Re: So why are some farms more successful /

Posted by philip d on February 08, 2018 at 14:47:50 from (96.44.71.157):

In Reply to: So why are some farms more successful / posted by Bruce from Can. on February 08, 2018 at 07:31:33:

All great points! When I got out of school barn chores consisted of things like this. Let a huge pile of grass run onto the floor from the silo. While that was happening ,use a silage fork and snow scraper and push all the leftover feed into piles. Fork and wheel those away. Usually 4-6 wheel barrow loads. Then you'd fork and shovel manure from 8 cows where the stable cleaner didn't go,usually 2 1/2 contractor type wheel barrow loads. Run the stable cleaner and fork and wheel all the fresh silage to the cows. Usually 30 wheel barrow loads. Shovel the dairy ration into the wheel barrow wheel it around with a piece of paper and a weigh scoop and give them their grain,usually 2 1/2 wheel barrow loads. Than you'd milk. After that you'd throw down 12 bales of straw swimming in broken bales at times (once a day) then bed the cows and calves then starter and milk. All that was done twice a day for 39 cows with usually 3 people. Not to mention the dry cows and heifers. Now we milk 60-65 only forking is tidying out the free stalls. The robot does the milking the feed stations give the extra grain and the loader and conveyor handles the silage and the skid steer handles the manure. 1 person can easily do all of it ,3 hours in the morning 2 at night without breaking a sweat or relying on outside labour to show up. We have debt but we cut our wages 50000 per year in the process and our herd is healthier and easier to manage. I'm only a medium sized man but for a guy my size I get a heck of a lot done in a day. I start getting all the equipment for the year ready right after New Years minus the disks and harrows that are kept outside. That way I have time to look things over twice and do it right plus wait for parts. Hit the ground running in spring going from one job to the next and every piece of equipment I need is serviced and ready to go to work.

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