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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 3351530" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>I tendered for one farm doing just that. 220ac grass farm with an ex-dairy set up (clusters hung up in parlour and dairy door shut 7 years beforehand) with housing for 55 cows. Perfect for a single robot herd run as a part time enterprise, alongside sheep on the rest of the farm. No way it would have worked if I'd have tied myself to a small parlour twice a day, when I could have been doing something more productive. Even had a provisional agreement on a milk contract in place.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> Runner up in the end, the farm going to an established dairy unit running it as a satellite unit for forage/dry cows/followers. The plan opened the door to this place though.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> </p><p></p><p>I came at it as someone who has experience of milking cows on robots (& parlours) and how to make them work. Without substantial investment in expanding buildings/infrastructure, it was only ever going to be a part time dairy unit IMO. Figures certainly stood up well enough, with the robot on finance over 7 years and milk price at 25ppl. If we'd got it, we'd have just started milking as milk hit 30ppl.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 3351530, member: 348"] I tendered for one farm doing just that. 220ac grass farm with an ex-dairy set up (clusters hung up in parlour and dairy door shut 7 years beforehand) with housing for 55 cows. Perfect for a single robot herd run as a part time enterprise, alongside sheep on the rest of the farm. No way it would have worked if I'd have tied myself to a small parlour twice a day, when I could have been doing something more productive. Even had a provisional agreement on a milk contract in place.:( Runner up in the end, the farm going to an established dairy unit running it as a satellite unit for forage/dry cows/followers. The plan opened the door to this place though.:) I came at it as someone who has experience of milking cows on robots (& parlours) and how to make them work. Without substantial investment in expanding buildings/infrastructure, it was only ever going to be a part time dairy unit IMO. Figures certainly stood up well enough, with the robot on finance over 7 years and milk price at 25ppl. If we'd got it, we'd have just started milking as milk hit 30ppl. [/QUOTE]
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