The little rocks grow to big rocks with our fertile fields. Farmer humor. Nothing like a farm.

As a retired soil conservationist, I truly appreciate the farming methods you follow on your dairy farm. So many farmers these days do not contour farm and apply other practices to reduce the potential for soil loss.

I must admit my foolish thinking as a very young man studying electrical engineering at a state school. Yes there were Agricultural Engineering students, and while I didn’t make wise cracks about them, I just didn’t realize how important their work truly IS! To see what you go through to plant your crops is miraculous to me, and that’s saying quite a bit coming from an EE. What you and your dad (and lots of people we don’t see) go through is to be commended, and not in a small way. You all feed much of the world, and my hat’s off to you!

Just got my lunch my wife put together I really appreciate that!! What a very nice thing to say!! That made the video worth watching thanks !!!! ❤🙋‍♀️

So glad to see you and your Dad doing all the maintenance on your equipment during the winter!! (like your planter) There are some other farmers that do not do that and it is an emergency working on their equipment when they should be planting. Also, thanks for taking us along on your journey. We KNOW it takes SO MUCH LONGER to do a job when you have to move the cameras all around for us to get the good shot. Also, thank you for all the time it takes. you to edit and finalize your videos! My wife and I hope you know how much we appreciate your and your Dad's hard work!! May God overwhelm you, your staff and family with blessings!!

Install some lights once you get the concrete ramp for the silos created. Would make a difference at night

I wish I could watch the heartwarming joy your Dad and you will experience when all those rocks become boulders and peek their little heads out of the fields. Huge demand for large rocks. You could retire on 2 loads of nice boulders. Ha ha

Enjoying it all, Eric. You truly bring us into the world of dairy farming your way, and it's wonderful to see. Cheers all. 🇨🇦

Great to see the rest of the spring harvest go smoothly.

When I used to cover the silage in the silo I just would tuck the plastic down around the edges with my hands, gloves on. Didn't fork any silage on top of the plastic tarp. Would have to go up in the silo a couple days later and keep tucking the plastic cover as the silage settled. Little to no spoilage.....you guys do a GREAT job!!! Kudos!!

“ these guys will grow to be big rocks with our fertile soils “ that was awesome 🤣🤣🤣

I have upright silo, it’s popular here in eastern Canada. After you lay the plastic you can blow around 200 hundred pound of ground grain over the plastic. It will help seal. You’re small blower can do it. And when you’re ready to feed you remove only the plastic and feed the mix grain forage to the heifer.

I have always appreciated how you Eric, your Dad and the rest of your working crew consistently keep Safety #1 on your To Do List before the work actually starts! Trial and error is the best method of "finding out what works"! Just as I was really enjoying the scenery of warmer sunny farm days, you reminded us all of the hidden Aromatic Aroma's we don't "see'! Reminds me of my favorite Farm Saying....Fecal Matter REALLY Does Matter! 🤣 Got a great appreciation foe the planting equipment too! DYING at the stones in the boxes "these guys will grow to be Big Rocks in a couple of years with our fertile soil"😂😂 Great video Eric! MOO From next door in COW-lumbus, Ohio 👋

In Switzerland we have a Waterpress on Top of the Feed in the Silos. Its like a plasticpool that we fill with water, thats press the Feed and make sure that no oxygen come to the feed.. Greetings from Switzerland😃

Before you put the last touches on, you might want to run a waterline to the silo's, to save running all that hose in traffic areas. My 2¢ worth, but it hit me when you were hooking up the hose. Great video, and I can't wait to see it in full operation! You have a good looking herd , and I know that you take pride in keeping them clean, fed, and happy!👍👍

Your vids are very informative, especially to us non-farmers. Your dad must be quite proud. Stay safe and God Bless from Cape Cod.

Eric you should check out the old bbc documentary series on this guy named fred dibnah. He was like the last traditional steeple jack in the 80s. The way he would attach his ladders to the smoke stacks and climp them with no harness is nuts. He is a little hard to understand but not impossible. Just do a youtube search for him.

The silo that you filled with Triticale looks good. I'm glad you had the blower running, the gases can really get bad, better safe than sorry. I didn't think about the change to the planter for larger soy beans nor extra weight for running on the stubble, makes sense. Nice video, thanks Eric, I hope you have a good evening!

Amazing farm management!!!! Great video. God Bless.

Good video Eric, enjoy planting time looks like you have lots of room in the new Silo!

A fella just has to love the low rumble of that old Deere. The manure spreader time lapse was awesome!

31:04 I can almost guarantee someone will think you were serious about the rocks...lol.

good luck on your future rock harvest

Just great, I look forward to your videos, THANKS

That blower is an incredible piece of creativity

It’s nice to have two other silo’s for silage . And , I agree with you Eric those fan’s do keep the animals cool and drying the barn glad our neighbor finally got his fan’s up.

You need a no til coulter in front of each opener to get through that stubble. Would help seed coverage tremendously.

I always like when you use caution and stay safe. Ahh the aroma of nice fresh manure. Music to the nose. Just want to again say how much I appreciate you taking the time to share your workdays with us. Also love your growing rocks humor. Hoping for a great growing season for you. Thanks.

Eric, it is rare to see farmers using silos anymore with more using bunks. When I was working on a dairy farm in the early 80's we capped a few silos. I hope this feeding system works out for you.

Great looking bunch of Holstein heifer, good luck with the harvest. Looks like great feed!

not easy to do what you and your family are doing.....work work work....with your MIND and BODY!!! THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR WORK.....and everything you do...is EXPENSIVE....how you do it....I can't imagine......

Old Johnny Popper sounds good! Thanks Eric for the content!😊

Excellent video

Perhaps you can market a "Scratch & Sniff" card for those who are unaware of the fresh aroma of liquid manure? At least $10.00 a card, it would be a sinus clearing experience. :)

I noticed that everyone has a power unit for silo blower or the manure pumps. Kinda cool that way don't need to scramble for tractor.

Great video, Eric. In the last video, i was curious if you did the planting of the corn and soybeans in-house or hired it out. I guess this video answered that. I gotta tell you, dairy farmers work their butts off taking care of the herd EVERYDAY and in their free time. They plant, harvest, and store the feed supply to keep them fed. Much Respect to all you farmers out there 👍 🚜....

Eric, I'm a retired upstate NY dairy farmer and built unadilla wooded silo builder for forty years also. My scaffolding had a center pole that the you used to push it up. If you could when they do last silo have them show how their scaffolding works to push or pull it up and down, just never seen one like that. Thank you if u can, love watching the videos.

Your one dairy farm needs all those bags of seed, Just think what it takes to supply all the farms just in your county! Seed plant tour. Thanks Eric

Really like your videos, retired cattle farmer and can relate to what you are doing. Keep up the great job 😎

It will interesting to see what kind of a yield you get from those stones in the fall. Might be able to sell the harvest to a road crew for a decent profit.

@31:03 THAT'S how little rocks grow into big rocks.

I so enjoy your copy and paste with your videos and all so your commenting on what you are doing and why. It makes for very interesting info for farmers and old folks like me following your videos. When I was your age I so enjoyed my job and couldn't wait to go to work every day. Thank You.

Thanks Eric, Great video love seeing what's going on at the farm

Thanks for sharing, always enjoy your videos. Stay well be safe 👍👍✌️

You’re such a hard worker and I love learning from you. That was sweet for your wife to bring food.

Happy planting!!!!!❤❤❤❤

i just love following you guys. never miss a vid

Eric I love your humor! Big rocks next year! Your love of what you do comes through loud and clear! You and your Dad have a beautiful operation!

Honestly I think there is some truth in those rock seeds, every year we harvest potatoes there are still a lot of rocks being extracted on the same field, I think you're onto something 😆

1. Interior LED flood lights at the top of the silos. 12:17 2. Get that video feed piped into your smartphones 6:57 This is getting GOOD !

Thank you your videos are great!

Man you and your Dad work hard, always out there from one thing to another. It's so heartening to see good "old Fashioned" farmers doing such honest work. As being a "city slicker" all of my life I was so lucky as a kid to have family friends who dairy farmed in South Gippsland Victoria Australia. I was able to visit on some weekends and school holidays to help and absorb that life if only a little bit, so I have an appreciation of the constant effort you guys put in. Kudos kudos kudos ..........

Yah know. If you got any extra 110 power up that silo like you do for that Camera, should throw a LED light bulb fixture in with a 100W equivalent or bigger bulb. Got to go in, flip the light on. Big flood.

I’m glad the silo worked out good for you and that you guys got a good crop and of course it’s good to see the beans going in the ground

Toughest job in the world? Farming, without a doubt! What are you having for supper tonight? Thank a farmer for what’s on your table! Little rocks in a couple of years! 😂😂😂 Thanks for the video, Eric!

Great video brother from the imperial county California 👍👍🇺🇲🚜🐐

I don’t know what it is about these videos but they are so cool

Nice fix with the planter!! One more silo then the mixer room starts. Can't wait ; )

Everytime you climb that new silo, my hands sweat!

Great video!!!

Glad you got your spring crop in the silo.

I didn't think there was any young farmers left that could run a tractor without gps and autosteer so they can play on their phones while in the fields !! Very nice to see !!

My son lives in PA, Bucks County. I live in NC. On the way to his house, we drive I76 past John Martin & Sons next to Denver Cold Storage. I tell you this because yesterday we saw a brand new silo right across the road from them that is nearly a twin to yours, including the star. Same company? Truly enjoy your videos. I relive my childhood helping my dad milk his Holsteins. BTW very glad to see how much attention you give safety. God Bless!

I farm in southwest Minnesota nice black dirt and sometimes rains at the right time but when we put soybeans in the ground we expect 50-60 maybe 70 in the “wetter” spots but i guess we’ll see at fall!

Good to see seed going in the ground. Excellent video!

lol, growing rocks. your dry humor is funny, wandering how many don’t get your jokes.

Eric lots of work being done. 2nd silo looks awesome. 👍🏻🇨🇦

Great video Eric. Thank you

Wonderfull to see your silo running and everything goes to plan. Entering the silo just after filling you won't have dangerous gasses. But when you wil remove the plastic then you really need to ventilate. With the plastic i always push the edge of the plastic down at the wall, and nothing on top off the plastic. Also great you mentioned the drying with the fan at your 10 month heffers.

Enjoyed another educational video Eric. I can tell in your voice the satisfaction you feel of the first use of your new silo. Looks Great too. Fertile soil can sure grow big ricks. I liked that I could go to our Farm Supply Store & buy post holes. 😁

another nice presentation, thanks. My 2 bits on covering silos; we always use to cover. When we went to lower the unloader and take the plastic off, the corn silage was slimy crap. Our surface unloader would not throw it out. Even put on a new blower; did not make a difference. A neighbor suggested not covering; never had an unloader problem since. There was some waste but not the same as when covered ( did not have to hand pitch that slimy mess). Maybe a ring drive will be different and you will be using it quickly. Good luck on your 'experiment'.

New sub. Love how you explain everything in detail. Thanks for the epic vids!

Eric great video, enjoy watching!

I really enjoy watching your videos I have farmed most of my life I grew up on a dairy farm.

It’s great to see a farm that actually maintains equipment. Farms have a bad rap for equipment neglect. Keep up the great work!! Best channel on KZfaq!!

Very good video. Thank you

loveing the 35 min videos, Keep it up

You might not get any spoilage at all. As the feed ferments, you should get a layer of CO2 inside the silo that will prevent oxygen from creating mold.

Love this nice long video

I have been watching your channel for years keep up the awesome content 👏 you know so much about what you do have a blessed night Eric. Watching from southern Idaho 🎉🎉🎉.

I can’t believe the silo was almost completely filled with triticale. That is awesome. Everything is going well. It seems the complexity of the seeder is very interesting. It’s good that you had an expert on call that could solve the issue. You’ll know that fix it in the future. Whenever it happens, you will be the expert.

I just watched a Farm Auction in South Dakota and a 4440 1980 brought $37,500 so Take care of the Older Tractors!

Loved the video as always great job Eric

You guys sure do run z TIGHT SHIP..GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR NEW SET UP..! Carry on

always cracks me up, when you let the cattle back in the pen. how frisky they get.

Just can support without skip ads...Thanks for the great content Eric 🙂

I've got a great crop of rocks coming up this year.

I love the long videos man keep it up

Rock seeds !

Soil so potent it even grows rocks, lol

GREAT JOB

I’m glad you are climbing the new silo and not me. 😊

You can ask the Welkers about them rocks it seem they're moving big rock quite often😊 God Bless!!!🙌

So you are a rock farmer also, never knew there was such a thing.

Enjoyed the video.

Eric i love your sense of humor! The baby rocks grow into bigger rocks cause of your fertile soil! 😂😂

Hi Andrew, great video! My kids love watching these! Just a thought, we have a very similar method to you, 1st calving heifers come in daily from 3 weeks off of calving but we mix them with older cows in the milking parlour The older girls go in the front, middle and end of the row and really help calm the heifers down and reduce jumping around and stress,injuries etc might make their introductory experience even better Daily might be overkill but we have alot more access to labour than you do

When My wife was growing up on a dairy farm and have to pick rocks, they would tell friends that they would leave the small stones for seed.

We dont run any deep tillage nor do we raise animals, but if we ever have tight dirt and roots on the top our planter is inconsistent and thus inconsistent crop, we found that a disc works wonderfully for us so we dont have to add weight and remove weight when the soil doesn’t require it

That little bit of plastic will keep the feed at the top of the silo quite fresh. You won’t have to throw much if any away.