Importance of Herd Management Software for Dairy Farms

          It is very important today to track and analyze information about the herd in a dairy farm. Dairy farmers need to have current and correct information in order to have business decisions. Additionally, accurate record keeping of cattle welfare, milking efficiency, feeding and breeding becoming more important. All these with the help of the technology can now be tracked with the help of software. These software programmes can be found in the market offered by different companies.

          The advantage of the herd management  system is that they save time with keeping the record thorough computers instead of manual recording. Additionally, these records can be tracked with mobile after loading them into the computer.

          With the help of these, analyzing and reporting phases of dairy management become much more easier. In these systems reliable sensors are used to track cattle measurements like temperature, blood, weight and feeding. To take an action against an emergent  situation about the cattle can be done faster by this way. All needed information like the number of the cattle, its photo, milking productivity, fat and proteins in the milk, feeding style can tracked and recorded.

Livestock Mats Manufacturers List Worldwide

      1. Gascoigne Melotte, France

      2. Manus, France

      3. STS Stabulex, France

      4. Weda GmbH, Germany

      5. de Boer, Netherlands

       6. E.G. ten Kate, Netherlands

      7. Vereijken, Netherlands

      8. Spinder, Netherlands

      9. Rexlan Europe APS, Denmark

      10. Kraiburg, Germany 

Mixer Feeder Wagon Manufacturers List Worlwide

1. Bergmann, Germany.

2. Fella Werke GmbH, Germany.

3. Kuhn GmbH, Germany.

4. Marmix, Germany.

5. AGM (W. van Schayik), Netherlands.

6. Agrimix (van Berkel), Netherlands

7. Derksen Landbouw, Netherlands.

8. Farasin (Gebr. Verbunt), Netherlands

9. Goweil, Netherlands

10. Holaras, Netherlands

11. Agrimec Ltd, Ireland

12. Blair Engineering Ltd, UK.

13. Hi-Spec Engineering Ltd, Ireland.

14. Kverneland (UK) Ltd, UK.

15. Mohrlang Manufacturing, USA.

16. New Direction Equipment Co., USA.

17. Rotomix Inc, USA.

18. Agrimec Ltd, Ireland

19. Casale, Brazil.

20. DCI Engineering (1996) Ltd, New Zealand.

21. Giltrap Engineering Ltd, New Zealand.

22. Hi-Spec Engineering Ltd, Ireland.

23. Itadistral, Brazil.

24. JF, Brazil.

25. Kverneland, Norway.

26. Mainero, Argentina.

27. Massey Ferguson, Brazil.

28. Ostroj Opava, Czech Republic.

29. Belair Sarl, France.

30. Calvet, France.

Milking Parlours - Types of Milking Machines - Robotic Milking Systems

                 Milking Machines are used to collect the milk from cattles automatically. In 15 minutes a cow can be harvested. Apart from its speed milking parlours also increase the hygiene and decrease the risk of mastitis.

                Herringbone Milking Parlours: Classical way of milking which have been used for more than 50 years. Include one single aisle with galvanized and SS construction. Both sides of the aisle include milking devices. The distance between the stalls is nearly 100 cm. Enables the operator to milk from rear legs of the cows. It can milk up to 500-600 cows.

               Parallel Milking Parlours: Whereas Herringbone type the distance between the stalls is nearly 70 cm. It also has 90 degree side by side stall construction.

              Rotary Milking Parlours: While the platform is rotating the operators can milk the cows. The normal number of the cows on rotary table is around 45-50. Rotary Parlours are very labour-efficient. Comparing to above mentioned two milking parlour types, rotary milking parlours are faster.

            Automatic milking robot : In this system all process is completed by computer lead milking machine. Cleaning and attaching the device all done by the machine automatically. There is no need for an operator to be presented during the process.

Compost Turner Troubleshooting Table

        Below you may find a useful information for the farms running a compost turner:

Problem	Reason	Solution
Drum is not mixing the material	Running Speed is too much	Decrease the speed.
	Material density is too much
No liquid from nozzles	Nozzle or Pipes are locked	Check the Nozzles and Pipes
	Water Pump is fault	Check the pump
Water pump is not working	Freezing	Separate the pump from the system and wait the freezing to end. Do not run under 0oC
	Not Driven	Check the pump drive coupling. Change the broken coupling.
Hydraulic Piston is not working	There is leakage in the connections.	Repair the leakages on hoses and connections.
	Running Pressure is not proper.	Arrange the pressure valve to 100 bar.
	Oil level is low	Add Hydraulic Oil
Tyre Air is under 60 psi.	Air Leakage on Tyre	Change the Tyre
	Problem in tyre Valve	Change the Vlave

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Manure Production Capacity in Kg (per dairy cow)

               Below table and the graph specifies manure production capacity of a cow related with its milk production:

             

Manure Capacity per Cow - kg/day	Milk Production per cow - kg/day
50	15
60	25
70	35
75	45