Is labor a challenge? Could you be more consistent with your milking process or milk cows more efficiently?

As names and faces change through retirements and new hirings, the need for knowledge and training are important for every sector of the dairy industry. This includes education of on-farm employees on the key practices and steps to follow to ensure that the milk leaving the farm is of the highest quality.

There are several factors to consider when upgrading a milking system, particularly if that upgrade goes from a traditional parlor to robots – including cost, feasibility, labor and herd adaptation among others. 

The next generation of dairy farmers are wanting to operate more efficiently in less time and are being forced to do this with even less and less of an available labor force each year. 

Automation in the dairy industry is moving fast, ever-changing and improving every day. Understanding the cows is the first consideration, and the machine, whatever it is, must fit their behavior.

Quel que soit le type de système de traite que vous envisagez d’utiliser, la période de transition demeure un des moments les plus stressants dans la vie d’une vache.

Should this cow stay in the herd or should she find a new career? Robots don’t lie. Let their data help you decide. 

The transition to robotic milking will require learning new approaches to things, and the right tools can make the job a whole lot easier. Sort gates and separation pens can be the right tools to help care for cows in a robotic milking system.

When designing a new or retrofit barn for automation, it is essential to give much thought to cow comfort, as well as the flow of cows and people in the barn.