I got to go to the farm tour hosted by the county conservation district, so I was on-farm in person. There were zero flies! On a dairy! The baby calves looked so happy and bright-eyed beside their mommas. It's a new day in dairy farming!
We were so glad to host the tour. Too bad it was so hot! We could have talked dairy all day! We love keeping the calves with momma. The mommas do such a wonderful job raising them! The calves learn so much from them too!
The barn works great. Even when they are in paddocks with trees, they still prefer the barn. I think it’s cause the barn has fans! Haha! Hopefully cooler weather will be here soon.
Wow it s hot. Seems like you re dealing with the high temps well. The west is being hit bad. Here in central Ontario it hasn t exceeded a balmy 95 F. Thanks from Georgian Bay.
As a person that deals with heat in the deep south I understand your problems . I going to pray for some relief from the heat for ya'll . Stay safe and cool
Its becomming a fulltime job overhere in the netherlands to manage the heat ,we do almost the same as you guys except we keep the cows during daytime in the barn and let them graze at knights. The worst part is the little issues you get after like 3 or 4 months ,breeding,hoof,celcount and what not, all relate to heatstress,but we have do deal whit mother nature as you know, thanks and greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer
That’s pretty much how we do things. After morning milking, they’ll go back out and graze for a few hours, and then at mid-day they wander back to the barn and hang out in there until the sun goes down. Then they graze all night. What breed(s) do you milk? Luckily Jerseys are pretty heat tolerant, but we still do everything we can for them.
Over the last few days (we topped out at 109.6 on the AgWeatherNet station) we have had our misters going on the concrete pad behind the barn (which is shaded during the worst part of the day) and then we’d hose down the cows every hour. Look like relief is in sight!
Been listening to your local weather conditions daily. Appreciate hearing about your response. Got the bases covered. It's a struggle, no doubt. Carnation is being the Diva. Good thing you have more than one fan. Glad a good water supply exists. Grass will recover with a little rain. Prepare for high hay costs next Fall. Your operation is positioned well due to your usual practices. Watch out for flies and footing conditions. Keep up the good work. ❤🙏
Thanks for the report from East of the Cascades. We've been following your weather and can sympathize with your current weather situation. 2012 was our year of extended heat. Been very dry here, too, but our pattern may be changing. We have been able to catch a few showers over the last week or so, and the forecast looks favorable for more. On the video, your fields do look good; proper management does have rewards. I hope you will be able to find (like we have, over the past decades) that the Jersey breed is very tolerant of extreme heat, and very resilient. Much more so than their farmers - LOL We'll certainly be praying for you and the herd, and the land.
You’re welcome! I feel for those in W. WA where they have triple digits and a/c is a lot less prevalent. Yeah, it’s super hot here super early, but at least we have more stuff in place to mitigate it. So far, the Jerseys have all been doing great. 104 yesterday and they were all in the barn, lying down, and chewing cud. The youngest baby is having the most trouble. So, during the hottest part of the day, we use the watering can from the garden to wet her down every couple of hours and she perks right up. Thank you so much for your support. We really appreciate it !
I’ll add that when we lived in Sturgeon Bay, we’d hit triple digits in the summer… but it was humid too! At least here we have low humidity, which is the only good thing about it. Even at 104 yesterday, the humidity was 18%… In the shade it wasn’t too terrible.
Your heat has our area (Wisc.) pulling up moisture and a lot of rain from the gulf. We have been cooler and the rain was needed, as we were in drought conditions before that. When it was dryer, we had a hot stretch (not as hot as your forecast, but hot enough with humidity to make it uncomfortable) with our goats, and our does that had just given birth. I set out a hose on mist for them and that was no small thing considering how water-adverse goats are. Most trying thing we have had with our animals is the last two polar vortexes. That was a little colder than we care to see, but we were able to get through it. Hope you do as well.
We remember the weather in WI well from when we lived in Sturgeon Bay! Haha! Triple digits and high humidity in the Summer, and well below zero in the winter!
@@vnthomas16 I did not realize you were recovering Cheeseheads! Our little farm is located down near Poynette, near Lake Wisc. No triple digits yet (knock on wood) but humidity has been nasty.
Oh yes, we were both stationed there in the Coast Guard. It’s where we met and got married. We still have friends in WI, so a trip back there is due sometime in the future…
The radiant heat off the lower annex roof would be over the top due the direct sun impacting on it. WHEN you can afford it, may be an idea to look at some of the spray insulation on the underside to stop the heat radiating down while the girls are resting. 👏👏👏 👋👋👋
Luckily, and I admit, we planned it somewhat, the lean-to roof over the animals is on the shady side of the barn. The lean-to containing the milking parlor/dairy is on the sunny side, and that has insulated walls and roof. It does get warm in there in the afternoon , but milking once-a-day in the morning makes it comfortable. It was 62F this morning at milking, so luckily we do get a nighttime cool down. We planned all the buildings on the farm around the sun. When we first bought our property, we would map at different points of the year where the sun would rise and set and the angles. So far, we’ve been pretty happy with how the buildings have performed. But right now it’s just plain HOT!
That night temp is a relief at least. During summer if we have night temps below about 85F it is a relief with day temps rarely dropping below abt 95. If by chance the day temp drops below abt 85 some locals don their coat, 😂😂. Well, the sun’s shining, you’d better make some hay, 😂😂 (joking).
That kind of heat is tough on the animals especially where you are located since it normally doesn't get that hot! Hopefully it will pass soon!! Be Safe
Good thing Jerseys aren't black. Did you see SGF's article on mobile shade this month? Pays for itself pretty quick in production. This is Kim Churchman btw 👋
We don’t read SGF. I like Graze magazine and On Pasture though… We’ve tried some mobile shade structures in the past with varying degrees of success. Eventually we settled on just leaving the lane to the barn open and the cows can come and go as they please. Luckily the cows never have too far to travel.
Would love to support your merch! Do you have those wonderful T-Shirts for sale? From the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, GOD BLESS you folks and your animals during your unseasonably hot temperatures 😉
We’ll see if the seedlings make it through the summer… No matter the year, we never get anything the first year from any field we plant. It always takes two years here.
Is there anyway I could email y’all and ask a question about a surge vacuum pump and a bucket. I just want to see if you guys think it would be worth getting for just two cows
We already got all our hay put up. The heat wasn’t necessarily the issue… the dry Spring was the biggest problem. Unfortunately that resulted is very poor production. Not only for the hay, but pastures too.
I have fans and misters are you back milking yet and how many cows do you have now I'm milking 230 right now we'll be 350 milking in the fall my milk goes to a private cheese maker in Rhode Island it's made into cheddar Swiss gouda and blue cheese have you thought about making cheese
Yes, all four have freshened and we’re in full swing. We do make some cheese, but are looking a scaling up that aspect a bit next year to handle the extra Spring milk. Thanks for watching!
Carnation is like me. I need the fan in my face when I am hot. I am sending you some cool weather via Priority Mail. Stay safe. 💙❤️💕
We appreciate that! We’re looking forward to it!
I got to go to the farm tour hosted by the county conservation district, so I was on-farm in person. There were zero flies! On a dairy! The baby calves looked so happy and bright-eyed beside their mommas. It's a new day in dairy farming!
We were so glad to host the tour. Too bad it was so hot! We could have talked dairy all day! We love keeping the calves with momma. The mommas do such a wonderful job raising them! The calves learn so much from them too!
Glad to see you pulled out all the stops for the cows. Hoping for a break in the weather for us all!
Tomorrow is supposed to be the worst day… Just have to make it through that! Looks like it’s going to be pretty warm for some time though…
Great video love learning about you guys farm Roy Columbus OH
Nice to see you my friends...hope all is well.....the animals all look great.....praying that nasty heat goes over the ocean.....take care
A few degrees cooler today… Hopefully the trend continues! Thanks for the support!
I live in Australia and your cows need some trees to shelter underneath. The shed sounds like the right place too.
The barn works great. Even when they are in paddocks with trees, they still prefer the barn. I think it’s cause the barn has fans! Haha! Hopefully cooler weather will be here soon.
Hope this weather passes soon and your cows make it ok.
We hope so too. The cows are doing good though! Thanks for watching!
Nice people, ,best cow farm
Thank you!
Wow it s hot. Seems like you re dealing with the high temps well. The west is being hit bad. Here in central Ontario it hasn t exceeded a balmy 95 F. Thanks from Georgian Bay.
It’s hot, but the humidity is low. That’s the only good part about it! Thanks for the support!
As a person that deals with heat in the deep south I understand your problems . I going to pray for some relief from the heat for ya'll . Stay safe and cool
I’m pretty sure you have more humidity! We also get a good cool down at night, something I never experienced in the South.
Its becomming a fulltime job overhere in the netherlands to manage the heat ,we do almost the same as you guys except we keep the cows during daytime in the barn and let them graze at knights. The worst part is the little issues you get after like 3 or 4 months ,breeding,hoof,celcount and what not, all relate to heatstress,but we have do deal whit mother nature as you know, thanks and greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer
That’s pretty much how we do things. After morning milking, they’ll go back out and graze for a few hours, and then at mid-day they wander back to the barn and hang out in there until the sun goes down. Then they graze all night. What breed(s) do you milk? Luckily Jerseys are pretty heat tolerant, but we still do everything we can for them.
Mostly holsteins but we are thinking about crossbreeding whit fleckvieh
Spokane hit 111 yesterday. @2:12 pm Thursday it’s 106. Your cows have more fans than I do on me, lol. No AC.
Yes, it’s a little cooler today!
Carnation is hogging all the air. LOL. I pray you get some relief soon.
Good thing we have more than one fan! Haha! Thanks for watching!
Idea - put a dripping garden hose in front of the barn fans? Twice as effective
Over the last few days (we topped out at 109.6 on the AgWeatherNet station) we have had our misters going on the concrete pad behind the barn (which is shaded during the worst part of the day) and then we’d hose down the cows every hour. Look like relief is in sight!
Been listening to your local weather conditions daily. Appreciate hearing about your response. Got the bases covered.
It's a struggle, no doubt. Carnation is being the Diva. Good thing you have more than one fan. Glad a good water supply exists. Grass will recover with a little rain. Prepare for high hay costs next Fall.
Your operation is positioned well due to your usual practices. Watch out for flies and footing conditions. Keep up the good work. ❤🙏
Thanks for your support. We really do appreciate it!
Thanks for the report from East of the Cascades. We've been following your weather and can sympathize with your current weather situation. 2012 was our year of extended heat. Been very dry here, too, but our pattern may be changing. We have been able to catch a few showers over the last week or so, and the forecast looks favorable for more. On the video, your fields do look good; proper management does have rewards. I hope you will be able to find (like we have, over the past decades) that the Jersey breed is very tolerant of extreme heat, and very resilient. Much more so than their farmers - LOL We'll certainly be praying for you and the herd, and the land.
You’re welcome! I feel for those in W. WA where they have triple digits and a/c is a lot less prevalent. Yeah, it’s super hot here super early, but at least we have more stuff in place to mitigate it. So far, the Jerseys have all been doing great. 104 yesterday and they were all in the barn, lying down, and chewing cud. The youngest baby is having the most trouble. So, during the hottest part of the day, we use the watering can from the garden to wet her down every couple of hours and she perks right up. Thank you so much for your support. We really appreciate it !
I’ll add that when we lived in Sturgeon Bay, we’d hit triple digits in the summer… but it was humid too! At least here we have low humidity, which is the only good thing about it. Even at 104 yesterday, the humidity was 18%… In the shade it wasn’t too terrible.
Your heat has our area (Wisc.) pulling up moisture and a lot of rain from the gulf. We have been cooler and the rain was needed, as we were in drought conditions before that. When it was dryer, we had a hot stretch (not as hot as your forecast, but hot enough with humidity to make it uncomfortable) with our goats, and our does that had just given birth. I set out a hose on mist for them and that was no small thing considering how water-adverse goats are. Most trying thing we have had with our animals is the last two polar vortexes. That was a little colder than we care to see, but we were able to get through it. Hope you do as well.
We remember the weather in WI well from when we lived in Sturgeon Bay! Haha! Triple digits and high humidity in the Summer, and well below zero in the winter!
@@vnthomas16 I did not realize you were recovering Cheeseheads! Our little farm is located down near Poynette, near Lake Wisc. No triple digits yet (knock on wood) but humidity has been nasty.
Oh yes, we were both stationed there in the Coast Guard. It’s where we met and got married. We still have friends in WI, so a trip back there is due sometime in the future…
I live in Bonavista Newfoundland our temperature is 57 degrees today and it's gonna go down to 45 degrees tonight with rain
Wanna trade weather? Haha!
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Good job, tough conditions to deal on daily basis. Will be praying for some rain to help the drought area. 🙂🙏👍
Thank you! We appreciate the support.
The radiant heat off the lower annex roof would be over the top due the direct sun impacting on it. WHEN you can afford it, may be an idea to look at some of the spray insulation on the underside to stop the heat radiating down while the girls are resting.
👏👏👏 👋👋👋
Luckily, and I admit, we planned it somewhat, the lean-to roof over the animals is on the shady side of the barn. The lean-to containing the milking parlor/dairy is on the sunny side, and that has insulated walls and roof. It does get warm in there in the afternoon , but milking once-a-day in the morning makes it comfortable. It was 62F this morning at milking, so luckily we do get a nighttime cool down. We planned all the buildings on the farm around the sun. When we first bought our property, we would map at different points of the year where the sun would rise and set and the angles. So far, we’ve been pretty happy with how the buildings have performed. But right now it’s just plain HOT!
That night temp is a relief at least. During summer if we have night temps below about 85F it is a relief with day temps rarely dropping below abt 95. If by chance the day temp drops below abt 85 some locals don their coat, 😂😂.
Well, the sun’s shining, you’d better make some hay, 😂😂 (joking).
That kind of heat is tough on the animals especially where you are located since it normally doesn't get that hot! Hopefully it will pass soon!! Be Safe
Yes, normally it’s mid-July before we hit triple-digits. It’s certainly early for us! We’re all hanging in there though! Thanks for the support!
Good thing Jerseys aren't black. Did you see SGF's article on mobile shade this month? Pays for itself pretty quick in production. This is Kim Churchman btw 👋
We don’t read SGF. I like Graze magazine and On Pasture though… We’ve tried some mobile shade structures in the past with varying degrees of success. Eventually we settled on just leaving the lane to the barn open and the cows can come and go as they please. Luckily the cows never have too far to travel.
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Would love to support your merch! Do you have those wonderful T-Shirts for sale? From the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, GOD BLESS you folks and your animals during your unseasonably hot temperatures 😉
Feel free to contact us through our website at clovermountaindairy.com
We're having a heatwave a tropical heatwave, here in CT. :)
Hope you stay cool too!
doing your best to keep the girls happy... Hard when it get's this hot.
They came through it pretty well. Thankfully we have had some relief! Thanks for watching!
how is the second field of alfalfa doing in this heat
We’ll see if the seedlings make it through the summer… No matter the year, we never get anything the first year from any field we plant. It always takes two years here.
Need a bigger fan,but all gone now,best you can do
Luckily we have a small herd! Thanks for watching!
Is there anyway I could email y’all and ask a question about a surge vacuum pump and a bucket. I just want to see if you guys think it would be worth getting for just two cows
Sure! You can contact us through our website at clovermountaindairy(dot)com !
what do you think this will do to your hay yield later this year
We already got all our hay put up. The heat wasn’t necessarily the issue… the dry Spring was the biggest problem. Unfortunately that resulted is very poor production. Not only for the hay, but pastures too.
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I have fans and misters are you back milking yet and how many cows do you have now I'm milking 230 right now we'll be 350 milking in the fall my milk goes to a private cheese maker in Rhode Island it's made into cheddar Swiss gouda and blue cheese have you thought about making cheese
Yes, all four have freshened and we’re in full swing. We do make some cheese, but are looking a scaling up that aspect a bit next year to handle the extra Spring milk. Thanks for watching!
Thérèse is hay in the
when are you going to start making hay.
We already got all our hay put up. We have plenty of footage, so we’ll be putting together a video on it. Thanks for watching!