Beef Operation Feed Setup/Bunk Tour

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Many questions have been asked how we feed, what's in our feed, and what our setup is like. Our feed storage and feedlots take up the majority of the space on our home farm and since there was not much going on, I took the opportunity to quickly explain how everything works.
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@Borealwalkabouts 3 жыл бұрын

You and your dad are my favorite farming channel. Down to earth, honest hard working people and humble. Thank you both so much

@Gods33Acres 13 күн бұрын

I've been following this channel for several years. Today this popped up on my suggested videos to watch. What I noticed the most is how young Cole looks. 😄 Your knowledge, wisdom, and experience from then to now has grown immensely with time. Keep making the awesome content you to. From a loyal follwer near Mt Vernon, Iowa.

@SonneFarms 13 күн бұрын

haha this farming will age you, thanks so much for following!

@koryleague8833 4 жыл бұрын

This is one of the vest explanations of how an operation like yours works. Thanks for sharing

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked!

@beckyumphrey2626 24 күн бұрын

I can't believe I missed this one. Great video. You have done AMAZING!!!!!

@willr69420 3 жыл бұрын

*This was a good "Cliff Notes" explanation!*

@sclivestock5943 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tour Cole. You have decent operation going there.

@jeremyvee2729 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing information about your facilities and how the logistics of your daily operations work.

@ourlittlefunnyfarm718 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cole!! I learned something new today. Great video.

@CRAIGVY 4 жыл бұрын

Hello Cole , Nice hoodie 👌 just received mine. Great tour , thank you for taking the time , i learn so much from you. Peace to you an the family. Craig

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like!

@rogerwilson9892 4 жыл бұрын

Like the feed lots and the silage and corn easy to deal with centrally located.

@ser8098 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Thanks for showing us around your farm.

@johnperry5102 4 жыл бұрын

really good narration, great video thanks

@davidstoll4903 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video, there’s no custom hay grinders in our area so we grind hay 1 bale at a time in a vertical mixer then add corn silage and wdg. Feed in bottomless bunks on corn stalks.

@thewjs3738 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Again thanks for sharing information on your operation.

@marthachilds6167 4 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thank you for the Philippians Bible verse too! God's blessings!

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! That's my favorite verse!

@leevanruler119 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent - again! Cool that you get your equipment from South Dakota vendors. Good content and explanation of your operation. (Sioux Falls SD)

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@danfinley3690 4 жыл бұрын

Always informative and interesting to watch channel keep m coming

@barbcoleus 3 жыл бұрын

This is a great video for someone who would like to start a farm. I imagine.

@stevendrew8885 4 жыл бұрын

I only have a doz. steers that I feed out. I’m learning a lot from you. Young man teaching a old man (65) keep it up!

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@khalidmemonazeemi6620 9 ай бұрын

Really inspiring and detailed video, thanks bro. I am working on a feedlot fattening system. It will help me a lot.

@jamesgannaka.awesome9628 4 жыл бұрын

Great video loved the tour- James from Alabama

@frankscruggs4749 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative video,thanks for taking time to make it.

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Frank!

@curtweatherbee2523 4 жыл бұрын

Loved your video Cole❤️👍

@oby-1607 2 жыл бұрын

Love your operation. We run Black Angus only.

@suebooa4783 4 жыл бұрын

I loved the aerial views of the lots. Helps to picture the layout of your land. You also mentioned the number of hours a couple of your tractors had. Do you need to keep if this information on a regular basis?

@Marshall_Weber 4 жыл бұрын

Great Helpful Video, Much Love From Kentucky!!!

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Im actually going to Kentucky for the National farm machinery show in February!

@Marshall_Weber 4 жыл бұрын

@@SonneFarms It's Awesome!! They have it every year in Louisville, Kentucky.

@laohantun7404 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy for teaching educating us.....may God protect your farms and other farms too....Honour God by donating to needy charity foundations..... Safety and more productive years ahead....

@johnperry5102 4 жыл бұрын

great description on your farm equipment,, and how it runs

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@dawsoneubank1432 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy your vids, we r starting to get into a cattle operation

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet!

@jackleigh4613 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best farmer tuber

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@nathanrobinson7715 Жыл бұрын

I love how you call them critters

@codykolanda2854 4 жыл бұрын

Great video man keep up the good work

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@kopenhagenkid 4 жыл бұрын

Great video

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin!

@cardconnection6247 4 жыл бұрын

Love your vids

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

@lorinaw3001 2 жыл бұрын

Good job - very informative- ty ty

@mikepishl4216 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video cole👍🏼👍🏼

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

@nernbergfarms3935 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video, we have a luck now feed mixer

@ronrhodes8697 2 жыл бұрын

That is a nice feed mixer

@davidgay2679 4 жыл бұрын

Really good video, enjoyed it

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@BWYinYang 4 жыл бұрын

Sonne Farms making beef so yummy

@scottchasney5162 4 жыл бұрын

How's my tractor? LOL keep up the great work and videos. I always look forward to your videos. Thank you!

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Haha, thanks!

@Mudmowerdiesel 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video thank you

@IH100 4 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@CedarCreekHomestead 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video!

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@riff2072 4 жыл бұрын

Cole does it that way because that is the way Dad wants to do it. :)

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

yea that too

@BWYinYang 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha true true

@anitainglis2005 3 жыл бұрын

Over here in the UK 🇬🇧we feed silage we do round bails with all the vitamins and minerals they need Over the winter months, our cow's are mainly on grass, but when they come up for milking they go get what they want out the silage bins, they are very happy healthy cow's.

@jamesswaim1028 4 жыл бұрын

Great video you have some very nice looking Angus cattle and I'm going have to get me one of those hats

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope you like the hat!

@robbrent 4 жыл бұрын

What’s up Cole. Really enjoyable and you’re getting much more natural in front of the camera. Drone footage great. Those wet, muddy and icy conditions must take some getting used to. Greetings from a drier 🇿🇦

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Rob! Im glad people can tell I am improving, I hope it makes the videos better!

@robbrent 4 жыл бұрын

Sonne Farms - 👍 not that you weren’t always natural, talented and relatable as your growing following shows👏👏

@MrGjc310148 3 жыл бұрын

cheers matey busy boy gnz

@nicfrieler6684 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, I hunt Pheasants by Redfield. Love South Dakota. Will have to check your area out some day on a road trip. Keep up the great videos.

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@benburns5995 4 жыл бұрын

Cole, looks like Buying friendship with the gold pellets is working as the cattle are coming closer and seem more relaxed around you.

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Yes it so nice to have friendly cattle!

@oldthudman 4 жыл бұрын

Pipkin's came to America in about 1665-1670...When John II got married in 1675 has started farming...We have been farmers til the 1930's (great depression).My granddad Pipkin was a farmer..Some Pipkin's are still farmers A great profession!!!.....I suddenly have the urge to grow something.....lol...

@jamesashley3827 4 жыл бұрын

Looks warm in South Dakota the day of this filming 👍

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

It was super nice out!

@charliesmith3633 4 жыл бұрын

I subscribed and liked

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Welcome!

@rongrose3746 4 жыл бұрын

You guys do not have much snow ?? Thanks for the detailed video !! Stay safe !!!!

@sixtoes2313 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video Cole ! I am still waiting to see you playing "Basketball" with that one heifer 🤪

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yea I need to work on my side shuffle

@tomrichter244 3 жыл бұрын

Have you done a video on how you raise cows from calf to selling,? How many cows do you breed each year, how many do you sell. Do you sell to big feedlots to fatten them up, or do you sell direct to slaughter houses, etc. Thanks for this review!

@jerryodriscoll3691 4 жыл бұрын

Always great to see other farmers setups and how they operate, can really help others and give inspiration for ideas, why is there no plastic sheet on top of the silage pit? Does sorghum silage not go mouldy and rot when water gets into it?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

The first couple inches usually gets weathered

@randyhanson4984 2 жыл бұрын

Cool

@thefarmerbrain9888 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve subscribed and liked

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy!

@lewislindsey1946 4 жыл бұрын

Great presentation! A good orientation to your facility helps subs understand your operations. Merch looks great! Good way to introduce it.

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yea it makes a big difference when you can understand were the person is at in the videos

@yeetymagee961 4 жыл бұрын

Cool video to watch as a non cattle farmer

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@bearfootknivesgunforge9183 3 жыл бұрын

Nice break down Cole of y'alls operation. What minerals are you supplementing with? I'm in north central fl and I'm sure our minerals will be different. Like you silage mix also , ours is 2 types alphalfa and tiff 85 grass.

@karencary3312 4 жыл бұрын

From one big girl about another big girl, "Watch your mouth, Cole." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@oldthudman 4 жыл бұрын

Noticed all their tractors are Deere's............Good show....

@nathanrobinson7715 Жыл бұрын

Good way to use old tires

@tylorstetson5751 4 жыл бұрын

Farm Aid is in Corsica, South Dakota.

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for reminding me!

@tylorstetson5751 4 жыл бұрын

@@SonneFarms no problem

@mikebonge7206 4 жыл бұрын

Really nice operation. Turn that water off. Great video

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@byamrcn 4 жыл бұрын

Nice work on this one, very interesting. Any plans for a third bunker for the hay silage?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Personally I would like to take out the small grain bin in the corner that we dont use and put in a concrete pad there

@paulreed6340 4 жыл бұрын

3:15 why not pile it up a bit higher and run the edge of the tarp off the concrete so the water runs off outside the pit instead of down along the sides?

@christophermiller849 4 жыл бұрын

excellent video..great information .. just curious .. how many head do you end up calving a year ..

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Around 200 cows

@leesteele9290 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a nice setup to keep all the ingredients handy and accessibile !! Does it take more than one mixer wagon load to feed all the cows ? Do you hire somebody to grind the hay I suppose you said but I missed it !!?? Thanks for the video !!

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Yea, right now we are making 4 loads a day to feed everything, granted each load isn't 100% full. I am not sure if I did mention it but we do hire someone to grind our hay.

@cheshillyard2870 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video I would love to work with you,but i don't think we'd get much done,I have to many other things on my mind,lol Love you mate hugs

@johnhaun9154 4 жыл бұрын

You should get get a 340 mayerink feeder wagon they are out of platte South Dakota

@michellenicholes2087 11 ай бұрын

When I wrote my software to maintain my for my ranch. I could select either individual cattle or a pen of cattle. Then I could select feed and it could be a variety of feeds like what you're doing with your mixtures. And then the software would break out the cost to each animal in a percentage of cost. I'm curious how you did it.

@vincentgrupe1423 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Miller South Dakota and are neighbor cracks his corn then puts plastic on it then feeds it to his cows.

@shaneflickinger 4 жыл бұрын

I really look forward to watching your videos on the weekends. Curious why you can get away with not covering your silage, but need to cover the cracked corn? Other farming channels I watch cover their silage with plastic. Is it because you are using sorghum and they are using corn? Thanks for the video!

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Well corn it definitely more expensive part of the feed ration, plus it can get ruined a lot quicker than the silage. In some areas putting up silage costs a lot more and it pencils out for them to cover it

@Brian-th7ee Жыл бұрын

Where did you get your cable holding brackets that attach to the top of your concrete bunks? Thanks

@pocketchange1951 4 жыл бұрын

👍👌❤🇨🇦, spot on

@samjohnson5656 3 жыл бұрын

What’s the type pellet you keep in the gravity wagon?

@udayadams 4 жыл бұрын

God bless you man, your family and loved ones, BTW what kind of drone you use?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Mavic 2 zoom

@udayadams 4 жыл бұрын

@@SonneFarms Thank you

@eriksiggelin5880 4 жыл бұрын

Why don't you use plastic cover over the silage? It looks like you have to discard quite a lot?

@woutersteenbergen6358 4 жыл бұрын

Nice video 👌 WY don't you have plastic on the silage pile?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

We just don't feel we lose much from not putting plastic on the top

@woutersteenbergen6358 4 жыл бұрын

@@SonneFarms oké, whel just looks werd to my when your used to have plastic over it

@nathanmelander3995 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to get a vertical feed wagon they really like they work good

@lanerose8957 Жыл бұрын

Cole, how do you go about keeping excess water/snow out of your bunks?

@bayleyanderson8178 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same, why would it not be wrapped

@Pep8691 3 жыл бұрын

Heheheh those cows are going to be nibbling at your back pockets and chasing you all over the field trying to get those pellets soon

@brianwideman2342 2 жыл бұрын

What do you do to manage your mud?

@brianbrovont1717 4 жыл бұрын

How far how far are do you live outside of Mount Vernon South Dakota I know you're out there

@dennishayes65 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, venison by dog ! Thanks !

@BWYinYang 4 жыл бұрын

Glad that I'm not the only one that saw it.

@bigred7563 4 жыл бұрын

Do you lock your cows up in the barn as well when they get closer to calving, or leave them out in field?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Lock them up

@randymaylowski2485 4 жыл бұрын

I understand why you guys crack your corn, and some others, cuz you crack it so the cattle can digest easer, at least what I was told. But that's my opinion. So good video.

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Randy!

@jackbaker5284 4 жыл бұрын

How come you don't cover your silage bunk? I see most folks usually do, just curious...thanks ....Jack

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

In our area most actually do not, its a preference

@beverlyallen5308 4 жыл бұрын

Good video did you shut the water off?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Some say it is still running to this day

@CSCINF 4 жыл бұрын

Great info! Question; what do you do for pests(mice, rats)?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

Great question! Starting last winter we were going through a horrible rat infestation. We started buying rat poison but we have a dog and obviously didn't want her to be able to get at any of it. So I made about 6 structures out of wood that mice/rats could get in and eat the poison that Ellie (my dog) couldn't get at. Good placement and resupplying on time worked great. We just used rectangular blocks and there are so few around as compared to what it used to be

@fatlarry1184 4 жыл бұрын

@@SonneFarmsCall in THE MINKS! or terriers, there must be somebody in your area like Joseph Carter (YT)

@fatlarry1184 4 жыл бұрын

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@rylanbriss6956 4 жыл бұрын

How many cows/heifers all together do you guys calve out? And are u continuing to grow the heard every year?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

We are not growing the herd because all of our pastures are full. We calves around 200 cows/heifers each year, starting in February

@rosidaham5458 3 жыл бұрын

I really like how you guys raise beef cows.. really wanted to learn how the system over there.. not like here..

@phillipgrimshaw351 4 жыл бұрын

Serious question: do you not worry about hoof rot with all that wet muddy ground in the holding pens?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

We sure do, we watch close for it.

@heartwoodfarms9982 4 жыл бұрын

Do you use any bedding? If so, what do you use and when?

@SonneFarms 4 жыл бұрын

We like to use wheat straw or corn stalks for bedding. This year we didn't have time or the right conditions to bale corn stalks but we did bale a few soybean stover bales. We use them in the buildings when we are calving and when colder days are coming doing calving.