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[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (9 children)

Yeah my dad had automated dairy farm, the cows walked themselves in and basically milked themselves. This was in freaking late 80's early 90's. You telling me they still milking by hand in Vermont in 2025?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (8 children)

It was cheaper exploiting illegals.

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (7 children)

Yeah I remember it cost my dad 500,000 in the 80's to build. Who knows what the cost today would be.

[–] Goten@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

145 000 to 175 000 € but thats for a small one with 1 milkingstall, or rather tiny if we compare american farms and austria xD (most farms with a milkingrobit have about 40-80 cows)

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Goten@piefed.social 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

i never read about usa farm but saw like 2 documentaries, i assumed you had like 500 :O

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

No we had twenty five hundred cows. 2,500.

[–] GenosseFlosse@feddit.org 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Wow, that's almost 2670 cows!

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Two and a half cows doesn't sound like that much.

But what do you need millicow precision for?

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