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<blockquote data-quote="ollie989898" data-source="post: 4368816" data-attributes="member: 54866"><p>I know a lot of dairy boys Pete and I bet none of them would want to farm if it meant keeping a 1000 cows, in or out. Several milk buyers now are stipulating cows must be grazed outside or putting other physical constraints on farms. I can see maize cultivation being pushed out the door at some point because of the continuing bad press it gets.</p><p></p><p>The public don't want big intensive units. I had a few robot guys, but they had units that facilitated welfare that was beyond reproach. The rest of them have to house for the winter otherwise the damage they would cause would be incredible. You can shrink the housing period a bit with decent tracks and by being careful but it is very much only selected areas like those overlying limestone brash that drains ok, otherwise they have to come in. This incurs additional costs but in the main, the added output pays for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ollie989898, post: 4368816, member: 54866"] I know a lot of dairy boys Pete and I bet none of them would want to farm if it meant keeping a 1000 cows, in or out. Several milk buyers now are stipulating cows must be grazed outside or putting other physical constraints on farms. I can see maize cultivation being pushed out the door at some point because of the continuing bad press it gets. The public don't want big intensive units. I had a few robot guys, but they had units that facilitated welfare that was beyond reproach. The rest of them have to house for the winter otherwise the damage they would cause would be incredible. You can shrink the housing period a bit with decent tracks and by being careful but it is very much only selected areas like those overlying limestone brash that drains ok, otherwise they have to come in. This incurs additional costs but in the main, the added output pays for it. [/QUOTE]
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