Robotic Milker Price

[Shep]

People think its the milking that is tying, its the whole job, I find milking the easy bit.

 

[Chips]

Bet that tractor wouldn’t brake down as much though.

Really ? My robot must be up nearly 80,000 hrs of work , in all that time it has never been out of action for more than a couple of hours at a time , today it performs far better than the day it was built and I will probably run it for another 80,000hrs . I very much doubt you can find a tractor that has even come close to that !

 

[yin ewe]

People think its the milking that is tying, its the whole job, I find milking the easy bit.

Milking is not a bad job, but if it's dragging out to 6 hours a day with little or no milkings off, something's gotta give.

 

[Milkcow365]

Really ? My robot must be up nearly 80,000 hrs of work , in all that time it has never been out of action for more than a couple of hours at a time , today it performs far better than the day it was built and I will probably run it for another 80,000hrs . I very much doubt you can find a tractor that has even come close to that !

I’d say that’s more down to the person than the robot

 

[Ducati899]

Just the job Ollie for you in our local magazine today [emoji12]

 

[ollie989898]

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Just the job Ollie for you in our local magazine today [emoji12]

Do you happen to know where that is? I need to find something to do for a year.

 

[ollie989898]

People think its the milking that is tying, its the whole job, I find milking the easy bit.

Whether it is easy or not it still has to be done and that is whole hours of the working day written off where you simply must have a pair of hands on site.

Robots free farmers to get on with the bit where the real money is made.

 

[Ducati899]

Do you happen to know where that is? I need to find something to do for a year.

Yep,wincanton/buckhorn Weston direction

 

[Grassman247]

Whether it is easy or not it still has to be done and that is whole hours of the working day written off where you simply must have a pair of hands on site.

Robots free farmers to get on with the bit where the real money is made.

Ollie I’ve liked some of your thinking over the years but I’m really intrigued as to where you think the real money is made?

I’ve a pretty good idea where the real money is made and I can tell you it’s down to attention to detail, walking away from the most important job on the farm and leaving it to automation definitely is not how to do it.

Your right milking is mind numbing, so make the experience easy and people will focus.

 

[yin ewe]

Ollie I’ve liked some of your thinking over the years but I’m really intrigued as to where you think the real money is made?

I’ve a pretty good idea where the real money is made and I can tell you it’s down to attention to detail, walking away from the most important job on the farm and leaving it to automation definitely is not how to do it.

Your right milking is mind numbing, so make the experience easy and people will focus.

I disagree with you on the automation thing, robots will do at least as good a job as humans and a better job in many cases, but as you say it's about attention to detail, if someone thinks they can put in a robot and clear off to Tenerife for a fortnight then perhaps robots are not for them.
I'd say that a big percentage of cases where robots are taken out, that the operator is more to blame than the robot.

 

[Shep]

Whether it is easy or not it still has to be done and that is whole hours of the working day written off where you simply must have a pair of hands on site.

Robots free farmers to get on with the bit where the real money is made.

Getting the milk out of the cows is where the money is made, I don't think spending hundreds of thousands plus service costs to do what presently costs comparatively nothing, would be a wise move.

 

[ollie989898]

Ollie I’ve liked some of your thinking over the years but I’m really intrigued as to where you think the real money is made?

I’ve a pretty good idea where the real money is made and I can tell you it’s down to attention to detail, walking away from the most important job on the farm and leaving it to automation definitely is not how to do it.

Your right milking is mind numbing, so make the experience easy and people will focus.

If milking is so important why are so many farms employing foreign workers on fudge all money to do it? Why are so many farmers unwilling to do it themselves?

Attention to detail is important I have never said it wasn't.

 

[ollie989898]

Getting the milk out of the cows is where the money is made, I don't think spending hundreds of thousands plus service costs to do what presently costs comparatively nothing, would be a wise move.

Again if it is so important why are so many farms using foreign workers on low pay to do it? Why are so many farms electing to install robots to do away with it?

 

[Fergieman]

Why because they are foreign workers do you presume they are on low pay??

 

[Shep]

Again if it is so important why are so many farms using foreign workers on low pay to do it? Why are so many farms electing to install robots to do away with it?

I don't know any farms that employ foreign milker, there are plenty of local people, I have two and they are ultra reliable and very good at picking up problems.
If farms are putting In bots then they need to be taking a look at their attitude towards staff and questioning if spending large amounts of money in order to get milk out of cows is wise, also all farms I know of have had to go 24/7 confinement, with all those extra costs.

 

[In the pit]

If milking is so important why are so many farms employing foreign workers on fudge all money to do it? Why are so many farmers unwilling to do it themselves?

Attention to detail is important I have never said it wasn't.

You keeping banging on about lack of people to milk cows but there is a lack of people for most jobs,
Our vet practice has been looking for two people for a year
Accountants have an advert running 24/7 and cant get anyone
Even local shops can't get anyone to stack shelves and Sam with local chippy

 

[yin ewe]

Getting the milk out of the cows is where the money is made, I don't think spending hundreds of thousands plus service costs to do what presently costs comparatively nothing, would be a wise move.

Conventional milking parlours aren't cheap either plus you need a bigger shed and a collecting pen, whereas robots will fit into an extra bay at the end of your cubicle house. Then you are also getting the benefit of 3x a day milking, which on a conventional parlour would need extra labour. The increase in yield helps to cover some of the service costs.

 

[yin ewe]

You keeping banging on about lack of people to milk cows but there is a lack of people for most jobs,
Our vet practice has been looking for two people for a year
Accountants have an advert running 24/7 and cant get anyone
Even local shops can't get anyone to stack shelves and Sam with local chippy

If there is a shortage of labour in many industries, automation is the way to resolve it.

 

[In the pit]

If there is a shortage of labour in many industries, automation is the way to resolve it.

Robotic nurses
Robotic carer
It's not 2119

 

[yin ewe]

Robotic nurses
Robotic carer
It's not 2119

Robotic milkers are available in 2019, so no need for a labour shortage in the dairy industry.