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Are Automatic Milking Systems Profitable in Australia?
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Commercially operating automatic milking systems (AMS) have been in Australia since 2001. While this system currently makes up less than 1% of the Australian dairy industry, positivity in the industry is currently seeing many farmers consider AMS as part of future investment in their businesses, with a number of farms installing them in the coming 12- 18mths.
This month we speaking with two of the “Milking Edge” project team (Juan Gargiulo and Jessica Bell) who have done excellent research into the profitability of AMS systems compared to conventional milking systems in our Australian pasture based environment and developed world leading, freely available learning modules and decision support tools for interested farmers and industry players to help them in their consideration, understanding and investment process.
Useful resources related to this podcast:
Online training modules and AMS Integrated Management Model (IMM)
Register for the AMS Farm Showcase.
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It is brought to you in partnership the Hunter Local Land Services
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