I suppose cows are like humans. If humans stood in line to get milked, I'm sure some would push their way ahead to get milked faster. Some might get back in line over and over again all day long.
@@joelwalker5408 No not really! Not one that is visible in their behavior. Evidently NOT if there isn't some cows being "escorted" to the front or others who are always last to get milked, which hasn't been reoprted to be the case.
The way you went, that is showing you are smarter than others because like you said its maintenance and everything else that you do normally. Never get rid of your operation because you are doing great. Thanks young man for all the great videos
Thanks for the the very good video Jan , simply amazing Dairy that was wow, the calves being identified and fed the correct amount of milk replacer based on the weight and age of calf is really cool setup!! Thanks again for the tour Jan, and thanks to that dairy for giving us a look inside! ✅
Hey Jan nice to see you're also showing other ways to do thing besides the way that you have it at home. On my parents dairy farm in Holland we also have Lely milking robots and the nicest ting about the robot is that the cows can get milked whenever they want. Greetings from 🇳🇱
Compliz for us in the Netherlands frost isn't really a problem because we don't have that really cold winters at most we get -3 or so and if we get that cold it is only for a day or two
Jan, great job explaining these miller’s. New technology can be a daunting challenge. Old proven technology works and clearly becomes a dollars vs. gallons decision. Great filming glad to see your videos - your parents must be very proud of you.
I hope they have a genny for when the lights go out! This is my favorite blog. Always informative, good clear diction and the young man really knows his stuff. V professional. Thank you
Every farmer has an opinion on robots versus side by side versus rotary. It’s really down to personal opinion and circumstances on farm at the end of day. Jan I have no doubt what so ever that you would thrive in a robotic set up, and with respect, I can’t really imagine you standing in the pit of a milking parlour milking 6 or 7 hundred cows all day long. It would be a complete waste of talent. Robotic technology is not new. Did you know that one of the first robotic milkers, was in the University of Guelph, Ontario. I seen it in August of 1992!! The maximum amount of cows it could milk was 28. Since then they have become efficient, effective and affordable. Another fantastic informative video, keep up the great work, and remember fear of the fear is worse than the fear itself.!!
That looked like some happy cows. Thanks for show your neighbors new barn. Explaining why you and your dad built a different type of barn was an interesting part of the video.
Nice video ! I work for DeLaval as herdmanagement advisor so I am very interested in everything related to herd management and appreciate all your videos about it. Continue like this and I wish you a lot of success on your farm
Thanks again Jan. Always so well thought out, informative, and interesting! It seems that robots always replace potential employees who, not only earn, but gain the training and passion to be future farmers themselves. I'm glad your family is on the track they are. Also, I enjoyed the scenic drive in the your introductory scene. Be careful with your driving! :D As you mentioned, may God continue to bless your family productivity and expand your wonderful influence.
Great video Jan! You sure do an awesome job with your videos! Thanks for the lesson on robots and milking. Sure is amazing stuff but I agree with you and what you and your family did on your farm! Sometime new technology isn't the best way to do things.
I live down here in the Philippines and we do almost everything by hand. Nothing is more important or nice than to see an elderly relative working on the farm. Gives them something to live for. Robots have there place but I don't see us changing here to fast.
You guys have some gorgeous farms up there. Robot or conventional parlor, boy o boy that’s a tough choice. I would have to go with conventional for the same reasons that you and your dad had. Another great video Jan ! Thank you.
I recall the old days of milking those first calf heifers & a small percentage of them just hated to be touched for the first few times. Kicked like crazed mules!
Mark Osmond we thought surge buckets was new technology. Lol then we got a transfer system after we had a bulk tank for a few years and went big time with a pipeline at the last. Can't tell you how many dents and torn up stuff we had from first calf heifers. Our luck we would check on things and there would be a heifer wearing a robot in the free stall barn.
Very interesting video today. Coming from a dairy farm from back in the early 70's where you hung a stainless 5 gallon tank underneath the cow. It would've be interesting to do a time analysis on each of the ways, Robot vs how you do actually milk the cows.
The robots are cool, however, from the perspective of an industrial guy, EVERY moving part is another opportunity for something to jam up or break. For example, the robot arm moves 4 times to put the cups on. That means, in theory, something on the arm is going to wear out 4 times faster versus putting all of the cups on at once. I prefer the hands-on approach, myself!! Love taking care of animals and interacting with them!! We're part Dutch, so we're pretty tight with our money, too!! :) Love your videos!!
I'm a technician for GEA automated milking systems, and our newest robots do everything from cleaning the teats to milking to dipping inside the cups. That way the arm only moves under the cow once. Our older robots have more movements, but still nowhere near the one in the video. Great seeing another approach though.
We have the lely A5 robot here at our farm in Sweden. That is the best deal I have ever made. It is much cheaper with a robot. Thanks to that we don't need to hire people to work here. I think that it is so much better with a machine!
Vandenbrink may be more "high tech' than the SaskDutch Farm; but there is little opportunity for a real Professional young farmer to provide viewers with detailed information on the operation unless you drive over everyday after your own chores. Also at your farm you are able to perform many maintenance tasks thus realizing substantial savings. An excellent informative vlog of this different milking process, Also nice that this farm allowed you to show their process.Thanks
I am from holland we milk cows in a 2×12 fullwood parlor for the same reason as you,cheaper low maintanance and easeyer to expand,to be honest i dont know a single dairyfarmer that has more that 3 robots most "bigger" farms over here milk with a parlor actually
Interesting to see how technology is being used on dairy farms. Curious what the process was to train those cows to go into those robot milkers after they were first installed.
DeLaval has been making milking equipment for quite a while! I remember my dad buying a second-hand milking system for our small operation back in the 1950's.
Don't forget the milk cans and strainers on top of them. Milk truck would pull in and it was usually a big muscled up guy because he had to sling those milk cans up in the truck after pulling them out of the cooler. Those trucks weren't close to the ground either.
Really neat and interesting. Wondering how much it cut back on the amount of employees? I've been to Fair Oaks dairy in Indiana and watched their carousel milking parlor.
wow....that's amazing....and so clean ! Makes me wonder what the farmer has to do besides keep the machinery up and replace feed and such as it gets used up. But like Alex said.....I imagine it's very expensive and I wonder how many years it takes to pay all that off and start making a profit ..
I really enjoyed the opportunity to see the robotic approach for dairy farming. Probably looks really really nice when you're used to super early mornings applying the machines and everything by hand. I wonder what changes they have had to make to ensure they are checking over the herd for any problems when they're not seeing each cow for scheduled milking. Thanks for the video!
Jan...FASCINATING! As a city person who thinks choco milk comes from brown cows....I never know this sort of automation existed. As a bit of a traditionalist, i'd have to agree with your dad on having the traditional milking parlor vs. the robot milkers. There are pros to them for sure (MUCH less labor intensive...$$$), but you work in an industry where animals and humans interact. Your seeing the cows daily gives opportunity to check the health of your animals, etc. But as for the alley scraper...oh heck yes!
You did a really good job with this. And high five to anyone who can sustain this and make money over cost. You only showed the good part which means you are a polite dairyman. I stay on the farm because I love to milk cows, they are warm and nice to be near, even if sometimes they kick. Love to raise calves, hands on our calves are extremely tame, used to people. When we had auto take-offs, the tampon string made me nuts, sold those too. Being on a farm like this would be like being in charge of a mechanical zoo. You'd spend half your day monitoring tech and the other half writing checks to pay for it. BUT...that's the future!! Soon, this will be the norm.
How do they train the cows to go in the milker and does the cow just know when her utter is full like when a person has to use the bathroom we just can tell it's time to go? The cows at this farm are some of the cleanest I have seen. Thanks for the video.
Great video!! I had never seen the robotic milkers. I guess it’s good but Id take your setup over theirs any day. Hope it’s not too cold up there. It’s 50*F in Tennessee.
we have delaval robots in holland, the problems dont send to delaval, it sends to us but we have 24/7 service if we need. nice video, keap up the good work!
Jan, was wondering the same as many about the robots but now totally get the rationale. Especially like the point that you can fix things yourself when it's broken.
Very interesting! With lack of people to work, it would be an asset I suppose. Nice thing with your method is that you put your eyes on each cow twice a day.
I have worked on two diffrent farms with delaval robots one farm with one robot from 2008-2017 and a farm with two robots from 2017 -2018. All the cows were social and liked a scratch. Even if you have a robot for milking you must see to your cows, there ar a lot to do with cows besides milking, and there some work to do with robots to if they shall do a good job. The new barn looks realy nice and I like the placement of the robots, diffrent from how I´m used too.
Hey DK it's nice to see that you get out of the barn and show how other dairy farmers run their parlor I know there are pros and cons to milking machines I like to see a hands on approach for the cows I think it better to have some human contact and the cows would give more milk maybe this works best for this farmer but not for others I think that the barn scraper is cool thats just one less thing for you to do so what's next for you DK keep up the good work and see you in the next video🤔🐄🍶🍦🍨😋😉
I have to say I am really impressed with you kids, I watch the 10 generation dairy farmer as well, you guys are extremely busy and I am glad you are showing the WORLD how time consuming agriculture is. I enjoyed this video as I didn't know how automated this industry had gotten, must say the cows are much better behaved then the crazy I see on the news now days., LONG live the AMERICAN and WORLD farmers and ranchers, food is the one thing I enjoy about todays world.
@SaskDutchKid and @DutchNova Who designed the lay out of your buildings? And did the system company send somebody to train all of you on how to operate and do maintenance / repairs on them? If they did ... How long of training did it take to learn how to operate the systems? Both farms are beautiful you guys. Just seems like so much to remember and alot of responsibilities. Doesn't it get overwhelming at times?
the cows seemed happy I know there slely never seen the laval ones til today just a thought is it worth just getting one of them see how you get on with it and create a bit more time on the farm with other work not to mention if it goes down you have the conventional parlour to fall back on being you already have it installled
Very interesting! Thank you for this video. Lots of tech to get out of sync in a set-up like that. If the cows get a little grain treat when they go in and a smart one learns she can get more by returning more often is there a solution in this set-up to deal with that problem? Or is it even a problem? Thanks!
Great videography! What is the learning curve to get the cows to enter the robot and do they all go into it on their own as they feel the need to be milked. How long does it take your cows to master the parlor process?
Robots are quite popular with the smaller dairy farmers here in the UK, but we have a lot of farm's with 400 to 600 cows and the rotary parlour is popular with them, there are two farm's in my area that are getting towards 2000 cows, do you have any rotary parlours in Canada and what is your largest dairy farm.
Most modern cowsheds in New Zealand are rotary style barns & most are still on the manual system like yours. (650 to 750 + cows is becoming the accepted norm) The herringbone system still remains popular for smaller herds. (99% of herds are grass fed, with some winter sheds in the cooler southern parts of N.Z.))
I wonder how much that increases the utility bill? Seems like a lot of electric use. Also I think there’s something to be gained from daily contact with each animal rather than just assessing them from a computer file.
Gotta love the Dutch farmers!! I do question though, that with the automation, if farmers loose a bit of sence with their herd as far as health goes. When a person is with the herd in a more hands on approach like the parlour system, I would think that you would pick up on more things with the cattle.
I live on the farm in the video, we are walking through the herd just as much if not more with the robot's. Way more time to do other things & focus on herd health
I can see that would be a good labor savings, but I could also see issues because your not seeing and touching the cow daily. Very interesting though 😊. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍✌️
Does the increase data the robot can give about each cow help the farmer? I wonder if some cows like being milked more or less then 3 times a day? What's the approx. cost per robot?
We milk 800 pasture grazed in two herds, they both get milked twice a day on a 60 bail rotary shed, takes about 2.5hrs per milking, shed is run by one person can do everything pretty much from cups on position. robots would just be too slow for us, plus like you say we are 2hrs from our maintenance contractor. Looks cool though all the same, our milk pay out would have to come up a bit to make them viable. lol
It is impressive, for sure. Wondering why it seems kind of slow and so noisy though. Modern parlors with all the pulsators and noisy crap in the basement have a real advantage on the noise level.
Love how the cows stand in line and wait for the ones before them to be served before them - unlike some humans. They are so chill.
What do you mean saying,,, "unlike some humans"?
Do you want humans to stand in line to get milked.
I suppose cows are like humans. If humans stood in line to get milked, I'm sure some would push their way ahead to get milked faster. Some might get back in line over and over again all day long.
There's a heirarchy lol
@@joelwalker5408 No not really! Not one that is visible in their behavior. Evidently NOT if there isn't some cows being "escorted" to the front or others who are always last to get milked, which hasn't been reoprted to be the case.
The way you went, that is showing you are smarter than others because like you said its maintenance and everything else that you do normally. Never get rid of your operation because you are doing great. Thanks young man for all the great videos
Man, you need your own TV show. Hope your channel keeps growing. Thanks for the work you do.
I like your approach better Jan, I am very impressed with the cleanliness of this dairy!
Thanks for the the very good video Jan , simply amazing Dairy that was wow, the calves being identified and fed the correct amount of milk replacer based on the weight and age of calf is really cool setup!! Thanks again for the tour Jan, and thanks to that dairy for giving us a look inside! ✅
Hey Jan nice to see you're also showing other ways to do thing besides the way that you have it at home. On my parents dairy farm in Holland we also have Lely milking robots and the nicest ting about the robot is that the cows can get milked whenever they want. Greetings from 🇳🇱
Hey im also coming from holland
@@rubenbonthuis634 Hier nog een
Nog een!
The robots from lely handeling frost very bad. The cups allways freezing together with the base.
Compliz for us in the Netherlands frost isn't really a problem because we don't have that really cold winters at most we get -3 or so and if we get that cold it is only for a day or two
Jan, great job explaining these miller’s. New technology can be a daunting challenge. Old proven technology works and clearly becomes a dollars vs. gallons decision. Great filming glad to see your videos - your parents must be very proud of you.
They must run 24hr a dayI wonder how they milk a heifer thats a little wild
I hope they have a genny for when the lights go out! This is my favorite blog. Always informative, good clear diction and the young man really knows his stuff. V professional. Thank you
Every farmer has an opinion on robots versus side by side versus rotary.
It’s really down to personal opinion and circumstances on farm at the end of day.
Jan I have no doubt what so ever that you would thrive in a robotic set up, and with respect, I can’t really imagine you standing in the pit of a milking parlour milking 6 or 7 hundred cows all day long. It would be a complete waste of talent.
Robotic technology is not new. Did you know that one of the first robotic milkers, was in the University of Guelph, Ontario. I seen it in August of 1992!! The maximum amount of cows it could milk was 28. Since then they have become efficient, effective and affordable.
Another fantastic informative video, keep up the great work, and remember fear of the fear is worse than the fear itself.!!
That looked like some happy cows. Thanks for show your neighbors new barn. Explaining why you and your dad built a different type of barn was an interesting part of the video.
Nice video ! I work for DeLaval as herdmanagement advisor so I am very interested in everything related to herd management and appreciate all your videos about it. Continue like this and I wish you a lot of success on your farm
Nice to see a different way of doing things. Thanks for sharing.
Wow, I wish my grandfather could see this! He would have been blown away!
Thanks again Jan. Always so well thought out, informative, and interesting! It seems that robots always replace potential employees who, not only earn, but gain the training and passion to be future farmers themselves. I'm glad your family is on the track they are. Also, I enjoyed the scenic drive in the your introductory scene. Be careful with your driving! :D As you mentioned, may God continue to bless your family productivity and expand your wonderful influence.
Great video Jan! You sure do an awesome job with your videos! Thanks for the lesson on robots and milking. Sure is amazing stuff but I agree with you and what you and your family did on your farm! Sometime new technology isn't the best way to do things.
Thanks for the tour it is interesting to see how clean and efficient everything is.
Alot of moving parts and connections to get haywire thanks for sharing
I live down here in the Philippines and we do almost everything by hand. Nothing is more important or nice than to see an elderly relative working on the farm. Gives them something to live for. Robots have there place but I don't see us changing here to fast.
Philippines... nuff said. 😎
Thats amazing! I have never seen that before
I saw a TH-cam of a Lally robot parlor somewhere in SE South Dakota about a year ago. I believe it was around Aberdeen.
That's all I gotta say about that lol
It’s funny how they are waiting in line like that. No barriers needed.
Neat! Never saw a robot milker before. Thanks for posting!
Whoever managed to create those and make them work this well = are most likely lolling their way to the bank right now.
Now that is very very interesting to see automation in dairy farms honestly didn’t know this was a thing yet thank you!
That golden hour sunlight at the beginning was beautiful.
You guys have some gorgeous farms up there. Robot or conventional parlor, boy o boy that’s a tough choice. I would have to go with conventional for the same reasons that you and your dad had. Another great video Jan ! Thank you.
I'm Dutch and this was exactly what I was asking myself. Why didn't you guys have a robot? you explained it nicely. Thank you for the video.
I recall the old days of milking those first calf heifers & a small percentage of them just hated to be touched for the first few times. Kicked like crazed mules!
Maybe cow have evolved to be better prepared for technology like humans. I know the cows from the 70's would have kicked that robot into scrap metal.
Heifers still kick. And no one talks about 500000 $ worth of tech getting smashed.
Mark Osmond we thought surge buckets was new technology. Lol then we got a transfer system after we had a bulk tank for a few years and went big time with a pipeline at the last. Can't tell you how many dents and torn up stuff we had from first calf heifers. Our luck we would check on things and there would be a heifer wearing a robot in the free stall barn.
Very interesting video today. Coming from a dairy farm from back in the early 70's where you hung a stainless 5 gallon tank underneath the cow. It would've be interesting to do a time analysis on each of the ways, Robot vs how you do actually milk the cows.
The robots are cool, however, from the perspective of an industrial guy, EVERY moving part is another opportunity for something to jam up or break. For example, the robot arm moves 4 times to put the cups on. That means, in theory, something on the arm is going to wear out 4 times faster versus putting all of the cups on at once. I prefer the hands-on approach, myself!! Love taking care of animals and interacting with them!! We're part Dutch, so we're pretty tight with our money, too!! :) Love your videos!!
I'm a technician for GEA automated milking systems, and our newest robots do everything from cleaning the teats to milking to dipping inside the cups. That way the arm only moves under the cow once. Our older robots have more movements, but still nowhere near the one in the video. Great seeing another approach though.
@@henryvandentop4834 that's also why your Gea robot milk taste's like Iodine. so unhealthy.
Thx for the variety of topics. Blessings!
They say A.I. will run all farms in the future. From milking, planting and harvesting. Have a good one buddy and take care. Stay warm..
AI will run all farms. AI will run everything!
@@cooldog60 , Boston Dynamics has over four million robots -helper Bots. in a warehouse outside Boston waiting for release date..
Love the cows just sticking their head into the robot room. "Hey whatcha doing?". They seem really relaxed.
Congrats on the 53k subscribers. Yours are the by far the best farm related you tube videos!
Thank you!!
Thanks for taking the time to share other farms Jan.
It's been 30 years since I was on a dairy farm. The progress from then till now is amazing.
Yep constantly moving forward!
We have the lely A5 robot here at our farm in Sweden. That is the best deal I have ever made.
It is much cheaper with a robot. Thanks to that we don't need to hire people to work here.
I think that it is so much better with a machine!
Vandenbrink may be more "high tech' than the SaskDutch Farm; but there is little opportunity for a real Professional young farmer to provide viewers with detailed information on the operation unless you drive over everyday after your own chores. Also at your farm you are able to perform many maintenance tasks thus realizing substantial savings. An excellent informative vlog of this different milking process, Also nice that this farm allowed you to show their process.Thanks
I completely disagree
I am from holland we milk cows in a 2×12 fullwood parlor for the same reason as you,cheaper low maintanance and easeyer to expand,to be honest i dont know a single dairyfarmer that has more that 3 robots most "bigger" farms over here milk with a parlor actually
Fantastic video Jan. And by the way you look great in leather. 👍🏻😊
Interesting to see how technology is being used on dairy farms. Curious what the process was to train those cows to go into those robot milkers after they were first installed.
Grain.
They are getting fed the best tasting powerfeed you can find in them. Thats it just like training them as a dog with treats 😘
Thanks for the tour. The automatic sweeper would be convenient. The ball for the calves was cute, guess it's like a scratcher for the cows.
Thank you for the show, flipping amazing.....thanks for the efforts...
Very interesting. Thanks for the tour
DeLaval has been making milking equipment for quite a while! I remember my dad buying a second-hand milking system for our small operation back in the 1950's.
Very Interesting. So different from the “old” days with a surge bucket and belt.
You remember them too. I hated those buckets
Don't forget the milk cans and strainers on top of them. Milk truck would pull in and it was usually a big muscled up guy because he had to sling those milk cans up in the truck after pulling them out of the cooler. Those trucks weren't close to the ground either.
Really neat and interesting. Wondering how much it cut back on the amount of employees? I've been to Fair Oaks dairy in Indiana and watched their carousel milking parlor.
Scott Symons we have 230 milking cows on this farm and it can be ran by 2 people easily.
Had alley scrapers,30 years ago.put rubbers on them(same idea as hand scraper) cleaned them dry as a bone. ideal if floor is a bit worn.
wow....that's amazing....and so clean ! Makes me wonder what the farmer has to do besides keep the machinery up and replace feed and such as it gets used up. But like Alex said.....I imagine it's very expensive and I wonder how many years it takes to pay all that off and start making a profit ..
I loved the info on the Robots. Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoyed the opportunity to see the robotic approach for dairy farming. Probably looks really really nice when you're used to super early mornings applying the machines and everything by hand. I wonder what changes they have had to make to ensure they are checking over the herd for any problems when they're not seeing each cow for scheduled milking. Thanks for the video!
Jan...FASCINATING! As a city person who thinks choco milk comes from brown cows....I never know this sort of automation existed. As a bit of a traditionalist, i'd have to agree with your dad on having the traditional milking parlor vs. the robot milkers. There are pros to them for sure (MUCH less labor intensive...$$$), but you work in an industry where animals and humans interact. Your seeing the cows daily gives opportunity to check the health of your animals, etc. But as for the alley scraper...oh heck yes!
You did a really good job with this. And high five to anyone who can sustain this and make money over cost. You only showed the good part which means you are a polite dairyman. I stay on the farm because I love to milk cows, they are warm and nice to be near, even if sometimes they kick. Love to raise calves, hands on our calves are extremely tame, used to people. When we had auto take-offs, the tampon string made me nuts, sold those too. Being on a farm like this would be like being in charge of a mechanical zoo. You'd spend half your day monitoring tech and the other half writing checks to pay for it. BUT...that's the future!! Soon, this will be the norm.
I personally like your interactions with your cows. You know them and can notice things. Same as we small farm owners.
Bernard Boldt robot farmers can spend more time with herd health and more time with the animals while the robots do the milking :)
How do they train the cows to go in the milker and does the cow just know when her utter is full like when a person has to use the bathroom we just can tell it's time to go? The cows at this farm are some of the cleanest I have seen. Thanks for the video.
The cows learn pretty quickly to go into the robot. These farmers are great at keeping their beds clean!
Great video!! I had never seen the robotic milkers. I guess it’s good but Id take your setup over theirs any day. Hope it’s not too cold up there. It’s 50*F in Tennessee.
we have delaval robots in holland, the problems dont send to delaval, it sends to us but we have 24/7 service if we need. nice video, keap up the good work!
Jan, was wondering the same as many about the robots but now totally get the rationale. Especially like the point that you can fix things yourself when it's broken.
Awesome!! Never seen anything like that. Thank you!!
Very interesting! With lack of people to work, it would be an asset I suppose. Nice thing with your method is that you put your eyes on each cow twice a day.
A Farm i worked on had two lely robotic milkers. That one works differently. But they still milked cows in a parlour too. Dumfries Scotland.
Beautiful facility.
Technology is unreal I love watching ur TH-cam channel
I have worked on two diffrent farms with delaval robots one farm with one robot from 2008-2017 and a farm with two robots from 2017 -2018. All the cows were social and liked a scratch. Even if you have a robot for milking you must see to your cows, there ar a lot to do with cows besides milking, and there some work to do with robots to if they shall do a good job. The new barn looks realy nice and I like the placement of the robots, diffrent from how I´m used too.
I just found your channel and i already binge watched all your videos :D keep up the good content!
We have a double 7 milking parlor and 1 VMS classic. Bolt systems have there pro and cons.
Hey DK it's nice to see that you get out of the barn and show how other dairy farmers run their parlor I know there are pros and cons to milking machines I like to see a hands on approach for the cows I think it better to have some human contact and the cows would give more milk maybe this works best for this farmer but not for others I think that the barn scraper is cool thats just one less thing for you to do so what's next for you DK keep up the good work and see you in the next video🤔🐄🍶🍦🍨😋😉
I had to think a moment that you weren’t calling him Donkey Kong (DK).
@@Pharphette no Dutch Kid lol
I have to say I am really impressed with you kids, I watch the 10 generation dairy farmer as well, you guys are extremely busy and I am glad you are showing the WORLD how time consuming agriculture is. I enjoyed this video as I didn't know how automated this industry had gotten, must say the cows are much better behaved then the crazy I see on the news now days., LONG live the AMERICAN and WORLD farmers and ranchers, food is the one thing I enjoy about todays world.
we have a delaval robotic milker and its been rocking a good 11 years now without any huge problems
Watching the cows wait for their turn in the robot is the most human thing I’ve ever seen a cow do
Katie Price A nice human!
Thank you for making this video, very informative video
@SaskDutchKid and @DutchNova
Who designed the lay out of your buildings? And did the system company send somebody to train all of you on how to operate and do maintenance / repairs on them? If they did ... How long of training did it take to learn how to operate the systems?
Both farms are beautiful you guys. Just seems like so much to remember and alot of responsibilities. Doesn't it get overwhelming at times?
the cows seemed happy I know there slely never seen the laval ones til today just a thought is it worth just getting one of them see how you get on with it and create a bit more time on the farm with other work not to mention if it goes down you have the conventional parlour to fall back on being you already have it installled
8:15 our farm has this 2 and its the best thing you can have the only negativs are the costs and room
I need one to get a beer out of the refrigerator
bob smitb my robot is my wife! 😂😂
bob smitb 😂😂😂
Great video as usual Jan. I really enjoyed learning about the robots.
Thanks!
Very interesting! Thank you for this video. Lots of tech to get out of sync in a set-up like that. If the cows get a little grain treat when they go in and a smart one learns she can get more by returning more often is there a solution in this set-up to deal with that problem? Or is it even a problem? Thanks!
It appears they took out the parlor & put in the robots? More moving parts to break with them robots. Nice video.
David Whittredge yes we had a 2x10 Delaval parlour before the robots. Never going back! Cows are doing way better this way.
Great videography! What is the learning curve to get the cows to enter the robot and do they all go into it on their own as they feel the need to be milked. How long does it take your cows to master the parlor process?
Real interesting. I have never seen this operation before. Thanks 👍👍
Fantastic. Thank you
Robots are quite popular with the smaller dairy farmers here in the UK, but we have a lot of farm's with 400 to 600 cows and the rotary parlour is popular with them, there are two farm's in my area that are getting towards 2000 cows, do you have any rotary parlours in Canada and what is your largest dairy farm.
Most modern cowsheds in New Zealand are rotary style barns & most are still on the manual system like yours. (650 to 750 + cows is becoming the accepted norm) The herringbone system still remains popular for smaller herds. (99% of herds are grass fed, with some winter sheds in the cooler southern parts of N.Z.))
Excellent Video. Could have been DeLaval’s promo video. Great job.
This was very interesting to an old farm girl from Illinois.
Who does the Hoof Care for your cows? How many times a day, or every other day picks up your milk?
Amazing! Sure is different from the cow barns when I was a kid
I wonder how much that increases the utility bill? Seems like a lot of electric use. Also I think there’s something to be gained from daily contact with each animal rather than just assessing them from a computer file.
Gotta love the Dutch farmers!! I do question though, that with the automation, if farmers loose a bit of sence with their herd as far as health goes. When a person is with the herd in a more hands on approach like the parlour system, I would think that you would pick up on more things with the cattle.
I live on the farm in the video, we are walking through the herd just as much if not more with the robot's. Way more time to do other things & focus on herd health
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I can see that would be a good labor savings, but I could also see issues because your not seeing and touching the cow daily. Very interesting though 😊. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍✌️
Keep people working to.. My friends familys farm milks 850 on double 12s and the have no problem. Beautiful parlor they have .
it is amazing how flat the land is out there.
That is a cool set up, I would be worried stepping into that machine to clean or service it and then the robot would try milking me. Lol.
Nice video. Thanks for sharing.
How do they deal with heifers and their first milking?
Would it make sense to do a combination approach on a farm and have a parlor and robots as part of a phase in process to mitigate the service issue?
Would be pretty expensive
Wow. I lived on a dairy farm and it was nothing like this. How long do these animals spend grazing outdoors?
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Does the increase data the robot can give about each cow help the farmer? I wonder if some cows like being milked more or less then 3 times a day? What's the approx. cost per robot?
So cows on antibiotics or other withholding would have to still be done separately,?
No the robots automatically separate or discard that milk and wash themselves after.
We milk 800 pasture grazed in two herds, they both get milked twice a day on a 60 bail rotary shed, takes about 2.5hrs per milking, shed is run by one person can do everything pretty much from cups on position. robots would just be too slow for us, plus like you say we are 2hrs from our maintenance contractor. Looks cool though all the same, our milk pay out would have to come up a bit to make them viable. lol
It is impressive, for sure. Wondering why it seems kind of slow and so noisy though. Modern parlors with all the pulsators and noisy crap in the basement have a real advantage on the noise level.
It's way quieter in person!