Feeding Dairy cows a TMR with a 900 and a 1200 Supreme mixer wagons.
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@robj27043 жыл бұрын
I can't imagine all the logistics of this operation. The scale of it is impressive.
@weldersandblaster3 жыл бұрын
I love the close up details and explanations you give us of the mixer and its inside. And the details of how much feed you mix daily and the cows individual consumption. Then your fantastic aerial footage. This might be one of the most interesting videos you've done yet Andy.
@FarmingFixingFabricating3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@johnsnoman68284 жыл бұрын
Would love to see the milking parlor and how that part of your operation works
@coryschoeneman95504 жыл бұрын
I am amazed at how much labor and equipment it takes for you to raise your heard. Crop farmers like Mn millennial farmer or the Welkers probably don’t have to put in half as much work as your family does and they don’t need nearly as much machinery. You have my respect for doing what you do to feed the world in this depressed economic times for agriculture.
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment, it's a different environment for sure.
@justindriscoll4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video as always, Andy. You've done a full days work before a lot of people wake up. Won't hear me complain about what a gallon of milk cost. Just wish that cost would mostly go in to your pocket. It's well deserved!
@jasonalthoff13334 жыл бұрын
Just watched the video of your son disking. Everyone complimented him rightfully so but you the parent deserve a huge compliment. Your doing a fine job!
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Jason & Ginny Althoff thankyou ,I appreciate the comment.
@bradleyfair12664 жыл бұрын
Fully Respect and appreciate all you do Andy ,sleep well ,work harder tomorrow.Thanks for the great videos sir.
@hmmv44 жыл бұрын
These vids will be a real treasure for your family in the future, documenting farm life for the future generations.
@jenn44464 жыл бұрын
Beautiful cows 🐄 and farm! Your hard work shows! Thanks for the awesome drone footage!
@20cricket094 жыл бұрын
An amazing operation you have going each day! Thanks for doing it
@2009deerejohn4 жыл бұрын
Love all the different angles, it’s cool to see how the wagon emptied out via the screws:) You have an awful nice looking heard
@robertquast96844 жыл бұрын
Nice video. The end really gives a good feel for the size of your yard and the layout of things.
@PA_Wilds_Coyote4 жыл бұрын
Great views of the landscape!!! Thanks for taking the time to show your mixers and feeding process. very informative and your cows look good!!!
@paulwallace37574 жыл бұрын
Great set up ..Your Cows allways look great clean and healthy ..Top job..👍👍
@brentreid70314 жыл бұрын
Nice clean set up. And it shows in the cattle. Thank you. I appreciate people who take pride in their farm and cattle. Good video really enjoyed that thank you.
@hayman19714 жыл бұрын
Crap man at 3 in 5he morning the last thing I would want to do is stick a camera in my face!!! I love the feeding videos!! This may be one of the top in my book. Awesome!!! Nice set up there Andy a show place!!👍👍👍
@0796logsplitter4 жыл бұрын
That’s some set up Andy, the cows are looking great as always 👍
@danfinley36904 жыл бұрын
Andy great video thanks for the sweet tour of the cows
@eraaspr14 жыл бұрын
Big thanks for the video. So much interesting stuff to watch. I can see why you need so much silage. Impressive!
@ReverseProof4 жыл бұрын
Wow! You really have a beautiful farm, Andy. Great video, especially like the drone views. Commentary is great as usual, too.
@hughwhaley31794 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing Andy takes a lot of feed for all them cows. Awesome video 🌽🌽🚜🚜👍👍🇺🇸
@jeffsiefke15664 жыл бұрын
Very awesome video Andy thanks so much for sharing.
@stanleykeith34674 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video showing all the work involved in keeping dairy cattle
@duramaxpete52004 жыл бұрын
Very impressive operation ! That recently rebuilt mixer does a great job mixing seems better than the other one.
@arkansas13364 жыл бұрын
Beautiful overview of the farm's structures.
@leejamestheliar20854 жыл бұрын
I watched the re- lining of the " cow " . You have a great farm there farmer. Thx for the video.
@danfinley36904 жыл бұрын
Love the drone footage beautiful farm
@workfastsleepfaster71774 жыл бұрын
Beautiful farm andy thanks for sharing.
@mikep78104 жыл бұрын
Great video Andy. I like the drone footage at the end. Nice birdseye of the farm
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mike
@jamiebonjour13254 жыл бұрын
Great video, you sir have a lot on your plate to keep track of.
@tomalberts51954 жыл бұрын
Coming from a farming / dairy family I understand the amount of work that goes into keeping the cows happy. Last of the dairy farm in either side was 52 cows on 300 acres. Also did beef, small swine operation and grain on some rented land. Putting up hay in summer I will never forget up in the barn kicked my ass. Enjoy watching your channel and a small glimpse to running a dairy of that scale.
@rickmayer37494 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Andy. I am amazed how the cows stay so clean. As always, thanks for giving us ex farm boys a flashback to our youth.
@edhaight99034 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the videos, You have quite an operation there. I'm from west of Rochester, in Monroe county, close to the lake. Not many dairy farms here anymore. Couple good sized ones further west in Niagara county. Thanks again Andy.
@williamj.barnhartjr.31084 жыл бұрын
Great video Andy I'd really love to see your milking set up sometime. God bless
@johnh81924 жыл бұрын
Love the cow-painted mixing wagon -
@corydevries34944 жыл бұрын
Nice video Andy! Cows look great!
@jamesmader58294 жыл бұрын
Nice looking group of cows
@JohnWilliams-gd5jh4 жыл бұрын
One of the coolest videos to date!
@Sam-wq3ws4 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the video andy from the looks of the farm you and your family and workers take great pride in your animals and barns and equipment your whole farm looks amazing you should be very proud a lot of comment and hard work and it shows
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@farmershady474 жыл бұрын
Andy i really love your set up.
@jaykettlewell39224 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks for sharing this
@matthewjohnson39104 жыл бұрын
Great video andy thanks for sharing
@supersuperlion14 жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed the video of feeding, love the cows
@barncasino6893 жыл бұрын
Great cow barns and facilities, introduce your herdsman sometimes Your cows look happy.
@kopenhagenkid4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful farm buildings
@HarmlessFarmerAndyDetwiler4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video ole buddy. Hope all is well. Thanks for the video
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Harmless Farmer - Andy Detwiler thanks Andy
@randallolson75544 жыл бұрын
God Bless the farmers!
@rongrose37464 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed seeing the process you have to feed all those cows every day !
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ron
@stanleyjones41804 жыл бұрын
thanks for the cow barns tour andy
@goldfire16764 жыл бұрын
Beautiful set up Andy i got lost in the yards only for the bin painted in the cow color lol
@EdHourigan4 жыл бұрын
Another great video. That's a long way from pushing a cart around the old barn and forking by hand silage to each stanchion!
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Ed Hourigan yes I remember those days running around with himoisture corn and grain.Then later on dumping the tar into feed carts to feed to the tie stall barn.
@mikemoore81354 жыл бұрын
Maybe you can show us the office and the “front end” of the dairy. That would be neat!
@ThatOliverGuyChris4 жыл бұрын
I like the Holstein paint job on the TMR mixer, that's great! Those early hours make me glad I wasn't born on a dairy farm.
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment Chris
@downhilltwofour00824 жыл бұрын
The size of your operation is mind-boggling! Just subscribed.
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, glad to hear from new subscribers.
@user-snowman54 жыл бұрын
Nice paint scheme on da mixer real kool enjoy your videos
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, the comments mean a lot.
@benjaminbauer48834 жыл бұрын
We are doing 3 loads of feeding a day with out to tmr mixers and that takes too long!! Thanks for the video
@davidschmidt17804 жыл бұрын
That was fun something a little different for change great creativity with the camera
@normannichols7804 жыл бұрын
Now that's a dairy farm. Looking good
@dylanmcgregor53924 жыл бұрын
Can you do a dairy parlor tour
@davidberrier58943 жыл бұрын
I was raised on a dairy farm in NC. We milked about 30 cows. This was back in the late 1950s we
@mauricecahill33854 жыл бұрын
Yo Andy!!!! Greetings from South Coast Ireland!! Brilliant vid as always!!! Many thanks for the insight you gave on just what it takes to feed and maintain such a Mega Herd as you do!! Some people just don't appreciate the work and constant effort it takes to put milk in a bottle for the Corn flakes etc in the breakfast!! The idea of feeding starting from 3am to some might be madness but the amount of time in loading...feeding such numbers is not what some would consider ever doing or even imagine!! 24/7 means 24/7 ehh!!! Take care y'all and thanks for sharing....ps heifers looking good!!!
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Maurice Cahill thanks for the comment
@davetylutki4 жыл бұрын
you got one hell of a beautiful farm
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@kopenhagenkid4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video
@derrickzenner93004 жыл бұрын
First timer, great video. All that Deere, awesome. 3 am, not awesome.
@kentpowell54273 жыл бұрын
another super video - thanks
@m.j.l.abulle91074 жыл бұрын
Only one word needed ~ amazing ~
@ericgroat6264 жыл бұрын
Awesome video Andy. We went by after EFD and see you have some projects going on. We wanted to stop,but didn't want to bother you.
@10thgenerationdairyman614 жыл бұрын
Impressive operation. Cows look good
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
10th Generation Dairyman thanks Eric,if you ever travel to NY state stop in.
@10thgenerationdairyman614 жыл бұрын
@@FarmingFixingFabricating hopefully I can make that happen sometime, thanks!
@geoffhirsh24024 жыл бұрын
The floors are really clean
@mikemuniak47114 жыл бұрын
Very clean
@farmingthemitten52724 жыл бұрын
I have a pair of Supreme 1600T’s mounted on Oshkosh F2346 6x6 Truck’s. Great combination, especially for our Michigan winters but they’re not near as nimble as the pull-types.
@arnimk.21284 жыл бұрын
As often as the drone may gave you a headache (hanging in trees, being 'harvested', ...) it makes awesome shots and gives a nice overview! 👍
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Arnim K. Yes it is a lot of fun to fly it
@Erated784 жыл бұрын
Very interesting to see how it's done on a large scale such as this. You must be happy not to have to feed on Thursdays and Sundays. These are early starting days brother. I felt a little uneasy when you stepped into the mixer wagon. All the best, Thank you, cheers
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Yes, I enjoy the 2 mornings off that I get for sure.
@stubarry32064 жыл бұрын
That’s a shitload of feed everyday bud, serious amount of work, fair play to you and the team 👍👍👍
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Stu Barry it’s a few tons
@just-incase34834 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the vitamin D milk in my cereal in the morning 👍🏻
@eddytobacco14 жыл бұрын
Great video
@kensampson6044 жыл бұрын
the 7720 tractor sure are handy to feed with.
@JonDingle4 жыл бұрын
Great video! I have changed knives in a Faresin twin auger mixer and it isn't a nice job. The interior walls, floor and mixing augers get really slippery and the the knives wear down very thin and sharp. The new knives were large and sharp and again needed careful handling.
@h-aaskov6184 жыл бұрын
great video and great channel! A new subscriber on the farm!
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@chriswithington75574 жыл бұрын
How many calf hutches are there? Your feeding is a full time job, never mind the repairs, field work and manure management.
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
About 160 , feeding is pretty well a full time job yes
@mikebonge72064 жыл бұрын
One hell of operation
@andrewwoodhead83054 жыл бұрын
It's a monster alright 👍👌
@timskiff94223 жыл бұрын
The logistics involved in running this place is mind boggling
@petenolte41924 жыл бұрын
I see you haven't scratched or dented the mixer yet if it was me I would of done it the first day then pissed and moaned about it for two month LOL. It amazing how many loads you do everyday. Thanks for bringing us along!!!
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it hides the bucket rubs pretty good.
@colbyvanderhoof27944 жыл бұрын
I fed cows on a 1000 head milking dairy for 6 years so this video hits home. I tried a couple vertical mixers and really didnt like how they mixed seemed to have a better quality of mix and a faster unload time with a reel mixer. You need to slap a mixer on one of those old universal well trucks you like so much and you'll never step foot in a tractor pulled mixer again
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Yeah a truck mixer would be nice.... Someday it'll come
@egan888174 жыл бұрын
Kinda makes a person zone out watching the feed mix. 👀 I liked all of the different views today. The milk cows sure come to get the feed and the dry cows don't move except 1, cows can be strange critters at times. It was interesting to see the farm flyovers. How many tankers do you send out in day, and can you hold a days worth of milk in the silo? Thank you for taking the time to record and edit todays video.
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
4 tankers, we can't hold a whole day
@george147564 жыл бұрын
Have you ever done a tour of all the barns? Great video!!!
@arachanel51864 жыл бұрын
Sapinya banyak sekali.. Dengan teknologi moderen... Good job. 😁
@dankinnard18334 жыл бұрын
I am a new subscriber and have many questions, so I'll just throw a few to you. What part of New York state are you located in? What is the size of your dairy herd? I am very impressed on how well your cows look in appearance. You stated your mixers are 900 and 1200, is that the capacity rating, i.e. bushels or what? How do you measure the amount of supplements (minerals) you are mixing with the hay? To say the least, I am very impressed with your dairy farm operation! I have only viewed a half dozen or so of your videos and found them interesting, entertaining and informative. I have not lived on a farm for over fifty years but still find this way of life to make a living and raise a family no matter what the size of the operation is to be rewarding. Thanks!
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Dan Kinnard the model numbers don’t mean anything,there is a scale on each mixer.We are in central New York we milk just over 1600 cows and farm 4K acres.
@fergie35X4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Andy, great video. Greetings from a soggy UK where wheat harvest has been interrupted by some serious rain. Couple of questions. What is the size of your herd and what are your diesel costs per annum. Do you get a reduced price for agricultural diesel (as we do here and it's dyed red) and does this apply to all your trucks as well or are they classed differently as they are road going.? Thanks.
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
fergie35X we have same fuel here ,red is for off road.We can use it in the trucks when hauling from farm to field or field to farm.
@johndeere24384 жыл бұрын
Hey Andy hows it going today thanks for another great video. I was just watching one of your older videos of when you started truck #2 back in January. And was wondering if you ended up selling it or parted it out. I wouldn't mind having the engine and the box for one of our trucks. Stay safe out there my friend.
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Yes I still have it, shoot me an email at farmingfixingandfabricating@gmail.com
@garlandhenry67924 жыл бұрын
Love the drone footage of the mixer working. How much H.P. does it take to operate the mixers
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
About 150
@mikejankoviak85424 жыл бұрын
After you have all the feed and minerals in the mixers do you have about a rough time on how long you let it mix? I work at a feed lot and they say 3min is enough? Not sure but I guess that's what the salesman told them they bought the mixer from
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Mike Jankoviak I start the mixer just before I load cornsilage and by the time I get out of payloader it’s mixed enough.
@joshloomis13884 жыл бұрын
How longs it take to feed all the cows and heafers on your farm
@carsons65194 жыл бұрын
That mixer tub gives the ole jd a workout when you started feeding
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
It defiantly uses every one of her horses
@augustreil4 жыл бұрын
Great video. If you had to guess, how many tires do you think you use, to hold down all your tarps ?
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
august you know figured that out one time and I don’t know what I did with that number.
@augustreil4 жыл бұрын
@@FarmingFixingFabricating, Thanks, I'm sure it's a big one !!!
@kensampson6044 жыл бұрын
life of a tmr feeder starts early.
@dairyinc.36514 жыл бұрын
Light's and fans are 110% you ever have to run sprinklers or do you have enough air moving through ?
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
We do pretty good with the fans
@andrewwoodhead83053 жыл бұрын
113 tonne of feed per day! WOW!!🤔👍👌
@lordofhowell71583 жыл бұрын
Slowly catching up with your videos. Keep seeing people ask for a parlour video 😂 have you done one already I can look out for? Hell of a operation you run! Brilliant video! 💪🏴
@FarmingFixingFabricating3 жыл бұрын
No I haven’t
@Deere70Diesel4 жыл бұрын
Have you ever consider building a feed truck when you upgrade tmrs next? Large dairy I used to work at had two, one a supreme and the other a rotomix. Supreme hands down is my favorite mixer. I was there mechanic and the rotomix was a far less superior mixer.
@FarmingFixingFabricating4 жыл бұрын
Michigan Farmer Boy our next mixer might be a truck mount