December 15, 2020 12:58 pm
Jim O’Brien, who runs a dairy farm in Croom, Co. Limerick, first installed a Fullwood M²erlin in 2013 – and decided to upgrade again this year.
Jim chose to install a robot on his farm after a lot of careful consideration. “I really enjoy milking,” he explained “but the old parlour hadn’t had a penny spent on it since it was originally installed”.
“The robot lets me spend more time with the cows outside of the parlour, and lets me concentrate on managing the grassland to maximum effect,” the dairy farmer added.
“We can produce plenty of fresh grass in this part of Ireland so it makes sense for us to graze the cows for as many days as possible – that’s the cheapest way for us to produce milk.”