Another great video, Chris. Very informative. I have always wondered what the machines went for. I can also understand why some farmers do and some don’t have them. Thanks for sharing!
Great understanding of the new age of farming! Us old timers still hold onto the nostalgia of the past. Hard work and pride of a job well done with what we had to work with. No offense to newer generation. Great for efficiency that usually built from old stock farmers. It's a dwindling amount of people who have grown up with it in their blood. There is something special in growing up on a farm. It's sets values of hard work that last a life time. Some of it gets lost in technology. Your dedication to farming is a art. Old school New school Balancing act LOVE YOUR CONTENT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
"I got a social life with you guys" Wow. What a nice statement. I feel like I am learning when I watch your videos. Entertaining, Educational and sometimes even emotional too. I live on the other side of the Atlantic, but I feel your pain when you get no rain.
Delaval brought us on a tour of 5 robot farms yesterday. We saw a tiestall barn get switched into a robot barn. They put a row of beds down the middle and feed I the barn. It really blew my mind on how many different ways there are to set up your barn with a robot.
Chris although I agree with you most of the time, up here in Vermont there are still a lot of farmers that are pasture based and there cows go out all day and night after milking, mostly organic farmers but we still have plenty of conventional guys doing it as well. I milk 30 jersey's in a tie stall and do everything myself milking, chores, haying you name it. My cows go out to pasture as much as possible, feet stay in great shape to we rarely need to trim!
My cousins just put in one Robot barn to start that process. FYI they have to use Latino milkers, so they not only provide wages but also housing for the milk hands, and the upkeep of that also. So the payback is there, so they are still milking most cows by milkers, for the time being. So I can see how the payback will work out
I can very much understand what you are saying about the farming disconnect. I live in Yelm Washington State our high school is an FFA high school one of the best in the U.S.A. I know that Dairy is not as big a part here as it once was.
That whole brief was outstanding explanations were spot on thank you great information I raise feed for other farms and I am like you field here there fields in 4 different towns leased land and you never no when your not going to have this one or that one it comes to 1100 acres supply 4 dairies.
My brother worked on a diaryfarm in germany they had a carousel that they held in place with straps and the milkcrew was most of the time drunk while milking
Friends of mine have a nice farm, the women( Grandma, Mother, Daughter-in -Law, do the milking so the men can do the field work and do the feeding! you're right about cows on pasture, after a few weeks, the grass is gone. I always let my cows out when the weather permitted, but If it was hot, and they were just lying down under the shade tree, even though I was going to the hay field, I'd put then back in, turn the fans on, give them good hay, and they were making milk! Cows have to calm & content to give milk! I could get more milk out of a cow than my Bro-in-Law, because he had to much going on while milking, and the distraction that was going on in the barn!
Robots also have consistency, which most employees do not have or comprehend the concept, whether it be because each person is different or some employees are just worthless and dont care about their job or the cows
Not to mention you can’t find people to work, sick time and the list could go on with people doing the milking. Chris, if you don’t stay at your dads place. Would you want to be dairy farmer or Crop? I’m just curious to see what you’d want to do, thanks for Sharing and your on top of your game!
When you install a robot at a new facility, is the a PM (preventive maintenance) checklist you give the owner? If so, when you do a service call, can you tell who does PM on their equipment and who doesn't?
As a child we milked 60 head of cows we had a grade A barn we used all hang on milk can .lmao My Grandpa even house broke his cows they did not shit in the barn. This was a grate life and we were raised to work hard our cows were on grass 85 acres was what they were on then there was of course a different area for dry cows. I loved milking and farming I am a long time retired now and I worked a regular job all my life but I always farmed.
I have been considering doing a small dairy and have been debating if this is what we want to do. We have red poll cattle which are decent for milking and if we did we would probably sell to a cheese factory. What do you think? would it be worth it to have a single robot for a small dairy setup.
It’s just a matter of making it practical and worth doing. It’s an overlapping enterprise. I raise beef cattle. Beef cattle provide the fertility for a row cropping enterprise. Cattle require sanitation, that comes from poultry. I can maintain a prized genetics pool, sell those genetics, and embryo transfer prize beef genetics in to prized dairy dams. I’m no champion organic grain farmer, but I have nothing “in” a crop aside from land costs. I’m not much of a dairy farmer. 400 A2/A2 Jersey’s are on pasture with their calves, 200 are dry and building back up, and 200 are milking. Majorly under utilized, but the point is to get some revenue from my dams, instead of them just taking up space and earring chow.
We milked 30 cows with surge and deleval milking machines in the basement off the barn. We had to lug milk up 12 stairs and dump it into the bulk tank. Then we used a pipeline until we sold the cows. I’d love to try a robot or two out. Can a 120 cow dairy survive nowadays by just farming?
Yes we can. It helps if we go with grass and graze as much as possible. Using the Irish , English or New Zealand grazing models works great. It does for us. Not the direction most US farmers are headed. Expensive high imput ,high output , small margin , high capital is our current model.
Hi Chris nice couple,of vidoe on the robot there a farm ere not far from mine on 3 robot ruining an a+b+c system u ever come over here on holidays I can agoranise a visit o and it deval to🇨🇮🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄👏
Just about anything you can do automatically to replace labor will pay off due to labor laziness and auto will never quit before the job is done and won’t go home in the middle of a shift and make you do it.
You fail to address a key issue with robot farming. For a Delaval/Lely box type robot to handle 60 cows it needs to be operating 24/7. That means that the farmer, a family member, or trusted employee is tethered to that robot 24/7. I'm not saying that the Delaval robot is constantly breaking down, but someone needs to be close by in case it does. Could be a minor repair like a plugged meter, teatcup not detected, or a major repair like camera not responding.
That is correct but most dairies it seems are tied to the farm a majority of the day now anyways. We milked 3x and one shift was 10pm-2am. Someone always is on call, why larger dairies milking round the clock or close to are more open to the adjustment
I wouldn't trust a robot if you gave one to me. After I seen what they do at work when they get confused or something goes wrong electronically there ain't no way I trust a robot
robot robot robot hopefully you find a place that has robots that make you bbq food and at your local grocery store and not talk to the guy that makes your food nobody on your channel wantto talk to a ROBOT at some point you no robots are not the way people are people we sometimes don’t get along but would you actually deal with a robot or a person
One of your best milking videos for us non farmers. Thanks for the insights and cost breakdowns.
Another great video, Chris. Very informative. I have always wondered what the machines went for. I can also understand why some farmers do and some don’t have them. Thanks for sharing!
Great understanding of the new age of farming! Us old timers still hold onto the nostalgia of the past. Hard work and pride of a job well done with what we had to work with. No offense to newer generation. Great for efficiency that usually built from old stock farmers. It's a dwindling amount of people who have grown up with it in their blood. There is something special in growing up on a farm. It's sets values of hard work that last a life time. Some of it gets lost in technology. Your dedication to farming is a art. Old school New school Balancing act LOVE YOUR CONTENT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
"I got a social life with you guys" Wow. What a nice statement. I feel like I am learning when I watch your videos. Entertaining, Educational and sometimes even emotional too. I live on the other side of the Atlantic, but I feel your pain when you get no rain.
Enjoyed your video, very well
done. Covered a lot of ground.
The robots are an amazing peace
of equipment and nice to know
something about them
Great Video, yes at small scale, Robots are great, if you buy or have a farm that has a Rotary stick with the Rotary, thanks for sharing
Delaval brought us on a tour of 5 robot farms yesterday. We saw a tiestall barn get switched into a robot barn. They put a row of beds down the middle and feed I the barn. It really blew my mind on how many different ways there are to set up your barn with a robot.
This is one of your best videos
another great video. The success of robots is the dealer.... keep the info on these going, its interesting
Chris although I agree with you most of the time, up here in Vermont there are still a lot of farmers that are pasture based and there cows go out all day and night after milking, mostly organic farmers but we still have plenty of conventional guys doing it as well. I milk 30 jersey's in a tie stall and do everything myself milking, chores, haying you name it. My cows go out to pasture as much as possible, feet stay in great shape to we rarely need to trim!
Dont stop being who u are...💪✌🤠
Im not sure you are 110% right on the aspect of cows being in pasture and still being able to milk easily, but great video again.
Great info! Thanks Chris.
My cousins just put in one Robot barn to start that process. FYI they have to use Latino milkers, so they not only provide wages but also housing for the milk hands, and the upkeep of that also. So the payback is there, so they are still milking most cows by milkers, for the time being. So I can see how the payback will work out
Good video Chris have a good day.
I can very much understand what you are saying about the farming disconnect. I live in Yelm Washington State our high school is an FFA high school one of the best in the U.S.A. I know that Dairy is not as big a part here as it once was.
That whole brief was outstanding explanations were spot on thank you great information I raise feed for other farms and I am like you field here there fields in 4 different towns leased land and you never no when your not going to have this one or that one it comes to 1100 acres supply 4 dairies.
Great video. Thanks Chris. Be safe!
My brother worked on a diaryfarm in germany they had a carousel that they held in place with straps and the milkcrew was most of the time drunk while milking
Friends of mine have a nice farm, the women( Grandma, Mother, Daughter-in -Law, do the milking so the men can do the field work and do the feeding! you're right about cows on pasture, after a few weeks, the grass is gone. I always let my cows out when the weather permitted, but If it was hot, and they were just lying down under the shade tree, even though I was going to the hay field, I'd put then back in, turn the fans on, give them good hay, and they were making milk! Cows have to calm & content to give milk! I could get more milk out of a cow than my Bro-in-Law, because he had to much going on while milking, and the distraction that was going on in the barn!
Robots also have consistency, which most employees do not have or comprehend the concept, whether it be because each person is different or some employees are just worthless and dont care about their job or the cows
What you think about carousel milk robots?
Not to mention you can’t find people to work, sick time and the list could go on with people doing the milking.
Chris, if you don’t stay at your dads place. Would you want to be dairy farmer or Crop? I’m just curious to see what you’d want to do, thanks for Sharing and your on top of your game!
I went to morrisville we had a fancy methane digester... idr a robot tho...
When you install a robot at a new facility, is the a PM (preventive maintenance) checklist you give the owner? If so, when you do a service call, can you tell who does PM on their equipment and who doesn't?
Hey man I'm I new Zealand across the road from a robot farm
If I could afford to get back into farming, I would definitely go with robots. They would be cheap compared to the price of the land.
As a child we milked 60 head of cows we had a grade A barn we used all hang on milk can .lmao My Grandpa even house broke his cows they did not shit in the barn. This was a grate life and we were raised to work hard our cows were on grass 85 acres was what they were on then there was of course a different area for dry cows. I loved milking and farming I am a long time retired now and I worked a regular job all my life but I always farmed.
very informative you shouldn't a lot of light on something I know very little about and we know but we were milking 40 and it's taking 3 hours
I have been considering doing a small dairy and have been debating if this is what we want to do. We have red poll cattle which are decent for milking and if we did we would probably sell to a cheese factory. What do you think? would it be worth it to have a single robot for a small dairy setup.
When I heard they were made in Switzerland mucho dollars I had a Volvo Penta I had to go to the mint every time I had to buy a part
Sweden
It’s just a matter of making it practical and worth doing. It’s an overlapping enterprise. I raise beef cattle. Beef cattle provide the fertility for a row cropping enterprise. Cattle require sanitation, that comes from poultry. I can maintain a prized genetics pool, sell those genetics, and embryo transfer prize beef genetics in to prized dairy dams.
I’m no champion organic grain farmer, but I have nothing “in” a crop aside from land costs. I’m not much of a dairy farmer. 400 A2/A2 Jersey’s are on pasture with their calves, 200 are dry and building back up, and 200 are milking. Majorly under utilized, but the point is to get some revenue from my dams, instead of them just taking up space and earring chow.
And don’t have to worry about them showing up 👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We milked 30 cows with surge and deleval milking machines in the basement off the barn. We had to lug milk up 12 stairs and dump it into the bulk tank. Then we used a pipeline until we sold the cows. I’d love to try a robot or two out. Can a 120 cow dairy survive nowadays by just farming?
Yes we can. It helps if we go with grass and graze as much as possible. Using the Irish , English or New Zealand grazing models works great. It does for us. Not the direction most US farmers are headed. Expensive high imput ,high output , small margin , high capital is our current model.
@@ronriehle1337 that’s awesome. We always put our cows out on pasture from may till October. We had lots of ground that made great grazing pasture.
About 150-180 k € in europe per robot the next one is cheaper because dont one more computer
Hi Chris nice couple,of vidoe on the robot there a farm ere not far from mine on 3 robot ruining an a+b+c system u ever come over here on holidays I can agoranise a visit o and it deval to🇨🇮🐄🐄🐄🐄🐄👏
Just about anything you can do automatically to replace labor will pay off due to labor laziness and auto will never quit before the job is done and won’t go home in the middle of a shift and make you do it.
You fail to address a key issue with robot farming. For a Delaval/Lely box type robot to handle 60 cows it needs to be operating 24/7. That means that the farmer, a family member, or trusted employee is tethered to that robot 24/7. I'm not saying that the Delaval robot is constantly breaking down, but someone needs to be close by in case it does. Could be a minor repair like a plugged meter, teatcup not detected, or a major repair like camera not responding.
That is correct but most dairies it seems are tied to the farm a majority of the day now anyways. We milked 3x and one shift was 10pm-2am. Someone always is on call, why larger dairies milking round the clock or close to are more open to the adjustment
I want to buy 2 robots at that price. They cost a hell of a lot more here in Ohio
So because the US is slow in developing new tech doesn't mean the producer needs give away his profit
ND , SD, Fl has cows in pastures
NOR, SWE, FIN ?
I wouldn't trust a robot if you gave one to me. After I seen what they do at work when they get confused or something goes wrong electronically there ain't no way I trust a robot
If robots were the answer Andy would be using them they milk 1700 cows
There's no good robotic dealership in that area. And his current facility and layout is in good working order
I would bet that future expansion robots are a consideration when his site is maxed out
this is just another video that shows how terrible it is to find labor work would you trust a robot or computer to drive your car with kids in it
robot robot robot hopefully you find a place that has robots that make you bbq food and at your local grocery store and not talk to the guy that makes your food nobody on your channel wantto talk to a ROBOT at some point you no robots are not the way people are people we sometimes don’t get along but would you actually deal with a robot or a person
alright...who was the blonde babe we briefly saw a few vids go....
We need this answer
@@rylandspencer duffy will tell us time
@@willianvos3521 did we get an answer and I missed it?
Man you lost me with your explanation.