Yep sounds smart initially but that fertilizer contaminates the area it is applied and it's super concentrated so it takes multiple grazing rotations before the cow will eat that area again, it may only be eaten twice in the year, each year there are several grazing rotations and with each one you end up with less and less edible area. You could force them to eat it, but that requires you to limit intakes as you must restrict access go feed to make them eat the less desirable areas so you lose milk yield. Maximising yield while grazing is very very difficult, silage is by far the more consistent and manageable option, zero grazing is probably the worst system, you've got the extra cost, labour required everyday, the feed goes off within 24 hrs rapidly affecting intakes. I know this because we've done all 3 systems on our home farm, baled silage has been the best system so far for consistency and yield. Our only issue is housing which will be improving shortly.
@@jeffjefferson3364 Allen savory is one of them and several others here on you tube you could learn from!!! Live is about living healthy sustainable food. Nature knows no waist, nature recycles every thing. We give tree co2 and the tree gives us o2 in return.
Grazing is more than just the cows getting fresh grass, it's about allowing the cows to perform their natural behaviors. Not letting cattle graze is cruel. I'm glad it's required by law where I live (though it should be extended to bulls too).
Wo führt das noch hin?🤦🏻♂️ Im gleichen Video sieht man Kühe auf der Weide und dann soll mann sich eine teure Maschine kaufen, obschon sie das Gras selber und gratis holen? Where does that lead to? 🤦🏻♂️ In the same video you see cows in the pasture and then you should buy an expensive machine, even though you get the grass yourself and for free?
I have. Forty years ago. Taught by my Dad, who did it 30 years before that. "Cutting grass for the cows".. Daily mid morning job, 7 days a week, for 6 months of the year, here in Southern Ontario. For the big dairy farms they run now with hundreds and hundreds of cows, a robot to do this would save, probably..... ten hours a week? More? So 1/4 of an employee's work week. For 6 months or more. We had 30 ish milkers, 60 ish all in herd. used a 50 HP tractor, a used grasschopper. (NOT a forage harvester), and a feeding wagon.static, not powered. Two or three tons a day. ( They waste a bit, not too bad with a good wagon.fed in the field for us) Hundreds of cows would either take way too many hours, or big expensive equipment. This is like using a lightweight machine that doesn't need an operator. That's huge. If it was electric, rechargeable, and reasonably economical to buy? ( if it isn't, it will be in the future) Then charge it with the 2 acres of solar on your barn roofs............. Old idea. New application. It will sell. Just not to anyone milking less than 300 or 400 cows, at least. There is a LOT of math involved in these kinds of purchases. Could write an essay on it, that would only apply to one farm. Will be really neat to see how Ag companies adapt to it.
Many farms have large engine tractors. The amount of Diesel spent per hour is expensive. In Europe Diesel fuel is at least twice as expensive as it is in the US. The amount of horsepower necessary to cut the grass and carry the grass is a fraction of the energy required by the large engine tractors. To drive a Diesel tractor somebody needs to drive it. Now there are two expenses Diesel fuel and human labor. The cost of the fresh grass probably just tripled or quadrupled. At this point other food sources which are not as fresh are price competitive, and if labor is scarce, something requiring attention that needed to be done was left unattended for another day.
Put up a fence and send the cows out to the field. Puts its own fertilisers in the field and no machine required
Wow that is so smart 😂😂
Yep sounds smart initially but that fertilizer contaminates the area it is applied and it's super concentrated so it takes multiple grazing rotations before the cow will eat that area again, it may only be eaten twice in the year, each year there are several grazing rotations and with each one you end up with less and less edible area. You could force them to eat it, but that requires you to limit intakes as you must restrict access go feed to make them eat the less desirable areas so you lose milk yield.
Maximising yield while grazing is very very difficult, silage is by far the more consistent and manageable option, zero grazing is probably the worst system, you've got the extra cost, labour required everyday, the feed goes off within 24 hrs rapidly affecting intakes.
I know this because we've done all 3 systems on our home farm, baled silage has been the best system so far for consistency and yield. Our only issue is housing which will be improving shortly.
@@jeffjefferson3364 have a good look at regenerative farming.
@@frederiksmees5503 I've had a look at it. What part of it applies to grassland farming?
@@jeffjefferson3364 Allen savory is one of them and several others here on you tube you could learn from!!! Live is about living healthy sustainable food. Nature knows no waist, nature recycles every thing. We give tree co2 and the tree gives us o2 in return.
Maximum height of grass can we cut through this system Thnq
How many capacity of holding grass this system Thnq
How many types of grass can we cut through this system Thnq
How many cows for this one Robot ceficient Thnq
It would be cool to use a liquid bladder for the slurry so as it applys the slurry it makes room for more grass in the cargo hold.
Grazing is more than just the cows getting fresh grass, it's about allowing the cows to perform their natural behaviors. Not letting cattle graze is cruel. I'm glad it's required by law where I live (though it should be extended to bulls too).
Are you from New Zealand?
@@Blais3 Sweden. We're pretty jealous of New Zealand, grazing season is 7 months here if we're lucky but they can graze all year round!
@@Theorimlig Tought you're from NZ because they have same law. Been there for a year, cant wait to go back
Having cows walk over the grass means you need 4 times the land, and even then, the yield is way less because they destroy the grass.
Interesting to see how much this costs
Probably more than a5 robot
Wo führt das noch hin?🤦🏻♂️
Im gleichen Video sieht man Kühe auf der Weide und dann soll mann sich eine teure Maschine kaufen, obschon sie das Gras selber und gratis holen?
Where does that lead to? 🤦🏻♂️ In the same video you see cows in the pasture and then you should buy an expensive machine, even though you get the grass yourself and for free?
sinnloseste Maschine...ever
Which type of grass is this?
Its generic and type?
Perennial ryegrass? Is that what you mean?
i saw this and just started laughing
Me ask dad if we can get this
Dad: no to much money
It's neat that it's a robot, but why not just use already existing machinery to do the same thing?
I have. Forty years ago. Taught by my Dad, who did it 30 years before that.
"Cutting grass for the cows".. Daily mid morning job, 7 days a week, for 6 months of the year, here in Southern Ontario.
For the big dairy farms they run now with hundreds and hundreds of cows, a robot to do this would save, probably..... ten hours a week? More? So 1/4 of an employee's work week. For 6 months or more.
We had 30 ish milkers, 60 ish all in herd. used a 50 HP tractor, a used grasschopper. (NOT a forage harvester), and a feeding wagon.static, not powered.
Two or three tons a day. ( They waste a bit, not too bad with a good wagon.fed in the field for us)
Hundreds of cows would either take way too many hours, or big expensive equipment.
This is like using a lightweight machine that doesn't need an operator. That's huge.
If it was electric, rechargeable, and reasonably economical to buy? ( if it isn't, it will be in the future)
Then charge it with the 2 acres of solar on your barn roofs.............
Old idea. New application. It will sell. Just not to anyone milking less than 300 or 400 cows, at least.
There is a LOT of math involved in these kinds of purchases. Could write an essay on it, that would only apply to one farm. Will be really neat to see how Ag companies adapt to it.
Many farms have large engine tractors. The amount of Diesel spent per hour is expensive. In Europe Diesel fuel is at least twice as expensive as it is in the US.
The amount of horsepower necessary to cut the grass and carry the grass is a fraction of the energy required by the large engine tractors. To drive a Diesel tractor somebody needs to drive it.
Now there are two expenses Diesel fuel and human labor. The cost of the fresh grass probably just tripled or quadrupled. At this point other food sources which are not as fresh are price competitive, and if labor is scarce, something requiring attention that needed to be done was left unattended for another day.
Pour un prix de lait à 33 centimes on ne même pas en rêve et on pourrait pas le payer
Grass silage = Hay
silage and hay are two different things
not really, there is a difference between dried grass and fermented grass
@@tractorspotting4675 thank you. You’re right.
mij net een stap te ver!...
Biggest load of Bollax
Oder man lässt seine Kühe einfach raus hahah
One of the dumbest and useless machines i had ever seen.
hate it