How LONG to milk our 190 COWS!?
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- This is a video I should have made long ago! How long does it take us to milk our herd of 190 cows?
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You make really good videos and I appreciate the way you explain things. 👍🏻
Thanks! Appreciate the comment!
K . I feel a lot better now! We milk c. 150 and we have just put in a new parlour 10 double up, logic behind it was we are 60/40 spring autumn so the double up allows for higher and lower production cows in the same herd ( theory ) ten double as we think this is the most efficient for one person milking ( again just our opinion) main reason for new parlour was higher through put and feed to yield. Currently doing 27.5 kg at 4.2 and 3.35 with 146 going through on 4.24 kg of meal on average ( from 0 to 8 ) . Walked into yard at 6.50 am this morning let in cows started milking at 7 on the dot . Cows in at night on zero grazed grass( system) . Walked into kitchen at 8.55 cows milked parlour washing cows out to their paddock. I was pleased with this as I am almost 60 and probably not as fast as you young guys but I think this is not too bad for a one person system . Yesterday evening I started at 4 and was finished at 5.45 ish it was definitely before six as I was drinking a cup of coffee when the pips for six came on the radio. Grandma and the grandkids fed the calves and the grandkids got in the cows yesterday afternoon so I was not completely alone but based on your figures of 140 an hour for two we are doing okay. I think if you are a spring calving system probably a swing over is the most efficient but we have too big of a difference between high and low production cows and when we had the swing over there was too much time wasted standing around waiting for a 50 kg cow to finish and invariably she was opposite another high production cow which was a really pain in the ass.love the videos keep up the good work.
Great video yet again shows how it works. Love the parlour been yrs since I milked any but I think personally that parlour is better than robots as you have actual hands on with the cows twice a day at least but each to there own.
Great video again, good going .
Thank you!
That’s some parlour 👌🏻. Try the orange calf feeder buckets with teats on. Use peach teats. They drink no problem from day 1. Also do a lot better and can feed more milk. The slower drinking speed and all the saliva helps with digestion 👍🏻
Great video. Excellent editing.
@farmtheoryNI Hi from France! Thanks for the video! I was wondering what’s your ration (and what type of meal are they getting) and the average stage of lactation of your herd ? 27 litres on grass + silage at night is awesome!
Great parlour
Great milking routine
Great job...
Great Video, in 1976 I spent 6 months milking milking cows in the waikato they were jersey's we had converted the shed to a 28 aside and were milking 500 cows cow #500 was a hereford jersey cross called tony because both of use were going at christmas Tony #1 was going to Lincoln to do an Dip agri Tony #2 was going to be eating meat for the freezer, thanks for sharing
Great video you need to get the same gear as niall lol keep up the good work 👏
Are those the same shorts you went ploughing in Andrew!!
Good explanation of milking operation!🚜
I have no idea. 😅
top top family run farm .love these vids .
Glad you like them!
Best channel at the moment. More livestock videos please. Nothing worse then when cattle break electric fences.
Good videos well done 👍
Interesting video well done
Crackin job. Really enjoying your content 👍👍
Glad you enjoy it!
Great vid….it’s incredible how much I can relate to every part you got annoyed!..must be a farmer thing haha
Good man himself hope going ok always busy
Great video, appreciate the nerdy details! by the way what's pre mowing and what does it achieve?
pre mowing is cutting the grass and letting the cows graze it off the ground, no need of topping after
Better regrowth, denser swards, much better than topping.
I don’t know how efficient it really is Andrew. Milking similar number in a 20 unit swing over on my own in the evenings is 1hr 50 inc wash up. You’ve a lot of units idle for a lot of the milking plus it’s a 2 person parlour all the time and you had alot of extra cost to make it a double up
If I had a 24 unit swing over I think I’d be a nice bit closer to your time
dont question him. do you not know that this fella knows it all
The second man in the parlour is in the correct gear!
My mrs said the same thing!
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I hate being to warm
Would you recommend kneverland mowers thinking of putting on front one massey 7718
Good stuff
Cool vid
Is it cows per hour or more like Litres per hour which I think is more of a gauge, Great video love watching them all
Litres per cow makes little difference for us, so cows per hour.
Your milking routine is pretty simple, no pre dipping, stripping, cleaning and no post dipping; which all take time. You wash the platform and units when the cows are still there which is a sackable offence in many farms as it is supposed to increase the risk of mastises, but it saves time. Your cows don't poo much in the parlour which is a godsend and saves lots of time washing.
Is there much standing around waiting for cows to finish as it's a relatively small parlour for 2 people, possibly too big for one person. It takes me a min of 4 hrs in the am and 3 hrs in the pm to milk 180 cows on a 10 unit double up. Cows averaging 40l+ with full pre and post routine.
How dirty are the cows in the am after a night indoor? Is the cleaning routine different?
We will post dip most of the year, our scc is around 140 on AVG and we have a low number of mild mastitis cases so not really an issue. No change to how they are washed, dry wipe for 10 cows.
A bit of standing around at this time of year, but heifers, or fresh cows, or low yields and very little. It makes it much more enjoyable to milk when you have a few minutes.
Would it be possible to milk on your own? We are doing a parlour in the coming years and going for a system like this, just with rapid exit added, was hoping to milk with 1 person.
It's possible but a terrible experience. Build it for two.
Tell us about Niall and his farming background
is this real farming by machines nice cows
Where u mowing yesterday morning seen a tractor and mowers like yours
nice mate i milk 190cows in NZ that's awesome flow my sheds a 16 aside swing over herringbone and it takes me about 1hr 30mins to milk
Very nice! 👌
Great insight into the running of the milking parlour are you using the same teat dip all year round?
Yep
Are those the £1 orange buckets from B&Q 😄
Takes me 2.15 hours to milk 240 cows in a 12 a side swing over plus 1 hour for getting them in doing wash though and shutting the out . About 3 half hours in total
Dairy farming looks like a lot of hard work and long hours compared to the arable farm I grew up on! Fascinating watching your videos thanks for making them
Always wonder what arable farmers do all day. 😅
Well you said in last video you don't use Aber grass can you tell me why??
I put 17ac of them in and they all died out in three years. So personal experience I guess. Not saying it was the grass seed, I don't know, but I don't want to risk it.
We used to milk 60 Cows an hour in a 6x6
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no bad
How much is milk a litre
36 pence at the moment
that is good going for 190 cows , that parlor is big enough for many more cows than that
You dont want milking much over an hour imo
Bonjour
Les vaches fraîches sont traites ailleurs ou il n'y en a pas actuellement ?
None currently
5200/190. Check yield and feed rate
Milk for calves also. 5200 sold.
GEA 👌👍💪
Would think 29l average is still in the top percentile for this year, given conditions this year.
I'm okay with it, just sucks to be worse than previous years.
Them shorts are criminal andrew to be wearing in a parlour lol
I think that the 2x20 is an akward size, to big for 1 person and with 2 persons you have lots of time waiting.
I think two people could probably manage 2x24
why dont you have a quad bike
Good going but running unless after escaping animals is a no no ….
How many acres are ye farming
350
40/40 for 190 cows. Wow. They only have a 50 unit where I work and there milking 1000😂.
What do you mean by feed rate of .29 to .3 ?
Kgs of meal per litre of milk
@@FarmTheoryNI Interesting, I’m feeding 3kg and producing 24 litres so I guess that’s .125, is that correct? How many kg of feed dose your’s translate to?
That's the right to milk cows. None of this standing for hours on end. Good for the cows and good for the men. Should have no bother keeping staff there.
Buy a BattLatch!
This brings back bad memories of my life before I got robots.milking cows 14 times a week for 50 weeks in a row is cruel and inhumane in my opinion
Cruel and inhumane for you? Why'd you do it 🤔
It’s a job you can do when your young but it eventually destroys your body I did it for thirty years and my body just couldn’t take it anymore more so I got the robots to do it now you have to tell yourself you like it so you kept doing it but it’s just a lie to yourself why did people stop milking cows by hand ? Because they invented a better way with bucket plants and a vacuum pump then they invented a better way with parlours now they have invented a better way that parlours it just evolution of the job to a better easier way
I did it for thirty years and the body couldn’t take it anymore it’s not a coincidence that most dairy farmers are crippled in there 60s you asked why I did it the same reason people milked by hand because there wasn’t a better way then they invented the bucket plant and vacuum pump then it evolved to milking parlour and how there’s a better easy way to get a milk cheque it’s called evolution
lol so you bought robots to milk ur cows and ur calling him inhumane… hypocritical imo 😂🤭
It’s no coincidence that most dairy farmers are crippled by there 60s and the reason why I did it was the same reason people milked by hand because there wasn’t a better easier alternative but now there is
Your Face is all puffy its Hayfever I know I suffer from it. I used to have to get a long-term antihistamine during silage season when I was still at that carry-on. Try a over the counter antihistamine whats the worst it can do.
Hello boss I like dairyfarm working same milking parlor now still have Saudi Arabia dairyfarm I am have a Saudi Arabia dairyfarm .I am milker maste I I come to your dairyfarm working
you would have a heart attack if you knew how many people we have in our 8 a side parlour... a family farm with no paid staff
How many cows?
@@FarmTheoryNI 130
Bro said he had a wife.. yeah right!!!
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Agree premowing is the best way to reset the growth point and really only needs done once at this time of year.
A topper is a waste of time! Don't see much reduction in growth fallowing it, think your just making excuses for buffer feeding 😉190 cows on 350 acres is not a huge stocking rate, how many acres do you have available for grazing? Clearly some of your silage is a bit away.
I'm starting to think you maybe do to much reseeding and spraying, kill this, turn that, are you upsetting the soil life too much? Are you overdoing the N , we are using less and less and really not seeing any reduction in yeilds, there's more body to the grass unlike the watery soft mush the fast growing earlies produce.
Never sprayed for chickweed yet get some calves in it and they'll kick it about.
Best way to move cows that have broken through an electric fence is to hook a spare reeler on at one side and drag the wire around behind them, saves an awful lot of running back and forward. Nothing more frustrating than the cow that takes two steps and stops each time you pass her 🤬
Did the tapemeasure in the field improve the ploughing?🤨
You are DEFINITELY not dressed in the right attire for milking!! You should be wearing green pvc coated shiny smooth plastic flexothane waterproof trousers, a green pvc coated shiny smooth agroserve milking apron, pvc milking sleeves and gloves.
Does the apron have to be green?
@@moneyprofessional Yes it does
YEEEEES! It's been a while. 🤣🤣🤣