Farmer Stories

“Due to off farm work commitments I needed very reliable and dependable hired labour. I was looking for over a year to find the right person, however,when I saw robots in action, I thought—why bother looking? The robot would pay for itself in five years, compared to the premium cost of good labour.”

“Since getting the Lely Discovery, we have significantly reduced mastitis instances and SCC levels on farm, so there is a huge cost saving there. Overall, the farm is much cleaner, and the cows are too when they present in the parlour.”

  John Horgan from Enniskeane in Co.Cork first started robotic milking 3 years ago with 60 cows on 1 Lely Astronaut A5 robot and just last year added a second one while increasing "I remember standing in the yard one day and I said to myself, all I want to do is make my life a bit easier. Hard work wasn’t the problem, it was time. "