Starting with 70 heifers on one Lely robot in Co. Laois

Brendan Greene from Co. Laois was a new entrant to dairying in spring 2020 starting with 70 heifers on one Lely robot. Full farmyard design was completed by our in house team. The farm was mapped and a paddock layout provided by our farm management support advisors.

[@annahkurtin5345]

The very thought of a robot tending my cows warms the cockles of my heart.

[@goldfire1676]

Awesome beautiful set up any young one dream set up well done to all

[@philipoconnor2236]

Apart from the repayments!!!

[@PReilly-xl5wk]

This is exactly what I'm thinking of changing my current milking setup to. Just need to be brave and do it but have my reservations

[@lordofhowell7158]

Get it done and start filming it 💪🏻😁

[@agoodbluewilldo8359]

Any chance I could go see this spot. Super lookin job and exactly what I'm lookin for

[@barrettagri6705]

Why didnt he do it on his 60 acre outblock rather than the 41 acre block

[@ciaran7814]

I want to turn to a robotic milk machine as we are expanding the heard rapidly , but my father is very reluctant with technology

[@rookiefarmer702]

We did it and never looked back. Very easy to get onto and our Lely dealer is great to work with. The robots and running the computer are very easy I would look into them and talk to the farmer and let him show you how easy they are to run. Leyly is always there to help us if we need it.

[@jegga9199]

*Romans 10:9*

[@jackleigh4613]

A lot to go wrong

[@highlander4305]

What happens when cows are out in field and will not come into robot.
I hear of cows not coming into the robot and farmer having to go out and drive the cows into be milked.

[@casefarmgirl2279]

Tell us. where did you hear that

[@tytheboss8528]

So what if the farmer has to occasionally fetch cows to be milked? A traditional Dairy farmer would have to fetch EVERY cow twice a day, every day.

[@casefarmgirl2279]

@@tytheboss8528 Answer the question, where did you hear that?

[@DanishButterCookie]

Every robot farm has ''pick up cows'', these can either be new heifers just learning the ropes or older cows with aging bodies that need to encouragement to come inside. The amount of cows that need picked up every day differs from farm to farm.

[@IrishFrank22]

​@@tytheboss8528Tru is but one there milked in the parlour there done for the night and no don't get notified at 12am at night that a cow didn't go for milking.