Wow, thats massive operation. Ron did great job of explaining and drone footage.

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much BW!

Very impressive. Big thanks for sharing.

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Not a problem peter!

Keep them coming

Great job Ron.

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

That’s an awesome and massive wow great drone footage

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan!

Great video Ron very impressive operation

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tim for the kind words!

I know of 2 large dairy operations near me. One is the Rosendale Dairy (Rosendale WI) which has at least 8,500 head milking and another with 10,000. There are over 200 "mega" dairies now in Wisconsin with 5,000 milking cows each or more.

We have a Claas 820 and shopping to H&S 7 plus for extra capacity silage wagons usually pulled by 4440 and 4430 or once in awhile 42-40 4320 or 4030 all great John Deere tractors a lot better than any red or orange color there is also have something called a quick hitch so you never have to get off to hook up or unhook you back up to hook up and it clicks and then when you unhook you pull it the rope and it'll unhook it's pretty handy dandy

enjoyed the video thanks

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John

China still has the largest dairy but this is nothing shy of impressive in the states. With the regulations farmers here in America are against it is truly impressive to see a farm this size strive. Thanks for the upload and yes sir you just got my sub.

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Well thank you Adam!

Really good video. So do they chop at 45% moisture. I like how the packer tractor's are on a continuous move like that. Better than stopping and backing up. Smart guys. Again thank you for the video.

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

No problem Brent! I am sure for the amount of feed that they put up a year, they have a pretty good system haha

Yeah, those guys make use look like we are standing still here in Iowa.

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely a different animal down here

Thanks for this interesting series of videos. I was wondering how the trucks stay the proper distance from the choppers? Almost looks like they follow the tracks in the field. I never saw such an operation but the drivers must literally get tired of going in circles. Very neat to see how the trucks dump their load and then the tractors distribute the Alfalfa. The smell there must be incredible as fresh cut Alfalfa is awesome. It's a good thing they don't need the Alfalfa to dry enough to bale it.

@HartungFamilyFarms

4 жыл бұрын

It was a really cool operation to see, that’s for sure and the smell was amazing!

@robertreznik9330

4 жыл бұрын

It is natural to go in a circle...just follow along. When using a cart and tractor we set the auto steer. Around us the sprinklers cover 480 acres with the outside round being 6 miles.

@benburns5995

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertreznik9330 Thanks, Robert

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So Holiday put all those tires across all those mounds. They put them up there by hand or with a skid steer?

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

I believe they have a machine that either reaches them up there or shoots them up there but then they are all placed by hand I believe

Are they just dumping this feed on the dirt/soil or is it cemented underneath?

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

I am not sure on that one! I don’t know why they would do it on dirt, but that’s just me

Do you have any footage of the dairy barns

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

I do not unfortunately

So you where talking about a quad track have you thought of a tractor with Goodyear titan law tires better then tracks I've heard

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Never tried them. Honestly, don’t see them what so ever in my area. I don’t know if there’s a dealer for them. I’d definitely be interested in them, but my thing is I’ve never heard about how they do in hills. All that I ever hear is them doing just as good on flat ground. Which is great and all but 90% of our ground is on hills so we need something that’s gonna work well there

@samellis4054

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah so do we we 10000 acres harvest in Eastern Washington and north west Idaho and we have rolling hills and the good year titans l.s.w are worth it in my opinion we won't go to back to tracks or duals but that's just me and where I farm but what works for me might not work for you but it's a investment already paid off in my opinion

This close to paris tx? Know of one pretty big one there with about 7k acres

@robertreznik9330

5 жыл бұрын

This is in the Panhandle...Paris TX is in NE Texas

@danielkacko7616

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertreznik9330 ok, maybe one of the blue sky sites. Don't they produce 100k+ gallons a day, granted they are widespread in the country.

@robertreznik9330

4 жыл бұрын

@@danielkacko7616 Each day A lot of the milk is made into a million lbs of cheese just outside of Dalhart. There is also a steady stream of milk trucks following US287 450 miles to help feed 6 million people in DFW area.

@drdoolittle5724

4 жыл бұрын

@@robertreznik9330 Now I think I know why there is so much grief for the 'small' milk producers in USA! God bless and help them please.

Reminds me of hilljay45's farm

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Jay!

Most of the circles around here are 1/2 mile long for 480 acres in the circle. There are two nearby dairy complexes that have two barns that milk 40,000 cows each in two single building. I have been told that it takes 1,000 truck entries a day for the largest units. This is a video where the new born calves are taken care of. The Claas choppers are 900 hp and cost $800,000 each. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y2Gjx8upncaoY8o.html That is what the owner tells me! They run 3 choppers in two team.

Great video, would that be near Follet Texas?

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

I do not believe so

@robertreznik9330

4 жыл бұрын

Follet is just 140 miles east of Dalhart in the other north corner of the Texas Panhandle.

Ok you know what I think I know where I was wrong 30k cows is in one location. Where maybe they own 100k but they are split into 10 locations

@kendalstaley6991

5 жыл бұрын

I believe you are thinking of fair oak farms in Indiana

@Comet925

5 жыл бұрын

@@kendalstaley6991 yeah that's exactly what I was talking about, we had a whole conversation in the comments of the last video about this

The biggest dairy in one location is about 100k cows but that one is in China

@robertreznik9330

4 жыл бұрын

I understand that each location has 3 milking stations, each location can milk 40,000 cows. That is what the nutritionist told me. The owner of 6 of the Claas coppers tells me the largest dairy owner he chops for has over 100,000 cows close to my main farm.

Hello! Great video. Very informative! Looks kinda unreal to a (for your standart:-) small farmer in the heart of the alps. Never seen such huge fields. Great to see! If you’re interested, i invite you to visit my channel. Maybe you see something new or interesting for you... would be great! I wish you good luck for the future and great success for the farm!!! Greetings from south tyrol, the northest part of italy in the heart of the alps! Wolfgang

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

I was through Italy not to long ago! Back in March, took the train from Munich to Venice!

@wolfgangoberkofler2785

5 жыл бұрын

Hartung Family Farms cool! Hope you had a beautifull journey! I‘m living about 2 hours (if you go with a car) north of venice

They dont do anything little in Texas

@HartungFamilyFarms

4 жыл бұрын

Not a single thing!

do you ever stop talking you could very annoying just talk for three minutes of video and then stop so we can actually hear what the heck's going on

Keep them coming

@HartungFamilyFarms

5 жыл бұрын

Will do Stephen!