milking system News
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When did you last service your ADF System?
The investment you have put into your ADF Milking System is at the heart of your milking operation and reliability is essential. Like any machinery operating in demanding conditions, maintenance and servicing is recommended to keep everything in the best working condition. Having your ADF Milking System regularly serviced by a trained technician can help to save you money. Our ADF Milking ...
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Automated milking systems explained
Milking Edge is a three-year project to develop a training program, resources and networks to support farmers to consider, invest and operate Automatic Milking Systems. The project is run by the NSW Department of Primary Industries in collaboration with Dairy Australia and DeLaval. Lead researcher Nicolas Lyons said the project was designed to address some of the common questions ...
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Verder Group new owner of Fullwood Packo Group
The Verder Group, a Dutch family-owned business specialising in the manufacture and distribution of industrial products, acquired in its entirety the 230 year old UK based Fullwood Packo Group, experts in milking machines, milk cooling and specialist products for the food and pharmaceutical industries. This acquisition will strengthen the Group’s position in the hygienic and food ...
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Association of Robotic Milkers meeting: Livestock Event, Thurs 3 Jul
Plans for a new collaborative group of dairy producers with robot milking systems are underway to enable them to exploit the new technology more readily, share best practice and ensure a positive public image. Called the Association of Robotic Milkers (ARM), the venture is being developed by a group of farmers as part of RABDF’s Foundation for Collaboration activities. The inaugural ...
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Verder Group new owner of Fullwood Packo Group
The Verder Group, a Dutch family-owned business specialising in the manufacture and distribution of industrial products, acquired in its entirety the 230 year old UK based Fullwood Packo Group, experts in milking machines, milk cooling and specialist products for the food and pharmaceutical industries. This acquisition will strengthen the Group’s position in the hygienic and food ...
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Innovative new virtual reality website goes live FarmFood360° now online
Canadians looking for the real story about their food can get it directly from the source online with virtual visits to farms and processing plants. Farm & Food Care is proud to present its latest national outreach initiative – FarmFood360°. Using 360 cameras and virtual reality technology, the new FarmFood360° website gives Canadians the chance to tour real, working farms ...
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Israeli robot could be your next ‘milkman’
MiRobot’s automated milking system could be the biggest thing in dairy farming in a century Israeli cows lead the world in milk production, and Israeli dairy companies have set up projects in far-flung places like Argentina and Vietnam to export Israeli know-how on feeding, milking, and raising cows. For many farmers in the developing world, Israeli know-how has fostered a revolution in ...
By miRobot LTD.
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RABDF Prince Philip Award goes to DeLaval
DeLaval has been presented with the RABDF Prince Philip Award by His Royal Highness at Buckingham Palace, this week. The honour was made to the global dairy equipment company for research and development in the field of dairy farming and the most practical, relevant and best technical exhibit at Livestock Event 2015. “We feel honoured and privileged to win this award for Herd Navigator, a ...
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FarmWizard Launch new DairyHUB Parlour Control System
AGRI-IT company FarmWizard is launching a new cloud based dairy parlour control system (PCS) which enables management of multiple milking parlour systems across multiple farm sites. FarmWizard, one of the UK and Ireland’s fastest-growing technology companies and the company who provide software for Cogent PD+ , will unveil the PCS at the Northern Ireland Winter Fair next ...
By FarmWizard
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Livestock Event to stage world first live robotic demonstration
The world’s first combined live robotic milking and feeding system demonstration at an exhibition will be staged at the Livestock Event, to be held at The NEC, Birmingham on 2 and 3 July by its organisers the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers. The new feature will complement a display of robotic equipment from the world’s leading milking machine manufacturers. The ...
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Norfolk based Mill Dairy Service is an ADF Dealer
Mill Dairy Service is a Norfolk based, family run business that has been established for over 30 years. They provide a variety of dairy industry products to their customers. They also offer a full, 24 hour breakdown service for all of their products and specialise in the installation, service and maintenance all types of milking equipment. See their online shop for more product information ...
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How to improve milk collection and milk
Collection of milk from farmer to dairy is done in many different ways in Europe. One should think that collection of milk is pretty straightforward but in reality there are different ways of doing the job depending on traditions, sizes of the farms, level of automation etc. Most dairies will surely agree on the importance of receiving milk of a certain quality and that the cost of collecting ...
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FAO predicts World Food Import Bill to fall to Five-Year Low
International prices for agricultural commodities continued to decline in April and abundant inventories are poised to offset any pressure from the slight reduction in global harvests expected this year. Worldwide cereal production will likely decline by 1.5 percent from last year's record-breaking output, mainly due to reduced acreage planted with maize , but the impact will be cushioned by ...
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FAO Food Price Index falls for the third consecutive month
The FAO Food Price Index is a measure of the monthly change in international prices of a basket of food commodities. It consists of the average of five commodity group price indices (representing 55 quotations), weighted with the average export shares of each of the groups for 2002-2004. Monthly release dates for 2013: 10 January, 07 February, 07 March, 11 April, 09 May, 06 June, 04 July, 08 ...
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Fen Farm Dairy Customer Story
One of our customers Fen Farm Dairy in Bungay, Suffolk are best known for their award-winning raw milk Brie-style cheese, Baron Bigod. (It’s actually the cheese that we offer visitors to our exhibition stands at the events we attend). Having said this, they do a lot more than just cheese, with their Bungay Raw Cultured Butter and Raw Milk being hugely popular with their customers also. Fen ...
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UF/IFAS Extension helps North Florida dairies move into grazing using a perennial grass
North Florida dairy farmers are increasing their use of grazing and hay areas thanks to the hybrid, perennial, warm-season Tifton 85 bermudagrass, tested extensively by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences’ Forage Extension and Research programs. Yoana Newman, an Extension Forage Specialist with the Agronomy department, described Tifton 85 as a ...
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Senators Stabenow, Murkowski Team Up to Reintroduce Bipartisan Food Supply Protection Act
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, reintroduced the Food Supply Protection Act with U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) to help protect the food supply after the COVID-19 crisis has put an unprecedented strain on farmers, workers, food banks, and families. “The COVID-19 crisis has continued to ...
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Growing German interest in Zambian agri sector
“Made in Germany” will make a big impression at the annual Agritech Expo in Chisamba in April when 14 German providers of agri machinery and livestock equipment will be part of the German pavilion – this is almost double compared to last year. Martin Botzian, Head of Communication at DLG International GmbH says: “we are pleased to be part of the show for the third time. ...
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Daimer Launches Pressure Washer For Milk and Dairy Processing Equipment Cleaning
Daimer Industries, Inc.®, the world leader in top-grade American manufactured cleaning machines, like gas pressure washer systems, quality auto detailing systems, world-class car wash equipment, and a variety of other technologically outstanding products, featuring over 700 different versions and an extensive client base spread across 240 nations globally, is now marketing the Super ...
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Ranking Member Stabenow Introduces Legislation to Protect America’s Food Supply
U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, introduced legislation to help protect the food supply after the COVID-19 crisis has put an unprecedented strain on farmers, workers, food banks, and families. “The COVID-19 crisis has tested the strength of our nation’s food supply chain, creating a ripple effect ...
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