Welcome to The Dairyland Initiative Podcast, where your hosts, Courtney Halbach and Dr. Nigel Cook, discuss practical dairy cattle housing solutions and showcase approaches dairy farmers are taking to enhance cow welfare and animal health in their herds through improved barn design and management. This podcast will cover all aspects of facility design from ventilation to freestall design to calf housing and more, plus touch on hot topics related to lameness prevention, cow comfort, and productive life. Tune-in for an entertaining dive into how you can optimize cow well-being.
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Welcome to The Dairyland Initiative Podcast, where your hosts, Courtney Halbach and Dr. Nigel Cook, discuss practical dairy cattle housing solutions and showcase approaches dairy farmers are taking to enhance cow welfare and animal health in their herds through improved barn design and management. This podcast will cover all aspects of facility design from ventilation to freestall design to calf housing and more, plus touch on hot topics related to lameness prevention, cow comfort, and productive life. Tune-in for an entertaining dive into how you can optimize cow well-being.
Episode 17: Milking Wait Times in Automated Milking Systems (AMS)
The Dairyland Initiative Podcast
29 minutes 50 seconds
10 months ago
Episode 17: Milking Wait Times in Automated Milking Systems (AMS)
How long do cows wait to be milked in a AMS? What factors influence how long cows wait to be milked? We look at the milking time behavior of cows in a guided- and free-flow AMS and discuss design strategies to minimize milk wait times.
The Dairyland Initiative Podcast
Welcome to The Dairyland Initiative Podcast, where your hosts, Courtney Halbach and Dr. Nigel Cook, discuss practical dairy cattle housing solutions and showcase approaches dairy farmers are taking to enhance cow welfare and animal health in their herds through improved barn design and management. This podcast will cover all aspects of facility design from ventilation to freestall design to calf housing and more, plus touch on hot topics related to lameness prevention, cow comfort, and productive life. Tune-in for an entertaining dive into how you can optimize cow well-being.