Milk Safety and Quality in At-Home Processing

Milk Safety and Quality in At-Home Processing. By Michelle Buckley - Iowa State University According to the USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) the number of dairy goat operations nearly doubled between 1997 and 2017 from 75,000 to 136,000 while the average herd size decreased from...

Sand or Savings? You Decide with Bioret Agri

Sand or Savings? You Decide with Bioret AgriBy Dale Gordon – Director of Sales and Marketing – North AmericaSand, sand or sand.  Those are your 3 best bedding options.  Which one do you prefer?I’ve heard this for years and it’s time to come to grips with this fallacy.  I’ve...

Handling Livestock Efficiently and Effectively

Handling Livestock Efficiently and Effectively. By Maura Keller. Properly handling livestock should be one of the key areas of focus on any size ranch or farm. Not only do proper chutes, headgates and corrals ensure the efficient movement and handling of livestock, but they also can enhance the safety of...

Built Around Cow Comfort. Better milking starts with cow comfort.

Built Around Cow Comfort. Better milking starts with cow comfort.  Article and photos provided by BouMatic. Revolutionary Design. BouMatic’s Flo-Star Xtreme has much of the design that made the Flo-Star MAX a great milking claw, but with new features that further enhances performance. One such feature...

Hydraulic Lock in cold weather

Hydraulic Lock in cold weather Article courtesy of E Tip, Inc. Hydraulic lock is often overlooked when starting diesels in cold weather. Equipment designed with the hydraulic pump direct connected/coupled to the engine will turn over less easily and at a slower RPM because of the increased drag from the cold...

Taking Milking To The Next Level

Taking Milking To The Next Level. By Maura Keller. Today’s robotic milkers are key instruments in helping dairies gain efficiencies in milk production, animal health and productivity. As the technology of robotic milkers continues to evolve, manufacturers are paying close attention to the key...

Rotary System Designed for Maximum Performance

Rotary System Designed for Maximum Performance. Article and photos provided by BouMatic. Ebert Enterprises LLC operates with 3,500 adult cows and 3,500 heifers. They had been milking in two parlors; a Double 26 parallel and a Double 8 for the cows that need closer attention after freshening.  In 2016,...

Today’s Milking Parlor Systems

Today’s Milking Parlor Systems. By Maura Keller. For today’s dairy systems, the issues of efficiency, productivity and profitability are top of mind. And one key area that can greatly impact these tenets of successful dairy operations are milking parlor systems.As Patrick Wiltzius, market...