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Robotic Milking

Jan Hulsen and Jack Rodenburg

Contains information regarding house, feed & care of dairy cows, and the advances in robotic milking technology. Includes information on preparation and design.

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The success of robotic milking is based on the cows in the barn. This concerns housing, feed, care and working with the animals. The first task of the robot farmer is to leave the cows in peace. They must be healthy, they must enjoy eating concentrate and they must go easily to the robot to be milked. No more is required, but certainly no less.

The second challenge for the dairy farmer who is starting robotic milking is organizing the work. There are few tasks that take place at fixed times, but the farmer still has to have daily work lists. And he relies heavily on information that is provided by the computer.
Because the cows must be super-healthy and stay super-healthy, and the technical apparatus must continue to work perfectly. Prevention and thinking ahead are crucial. “Good enough” does not work; only "excellent" is acceptable.

The successful robot farmer is a manager who knows how to distinguish important issues from subsidiary ones. He focuses primarily on the cows, thinks in terms of processes and can work well with management information.

Robotic Milking is a book about managing robotic dairy farms. It is full of practical information, management information and ideas. It is written by Jan Hulsen of the Vetvice Group and Jack Rodenburg, so you are assured of practical, complete and accessible information.

This book is part of the Cow Signals series. To see the other 'Cow Signals' titles, click on the title's below, You can find all of the books here: https://www.contextbookshop.com/dairy/cow-signals-series

Building for the Cow
Cow Signals Checkbook
Young Stock Signals
Checkbook Young Stock
Cow Signals
Cow Signals Advanced: African Edition
Robotic Milking
Economics and Milking
Dry Periods

Published: 2008

ISBN: 9789087400439

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Type: Paperback

Pages: 52

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Availability: Available

About the author

Jan Hulsen grew up on a farm with dairy cattle and pigs. He began studying agricultural science and then switched to veterinary medicine. After three years working as a farm vet, he started to focus on education and consultancy. To that end, he became involved in journalism, marketing and business management.

With his company Vetvice, Jan developed the CowSignals® concept, and wrote the successful CowSignals books series.

Jack Rodenburg advised dairy producers in Canada on feeding and management of their herds for 34 years as an extension specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture. In this role he did extensive work on ration formulation, feed storage and manger design and on the nutritional impact of water quality. He has worked with the Vetvice team on numerous projects and currently operates DairyLogix, a Canadian consulting rm that focuses on farm application of robotic milking and other precision technologies.

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CONTENTS:
Introduction
SECTION ONE: The daily tasks

The first taks of the morning
Organizing your day effectively
Morning chores
Inspection round
Feeding and Feed Intake

SECTION TWO: Weekly and monthly chores

Develop protocols and systems
Develop protocols and systems: insemination
The dry period and transition
Introducing heifers to robotic milking
Cow flow and cow handling
Mastitis, somatic cell count and treatment
Hooves and cleanliness
Attention to hygiene
Hoof health

SECTION THREE: Know what is happening

Scheduling and process control
Achievement indicators and standard operating procedures
Work organization
Monitoring at-risk groups
Provide for cow welfare
Healthy milking routine
Labour organization
Key numbers, cow information and communication
Uno's, You Knows and bright ideas

SECTION FOUR: Preparation and design

Preparation and design
Labor efficiency
Quality of work
Considerations for barn and operations planning
Barn layouts
Issue 1: grazing
Issue 2: a bedding pack barn
Management question: Are you a robot farmer?
Starting a robotic dairy

Index

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This book weighs: 305g

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