Running a large dairy farm means coping with many challenges. By bringing automation and technology to your farm it ensures the repetitive tasks are significantly reduced and you’ll benefit from a smaller, yet more skilled workforce.
At the same time, animal welfare increases when your barn is designed around the cow and presents her with an environment to maximise her genetic potential.
Watch back to hear from our guest speaker Jack Willes on his experiences of milking his large herds with the Lely Astronaut automatic milking systems.
He looks back on how he used to milk on a conventional parlour
How he milks now since the introduction of automation
along with the challenges and the wins he has experienced.
Jack Willes
Jack Willes from Gorvin Farming in Devon, has two farms with Lely automation and a third on the way. One of his farms has 20 x Lely Astronaut A5 automatic milking systems and the other has 7.
They are currently installing another 15.
10 x Lely Astronaut Automatic Milking System‘Colin Laird of Blythbridge Holsteins reviews the first 18 months of his Lely journey. Since installing 8 Astronaut A5 milking robots in his new shed in 2019, milk yields have increased by 17% and labour requirements have reduced. As of 2021, two further milking robots have been retrofitted in his existing building.’
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7 x Lely Astronaut Automatic Milking System‘Alex Robertson from the Coopon Carse farm, Scotland explains how installing 7 Lely Astronauts automatic milking robots have provided a numerous benefits including an increase in milk yield, reduced labour costs and find out more about the efficiencies the robots have given the farm.’
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