Thank you! Glad to hear you enjoy them!

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Michael, thank you for your words! We are so happy to have you along. Yes, we too believe a family can make a nice living on a small farm. We have been pleasantly surprised by the support we have gotten in our community and online. We'd love to have you come visit. Contact us via our email info@clovermountaindairy.com to stay in touch!

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Thank you for watching!

It has exceeded our expectations, that’s for sure! Once the season closes, we plan to do update video on the financials of our dairy.

Thanks!

We definitely need more support (mentors, land grant college research, access to funding, small affordable equipment) for small farms. It really is about rebuilding farming communities and food security. There will always be a place for mega-farms but that should not be the default or the ideal. Thanks for your support!

@@vnthomas16 yea. I’m pressing the idea of switching to the smaller family farms like yourself. I totally disagree with what the big corporations are doing and hurting the small farms.

Thank you for the compliment! It’s a lot of work, but we love it!

Thank you for your kind words!

You’re welcome!

Thanks for sharing! Yes, we’ve come a long way! We always appreciate your support!

That is very true! We really believe the milk is better because we keep them the healthiest and happiest! Thank you for the kind words and following along!

Thank you! Glad you enjoy the videos!

Don’t you mean “moooo’d music”? Haha! Thanks so much for the support!

We’re glad you came along with us! No matter the country, there is a universal language of dairying and the cows. We love it! Thanks for watching!

We’re very happy! Thank you!

You’re welcome! We are indeed living our dream. It took a lot of time and hard work to get here, but it’s very rewarding.

He is pretty cute, isn’t he?

Thank you!

Thank you!

It does. The actual filming slows things down a bit, and of course editing takes time too. We’re getting more efficient with experience, but we enjoy making videos and sharing our farm.

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We’ve thought of a few different options, maybe even going old school with a litter carrier. We plan to add some composting someday, so that will affect our waste handling too.

You’re welcome! We’re glad you enjoy the videos!

Thank you! Working together is something we both enjoy!

Thank you! And thanks for watching too!

Not much train time this day! Haha! Looking forward to the weekend!

Welcome aboard! Glad to have you here!

You’re welcome!

Glad you enjoy the videos! You wouldn’t be the first ones to scale up from a family cow! Haha! Thanks for watching!

Thank you! And thanks for watching!

We appreciate the support! We vat pasteurize, which is the lowest temperature pasteurization, and honestly, I can’t taste a difference between it and the milk right out of our bulk tank. But, I can definitely taste a difference in ultra-pasteurized milk from the store! And not in a good way!

Thanks!

Thanks! The military kept us apart for so many years , so we’re very happy to be able to labor beside each other!

Thanks!

It is a ton of work, but very rewarding. I love it! Thanks for watching!

Welcome aboard! Glad you found us! Yes, our haymaking videos are always popular, so we’ll be sure to film it this year!

Glad you found us! Welcome aboard!

Hello! How exciting to hear from a dairy in Germany! My (Stacy) family originally came from near Nuremberg. We hope to visit Germany in the future (and of course visit some dairy farms whilst there). Thank you for the compliments and thanks for watching our videos!

We do ok... haha!

I always keep a razor knife in my pocket! Don’t go anywhere on the farm without it!

The organic dairy we worked on before starting our own dairy in an OV shipper. They seem like a good outfit. Better than most the other coops it seems. At least they give smaller farms a market for their milk. Thanks for watching!

Yes indeed! And yes, we’re doing well. We’re reveling in Spring!

We process twice a week. No mention of lunch, because we didn’t get one! Haha! It’s hard to take one in the middle of processing, so we usually just get a snack afterwards to hold us over until dinner. Thanks for watching!

We use a plastic one on our sidewalks and patios and such. I don’t think it would pop a frozen cow pie off the concrete though! Haha! Plastic is definitely lighter. Thanks for watching!

We don’t want to get too big. Definitely not more than 12. But I think we’d be happiest around 6-8. Glad you enjoy the videos! Thanks for watching!

Happy to hear you enjoy our videos! Thanks for watching! We appreciate it!

Thanks for watching!

Enjoy!

It’s good yogurt!

We are really happy with how the barn works. The only change I would make is maybe a dedicated utility room. The water heater is in the processing room, which is fine, but the vacuum pump is a bit annoying in the parlor. Actually, I’m currently building a “pump hut” to move it out of there, but a separate room would have been ideal. That said, I’m not sure where I would have put it! Haha! Thanks for watching! Wishing you the best on your barn build. It’s a lot of work, but so wonderful to have a nice place to work!

I have to do some major maintenance on my manure spreader, so that will have to wait until this summer when I’m not using it. When I do, I’ll make a video about it. We process our milk twice a week, and then sell it throughout the week. Thanks for watching!

For the processing room, not only do we have dedicated boots, but also dedicated clothing and hats too. We never wear barn stuff in there for sanitary reasons. Happy New Year!

@@vnthomas16 Thanks and Happy new year!! Good job on seperate gear/accessories for the processing room. Have you already talked about AI effectiveness, things to watch out for? If not yet, can you please make a video about it?

That’s a good topic for the future!

We get Hoards as well, but prefer Progressive Dairy magazine. Nothing really specific for small organic dairy farms, but we do enjoy the Small Farmers Journal. Thanks for watching!

Haha! Her not pooping in the parlor is good enough for us! They’re all pretty good about making our parlor cleanup easy. We have the bucket, but don’t need it often. (Knocks on wood).

We both love hats, and have an ample collection to choose from! Haha! Thanks for watching!

He is a handsome little guy!

Definitely no more than 12... But we’d probably be happiest milking 6-8.

Great questions! We’ve been milking once-a-day for about a month now. We’ll be drying everybody off in mid-February. This is our first year selling milk. We also do yogurt. We raise most our own feed, but buy some supplemental alfalfa. We’re planting more alfalfa, so we can move away from buying it. We are Certified Organic. We’re both first-generation farmers and we’re in Washington! Thanks for watching!

@@vnthomas16 Thanks for replying. How many acres do you have?

We have 40!

We decided against batten strips. The ventilation with the gaps is part of our barn design. There is one corner we may batten someday when we get it enclosed and separate from the rest of the barn.

I grew up on a dairy farm in Iowa, we would of used batten strips. -25 LOL ⛄️

Glad you like our videos! We used to bale, but much prefer the quality that loose hay affords, plus we find it easier to work with.

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We process twice a week. We just started yogurt, but that will probably be a once a month processing. We have clean clothes we wear just for processing, so before and after I suppose! Haha! Thanks for watching!

We raise them up for beef. Thanks for watching!

Definitely no more than 12... But I think we’d be happiest with around 6-8. Thanks for watching!

Still a tad early for egg nog! Haha!

Well, you stop by every time you watch one of our videos! And we appreciate it, and your comments too! We're happy to have you as a "virtual farm guest"!

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We’ve had good feedback on our yogurt thus far!

Yes indeed. With just three cows right now, it’s not worth dirtying up a second set of everything. Eventually we plan to add a pipeline too.

Great question! It concerns the protein in the milk. Some people with sensitivities to milk find they can digest A2 milk better. We made an entire video on it where you can learn more: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grKfgbKXqMubZKs.html

We bottle in half-gallon and quarts. Thanks for watching!

Right now we have 11. Thanks for watching!

Probably not this year. But, I can see them in our future.

Great question! We’re only milking three right now, so it’s not worth it to us to dirty up (and then clean) a second stall, second bucket, and second milker right now. We’re right on the cusp though, so next year milking four we’ll probably use both stalls. Thanks for watching!

We switched to free range chickens. Here is a video: Raising Organic Quail: Lessons Learned and New Chickens!kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mquEg6VipsmpiGw.html

We milked once a day for the last part of the lactation during this last season. It was great! Next season we plan to milk once a day for much longer. Check out the video we made reviewing our once a day milking experience: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bdBndbBh3NzbnJc.html

@@vnthomas16 I watched that this morning! Its very interesting, im glad I found your channel.

We get all our cultures from Dairy Connection, Inc. Thanks for watching!

I presume you’re referring to the Bar-Maid? It’s made by Bar-Maid, and they also supply the milk bottle brushes. We don’t really use it anymore though. We can wash bottles just as fast, if not faster by hand. Thanks for watching!