Dairy sideline

[Frodo]

@Cowmangav said successor, nothing about father and son.................. ...

Well what does it mean?

 

[AvonValleyFarmer]

Well what does it mean?

Daughter, business partner...

 

[Tim G]

Well what does it mean?

Someone to carry on the business. I don't think any company would get away with specifying father & son outfits only. Could be a mother & daughter for example, doesn't really matter.

 

[David.]

40k net from 60 cows?

 

[fgc325j]

just thinking up ideas going forward so dont shoot me down but would buying 1 robot, putting off 60 sucklers are replacing them with 60 dairy cattle make sense, they could be grazed round the steading and have access to robot all the time, how much ££ roughly for a robot and can they be resold easy enough if it was decided dairy wasnt working out? @coomoo @Cowmangav @Chapelton @westwards

I assume that sufficient winter accomadation,silage and slurry capacity is available ?, so the only extra cost
is the standing for the milk tank, robot, electrical supply ?. I assume you have already worked out wether
buying or leasing the robot/ milk tank is best for your circumstances and cash flow ?. At the end of the
day only you can do the sums for your farm, and only you make the decision wether milking will suit
you better than sucklers.

 

[Frodo]

Someone to carry on the business. I don't think any company would get away with specifying father & son outfits only. Could be a mother & daughter for example, doesn't really matter.

The gender of the successor was not really my query (albeit I realise that's how my post looked). I just can't see why a milk buyer should be concerned with a suppliers succession plan and query whether it is a fact and if so how do they express it (hopefully better than me
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[coomoo]

I looked at that as an option but apart from not having enough milk to cover investment, if it breaks down you’re fecked really at least two one always will be milking.

 

[Bossfarmer]

40k net from 60 cows?

not including unpaid family labour

 

[Bossfarmer]

I looked at that as an option but apart from not having enough milk to cover investment, if it breaks down you’re fecked really at least two one always will be milking.

thats a very good point

 

[Bossfarmer]

I assume that sufficient winter accomadation,silage and slurry capacity is available ?, so the only extra cost
is the standing for the milk tank, robot, electrical supply ?. I assume you have already worked out wether
buying or leasing the robot/ milk tank is best for your circumstances and cash flow ?. At the end of the
day only you can do the sums for your farm, and only you make the decision wether milking will suit
you better than sucklers.

they would get the accomodation/grazing of the 60 sucklers sold? buying and leasing will prob come to a similar amount repayment wise?

 

[coomoo]

Two robots I’d say would work and investment wise the extra robot wouldn’t add that much. Farmer down here’s done it ands meant to be getting on grand.

 

[No1 Yorkshire Farmer]

Plenty of used lower cost robots coming on the market to do a job like this.

Installed, ready to startup prices from £45,000

 

[lazy farmer]

Anybody else feel the OP hasn’t got a scobby doo ?

 

[Canada Farmer]

Plenty of used lower cost robots coming on the market to do a job like this.

Installed, ready to startup prices from £45,000

Lely A3's ?

 

[Canada Farmer]

Robots are great... until they text you with fault codes.....
Great idea....reality could be different.

 

[bigw]

Anybody else feel the OP hasn’t got a scobby doo ?

We have seen a few of these threads now! @Bossfarmer have you found out if you can get a milk contract yet as without one its a non starter.

 

[milkloss]

Probably saw the three top stressors on the dairy section and thought he could handle it. I notice money wasn’t high on the agenda so perked my ears up too. Fire up the old Alfa 10:10 and whayhay!!! What could be easier?

 

[Sid]

a very good question, a grant would make all the difference

Forget the grant. Does it pay without? If not forget it.

 

[Bald Rick]

Forget the grant. Does it pay without? If not forget it.

Think we need a WalterP analysis of this.... in no less than 500 words

 

[7610 super q]

Think we need a WalterP analysis of this.... in no less than 500 words