On your theme of in the past many people had a dairy cow. Many Australia towns were settled by small farmers who milked cows. Towns we're formed and these small dairies supplied the town with milk, cream and cheese. They were the backbone of settling much of Australia.
My grandparents still had the milk cans that were picked up twice a day. They still had a cream separator on the back porch. People forget big dairies are a relatively new thing.
I love your content! I found you on FB but just recently removed FB. So glad you use TH-cam too! I would love to have cows one day, your videos are incredibly informative, thank you!
I milk cows….. and love your videos and I absolutely love the videos that debunk and educate the misinformed vegans. They always make me smile because you say it as it is and DONT lie . You only tell the truth.
It's funny you should mention the family cow. In my grandparents day, "we" were still an agrarian society. That was never more plainly evident in a saying my mother used all the time. When we would have our own crisis, mama would put it into perspective by saying "it's not the killing of a cow!" If you say that today, the kids have no clue what you mean. I've had to explain it more than once. It was a very big deal if the family cow was killed, for whatever reason. thanks for the memories Dan
I just want to say. You get a better product from a happy animal then an unhappy animal. I and a whole lot of other people see that you understand that
I have a question. Where I worked years ago, Joe had installed sensored rolling back scratching brushes for the girls. They'd line up and wait their turns to have a good scratch.
I'm not against farming at all but I do have to point out that selective breeding for traits is not the same as genome editing and it does happen. Animal husbandry does exactly this. If you have a poor producer or a weak animal, you will cull it and bring in another animal. This is how working dogs are created. This is how working horses are created. My heelers have been bred for traits since their origin in Australia - by man. They didn't exist until a humam toom kelpies, dalmations, dingos, etc and bred for a hardy heat and drought tolerant hard working dog with a velcro temperament and the ability to think independently to herd cattle and quick reflexes to nip the heels and get out of the way. Humans did that. Milk cattle are the same. Generations ago someone had a good producer and they bred her for offspring that were good producers, docile, and not overly skittish. I'm not against it in general because it will happen in nature anyway to a degree, for the survival of the species. So yes, it can be theorized that dairy cattle did have maternal instinct before humans came along and started playing nursemaid to the calves. I don't have dairy cattle because I don't want to be a nursemaid. My goal ia to raise longhorns. These didn't exist either until animals came over with early settlers and interbred. They adapted to conditions here in Texas so where holsteins required temperature controlled environments, longhorns survive just fine on the native grass avl here and are much more heat tolerant as well as being fierce mothers due to the need to protect the calves from wild predators that still exist even today. I'd love to preserve their genetic adaptations ans benefit from them also. Trade a longhorn calf butchered to a dairyman for a milk share or something. 😉 I just wanted tp clarify that there is an enormous difference in genome editing vs selective breeding and yes, livestock has been selectively bred for traits useful to us. That isn't a bad thing anymore than it is a bad thing to send one to freezer camp to continue feeding us once she's no longer providing milk for us. Just a fact.
Yes. All holes in the ground are dangerous. Think about it this way. If the hole is big enough for you to twist your ankle from,what do you think a cow, a goat,a horse is going to do.
Do your calves get to stay with their mothers to nurse after born? Why can't you use the bull,anyways? AI on an animal seems cruel.We don't know what they are feeling.
Umm, have you ever seen how rough a bull is when mating with a cow? I guess not... have you seen the size of a bulls penis? Probably not either. If you see the size of an AI rod it's about 1/4 of an inch in diameter and it takes mere seconds to inseminate a cow that's in heat and is pain-free. Also bulls are dangerous and not necessary to have on a farm when he can have access to thousands of bulls semen that can be matched to each individual cow to try and improve the next generation. Also no, the calves are removed when the mother cow has finished licking them off. Dairy cows lack any kind of maternal instinct and so they are looked after by the farmer.
Male calves are usually grown out for beef or euthanized. And calves can be just as happy and healthy without needing to nurse from their mother. AI is also safer than having a bull around, sure, some people use bulls, but AI is much safer for farmers AND cows.
But nobody ever answers back the critics. That's the problem with the dairy industry. They've tried to ignore them and now there's so much misinformation out there that the vegans and animal rights activists can say whatever lies they want without anyone correcting them. So he's putting the record straight.
Visit Texas where in the summer it gets over 100 regularly and you cannot drive by a stock pond that doesn't have a bunch of cows in it. They are not comfortable but they are growing steaks not milk.
Not a vegan. But selective breeding means that you maximize favorable traits like tameness by breeding individuals that display them, while slaughtering and eating the combative ones.
It looks like your cows are well cared for and in a clean area. Many dairy farmers have their cows in shit covered paddocks outside. That's why people are asking about pasture time.
Dairy cattle usually do have a "patio" pen, a side of the barn lined with garage doors for air circulation and natural sunlight, as he's explained iowa has varying weather and it's more practical to enclose them. Large, untamed pasture has bacteria, virus, gopher holes, predators and many other dangers. * a happy animal is a profitable animal *
His posts are non transparent. If you say anything negative he removes you. 🙏🙏💔Notice how defensive he always gets when you question him. Scroll through all his SM note only favorable Comments 🤔Nice way to build your Ego. I'm done with you. I'll leave this in God's Hands
You have 63 comments in this channel, and if you are done why do you still are posting in his videos? Please keep your word and l leave it in God’s Hands.
You sound like someone who worships PETA. Most animal "rights" groups are actually linked to the death and injury of the very animals they claim they are "saving". I've seen too many "activists" (basically just militant vegans) release farm animals or zoo animals from their enclosures only to have the poor thing end up injured by vehicles or put down by police. PETA is another fine example. In fact it's the MAIN example, considering how many propaganda videos they post of dairy cows and farm animals. Do you know what their policy is? No animal should be domesticated. Do you know how they enforce this policy? By euthanizing 75% of animals that come into their care. This is probably the same group that inspired you to go with the "bekind2animals" name you chose. How about the activists that pushed for Willy the orca to be freed? Do you know what happened? He died of a treatable infection. Because he wasn't a wild animal. You can't just throw an animal into an environment and expect them to live 100% happy and safe. Iowadairyfarmers cows are the happiest and most well taken care of cows I have ever seen (lived in Idaho around dairy farms for 20 years).
What on earth are you on about? His posts are incredibly transparent. He explains things in a lot of detail and if you are somehow reading other things into it then that's your problem.
On your theme of in the past many people had a dairy cow. Many Australia towns were settled by small farmers who milked cows. Towns we're formed and these small dairies supplied the town with milk, cream and cheese. They were the backbone of settling much of Australia.
My grandparents still had the milk cans that were picked up twice a day. They still had a cream separator on the back porch. People forget big dairies are a relatively new thing.
I love your content! I found you on FB but just recently removed FB. So glad you use TH-cam too! I would love to have cows one day, your videos are incredibly informative, thank you!
I milk cows….. and love your videos and I absolutely love the videos that debunk and educate the misinformed vegans. They always make me smile because you say it as it is and DONT lie . You only tell the truth.
Iowa winters are brutally cold and windy...
Iowa summers are hot and humid...
I agree sometimes pastures are not a better alternative
It's funny you should mention the family cow. In my grandparents day, "we" were still an agrarian society. That was never more plainly evident in a saying my mother used all the time. When we would have our own crisis, mama would put it into perspective by saying "it's not the killing of a cow!" If you say that today, the kids have no clue what you mean. I've had to explain it more than once. It was a very big deal if the family cow was killed, for whatever reason. thanks for the memories Dan
I think a big concern is soil quality that cows provide for growing crop for human consumption. 1/3, 1/3, 1/3
Does your cows get Bovaer additive in their feed? What’s your opinion on that substance
do your cows get to feed their babies their milk too? or do you take it all?
Video cuts off.
Appreciate it though (the video I mean, not the fact it cuts off).
I just want to say. You get a better product from a happy animal then an unhappy animal. I and a whole lot of other people see that you understand that
If you brought fresh pasture to them and gave them the choice though what would they pick
Would you want to be outside to sleep in negative temperatures while it is snowing?
So why do you think the animals that want to be outside in that?
Your cows are living their best life.
❤
I have a question. Where I worked years ago, Joe had installed sensored rolling back scratching brushes for the girls. They'd line up and wait their turns to have a good scratch.
That isn't a question, it's a statement.
But yes he has a brush for the cows if that's what you were wondering
I'm not against farming at all but I do have to point out that selective breeding for traits is not the same as genome editing and it does happen. Animal husbandry does exactly this. If you have a poor producer or a weak animal, you will cull it and bring in another animal. This is how working dogs are created. This is how working horses are created. My heelers have been bred for traits since their origin in Australia - by man. They didn't exist until a humam toom kelpies, dalmations, dingos, etc and bred for a hardy heat and drought tolerant hard working dog with a velcro temperament and the ability to think independently to herd cattle and quick reflexes to nip the heels and get out of the way. Humans did that. Milk cattle are the same. Generations ago someone had a good producer and they bred her for offspring that were good producers, docile, and not overly skittish. I'm not against it in general because it will happen in nature anyway to a degree, for the survival of the species. So yes, it can be theorized that dairy cattle did have maternal instinct before humans came along and started playing nursemaid to the calves. I don't have dairy cattle because I don't want to be a nursemaid. My goal ia to raise longhorns. These didn't exist either until animals came over with early settlers and interbred. They adapted to conditions here in Texas so where holsteins required temperature controlled environments, longhorns survive just fine on the native grass avl here and are much more heat tolerant as well as being fierce mothers due to the need to protect the calves from wild predators that still exist even today. I'd love to preserve their genetic adaptations ans benefit from them also. Trade a longhorn calf butchered to a dairyman for a milk share or something. 😉 I just wanted tp clarify that there is an enormous difference in genome editing vs selective breeding and yes, livestock has been selectively bred for traits useful to us. That isn't a bad thing anymore than it is a bad thing to send one to freezer camp to continue feeding us once she's no longer providing milk for us. Just a fact.
I'd like to know why you delete and block those calling out dairy farmers? Kinda like an admission of guilt I guess....
No gopher holes in the barn either. Heard those can be dangerous. Is that true by the way?
Yes. All holes in the ground are dangerous. Think about it this way. If the hole is big enough for you to twist your ankle from,what do you think a cow, a goat,a horse is going to do.
Not a farmer but if you can twist your ankle stepping in one, then how about a cow?
How long do you keep a cow for?
Mildred is his oldest at 14.
You have changed the way I thought cows were treated. I would like to know if you have someone come to do hoof care
Dan has a video for hoof care.
Do your calves get to stay with their mothers to nurse after born? Why can't you use the bull,anyways? AI on an animal seems cruel.We don't know what they are feeling.
Umm, have you ever seen how rough a bull is when mating with a cow? I guess not... have you seen the size of a bulls penis? Probably not either.
If you see the size of an AI rod it's about 1/4 of an inch in diameter and it takes mere seconds to inseminate a cow that's in heat and is pain-free.
Also bulls are dangerous and not necessary to have on a farm when he can have access to thousands of bulls semen that can be matched to each individual cow to try and improve the next generation.
Also no, the calves are removed when the mother cow has finished licking them off. Dairy cows lack any kind of maternal instinct and so they are looked after by the farmer.
Male calves are usually grown out for beef or euthanized. And calves can be just as happy and healthy without needing to nurse from their mother. AI is also safer than having a bull around, sure, some people use bulls, but AI is much safer for farmers AND cows.
You can tell that your calves are happier without nursing? Well,since they're being raised to be eaten,who cares,right
Do you have any cows that are your buddy? Like do you always say hello to them or give them a pat?
Of course he does and he names them. Judy is my favorite in the videos.
And Marshmallow
I find your videos fascinating. The mechanization is phenomenal. I don't like it when you go off on your critics. Keep it on the up side.
But nobody ever answers back the critics. That's the problem with the dairy industry. They've tried to ignore them and now there's so much misinformation out there that the vegans and animal rights activists can say whatever lies they want without anyone correcting them. So he's putting the record straight.
First let me say I enjoy watching your videos. In one of those you said there were no flies in your barn. How is that possible?
Visit Texas where in the summer it gets over 100 regularly and you cannot drive by a stock pond that doesn't have a bunch of cows in it. They are not comfortable but they are growing steaks not milk.
Not a vegan. But selective breeding means that you maximize favorable traits like tameness by breeding individuals that display them, while slaughtering and eating the combative ones.
Yeah maybe years ago when there were combative ones. The breeding programmes have made them incredibly docile for years now.
@@secretsquirrel7374 Of course this happened thousands of years ago. But it did happen.
It looks like your cows are well cared for and in a clean area. Many dairy farmers have their cows in shit covered paddocks outside. That's why people are asking about pasture time.
Dairy cattle usually do have a "patio" pen, a side of the barn lined with garage doors for air circulation and natural sunlight, as he's explained iowa has varying weather and it's more practical to enclose them. Large, untamed pasture has bacteria, virus, gopher holes, predators and many other dangers.
* a happy animal is a profitable animal *
Well thats his cow's too
Control
I disagree pasture helps the environment, better than feeding corn.
His cows seem content inside, but yes, pastures are great for the environment, and much better that huge manure silos.
Are you a dairy farmer?
His posts are non transparent. If you say anything negative he removes you. 🙏🙏💔Notice how defensive he always gets when you question him. Scroll through all his SM note only favorable Comments 🤔Nice way to build your Ego. I'm done with you. I'll leave this in God's Hands
I've never removed a single comment 😊 nice try
You have 63 comments in this channel, and if you are done why do you still are posting in his videos? Please keep your word and l leave it in God’s Hands.
You sound like someone who worships PETA. Most animal "rights" groups are actually linked to the death and injury of the very animals they claim they are "saving". I've seen too many "activists" (basically just militant vegans) release farm animals or zoo animals from their enclosures only to have the poor thing end up injured by vehicles or put down by police. PETA is another fine example. In fact it's the MAIN example, considering how many propaganda videos they post of dairy cows and farm animals. Do you know what their policy is? No animal should be domesticated. Do you know how they enforce this policy? By euthanizing 75% of animals that come into their care. This is probably the same group that inspired you to go with the "bekind2animals" name you chose. How about the activists that pushed for Willy the orca to be freed? Do you know what happened? He died of a treatable infection. Because he wasn't a wild animal. You can't just throw an animal into an environment and expect them to live 100% happy and safe. Iowadairyfarmers cows are the happiest and most well taken care of cows I have ever seen (lived in Idaho around dairy farms for 20 years).
What on earth are you on about? His posts are incredibly transparent. He explains things in a lot of detail and if you are somehow reading other things into it then that's your problem.