Mf240
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you might do it in the paddock beside the parlour but other than that, my furthest away paddock takes me 40 minutes to get them in, even 4 rows at 10 minutes a row and 15 minutes to wash up plus 20 minutes to feed calves , very few milkings done in less than 2 hours. of course you could run them home along the roadway with a quad,don,t wipe cows before milking , don,t teat spray, throw a bucket of water down the parlour and call it washed, don,t wash the calf feeders or trolly and even at that i doubt it could be done in an hour. lots of suckler lads get into cows saying there,s no more work in dairy cows than sucklers and soon change their tune
I agree but with 25 acres and 25 cows op wont be long walks.
I'd agree with you that there Is way more work with dairy than sucklers. Dairy men would often keep a few suckers when they retire