Recent content by AE01

You won’t get much of a cubicle shed nowadays for £1k per cow I’m afraid (assuming we’re talking high yielding housed setup as was suggested). Last 2 years has been a game changer on the building costs front hence why people aren’t throwing sheds up like they used to do

Thanks to everyone who replied, been away from the forum for a few days due to various things happening. So the consensus would be that a short length of narrow slatted passage leading into the seg gate should be fine, but the passage beyond the seg gate should ideally widen back out to keep...

Looking at options for parlour return passage on a new build. Cows will turn 180 degrees (gradually) at parlour exit, then return passage and drafting area will run parallel to parlour/collecting yard. Original plan was for the cows to funnel into a 3ft slatted passage with drafting gate in...

Agreed, price inflation on parlour equipment has been less than other items, although that seems to be altering now

Delaval

£115k fitted, after accounting for grant aid available on the plate cooler, cluster flush and seg gate. Although I’ve gone for non-ICAR approved meters which saves approx £5k Will be more now as prices were due to go up 7% mid April. Same parlour would have cost £10k less if ordered before...

Ended up ordering a 16/32 with Auto ID/feed to yield/Clusterflush/Autowash and seg gate. Basically milked in a 12/24 and thought it was too slow, and milked in a 20/40 and thought it was overkill so hopefully a 16/32 should be about right for me. A 16/32 is also the maximum I can realistically...

Currently pre-dip, dry wipe, attach then post dipping with barrier dip so fairly comprehensive routine. SCC's under 100 and bacto sub 10 which I want to maintain so that im comfortably within the parameters of our Arla 360 contract. Yes I can move pretty quick when milking, current parlour...

Autumn (ish) block 8500-9000 litres

Yes. Non TMR system, just cake in the parlour

Easy when you're spending someone else's money :D Unfortunately its me that's got to foot the bill as well as milk in it In terms of future-proofing you've got to draw the line somewhere else you end up spending a fortune for a scenario that may never happen

Interesting, most of the folk I've spoken to have said that the Clusterflush and Auto wash unit are the two things they wouldn't be without. For me, i'm leaning towards clusterflush because i have a proportion of the cows on straw yards and manual dunking of clusters in Peracetic acid over the...

Hi all, Looking at options to upgrade our ageing parlour. Want to be able to milk 140 cows as a one-man set up in preferably no more than 90 mins, plus wash down time, without feeling jet-lagged at the end of it. Herd size unlikely to grow beyond this but would like to build some flexibility...

The SCAIL was not requested initially, but was requested by the Planning Officer several months after the application first went in. We were told that it was required to comply with policy which seeks to protect designated sites of nature conservation interest from harmful development, which in...

Thank you for taking your time to look at this @George from SJM Planning The farm itself is not part of a SSSI but it has become apparent that we must be within 5km of ancient woodlands with a protected status. It has come as a complete shock to be honest as no other farming business in the...