24 Hanskamp Walkthrough Feedstations with 16 Delaval Robots - Hillside Dairies - Alister Clyne

Inside one of Australia's most ambitious robotic dairies — 24 Hanskamp walkthrough feed stations paired with 16 DeLaval V300 robots milking 1200 cows in a 6 way grazing pasture based system, all running at Hillside Dairies in East Gippsland. Alister Clyne walks us through the full setup: how the robots and feed stations work together, why he built it this way, what's working day to day, and what he'd change if he started again. No marketing edit. Just a progressive Australian dairy farmer showing his operation as it actually runs. If you're considering robotic milking, scaling your herd, or working out how to take labour out of your dairy without compromising production — this is 40 minutes worth your time. ⏱ Chapters 0:00 Welcome & system overview 2:20 Why Alister moved from a 50-unit rotary 5:20 Robot layout, VIP area & dual milk-line redundancy 11:05 The 24:16 feed-station-to-robot ratio 12:30 Why only 1kg of grain goes through the robot 17:00 How Alister found Hanskamp walk-through feeders 20:00 Solving bad cow behaviour with the walk-through design 24:00 Australia's largest pasture-based robotic dairy 26:45 Maintenance after 2.5 years 29:20 The exit congestion challenge 34:15 Advice for farmers planning a robotic dairy 37:00 Why out-of-parlour feeders are non-negotiable About K2 Agri K2 Agri is a boutique Australian agribusiness helping dairy farmers work smarter, not harder. We're the Australian distributor for Hanskamp walk-through feed stations — innovative European equipment built to remove labour and solve root-cause problems on farm. Want to see a Hanskamp setup running on a real farm? Book a farm visit through K2 Agri — sander@k2agri.com.au More farm tours like this coming. Subscribe if you want to see them 🌐 k2agri.com.au 📧 sander@k2agri.com.au 📞 0447 550 546 #Hanskamp #DeLaval #RoboticDairy #DairyFarming #AustralianDairy