Water in milk 🥛

[Horn&corn]

We usually have FPD of 520.
There’s a possibility the first rinse of wash water went in milk tank. What is the easy calculations on where we risk it or dump it?

 

[bar718]

Talk to your milk buyer and let them know what has happened and then they can give you the best course of action to take.

 

[borderterribles]

The water will settle to the lowest point , i.e, the outlet. Are you able to let at least the amount of water that you suspect went in,out again? If you can do that, you'll be fine.

 

[box]

How many litres of milk, how many litres of water?

If there was no detergent, I'd personally just send it and wear the deduction(up to 20%), but if I was sending enough milk the rinse water wouldn't even be picked up. Not much sense in dumping it unless your dairy company are a pack of stroke stains.

 

[Mc115reed]

Place I used too milk used too hold the pipe over the tank until the water started running clear and they never got in trouble

 

[box]

Place I used too milk used too hold the pipe over the tank until the water started running clear and they never got in trouble

White water going to waste = money down the drain.

 

[JackoTS90]

White water going to waste = money down the drain.

The majority start the first cold rinse and then shut the vat tap once you feel the change. All we let go down the drain is some milky water usually. I’d send it depend on milk- water ratio, and how much water actually went in.

 

[Tarw Coch]

The majority start the first cold rinse and then shut the vat tap once you feel the change. All we let go down the drain is some milky water usually. I’d send it depend on milk- water ratio, and how much water actually went in.

Not sure about the majority, my auto wash, the pipe has to be in the wash position or it won’t start washing, I would imagine auto washes are pretty common on newer parlours

 

[Horn&corn]

Thanks all. We pulled the plug as it was only one milking. We’ve got auto wash with fail safe which is brilliant and first time this has happened in 15 years. Chance of water being contaminated was too high to risk a full artic being condemned.

 

[JackoTS90]

Not sure about the majority, my auto wash, the pipe has to be in the wash position or it won’t start washing, I would imagine auto washes are pretty common on newer parlours

No auto wash here. Just have auto dose for acid.
have to measure out caustic ( alkali) in a jug, but only do that once a week.
I would say the majority here in NZ don’t have auto wash, even in a newer shed, but maybe I’m mistaken. Don’t know what you guys do, but we would waste abit, even after blowing it through with air purge, if all we did was shut the vat.

 

[box]

but we would waste abit, even after blowing it through with air purge, if all we did was shut the vat.

+1. Would be a good 50 litres of proper milk (not milky water) per milking here, at least. On larger sheds with more cups and bigger filter housing and plate coolers, would be nearing 100 I imagine.

 

[JackoTS90]

Yup, we have a 50 bale rotary. I reckon it’s about 150 L

 

[Tarw Coch]

Wow, I can’t believe the above replies, after blowing the milk through to the tank there is practically nothing left in the line here, first wash water back around is unmistakably water , obviously not pure clean water as milk will have coated all the surfaces of the meters/pipeline but none the less, an insignificant amount

 

[Ben B]

I used to know a fella who'd throw the hose in vat and top it up. Recked the butter fat tanked but the protein wasn't too bad.

 

[Tarw Coch]

I used to know a fella who'd throw the hose in vat and top it up. Recked the butter fat tanked but the protein wasn't too bad.

I do recall hearing a story, before the day of auto samplers when the first thing the tanker driver did was take a sample, where a father and son would go talk to the tanker driver and once the sample was taken, one of them would put the hide pipe to run in the back of the tank whilst the other kept the driver talking.
Of course it may all be talk but just after dad had had a tank installed in the early 70’s a neighbour was asking him what he thought of the tank, great said dad, I’ve wound down the legs on the one side and I’m getting an extra 10 gallons a day. A week or so later the mmb were back to check the calibration of the dipstick…………….it was just as before

 

[DairyNerd]

Place I used too milk used too hold the pipe over the tank until the water started running clear and they never got in trouble

What do you mean used to..... we always chase the last milk round with the first rinse.

 

[Whitewalker]

I do recall hearing a story, before the day of auto samplers when the first thing the tanker driver did was take a sample, where a father and son would go talk to the tanker driver and once the sample was taken, one of them would put the hide pipe to run in the back of the tank whilst the other kept the driver talking.
Of course it may all be talk but just after dad had had a tank installed in the early 70’s a neighbour was asking him what he thought of the tank, great said dad, I’ve wound down the legs on the one side and I’m getting an extra 10 gallons a day. A week or so later the mmb were back to check the calibration of the dipstick…………….it was just as before

Very large producer here had two bulk tanks , always noticed the driver only dipped one . He started filling the second one out with tap water. Dairy was at a loss for a long time before they twigged what was going on

 

[Yale]

If I buy a bottle of milk that’s what I expect it to be. Just sayin!

 

[ridger]

Then in the winter salt has to be added to stop the milk water freezing

 

[Farmer Keith]

Not sure about the majority, my auto wash, the pipe has to be in the wash position or it won’t start washing, I would imagine auto washes are pretty common on newer parlours

Make an interesting poll that, I only know of a handful of autowashes around here.