Tip of the Month – August 2023

Stress in waiting area.

It is ideal if a waiting area behind the milking robot has ample capacity to receive cows that can be milked in about an hour.
So approx. 8 or more per robot.

But it’s no fun to be a cow and being in the waiting area for an hour (or longer…)  !

This most often happens with cows that are frightened, new, recently calved, in pain, or are bothered by something or don’t like being in the robot.

Make sure that these cows in particular are in the waiting area for as short a time as possible.
Stress before milking should never last long, these are bad experiences and will prevent the cow from coming and walking on her own next time.