Dumb question(s) 27 and 28. How long does it take milk a cow from cups on to cups off? Naturally there are fast milkers and slow milkers and it takes time to get them in to the dairy, clean teats and get them out again I get all that but how long? and how much milk does a cow give on average. I guess that will vary also depending on breed, feed, time of year etc. Just a looking for half an idea.
At this very point in time an average for all these things for our herd is 19L per day, milk time would be 5-8 minutes. There is one cow that takes 20+ minutes to milk out…
@JoshsFarmingMoments it has been pretty good really had a phew crappy periods of weather as you do but the grass has taken off early compared to other seasons so cows are living the dream at the moment and cycling really well so can't complain 🤙 cheers for the reply 👍
Hey Josh, You have made an amazing amount of progress and I expect incurred incredible costs I've largely given up using copper water lines.. Polly is the way to go.. So use a metre of 2 of copper from the outlet (and Inlet) of your hot water tanks. Everything else is polly or as the yanks call it Pex I can't even say it's only new copper.. I've had the old copper pipe burst too.. but it was -8DegC. Copper looks so neat and tidy but …
My neighbour has had the same problem with his air conditioner unit keep leaking through the cheap china copper supplier told him it's a bad batch off copper
Would PEX be a better alternative to copper? Those frosts were harsh, we had a few bursts around the farm. Apparently in the 70s there was a -15 at Cressy and just about all the pipes burst on the farm as well as a cracked block on a tractor
I did ask the plumber about that. He seemed to think that copper is usually the stronger product over poly? Either way probably would have split whatever I put in knowing my luck with pipes 🤣🤣
Perpective for you. I spent a couple of days in Kiruna Sweden. A mining town 200 km above the arctic circle (a bit like Broken Hill but temps in reverse). Temperature got to minus 35C. The locals were saying "now its properly cold". They don't bother saying minus either. Its obvious that "35" in winter means minus 35. Imagine running a dairy farm in Canada. Minus 10 C is not an exception. Good to hear you are in better place.
You’ve jumped in feet first and achieved so much in the last 6 months or so, I can’t imagine the stress you’re been under. I have really enjoyed being on this journey with you. Stay strong ole mate we’ll be here waiting 💜💜
Thanks! Really appreciate your kind words and glad you’ve enjoyed following along! Now it’s time to pull the water proofs up and start recording again 👍👍
Hmmm hard to say, depends on what farming enterprise you’re doing. But most in our area would need at least 200ha (500ac) to make a living off… but huge disclaimer it all depends on what you’re farming 👍👍
Well done. I stumbled upon your videos by chance and now wait impatiently for the next instalment. The time, effort, and dollars you and your family have put into this venture deserve all the success coming your way. It won't take long for you to smooth out the bumps, and for the cows to know what is required of them. Once again, well done, you deserve every success.
Well done, I have been down this road four times over the years, putting cows through a new parlour can be a challenge however a bit of cake is always a good idea. I have only one comment to make on the new parlour which looks as they say the dogs bollo….. however we put in the low line was line exactly like yours and after a few months we decided to get them back to make it a swing up and down low line two reasons for it first we had a good few breakages from heifers ( mainly) back kicking and putting their foot down short and breaking the cup holders second we found it hard on the back bending over at the end of milking to put on the cups the swing up eliminates any bending. Best of luck with it , regards from Ireland.
Actually studied your system and see that you have a swing in and out low line which I don’t think I have seen in this neck of the woods but it makes my previous comment mute , that will teach me to watch the whole video before jumping in, in future, if you get a cow standing on your cup holder a broken cup holder will be the least of your worries!
Wow Josh what a massive achievement, it’s been awesome watching you progress through this. Big hugs from the NE. We’re currently milking about 400 with about 200 left to calve. Love dairy life 💜💜💜
Lovely spot Josh! Do you have one of those funky French brand tractors? They are awesome! Do a video so that when we are all eating insects, we will be able to see what people like you did for us in the old days 😂 Are you going to get into regenerative farming? Xxx Cindy in west tamar
G'day Josh. That gap between the Brest rail and the feed trough could possibly be interesting when a cow goes to stand up in the trough. I had the same but filled it in
Gidday mate from Taranaki N Z, hope things go well for your first milking in the morning. Oh! As your daughter said! Shut the bloody gate, cheers from the nz
