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
Details
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.
Further information on the book
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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