milking cows

[farmerdustin]

how long does it take you to milk 20 cows with that system? really intrested in starting a organic dairy farm sucks i gota rent though if i do

[rade0609]

holy cows!! haha u do milk oldschool. I work in a swing 21 parallel parlor, 350 head of cattle. i cant imagine doing all of that by hand like u do. automatic take-off is so much nicer.

[prmsb]

go with free stall barn lot nicer

[weazer1319]

dude u need to teach that cow not to kick lol

[dfholton]

Milking in a tie stall would suck

[international660]

Love your tie stall barn. So many canadian dairy farms milk in tie stalls. It is a great way to manage a small herd and produce quality milk.

[brujanegra]

yeah perfect for lazy farmers but cruelty to the cows!!!!!!!!!!!!

[international660]

actually tie stalls require more work then freestalls. There is no way to keep cows outside all year so they have to live somewhere. I bet you have never even been to a dairy farm have you?

[brujanegra]

you can keep them in loose housing, but that would be more expensive, since you can keep less cows on the same space. (I used to word on a dairy farm with loose housing and grazing in summer)

[jdboy4020]

@brujanegra

what do you mean, perfect for lazy farmers but cruelty to the cows?

[rotoclip]

i hooftrim cows feet,for 18 years now. smaller herds are nice places to work. location,northwest wisconsin,usa.

[rotoclip]

keep up the good work boys. america has a place for small family farms.

[prmsb]

your barn suck ass we have a huge free stall barn and have 2000 cows to milk twice a day

[leaton1127]

at the dairy farm i work at we milk 252 twice a day.

[mnfirefighter813]

hey jdboy.. really liked your video. Will you be posting anymore??

[jeffrodeal]

hey jdboy we here in nj will put u to shame pipeline baby and 60 cows to milk how u doin you rock love the flick past ffa member class of 1984

[jdboy4020]

i love the FFA lots of oppurtunieties and stuff. maybe it will and maybe it wont, we'll wait and see then huh

[jeffrodeal]

hey jdboy your tellin me you updated your flick im shootin my film jersey style pipeline and 60 cows milkin with a sound system in the barn lol i love your flick but we are updated a little with our milkin system but i love your flick it makes my day im an old aggige ffa from way back ttyl jeff

[jdboy4020]

i never updated my flick, its staying just the way it is, to give the folks a little ride on the old style time, good luck with your flick let me know when you are done with it, i want to watch it.

[jeffrodeal]

i need to figure out how to use u tube maybe in my spare time all the girls a getting ready to have calfs had like 5 news calfs this week i will talk to u soon keep up the hard work remember pre dip and post dip not just hot water!!!!!!!!

[jdfrmboy]

the good old tie stall barn at the farm i work at we milk 80 in a newer tie stall

[nrgajewski]

Who's the frisky red & white at the end of the video? I can't tell if she's ayrshire or red/white holstien. But, she appears like she's looking for some attention, handout/treat, or a good petting. All your cow's must have names? I seen a few names at the end of the video. Are those cows on the lot dry cows/heifers? They sure do look contented. Do you have any Linebacks or Jerseys on the farm?

[jdboy4020]

im pretty sure she's a red and white holstien, all the cows do have names it makes it a lot easier for milking and stuff, no Jereseys or anything just holstien, and those are heifers at the end

[nrgajewski]

Is the Thorpedo Restaurant/Diner still in business? I remember eating there some years back.

[jdboy4020]

yes it is

[nrgajewski]

Sweet! They had pretty good food last time I ate there.

[jdboy4020]

they do have good food, havent been there for a while though

[nrgajewski]

Awesome video! I love the old school milking system. Reminds me of milking at the organic dairy farm I used to help out at. We even had two milking buckets exactly like the one's in the video. Seeing this video makes me want to start milking cows again. Do you farm organically or conventional? I seen some where that you are from Thorp, WI. I am from Pulaski, WI.

[jdboy4020]

thanks, it took a while to edit it, what the difference between organic and conventional?

[nrgajewski]

Organinc dairy farming is where everything is raised/produced without the use of chemicals, hormones, antibiotics, drugs, etc. All crops, seeds, and purchased feeds must have a organic certification. Soil health is maintained by frequent crop rotation, culivating, manure, minerals like calcium phosphate/gypsum, and grazing. Animal health is maintained by proper nutrition, vitamins, salts/minerals, and a watchful herdsman. For more info check out Mosa Midwest Organic Services Association.

[jdboy4020]

yeah we farm organinclly and it works out pretty good, where is Pulaski then?

[nrgajewski]

Pulaski is located about 18 miles Northwest of Green Bay, or 21 miles East southeast of Shawano. Highways 29, 32, 156, and 160 go through or near Pulaski.

[jdboy4020]

thats a couple hours away from here, i just went to Green Bay last Friday for a FFA trip

[nrgajewski]

I can remember when I was in FFA back in High School. I can't recall attending that many activities. Once in a while we would attend a leadership conference, or a competition. A couple years the FFA went to Louisville, Kentucky for some sort of national conference. I was a bit more involved in VICA than FFA during my high school years. The thing with our FFA back then, was if you didn't grow up on a farm you were sort of and outcast/black sheep. I didn't grow up on a farm, but I worked on one.

[jdboy4020]

im pretty involved with the FFA, its fun i like going on trips and stuff, now town kids can join which i think is dumb

[nrgajewski]

It should be a requirement that students have some sort of agricultural background or at least work on a dairy farm once before they are allowed to join FFA. But that would be politically incorrect, and there'd be law suits over that.

[jdboy4020]

i totally agree with you, most of the kids just join for the trips and get out of school, never come to the meetings or anything, just sign up for the trips

[fjbutch]

Very interesting to see other farms in action. We milk 320 cows, and I couldn't imagine going through this process every milking. Definitely old school here.

[jdboy4020]

yep, it takes me an hour in a half to milk all 27 we have, and yes it is old school

[lawnmower1393]

i milk 65 and it takes me and hour and a half but i have 5 pipeline milkers

[lawnmower1393]

how many cows u got in that there barn

[jdboy4020]

we milk 28, and it takes me an hour in a half

[fjbutch]

but I liked the music in the background, 'very country'

[jdboy4020]

thanks, country is my favorite music

[nrgajewski]

What about polka music? I aways thought polka music was popular in that part of the state. Seems to me when you travel out to Wausau, Mosinee, Stevens Point, Rosholt, Medford, Thorp, Iola that polka music was part of life out there. Sadly, in Pulaski I think polka music is dieing. If it wasn't for Pulaski Polka Days I think polkas would be dead here.

[jdboy4020]

i dont listen to polka at all

[nrgajewski]

At the organic dairy farm I worked on we'd always turn on the local AM polka radio show on during Sunday morning milking. After the local AM polka show was done, we'd tune in the WDEZ Wausau polka show. I think the cows would go on strike if we didn't turn on polkas. The cows would probably lose track of what day of the week it is too if their were no polkas.

[pojkanpabyn]

great video, i milk cows myself, i`m from sweden

[jdboy4020]

what's it like in sweden?

[pojkanpabyn]

great vidio, i milk myself, i`m from sweden

[denbos73]

why dont you have a bucket of water and a cloth to clean the udders already

[jdboy4020]

there is didnt you see it?

[fischer2011]

where is ur farm located?

[jdboy4020]

Thorp WI

[fischer2011]

cool..Im from rosendale wisconsin.. I dont think ive ever been to thorp..cant remember..

[jdboy4020]

well i was never in rosendale before

[fischer2011]

hows the farming down there

[jdboy4020]

same as it always was, ok i guess

[fischer2011]

well thats good iguess... how many acres do you guys farm

[jdboy4020]

like 80 acres

[fischer2011]

Yes u do.. How many cows do u milk and how long does it take?? We used to have a barn just like that.. Brings back some good memeris!!

[jdboy4020]

we have about 20, and when i start milking it takes about 2 in a half hours, and when i dont, it takes my dad about 3 in half hours.

[fischer2011]

wow..thats a while

[jdboy4020]

yeah i know, its pretty boring

[fischer2011]

At my old farm we had a pipline milker... it was pretty fast but we had to bend down for every animal.. We were going to build a parlor but then we sold the cows..

[jdboy4020]

i wouldnt mind bending down so much but my knees are bad, they crack everytime i bend down, but i would rather have a pipeline

[fischer2011]

Thats sucks..My dads back got pretty bad from bending over for like a long time..

[jdboy4020]

i think im gonna have knee problems when i get older

[77fst]

you need a more modern parlour

[jdboy4020]

i wish we had a pipeline milker, then it would go a lot faster