Proper grouping plays a role in improving cow health, boosting production, raising income over feed costs and improving parlor efficiencies. Successful grouping strategies depend on suitable facilities, time to manage grouping decisions, adequate labor to execute them and resources to prepare and deliver multiple diets. Even in the best run dairies, individual cows may drift […]
Don’t Lose it Over Labor
Robotic milking is a hot topic as labor shortage weighs heavily on dairy owner’s minds. Robotic milking is proven effective in reducing demands on labor, but it only solves a part of the labor reliance equation. Even if the need for people to bring cows into and out of the parlor and physically milk the […]