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Take advantage of the Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme round 3 Invest in a Lely Discovery 90 SW automated slurry scraper Applications close 4/11/2020 The Discovery is one more tool contributing towards improving herd efficiency; it’s guaranteed to do an efficient job 24/7 and it’s introduced significant cost savings resulting in payback within approx 2 years. Cows’ legs and tails are cleaner, their feet are cleaner, their udders are cleaner because when they lie down they’re no longer sitting on dirty wet hooves. Muck is no longer being dragged on to the cubicle beds, so they’re also being kept a lot cleaner. We bed up once a day and we’ve reduced sawdust requirements by 30% making savings of £1,000/year. Cleaner cows are also contributing to cleaner milk. Twice a day scraping out tied up a tractor, it took 1.5 hours, labour costs were £5,000 - £6,000/year plus £1,200 in tractor depreciation and diesel. Discovery running costs amount to an insignificant 8p/day for electricity. Gareth Tape, 110 pedigree cow Hardisworthy Holstein herd, Bideford

Take advantage of the Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme round 3 Invest in a Lely Discovery Collector 120 slurry vacuum Applications close 4/11/2020 Eight months on after investing in a Discovery Collector 120 and it’s one of the bits of kit I now wouldn’t want to be without. In fact, it’s scheduled to pay for itself within 3 years. We are projecting the robot to make savings of up to £8,000/year in labour, tractor depreciation, diesel and sawdust. However, it’s not just about the payback - it’s more about improving the entire system, making it more efficient. The cows’ feet, legs, tails and udders are so much cleaner since they’re no longer dragging slurry on to the cubicle beds. We’re able to maintain our high quality milk. And we’ve gone from bedding up twice to once a day and subsequently halving sawdust costs. The robot has also taken the hassle out of our previous routine. Chris Quance, 100-cow mixed herd of pedigree Holsteins and Jersey cross, Holsworthy

Take advantage of the Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme round 3 Invest in a Lely Juno feed pusher Applications close 4/11/2020 The Juno is the most indispensable tool on the farm. Add together all the benefits, and it paid for itself within 4 months. It’s the only piece of kit that’s covered its investment cost in such a short period of time. The robot is programmed to push up feed every 60 minutes and it’s guaranteed 24/7 to keep fresh feed in front of the cows. Virtually as soon as the Juno arrived and got working yield lifted by 2 litres/head/day. Labour requirements have been minimized. Running costs have been reduced to an absolute minimum of 4.5p/day. The Juno is saving us over an hour in labour a day, it’s saving diesel, and it’s freed up the tractor particularly for seasonal work. It’s also saving us feed and time cleaning out the troughs; TMR wastage used to amount to up to one tonne a week worth £60, whereas nowadays that amount has reduced to a few kilos. Dan Slee, 400 pedigree cow Southbower Holstein herd, Clovelly