Gordon Couger writes

Oz has his hands tied on using may of the methods in that list some by law
and some by the cost of labor. He can't get migrant worker of questionable
orginan that do good work for a reaonble pirce like the US Dairman can so
milking 3 or 4 times a day will probably not be cost effective for him.

A milker gross cost in the UK is probably close to $US 50,000/annum.

I
know he can't use haromoes

Indeed so.

and I expect that 15 or 16 month lactations would
get him in dutch wiht the animal rights folks.

Not at all.

Some how I think the the Eu
would find something wrong with feeding urea as well.

There are limits set IIRC.

Using those methods if you are a good enough mager to make them work will
let you make as much milk wiht 35 or 36 cows as you could with 40 milking
twice a day and milking for 10 months with no harmones. It does take a much
higer level of magment and attention to you cows to keep a top producting
herd.

Herd management is vital. The right people are thin on the ground.

People these days prefer a 39hr week with 6 weeks holiday in an
excellent working environment.

Whether this will be attainable for most in coming years may be moot.
White collar jobs are declining and supply of 'graduates' is way over
requirements.

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Oz
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