Time to Haul Manure!

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2 ай бұрын

Discover the transformative power of hauling cow manure across all our fields in this comprehensive KZfaq video! Join us as we delve into the myriad benefits of utilizing cow manure as a natural fertilizer, enriching our soil and enhancing crop yields. With the precision and efficiency of the Lemken Karat 10 Chisel Plow, witness firsthand how we work the manure into the earth, maximizing its nutrient content and optimizing soil health. From increased organic matter to improved soil structure and water retention, learn how this eco-friendly practice promotes sustainable agriculture while reducing our environmental footprint. Join us on this enlightening journey as we cultivate healthier, more productive fields for generations to come!

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@richardpeter1935 Ай бұрын

Get the boys in the barns to clean the twine out of the beaters a couple of times then they will start picking the twine out of the straw

@RockyMountainFarmer Ай бұрын

I wish we could

@csil2863 14 күн бұрын

V-type, side slinger spreaders handle sloppy liquids to very dry chicken litter. May not have the capacity of box spreaders though. Good job and another great video!

@RockyMountainFarmer 14 күн бұрын

We might have to look into that. Thanks for watching.

@lescarolyn Ай бұрын

Get a slurry wagon /tank to suck up the most liquid part and spread it from that. I grew up on a dairy gram in western Idaho and we called it a "honey wagon "

@RockyMountainFarmer Ай бұрын

That’s a good idea

@EarlyMusicDiva 27 күн бұрын

Reminds me of what I've seen in 10th Generation Dairyman's videos. They add water and mix it into the solids in the manure pits under their barns, to loosen it up enough so that they can pump it into a tanker (not sure of terminology?) spreader truck, then spray the liquid onto their fields.

@kenfredericksen3191 11 күн бұрын

To flesh this out just a bit you would probably be well served to rework your pits/lagoons just a bit. It was difficult to tell if they were all connected, or just how. By reworking I mean get it so that the urine/rain water all flows to one spot. Then in the weeks before hauling out solids start pumping as much freestanding liquid out as you can. Wait a day or two for more liquid to drain out of your solids, rinse, repeat. You do that for a week or two prior to hauling (presuming drier weather) and you should have almost exclusively solids left.

@robertrutherford9039 2 ай бұрын

In the uk there are quite a few slurry separators, squeeze the slurry to leave a semi dry manure and liquid that can be pumped.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

I think that’s what we need

@MrChrisdamien 2 ай бұрын

You could buy tankers trailers for a couple of semis. Install a pump system on it a some flood flans on the back to spread it out over the field. You’d need a good pump but with 2 or 3 semis you could move a lot of liquid pretty quick. The 2 big dairies in Marsing do that and it seems to work. Also wouldn’t be bad to buy a little road sweeper at an auction to clean roads if it gets bad

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

It would be nice to have some of those tanker trailers and we have been looking at a sweep so hopefully we can at least get that in the future

@beef2377 2 ай бұрын

When I moved to the countryside, I had to sign a waiver by the county concerning the manure’s smell.

@tuberNunya 2 ай бұрын

That is a well run county. City folks just don't understand real life, and they whine about it.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

That’s funny I wish they did something like that around here so people knew it was gonna stink sometimes and not to complain

@kyleblair4764 2 ай бұрын

I can’t think of a way to make it more solid… when it’s sloppy like that, we add water so we can pump it into tankers. Hope it goes better this fall. Enjoyed the video

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, fall is usually better after it’s dried all summer long

@glennmoreside787 2 ай бұрын

Great video, i really enjoy your channel.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Thanks I’m glad you enjoy it

@jasondiebel9304 2 ай бұрын

Not sure how far your hauling it but looks like it might be worth getting a couple big Knight spreaders for the slop. Don't mix it together. Just get the slop out with tub type spreaders then haul solids with the trucks. I worked for a guy in Michigan for 4 years doing custom manure application and we found that worked the best. We used knights for the entire job but once the slop was gone you'd make really good time not having to worry about slop splashing over the top.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

All but 2 of our spreaders are knight but probably not the style you’re talking about.

@jasondiebel9304 2 ай бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer Yes I'm talking side discharge. I've seen them truck mounted as well. We used trailer type with tractors.

@dusttoyou4550 2 ай бұрын

A suggestion might be to include a couple of vacuum trucks to suck up the slop and spray it on your fields until most of the liquid is away from the manure piles. Might be possible to contract with a vac truck company for first few days until its dried out. Part of the problem may be that the dairy hands over use the water to wash down instead of push it out with a small loader.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

They have a pump tank but it’s not very fast.

@dusttoyou4550 2 ай бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer Betcha there are a number of Septic Tank Cleaners that could help and get the wettest removed. Had local egg farm that used a septic cleaner type vacuum truck and took it to nearby pastures, put on a spray deflector to the pump out line and it worked very well.

@bdrakephotography 2 ай бұрын

Great video!

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@gablair1965 2 ай бұрын

You would speed up the load process if you have the truck about 45' to the manure pile. It would halve you loading time. Also reduce wear on your loading shovel

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, you’re probably right but it’s hard to turn around if you’re at that angle until you get the corals, half empty

@mwlembach 2 ай бұрын

Alot of farms in NY use sand bedding then use tankers to spread

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

That would be nice

@frankg5466 2 ай бұрын

A couple large vacuum tanks would be handy, Or empty a lagoon first, so liquids can run away

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

We can’t empty the lagoon in the spring. There isn’t anywhere to pump it legally.

@jerroldbrethauer6555 2 ай бұрын

Love to put manure on our fields bur it is sure hard on trucks. We have 5 trucks and 3 tractor pulled spreaders seems like 1 is c always broke down

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Yes it’s quite a job to keep everything running.

@namejames 2 ай бұрын

He is correct about how he works, thanks rnf

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Glad you like the videos

@scott_small 21 күн бұрын

Wondering if slurry injectors on lee side of the 10's chisels might save passes over the field

@RockyMountainFarmer 20 күн бұрын

I’m not sure how we would set that up

@scott_small 20 күн бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer if you rigged a pump like the one that fertilizes the seed potatoes, with the tube tack welded to the backside of one of the plows/chisels?

@RockyMountainFarmer 16 күн бұрын

I don’t think we would be able to pump enough. We haul around 4000 loads of manure each year.

@lukasbueckert9805 2 ай бұрын

I used to work on a dairy farm and hauled solid manure what I did with sloppy manure is load the back up and the floor and then it didn't leak out really

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Yeah we try to put solid in the back and slop in the front. That works sometimes

@lukasbueckert9805 2 ай бұрын

@RockyMountainFarmer ya we did couple scoops of solid manure in the front as well to prevent it from seeping out of the front as well if it got to sloppy sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't just the way it is with farming sometimes

@tdog2949 2 ай бұрын

Love the video! Is the dairy also owned by the family?

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

It’s owned by my uncle it is separate from the farm. We just manage the manure and grow some hay for them.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

I’m glad you loved the video

@crocodiledundeekulle5440 2 ай бұрын

How many cows do youre uncle have ?

@lindanelson8400 2 ай бұрын

Is it bad for the cattle's hooves and lower legs to stand in very wet manure all the time?

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

I agree

@TrevorTolman 2 ай бұрын

It can be hard on their feet.

@Arham7cheema 2 ай бұрын

❤

@jimdebarr5616 12 күн бұрын

How many cows are they milking there?

@RockyMountainFarmer 12 күн бұрын

I believe there’s 1200

@paulsanders1373 2 ай бұрын

Who gets to use the high pressure hose to clean all the equipment off ?

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

We usually all end up, washing off something.

@aaronjarvenpa1743 2 ай бұрын

Surprised the farm doesn’t run big 5th wheel trailers

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

We would have to buy all new trucks that would be about $1 million expense if not more

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

The other hard thing would be finding people who know how to drive them. Most people can drive ours because it’s like driving a big suv.

@talen4941 2 ай бұрын

You wanna raise the temperature of the slop so the water vaporizes. Light it up. 🔥

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

I don’t know how we would do that

@talen4941 2 ай бұрын

Thermite.

@cliffordarnoldussen 2 ай бұрын

They got spreaders out there that’ll work for that they got behind tractor they’re sealed up that they can call that liquid stuff I think you rent them out😮😮

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

I know some of the tractor pulled ones are a little more sealed. The problem is we wouldn’t be able to haul it fast enough.

@jimcook4033 Ай бұрын

How many head are you dealing with ??

@RockyMountainFarmer Ай бұрын

We luckily don’t have to deal with the dairy. We just haul the manure. I think they have around 4000 cows though.

@NN-sj9fg Ай бұрын

No pig damage.

@RockyMountainFarmer Ай бұрын

There aren’t any pigs

@justinmills8084 2 ай бұрын

Do you have pump trucks are trailers to haul manure?

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

We don’t have pump trucks or trailers. We just have these manure spreader beds.

@patrikstartheking770 2 ай бұрын

I Think you should get some pumps for all the slurry thats In the manure pits

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

They have one at the dairy

@patrikstartheking770 2 ай бұрын

Oh alright 👍🏽

@maineman11 2 ай бұрын

If the land wasn't so flat, the water would just flow down hill and out of the manure.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

That would be nice

@j.s_cabin 2 ай бұрын

I would suggest sawdust. but judging by the scenery, it seems that there are no sawmills in your area. another could be chopped hay

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, sawdust probably would work pretty well but you’re right there are no sawmills around. the hay would probably work pretty well too. If they weren’t using it for feed. we did end up using the straw bales and that worked pretty well.

@markuskistler5343 2 ай бұрын

I think you need a manurespreader Like a tebbe or what Like this

@phillipwhite2615 2 ай бұрын

Ever thought of a anorobic digester, separate the solids from the liquids, put the methane through a steam generator and just put the electricity on the grid, and run the farm off it.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

That would be great but it’s to expensive.

@K_3_R_R 2 ай бұрын

Ok I'll say it, cause someone has to. It's a shitty job, but someone's got to do it. 😂

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

That’s right

@gunnarbeck225 2 ай бұрын

Why don't you have slotted holes on the bucket

@eddygoodwin7089 Ай бұрын

The dairy must not have too much room I’m guessing. A pretty basic trash pump and some tanks would help a bunch

@RockyMountainFarmer Ай бұрын

Tanks would not help when there is millions of gallons in the lagoon

@eddygoodwin7089 Ай бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer I didn’t realize it was coming from the lagoon, are the lagoons overflowing?

@RockyMountainFarmer Ай бұрын

They were now we are starting to pump onto our hayfield

@eddygoodwin7089 Ай бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer 👍

@trevors42 2 ай бұрын

What size of Karat 10 did you get? Does it pull any different than your previous karat?

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

We got the 6 meter or 20 foot our old one was a 5 meter but they only added 3 shanks because they spaced them out a little bit to let more material flow through. It actually pulls about the same.

@paulpence8895 2 ай бұрын

Bro, I raised hogs for 35 years, they didnt make that much sht in 35 years you get in 6 months... OMG!!!! Watch Sonne Farms also,,, holy crap cattle are 10x labor intensive as hogs... Power to you guys and gals out there busting your butts every day,,, love me some bovines... Lots of traffic on that soil, what do you do for compaction???

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

We rip it deep with a chisel plow. About 14”

@chadbrunet6457 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, you can. It’s called a separator.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

I think we need one

@TrevorTolman 2 ай бұрын

Pretty good loader guy to keep from bouncing you whike you video.

@kevinkevlar8050 2 ай бұрын

reclaim it

@robertr3470 2 ай бұрын

Shame it cant be ground down into a fine liquid and you can just run the pivot to get it done.

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

We do pump the lagoon water through some pivots.

@tuberNunya 2 ай бұрын

Pile it higher and tarp it?

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

I think they’re going to have to do some of that this year because we couldn’t get it all

@wendellmoore3285 Ай бұрын

Need to put a drain in the yard ,, to spilt it up and clean those dam trucks up , it to dirty for those beaters ,,

@RockyMountainFarmer Ай бұрын

There is a drain but it’s full and we clean the trucks when we are done hauling

@tomadelsberger6101 2 ай бұрын

How many cows does it take to get that much manure

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

There are 1200 being milked but total is around 4000

@wendellmoore3285 2 ай бұрын

It's called sales,, sale the manuare in bags for lawns and other hay fields,,,,,,,,

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

In order to do that we would have to compost it for about 3 to 5 years before we would have a product and just the equipment and time to get into that is over $1 million

@JoaoPires-pd9ot 2 ай бұрын

Oi 👍👍👍👍💯👍👍

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it

@carolspronk8401 2 ай бұрын

Looks like you need a better containment system

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Well, we don’t own the dairy if we did it would be done very different, but I agree they need a better system

@brysonhaggard 2 ай бұрын

The dairy needs a better manure contrainment cause here we have to have manure management plans and all that crap when we build cattle sites

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

Yeah, I agree it was not built properly

@aaronjarvenpa1743 2 ай бұрын

Those poor cows

@paulsanders1373 2 ай бұрын

Why doesn’t the dairy farm convert the manure to methane to power generators to power the farm and sell back to the grid. Part of the manure is dried that you can use on your fields. Cut way back on broken machinery and a load of labor? Just wondering?

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

The main reason they haven’t done something like that is because of the cost

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

It’s a good idea though

@jimprescott8423 2 ай бұрын

You must have some understanding and tolerant neighbours,

@RockyMountainFarmer 2 ай бұрын

That’s the price they pay to live in the country side

@tuberNunya 2 ай бұрын

It's true that they are conservative republicans, yes.

@jimprescott8423 2 ай бұрын

@@tuberNunya we’ve got some of those here in the U.K., not so many as there was now,in fact ,predictions are saying they are going to be extinct at the next election,

@suresren Ай бұрын

your muck spreaders are way behind the models we have in the uk and europe, spreaders over here would handle that manure with no problem,

@RockyMountainFarmer Ай бұрын

I’m guessing you’re talking about the ones you pull behind a tractor. yes, those are more sealed but you will not be able to haul as much especially when we have to drive miles to the field

@suresren Ай бұрын

@@RockyMountainFarmer Yes they are the ones, You will be suprised how far we have been on some trips. Most modern spreaders we have carry 17 to 20 tons,