The Swiftflo Revolver Goat Rotary from Dairymaster was Shortlisted by the RABDF for the Machinery and Equipment Award at Livestock Event 2015. The Dairymaster Swiftflo Goat Rotary is capable of milking 1,000 goats per hour.
It has been designed to give optimum operator and goat comfort. The unique design means that shorter milking tubes are used which reduces maintenance costs and improves milking characteristics. The cluster is conveniently located directly under the goat’s teats in the platform of the rotary. It won the Eurotier Gold Medal for new innovation in milking goats. For more info please click HERE
Pictured L2R on a Busy Dairymaster Stand At Livestock Event 2015 in the NEC Birmingham discussing animal health on dairy farms are Mary Mulvihill, Dairymaster, Bill O’Keeffe Friesian Judge at the Livestock Event with Morgan Sheehy, Devenish Nutrition Ltd Belfast, Ted McGrath, Regional Sales Manager for South Wales and Conor Beirne, Senior Veterinarian with Dairymaster.
Pictured L2R on a Busy Dairymaster Stand At Livestock Event 2015 in the NEC Birmingham discussing profitable milk production on goat farms are Fergus O’Meara, International Business Development Manager with Dairymaster, Tricia and Philip Ormerod, Skipton, North Yorkshire and Mary Phelan, Dairymaster
The MooMonitor+ was Shortlisted for the RABDF Prince Philip Award at Livestock Event 2015. The MooMonitor+ allows farmers detect heats with ease, through advanced data analysis. It can also monitor a cow’s daily behaviour and accurately identifies specific types of behaviour such as heat, feeding, rumination and wellness, resting, head position and restlessness. The system makes life easier for the farmer and improves the fertility and health status of each cow.
A research study undertaken at Kansas State University and published in the Journal of Dairy Science specifically stated that scanning by the MooMonitor were in estrus. This compared favourably with other systems tested which were 70% to 80% accurate.
One English customer Mark Simpson who milks 580 cows at the Cleave Farm Partnership in Bideford on Yell, Devon (Phone: 01805623671) says that he recovered his investment costs in less than six months. Their calving index improved from 405 to 380 days and 85% of heifers were pregnant on sexed semen.
For more info on the MooMonitor please click HERE
