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<blockquote data-quote="Sandpit Farm" data-source="post: 7350995" data-attributes="member: 1646"><p>When I was milking 3x/day, the third milking was priced at £60 (about 3 hours work for one person). It was a standalone cost and all staff had the opportunity to earn that over and above a standard salary. Actually two reliefs generally covered it all as the staff were happier to start at 4.30am and finish at 3pm or start at 3am and finish at 2pm (if early milking).</p><p></p><p>Night milkers would:</p><p>- check calving pens</p><p>- set up the parlour</p><p>- Get the first group into the yard and clean off the back of beds</p><p>- push feed up (tractor on one shed and just a squeegee on the other shed)</p><p>- Milk the first group</p><p>- Get the second group up and clean beds</p><p>- Milk the second group</p><p>- Open all gates so cows can refill all cubicles</p><p>- clean parlour down and start wash</p><p>- Check calving pens again before going home... notes on blackboard for morning milkers</p><p></p><p>I reckon if you set out protocols for all of this. Any competent person with a brain can learn to do it. They'd get £20ish per hour for doing it. No risk of Antibiotics as red cows would only be milked x2.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sandpit Farm, post: 7350995, member: 1646"] When I was milking 3x/day, the third milking was priced at £60 (about 3 hours work for one person). It was a standalone cost and all staff had the opportunity to earn that over and above a standard salary. Actually two reliefs generally covered it all as the staff were happier to start at 4.30am and finish at 3pm or start at 3am and finish at 2pm (if early milking). Night milkers would: - check calving pens - set up the parlour - Get the first group into the yard and clean off the back of beds - push feed up (tractor on one shed and just a squeegee on the other shed) - Milk the first group - Get the second group up and clean beds - Milk the second group - Open all gates so cows can refill all cubicles - clean parlour down and start wash - Check calving pens again before going home... notes on blackboard for morning milkers I reckon if you set out protocols for all of this. Any competent person with a brain can learn to do it. They'd get £20ish per hour for doing it. No risk of Antibiotics as red cows would only be milked x2. [/QUOTE]
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