DeLaval provides integrated solutions designed to improve dairy producers’ production, animal welfare and overall quality of life.
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Changing the Way Barns are Designed
Our new milking robot, the VMS™ V300, was launched mid-2018, introducing improvements in milking speed, capacity and cow health. Enhancements like these have welcomed some changes to the design of V300 barns.
Cow Traffic Systems for Retrofit Robot Barns
Deciding how your cows will move and flow may be one of the bigger choices you make when planning your robotic milking facility.
Shaping a new growth model for future generations
As the dairy industry faces unique challenges, an 80/20 approach could be the key to a sustainable and profitable future.
Free Flow or Guided? You Decide
Our featured barn is a prototype of one of DeLaval’s most popular North American robotic barn designs. Why you ask? Above all, cows in this barn have the potential to be highly productive and that all starts with cow comfort.
6 Steps to Troubleshooting a Milk Quality Issue
Dave Gebhart, Key Account and Senior Technical Resource Manager for DeLaval Cleaning Solutions, gave a presentation on milk quality at the 2018 Dairy Education Conference in River Falls, WI. This article summarizes his key insights for troubleshooting.
Emerging Stronger Together
Maintaining a 135-year legacy of innovations for dairy farmers doesn’t come without its challenges – including pandemics and crises. Throughout two world wars and several pandemics and outbreaks, DeLaval has adapted to continue providing world-class solutions to dairy farmers around the globe.
Expansion could be possible with what you already have
In the difficult times we are currently facing, expansion opportunities may be on hold or even canceled, but do they need to be? Could automatic milking still be the next step for your facility?
Designing Your Barn for the New VMS™ V300
The new DeLaval Voluntary Milking System, called Voluntary Milking System VMS™ V300, will be arriving at North American dairy farms very soon. With the enhancements and redesign for the milking system, we must consider some changes to facility and design planning. Here’s what you can expect with the new VMS robot’s anatomical changes and how they will – or won’t – impact the layout of your barn.
