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How do we milk our cows?. Milking Efficiency in AfiFarm Ver. 3.05. Dealers Meeting, Dead Sea, Israel, 2008. Is it important? Who cares? What does milking affect? Herd Health Time of Milking (Parlor Throughputs) Milk Production. How do we milk our cows?.
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How do we milk our cows? MilkingEfficiency in AfiFarm Ver. 3.05 Dealers Meeting, Dead Sea, Israel, 2008
Is it important? Who cares? What does milking affect? Herd Health Time of Milking (Parlor Throughputs) Milk Production How do we milk our cows?
Dairies implement Milking Procedures to improve herd health Ideal vs Normal milking curve How do we milk our cows? AutomatedMilking isGreat Low Flow Time
Dairiesimplement Milking Procedures to improve herd health Cleaning Disinfection Preventing cross contamination Minimizing claw on time Addressing milking and machine problems How do we milk our cows?
Does it work? What are our milkers doing? How do we milk our cows?
How do we know? How do we milk our cows?
A tool for monitoring the milking process For keeping track on milkers and milking procedures For improving the operation of the milking For monitoring damaging irregularities in milking For improving the milk letdown For keeping cows healthy For increasing parlor throughputs For early alerts for equipment malfunctions What is Afi Milking Efficiency?
MilkCurveDeviation – Graph AFI Efficiency Reports
Red Indicator Green Indicator blue triangles AFI Milking EfficiencyMain Screen indicatesfordeviationsfrom the normal performances are within the desired targets A report may be opened
MilkingIrregularities– A summary of all the irregular actions in milking. AFIEfficiencyReports
DetailedReport– Monitoring milking procedure. AFIEfficiencyReports
EquipmentMalfunctionAnalysis • EquipmentMalfunctions– This group alerts for equipment malfunction.
EquipmentMalfunctionAnalysis • StallEquipment– Analyzes changes in animal behavior and milk letdown in specific stalls. Suspected Pulsator Problem
EquipmentMalfunctionAnalysis • Recommendations– Analyzes the statistics in the report and generates recommendations.
Code Control Code Priority – Importance of codes Alarm Level – Start button and alerts in milking Output Control – Automatic activation of some of the outputs of the milk meter for specific cows Un-Identified cows – Alarm level Additional Info – secondary numeric info figure WhatElseinVersion3.05 ? Health Code–2 Additional Information – 8
WhatElse in Version 3.05 ? • New Sensors • Supports AfiLab • Supports Pedometer+