Robotic milking

[Scholsey]

What’s everyone’s FPDs run at? Had a 511 last collection but tend to be 514-515 which is still lower than we were in a parlour, having a 21000 silo and sending 8000EOD prob doesn’t help ours

 

[cowcrazy]

This heifer certainly knows how to milk 66.8kgs a day been over 60 kgs since about a fortnight calved.

 

[surprisefarmer]

Only ask because there is a Northern Irishman who is looking to put in 8 robots now & another 8 next year who also runs an AD plant as well as a number of other business interests.

I was at this farm last week.and it is very impressive. They have 6 VMS on the go, 4 def running with a milk first trafficked system. They are also running a rotary parlour beside this for 260 cows, with the plan of phasing this out and getting more cows.

Greta place, fair play to him.

 

[upnortheast]

I was at this farm last week.and it is very impressive

That the place on the hill top among the wind turbines ?

 

[surprisefarmer]

I am Northern Ireland here. I presumed when @Bald Rick talked about the Northern Irishman with an AD plant, that he was talking about the man based over here.

 

[upnortheast]

I am Northern Ireland here. I presumed when @Bald Rick talked about the Northern Irishman with an AD plant, that he was talking about the man based over here.

There is one in the North of England fits that description, thought that`s where you had been

 

[Bald Rick]

I was at this farm last week.and it is very impressive. They have 6 VMS on the go, 4 def running with a milk first trafficked system. They are also running a rotary parlour beside this for 260 cows, with the plan of phasing this out and getting more cows.

Greta place, fair play to him.

Pretty sure that the guy I was thinking of is putting in Lely machines (at least that is what Jim Irwin said. Perhaps the farmer/businessman changed his mind?).

From what we hear this side of the Irish Sea, you boys are all out for renewables so there could be more than one multi bot farm with an AD plant (not to mention a biomass boiler )

 

[surprisefarmer]

Whatever you do, do not mention the boilers

My mistake, I think you may be talking about a large set up on an estate in Donegal.

 

[upnortheast]

Seeing double ?
No, cows got their new transponders on ready to change the readers this week.
Allegedly - better battery life, 4.5 year warrenty, 99% accuracy of ID, Radio rather than IR so activity / rumination data is transfered realtime, not just at visit time.
Watch this space

 

[pappuller]

Seeing double ?
No, cows got their new transponders on ready to change the readers this week.
Allegedly - better battery life, 4.5 year warrenty, 99% accuracy of ID, Radio rather than IR so activity / rumination data is transfered realtime, not just at visit time.
Watch this space

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Did lely do you a buyback deal ?

 

[Bald Rick]

Seeing double ?
No, cows got their new transponders on ready to change the readers this week.
Allegedly - better battery life, 4.5 year warrenty, 99% accuracy of ID, Radio rather than IR so activity / rumination data is transfered realtime, not just at visit time.
Watch this space

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Are these still SCR transponders??

Only asking because i am hearing rumours that Lely are switching to NEEDAP soonish (hence the reason why it took months to get new/refurbed SCR IR transponders - allegedly)

 

[upnortheast]

Did lely do you a buyback deal ?

Prefer not to talk numbers in public there was a deal also involving a grant scheme.

Only asking because i am hearing rumours that Lely are switching to NEEDNAP soonish

These ones - Qwes HR-LDn
We have been assured (verbally ) on more than one occasion that there are no issues.when above arrives this autumn

 

[nonemouse]

Seeing double ?
No, cows got their new transponders on ready to change the readers this week.
Allegedly - better battery life, 4.5 year warrenty, 99% accuracy of ID, Radio rather than IR so activity / rumination data is transfered realtime, not just at visit time.
Watch this space

started assembling collars, not looking forward to putting new ones on and taking old ones off.

 

[upnortheast]

started assembling collars, not looking forward to putting new ones on and taking old ones off.

Did them over a few days, most put on cow in cubicle or in the robot, only a handful of silly buggers needed catching in the yokes.
Big pain will be typing all the new numbers into the computer while the readers are being changed

 

[pappuller]

Did them over a few days, most put on cow in cubicle or in the robot, only a handful of silly buggers needed catching in the yokes.
Big pain will be typing all the new numbers into the computer while the readers are being changed

We still have a few new ones from start up and 20 odd to go back so been advised by our centre to use them up before changing as lely will honour the p/x deal for another 12/18 mnths

 

[Bald Rick]

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started assembling collars, not looking forward to putting new ones on and taking old ones off.

Neither are we ..... have 700 to do when the great switch over happens.

 

[Bald Rick]

Prefer not to talk numbers in public there was a deal also involving a grant scheme.

These ones - Qwes HR-LDn
We have been assured (verbally ) on more than one occasion that there are no issues.when above arrives this autumn

What happens when Lely switch over to Needap though? 5 years passes amazingly qucikly

 

[KJL]

Is there such a thing as an auto doser for robots or a drafting race in a normal parlour? Thinking something that would apply fly treatment every 5-6weeks, without having to draft cows etc.

 

[Sid]

Is there such a thing as an auto doser for robots or a drafting race in a normal parlour? Thinking something that would apply fly treatment every 5-6weeks, without having to draft cows etc.

Like an automatic teat sprayer but upside down?

Maybe something along the lines of a weed wipe would work?

 

[KJL]

Like an automatic teat sprayer but upside down?

Maybe something along the lines of a weed wipe would work?

Yes something along those lines. Just something that wouldn't need to have cows drafted for mundane treatments like flies.