If you’ve read some of our previous posts, you’ve seen us talk about prep lag time, consistency and the importance of routine in the milking parlor. All of those pieces matter, but they all hinge on one foundational concept […]
Across the industry, many dairies are asking the same question, “How do we get more cows through the parlor than it was originally designed for”? Sometimes this […]
It’s 3:00 in the morning and the parlor is already running. Cows are quietly filing into the holding area, the first group is stepping in, and the routine has begun. Teats are being prepped, units […]
Walk into most dairies today and you’ll find no shortage of data. There are parlor reports, milk flow curves, SCC trends, and more dashboards than ever before. In a […]
The dairy industry has never stood still. Our dairies grow. Labor changes. Facilities age. Cow numbers expand faster than infrastructure. Milk quality expectations continue to rise, […]
Over the past week here in Northeast Wisconsin, water has been impossible to ignore. Fields have been overly saturated. Low spots have turned into ponds. Tile […]
Every dairy producer has experienced the same frustration.You make an improvement — adjust the ration, add fans, improve stall bedding, or fine-tune the milking routine — […]