URL_037: Northland Farm Services portable milker, $3,106.55 (house-cow dairy CapEx)

Source

https://www.northlandfarmservices.co.nz/ — original source (opens in a new tab; the file is not redistributed)

Context: ni · Feeds D02 (house-cow dairy CapEx)

Summary

A disclosed NZ retail price for a portable single-cluster milking machine at the house-cow scale, the one verified hard figure for the milking-plant leg of the community-dairy CapEx (RT_387). It anchors the model’s house-cow dairy archetype, since larger herd milking plants are price-on-application at every NZ supplier.

Key claims

- claim: "HOUSE-COW PORTABLE MILKER PRICE. A portable single-cluster milking machine is $3,106.55 incl GST: stainless-steel frame, 25 L bucket, 60/40 pulsator, 220 L rotary vacuum pump, milks up to 12 cows per hour. [verified against the raw: '3,106.55' confirmed]"
  source_location: "Northland Farm Services product listing (portable single-cluster milker), retrieved 2026-07-27."

Model use

  • The milking-plant leg of the house-cow dairy CapEx in D02 (RT_387). With a small covered bail (~20-30 m² at 500-900/m², grey builder rate) and minimal effluent, the house-cow archetype totals roughly **15,000-35,000** for self-supply. No vat and no MPI registration in the self-supply case (see REG_035). URL_037

Notes

  • Role. Verified house-cow milker price; the herd-scale milking plant (6-20 a-side herringbone) is price-on-application everywhere and stays unsourced.
  • Provenance. Retail product listing captured from the supplier site (curl), first-party price, not AI-synthesised. Figure verified against the raw.
  • Scope. context ni, feeds d02.

Connections

Links to

Sources (1): REG_035

EDT domains (1): D02: Smart Food Systems & Agriculture

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