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    Staffing levels

    No Ai, all natural service, night shaggers and day shaggers. one person milk, mostly me,cows in one groupa, missus does all paperwork, and no technology in parlour...zip
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    Staffing levels

    Forgot to mention calf rearer at calving time. 60 point rotary, cows out 11 months of year, tracks to every paddock on a Batt latch. Keeping staff motivated keeps the job running smooth plus our old cowman who has been on the farm for 50 years still does a bit 😂
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    Staffing levels

    All tractor work bar feeding and scraping done by contractor...no machinery on farm other than mentioned
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    Staffing levels

    Myself, two full timers and one relief, 1600 cows...doddle
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    Milking shift pay?

    15phr, here, breakfast included if doing the morning shift, endless tea and coffee and great banter
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    The hoof GP

    As a tax paying individual I have a right to my own opinion so if I see shoddy work then I will speak up, also do you not think that the dairy industry has a bad enough rap already?, and that’s without publishing videos of horrendous stockmanship, lazyness, overuse of a grinder and having...
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    The hoof GP

    The only thing I have learnt from his videos is how to neglect cows feet...
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    The hoof GP

    The only thing his videos highlight is very poor stockmanship, nothing educational there I’m afraid
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    The hoof GP

    Once a year is plenty enough, good tracks, infrastructure is half the battle
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    The hoof GP

    Plus if the hoof go is earning all this money then you would think he would loan his brother in law Craig some money to get a proper hair cut...💈
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    The hoof GP

    Do you honestly think he gives a hoot about the people watching them vids?. If he cared more about the viewers then why is he taking sponsorship from irrelevant company’s like Nord VPN and Ridge wallet?...who the hell owns a Ridge wallet?...mother of god
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    The hoof GP

    Prevention is better than cure my friend. A lot of people seem to forget that a lot is paid for off the back of a cow so why would you not want to keep her in tip top condition?..a cow is nothing without good feet. So when you are watching the Hoof Gp trimming cows feet that looked like they...
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    The hoof GP

    Yep, we trim in that crush everyday all day and get no complaints from staff. 2 lame cows out of 1600 isn’t bag going for a £100 crush, just saying....
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    The hoof GP

    Plus a lot of these trimmers are after numbers and not quality, to pay back the ridiculous loans they have on these overpriced crushes. Our crush was £100 second hand and works perfectly fine 😀
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    The hoof GP

    I don’t rate the hoof gp one bit. In my view the feet he goes to trim are beyond terrible and he is as bad as they are for letting them get like that..
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    20/21 March year end cash flow.

    Biggest costs here are Tea bags and coffee, staffing wise, long standing, happy and paid on the button. Cows out 11 months of the year so cost still low and historically have been
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    Parlour cow flow (how to speed up milking routine)

    So what’s your milking routine then?
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    Parlour cow flow (how to speed up milking routine)

    Keeping the job simple will speed the job up Our routine is, let cows onto parlour, wipe of dirt with hand and bang on unit and away you go!!!
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    Parlour cow flow (how to speed up milking routine)

    Get shut of your mastitis haven...hhh hmmm, I mean out of parlour feeders
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    Buying a dairy farm

    I say good on you and go for it, your only here once 👍
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