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Despite current pressures with increased costs of production the slower exit rate is encouraging to the industry and to other dairy farmers. Photo: Chris McCullough
15-06-2022 | News

Exit rate of dairy farmers in Great Britain slows

Utilising smart dairy technologies such as robotic milking facilities provide dairy farmers an upper hand when it comes to gradually drying cows off. Photo: Henk Riswick
01-04-2022 | Article

Drying off management on smart dairy farms

Parlours require a minor service every 750 operating hours and a more significant service every 1,500 operating hours. Photo: Chris McCullough
24-01-2022 | Article

Milking machines – from maintenance to hygiene

This study investigated whether training heifers on an AMS phantom provides the possibility of preparing heifers for the following lactation at the AMS. Photo: Canva
17-01-2022 | Article

Training heifers on a ‘phantom’ milking robot

Photo: Ton Kastermans
21-10-2021 | Article

Diving into digital dairy farming and automation

Markus Gruber milks 75 Fleckvieh cows on the family farm in Austria. Photo: Chris McCullough
12-10-2021 | Article

Austria: Dairy farming good but margins tight

SPACE 2021, a bustling trade show in Rennes, France. Photo: Vincent ter Beek
23-09-2021 | Expert opinion

SPACE 2021: What was it really like?

David Macalister: “This system offers far more flexibility than milking twice a day.” Photo: Macalister Farm
22-09-2021 | Article

Dairy farmers talk about the benefits of once-a-day milking

Digital Dairy Value-Chain will help to deliver more jobs in the sector, alongside stimulating research and innovation to support our farmers to develop their businesses. Importantly, it will also help to decarbonise the industry, says Professor Wayne Powell, Principal and Chief Executive of SRUC. Photo: Michel Zoeter
10-09-2021 | News

Major sector support: Digital dairy project awarded £21m

If cows are prepared properly before milking (called pre-milking stimulation or PS), there are many benefits. Among them are rapid milk let-down. Photo: Dr Matthias Wieland
06-09-2021 | Article

Automated stimulation of milk let-down