MILKING COWS IN A 60 STALL ROTARY PARLOUR!!!

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video I show the milking process from getting the parlour ready and milking 340 cows to washing up.
My name is Mark Collins. From growing up and working on my family farm in Ireland, I have developed a strong passion for agriculture. As people become more concerned about where their food comes from, it is vitality important that the right information is at their fingertips. Through my Instagram account and KZfaq channel, I show the day-to-day running of our grass based dairy farm and how we work hard to continuously improve our business in-line with our focus on Social, Economic and Environmental Sustainability.
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@jakezgab8576 Жыл бұрын

Machines or not, the farmer’s life ain’t easy, hat’s off.

@andrewball9999 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in New Zealand and just got in from morning milking 308 cows, then watched an Irish man milk cows while I have breakfast. I must love cows LOL

@glenkoopman7347 2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha same here, on what's meant to be a day off the farm I've gone and milked cows with a mate and now I watch this

@CalbertBennett 9 ай бұрын

Excellent very informational

@thomassmyth1725 2 жыл бұрын

Great to see the milking machine in action ,love the channel keep it up 👍

@jimmydonnelly327 Жыл бұрын

Great job Mark milked on a 60 unit dairymaster myself for a few years unreal the amount of cows that can be milked efficiently in a short space of time. Friend of mine done a lot work on your parlour spoke very highly of the set up. Great job wel done

@TheShasadee 2 жыл бұрын

WOW awesome video. You guys have alot to remember to do. Definitely work for your money. Thank you for all you do to deliver a fresh product to people🧑‍🎄🎄🎁

@jimzoesch5799 2 жыл бұрын

Great. Video. First time viewer and now subscribed. Thanks for sharing.

@jimzoesch5799 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, that was mesmerizing. Good job.

@jascollinscork 2 жыл бұрын

Wow fancy milking parlour….. never seen a GEA one before!!! 60 units?? God your heard must be milked in jig time 🤔😁 great video lad very interesting!!!

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Ya 60 units 👍 would normally milk 300/350 cows an hour

@bramhague2010 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a smooth flow, cow traffic is very important want a nice smooth cow flow to make it efficient, keep up the great work 👌

@frankfee7173 2 жыл бұрын

A busy man

@paf950 2 жыл бұрын

That's quite the process!

@markoconnor1291 2 жыл бұрын

Fair play to you starting up doing the videos, takes a lot of time 😊

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@martinmagee1711 9 ай бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt 🐄🐄 yes now

@keithmckenna7447 2 жыл бұрын

Some operation. Very interesting video. 👍🏻

@patbarry9693 2 жыл бұрын

Those filters are reusable I have a Gea too and get couple of weeks out of those filters just rinse off well after first wash and put back in The hot water and detergent bring them up like new again!

@Bikemanjoe1 2 жыл бұрын

serious operation

@johnmooney5693 2 жыл бұрын

Just seen your video. Excellent setup where are you based. Very interesting video

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Tipperary

@joecasserly5870 2 жыл бұрын

Milk the odd time in a new GEA herringbone, Lovely parlour, Only criticismsare NF at this time of year and also find the vacuum to be a little low but that can probably be adjusted.

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Ya the NF is a pain at the back end

@ai.sports.h 22 күн бұрын

Amazing job 👏 I'm experienced in dairy farming. Is there any possibility to work with you ?

@noelgallagher3507 2 жыл бұрын

Yee must have a big Esb bill have got any solar panels to generate some one Esb

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

No solar panels yet but will probably put some up in the furture

@TheMathedis 2 жыл бұрын

great video, we are putting a 54 bale waikato in currently which will look very similar to this parlour. would be great to have a video looking at all your rails and locations of rails in the yard for some ideas. at the entrance to the deck do you find cows flow in nice on an angled front or not? we are being advised to have it square but that just doesn't seem logical. would be nice to scratch your head a bit and see what if there are areas you would change or anything else etc.

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Are you on Instagram?

@TheMathedis 2 жыл бұрын

No I'm not only use KZfaq

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Send me a DM on this

@TheMathedis 2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt sorry I'm being bad at replying haha. Trying to figure our how to dm you haha

@PVAglue-fi4kc 2 жыл бұрын

It's probably a soft start motor that turns the parlour. A two stage plate cooler would suit you if you don't already have one. It cools with running water and ice Bank water.

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Ya we have the 2 stage plate cooler 👍

@user-ks2pg1py5m 2 жыл бұрын

Здравствуйте! Подскажите пожалуйста, почему Вы не обрабатывает вымя коровы перед доением?

@Dave-kz9yk 2 жыл бұрын

Have GEA plant myself. Had problems milking out heifers. Shorten time till milk meter meters. Much better. Are those Lic cows

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

I turned mine down a bit too 👍 yes we use some LIC bulls

@topx5003 Жыл бұрын

How does the cow get back of this rotary system after milking ? I don't think that it get back just after opening the (door). There must be some electric pulse or signal or something like this that push the cow to get of the machine.

@MCMilkingIt Жыл бұрын

No most cows will back off by themselves. When they do it once they know then. We do have an empty drum hanging down infront incase the cows aren't paying attention

@gerryjacobs2592 Ай бұрын

How do you get your cows to come on to the parlor of their own free will

@Panchdeburca 2 жыл бұрын

Some parlour. So the retaining bar is up all the time unless a cow needs a second rotation? I thought it would be down until just before exit

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Yes correct. A lot of other brands use gravity to drop the retention bar every time and the ram to lift it everytime. Whereas here a spring holds it up and a ram brings it down when it is needed. So it's not working as much so less wear and tear

@fabriceenjalbert4538 5 ай бұрын

Discovering your channel .. great video.. 340 /390 cows .. means how many litres of gallons of milk produced per per year ? Cow performance to get an idea ? Very impressive…

@MCMilkingIt 5 ай бұрын

About 6,000litres/cow. 480kgMS/cow

@leonardgood4043 2 жыл бұрын

Some job

@waynetaylor5227 10 ай бұрын

well...that setup cost a couple bucks...friendly banker?

@MCMilkingIt 10 ай бұрын

Decades of hard work and yes, lots of debt 😅

@ganulenko 6 ай бұрын

Greetings. Why do you need antennas at the entrance if you have antennas at every place?

@MCMilkingIt 6 ай бұрын

The antennas at the entrance didn't work so they had to put them in every stall after

@davidlaso9517 2 жыл бұрын

A MAGNIFICENT VIDEO ,HOW DIFFICULT ,And how long does it take to train newly calved heifers into the routine

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Very quick now, once the get on once they are flying it 👍 and a lot go on handy enough first time

@ewansimpson4736 2 жыл бұрын

what is the blue drum on a rope for

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Encourage the cows to get off/let them know it's where they get off

@Jp12987 2 жыл бұрын

It's a great setup. Just wondering why ye would have this parlour instead of robots? Would there not be less work with robots?

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Robots would be a lot more expensive for our herd size and in my opinion robots don't suit our system as it is a spring calving grass-based system

@Jp12987 2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingItthanks for reply. am a sheep farmer so wouldn't have an idea about the cost or other factors involved. Just follow you and two other dairy farmers on KZfaq and enjoy the videos.

@TheMathedis 2 жыл бұрын

Robots are superficial when it comes to labour. On the face they look like they are less work but there is more cow management behind the scenes and they are 24/7 work too

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

@@Jp12987 thanks for the comment

@rorykavanagh7993 2 жыл бұрын

What’s the purpose of the bucket on the rope at the start of the parlour ?

@kevinbiggs7428 2 жыл бұрын

To get the cows to back off the platform.

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinbiggs7428 that's exactly it 👍

@tommawle8896 6 ай бұрын

What kgMS do you peak at and what production does a cow do per season?

@MCMilkingIt 6 ай бұрын

Peak at about 2.3-2.4kgMS/cow and produce about 510kgMS/cow per season.

@shirleysousa9739 2 жыл бұрын

Do you do the milking by yourself or do you have a helper

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

One person milking

@eannatobin5773 2 жыл бұрын

What encourages the cows to leave the platform and do ye feed meal while milking

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

We do feed meal, it's training really but the cows knowing they going back out to grass

@eannatobin5773 2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt thanks

@martinhealy3741 2 жыл бұрын

Do you always use so much water. Do you recycle

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

We use the water from the plate cooler to wash down

@dpkchohan 7 ай бұрын

Why dont the cows have full length tails?

@MCMilkingIt 7 ай бұрын

That's their natural tail length. We trim the hair to keep the udder clean

@Johnnycambell 2 жыл бұрын

How long does it take to do a full rotation and how long does it take to do the 400 cows plus are you on snapchat

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Depends on how much milk the cows have and that but usually between 6 and 8 minutes per rotation. Would normally milk 300/350 cows an hour and when really moving can get that up to 400 cows an hour

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry not on snapchat, just Instagram

@mauricesheehy2460 2 жыл бұрын

Why the blue barl on the platform. Thanks.

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Broken unit

@oghuzkhan5117 2 жыл бұрын

isnt this dangerous for the cows? What if they get stuck while trying to get out but if they are to slow

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

There are safety switches and sensors to stop the platform if a cow isn't on or off fully

@oghuzkhan5117 2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt thanks for your reply. I am going to subscribe to your channel. Greetings from Turkey

@andrewjardine3820 2 жыл бұрын

Wiy do you have stalls booked

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

The ones with barrels are broken

@gopalbijarniyan1821 Жыл бұрын

Which company milk parlour you have ?

@MCMilkingIt Жыл бұрын

GEA

@gopalbijarniyan1821 Жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt thnx for your quick reply 🙏🙏

@chrishyde5903 Ай бұрын

What happens to the male calves?

@MCMilkingIt Ай бұрын

All the male and beef calves are sold either directly from our farm or through the mart

@paddy1758 2 жыл бұрын

No offence but when you have that much spent on a parlour surely that pallet could be replaced with something better.

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Haha I always get that 🤣 will make up some gate for it in the future

@oppamaclare 2 жыл бұрын

Every self-respecting Irish farmer has to use a pallet at least once a day. I don't see any baling twine though.

@patrickmurray8304 2 жыл бұрын

What are your kgs per cow this year

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

450kg/MS

@RenzVillafuerte 2 ай бұрын

good day how to apply in your company?

@RenzVillafuerte 2 ай бұрын

i am from the Philippines im interested to work in your company

@davidnjuguna8960 2 жыл бұрын

...And Africa we're still struggling to change constitution to make more seats for lousy politicians, current politicians to have a hefty retirement package and pensions incase they loose election.

@blaineriach2409 2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever think it would have been easier with robots

@MCMilkingIt 2 жыл бұрын

Robots would be a lot more expensive for our herd size and in my opinion they don't suit our spring calving grass based system

@blaineriach2409 2 жыл бұрын

@@MCMilkingIt I was just wondering because I work at a 10 a side parlour it gets quite tiring when you have A lot of cows

@davidwgreen2403 Ай бұрын

equipment looks dirty

@Geco2011 Жыл бұрын

Why don’t you clean the utter and strip the utter and dip the utter. your milk filter looked very bad!!

@MCMilkingIt Жыл бұрын

We don't think it is necessary. The teats are clean enough when they are out on grass.

@Geco2011 Жыл бұрын

Every dairy I have seen, and my own, use this Standard practice. Plus your cows don’t look that clean. and you should consider cleaning your milk filter more often

@MCMilkingIt Жыл бұрын

@@Geco2011 milk filter is changed every milking

@Geco2011 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for replying