Rawhide Portable Corrals: Continuous Improvement

Rawhide Portable Corrals: Continuous Improvement. By Maura Keller.When innovative companies and their founders develop ingenious products that will improve the end users’ lives through streamlined efficiencies and state-of-the-art functionality, those companies are eager to get their product into the hands...

Introducing Boumatic Magstream

Introducing Boumatic Magstream. Article and photos provided by BouMatic.THE MAGSTREAM METER ensures a continuous and completely free milk and air flow, making vacuum drops and fluctuation caused by milk meters a thing of the past. Thanks to advanced technologies used for power management, data communication and...

Milk Chillers and Today's Dairies

Milk Chillers and Today's Dairies. By Jaclyn Krymowski.A long with the rest of dairy industry progress, milk chillers have undergone many advances and changes of their own. More than ever, dairy producers can select from a wide variety of types and sizes to best fit each unique dairy.Unlike other pieces of...

Water for Dairy Cattle

Water for Dairy Cattle. By Heather Smith Thomas. Water is the cheapest nutrient, but also the most important, especially for dairy cows, yet availability and cleanliness of the water supply is often overlooked.  Milk is 87% water and a dairy cow’s body water content ranges from 56% to 81% of her...

3 Things to Consider Before Implementing Automated Herd Management

3 Things to Consider Before Implementing Automated Herd Management. Article and photos provided by BouMatic.Dairy farming can be very labor-intensive. Many dairy farmers see a physical toll after years of milking. But what if there was a way to work smarter, not harder, in today’s modernized world?There is...

Milking Parlors and Today’s Technology

Milking Parlors and Today’s Technology. By Jaclyn Krymowski.The dairy industry has made strides in advancing milking systems and making milking shifts  more efficient. Technology is leading the way in changes in parlor systems and management.Despite these technological developments, there is still a...

New Scale Innovations for Dairies

New Scale Innovations for Dairies. By Jaclyn Krymowski. Technology has helped dairy herds advance in many areas. Not only can we track individual animals to monitor their health, heat cycles and behavioral patterns, but we can also use technology to simplify ordinary tasks.For large operations, checking...

Regular Replacement of Liners: A Great Idea!

Regular Replacement of Liners: A Great Idea! Article and photos provided by BouMatic. Liners have a recommended maximum lifespan of typically 900-6000 milkings. The number of milkings is not the only reason why the lifespan of the liner has a limit value. Degeneration of the rubber liner increases the longer...