Opening Up The First Silage Bag/Upright Silo Maintenance

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As we finish up the sorghum from the pasture silo, it's time to open up the first bag of silage. After that, Alan has to climb up the silo by the barn to scrape off some of the frozen silage that has accumulated on the sides of the silo.
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@hartungdairyfarm0713 4 ай бұрын

I always say i don't miss cleaning off silo walls, but now it's muddy at the bags, I kinda miss cleaning silo walls 😂😂

@bruceprentice6441 4 ай бұрын

My wife and I come in from doing our chores, eat breakfast, then relax while watching you do chores, lol. We have had bags many times over the years, excellent feed storage.

@heatherkohlwey8379 4 ай бұрын

My husband is one of the few people in the area that service those unloaders. It's not the easiest job. Thank you for another video. I always enjoy the farm memories they bring back. Stay safe, and God bless.

@mikebrown1188 4 ай бұрын

Frozen silage definitely dangerous. You are doing a good job with the videos. That is what dairy farmers do this time of year

@danaedwards5464 4 ай бұрын

elm is great firewood as long as you dont have to split it by hand

@hturbo1007 4 ай бұрын

The pig tail, we always tuck it under the bag before we start filling the bag. The wait of the silage does a better job of sealing the end. Never leave the pig tail exposed to the air.

@williammatzek4660 4 ай бұрын

About 50 yrs ago I helped the neighbor on his dairy. On his 12 t h birth day he was given a fork like you showed , except it was 3 times as wide. He served in the Navy in ww2. (Born on leap year)

@greggergen9104 4 ай бұрын

Wow, and that is in a warm Winter... Can't imagine what happens at - 30.

@LynnKorte-ve4qf 4 ай бұрын

You need a small tractor with a cab and a heater when pulling feed hopper bunks during winter times when feeding out in the cold,,I remember feeding 490 head of bunk cattle in the Iowa cold,,they eat a lot for sure and it was double feeding each day during the cold times when they were sheltered in a feed lot

@jerry-fu7yb 4 ай бұрын

Pretty sure Birtch is considered a hardwood, always got great fires with it .keep up the great work. From 🇨🇦🇨🇦😎🐄🐄 .

@daleberghorn6504 4 ай бұрын

Boy I remember the days as kid frozen silage in on the walls we didn't have silo unloaded in them days enjoy your videos

@gsw313 4 ай бұрын

Good job Alan doing your various chores. If you get a little extra time take us along for some firewood cutting. God bless.

@marionberry6909 4 ай бұрын

Nice video, taking care of animals and keeping the milk flowing, in the winter, is no easy task. Thanks.

@macbaker72 4 ай бұрын

May God Bless

@richardgreen5602 4 ай бұрын

Enjoy your sharing...From PA and lived in MN (Mpls and Rochester) for 17 years...my daughter lives in Duluth....just like to touch base again with "Mennesoota"

@kyleanderson6134 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for explaining how you harvest and burn wood and I like the way you ended the video with the music.

@MorganOtt-ne1qj 4 ай бұрын

I never had a problem with the pigtail after I started tieing it off 3' in, then folding it over and tieing it again. Looks like you did the same, but not sure. Great video!

@PrinceJ933 4 ай бұрын

Nice Farm Panthers you have there at the end of the video and my House Panther is up on the desk as I type this. God Bless.

@canvids1 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting video Alan and lots of stuff that we rarely see from the farmers. At the end of video Cats up in a tree LOL I have never ever seen that before. Thanks Jen for video work.

@kellywilson8440 4 ай бұрын

I feel your pain on the silo unloader Alan , I worked on a 455 head dairy farm back in high school that ate alot of silage and wheat straw , Had 3 of the biggest silos made at the time i believe , Those unloaders were always getting stuck almost every day and up you go to free them and wasnt easy , Good vid as always and regards from Ohio !

@fullers1966 3 ай бұрын

Sure wish you could put out more videos I'm missing them

@trinitydairy 3 ай бұрын

We'll have some coming out soon, we've all been sick,so that has slowed us down.

@fullers1966 3 ай бұрын

@@trinitydairy hopefully you all get better soon

@johnnylindsey5808 3 ай бұрын

Good job guys

@22gonefishing 4 ай бұрын

Yay, he got it right, 😄 I shouldn't laugh, I just wrote 2014 down this week. Nice video and a little variety too.

@ralphriddle8864 4 ай бұрын

Very good job and God bless y'all a lot

@anthonyhengst2908 4 ай бұрын

Opening that Ag bag made me hungry for summer sausage. I was just up in the silo chipping walls myself. It hasn't been a bad winter, only one real cold week.... So far. Pretty good looking feed all around. I don't know about the moldy chunks. George Gieroks was having issues with that too. Weird things going on.

@ronzezulka6646 4 ай бұрын

Hey Allen,,,been 15 years since I opened a bag. I can still smell it.

@FarmallFanatic 4 ай бұрын

Heat wave here this week! 🔥

@ronniewayne5748 4 ай бұрын

Great content.awesome video.

@alisciamarotta3888 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@jaycool7805 4 ай бұрын

Another great video! Thanks!!!

@johnhenderson299 4 ай бұрын

Great video

@lesterhertel2945 4 ай бұрын

Another very interesting video Thank you 😊😊😊😊

@Chris-ts8oh 4 ай бұрын

I c u all are still alive and well and still doing it thats great!

@davidkimmel4216 4 ай бұрын

Stay safe. God Loves Us. Thank you for sharing your experience and knowledge with us

@davidbaysinger3381 4 ай бұрын

Great content just everyday stuff your doing is very interesting.

@roysutton9688 4 ай бұрын

Great show on season wood vs not. Also I enjoyed learning about how the silos behave in the winter

@jimvanderlinden7249 4 ай бұрын

I remember doing that with our silos also.

@french-canadianfarmer5049 4 ай бұрын

I always enjoy the videos. I just finished cutting some ash damaged by beavers after new years. Really nice wood.

@virginiagraber9070 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, 👍(N.Graber Ind)

@Ardralta 4 ай бұрын

Stay safe Allan.Being a lumberjack and that old silo it’s tough work.

@mennoreuten1563 4 ай бұрын

Agbags Works real Nice for sure, we only use them in good years when our bunks are full which is not every year the case, stay warm and safe,greetings from a Dutch dairyfarmer

@richardhoover7569 4 ай бұрын

Burnt live white birch in my indoor wood burner several years same time as you have with no problems in my flue. Have had to burn greenish wood of other varieties that made creosote in the flue.

@glennschlorf1285 4 ай бұрын

Ground Driven unloaders suck for that reason.... give me a ring drive anyday

@BarnyardEngineering 4 ай бұрын

Using a mattock or pickaxe to chip off the walls is a great idea. Dad would use a normal axe when it got bad.

@charlietanner6211 4 ай бұрын

never thought about silage freezing on inside of course you are at north bpole

@TomSmith-me7ph 4 ай бұрын

I always wondered how well the silage stayed in those silage bags. I’m from Wisconsin and there is a lot of those bags here and I always wondered if they froze solid in winter or not. I’m retired now and we always had silos, it would freeze along the wall’s but the center wasn’t frozen. Good video and God Bless.

@bioniclife 4 ай бұрын

This is the first year I burnt wood that was a year old, and it made a difference, so far, in our wood use. Of course it's been fairly mild, but we've had mild winters in the past and still burned 9-10 cords. I'm guessing we are at 5-6 cord so far. We usually shut the stove down around mid March. If we end up for a total of 7ish, I will be ecstatic!

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

Yeah that would be awesome!

@chadpaider1009 4 ай бұрын

When you start filling a bag try and make sure the pigtail of the bag is rolled under and not visible. Covered by the feed. It will be more of an air tight seal

@darylgilbert3494 4 ай бұрын

Good video Alan,,,,,,,But you should make a distinction between burning wet wood in an outside stove, as to burning it in the house with a chimney.

@philipr7686 4 ай бұрын

Built in heckling crew. 😂 Quite the 'ladies man' Alan. What's your secret?

@frankallen9419 4 ай бұрын

I think it's like flavor balls of cud

@grantpowers 4 ай бұрын

Hi trinity dairy, I’m the Minn farmer south west from ya,,, I don’t have livestock,just handful and a half of chickens for eggs, I have small squares for local hobby farmers, and crib corn to grind feed for same reason, bought one of your winter hats and it’s warm. 😊 have a great day

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, and have a great day too!

@user-du1um2pl4g 4 ай бұрын

❤❤❤❤❤ THE CHANNEL 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

@alexwhitaker5144 4 ай бұрын

Not trying to tell you what to do but, when I milked and used my silos I kept a pitch fork straped to the dig arm of the unloaded. Just incase feed fell from the wall trapped me.

@jamesmorrison1884 4 ай бұрын

Enjoyed your video we never had a issue frozen silage dont know why. I was wondering if your silos were black maybe would not freeze. But that may change silage quantity??? Was milking 100 head. Have a great day.

@duanebolen543 4 ай бұрын

The only thing was silent bags that I've seen over the years is ground. Doesn't freeze underneath a new make one heck of a muddy mess trying to get into the bag and getting back out. So good luck with that

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

Those bags are on a blacktop slab.

@duanebolen543 4 ай бұрын

@trinitydairy that's good but I have seen alot of them in open fields an what a mess

@douglasmacarthur8775 4 ай бұрын

@@trinitydairy ..GREAT ! Wise decision.

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, that can definitely be a mess!

@deerespetes8849 4 ай бұрын

Maybe u could wrap the silo with a heat tape and insulation?

@theda850two 4 ай бұрын

The tool in the silo looks like an adze/pick... to some....

@gregwinter9194 4 ай бұрын

Alan and Jen could we get a clip of Alan driving the school bus

@mikekuhn6216 4 ай бұрын

I was just wondering if you have an active, on-going plan to replace the dead trees with new saplings for future generations? Having all those trees helps keep the air fresh and adds beauty to the landscape. Good luck!

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

Yes, there is a healthy supply of saplings already growing wherever I cut.

@CMDSR 4 ай бұрын

If you clean your flu on a regular basis I wouldn’t worry about the green burch. You said you look for dead trees so that’ll help burn off some of the creosote.

@stevebrooking4506 4 ай бұрын

Have you got test results for the Corn silage this year? How does it compare to other years? Love watching your channel and really hope you still enjoy making videos. All the best 👍

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

We have the test results, but I haven't compared them.

@stuartsplace100 4 ай бұрын

watched your vid on mt Tv,not hooked up to youtube

@finnrasmussen8153 4 ай бұрын

Hi Allan do you work outside the farm?? Thank you for the answer you chose to give. Gods peace to you all and a prosperus 2024 by Gods grace.

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

Yeah I drive school bus.

@jaykettlewell3922 4 ай бұрын

Someone else on KZfaq was having trouble with mold in the corn silage. Can't remember who it was though.

@natepysick5914 4 ай бұрын

If the rest of the winter stays mild, how long will you be able to feed out of the silo before its empty?

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

I would guess a couple months.

@matthewhooker3193 4 ай бұрын

Is your chipper wheel on your unloader set right

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

It's set as good as I can. With the silo not being perfectly round, it makes it difficult.

@gparrow 4 ай бұрын

My neighbor burns green birch in his boiler, I guess it burns ok but it sure does stink. We are quite a ways away from them but if the wind is right and he is burning the green birch we cant hardly go outside.

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

I've never noticed that.

@Elijah-me5yg 4 ай бұрын

Do you guys have a recycle bin for the silage bags? Thanks for the effort you guys do in your videos,it looks like it takes a lot of work. My family pondered on the idea of starting a KZfaq channel,but we decided to watch the channels we love instead.keep up the good work 👍😊.

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

No we just put the plastic in our regular trash dumpster.

@Elijah-me5yg 4 ай бұрын

Does any one know why part of my comment turned blue and tries to take me to a weird site?

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

@Elijah-me5yg I'm not sure why that is.

@Elijah-me5yg 4 ай бұрын

I edited my typing,it seemed to fix it.

@philjopp7170 4 ай бұрын

Al do you have a grapple fork bucket? We use our bucket to grapple the silage in the bag apart , pretty slik

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

I would like one, but don't have auxiliary hydraulics on the skidsteer

@philjopp7170 4 ай бұрын

Ya I guess that would be a necessity, oh well just a thought, keep farmin it beats working out

@michaelgrant4825 4 ай бұрын

I am assuming that when the shear bolt broke and the unloader stopped, it meant if there were any broken pieces of the bolt in the silage, they wouldn't end up in a cow's stomach. Did you find any broken pieces or did they stay in the drive wheel and the shaft?

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

I usually try to find it if I can. Our cows do have magnets, though just in case.

@Elijah-me5yg 4 ай бұрын

Our cows almost ate a pocket knife once (I lost it in our silage bag),but gratefully our TMR mixer magnet caught it and not our cow's bellies or our tractor's tire!

@cedricgates9976 4 ай бұрын

friend of mine had about 2ft of buildup come down on him broke several ribs had a real hard time getting him out of the silo he doesnt fill silos anymore, gone to grass fed dairy now says he will never go back to that kind of farming, doing very well

@Stephenklausmeyer-hr9rb 4 ай бұрын

When you chip off those chunks off the silo walls, do you run the risk of damaging the auger of the unloader? Also, when you grind ear corn are you feeding it to your milking cows? If you are, then why do you feed that on top of sileage? Unfortunately, I only know about beef cattle.

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

I've never had any trouble with the frozen chunks, damaging the augers. The ground ear corn is just being fed to young stock.

@Stephenklausmeyer-hr9rb 4 ай бұрын

Got it. Thanks for clearing that up for me

@tenkiller9999 4 ай бұрын

Do you have any worries about silo gas?

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

Only, when the silo is first filled.

@pocketchange1951 4 ай бұрын

👍👌❤️🇨🇦

@markenge9348 4 ай бұрын

Why don't you paint your silo black so it will soak up the sunshine and the silage won't freeze so hard.

@bradjenkins932 4 ай бұрын

I love my silos . not a fan of bags.

@ronaldfeuerstein435 4 ай бұрын

I do enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing them. I got to ask? But Bloopers? Are you not sharing Bloopers. Opening bags goes pretty easy but up in the silo? Hope your not up there without telling someone your there or not having someone to check on you? We burned wood too. It just seemed to the wood we cut farther from the river. The better it burned. But we farmed 200 acres of flood land on the Grand River.

@trinitydairy 4 ай бұрын

We haven't really had any bloopers lately. Yes, I always have someone check on me.