DAIRY CATTLE

Create the perfect environment for your dairy cattle: Part 14 – Milking machine systems

Milk is a very sensitive product and can get stale and smelly within a very short time. Bad milk will be rejected by the buyer and cause serious financial losses. Milk should be treat...

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3 Oct 2022 · 8 min read

Create the perfect environment for your dairy cattle: Part 12 Interior layout of the milking parlour (continued)

The interior design of your dairy can make or break your operation. With some clever thinking beforehand, your dairy will become a place of pride for generations to come. Doors Because...

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27 Sep 2022 · 7 min read

Create the perfect environment for your dairy cattle: Part 11 – The interior and exterior layout of a milking parlour

To ensure a pleasant milking experience for the cows, farmer, workers and even visitors, it is very wise to have a look at all the factors involved and do some planning before you draw u...

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27 Sep 2022 · 7 min read

Create the perfect environment for your dairy cattle: Part 10 – Rapid-exit milking parlours and regulations

Rapid-exit parlours are designed to improve the efficiency of fishbone and parallel parlours. All the cows on the one side of the parlour are let out simultaneously in a direction perpen...

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27 Sep 2022 · 6 min read

Create the perfect environment for your dairy cattle: Part 9 – The benefits and disadvantages of fishbone and rotating parlour structures

Fishbone milking parlour Cows enter these parlours in groups and stand at an angle to the milking pit, so that only the udder part of the cow is exposed to the labourer (Figure 1). ...

Livestock

27 Sep 2022 · 6 min read

Create the perfect environment for your dairy cattle: Part 9 – The benefits and disadvantages of fishbone and rotating parlour structures

Fishbone milking parlour Cows enter these parlours in groups and stand at an angle to the milking pit, so that only the udder part of the cow is exposed to the labourer (Figure 1). ...

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31 Aug 2022 · 6 min read