Getting Oats From A Neighbor/Grinding Heifer Feed

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2 ай бұрын

A neighbor called and asked if we would want some oats that he had left over after he sold his herd of dairy cows. So, Alan headed right over with the International 1066 and Artsway Grinder Mixer. Jen's Guernseys came from this farm that Al said were on that particular farm for over 120 years. After getting the oats loaded and a bit of visiting, it was time to head home before Alan had to leave for work. The next day, Alan got to work mixing up a load of heifer feed with the oats.
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Trinity Dairy was established in 2006, in Minnesota. Alan and Jennifer farm with their 5 children; Jessica, Justin, Jordan, Joshua, and Jason. We milk a mix of 33 Jersey, Holstein, Brown Swiss, Guernsey, and Ayrshire cattle. We also enjoy sharing our family's love of Draft Horses and using them for logging and other farm work. Dairy Farming in Minnesota can be challenging, but it's a lifestyle we really enjoy. Subscribe today to watch our small family dairy farm and family grow while continuing to thank our Lord for the blessings we've been given.

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@wheeler391970 2 ай бұрын

It has been 35 years since I moved off of our small 50 cow family dairy farm in western WI not to far south of you. I would give anything to go back to relive those years growing up on a farm. Life was so much more wholesome and rewarding. There are a lot of similarities on how you farm and how we farmed which brings back many memories. I watch every video of yours with great envy. Thank you for sharing your lives with us and God bless your whole family.

@colorado1088 2 ай бұрын

Cousins come in handy. Even third, fourth or fifth cousins. True family legacy.

@stevecobb7844 2 ай бұрын

It's so refreshing to see that you appreciate the Blessing of snow / rain / moisture.

@thomaslapp6029 2 ай бұрын

I had to laugh when Allen said he needed to go to work. As a farmer his work is never done. Job security! 😂

@daleberghorn6504 2 ай бұрын

Nice to have a neighbor friend give you oats I noticed you don't have a auger on your grinder to unload feed and I caught that corn running over the hammers mills good videos 😊

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

The flighting went bad on the unloading auger, so I just took it off.

@atticuskilby515 2 ай бұрын

I worked on a horse farm during the summer of '09 in Sweden. Whenever we needed oats the farmer next door would bring a ton in a wagon and we would use them right out of there, It was so convenient and very cost efficient. Thanks for sharing your day to day life on the farm.

@dannygerrits1157 2 ай бұрын

Love to see guernseys famous on KZfaq. Huge guernsey fan and guernsey breeder here in South East Wisconsin

@ronniewayne5748 2 ай бұрын

I can smell the oats and ground corn through the video .I miss that smell.

@edkulk2777 2 ай бұрын

Neat visit between the two Al's.

@KellyJones-be9kn 2 ай бұрын

GOD Bless you guys

@johnrdanna 2 ай бұрын

I really enjoyed listening to this video an the history of your family. Your very down to earth an your content is always good. May God Bless you an your Family. Thankyou.

@DonWelter 2 ай бұрын

Always neat to hear the history of these farms. Takes dedication to milk cows for a lifetime. A number of farms in our part of Ohio have sold their dairy herds when age/health of the owners have taken their toll and there is not another generation to take over. Brings back memories of grinding ear corn and oats for feeding the dairy steers. Good to see neighbors working together!!! Happy Easter to the Trinity Dairy family.

@trentonromig9765 2 ай бұрын

I never seen a grinder that unloaded like that very interesting looks like you need your 830 case on that corn wagon

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

The, unloading auger, was when out, so I took it off.

@codymoffatt1281 2 ай бұрын

Alan, seeing that old grainery sure was neat. Those and the big ol barns are getting tore down daily and I personally think it's sad! Great video.

@farmerbill6855 2 ай бұрын

They make you pay property tax on them whether you use them or not.

@TomSmith-me7ph 2 ай бұрын

We didn’t have a grinder on the farm, but the Coop came out and I helped load the truck up with the oats and corn. They then took it to the mill to grind the oats and corn plus added some molasses and other supplements. Brought the feed back with a bigger truck and filled the feed tanks.

@alfredomarotta6604 2 ай бұрын

Nice to hear the history of the family farm. Great video, always enjoyable. Thanks for sharing.

@user-gs8gs8ct6p 2 ай бұрын

Guernseys was always my favorite breed when I milked. There use to be a lot of Guernsey herds in Northeastern Ohio but sadly they are all gone.

@guydaubenspeck9206 2 ай бұрын

Pretty much the same here in Western pennsylvania. Used to be about four Guernsey Hertz in our pennsylvania. Used to be about four Guernsey herds in our township alone. Now as far as I know there's one Guernsey heard left in the whole county

@matthewklejeski6641 2 ай бұрын

Need to straight pipe that 1066

@dnaiko 2 ай бұрын

Enjoyed seeing the old granery and hearing the history.

@user-kf9fv1qj9u 2 ай бұрын

Great video Alan

@flossdaly8274 2 ай бұрын

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing. I always enjoy watching your family's escapades. It's good to see you're going to get some much needed moisture.

@greatnorthernn-3154 2 ай бұрын

On the small farm I grew up on we had a similar building which housed the ground feed. There was a stationary belt driven hammermill outside the building with the ground feed being piped into the dust collector which was mounted inside in one of the bins. Our grain bin at that time was a wooden stave silo that had been cut in half. Grain handing in those years was steel scoop shovel, gunny sack, and bushel basket intensive!

@french-canadianfarmer5049 2 ай бұрын

Hope you get some moisture. Looks like we will get the northern edge of that system. Make a snow clearing video if you get enough.

@br927 2 ай бұрын

Sometimes if a motor don't spin, I'v sprayed WD40 in it and after a while it loosens up! Nice buildings!

@MorganOtt-ne1qj 2 ай бұрын

Oats are kind of forgotten here, but in the 90's my dad liked to mix them in the rations. We didn't have enough land to grow enough, since they yield so low, so he bought any he could find.

@anthonyhengst2908 2 ай бұрын

Blizzard coming your way it sounds like. Better get everything buttoned up. We're doing that today ourselves. I'm grinding feed this afternoon.

@dougpeterson5257 2 ай бұрын

I remember when my grandfather put quite a bit of the grain in bags for sales to others. He also grew lots of cabbage seed and all of that went in bags for the seed company. Later the seed went into heavy duty 4 foot square cardboard boxes with liners , much easier to handle and less hard labor

@ralphriddle8864 2 ай бұрын

Very nice job and God bless y'all

@KiwiJim13 2 ай бұрын

👀🙄🐾👍Great video Alan nice to know where your Guernsey cows came from I had 45 or so in with the Freisians different cattle to the land rats

@CMDSR 2 ай бұрын

Got to see you grind grain , got a little history lesson plus a cold start. A right good video there Alan.

@tomhall7250 2 ай бұрын

So sad to see the of farming go of in the ya !so sad…but when the great reset comes we could be back!

@bl688 2 ай бұрын

Up until last year an old boy used to store grain in an old house. They boarded up the doors and windows. When they unloaded the grain they stick augar through the windows. And to get Grain out he shoveled most of it and he also had couple small transfers augers.

@larrybruck2949 2 ай бұрын

I spent many hours with my dad and brother on my ma and dad's old farm, in the old granary. Mostly wheat and soybeans in there. Year from certified that we used for seed. We also had oats one year that we used for hog feed mix, the rest dad sold to a beef cattle farm. The oats were a bumper crop that year! If i remember 80 or 90 bushel/ acre. Dad had an old fanning seed cleaner that we cleaned the year from certified. Great video and God Bless.

@johnhenderson299 2 ай бұрын

Great history video

@22gonefishing 2 ай бұрын

They used to make them granaries tough, have a cousin that had a tornado go thru his farm that our great, great grandfather built about 14 years ago that damaged every building on the farm, house, sheds, barn silo like yours, knocked it over and grain bins except the granary had no damage, the farm looks totally different now, had to rebuild everything.

@larrykluckoutdoors8227 2 ай бұрын

Nice job of grinding the feed

@lesterhertel2945 2 ай бұрын

Another very interesting video Thank you

@Scotthobart1086 2 ай бұрын

another great video

@gregwilson3371 2 ай бұрын

We had something similar at my great grandfather's old barn. Had the grainery under a section of haymow

@douglasrusselljr7707 2 ай бұрын

We have a similar granary in the yard. I remember shoveling wheat in there, many years ago.

@mikei2141 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

@guydaubenspeck9206 2 ай бұрын

We used to melt guernsey's on this farm had them here for 80 years. I raised Red Angus now I couldn't stand to not have red cows

@frankdeegan8974 2 ай бұрын

The belts need a certain tension, after that Honey or molasses will help the belts grab. This is what the steam powered flat belts in the day, used to stop the flat belts from slipping all that torque being transferred to that flat belt made it essential for that flat belt not to slip. If the flat belt slips too much the flat belt tends to come off the pulley.

@jamesbristow5740 2 ай бұрын

I had a picture book when I was really young about the different dairy breeds. My Uncle had Holsteins and my Aunt and Grandpa had Jerseys, but I had it in my head at 6 that I was gonna have Ayrshires cause no one else did, but they still had spots like a Holstein. Nice you can keep a few breeds working at your operation. As much of a pain as it would be at first, hoping for 2 feet of moisture for ya.

@roysutton9688 2 ай бұрын

Great video you teach me so much about farming

@nashcobb3056 2 ай бұрын

thank you

@alejandromartinez8967 2 ай бұрын

Happy day amigo i like the way You guys work am from San Luis Potosí México

@danaedwards5464 2 ай бұрын

even with the belts slipping the grinder works the 1066 fairly hard

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

I realized the next day, that I had a smaller screen than I usually run. That's why it was working so hard, but it actually made a better feed.

@anthonyhengst2908 2 ай бұрын

@@trinitydairy Yea, we like to use a 1/4" screen.

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

I usually run the 3/4 screen for cob corn, but I put the 1/2 in instead.

@derekjensen5918 2 ай бұрын

That was another great video and glad you share again the every day doing on your farm. Thanks again for such a great video and a little family history. i cant wait till the next and and God Bless

@mikebrown1188 2 ай бұрын

Love the 1066 does it have aor too. Oats make great feed for calves.

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

Yes, it needs to be charged, though.

@HMallory1 2 ай бұрын

Anyway to change that belt system to a chain and sprocket, or direct drive shaft with universal joints? No more belt slippage and replacement. Might be a little costly but no more down time. I don't know just jibber jabber I guess,LOL

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

I realized the next day, that I put the wrong screen in, so it made it grind harder, but it made a nicer feed.

@mennoreuten1563 2 ай бұрын

How many cows neigbour Al milked in his day ,sad to see that farm is out of business ,nice place,thanks and greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

He milked about 28

@mennoreuten1563 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply

@nailbender7223 2 ай бұрын

I dont know if belt dressing would help on that big of a belt and that kind of h.p. but could be cheap bandaid

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

I figured out the problem, I had a smaller screen than I usually run.

@ronaldfeuerstein435 2 ай бұрын

You still have cows from family? Or even cows from family cows. That's cool to hear. What a way to keep "Family Farm" together and alive. Oats and gain looked really good. Looks like awesome feed. Not to be nosy here but how about alittle run down with the cows Jersey. That goes back in family?

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

The Guernsey we have, are the only ones, that go back in the family.

@ronaldfeuerstein435 2 ай бұрын

@trinitydairy how far back? I think its interesting to hear about the history of a heard.

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

When the other Al's parents bought the farm where I got the oats, the Guernsey cows were included in the sale of that farm. Al said that Guernsey cows had been on that farm for 120 years in total. I'm not sure of the history of that farm before Al's parents bought it. So, it's very cool to continue that bloodline of Guernseys that have been in our area almost longer than the town.

@ronaldfeuerstein435 2 ай бұрын

@@trinitydairy it's so cool to hear of the history of other farms and how the heritage of farming and family have kept it all alive.

@paulfritsche6347 2 ай бұрын

We're milking 4 cows that came from Al

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

That's awesome!

@wadesellers7748 2 ай бұрын

Great video as usual. Y'all put a fresh coat of paint on the barn? Looking sharp!

@MichaelDoering-js2gl 2 ай бұрын

❤

@jaycool7805 2 ай бұрын

Sounds like you guys got a lot of snow. Its snowing here, but not sticking for the most part.

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

It's piling up here.

@garybridger6707 2 ай бұрын

Out my way oats are scarce, for both feed and seed .

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

It's that way here too.

@Stephenklausmeyer-hr9rb 2 ай бұрын

I don't suppose that any of your tractors with cabs have heaters? By the way, we have a 3 compartment granary in our barn with a window to auger grain into it. Oh, do you use your own corn for the rolled corn for the milking herd?

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

The, 1066 has heat, that was my main reason for using it. We buy the corn for the milk cows, but we're hoping to have enough this year, to use our own.

@deanschafer5919 2 ай бұрын

Al do u guys still milk cows? I was trying to catch up on some of your videos. And u said in one of them u had to go to work? I wasn’t sure if u meant milking or off the farm job?

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

We still milk,but I drive school bus also.

@keithselzer9816 2 ай бұрын

I have to ask why didn't you grind the oats. Wouldn't they go straight through the calves without being cracked or ground like shelled corn. We always ground oats or any small grain so the animal's would digest it better.

@trinitydairy 2 ай бұрын

Whole oats are very beneficial for stomach development in the younger calves, and they are soft enough they can digest them pretty well. If I was feeding them to the milking cows I would probably grind them.

@keithselzer9816 2 ай бұрын

Good to know, my dad always had us grind them. I guess it's all about how we were taught.