Robotic Milker Price

[Cowman31]

The robotic milkers are only capable of handling 65-70 cows over the year including dry cows unfortunately and the shed we have is only big enough for them numbers without considerably more expense in shed altercations but that could be an option and my father had suggested we could ad another bay to the shed and put two robots in which would be much better, even for reliability.
Its not the hardiness as such that is needed but if they were crossed with a nice hereford or limousine bull i think there could be a demand for heifer calves, and also switching from beef sucklers i think that friesians are wild looking .
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Are you speaking from personal experience?

yes, I’m not completely blaming the robots, some of the time it can be the man behind the robots doing more harm than good ?

 

[Magners]

Are you speaking from personal experience?

Surely a hurdle would be cheaper ?
come on we're dieing to know, What make of robot was it and what type of system did you have ? ie, number of robots to cows etc, grazing or not ?

 

[Scholsey]

You will be more tied down with robots than a milking parlour...like I have said before, the best place for a robot is a gap in the hedge..

You will be more tied down with robots than a milking parlour...like I have said before, the best place for a robot is a gap in the hedge..

Surely a hurdle would be cheaper ?
come on we're dieing to know, What make of robot was it and what type of system did you have ? ie, number of robots to cows etc, grazing or not ?

The silence speaks 1000 words

 

[Sid]

Think the saying goes

"A bad workman blames his tools"

Don't know if that can be said about a certain robot though.

 

[Scholsey]

Think the saying goes

"A bad workman blames his tools"

Don't know if that can be said about a certain robot though.

R2D2?

 

[yin ewe]

You will be more tied down with robots than a milking parlour...like I have said before, the best place for a robot is a gap in the hedge..

Can't really agree with you about that. Considering I've been in Liverpool with work since Tuesday with my dad who is over 80 left in charge. Not sure I would want to have left him to do 8 milkings of a couple of hours each.

 

[vantage]

Can't really agree with you about that. Considering I've been in Liverpool with work since Tuesday with my dad who is over 80 left in charge. Not sure I would want to have left him to do 8 milkings of a couple of hours each.

I’d have liked robots here last night after TB testing, I was knackered doing the milking and finishing late.

 

[Happy at it]

Can't really agree with you about that. Considering I've been in Liverpool with work since Tuesday with my dad who is over 80 left in charge. Not sure I would want to have left him to do 8 milkings of a couple of hours each.

He must be some man for eightys, had a good smile at the thought of you getting put back on the tractor while he worked the grape when sealing the pit.

 

[yin ewe]

He must be some man for eightys, had a good smile at the thought of you getting put back on the tractor while he worked the grape when sealing the pit.

I will certainly have to rethink my off farm work arrangements when he hangs up the wellingtons. Until then I just keep telling him he'd seize up if he stopped!!

 

[Happy at it]

Your some advert for the benefits and quality of life to be had, when people can handle robots, at the minute all the same.