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Our Farm Management Support specialists continuously investigate how to improve the milking process even further. They do this by running tests in the barn while using our customers’ knowledge of the Lely barn solutions. In this way they gain valuable insights, which help you to manage your dairy farm more efficiently and profitably.

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Cow health

Preparation for dry period pays off

Dry period infections are a very important part of the epidemiology of environmental pathogens such as E. coli and S. uberis. These infections often remain subclinical throughout the dry period, but are then an important cause of clinical mastitis in the first few months of the subsequent lactation period. This article will give more insight and information about the different stages of the dry period and their relation to mastitis.

Management, T4C & InHerd, Feeding, Tips & Tricks

Adjust Vector feed setting based on cow signals

Observing cow behaviour in the barn and at the feed fence for a period of time can provide you with a lot of information. This information is very useful to help manage the feeding strategy. It is important monitor cow behaviour daily as it gives you information you can react to directly in order to create the best feeding conditions on your farm.

T4C & InHerd

New: local hot rinse after health treatment T4C

The new Lely T4C update, version 3.12.8.2, brings a new functionality to the Lely Astronaut: namely an option in the medicine library to select a ‘hot rinse’. Lely decided to introduce this option as there are more and more oil-based antibiotics available on the market.

Feeding

Shakerbox - how to use?

A dairy cow ration often contains different feedstuffs, each with its own characteristics. Therefore, it is not always an easy job to create a well-mixed ration. If you want to measure the mixing quality of the ration, you can use a particle separator box. Later in this article you can learn more about how to use the tool and how to judge the outcome.

Cow health, Milking

Solving mastitis [3/5] the battle against pathogens

In the last two articles, we talked about udder health. When the first line of defence is breached, in this case the teat and udder skin, there is the possibility for pathogens to invade the udder and cause subclinical, clinical and chronic mastitis. To eradicate the pathogen efficiently, you have to: