User experiences from dairy farmers about automatic feeding

At an altitude of around 700 meters in the Black Forest (D), the Fehrenbacher family has been running a farm for generations. Today, Leimgrabenhof is fully committed to modern technology to make the operation more efficient, sustainable, and ready for the future.

In the Avesnois region in Hauts-de-France, Maxime Louguet runs the mixed farming and livestock operation EARL des Belleux. The farm covers 230 hectares, about half of which is permanent grassland. The farm keeps around 400 animals, including 150 dairy cows of the Prim’Holstein and Jersiaise breeds.…

Benedikt Schulte from Bergesmilch GP shares his experience with their Triomatic automatic feeding system, featuring the WP 2 300 feeding robot and T30 feed kitchen.

Het is altijd een gezellig weerzien met de familie Petter en Herman van Dijk op melkveebedrijf het Ommerkanaal in Ommen. Aan de keukentafel zitten Henry en Arie Petter en nadat ze de gasten een heerlijke kop koffie heeft ingeschonken en heeft voorzien van een lekker gebakje, schuift Annie ook…

• Company: Farm Deiman-Ottens
• Number of cows: 530, of which 250 dairy cows (including 30 dry cows), 180 young stock and 100 bulls.
• Number of feedings a day: 34, divided over the different groups: 20 for the dairy cows, 4 for the dry cows (two groups), 7 for the young stock (four groups) and 3 for…

Berthold and Nina Altemeyer, from Salzbergen in Germany, have a beef farm with 360 cattle that are fed using a Triomatic T30 automatic feeding system. When asked why they opted for automatic feeding, Nina does not hesitate to answer: "Certainty!" For her, the Triomatic system is the same as having a…

Bart Smolders opted in favour of an automated feeding system rather than staff.

It is remarkably calm in the stables, the cows are lying around contentedly chewing their cud or standing curiously by the gate. There's nothing to show how hard at work they are. Mr. Verweij is a dairy farmer and cheesemaker. Together with his wife and two brothers, he runs the family business in…

"It's possible to feed multiple groups, several times a day. That is an important factor. The better you can treat the dry cows, the better they deliver and the less problems you get later on."

"The cows are healthy and happy, and you can see that from the quiet in the barn. It also saves a huge amount of time. Before I used to spend at least two hours a day feeding. Now it takes me half an hour"