Thomas Condon outlines five low-cost additions to milking parlours that are simple, effective and improve efficiency.
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The high cost of investment and lack of Government supports is putting people off making the investments in milking equipment
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The Culligan family are milking 50 cows through a new six unit double milking parlour which was installed last May.
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The O'Connor family are running a low-cost, grass-based farm, with plenty of time off for everyone.
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Whether to build a parlour or put in two robots was a key topic for discussion at the Irish Grassland Association summer dairy tour.
The DeLaval 60-point rotary is seeing the farm’s 400 herd of cows milked in just under an hour and a half.