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2/14/2011
The test showed a difference of 250 DKK (around 45 USD or 34 Euro) per cow and year between the different AMS systems.
The automatic milking systems need to be correctly calibrated and maintained, to avoid increased costs of power and energy, but the largest cost savings can be achieved through a maximum utilization of the system’s capacity.
Important factors to fulfill these parameters are e.g breeding, feeding and farm management. The more kg of milk that run through the robot every 24 hours, the better the economy of the power and water consumption.
The FarmTest group recommends AMS users to install electricity and water meters, to be able to continuously check consumption and control costs.
Read the whole study on power and energy consumption of AMS (download pdf)
Wadsworth, Monica
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