Lely Orbiter
An on-farm automated dairy processing system. It pro- cesses milk directly from the Lely astronaut milking robots to the bottle. This ensures quality, optimal taste and cre- ates a shorter route to the consumer. With this system dairy products can be traced up to cow level. This system lets the farmer have complete control with each milking. For more info, visit
www.lely.com
Future plans When asked about what the future looks like for the Oostdam family and the dairy farm in Bodegraven, Yvonne says, “We want to of course see our products grow and offer additional sizes in bottled milk. We are also open to more retail possibili- ties.” The family wants to expand in other products too. “In the future we would like to see what we can do with our products by offering a wider range, by developing and testing how well products will do with consumers like higher protein milk, milk from grass-fed cows, A2 milk and barista milk, we will see what the possibilities are.” Yvonne adds that sales of A2 milk is very limited in the Netherlands, but she believes it is worth looking into in the future to see what the possibilities are. They are also keen to try and produce yoghurt in the near future. “We would like the number of consumers grow and of course keep the focus on the welfare of our animals and con- tinue to operate in a sustainable way.”
The Lely Orbiter is an on-farm automated dairy processing system.
But of course all the logistics on-farm had to be put in place before this could happen. For the milk process, the family went with the Lely Orbiter, a system which is an on-farm milk processor (see Box – Lely Orbiter). Although timelines could differ on farm for installation of this automatic pro- cessor, on this particular farm it took around four months to get the system up and running. The Lely Orbiter processes the milk with a capacity of 300 litres per hour, and allows bottling and labelling also to take place all on-farm. This is the second Lely Orbiter in the Netherlands. Once the milk goes through the process of pasteurisation, homogenisa- tion and is bottled, labelled and packaged on-farm, it is then collected for distribution. “We believe in transparency and we have that with Lely,” says Jorden. Lely not only helped the farm with on-farm processing but also with ad- vice on being better connected between farmer, retailer and consumer.
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The Lely Orbiter processes 300 litres per hour; bottling and labelling also takes place on-farm.
Mijn Melk
‘Mijn Melk’ is a platform where farmers can offer milk di- rectly from the farm, it is fresh milk, straight from the cow into the bottle. Milk from farms is not mixed with other milk. For the pro- duction under the concept of Mijn Melk, farmers use an almost fully au- tomated mini-milk factory. The milk is automat- ically pasteurised and packaged on-farm.
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