Onelonleyfarmer on you tube

jetfiremuck

For any of the late nighters of time wasters, Been following the day to day life and work of this farmer and son who run a farm with 3000 acres in USA . Very interesting. Does repairs on equipment etc

Deregos.

Sounds riveting, any links?

einn32

Deregos. wrote: »

Sounds riveting, any links?

Just search onelonelyfarmer on YouTube. He has a website too to purchase merchandise! It's amazing what you can achieve witha camera showing you work or comment on current affairs and make a little money off it.

I've followed him a few years now. Farming close to 4000 acres in New Jersey. Sold out the dairy herd a few years ago due to volatility. He doesn't grow much crops either these days due to crop losses in previous years. He now mainly supplies mushroom barns with hay for compost and some for fodder. Does a lot of his own repairs and maintenance. I always like a listen to what he has to say.

Muckit

'thefunkyfarmer' small English dairy farmer , 'george saunders' (if you like jcb fastracs/tillage) and 'how farms work' (American mixed farm) aren't bad either

Sam Kade

Muckit wrote: »

'thefunkyfarmer' small English dairy farmer , 'george saunders' (if you like jcb fastracs/tillage) and 'how farms work' (American mixed farm) aren't bad either

Thefunkyfarmer put up some interesting videos

greenpetrol

Sam Kade wrote: »

Thefunkyfarmer put up some interesting videos

I get the impression his a tenant farmer ! Who owns the land if so and how does that work ?

Sam Kade

greenpetrol wrote: »

I get the impression his a tenant farmer ! Who owns the land if so and how does that work ?

Same as renting I suppose probably not as expensive though.

20silkcut

greenpetrol wrote: »

I get the impression his a tenant farmer ! Who owns the land if so and how does that work ?

The landlord system that used to be in this country is basically still in place in England.
Obviously a lot more cordial relationship between tenant and landlord than was the case in this country.

einn32

Sam Kade wrote: »

Same as renting I suppose probably not as expensive though.

He mentioned in a video once how long they are tenants for on the farm. I can't remember how long for but I think it's a good stretch. Milks 80 cows in a fairly backbreaking parlour! But good to listen to and watch.

20silkcut

einn32 wrote: »

He mentioned in a video once how long they are tenants for on the farm. I can't remember how long for but I think it's a good stretch. Milks 80 cows in a fairly backbreaking parlour! But good to listen to and watch.

His father is in the videos with him must be going back to his time anyway.
That abreast parlour is as old as the fog.
80 cows backbreaking is right.

Sam Kade

einn32 wrote: »

He mentioned in a video once how long they are tenants for on the farm. I can't remember how long for but I think it's a good stretch. Milks 80 cows in a fairly backbreaking parlour! But good to listen to and watch.

A 6 unit abreast parlour pure slavery. He also dissconnects the units to take to the dairy for washing. Amazing the amount of farmers in the UK and US that are still milking with out dated milking machines.

Muckit

No paddock system, tractor scraper, pits in sheds.

More than one way to kill a cat that stuffing his a**e with butter.

einn32

20silkcut wrote: »

His father is in the videos with him must be going back to his time anyway.
That abreast parlour is as old as the fog.
80 cows backbreaking is right.

Yeah must do, he is still out and about doing the odd job. The brother is in it too. Do a lot of environmental works on the farm like orchards and waterways. Think they are organic too. Feeds from the pit face and scrapes the yard with a 135 into a muckspreader. It's interesting to see how other lads do it across the water.

20silkcut

einn32 wrote: »

Yeah must do, he is still out and about doing the odd job. The brother is in it too. Do a lot of environmental works on the farm like orchards and waterways. Think they are organic too. Feeds from the pit face and scrapes the yard with a 135 into a muckspreader. It's interesting to see how other lads do it across the water.

No slurry pit??? Saw him doing that he has a ramp raising up to fill a muck spreader. That means he'd have to be out every second day spreading muck.

20silkcut

Actually he has a tank for parlour washings. But that yard seems to be all going up the ramp.

Sam Kade

20silkcut wrote: »

Actually he has a tank for parlour washings. But that yard seems to be all going up the ramp.

Have they any nitrates regulations in the UK? There were a few farmers around here that had the ramp for filling the rotary spreader back in the 90's but that was only used when the slurry tank filled. I wouldn't like drawing sh1te from 80 cows and followers for a winter.

einn32

Sam Kade wrote: »

Have they any nitrates regulations in the UK? There were a few farmers around here that had the ramp for filling the rotary spreader back in the 90's but that was only used when the slurry tank filled. I wouldn't like drawing sh1te from 80 cows and followers for a winter.

He does have a dung pile in the corner of a field he usually spreads on the maize fields. I think this is where the slurry ends up when the fields are too wet in winter. They get flooded on most of the fields each winter. The local council must Must not be that strict on environmental matters!

Nitrates is based on Nitrate Vunerable Zones. I might be incorrect but I think In the UK they set these up fairly rigorously based on soil data etc. so only some parts of the UK are NVZs and so subject to the rules. Eire done the same but the whole country ended up under various NVZs which seem odd as once you changed counties you decreased slurry storage requirements etc.

Jimlh86

Sam Kade wrote: »

Thefunkyfarmer put up some interesting videos

Really enjoy him! It's (in my opinion) more relevant to what we do over here!

vincenzolorenzo

Sam Kade wrote: »

A 6 unit abreast parlour pure slavery. He also dissconnects the units to take to the dairy for washing. Amazing the amount of farmers in the UK and US that are still milking with out dated milking machines.

Just had a look there, jesus its like something out of the ark! Would that be termed a pipeline system here? As in one step up from bucket plant

Nekarsulm

We had an Alfa Laval Tandem that the father put in back in 1966, and it still looks modern compared to that.

bogman_bass

Neighbour was milking 60 in a 4 abreast unit up to 3 or 4 years ago

pedigree 6

Sam Kade wrote: »

A 6 unit abreast parlour pure slavery. He also dissconnects the units to take to the dairy for washing. Amazing the amount of farmers in the UK and US that are still milking with out dated milking machines.

Milking in an eight unit herringbone here. But I remember helping my father with a four unit bucket plant and then we got a pipeline put in. Training the heifers to milk was something else putting a chain around their neck in their stall and then putting your shoulder against their leg while you put the clusters to stop them kicking. Its something everyone should experience.:D

Your man is gas though. He is not one bit vain and shows it all on it.
I'd love to help him put in roadways and paddocks though and maybe get a quad.
Prob not easy for him as any improvements could see his rent go up.

Bullocks

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Milking in an eight unit herringbone here. But I remember helping my father with a four unit bucket plant and then we got a pipeline put in. Training the heifers to milk was something else putting a chain around their neck in their stall and then putting your shoulder against their leg while you put the clusters to stop them kicking. Its something everyone should experience.:D

Your man is gas though. He is not one bit vain and shows it all on it.
I'd love to help him put in roadways and paddocks though and maybe get a quad.
Prob not easy for him as any improvements could see his rent go up.

I milked in bucket plant and then we changed to pipeline but with only 3 units moved between 12 cows tied in at a time . Getting the head and shoulder in as tight as you can go almost guaranteed you couldn't get a kick .
We bought 25 heifers one year and it was some craic getting them all tied and milked !

pedigree 6

Bullocks wrote: »

I milked in bucket plant and then we changed to pipeline but with only 3 units moved between 12 cows tied in at a time . Getting the head and shoulder in as tight as you can go almost guaranteed you couldn't get a kick .
We bought 25 heifers one year and it was some craic getting them all tied and milked !

You could scrummage for Ireland after that.:)

raypallas

bogman_bass wrote:

Neighbour was milking 60 in a 4 abreast unit up to 3 or 4 years ago

Man not far away from me replaced a 4 abreast in time for this year with a 12 unit parlour. Big change!

Sam Kade

pedigree 6 wrote: »

Milking in an eight unit herringbone here. But I remember helping my father with a four unit bucket plant and then we got a pipeline put in. Training the heifers to milk was something else putting a chain around their neck in their stall and then putting your shoulder against their leg while you put the clusters to stop them kicking. Its something everyone should experience.:D

Your man is gas though. He is not one bit vain and shows it all on it.
I'd love to help him put in roadways and paddocks though and maybe get a quad.
Prob not easy for him as any improvements could see his rent go up.

Bullocks wrote: »

I milked in bucket plant and then we changed to pipeline but with only 3 units moved between 12 cows tied in at a time . Getting the head and shoulder in as tight as you can go almost guaranteed you couldn't get a kick .
We bought 25 heifers one year and it was some craic getting them all tied and milked !

I served my time with bucket plants and pipelines, we had stall ties like a locking barrier instead of chains. To keep the heifers quiet we would hold their tails straight up. When I took over the first thing was to get rid of the pipeline and put in a parlour.

Did you see the video where he was driving in the cows during a wet summer, he had to drive them through two fields to get to the yard and there was fair muck in the gaps.

Bullocks

Sam Kade wrote: »

I served my time with bucket plants and pipelines, we had stall ties like a locking barrier instead of chains. To keep the heifers quiet we would hold their tails straight up. When I took over the first thing was to get rid of the pipeline and put in a parlour.

Did you see the video where he was driving in the cows during a wet summer, he had to drive them through two fields to get to the yard and there was fair muck in the gaps.

A bit of muck in the gaps -what about it ! He probably bought a nice camera instead of spending it on roadways or put in a wildlife habitat.

pedigree 6

Bullocks wrote: »

A bit of muck in the gaps -what about it ! He probably bought a nice camera instead of spending it on roadways or put in a wildlife habitat.

Cheap camera.He even made a clip about filming. Tenant farmers and they have a relief Milker as well.
Any Irish farmers have a YouTube channel?

Sam Kade

Bullocks wrote: »

A bit of muck in the gaps -what about it ! He probably bought a nice camera instead of spending it on roadways or put in a wildlife habitat.

A bit of muck, did you watch the video?

tractorporn

jetfiremuck wrote:

For any of the late nighters of time wasters, Been following the day to day life and work of this farmer and son who run a farm with 3000 acres in USA . Very interesting. Does repairs on equipment etc

A couple of other good farming YouTube channels I've discovered since following Wesley aka onelonleyfarmer

George saunders agri contracting business in the east of England

How farms work: father and two sons doing beef and crops in Wisconsin.

Northern farmer: Canadian by the sounds of the accent doing a couple of thousand acres of crops.

Iowa dairy boys: does what it says on the tin.

The farming life: only found this one recently seem to farm and do contracting on a fairly decent scale. The farm wife takes all the vids.

Enjoy lads and lassies

Sam Kade

tractorporn wrote: »

A couple of other good farming YouTube channels I've discovered since following Wesley aka onelonleyfarmer

George saunders agri contracting business in the east of England

How farms work: father and two sons doing beef and crops in Wisconsin.

Northern farmer: Canadian by the sounds of the accent doing a couple of thousand acres of crops.

Iowa dairy boys: does what it says on the tin.

The farming life: only found this one recently seem to farm and do contracting on a fairly decent scale. The farm wife takes all the vids.

Enjoy lads and lassies

The Iowa Cowboys glutens for punishment, there's another fella that teaches his girlfriend to drive the tractor doing jobs in the farm. He looks in his 30's and she looks 15 even though she's 23 or so he says.

Sam Kade

Here he is.

tractorporn

Sam Kade wrote:

The Iowa Cowboys glutens for punishment, there's another fella that teaches his girlfriend to drive the tractor doing jobs in the farm. He looks in his 30's and she looks 15 even though she's 23 or so he says.

That's the guy from how farms work. That kid is only 25 and running his own farm!