Do you have a concentrate feed box?
Sometimes you need a concentrate feed box to be able to give the desired extra amount of concentrate feed that cannot be taken up in the milking robot to high-producing cows.
Do you have insight into whether these cows are actually coming there and whether the programmed amounts are being taken up sufficiently?
There are nice lists to show this, especially when it is programmed as an extra type of feed.
And when was the concentrate feed box last calibrated?
Corporate blindness.
Do you not (yet) suffer from business blindness?
How many daily chores have been running on “autopilot” for a while now, not thinking anymore about whether it could be done more conveniently or whether some ease has crept in here and there?
How often do you still do the 2-Minute Check?
And do you check weekly whether the concentrate, for example given to old-milk cows, in particular is in line with their condition and production? In other words: are your concentrate costs spent on the right cows at the right time? Are the cows that are going to be dried off in the right condition?
In the robot / milking parlor area: How clean and how maintained are the technical components to prevent unwanted surprises at the wrong time?
Do you still look at the Work Routines list every now and then?
Clearly cow identification?
Can “strangers” recognize your cows?
You probably know all your cows and don’t need the collar numbers or ear tags to know which cow it is.
But what if you go on holiday or for some other reason, perhaps suddenly, you need someone to take over your work. Can this person find the cows?
In other words: Is your cow identification in order? Are the numbers on the collars complete and legible to a stranger? Aren’t collars twisted, etc.?
When using ear tags as cow identification: are they complete and legible?
Handy VMS Guidance gate.
The VMS guidance gate has proven its usefulness on many farms when milk
ing new cows and heifers.
However, the production of these fences stops.
So if you still want such a fence, please let us know at harry@harrytuinier.nl
Also see on this Website:
=> VMS Start-up assistance
=> Handy VMS Guidance Gate
Sieves on separation jugs.
It’s getting warmer again and that often means more flies…
It also sometimes splashes happily around the jugs for separation milk, which is a treat for the flies. To prevent splashing and fly nuisance, you can easily place sieves with a diameter of 18 – 20 cm on the
separation jugs. These must be made of metal because then the meshes or wires are thinner and that means less splashing. So no plastic strainers.