Dairies across North America are facing greater challenges than ever before. Finding and retaining farm labor, extreme temperature variation, volatile feed prices and the associated strain on succession planning all create a unique situation, requiring a unique solution. Lely robotics provide a way forward for producers, providing them a competitive advantage as well as easier succession planning.
Automated dairy systems from Lely fundamentally change the way producers run their dairies. Rather than physically operating the dairy themselves, Lely producers manage their dairies. This means leveraging the wealth of data generated by milking, feeding and caring robots to improve efficiencies, increase yields and reduce labor requirements. The Lely Horizon farm management system is the central platform which collects and transforms robotic performance data into immediately actionable insights, on computer or mobile device. This affords producers more time to spend with individual cows requiring attention, direct greater focus on their reproduction program, or see a movie with their family.
This new management style is attractive when considering succession planning. Generational succession has become less and less common, with a younger generation disinterested in the intensive manual labor, highly specific skill set and long hours required to run a dairy. Switching to Lely automation provides a better work/life for this next generation, who also readily gravitate toward technological systems. For someone raised on a smartphone, running a dairy from one is less intimidating than the grueling hours they may have seen their elders endure. For producers interested in selling their dairy outside the family, Lely systems provide as close to a turnkey operation as is possible, accompanied by years of historical data and future planning already established.
Lely has been providing the means to a sustainable, profitable and enjoyable future in farming through robotics for over 30 years. Despite demonstrated advantages, there are still myths about Lely systems, such as being extremely technical to operate and maintain. To discover the truth about this and other myths about Lely automated dairy systems, download our informative Lely Mythbuster.
