The installation of four automatic slurry vacuums has helped a Scottish dairy farmer reduce his mastitis cases by 50%, as well as benefiting cow health and saving on labour.Farming 405ha (1,000 acres) in Holywood, Dumfries, Fraser Nicholson invested in four Lely Discovery 120 Collector slurry vacuums for his 430-head Holstein herd in 2020.Prior to this, he was using rope and hydraulic scrapers, programmed to scrape passages 12 times a day. "We were getting a bit fed up with our previous system causing some issues with damage to the cows' feet,” he says. "We wanted to get away from a system where there were any obstructions to mitigate this.
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