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Hi! We had a second hand parlour installed into our building. It's a tandem parlour 2x3. It's a high line but as we're just starting up, I'm only milking a few cows into a bucket rather than using the milking line. As such, the milk doesn't need to travel up to the high line as the bucket is...

Hi All! Our second hand milking parlour has *just* been successfully installed. The installer told me that he used 19.5mm (internal diameter) milk tubes (connecting the milk line to the clusters) because we have a high line. I thought nothing of it at the time... I've since tried to source a...

So... I've decided to get a generator to power my 3 phase vacuum pump as I only have single phase for the next 6 months. Thereafter, the generator will serve as backup for my 4x cold rooms (we age cheese and charcuterie + chiller & freezer). However, I'm having struggle sizing the generator for...

So... I've decided to get a generator to power my 3 phase vacuum pump as I only have single phase for the next 6 months. Thereafter, the generator will serve as backup for my 4x cold rooms (we age cheese and charcuterie + chiller & freezer). However, I'm having struggle sizing the generator for...

Hiya! We are about a month away from our first year of milking and our parlour is fitted - it's a second hand Delaval parlour. The vacuum pump it came with (DVP2000) is three phase and I only have single phase until October (6 months time)... In the interim, I considered an...

Hi all, we are raising 6 Large Black guilts in our 10 acres of woodland. They're 35 weeks / 8 months old and they've grown well. Yesterday, I noticed this growth on the one pig (about a tennis ball size), on her side / just above her belly. Please see attached pics. It doesn't seem to be...

Hi all, we're just about finished building our new 3x3 tandem parlour! The last piece of our puzzle is the cow exit and understandings how far back to build the barrier wall to allow the cow to easily make a 90° turn. On the attached drawing, I've highlighted the area in question. Currently...

Hello All, We'll be producing cheese in the coming months and as such, we'll have lots of whey! Our creamery is based on our farm and we will be raising pigs in the woodland. The plan is to supplement our pigs' diet with whey and mix it with their feed to make a porridge. I was wondering if...

Hello All, We are looking at starting a dairy herd, initially comprising of 10 cows and building up to 40 milking cows. Our cows' diet will be 100% forage based and they will also be out-wintered. As such, we have given a lot of consideration to the breeds that would work for our system. We...

Hello All! I know this is possible - as I worked on a farm (in the USA) with no milk pump for a year... However, no dairy technician in the UK has been able to assist me with this... The crux of this is, we want milk to travel from the receiving jar straight into the cheese vat. Our milk is of...

Hello all... We are in the planning stage of building our farm buildings. Our mixed farm will consist of ~40 dairy cows and ~80 pigs. Cows will never be housed (on pasture all-year round) and pigs will be reared in the woodland. The idea is simple... Milk the cows seasonally - around 9 months...