Robotic Milking Machines Ireland

Lely claims the a4 astronaut robotic milking system is now a real option for all sizes of farms ranging from a 60 cow herd upwards.

Robotic milking machines ireland.

Niall moore and his family milk a herd of 125 british friesian holstein friesian cows under a split calving system in annestown co. Its not all attributed to the robot but it has certainly played a huge part michael christine callan dunleer co. Delaval vms robotic milking machine automatic milking machine delaval. Afimilk northern ireland.

M y very first client who went down the robot route was a man in his late 60s milking 60 cows on his own and was seriously considering getting out of cows but wasn t really thinking of retirement. Louth read the story. In fact in ireland a standard robotic milking system would now cost in the region of 120 000 which represents a huge investment for farmers with a farm income well below those levels. Prior to installing a lely astronaut robotic milking system niall was milking in an old 10 unit herringbone parlour.

Two lely a4 milking robots were installed on the farm in november 2017. So far scc has fallen from 300 000 to 60 000 mastitis cases are minimal and milk solids per cow have increased from 485 to 556kg. The main disadvantage would be the price with some systems costing as much as three times more than the traditional milking equipment. One irish farmer currently has four robots installed for his herd.

Milking robot on display during this wednesday s national milk records farm walk.