A Farm Accident That Changed Everything | Iowa Dairy Farmer Dan
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What is Dan’s background and how did he get into dairy farming?
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I go get in the tractor and again I'm not using auto steer because we're spot planning. So I get back in, I watch my row, I put it in forward and I start taking off and I'm watching the row and then I look in the mirror and I see my dad on the ground. And my first thought was he tripped on a rock 'cause my dad's not known to pick up his feet. So I thought, oh shoot, I put it in park and I get closer and he's Long story short, it didn't look good from what I saw from a distance. And he could, you know, barely squeak out, I got run over, called 911.
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Here we go. Today on the Farm for Fun show from the twenty twenty six Iowa State Fair. We're on the main concourse and we have a past guest of the show way back to the early days. Like how many years ago, David? Do you think this was back in your office? Five years ago? Yep. Five years ago. He's a huge voice for farmers and dairy farmers all across the globe using his educational and humorous content. His family recently had a very scary farming accident, which we will get into. Please welcome with over twenty five or two point five million followers, Iowa dairy farmer Dan Ventiker.
Man, you are a farm fluencer for sure. We try,
we try. Probably is twenty five. Influence something.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is Dan’s background and how did he get into dairy farming?
0:00–9:47
2
How does Dan’s farm use automation like Lely robots and the Vector feeding system?
9:47–19:23
3
What are the productivity and profitability benefits of Dan’s automation strategy?
19:23–28:49
4
How does Dan approach dairy genetics and beef‑on‑dairy calf production?
28:49–40:17
5
What happened during the farm accident that changed Dan’s family?
40:17–47:34
Speakers
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