Milking
"We want to continue milking cows in the future, and this allows us to keep going..."
"We want to continue milking cows in the future, and this allows us to keep going..."
Meet the Fielding family!
Darren, Michael and Emily Fielding are third generation dairy farmers who have inherited their farm from parents Robert and Denise Fielding. They currently milk 350 cows with 6 Lely A5 Astronaut milking robots. From feeling better physically to being able to spend more time with family, going down the road of robotics was a necessary transition for the Fielding family as it has allowed them to enjoy their personal lives significantly more.
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The old dairy
Darren Fielding predicts that the old shed was built in the 1950's-1960's. He describes it as being "old, cramped and needed a lot of work" to accomodate their vision of continuing to develop the dairy. Feeling limited by the old dairy, Darren describes their desire to continue dairy farming motivated them to look into robotics.
The New System
After making the switch to robotics, the Fielding family have noticed how big of a difference it has made on their personal lives. Darren described how with milking traditionally, not only is it physically damaging and "doesn't do your body any good" but it was also impacting his personal life. He explained how he'd miss out on family events due to how time-demanding the old system was and that "there's stuff you can't go to... so it does help with family life not having to be there [at the dairy] all the time."
Meet the Fielding family
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Partners of the Fielding family
Meet Lely Center Tasmania
Lely Center Tasmania, also known as Dairy Maintenance & Installation, has branches in Smithton and Launceston. They spend every day making farmer's lives easier with innovative solutions and tailored services. Craig and Sheree Stokes established DMI in 2005 at their home in Smithton. The family company has grown over time with Craig training up many technicians and teaching them the knowledge he has gained from his years in the dairy industry. He began working in the dairy industry back in 1988 and is still very passionate about the industry to this day.
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