You are an inspiration to all who think they are less because their equipment isn't brand new You are a genius to innovate and fix still usable machinery. Your kids are blessed to have a teaching dad
In 1976 or 1977 it was really dry. We had a swampy field east of the house we used to pasture but that year Dad cut the swamp grass and baled it for bedding than we hand broadcast old leftover clover seed. A couple weeks later the clover was knee high. I think we got about 1,500 bales off that 6 acres in 2 cuttings. It was the only year we could get on it with a tractor. In a normal year that patch was like a bog. When the neighbors saw it they lined up interested in buying hay. It was work but we were fortunate to have it. I was also going to say it was neat to see that B in action. We had a Brady flail chopper and we would open and divide our cornfields the same way as you did. Thanks for sharing.
You don't always have to have the biggest and the best farm equipment Alan, I agree with you there, well Wefest is over with so thank God, plenty of traffic every witch way, last night I stopped by my local grocery store and I saw a car with Kentucky plates, it wouldn't surprise me if they came for Wefest too!! 🚜🇺🇸🤠🎸
Green chopping has saved us here this year, our pastures haven’t had good regrowth so I brought the bottomland pasture to the cows. As always good video, chopper looks good
Yay for the name Tillie! A month old great niece is called Tillie Grace. Named for her great grandma on dad's side. I just realized while watching the Bearcat work, that you're running modern equipment. The Bearcat chute operates by wireless connection! 🤪 I had bleu cheese on a burger once. Did not fit my tastes. Someone in the Maytag Appliance family created bleu cheese at their farm in Iowa, a site that one can visit and sample it.
God bless you brother and your whole family. I appreciate your perspective Spiritually and your family's work ethic. I'm in East Texas and have been in a wheelchair for 10-11 years. I have many working skills but, can't utilize them much anymore. I'll be 70 yrs old next month. I ask Christ into my heart when I was 7. Began to be aware of His Presence and know Him around 5 yrs. While growing up and learning many skills I had a desire to serve God and became a minister in my late teens. So much to tell but, I appreciate your videos and your format. God's Blessings upon you, family, Farm and your animals. Asking for His Strength, Health, Protection, Wisdom, Discernment and Success upon you and family in Jesus' Mighty Name. Love you brother. See you on the next video. ☝️🙏🙌💪✝️🇺🇸👉...🎯
Hey Allan thanks for the great video I had never seen or heard of a flail chopper before. In the early 70’s my Dad had a flail hay cutter, in thick hay it would pull the tractor pretty hard. Hope you guys have a great week 👍
That brings back some memories, dad had the same flail chopper years ago. He always green chopped in the summer, just had to be careful walking down the barn walk 💩💩😂👍
I enjoy watching your channel. My family farmed in Le Center MN and still have some family farming northwest of Minneapolis. We have had excessive rain this year here in Texas where we operate a cow/calf beef operation and custom hay baling. Finally got all the first cutting hay done, a couple fields will be on third cutting soon. I like to watch how you use all your equipment and involve your family. Hopefully one day I will have a large number of subscribers for my TH-cam channel like you have. I love to share what I do and how I do it. Keep up the good work and God Bless!
Wow does that bring back memories! We had two different Bear cat choppers in the late 70s and all through the 80s. We always chopped with a Farmall M. Always did a great job of throwing it to the back of the wagon.
Growing up we use to green chop all summer for the dairy cows then after we picked corn we would chop the corn stocks into the feed wagon and feed them to the beef cows till snow forced us to stop
I have the same Bearcat chopper and it does a good job, keep an eye on the set screws on the pulley that drives the flails as they like to rattle loose. Also check the needle bearings for the idler sprocket that drives the auger. Parts are almost impossible to find. Some stuff like bearing you can cross the numbers on. Might be a good idea to find a parts machine. If you ever have any questions about it send me a message. Love your channel and the videos you and your family make, keep it up!
With diesel at 4.00 to 5.00 usd a gallon it tough but, a good early spring cutting of a good young new growth pasture will help keep leaving the grass clippings in the field will definitely help with control of summer annual weeds, for summer green chop.
Thanks for great video of what you do on the farm and that chopper that you bought seems to be doing the job. I just wondered do the cows eat the weeds? and if they do, does in effect the Milk in any way and or the cows? thanks?
Our milk production used to go way up when we started green chopping in the summer. I wonder if that flail chopper is the same as a John Deer. Looks very similar. We had 2 JD's, 1 CIH, but the best chopper we had was a New Holland. Built well and really threw the chop easily to the back of the feeder wagon.
It's so dry here in west-central MN that what we seeded for pasture/ hay didn't germinate well. What did come up didn't make it. Pastures are burned up, no second cutting hay here.
I like that chopper! Works amazing, love seeing all the older equipment working everyday!! I should probably know, but what is the wire running along the feeder used for? Thank you for bringing us along, look fwd to more!! Love every min of the content!!!
Establishing a new greenchop and using a mixture of oats/redclover will provide a good early summer greenchop for your cows you can also use the clover 🍀 for cheaper nitrogen fertilizer especially now with commercial N prices so high
We had a Allis-Chalmers or a bear cat green chopper. I know the flail blade were square and reversible. I spent the better part of the day replacing them.
Ever have problems with cows getting sick on chopped up weeds like that? I was always to afraid to chop my weedy fields, just round baled it wet and rolled them out with the thought that they could pick and choose some, but i get a lot of waste that way. Just wondering of your experience on that. Keep running that old equipment, keeps me from feeling alone with my old stuff!
I haven't had any problems. I start them out really slow on it. I either start with a smaller amount or only let them eat on it for a little bit to start with. Once they're used to it I up the amount.
Justin did some raking for me this year. The kids have a couple cows they milk, but they can't quite reach the pipeline in some spots. They do all the young stock chores which is a huge help.
I've watched several of your videos. How many head are you milking? and whats your parlor look like ?. I was raised milking but i haven't done it in 40 years. My dad used to sell Dairy supplies in Ohio.
Thanks, I'll check that out. I'd like to do something like that for the dairy I help out at cause they have a habbit of forgetting to shut the tractor off when they shut the conveyors off.
Al, does that flail chopper leave a clean swath? Couldn’t tell from the video. I was curious, is that the field you put the “tea” on? I don’t recall seeing you comment on how that experiment turned out. What did you do with the old gehl skid steer? I occasionally see some bearcat equipment for sale in the Texas panhandle. Mostly feed grinder/mixers. Came across a bearcat hammer mill at an auction one time. Went cheap but I didn’t bid on it. Was worried about parts availability. Who wound up buying out bearcat? The equipment I have seen looked well built and stout. Enjoyed the video!!
Yes it did a nice job. I was worried it would just knock the corn over but it chopped it up nicely. This field didn't have the tea, I should show that corn. We are planning on retrying the product next year now that he has a better set up and hopefully we'll get more regular rain. Not sure what happened to Bearcat brand.we still have the old skid loader, it's at a neighbors right now.
Good video, and nice looking machines. Sure weeds may be "bad" of having in a field but reality side depending on what the crops in the field is for? Weeds are still good to have especially if crops in field is just ganna be chopped up for feed half over half of the weed species cattle eats Inerways sides weeds are still a visitation inerways. A old guy told me once "if you have a field that has quite a bit of the weed with the purplish flower that produces that sour lime dust test if you make silage out of it while it's still green cows enjoys it". But that's my opinion I guess. Inerways again good video.👍 sir.
As it is nearly mid August, you probably can "guesstimate " your corn sileage yield for this season. I doubt it can equal last year but what percent below last year is it ?
Alan your pretty good at fixing and working with older farm machinery and have you bought any jerseys yet and are you planning on buying guernseys from that guy that's selling out how far is his farm from you and when is his sale a couple years ago I was going to buy some guernseys from a farm in Virginia they canceled their sale they found out they had johnes in their herd he eventually sold them privately to someone when he cleaned up the problem what's your bf and protein and scc count average mine is 5 bf 4 protein and scc 120000 I sell my milk to a private cheese maker in Rhode Island he makes Swiss cheddar and blue cheese and flavored cheese curds I'm the only producer
No we haven't bought anymore Jerseys or Guernseys yet. We are trying to find room for our heifers coming in(good problem to have). He decided not to have an auction, he is working with the Wisconsin Guernsey association trying to sell the cows in one group. Right now we're running a 4bf and 3.24protein and 100,000 scc. Never had blue cheese before!
He must have been afraid of covid I wonder what he's asking for the whole herd I talked to a guy from Ohio a couple of years ago and he bought a herd of guernseys from hilmar CA and shipped them cross country do you drink your own milk or do you buy it from the store I drink mine and I sell raw and pasteurized milk as well I know raw milk is illegal in Minnesota alan what did you do with the boumatic claws and pulsators you bought and tried and didn't like I've seen the claws there all plastic I wasn't impressed I use Delaval stainless barrel claws in my rotary parlor there great I used the harmony claws in the tie stall barn I still have them in case the parlor ever went down I can still milk
I'm not sure what he's asking for them. We drink our own milk out of the tank. I ended up selling them back to the guy I bought them from because he started milking again.
@@trinitydairy that's funny is he still milking or did he quit again how many is he milking and he have a parlor or stanchion barn alan have you ever heard of riverview farms it's a large dairy operation in Minnesota I've read about them and seen them on you tube as well they milk holstiens and jerseys
awesome corn , oat & alpha alpha grass chopping & feed supply to cattle # is that grain which has brown color coming out of bin ???? i want to reach to U & purchase from U Jersy breed calves & purchase South pole & Brahman breed calves & grow them in UR farm for meat & sell them in the market & pay U good amount of money #
Auf ihm wird ruhen der Geist des HERRN, der Geist der Weisheit und des Verstandes, der Geist des Rates und der Stärke, der Geist der Erkenntnis und der Furcht des HERRN. Jesaja 11,2 Sie konnten Jesus in seinen Worten nicht fangen vor dem Volk und wunderten sich über seine Antwort und schwiegen still. Lukas 20,26
That's why I like your channel so much trinity dairy cause you make things work instead of having to go all out and having all new equipment and things like that, very nice wholesome real videos keep them coming thank you
Thank you!
You are an inspiration to all who think they are less because their equipment isn't brand new
You are a genius to innovate and fix still usable machinery. Your kids are blessed to have a teaching dad
Mayby sorghum Sudan, gives a lot and easy to grow,greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer
When I was 7-10 years old put a few hours on a B Farmall. Thanks for sharing.
In 1976 or 1977 it was really dry. We had a swampy field east of the house we used to pasture but that year Dad cut the swamp grass and baled it for bedding than we hand broadcast old leftover clover seed. A couple weeks later the clover was knee high. I think we got about 1,500 bales off that 6 acres in 2 cuttings. It was the only year we could get on it with a tractor. In a normal year that patch was like a bog. When the neighbors saw it they lined up interested in buying hay. It was work but we were fortunate to have it. I was also going to say it was neat to see that B in action.
We had a Brady flail chopper and we would open and divide our cornfields the same way as you did. Thanks for sharing.
You don't always have to have the biggest and the best farm equipment Alan, I agree with you there, well Wefest is over with so thank God, plenty of traffic every witch way, last night I stopped by my local grocery store and I saw a car with Kentucky plates, it wouldn't surprise me if they came for Wefest too!! 🚜🇺🇸🤠🎸
Green chopping has saved us here this year, our pastures haven’t had good regrowth so I brought the bottomland pasture to the cows. As always good video, chopper looks good
Back when we had beef cattle we used to green chop for them every now and then. The cows always seemed to enjoy it. Great video have a good one!
A very good job and God bless yall
We used to green feed with an old MC chopper and pulled it with a Farmall M. Cows used to love it. Always chopped the old seeding for green feed.
You must have smell-a-vision! I could smell that wonderful green chop while it was being unloaded into the skid steer bucket!
Put some winter rye in the reclaim field after you have it harvested. Help with the weeds and feed for next spring. Just a thought. Take care!
That's what I was thinking too.
That’s what we do on our corn silage acres, makes great feed for our open ewes and beef cows. Lots of tonnage.
Cool seeing that old iron you run out working
Yay for the name Tillie! A month old great niece is called Tillie Grace. Named for her great grandma on dad's side.
I just realized while watching the Bearcat work, that you're running modern equipment. The Bearcat chute operates by wireless connection! 🤪
I had bleu cheese on a burger once. Did not fit my tastes. Someone in the Maytag Appliance family created bleu cheese at their farm in Iowa, a site that one can visit and sample it.
Lol!
God bless you brother and your whole family. I appreciate your perspective Spiritually and your family's work ethic. I'm in East Texas and have been in a wheelchair for 10-11 years. I have many working skills but, can't utilize them much anymore. I'll be 70 yrs old next month. I ask Christ into my heart when I was 7. Began to be aware of His Presence and know Him around 5 yrs. While growing up and learning many skills I had a desire to serve God and became a minister in my late teens. So much to tell but, I appreciate your videos and your format. God's Blessings upon you, family, Farm and your animals. Asking for His Strength, Health, Protection, Wisdom, Discernment and Success upon you and family in Jesus' Mighty Name. Love you brother. See you on the next video. ☝️🙏🙌💪✝️🇺🇸👉...🎯
Thank you! God bless!
Hey Allan thanks for the great video I had never seen or heard of a flail chopper before. In the early 70’s my Dad had a flail hay cutter, in thick hay it would pull the tractor pretty hard. Hope you guys have a great week 👍
that chopper is a old beast but does a nice job i am sure the cows will like that feed
That brings back some memories, dad had the same flail chopper years ago. He always green chopped in the summer, just had to be careful walking down the barn walk 💩💩😂👍
Oh man, very true!
The old 830 did a good just on the flail
Did a good job
I enjoy watching your channel. My family farmed in Le Center MN and still have some family farming northwest of Minneapolis. We have had excessive rain this year here in Texas where we operate a cow/calf beef operation and custom hay baling. Finally got all the first cutting hay done, a couple fields will be on third cutting soon. I like to watch how you use all your equipment and involve your family. Hopefully one day I will have a large number of subscribers for my TH-cam channel like you have. I love to share what I do and how I do it. Keep up the good work and God Bless!
That’s was even a better video then the first time I saw it.
Wow does that bring back memories! We had two different Bear cat choppers in the late 70s and all through the 80s. We always chopped with a Farmall M. Always did a great job of throwing it to the back of the wagon.
What's known as a "double-chop" harvester in Ireland/UK.
New Holland 339 was probably the biggest seller, followed by Taarup and Kidd.
That flail chopper looks very similar to a gehl 72 that we had years ago
Growing up we use to green chop all summer for the dairy cows then after we picked corn we would chop the corn stocks into the feed wagon and feed them to the beef cows till snow forced us to stop
Looks good. Cows are eating well!
That xl bucket sure looks nice and handy! 🐄🐮😉
I have the same Bearcat chopper and it does a good job, keep an eye on the set screws on the pulley that drives the flails as they like to rattle loose. Also check the needle bearings for the idler sprocket that drives the auger. Parts are almost impossible to find. Some stuff like bearing you can cross the numbers on. Might be a good idea to find a parts machine. If you ever have any questions about it send me a message. Love your channel and the videos you and your family make, keep it up!
Thanks!
My Friend....
Try growing "Buckwheat" for flailing.... Your "Jerseys" will turn into "Gold"
Great video
Haven't watched in a while I c you still going strong. Keep up the good work.
With diesel at 4.00 to 5.00 usd a gallon it tough but, a good early spring cutting of a good young new growth pasture will help keep leaving the grass clippings in the field will definitely help with control of summer annual weeds, for summer green chop.
Those flail choppers will also sub for a discbine. Just open the rear flap and grass will blow right out on the ground.
We use to use it to shred cornstalks.
Thanks for the knowledge.
That is one thing I need to get I can get alot of good feed for next to nothing late in fall if I had one
Checking in, everyone ok at trinity dairy? Miss seeing your videos down here in Texas.
Yes we are. It was fair week so we were super busy. We took a lot of video which will be up soon!
Like the chopper nicely done good video
Thanks for great video of what you do on the farm and that chopper that you bought seems to be doing the job.
I just wondered do the cows eat the weeds? and if they do, does in effect the Milk in any way and or the cows? thanks?
The cows do eat them. The cows were up in milk and it helped raise our MUN. Can't taste anything in the milk.
Our milk production used to go way up when we started green chopping in the summer. I wonder if that flail chopper is the same as a John Deer. Looks very similar. We had 2 JD's, 1 CIH, but the best chopper we had was a New Holland. Built well and really threw the chop easily to the back of the feeder wagon.
We've noticed the cows are going up in milk.
It's so dry here in west-central MN that what we seeded for pasture/ hay didn't germinate well. What did come up didn't make it. Pastures are burned up, no second cutting hay here.
We've gotten just enough to keep things alive. Prayers for everyone that needs rain.
@@robertvruwink2654 even a half inch of that would be amazing right now. We have only recorded 1.83inches since May.
I like that chopper! Works amazing, love seeing all the older equipment working everyday!! I should probably know, but what is the wire running along the feeder used for? Thank you for bringing us along, look fwd to more!! Love every min of the content!!!
It's just a hot wire to keep the cows from climbing in the bunk.
@@trinitydairy Thank you !
Establishing a new greenchop and using a mixture of oats/redclover will provide a good early summer greenchop for your cows you can also use the clover 🍀 for cheaper nitrogen fertilizer especially now with commercial N prices so high
We had a Allis-Chalmers or a bear cat green chopper. I know the flail blade were square and reversible. I spent the better part of the day replacing them.
Our family group does a bit of green chopping for the goats, but not on the scale you guys do it.
I should try that at Thanksgiving, take the food away after an hour so I don't eat to much lol :)
Looks to like that field is paying you back for cleaning it up
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Good ol 3 wheel death machines lol
Ever have problems with cows getting sick on chopped up weeds like that? I was always to afraid to chop my weedy fields, just round baled it wet and rolled them out with the thought that they could pick and choose some, but i get a lot of waste that way. Just wondering of your experience on that. Keep running that old equipment, keeps me from feeling alone with my old stuff!
I haven't had any problems. I start them out really slow on it. I either start with a smaller amount or only let them eat on it for a little bit to start with. Once they're used to it I up the amount.
Could you change the bunk fence ,so can drive along with silage wagon ,then don't need bobcat
I have done it with that wagon, but I need one with a longer conveyor.
Here in Maine wet season this year
Crazy how it's so different all over the country!
Be careful you may get weed smell in the milk. Be safe and stay well.
Is everything and everyone OK on the farm? Haven't seen a video posted in two weeks. Just concerned that all is OK!
Yep, going good, just finishing our county fair today, then we'll have the videos rolling again!
@@trinitydairy Thank you!! As I said, I was starting to get concerned. Forgot about the county fair.
Your oldest kids help with field work or are they still to young yet can they milk yet or are you afraid the cows would hurt them
Justin did some raking for me this year. The kids have a couple cows they milk, but they can't quite reach the pipeline in some spots. They do all the young stock chores which is a huge help.
That old Case sounds mighty fine with the straight pipe.
Yeah, it sounds pretty good.
My "Father" ran this idea along with Millett...
I've watched several of your videos. How many head are you milking? and whats your parlor look like ?. I was raised milking but i haven't done it in 40 years. My dad used to sell Dairy supplies in Ohio.
We are milking 35 right now, and we just have a stanchion/tie stall barn. Some of our earlier videos show us milking.
What size/hp electric motor is on that Badger forage box?
It's a 1/3 horse motor. I did a video on it back in November on what I use it for.
Thanks, I'll check that out.
I'd like to do something like that for the dairy I help out at cause they have a habbit of forgetting to shut the tractor off when they shut the conveyors off.
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Al, does that flail chopper leave a clean swath? Couldn’t tell from the video. I was curious, is that the field you put the “tea” on? I don’t recall seeing
you comment on how that experiment turned out. What did you do with the old gehl skid steer? I occasionally see some bearcat equipment for sale in the Texas panhandle. Mostly feed grinder/mixers. Came across a bearcat hammer mill at an auction one time. Went cheap but I didn’t bid on it. Was worried about parts availability. Who wound up buying out bearcat? The equipment I have seen looked well built and stout. Enjoyed the video!!
Yes it did a nice job. I was worried it would just knock the corn over but it chopped it up nicely.
This field didn't have the tea, I should show that corn. We are planning on retrying the product next year now that he has a better set up and hopefully we'll get more regular rain. Not sure what happened to Bearcat brand.we still have the old skid loader, it's at a neighbors right now.
Good video, and nice looking machines. Sure weeds may be "bad" of having in a field but reality side depending on what the crops in the field is for? Weeds are still good to have especially if crops in field is just ganna be chopped up for feed half over half of the weed species cattle eats Inerways sides weeds are still a visitation inerways. A old guy told me once "if you have a field that has quite a bit of the weed with the purplish flower that produces that sour lime dust test if you make silage out of it while it's still green cows enjoys it". But that's my opinion I guess. Inerways again good video.👍 sir.
As it is nearly mid August, you probably can "guesstimate " your corn sileage yield for this season.
I doubt it can equal last year but what percent below last year is it ?
I'm just guessing, but I would say half.
Alan your pretty good at fixing and working with older farm machinery and have you bought any jerseys yet and are you planning on buying guernseys from that guy that's selling out how far is his farm from you and when is his sale a couple years ago I was going to buy some guernseys from a farm in Virginia they canceled their sale they found out they had johnes in their herd he eventually sold them privately to someone when he cleaned up the problem what's your bf and protein and scc count average mine is 5 bf 4 protein and scc 120000 I sell my milk to a private cheese maker in Rhode Island he makes Swiss cheddar and blue cheese and flavored cheese curds I'm the only producer
No we haven't bought anymore Jerseys or Guernseys yet. We are trying to find room for our heifers coming in(good problem to have).
He decided not to have an auction, he is working with the Wisconsin Guernsey association trying to sell the cows in one group. Right now we're running a 4bf and 3.24protein and 100,000 scc. Never had blue cheese before!
He must have been afraid of covid I wonder what he's asking for the whole herd I talked to a guy from Ohio a couple of years ago and he bought a herd of guernseys from hilmar CA and shipped them cross country do you drink your own milk or do you buy it from the store I drink mine and I sell raw and pasteurized milk as well I know raw milk is illegal in Minnesota alan what did you do with the boumatic claws and pulsators you bought and tried and didn't like I've seen the claws there all plastic I wasn't impressed I use Delaval stainless barrel claws in my rotary parlor there great I used the harmony claws in the tie stall barn I still have them in case the parlor ever went down I can still milk
I'm not sure what he's asking for them. We drink our own milk out of the tank. I ended up selling them back to the guy I bought them from because he started milking again.
@@trinitydairy that's funny is he still milking or did he quit again how many is he milking and he have a parlor or stanchion barn alan have you ever heard of riverview farms it's a large dairy operation in Minnesota I've read about them and seen them on you tube as well they milk holstiens and jerseys
Have you ever thought about getting a tmr mixer?
I have thought about it, but with such a small heard, I don't think they work as well. But we do try to mix our forages, when we use our feed wagon.
Are you guys ok? Hadn't seen a video.
Yes! It was our county fair this last week. Should have a new video soon!
What part of Minnesota are you from my dad was from Stephen Minnesota
We're 50 miles South of Duluth
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How many cows
do y’all milk
34 right now
When I milk they gave me $13 100I don’t know what it is today no
We're getting 14.69 but friends of ours are down to 13
God is good
Allen are you still doing video anymore?????
Haha yes. It's county fair week so we've been super busy.
@@trinitydairy tell good luck showing cattle and have fun doing 👍
We're hoping to get a bunch of videos!
they dont look hungry
awesome corn , oat & alpha alpha grass chopping & feed supply to cattle # is that grain which has brown color coming out of bin ???? i want to reach to U & purchase from U Jersy breed calves & purchase South pole & Brahman breed calves & grow them in UR farm for meat & sell them in the market & pay U good amount of money #
That's just silage coming out with the brown color.
Is that Case o Matic
Yes
Auf ihm wird ruhen der Geist des HERRN, der Geist der Weisheit und des Verstandes, der Geist des Rates und der Stärke, der Geist der Erkenntnis und der Furcht des HERRN.
Jesaja 11,2
Sie konnten Jesus in seinen Worten nicht fangen vor dem Volk und wunderten sich über seine Antwort und schwiegen still.
Lukas 20,26
Do I have to make an account with the printing company to buy a sweatshirt??? I keep trying to buy but it wants a username and password...
Yes you have to make an account
Alot less fuel
you guys okay?
Yes. We have been super busy getting ready for county fair!
@@trinitydairy okay sounds good thanks :)
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