Lely robotic dairy opens in West Gippsland West Gippsland dairy farmers Darryl and Trudi Hammond installed six Lely Astronaut A4 milking robots in March. The Hammonds are one of a growing number of Australian dairy farming families who have installed a Darryl and Trudi Hammond Lely robotic milking system. with their son Finn. Their farm at Buln Buln, just out of Warragul, has been in Mrs Hammondâs family for 46 âThe system is voluntary and feed driven, ⢠and Soft floor years milks 450properties to 500 cows atreduces its peak. lameness & increases profit therefore removing cow stress. The reduction Flooring of choice by AustralianofDairy Mrâ˘and Mrs Hammond were previously stress is Farmers due to minimal human interference,â milking through an automated 20-unit & recommended ⢠MLA & RSPCA approved he said. double-up herringbone, which needed ⢠Creates beast contentment which reduces anxiety replacing, so they looked through the available âFree cow traffic allows cows to flow accordingly to the hierarchy rules in the herd and leads to ⢠Patented options of installingâSureFootÂŽâ a rotary compareddesign to a relaxed cow behaviour.â robotic milking system. In turn, Mr Hammond said farmers faced a Robotic milking is a revolutionary step in much lighter workload and could choose when dairy technology that offers the potential to they wanted to be in the shed. increase production and at the same time reduce stress on animals and people. Not only does the Lely Astronaut A4 automate milking, it automatically cleans the milk lines and Mr Hammond said they saw robots as a the robots three times a day, and automatically long-term commitment and liked what washes the vat after the milk is removed. Lely stood for.
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convinced they make a difference . . . Begin with a problem area - youâll be The system is designed to improve animal health and it is built around the cow. Mr Hammond said the cows werenât too difficult to teach. âAbout four days for the average cow until they were comfortable,â he said. The cow is able to decide when she eats, gets milked, or lies down, therefore reducing stress. When asked if the Hammonds would go back to the old way they used to milk cows, they both had the same view: âNo way, not a chance. We would probably get out of dairying.â
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