Dairy
As we drift away from peak milk production, it is important to remember the role of hygiene and efficiency in the parlour.
As farms quieten down between the first and second cut of silage, you should be looking into servicing your milking machine and bulk tank.
Most cows will be served by now, meaning that the pit of the parlour will be where most time is spent over the next few weeks.
A job that often gets put on the long finger but which can severely impact cow health and milk quality is the changing of milk liners.
N.Ireland
A good milking routine is hugely important, particularly when it comes to milking efficiency and...
With breeding and silage season in full swing, it can be easy to forget about the maintenance of...
Most dairy farms are now well into calving. With a good number of cows calved, an important job to...
Colder night-time and daytime temperatures are starting to set in, with the country already experiencing freezing weather conditions.
A prototype of a New Zealand milking system has won an award for its innovation this month and it...
The milking production season has ended on many spring-calving dairy farms, and now is a good opportunity for those farms to begin parlour training.
DeLaval has announced the launch of two new products as part of its new Flow-Responsive milking system, which it claims could reduce milking time by up to 10%.
DeLaval has unveiled a new sequential bailing milking parlour, with the global unveiling of the...
The milking routine is the most important job on a dairy farm, because you could say it is the only...
A rotary dairy platform, reputed to be the most technologically advanced in the world, is now available for UK and Irish dairy farmers in a range of sizes, according to Waikato Milking Systems.
The problem of freezing of milking machines and other equipment in milking parlours can be two of the problems dairy farmers face.
A milking robot will prove a 36% labour saving on-farm in comparison to a conventional milking parlour.
