Milking and feeding takes more than half of a farmer’s time

Of the hours spent on milk related activities, European dairy spend 50% to 75% of their time on milking and feeding. This has been analysed by European Dairy Farmers (EDF). The Danish dairy farms with a milking parlour spend 20 hours of milk-related activities, of which nearly 17 hours of milking and feeding. They even spend a little less time than the farmers in Sweden, operating with a milking robot (AMS). This comparison was independent of whether the Swedish farms where organic dairy farms.