Implantación del ordeño robotizado en Galicia
- Castro Ramos, Angel
- Pereira González, José Manuel
ISSN: 2171-1216
Year of publication: 2012
Issue Title: Ponencias del I Workshop "Investigación en Ingeniería para el Desarrollo Rural"
Volume: 3
Issue: 3
Pages: 7-16
Type: Article
More publications in: Spanish journal of rural development
Abstract
The whole of Galician dairy farmers that on summer 2009 had installed an automatic milking system (AMS), have been interviewed with the help of a survey. This questionnaire captures the socioeconomics and structural aspects of their farms. Over 29 of these dairy farms a study was realized to determine the efficiency in this milking system. The farmers that invested in an AMS are relatively young, representing the successor on their farms with a educational level ever higher. With an average area of 44,5 hectares of land, only 1/3 of the farms produce forage needed for their livestock density. Generally they are very intensive dairy farms. The most important reasons to install the robotic milking in Galicia was the labour reduction and labour flexibility. With the introduction of the AMS, farmers agree with that their quality of life and the quality of life from their family had improved. The robotics milking currently used in Galicia milked below its maximum occupation, with a milk yield of 549734 kg per year and a milking downtime of 1974 h/year.