Lely Vector Feeding System Launched Into Canada
By Amanda Brodhagen, Farms.com
One of the leading innovators of dairy farm technology – Lely – launched the Vector at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show. Lely, a Dutch based company is best known for its robotic milker technology and the Vector, an automated TMR mixer, is the newest addition to its product line. It’s been hailed as the “perfect solution to every dairy farm” and a way to revolutionize the way dairy farmers feed their cows. Efficient high quality production is vital to any dairy farm and Lely has engineered a way to make feeding cows more efficient and cost effective.
The Lely Vector is a robotic feeding system and has four attractive traits:
1.Flexibility – the automatic robotic feeding system allows the farm operator to only have to focus on feeding the cows once every three days. It also allows the farmer to decide what type of feed strategy the farmer wants to implement on his or her farm.
2.Fresh feed – the feed is able to retain its high quality since it’s served fresh multiple times a day which is healthier for the cows and will increase milk production.
3.Return on your investment – fresh feed reduces waste and energy consumption is boosted.
4.Sustainability – reduces labour input which ultimately saves costs.
The Lely Vector can feed a 300 head herd mix of cows and heifers and it has the capacity to feed roughly 200-240 milking cows. The price tag is stiff - it’s in the same ball park as a robotic milker system.
Some of the other features that Lely was showcasing at this year’s Farm Show include its A-4 robotic milker technology. The A-4 changes the way that cows exit, also known as I-flow, and it improves the capacity of the robotic milker machine. Lely also added some sensor technologies and the way it transports milk on the A-4 robot.
How does it work?
