- Location
- South Molton
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Do you get my drift?
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Dairy sideline
- Thread starter Bossfarmer
- Start date
Do you get my drift?
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
Spoil sport
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
Thats more like it!!!, how much new roughly?
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
No im trying to work out potential profit vs the sucklers before i waste a milk buyers time ive already said this
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
Anyone got rough costings and output for 60 dairy cows on grass system vs intensive
Baling Hay
Member
Yeah because ringing a milk buyer making a tentative enquiry as to whether they would collect in your area would take up so much of their time!
lazy farmer
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- Location
- som/dor border
that's exactly what I mean
.fair enough ask opinions on here but funnily enough if I was about to change systems based purely in economics I would be doing my own homework, visiting farms. thinking about my knowledge my preparedness to do the hours etc etc etc
- Location
- South West
Lely were around 148k for one in January or offered 2x new Delaval VMS for around 200k a pair at the same time
In the end I decided on purchasing 2x fully overhauled Delaval VMS robot's with 12 months warranty.
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- Location
- South West
Profit in sucklers???? Very little and very limited chance of reinvestment at any stage unless keeping alot of cow's
Don't take the decision too lightly as theres simply a massive amount of work and cost involved as i am doing similar at the moment and have reseeded acres of grass , knocked down 3 buildings and replaced with a new cubicle shed and feeding area and installed a mile of cow tracks and bought a bulk tank, bulk bin etc and having to redo all water and electrics on the farm and brought in a new water supply etc. And then there's a new slurry pit to go in and alot of planning costs and a now archaeology dig!!!!
These cost are massive!!!!!!!
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Dead Rabbits
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- Location
- 'Merica
Better off going the @Bald Rick way and skip the robots. Prepare yourself by shaving your head now
- Location
- South West
2x robot's for 90 cow's will allow reasonable free time so that will help alot. Pressure would be some different on 5% or less free time
- Location
- South Molton
Is that all costs or just vms?
- Location
- South West
- Location
- South Molton
Bugger mine was cheap then....
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
Of course that would be done too the idea has only recently come to methat's exactly what I mean
fair enough ask opinions on here but funnily enough if I was about to change systems based purely in economics I would be doing my own homework, visiting farms. thinking about my knowledge my preparedness to do the hours etc etc etc
Bossfarmer
Member
- Location
- between Perth and Inverness
Good points will i need a borehole and 3 phase electric?
- Location
- South West
I have a bore hole but I don't think it would past the testing and it carries alot of iron which will be sorted out at a later date. So have put a new 50mm mains connection instead of our slow 25mm connection.
We are connecting the VMS'S to my 3 phase connection.
New Holland TM150
Member
Buy a simple parlour, block calving spring or autumn, grass based. Simples!!
I think the question to ask yourself is do you really want to do it?
There is no point going into dairy if you aren't interested and don't want to work with cows 24/7. There is no halfway house with dairy, especially when robots and more intensive systems are concerned.
I would look at contracts, and if you can get one and reckon you can get a low enough COP to ride out 24ppl, then go and see how they do it in Holland/Ireland/restoftheuk/NZ and find out what system you enjoy.
There is no point going into dairy if you aren't interested and don't want to work with cows 24/7. There is no halfway house with dairy, especially when robots and more intensive systems are concerned.
I would look at contracts, and if you can get one and reckon you can get a low enough COP to ride out 24ppl, then go and see how they do it in Holland/Ireland/restoftheuk/NZ and find out what system you enjoy.