Best-In-Class Cow Comfort in a Parallel

Best-In-Class Cow Comfort in a Parallel. Article and photos provided by BouMatic. Brian Harbers is the owner of Harbers Farms located outside of Alberta, Canada. Harbers Farms was founded in 1972 and has been active for three generations. Both his daughter and son are involved in the dairy. Today, 125 cows...

Dimitra: Data-Driven Cattle Management

Dimitra: Data-Driven Cattle Management. By Maura Keller. Technological advancement can play a significant role in catapulting industries to the next level and the agricultural industry is no exception. Just ask Jon Trask, CEO and founder of Dimitra, a global agtech company that helps farmers worldwide. Trask...

Importance of Water for Dairy Calves

Importance of Water for Dairy Calves. By Heather Smith Thomas. Dairy calves need water as well as milk or milk replacer.  How and when it is supplied can make a difference in their health and growth.  Dr. Bob James, a dairy consultant and owner of Down Home Heifer Solutions, Blacksburg, VA (Former...

Importance of Water for Dairy Calves

Importance of Water for Dairy Calves.  By Heather Smith Thomas. Dairy calves need water as well as milk or milk replacer.  How and when it is supplied can make a difference in their health and growth.  Dr. Bob James, a dairy consultant and owner of Down Home Heifer Solutions, Blacksburg, VA (Former...

Parlor Systems Know-How

Parlor Systems Know-How. By Maura Keller. Today’s parlor systems speak volumes about the technological advancements that continually take hold of the dairy industry. In fact, the evolution of milking parlor systems has revolved around increases in cow throughput and efficiency.Parlors started out as...

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...

Weighing In on Scale System Technologies

Weighing In on Scale System Technologies. By Maura Keller. Technology in all aspects of life has been veered towards ease, efficiency, speed and information at your fingertips, and this is true as it relates to scale systems being used within the dairy and ranching industries.As Michele Marcoux, territory...

Milk Point Peace of Mind

Milk Point Peace of Mind. Article and photos provided by BouMatic.An essential component to milking gently, quickly, and completely is having a pulsation system that is working properly. Knowing that every milk point is being monitored to maintain peak performance can be a real peace of mind. BouMatic introduces...