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Jersey cows wait to enter a milking robot on an Ontario farm.
Dairy, Livestock, Milking equipment

Herds eliminating feed pellets in milking robots

Cows shown to learn to be milked without pellets in the robot in guided traffic systems

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Updated March 12, 2025 Feeding cows to entice them to visit milking robots has been a best practice since cows started being milked automatically in Canada about 25 years ago. Farms are questioning that rule and getting their cows to milk well without supplementing them in the robot. Why it matters: Lowering costs and simplifying […] Read more
Benjamin Buechner, of John Deere, and Laurine Hetterscheid, of Dairy Data Warehouse, talked to farmers about the Milk Sustainability Centre at Agritechnica in November.
Dairy, Forage and crops, Milking equipment, News

Milk data project brings field and barn numbers together

John Deere and DeLaval are the first partners in the Milk Sustainability Centre

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Two large industry players have come together to create a way for dairy farmers to consolidate data across their entire operations. John Deere and DeLaval have created the Milk Sustainability Centre, which will bring data from dairy farmers for evaluation and decision-making around sustainability impact and efficiency. Why it matters: The Milk Sustainability Centre system […] Read more
DeLaval North American business development manager Sjenk Van Soelen shows the newly developed ear tags that are central to the company's new DeLaval Plus Behavior Analysis tool that monitors in-barn cow behaviour and herd health at Canada's Outdoor Farm Show.
Cow health, Dairy, Machinery, Milking equipment

System delivers suite of dairy data every 2.2 seconds

Connecting data to the cloud, not on-site computers helps to increase speed of data interpretation

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A new technology from dairy equipment company DeLaval helps monitor in-barn cow behaviour, with updates every 2.2 seconds. The company used the 2023 Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show for the official North American launch of its DeLaval Plus Behavior Analysis tool for monitoring in-barn cow behaviour and herd health. Why it matters: Advancements in artificial intelligence […] Read more
Sjenk Van Soelen of DeLaval explained the company's new behaviour analysis tool for monitoring in-barn cow behaviour and herd health.
Cow health, Dairy, Genetics, Livestock, Milking equipment

New dairy innovations featured at Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show

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Dairy business leaders’ perception of what consumers expect of Canadian farmers is driving information technology innovation in the sector.  The DeLaval dairy equipment company used the 2023 Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show to officially launch in Canada and the U.S. its DeLaval Plus Behavior Analysis tool for monitoring in-barn cow behaviour and herd health. The company’s […] Read more

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