Exodus

[Bossfarmer]

You need to use 5 yr average etc.30p a dream.6p profit a dream.2p -3p reality.

True however im doing the calculation for this year, many on good contracts have achieved a 5yr av of this

 

[pappuller]

True however im doing the calculation for this year, many on good contracts have achieved a 5yr av of this

So your only working on an average of aligned contracts ? My average herd yield is 15000 kg then. My best 3 cows have averaged that !!!!!
You need to use an industry average otherwise you are just kidding yourself with knob talk !

 

[Rossymons]

So your only working on an average of aligned contracts ? My average herd yield is 15000 kg then. My best 3 cows have averaged that !!!!!
You need to use an industry average otherwise you are just kidding yourself with knob talk !

He would save all of us a lot of grief if he would just go and build this dairy unit. He knows he wants to.

 

[Bossfarmer]

So your only working on an average of aligned contracts ? My average herd yield is 15000 kg then. My best 3 cows have averaged that !!!!!
You need to use an industry average otherwise you are just kidding yourself with knob talk !

i wouldnt go into it without an aligned contract though

 

[Bossfarmer]

He would save all of us a lot of grief if he would just go and build this dairy unit. He knows he wants to.

learning as much as possible before taking the idea any further

 

[Bossfarmer]

have to compare it to a beef/cereal business

 

[Beef farmer]

i wouldnt go into it without an aligned contract though

Why Not?

 

[pappuller]

have to compare it to a beef/cereal business

Ffs always do your sums as a worse case scenario

 

[Fergieman]

i wouldnt go into it without an aligned contract though

You might as well give up with the idea now then.

 

[Aircooled]

Cost of one milker including the extra replacements,workload and facilities = cost of 3 sucklers. Having said that I wouldn't have a suckler about me on lowland.

 

[pappuller]

Cost of one milker including the extra replacements,workload and facilities = cost of 3 sucklers. Having said that I wouldn't have a suckler about me on lowland.

Ive got one and she can be difficult at times but shes put up with me for 25 yrs so shes not doin too bad.

 

[Ducati899]

do you smoke? do some fag packet calculations..they always seem good

 

[Bossfarmer]

Very well, max at 55 here else it leaves little or no slack in the system for down time, really work on litres/kg robot, 2k each as a rule is near max

out of interest how much extra milk do you think you will produce with the robots compared to before?

 

[Bossfarmer]

Cost of one milker including the extra replacements,workload and facilities = cost of 3 sucklers. Having said that I wouldn't have a suckler about me on lowland.

think id need to do it on the cheap with straw bedded courts and a second hand parlour if i were going into it mabye start with 150 cows i should produce enough straw for that i produce 3000 bales a year from my harvest

 

[upnortheast]

out of interest how much extra milk do you think you will produce with the robots compared to before?

20% here Though we did move into a new shed at the same time so better conditions all round

 

[pappuller]

En

out of interest how much extra milk do you think you will produce with the robots compared to before?

Enough to tip the world markets into freefall

 

[pappuller]

think id need to do it on the cheap with straw bedded courts and a second hand parlour if i were going into it mabye start with 150 cows i should produce enough straw for that i produce 3000 bales a year from my harvest

Your a rich boy this year then

 

[Hilly]

Your a rich boy this year then

1000 tons x ????? 130 180 ton ?

 

[Bossfarmer]

20% here Though we did move into a new shed at the same time so better conditions all round

very impressive am i right in saying its 130k per robot? lets say 15% extra then since uve improved conditions too, that would give an extra 1350l per cow which at 25ppl and 55 cows per robot it an extra £18,562 income per robot, one man per 100 cows saved at £25,000 a year is £13,750 added to the £18,562 gives £29,612, call it a 6 year payback including interest??

 

[Bossfarmer]

Your a rich boy this year then

all going into the sucklers im afraid