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cows before refilling. DairyMaster is quadrupling their manufactur= ing output in their Ireland plant. DairyMaster now has a Double= 20 Swing parlour doing 150 cows an hour with 2000 liters of milk per hour = with one man milking. DairyMaster is working on a robot that attaches= clusters (claws) on cows on a rotary. DairyMaster is also introducing a ne= ck tag for “real time” reproductive heat detection.
VIGILANT KITCHEN If contaminated food makes it into your grocery bag, smart applian= ces could still prevent it from reaching your mouth. For example on a refri= gerator with a built in reader that could scan RFID tags on food and check = for recalls over a wireless internet connection. The reader also notes expi= ration dates written on the tags and tracks when containers such as milk ca= rtons are removed and put back, to see if they have been out for too long a= nd therefore might be spoiled. A red light warns of trouble. (from “S= cientific American”)
DIVERSIONS In today's milking routines there seems to be more and more = diversions to throw one off their routine. Things like missing a hard quart= er, failing to reattach, leaving a machine on manual, |
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GREAT TOUR We again would like to thank all the dairy’s involved in the= tour this spring. We especially would like to thank the Russenburger Famil= y , the Elzinga Family and the Hertgers Family for opening their farms to e= veryone and showing the milking equipment installed by Pacific Dairy. The l= ast thanks should be to John Luymes and staff at the Ministry of Ag offices= for keeping this valuable tradition alive.
INDUSTRY NEWS Mueller has purchased a Milk Tank Facility in t= he Netherlands. Mueller is introducing a 6700 gallon Milk Tank (apparently = what most trucks hold). Mueller’s new tanks have pumps mounted in the= front of the tank instead of the side. Mueller is also offering a new Hype= rform II control box to replace its old control boxes. Westfalia Surge has purchased= Houle in Quebec and Norbco in New York. Norbco is a milking stall and free= stall manufacturer. Westfalia Surge is working on and received a patent on= confirmation cameras for parlours. This geometric technology will not only= confirm ID Systems but will have the ability to diagnose cows. Westfalia S= urge now has a batch unit mixer for powder treatments of footbaths. It can = now handle up to 6 bags of copper sulphate and has a 200 gallon capacity. I= t can treat up to 5500 |
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missing discard cows etc. All can happen at the bes= t of times but
now add these: ·= = Cell phone calls ·= = Text messaging ·= = Loud music ·= = I-pods ·= = Hectic schedules ·= = Visitations ·= = Sport Broadcasts It seems distractions can be diversions and diversions can impede = concentration.
COWPOTS A creative brotherly duo from Connecticut has come up with a creat= ive way to manage manure waste. Through a digestion and dehydration process= , Ben and Mathew Freund have taken the manure to form a variety of shapes a= nd sizes to create CowPots, which can be planted in the ground to fertilize= plants. Currently, the 3” and 4” pots retail at .50 and .60 ce= nts a piece. CowPots in larger sizes will be offered in the future. (Farm S= how - www.cowpots.com)
WWW.FREERICE.COM Forget the crossword puzzle at the back of the newspapers. The mor= e caring way for word lovers to waste time Is to take the ongoing vocabular= y quiz at www.FreeRice.com for each word you get, the site donates 20= grains of rice through the United Nations “to help end world hunger&= #8221; All paid by advertising. (National Post)
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