Gloucestershire, located in the south of the United Kingdom, is home to Court Farm. Richard Carter and his family run the family business here, which has been around for nearly 30 years. Robotisation is an important topic at the dairy farm. And after working with another manure robot, they finally chose the Barn-E from JOZ. What does the slurry collector robot do for Court Farm? And how does Richard see the future? Substantial growth Richard runs the dairy farm with his wife and her parents. ‘My parents-in-law started the business in the 1990s. Back then they had about 50 to…

Robotic feed pushers have been around for over ten years now and if you haven’t installed one yet here are five reasons why they are a sound investment. More milk It’s been fairly well established know that a robotic feed pusher increases milk yield by 0.5-1l per cow per day.  For a 250 cow herd that is an extra 18,000 litres per year or £6,300 per year at 35p/l, before we allow for additional forage costs.  By pushing up the feed 8-12 times per day instead of 3-4 times you increase the number of visits to the feed fence and…

Variable speed vacuum pumps have been pretty much standard on new parlours for a few years now but with rising electricity prices it makes sense to update your existing pump as well. How does it work – Instead of the regulator wasting vacuum it doesn’t need, a Vacuum on demand (VOD) system measures the parlour vacuum level and adjusts the vacuum pump speed depending on the demand.  As milking units are attached the pump will increase speed to allow for the extra Vacuum demand.  If a unit falls off on and lots of extra vacuum is requires quickly then the…

Due to the significant increase in electricity costs, Wooldridge milking technologies have recently been working on an energy saving dairy project for a customer. As a result of the improvements the customer reported their electricity bill for December 2021 was £1500 lower than December 2020. The improvements included, Variable speed vacuum pumps – We kept the original pumps and added variable speed drives to save energy, reduce noise and maintenance. Variable speed milk pump – We kept the original pump and added a variable speed drive to save improve cooling through the plate cooler and save energy.  The customer reported…