The money and expertise needed for your equipment alone is astounding. What a complicated operation and run by just a few people. Amazing and impressive. Wow!!!!
It’s amazing how much work goes into just getting the feed right. Around here (south Alabama) folks raise beef cattle they just put em out to pasture... Honestly makes me appreciate the Dairy products I consume.
NEW SUBCRIBER. Near 80, milked cows by hand, and farmed with horses. Hated heights. Seventh generation Michigan farmer. Great video 👍. God speed. Eaglegards...
I'm System Administrator ( IT World ) and sometimes i wish i could leave my damn chair and go farming and working like you do. Much respect, im still saving for my futur Hobby Farm/Ranch. Keep up the good work Eric.
I'm finding more and more that chopping hay is getting more common. 20 years ago I don't know of anyone that did. I suppose these mixer feeders and TMRs are the reason. Those weren't around in the '80's. At least not in my area. I always have and still enjoy filling silo. Thanks for bringing me along.
I remember well as a teenager bailing hay for a local farmer. Pick it up, throw it on the truck, bring the truck back to the barn and unload and stack all by hand and getting absolutely covered in fine particles of hay. I was always so fricken itchy with a thick coat of sweat. I smelled worse than the cows in the barn.....but I miss it. I learned a lot about work ethic working on the farm. Good family values too.
@@organbuilder272 Huge percentage of the farms here in CT have sold out to development. In my town, there are 2 Xmas tree farms left. The rest have sold there land to the town for open space or to a developer.
Great video today, enjoy watching you and your dad get things done. Brings back good memories, you guys be safe and take care of your family. God bless from San Diego Ca
@@Tyguyborgerding love our Fieldline blower over here in Wisconsin. We have, IH, H&S, Dion blowers and that Fieldline is a smooth running beast! Have four seasons on it so far
Gotta say seeing a large square bale grinder is a first for me and my family been around the hay industry for quite a while, but not so much anymore. We used to chop then bag everything for a number of years
Great looking feed for your cattle. Hard work is a typical day on the farm. These videos are good for people to experience the amount of labor that goes into putting milk on the tables.
Great awesome video Eric . Very nice feed . Ag bags yes better feed , faster to get it out , disadvantage is a lot of plastic , silo takes longer . Great feed. Advantage no plastic, they have there ups and downs .
I remember that trip up the silo every morning at 4:30 AM to throw down the mornings silage for the dairy cows after milking. We weren't fortunate enough to have a unloader to do that for us. Guess that's why my dad had two sons.
Climbing the silo to fork out silage makes me think of a “funny story”. My Father I believe was quite progressive for the time, he bought a silo unloader in about 1960. But the interesting story his he had a barn cleaner installed in 1955, two years before my folks had indoor plumbing installed in 1957. That’s the year they had there 6th child, my Mother was taking care of 5 boys before indoor plumbing.
Thank you, and William W, for commenting! I've often wondered about what was done before unloaders, how long unloaders have existed, which lead to how long silos existed and if they always had unloaders, which seemed unlikely. Anyway, I wondered but that seemed like a heck of a thing to Google. 😆 I can really picture it now.
13:45 - Great shot. 48 years ago - I did the same thing - climb silos and made sure the corn silage was piling up in the center. And, occasionally, 16:30, we had to move the silage around.
Hello from France, je regarde tes vidéos même si je ne comprends pas toujours ce que tu dis😏😏... C est très intéressant de voir ta façon de travailler,très bonne vidéo.bon courage 👍👍👍
That shirt full of dust every day takes me back - we didn't have an unloader, just a pitchfork. Good video -very interesting.Nice to have Ethan help you. Thank you!
There’s a lot of kids Ethan’s age that don’t wanna work. They rather stay inside and be on video games. My folks need help with their yard work and I can’t be there to help because of work. Trying to find young help is tough these days.
I actually want to work on a dairy farm and learn from a farmer. I did work on one when I was a kid but now at 29 I actually want to get into farming. The best way to get started is to find a farmer who would hire me to work and teach me stuff.
Looking down from the silo the tractors and wagons look like toys. It always gives me the hebbie jebbies when you are up in the silos definitely not a job for the faint hearted
I got caught in one of those Self unloading Silage wagons back in 1971 when I was 15 We were using it to put up Oats Compound fracture upper left arm in the upper bar and broke my left leg in 3 places between my ankle and knee when it was wrapped around the Out feed Auger and the trough I am 67 now and I can still see it like its happening now Ken
That silo levelling, who needs a gym, WOW that was a huge physical effort by you both.... hope you had a good meal, and remembered to replace what you perspired out..?? I come from a dairy farm as a kid, and yes it is s physically challenging life, but so rewarding.. love your work....
Great camera angels Eric. Particularly like from atop the silo looking down on the carts full of alfalfa hay liege. Sure glad that you had the air hose to blow all that dusty silo dust off. Busy time of the year for you, but it’s a dairy, busy 365🤓🤓
On our farm, we call using the air compressor to blow off dust/hay, air washing. There certainly isn’t anything more relieving than a good ol air wash.
Is that there main job or are they just a bigger farm just helping out the smaller guys while making some side cash? They are there when Eric and dad need them id think if they were a traveling band they might not come every time the boys need them after all its always the same machines or it looks like it atleast
This channel never get boring to watch Thanks for posting as often as you do I know it's a lot of work plus all your other chores!
I love watching how your operation works! Thanks again for the great videos!
It’s always nice to wake up to a new 20 minute video from Eric!
You and your Dad run a really tight operation, Eric! I enjoy watching!
Happy fed cows give good quality milk. Thanks for the vids Eric.
Silos seem like a huge PITA! Job well done!
Hey my fellow dairy farmer , well I’m retired lol but I live my younger years through this show
The money and expertise needed for your equipment alone is astounding. What a complicated operation and run by just a few people. Amazing and impressive. Wow!!!!
We are chopping first cutting in like 10 min or so. Your vid is perfect while waiting on the chopper to show up!
Eric, you are an awesome worker. You and your dad did a great job. Thank you for the amazing video
Those chopper boys has some kind of operation. Very well timed.
Thanks for showing all the aspects of making salad for the cows!
Love you video from Denmark 🇩🇰🇩🇰
It’s amazing how much work goes into just getting the feed right. Around here (south Alabama) folks raise beef cattle they just put em out to pasture... Honestly makes me appreciate the Dairy products I consume.
The Spring/Summer videos are just the best !! 🙋♀️😊
You and Ethan had your work cut out for you in leveling the feed in that silo. God bless you both. You both work so hard.
NEW SUBCRIBER. Near 80, milked cows by hand, and farmed with horses. Hated heights. Seventh generation Michigan farmer. Great video 👍. God speed. Eaglegards...
I'm System Administrator ( IT World ) and sometimes i wish i could leave my damn chair and go farming and working like you do. Much respect, im still saving for my futur Hobby Farm/Ranch. Keep up the good work Eric.
I'm finding more and more that chopping hay is getting more common. 20 years ago I don't know of anyone that did. I suppose these mixer feeders and TMRs are the reason. Those weren't around in the '80's. At least not in my area. I always have and still enjoy filling silo. Thanks for bringing me along.
I remember well as a teenager bailing hay for a local farmer. Pick it up, throw it on the truck, bring the truck back to the barn and unload and stack all by hand and getting absolutely covered in fine particles of hay. I was always so fricken itchy with a thick coat of sweat. I smelled worse than the cows in the barn.....but I miss it. I learned a lot about work ethic working on the farm. Good family values too.
Memories of life on a farm. You should have stayed with it. Touch life but rewarding in many ways.
@@organbuilder272 Huge percentage of the farms here in CT have sold out to development. In my town, there are 2 Xmas tree farms left. The rest have sold there land to the town for open space or to a developer.
God bless you and all farmers you feed us three times a day 👍
I remember leveling the silage for the loader. Good times. Awesome video!
Thanks for being a farmer eric and family
Great video today, enjoy watching you and your dad get things done. Brings back good memories, you guys be safe and take care of your family. God bless from San Diego Ca
You should ask the chopping guys if they would let you give a tour of their machine. It's pretty cool.
@@Tyguyborgerding krone is better lol
@@Tyguyborgerding love our Fieldline blower over here in Wisconsin. We have, IH, H&S, Dion blowers and that Fieldline is a smooth running beast! Have four seasons on it so far
Those guys chopping don't waste any time. Have a blessed day.
I love watching the raker.... pretty cool😎
You're an optimist, Eric. You see the silo as half full. Excellent!
That's because they are in the mind set of filling it. If it were winter and have been feeding from it for awhile it would be half empty. Sociology.
@@dylanmatter1088 That's hilarious that Neil Louise got 23 likes and you only got 2, including mine. Some people just have no common sense, huh? lmao
I like your decisions to outsource certain jobs on the farm. Makes efficient use of time and machinery
Gotta say seeing a large square bale grinder is a first for me and my family been around the hay industry for quite a while, but not so much anymore. We used to chop then bag everything for a number of years
Great looking feed for your cattle. Hard work is a typical day on the farm. These videos are good for people to experience the amount of labor that goes into putting milk on the tables.
Ain't no party, like a filling silos party, cause when filling silos the party dont stop!
Brings back a lot of memories filling an upright
Great awesome video Eric . Very nice feed . Ag bags yes better feed , faster to get it out , disadvantage is a lot of plastic , silo takes longer . Great feed. Advantage no plastic, they have there ups and downs .
Eric, your vids are one of the bright spots in our week! God bless you. Steve and Tami.
As god is a fiction, there can be no 'blessings' - whatever that means!!
Thanks for that great video, sure enjoyed it! Have yourself another great day!
As usual a pleasure to watch well done Peter UK 🇬🇧
I,m indian i like video and your work tecnice
Looks like Dad has recovered nicely. God Bless.
Got to work on a dairy farm in upstate NY in the early 90's. Was one of the best years of my life. Really miss working on a dairy farm.
Awesome videos and impressive for this old city boy!! Interesting material. Look forward to the next video!!
Awesome!!! As always a great video Eric
Massey Ferguson, still the number one selling tractor in the world. My dad loved his Massey Ferguson.
I remember that trip up the silo every morning at 4:30 AM to throw down the mornings silage for the dairy cows after milking. We weren't fortunate enough to have a unloader to do that for us. Guess that's why my dad had two sons.
Yikes that sounds fun
I remember that too! Pick axe and a fork. Down the chute to wheel barrow. Ugh
Climbing the silo to fork out silage makes me think of a “funny story”. My Father I believe was quite progressive for the time, he bought a silo unloader in about 1960. But the interesting story his he had a barn cleaner installed in 1955, two years before my folks had indoor plumbing installed in 1957. That’s the year they had there 6th child, my Mother was taking care of 5 boys before indoor plumbing.
Thank you, and William W, for commenting! I've often wondered about what was done before unloaders, how long unloaders have existed, which lead to how long silos existed and if they always had unloaders, which seemed unlikely. Anyway, I wondered but that seemed like a heck of a thing to Google. 😆 I can really picture it now.
And Old American Iron too! Thanks to you all!
13:45 - Great shot. 48 years ago - I did the same thing - climb silos and made sure the corn silage was piling up in the center. And, occasionally, 16:30, we had to move the silage around.
… another productive day on the dairy farm. Thanks for having us along, Eric. See you next time.
Hello from France, je regarde tes vidéos même si je ne comprends pas toujours ce que tu dis😏😏... C est très intéressant de voir ta façon de travailler,très bonne vidéo.bon courage 👍👍👍
Everyone should see all this, farming is such a real tough job and so important! You are too humble!
All best from Europe!
Sitting on my computer doing school notification pops up you know we done school and watch the video. Great video eric
Hech yeah
Obviously not an English class.
@@HappyHarryHardon 13% of the world speak English as their first language. Don’t be a small minded bigot.
@@getur99 well said! 👏👍
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Wow. I did not know there was anything that would make Eric get winded! This is a first. He is usually the bionic man. 16:37
Great video like always. Keep working hard. Blessings to you and your family.
That shirt full of dust every day takes me back - we didn't have an unloader, just a pitchfork. Good video -very interesting.Nice to have Ethan help you. Thank you!
Satisfying video keep it coming God bless
I like Ethan, he seems like a solid kid. Not too many young people like that would show up to a farm to work everyday.
Hi Eric and dad excellent video as always love how you working with your dad and as always you and your dad and families all be safe 🇺🇸🇺🇸
I would everyday
There’s a lot of kids Ethan’s age that don’t wanna work. They rather stay inside and be on video games. My folks need help with their yard work and I can’t be there to help because of work. Trying to find young help is tough these days.
Well i would help everyday ofc bcs i hate being lazy and just wasting my time on doing nothing instead of working and helping someone out
I actually want to work on a dairy farm and learn from a farmer. I did work on one when I was a kid but now at 29 I actually want to get into farming. The best way to get started is to find a farmer who would hire me to work and teach me stuff.
You really had good help up in the silo. The feed looks really good. Congrats on getting the first crop done.
I love the smell of silage! Fond memories growing up at my Uncle's farm.
Thanks Eric for the video. It was GREAT.
Really good pictures on filling the silo!
A machine like this big hay mill i see for the first time, the performance is incredible :)
Look up tub grinders also impressive.
You've got some great blessings in having awesome workers like Ethan and Meaghan helping you out.
Every time Erick up loads it make my day
That blower set-up is certainly quite the unit.
Love watching you work 💜🌹
Thanks Eric for showing me how the silo operates.
After 30 years of pulling up unloaders I learned to were goggles on my eyes . Makes the rest of day go by better
Wow your amazing you just keep going and going to get the job done
I remember filling silo and baling hay all too well growing up! 😂 Great video!
Great video. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.
Great video especially the view from the top of the silo. Lots of hard work to level inside of the silo!!
Thank you for the awesome videos
Looking down from the silo the tractors and wagons look like toys. It always gives me the hebbie jebbies when you are up in the silos definitely not a job for the faint hearted
I got caught in one of those Self unloading Silage wagons back in 1971 when I was 15
We were using it to put up Oats
Compound fracture upper left arm in the upper bar and broke my left leg in 3 places between my ankle and knee when it was wrapped around the Out feed Auger and the trough
I am 67 now and I can still see it like its happening now
Ken
Thanks for telling your story. A great example why farming is dangerous
Thanks for taking us along
I don't live on a farm nor have done any work on a farm but I love your videos, much love and god bless from Ireland
You do a great job on these videos always enjoyable and well explained
Really cool to see how silos work for forage. Out west we only use pits for our corn and all fodder is baled.
Good luck and big like from Ukraine with best regards.
The equipment involved in dairy farming is incredible, well done
Love your videos, I'm your biggest fan in New Zealand! I hang out for every new video much to my wife's amusement 😁
Awesome Video and Much Love as Always 🐄 Man!!!
Fascinating video Eric! 👍
cool,eric and families,love checking in,keep well all
recards gnz
That silo levelling, who needs a gym, WOW that was a huge physical effort by you both.... hope you had a good meal, and remembered to replace what you perspired out..??
I come from a dairy farm as a kid, and yes it is s physically challenging life, but so rewarding.. love your work....
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS I SEND YOU A GREETING FROM CHILE AND THAT EVERYTHING IS GOOD FOR YOU
It was interesting your comment about owning a hay rake
I love your channel Eric. Keep up the good work!
Thanks for the informative video. All the best.
Nice i like your video’s. Keep on greets from Holland
Farming is super hard work. I appreciate you guys. I love milk. Lol!
Never a dull moment thanks for the video ur a hard worker and u should be very proud of that
Great job as always!
Beautiful video 👍👍👍🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
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Nice to see a young fella that knows the correct way to shovel. Let your thigh do the work.
Just spent the last hour in class so happy to have my faviourt TH-cam's video out for me to watch after that class
It was cool to see the silo rake in action always wondered about the wire rope winch i have seen you use. Great content as always. Thanks!
Great camera angels Eric. Particularly like from atop the silo looking down on the carts full of alfalfa hay liege. Sure glad that you had the air hose to blow all that dusty silo dust off. Busy time of the year for you, but it’s a dairy, busy 365🤓🤓
Good stuff y’all! Always look forward to your videos….
On our farm, we call using the air compressor to blow off dust/hay, air washing. There certainly isn’t anything more relieving than a good ol air wash.
Air bath or compressor bath where I’m at
Man Eric you should give those custom guys a shout out they do alot of good work for you and ur dad...and they dont mess around!
They get rewarded right? They are just doing their jobs
Is that there main job or are they just a bigger farm just helping out the smaller guys while making some side cash? They are there when Eric and dad need them id think if they were a traveling band they might not come every time the boys need them after all its always the same machines or it looks like it atleast
Watching you climb that shoot made me wanna sneeze somethin fierce.
Allot of work goes into that gallon of milk. Makes me appreciate it when I have it with my meals.