I nave been binge-watching your videos, and recalling visiting my cousin’s dairy farm just south of Bogota in 1950. At that time, I had my drink of milk. It ran over a “refrigerated washboard,” so your outstanding videos really bring back happy memories. Thanks for that, Jan!
That's pretty slick having the tester in the basement. When I was farming in the late 80s and 90s we had the tester right in the parlor with us and even though he was there every month it still freaked the cows out. They would be very nervous and crap like crazy. But I still miss the days of farming. BTY really enjoy your videos. You seem like a very hard working and respectful young man. God bless you and your family.
Very interesting video Jan. Remarkable all the computer work, testing, etc that are involved in today's farming! You always do such a great job of explaining all of these processes. Thank you so much! Great that Mom comes out and helps too. All family...
Great to have a video from you this afternoon and a special treat to have your Mom aboard. And this video was jam packed with stuff to learn. Always amazed at what you have to do to provide us milk. No wonder you are so big and strong with all the fresh milk you drink. Thanks loads for a super great video.
Until this tragic pandemic struck I never appreciated the hard work of my parents. A nurse and farmer/trucker. I’d give anything to bring them back and to thank them from my heart. Much gratitude to you Jan and your family for all of the long days and back breaking work you do to provide for others. Kind regards to everyone out there working and providing for your families and communities. Ontario 🇨🇦
This is such a cool learning about how the farmers test each cow from the herd... very informative too. Love watching about farmers.. also who dosent love seeing all those cute cows
Thanks so much for this informative video. I did my research paper in college on butterfat content in the different breeds of milk cows. That was over 40 years ago now. This brought back memories, but you have the benefit of such better and newer technology.
Another winner video Jan. That’s why your subscriber consistently rises and I believe will for a very long time. Keep trying to get Mom and Dad involved in the videos so we can all see what a terrific family they have created. Love to see the whole family, sisters too.
Hello Jan, good afternoon, I had not had to see how they take the milk sample to see how much the cows are eating, it is something new for me too, good luck 🇲🇽👍
Great team work with you and your mum Jan. Your whole family are grafters and like my family we don't know any better. Interesting video about how you get your milk testing done
Nice to see how it goes at your place. We started doing it on our own a few months ago. So now I'm doing it all by myself. We test every 5 weeks 2 times. So evening and the next morning
Wow the technology! So much different from what it was in my days...45 years ago. Our milk was tested directly from the bulk tank each time it was picked daily. We didn’t test cows individually. This is pretty cool!
I always like your video’s but this one was extra interesting. Your mom is cool and I see where you got your good looks from! Thanks for sharing another aspect from your dairyman life, stay safe and keep being awesome 😎
A very good herd management tool. My dad and I were certified through the US dept of Agriculture to assist our local dairy operations. The current program is much more comprehensive than what we had in the 60’s and 70’s.
I suppose now cows that don't meet target volume or quality goals get culled. It looks like modern farming is much more scientific to help keep costs down.
Wow! We didn’t do that back in the day. Individual testing, huh, my dad was the tester if he thought their was a problem with a cow. We also didn’t milk 299 cows. That’s a lot. We did 30-70. Summer work did more since no school. Winter we did lower numbers. Daddy sold off the dairy in 1973. Thanks for sharing. It was fascinating.
My brother in law does this. His company dictates that "evening milking" and morning milking" samples go. He has one farm that milks over 400 cows. Long evening and early mornings!
Can't drink milk alone anymore. Chocolate, I can. Ice Cream - no problem. Straight as a drink, no-go for me. My dad (who was also a sask dutch kid) laid off milk in his late 40's too and stuck to making cheese :) Good show SDK - nice showing the whole process there on testing and automation.
FYI: I watched till the end. QUESTION Please: After obtaining the results of the cow’s milk, what do you differently to/for the cows to improve or change the milk output quality?
I'm also a dairyman in California. Lots of info from the test. The test info regarding somatic cell count (scc) tells a count of white blood cells in the milk. Cows that have under 200 scc show a very health mammary system. Anything over 200 is a cow that might have a subclinical or clinical case of mastitis, or a case starting. We can find those cows and separate them, then culture a sample of her milk to find out if she does have an infection, and treat accordingly. Mastitis is just inflammation of the mammary gland, something common in breastfeeding mothers. But when it does happen, it can be uncomfortable for the cow, and results in less milk produced. Can be caused from improper or incomplete milking, dirty conditions, or cows that have suppressed immune system for some other reason. Protien and fat% in the milk lets us know how our cows are converting their feed into milk, and can be used to make sure the nutrition program is adequate. Most cows have a nutritionist formulating every bite of food she eats for her entire life. We also don't have meters for daily weights, so we use the test day weights to see the amount of milk produced by each cow. This we use for health checks, breeding decisions, dry off and cull decisions. Great video by the way! Very nice facility and cows look great. Good job explaining!
Hi Jan great informative video 👍🏻 I do have a question on the testing. When you have ur bottles in the basement ur pulling samples from doesn’t the cow that was milked Pryor to the one being tested isn’t her milk still in the line ahead of the next sample?
Very interesting and informative video!! I am always impressed by the modern techniques your family uses to do a great job running the farm and to be clean and efficient. Lots of automation.
Hey!!. . .What? No word to prove I watched it all?!!! Well I did. 😁 Glad to see your Mom featured in today's vid. I noticed Donna talking about shaking the bottle because of the mix of fat. Of course, fat always rises to the top. But it makes me wonder, hmmm. . .I never hear you guys talking about the cream from the milk. I guess that's because you don't deal that much with the actual milk product since it is stored and shipped away daily?? Any word about cream from the milk?? Thanks Jan. You are so good and resourceful to keep informative topics coming our way. Oh, almost forgot. . .great milk mustache!. . .that proves it. . .you've "Got Milk?"!!!
Good evening yan and family it so much work there on your farm yet still I would drink glass also I would like to ask is every cow produce the same quality milk or not.big up
Just when I think I've seen all that you do on the farm you show me something I haven't seen before! I'm always learning from you! Great job explaining, as always! ❤
My goodness 😍 You are the best narriator 🥰 Very proud of you for your work!!!🤩 The facility is very clean, neat and organized 😉 Love your channel!😍 STAY SAFE 🤗 Look forward to the next video 🤩 Love from Charlotte NC
That is nice having the inspector out of sight. I when the ROP inspector use to come our cow's would drop in milk production. My cow's didn't like other people. Thank you for the video update eh.
Flipping amazing the tech you have at your disposal.. wow, I learn so much watching ur channel. Thank you for all the effort that goes into your show....😎 Ohio, u s a ...
Really enjoyed this episode a lot! Was very interesting. I still can't get over how many cows you have at your farm. And as always, your presentation is superb and your knowledge amazing! Will definitely keep watching.
Is there no cross contamination between cows once one group leaves and the new group comes in. I didn’t see where you switched out or cleaned the collection bottles between groups?
I was a milk recorder for about 15+- years when younger, it was very interesting to see how much things has changed with sampling in the ‘basement’ and more computer information, when I did it up to 2006, you had to visit farm in the evening and next morning to get both samples and milk weight. Jan, do you now in Canada just sample once at the evening milking for all Infomation and milk yield to predict the months yield ? I really enjoy your videos, one of the best on TH-cam, 👍👍👍👍
We test 4 times a year. do a afternoon and a morning milking each time , similar setup to how you do it, except out milk goes directly into a sample jar, we milk 1060 cows
Going out on limb here because I have no idea. Do you adjust the mixture in your feed rations based on milk samples? Just wondering if it could or would have any effect on butterfat content or something like that. Another Great video Thanks. So much involved in what you folks do, so much respect.
Hey, and thanks for the informative video. You sampling the milk from the cup put a smile on my face and I had to chuckle a little,,,,what more could one ask for....
WOW Thats pretty cool We used to only ave a sample taken from the tank when the truck came for pick up Thanks for another cool vid I haven't found a bad 1 yet LOL
Hey Jan, who knew that a cow's milk production has gone scientific now and Hi-Tech but that's a very interesting way to test their milk you want to make sure that you get a good quality and milk does a body good😉 so with that being said what's next for SDK keep up the good work and see you in the next video🤔😯🐄🍶😋👍😉
Can I ask why you test every month? Here in nz we do the same test but only 3 times every season, some ppl do and afternoon and morning milking and others only do a morning but only 3 times in a season.
As young kids we had to help each month in our stanchion dairy barn with a pipeline in Wisconsin. Did not like getting up so early but fond memories looking back now. Thanks for sharing!
So much work & technology just to get a little milk for my coffee, it's really appreciated Jan 😉
Fantastic video Jan. Once again you taught us something new. Loved seeing your mom!
I nave been binge-watching your videos, and recalling visiting my cousin’s dairy farm just south of Bogota in 1950. At that time, I had my drink of milk. It ran over a “refrigerated washboard,” so your outstanding videos really bring back happy memories. Thanks for that, Jan!
That's pretty slick having the tester in the basement. When I was farming in the late 80s and 90s we had the tester right in the parlor with us and even though he was there every month it still freaked the cows out. They would be very nervous and crap like crazy. But I still miss the days of farming. BTY really enjoy your videos. You seem like a very hard working and respectful young man. God bless you and your family.
Couldn’t get any fresher than that. I grew up on milk like that
Another great video. You’re a great narrator and presenter. The editing and music is excellent. Your videos are always a joy to watch.
Very interesting video Jan. Remarkable all the computer work, testing, etc that are involved in today's farming! You always do such a great job of explaining all of these processes. Thank you so much! Great that Mom comes out and helps too. All family...
Great to have a video from you this afternoon and a special treat to have your Mom aboard. And this video was jam packed with stuff to learn. Always amazed at what you have to do to provide us milk. No wonder you are so big and strong with all the fresh milk you drink. Thanks loads for a super great video.
Hey that's some great editing! Always a joy to see your family working so well together & your cows so happy!
I guess she likes her milk "shaken, not stirred."
Until this tragic pandemic struck I never appreciated the hard work of my parents. A nurse and farmer/trucker. I’d give anything to bring them back and to thank them from my heart. Much gratitude to you Jan and your family for all of the long days and back breaking work you do to provide for others. Kind regards to everyone out there working and providing for your families and communities. Ontario 🇨🇦
This is such a cool learning about how the farmers test each cow from the herd... very informative too. Love watching about farmers.. also who dosent love seeing all those cute cows
I love all the stuff I learn watching your awesome videos. Thanks.
Thanks so much for this informative video. I did my research paper in college on butterfat content in the different breeds of milk cows. That was over 40 years ago now. This brought back memories, but you have the benefit of such better and newer technology.
Your videos always amaze me. Just as soon as I think I’ve got it, you throw another curve. Thanks for sharing.
your videos are awesome, very educational and enjoyable
Great milk mustache!!!!!
Commercials are next for you.
Hollywood here you come!
I watched until the very end. The new technology in the Dairy industry never ceases to amaze me.
I have learned so much from your videos. I had no idea how much technology goes into the dairy industry. Very interesting and informative. Thank you.
Awesome video Jan. It's great to see that milk quality and cow health is so important to you.
Very interesting procedure. You sure have a clean dairy. Thanks for posting.
Thanks for another interesting and informative video! Your presentations are clear and concise. Well done!
Another winner video Jan. That’s why your subscriber consistently rises and I believe will for a very long time. Keep trying to get Mom and Dad involved in the videos so we can all see what a terrific family they have created. Love to see the whole family, sisters too.
Hello Jan, good afternoon, I had not had to see how they take the milk sample to see how much the cows are eating, it is something new for me too, good luck 🇲🇽👍
Times have changed from they way we took milk samples. Wow..... good job Jan.
I learned a few things too. When we quit learning is when we cease to be useful. Great video. 👍👍👍👍👍
You are one crazy milk mustached young man! When you put the camera down you mesmerized your Mom with your efficiency.
It's Glad to see how you care for your cows, Technology way to go, Keep Up Great Work.
Great team work with you and your mum Jan. Your whole family are grafters and like my family we don't know any better. Interesting video about how you get your milk testing done
I always learn something new! Thank you! ❤️
Nice to know the milk is screened on a regular basis. Outstanding video. Your mom looks so young.
Super interesting Jan! Thanks for the milk lesson ;-)
Nice to see how it goes at your place. We started doing it on our own a few months ago. So now I'm doing it all by myself. We test every 5 weeks 2 times. So evening and the next morning
Wow the technology! So much different from what it was in my days...45 years ago. Our milk was tested directly from the bulk tank each time it was picked daily. We didn’t test cows individually. This is pretty cool!
I always like your video’s but this one was extra interesting. Your mom is cool and I see where you got your good looks from! Thanks for sharing another aspect from your dairyman life, stay safe and keep being awesome 😎
Very interesting. I am always amazed at how much work is involved in running a Dairy Farm.
So interesting! So well explained!
Informative video! Was very interesting!
Awesome job!! A lot of people would get sick now these days. Raw milk is the way to go!! For many yrs our family always went to the farm and got milk.
Trevor, thank you for answering my question. Much appreciated.
A very good herd management tool. My dad and I were certified through the US dept of Agriculture to assist our local dairy operations. The current program is much more comprehensive than what we had in the 60’s and 70’s.
I suppose now cows that don't meet target volume or quality goals get culled. It looks like modern farming is much more scientific to help keep costs down.
Thank you for sharing Jan.
Wow! We didn’t do that back in the day. Individual testing, huh, my dad was the tester if he thought their was a problem with a cow. We also didn’t milk 299 cows. That’s a lot. We did 30-70. Summer work did more since no school. Winter we did lower numbers. Daddy sold off the dairy in 1973. Thanks for sharing. It was fascinating.
I sure miss fresh cow's milk. Watching you drink it straight from the cow brought back do many memories😢 thank you kiddo!
Hi Jan,thanks for this intresting video, about the testing of the cows milk. i did no that this was the way to do it.
Great video! Thanks for sharing❗❗❗ 🙂🙂🙂 👍👍👍
Love this. Thanks Jan
My brother in law does this.
His company dictates that "evening milking" and morning milking" samples go.
He has one farm that milks over 400 cows.
Long evening and early mornings!
Great video as usual Jan
Can't drink milk alone anymore. Chocolate, I can. Ice Cream - no problem. Straight as a drink, no-go for me. My dad (who was also a sask dutch kid) laid off milk in his late 40's too and stuck to making cheese :) Good show SDK - nice showing the whole process there on testing and automation.
FYI: I watched till the end.
QUESTION Please:
After obtaining the results of the cow’s milk, what do you differently to/for the cows to improve or change the milk output quality?
I'm also a dairyman in California. Lots of info from the test. The test info regarding somatic cell count (scc) tells a count of white blood cells in the milk. Cows that have under 200 scc show a very health mammary system. Anything over 200 is a cow that might have a subclinical or clinical case of mastitis, or a case starting. We can find those cows and separate them, then culture a sample of her milk to find out if she does have an infection, and treat accordingly. Mastitis is just inflammation of the mammary gland, something common in breastfeeding mothers. But when it does happen, it can be uncomfortable for the cow, and results in less milk produced. Can be caused from improper or incomplete milking, dirty conditions, or cows that have suppressed immune system for some other reason.
Protien and fat% in the milk lets us know how our cows are converting their feed into milk, and can be used to make sure the nutrition program is adequate. Most cows have a nutritionist formulating every bite of food she eats for her entire life.
We also don't have meters for daily weights, so we use the test day weights to see the amount of milk produced by each cow. This we use for health checks, breeding decisions, dry off and cull decisions.
Great video by the way! Very nice facility and cows look great. Good job explaining!
I Remember drinking mild straight from the cow when me pop had a dairy only way to drink milk. I enjoy your vids keep up the great work
Hi Jan great informative video 👍🏻 I do have a question on the testing. When you have ur bottles in the basement ur pulling samples from doesn’t the cow that was milked Pryor to the one being tested isn’t her milk still in the line ahead of the next sample?
Num num num love it 😍
Cool....how interesting ! I would love to try fresh milk from a cow ! Can't wait to hear the results
This in the first timei have seen your Mother!! This makes me happy to see a lady working in the place Granny89
Very interesting and informative video!! I am always impressed by the modern techniques your family uses to do a great job running the farm and to be clean and efficient. Lots of automation.
That was fascinating to watch..
Hey!!. . .What? No word to prove I watched it all?!!! Well I did. 😁 Glad to see your Mom featured in today's vid. I noticed Donna talking about shaking the bottle because of the mix of fat. Of course, fat always rises to the top. But it makes me wonder, hmmm. . .I never hear you guys talking about the cream from the milk. I guess that's because you don't deal that much with the actual milk product since it is stored and shipped away daily?? Any word about cream from the milk?? Thanks Jan. You are so good and resourceful to keep informative topics coming our way. Oh, almost forgot. . .great milk mustache!. . .that proves it. . .you've "Got Milk?"!!!
cool to see how it's done in Canada. in
Germany it is very similar.
Good evening yan and family it so much work there on your farm yet still I would drink glass also I would like to ask is every cow produce the same quality milk or not.big up
Just when I think I've seen all that you do on the farm you show me something I haven't seen before! I'm always learning from you! Great job explaining, as always! ❤
Cat's are going to be happy tonight.😊😊😊
Got milk? Love the milk moustache 😄
Very interesting.
Wow that lady Donna she sure looks like one of the bosses at work 😁
My goodness 😍 You are the best narriator 🥰 Very proud of you for your work!!!🤩 The facility is very clean, neat and organized 😉 Love your channel!😍 STAY SAFE 🤗 Look forward to the next video 🤩 Love from Charlotte NC
🙂 excellent ❗👍
That is nice having the inspector out of sight. I when the ROP inspector use to come our cow's would drop in milk production. My cow's didn't like other people. Thank you for the video update eh.
Flipping amazing the tech you have at your disposal.. wow, I learn so much watching ur channel. Thank you for all the effort that goes into your show....😎 Ohio, u s a ...
Facinating !!!!
Haha we literally just got our milk tested today it’s super interesting to see how other farms do it
Your TH-cam channel has grown so much
That was very interesting. Will you show or tell use the results?
Really enjoyed this episode a lot! Was very interesting. I still can't get over how many cows you have at your farm. And as always, your presentation is superb and your knowledge amazing! Will definitely keep watching.
as i`m dutch... i quite enjoyed the moment your mom started to talk to you in dutch :p
Is there no cross contamination between cows once one group leaves and the new group comes in. I didn’t see where you switched out or cleaned the collection bottles between groups?
I was a milk recorder for about 15+- years when younger, it was very interesting to see how much things has changed with sampling in the ‘basement’ and more computer information, when I did it up to 2006, you had to visit farm in the evening and next morning to get both samples and milk weight. Jan, do you now in Canada just sample once at the evening milking for all Infomation and milk yield to predict the months yield ? I really enjoy your videos, one of the best on TH-cam, 👍👍👍👍
Good job
Jan you should have hooked Donna up with your boot guy.....what was that like an outdoor slipper ?😆
We test 4 times a year. do a afternoon and a morning milking each time , similar setup to how you do it, except out milk goes directly into a sample jar, we milk 1060 cows
Going out on limb here because I have no idea. Do you adjust the mixture in your feed rations based on milk samples? Just wondering if it could or would have any effect on butterfat content or something like that. Another Great video Thanks. So much involved in what you folks do, so much respect.
Ye you would I am a dairy farmer in sask also the ration and cow health and the way they are treated is how much they produce and all that
Hey, and thanks for the informative video. You sampling the milk from the cup put a smile on my face and I had to chuckle a little,,,,what more could one ask for....
WOW Thats pretty cool We used to only ave a sample taken from the tank when the truck came for pick up Thanks for another cool vid I haven't found a bad 1 yet LOL
Very interesting
Fantastic video. I miss milk testing. We didn't do it like you but still as important to the farm. Great job
Me *Sees new video from Saskdutchkid*...
-"Sweet"
Love mom! “ are you going to help?”
Hey Jan, who knew that a cow's milk production has gone scientific now and Hi-Tech but that's a very interesting way to test their milk you want to make sure that you get a good quality and milk does a body good😉 so with that being said what's next for SDK keep up the good work and see you in the next video🤔😯🐄🍶😋👍😉
All I can say is you have a very clean setup that barn is so clean along with the whole dairy itself !!!
That is so neat. Thanks for sharing this. I learn something. New from this channel every day.
I would use that milk to make cheese, it adds up. That milk is perfectly good.
Can I ask why you test every month?
Here in nz we do the same test but only 3 times every season, some ppl do and afternoon and morning milking and others only do a morning but only 3 times in a season.
You drank raw milk 🥛. How dare you LOL 😂. I miss that. Still the best way to drink it IMO 👍🏻🥛🥛🥛🐄🐄🐄🐄
WARM raw milk. Yum.
“Are you going to help?” - 😝 I ❤mom.
I had some ice cream made out of fresh cow milk. It was the best.
Cool Kid I never knew testing was done like that, fresh from the utter milk is so tasty I'm jealous. As always I learn something from each video. 👍
As young kids we had to help each month in our stanchion dairy barn with a pipeline in Wisconsin. Did not like getting up so early but fond memories looking back now. Thanks for sharing!
How long is each cow getting milked? like 5 min?
Cool video. Please share some of the results please.🤗