Milk & milking

Automatic milking

Automatic Milking Systems in North America

Published: 8/10/2011 Written by: Monica Wadsworth

Thorough planning and research, willingness to adapt your management style and ability to trust the system to milk your cows without your active involvement are all necessary if you want to make a successful transition to automatic milking, Mark Futcher, Marketing Manager - Automatic Milking for DeLaval Inc., North America shares his experience and gives his advice.

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Milk quality

Procedures and products required for milking center efficiency, mastitis control, and production of high quality milk

Published: 2/14/2011 Written by: Winston Ingalls

Operating a dairy milking center involves managing a number of issues so that a satisfactory end result is accomplished. It involves labor management, work routine organization, mastitis control, cow physiology, Grade A milk production regulations, and agricultural economics.

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New technology

Details on the world's first automatic milking rotary unveiled

Published: 11/12/2010

The DeLaval AMR™ will suit herds exceeding 300 cows, the first commercial rotaries will have a 90 cow/hour capacity, and up to five robots will simultaneously operate the system, DeLaval announced today.

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Automation

Automatic Milking

Published: 1/18/2012 Written by: Monica Wadsworth

Automatic milking is becoming more and more interesting to milk producers around the world. In the next few months we will post interviews and articles about AMS milking. For the curious, but also for those of you who are already milking with robots, for benchmarking and sharing of best practices. Let us know if there is any particular subject within Automatic Milking that you would like to read more about.

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Automatic milking

Power and water consumption of automatic milking systems

Published: 2/14/2011 Written by: Monica Wadsworth
0 comment 5/23/2012

The Danish Advisory Center for cattle (Dansk Kvæg) made a farm test of the power and water consumption of five of the most recent AMS systems on the market.

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Cleaning

Cleaning the milking machine

Published: 1/2/2003 Written by: Peter Edmondson

An efficient wash up routine will help maintain milk quality, improve the appearance of the parlour and prolong the life of milking equipment.

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Automatic milking

Management guidelines for pasture-based AMS farms

Published: 12/20/2010 Written by:

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