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As long as you actually remember to take the pipe off the tank !
I remember getting halfway through milking with the pipe emptying on the floor once
As long as you actually remember to take the pipe off the tank !
As long as you actually remember to take the pipe off the tank !
We have auto id and its excellent. BUT cows are all marked and whiteboards etc as if we didnt and reinforced with everyone. It's possible for I'd to die and keep parlour going and I want things as straightforward if needed.Auto ID used here as main defence,haven’t used tape for over 2 years now.
Only dad & myself that ever milk though and wouldn’t be milking the big numbers that some of you are
But the tanker load obviously passed the beta star test ?
I would hope not as our cheese is normally stored for 18 monthsAnd the milk was probably already on the way to the customer!
And the milk was probably already on the way to the customer!
did you find out the 'cause' for the failure ? I hope I can post the reason, for the question tomorrow.I would hope not as our cheese is normally stored for 18 months
Thinking about it. It came exactly at the time our vets began it’s a big push on reducing and eliminating the use of Third and fourth generation antibiotics. The importance of prevention rather than papering over the cracks with antibiotics became far more obvious.
And the milk was probably already on the way to the customer!
Separate group always. Reading some of these comments has me breaking out in a cold sweat.
Fonterra generally have you bent over and have gone in dry by the tanker has made it to the depo.
Selective dry cow therapy and ahead of the curve? Really? 10 years ago maybe.I've a sneaky feeling a lot of these antibiotics will be disappearing before long- they certainly won't be replaced with any new ones any time soon.
A lot of units in this area were ahead of the curve anyway, some people I know have given up on routinely using dry cow tubes and gone to various udder seals and the like instead. I don't know how effective these are to be fair.
More like 20 when we were importing them from Ireland cos they hadn’t been licensed hereSelective dry cow therapy and ahead of the curve? Really? 10 years ago maybe.
Ahh the sound of the strip tester going beep beep beep.
Ruins the shift every time
Do they test on the truck now? they were trialling it when I left?
@vantage we have had better luck with Peter's leg bands, the kiwi kit ones are to small for our cows!
Until something abnormal happens or someone comes into the parlor to cause a distraction, I used to have a system to divert milk to calves that I could see from the pit, so reassuring to see the milk actually going where it should beThe swap of groups usually offers a 5 minute mental break for a cheeky smoke or in my case half a pack of chocolate digestive so it'll be done then.
I would imagine the cheese boys are utterly paranoid about it. A lorry load of milk is one thing (expensive enough) but a contaminated batch of cheese would be big money.
I always thought the antibiotic policies and Milk Sure would be similar for anyone involved in the cheese job irrespective of who you sent it to nearly.