Watching the cows dance in excitement for new bedding is hilarious. For such large animals they sure do have the moves.

It is really amazing to see behind the milk containers we buy in the stores! To me, it cant be much more “green” to be a dairy farmer than what is shown in your videos! The farmers of all kinds, that provide the foods of our existence are so undervalued it’s astounding! It makes no sense that the naysayers get so much unjustified publicity! What do they think will happen to civilization, when they legislate farming from existence?

I hope you and your family have a Happy Easter 🙏🇺🇸- He is Risen Alleluia ✝️

You guys take great care of your Cows 👍Modern technology for the Cows. Amazing!! Nice operation!

Spring has sprung. Lots to do. It will be nice to have the whole herd home soon. Cheers 🇨🇦

My 2nd favorite sign of spring (after robins) is the cows out to pasture!

Lots of work keeping your farm running in a orderly fashion, not to mention the man power. Eric I see your dad is a hard worker. That must be where you get some of that positive and dedication . I still enjoy each video you post, Thank you. Tom in Minneapolis

Happy cows running in a pasture - awesome.

You make it like so easy ❤ and l know it is not. My younger years. we had dairy cows. 🐄 I am 83 now, so enjoy watching you folks 😀

Have you ever considered installing a bubbler system in your manure tanks? I saw Tomb Pemberton’s video on it (over in England) and it works very well at keeping it stirred up all the time. He said he did not need professionals to come mix it, and when they had in the past it only lasted a short while, where as now he can haul whenever he wants to, it is all ways ready.

I remember the ice storm in PA in 1996(?). Power was out for much of the central/north and northeastern part of the state (commonwealth). Will your robot feeding system require a new, more powerful generator if you lose power? Love the black and white cows contrasting with the green grass.

I’m from an hour away in Chester County, PA. Recently became obsessed with farming and i’m glad i found someone in PA with a big operation! It would be awesome to come out there and learn everything about farming

Work, work, work….never is done on the farm !!! Cows are the priority a your place. Great video, thanks for sharing with us. Happy Easter to your families.

thanks for the quick rundown with the smartex, it is something i have been considering using on my herd. This type of product isn't widely use here in New Zealand, and it's good to hear positive feedback about them

Water beds. That's awesome, spoiled cows. Holstein Hilton😊

One of the fun things I love watching, when the cows kick up their heals and get put on new bedding and grass. I'll be putting mine on new grass in about two to three weeks. You guys sure keep busy with all you do, good luck on the up and coming growing season. I hope you have a good evening and a blessed Easter.

Watch that whole scooping section at 2X speed - wow, ZOOM-ZOOM! The cows look so awesome out in the sun and on the green grass 😊 Thanks, Eric!

Driving up 322 from East Earl, your new silo looks like a sky scrapper! You can see it for such a long way away and is so high compared to everything in the county haha

Your time is worth a lot. Anything you can farm out to others is worth it, stress, and in time issues. You take excellent care of your animals. ❤❤❤❤

Wow, up and working at 4:00 AM to spread 700,000 gallons of manure and milk 180 cows. All before breakfast. I don’t know where you get the stamina to do all that. Thank you.

Totally 1990s nostalgia water bed 😂🎉

Enjoyed the cows on the pasture. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us

turn your old silage bunkers into manure bunkers

The Giant is articulated and has extension capabilities, wow, nice machine. You were pretty cautious driving it and then finished the job in the race car Kubota. The remote health sensors seem to be working. Pretty cool monitoring systems. Your cows are happy!

Great job making the new water beds, they looked pretty heavy, good teamwork getting it in place. Cows appreciate your work and effort!

Black and white on dark green is picturesque.

It is amazing to watch the cattle when they are first turned out. To me it shows a little about their feelings and they are not just dumb animals. I remember when we first brought pea vines home . they would just go nuts when they heard the truck coming with another load.

Eric, I live in Northeast Ohio. I am going to come your way sometime. I just want to drive by and see that new silo. It's so tall, I'm assuming you can see it from the road. I hope so. Love your videos and your family's work ethic. I was raised the same way. Good farm living.

awesome video Eric and Dad. So glad y'all are getting alot done before planting season.. Thank you guys

It will be interesting to see which side the cows will choose. I’m thinking they’ll mostly still use the old mats. Cows are creatures of habit for sure.

It's so enjoyable seeing the heifers run & frolic like calves!

I love to see the cows in the green fields.

Loved seeing the cows get excited to go on the grass hope the new beds work out for u guys

Great content as always. Clean cows as always. Simple and understandable narrative as always. Thank you so much as always!😊

It's amazing how technical dairy herd is maintained

It might work diffrently in that Giant loader, but on my mine, I hold the most left button under the steering wheel, and then use the small lever that is behind the big lever to lock and unlock.

It makes me happy whenever I see the cows kicking it up on new bedding. I wonder why they do that? Regardless, they always look happy.

In watching these videos, it's struck me that one of the conveniences of farming and animal husbandry is that you don't have to go elsewhere to seek adventure, instead, adventure comes to you. Granted, they may not be headline-grabbing adventures, but they are nonetheless high-risk and of uncertain outcome. Weather alone is one continuous contest, then there are the vagaries of animal health, the complexity of machinery and equipment, the mysteries that plague otherwise routine procedures, and the performance of contractors, just to name a few. You have to envy the men and women who enjoy such advantages while the rest of us have to spend good money just to enjoy a week or two of a more challenging experience. Yup, dairy farming's an Adventureland.

To unlock the bucket, it is the little "knob" behind the big main "knob" that controlls the arm, flick the little one and the pin at the bucket will unlock

we also use smaxtec boluses, on a spring calving herd. they are brilliant

One thing to consider, once you get the robot feeders going, it may make sense to spread your manure, or atleast part of it.

That is a pretty site seeing the cows go out in the fresh grass.

Cows look good and so does the clean barn, how many people help you all ?

thank you,I LEARN so much,from your episodes, I appreciate,all the hard work,it takes,to capture,edit and post these

Thanks again for another one of your interesting videos about your farm, really enjoy them. Happy Easter.🙏🇺🇸

to change to a bucket, you have to turn a lever next to the hydraulic hoses there with the bucket, then there is a small lever inside the cabin that you have to bend a way

Always a very interesting video from you on your farm. Thanks for posting to look at how hard you work to keep things running the best you can.

Happy cows 👍🏻🇨🇦

I don’t know why the algorithm recommended this video, but a modern dairy operation is fascinating.

Eric your love and respect for your animals is wonderful. The technology takes out the guess work. I can see that technology moving into humans. Unfortunately it will be an issue for privacy.

Love how there is always at least one girl watching you work…

I use a buffered alcohol solution instead of iodine.

Good to see you aren't saturated. We've been nonstop rain/snow here in Maine. My manure pit is a quagmire, 16" of snow the other day and more coming. Meanwhile we're busy with maple season. We're headed for the wettest March on record, doubt I'll be spreading any manure in April.

It is always great the first day the cows go out and see how they go crazy

Shoutout Earl

You take such good care of your cows. Thank you for the upload! ❤

That was quite the buildup of manure. The girls sure are prolific poopers. They dance really well too. A super interesting video today, thanks. Hope you and your family have a very Happy and Blessed Easter

Love your videos and I love to suggest things to you because you do the pro and con list before you do something….the suggestion list is south facing roof over bunk silos solar panels on top???? One bay dry manure storage????? Larger manure spreader for twice a year dreading dry manure???

Hiring out some jobs is way better than making payments, repairs, and paying for the time to do it yourself. A half $ million in equipment for a day or 2 of work every few months is cheaper to hire. Great video, Eric. Do YOU get to sleep on a water bed? 😂😂😂

Great Video . . . cows just love getting out in the spring

New water beds are great! 👍👏🐄

wow - you have data streams! that is a husbandry revolution as big as the invention of the plough.

I hadn't heard of twins in cows before. Thanks for sharing that about the one cow near the beginning of the video.

Will you possibly be using one of your bunkers to store manure when field conditions will not allow you to spread.

Good one Eric, looks like you and your dad are very busy.

You animals are so healthy and clean. Nice work

It's a lever on the right and then a switch on the left side of dash

Loved the video...very interesting.....I like how you are always upgrading your farm....God bless you ❤️🙏🇺🇲

Spreading the straw looks like it does not to bad of spreading

“Shout out to Earl”. I know him!

Beautiful farm and beautiful girls. God Bless.

You and your dad work good together. Thank u for the great videos

You Guys are Advanced Technology Excellent Brilliant

Well spoken Eric, using terms like "metritis" and "retained placenta" rather than other more crude terms.

Had not seen waterbeds used before. Very interesting video.

Skid Loader all day every day vs. that tell handler.

Great seeing all the hard work

do you have birds in the rafters of the open barns? i saw other farms with wire mesh fastened on the bottom of the Trusses.

I think about our dairy farmers as I drink milk everyday

It would be interesting to hear from your dad about how he was taught to monitor the cows at your age. Certainly the technology has come a long way? I know things have come along way since 1975 when I took computer programming in HS.

I’m a beef producer and I’ve watched your channel from the beginning. I’m interested in more information regarding the pill that you put in the cows stomach to monitor her health. Brand name and video showing the monitor and such.

Eric y’all run a smooth operation. Your new bin needs a big American flag on top of it.. thanks for your good videos, take care.

❤ YOU ERIC ❤️

Great Video!

Always such Awsome content new and exciting for the cows for sure

Love your channel. I've watched all your vids but missed the farm truck upgrade lol. I somehow thought you'd do an intro homage to Doug DeMuro, "This!!!!!!!!! is the 20yy ... 3500 4x4" 😎 Happy Easter to you and family ♥

I'm curious what the farm did prior to using the Round-Up- type chemicals to kill off the weeds and cover-crops in the fields. What work was involved before the chemicals were used to prepare for planting?

Good idea for recycling rubber

Nice combining new tech with tried & true techniques

Happy cows ;)

The skull face cows are really cool looking

You guys should buy Lemken rubin. Extremely good disc.

Growing up in the 1960's we often saw Jersey and Guernsey dairy cows. Haven't seen them in years. I wonder what happened to the breeds?

Seems like that loader has a massive lack of push power it struggled to scoop that pen. I mean wrong bucket but still. Not worth the money imo

Awesome video Eric. 🚜🚜🚜

good job!

Thank you for showing part of your day.

I love this.

looking forward to bucket update

I've heard a lot of different views on the water beds . I've thought about it so I'm looking forward to your opinion.