opininionated
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http://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/pics-milking-22500-cows-in-the-saudi-arabian-desert/
And the maize is grown 5 hours away........
And the maize is grown 5 hours away........
22,500 cows, milked 4 times a day.......in the desert
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llamedos
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- Location
- Scotland
Wow.
- Location
- hereford
No badgers there then 
RobFZS
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protesters probably shot on site aswellNo badgers there then
2 years on dairy units in Saudi back in the 1970's was what earned me the money to buy my first farm.
The really big units were just being started or still in the planning stage then though.
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- East Sussex
Don't like being negative but I'd be interested to see thier pay rates/passports for low skilled labour as well as thier milk price! Subsidies?
- Location
- Northumberland
I guess diesel is fairly cheap...
wellingtonfarmer
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- Location
- Herefordshire
They say they milk 12am 6am 12pm and then 12am, surely that's 3x a day unless there is a typo and they mean 6pm?
- Location
- East Sussex
It's a different planet entirely over that way. I guess you've all seen this
Unbelievable to think even the Burj Kahlifa isn't even connected to the municipal waste system and trucks its wastewater out.
24hr queue for a truck to empty!
Unbelievable to think even the Burj Kahlifa isn't even connected to the municipal waste system and trucks its wastewater out.
24hr queue for a truck to empty!
RobFZS
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i remember a while back reading something about the milk price over there, the milk is not cheap in the shop as fair as i remember
How much
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- Location
- North East
I was watching a video on that a few months ago see the attached
First part is on the farm the later stuff on the bottling plant
Its a real eye opener
First part is on the farm the later stuff on the bottling plant
Its a real eye opener
RobFZS
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interesting thing to look up, seems they're catching up now
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22597447
A New Zealander once observed that the UK put too much diesel in to their milk,I don't know how much fuel they must use in Saudi daiying,but I'm pretty sure their cop is going to be high!!!
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- North West England
http://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Saudi-Arabia/diesel_prices/
At twelve US cents a litre or 9.75 pence a litre I doubt the Saudis worry much about the cost of diesel.
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- fakenham-norfolk
Were you there when centre pivots were just getting started ? I flew around that part of the world quite often in those days and it was very impressive to observe the greening of The Kingdom at that time.
1977 was when we were there, the farm had been established I think about 10 years before that in an attempt to get the Bedouin to settle; don't think they had any success at that
. So there was quite a lot of greenery due to tree planting etc. There were about 40-50 centre pivots and some linear move irrigators. It was a good stop over point for birds migrating from Africa. The dairy unit had been built by Masstock but they never got as far as stocking it and running it; that was done through an American. We were hired to run it, wife and I that is.270 cows and one Indian labourer. It was very hard work and a 200 mile trip to go shopping, between milkings,
so that only happened about once a month.
We wish we had more time to explore Saudi because it was a fascinating place. Our son was 18 months old when we went and he was always the point of connection between us and the locals, they had never seen fair haired kids! He would be set on the counter in shops and fed sweets while we shopped.
Times have changed a lot since then of course and I cannot say the 20,000 cow units appeal to me at all.
I have heard the losses are huge even though they, in theory, can afford to have the necessary expertise.
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- fakenham-norfolk
1977 was when we were there, the farm had been established I think about 10 years before that in an attempt to get the Bedouin to settle; don't think they had any success at that
270 cows and one Indian labourer. It was very hard work and a 200 mile trip to go shopping, between milkings,
so that only happened about once a month.
We wish we had more time to explore Saudi because it was a fascinating place. Our son was 18 months old when we went and he was always the point of connection between us and the locals, they had never seen fair haired kids! He would be set on the counter in shops and fed sweets while we shopped.
Times have changed a lot since then of course and I cannot say the 20,000 cow units appeal to me at all.
I have heard the losses are huge even though they, in theory, can afford to have the necessary expertise.