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New data sensor solution uses AI-technology to provide cow health alerts by tracking cow movement.

Pioneering behaviour analysis software has been used by the Hyslop family to offset labour challenges and provide the data needed to make decisions that have increased yield at a time when performance margins have been tightened throughout dairying.

TUMBA, Sweden and Walldorf, Germany, 1 October 2024. – Today John Deere and DeLaval launch the Milk Sustainability Center, an innovative digital ecosystem designed to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of dairy farming operations.

The installation of DeLaval VMS V300 robots in 2019 paved the way for David Luxton and his family to realise system benefits throughout the farm by managing fixed costs more efficiently and focusing on generating more milk with lower operating costs.

The Milk Sustainability Center has announced Dinamica Generale as its first strategic partner.

As dairy farming increasingly looks to technology to fill a labour gap, farmers like Andrew Irving are saying goodbye to the parlour in favour of milking robots.

The pressure of milking almost 24 hours a day has led one farm to pioneer new flow responsive milking technology which has reduced milking time by over two hours a day.

DeLaval has expanded its robotic offer to include the OptiWagon™, a new electric autonomous feed distribution robot.

DeLaval VMS V310 milking robots were chosen by Chilton Home Farms Ltd manager Mark Woodin to milk the 250 herd of Holsteins in 2023 to manage 2 herds across 2 farms. The installation was carried out by specialists TH White following Mr Woodin’s decision to install five of the robots with the aim of growing the herd to 280.

Building a new shed, installing three DeLaval robots and implementing a unique grazing system has seen an organic farm increase its milk yield by 15 percent over the last five years. The hybrid grazing and automated milking system has also improved cow health and enabled the herd to spend more time at pasture.

Installing a new MidiLine parlour has more than halved standing time, reduced mastitis cases, improved foot health and increased yield. It has also brought back a Welsh family’s love of milking by making the process enjoyable again and reducing costs to help cope with falling milk prices.

Ross Johnson, an early adopter of DeLaval's three-way robot grazing system, won the 2024 Northern Dairy Farmer of the Year. He shares insights from the past two years.

Following the decision to build a new shed in 2023, Howard Edwards chose to take advantage of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) to automate feed pushing with a DeLaval OptiDuo robot. The move has helped the farm adjust to the new shed, increased productivity and reduced the man hours needed to manage the herd.

Stronger Delaval brush designed for beef cattle.

DeLaval has launched DeLaval Plus, a new customer portal powered by unique artificial intelligence called DeepBlue. Together the technology collects herd data to provide useful, easy-to-understand information and animal health alerts, including a ‘Disease Risk" application which predicts which cows are at risk of mastitis, ketosis and other diseases.

Installing an 80-point DeLaval E300 rotary parlour to futureproof milking on a south Wales farm has cut milking times in half and provided an enviable opportunity for the 10th generation to grow the herd.

John Deere and DeLaval joins efforts to create the Milk Sustainability Center (MSC), a digital eco-system to help dairy farmers improve the efficiency and sustainability of their operations. The eco-system will be open for partners to join, with the objective of providing farmers with data needed for a holistic view of the dairy operations.

Two new glycolic acid-based teat disinfectants; OceanBlu™ spray, and OceanBlu™ barrier have been launched by DeLaval.

DeLaval has announced the largest robot batch milking farm is working well at Lønholm Agro near Kolding, Denmark.

DeLaval has appointed Stephen Moore Farm Machinery Ltd as the sole dealer for the East of Northern Ireland

The Johnson family have installed 3 new DeLaval VMS™ V310 milking robots on their farm, they’d love to show you.

DeLaval plans to increase its production capacity of automatic milking machines to meet rising customer demand.

DeLaval are delighted to be celebrating 100 years of business in Great Britain this year.

Following the 2018 launch of the OptiDuo™ feed pushing robot, DeLaval has launched a new model with a facelift. Data from over 1500 OptiDuos has been collated to demonstrate the time and labour savings made by users. It also shows multiple improvements in cow health.

DeLaval has launched a new teat dip with a formic acid active. FormaShield™ is a concentrated liquid teat disinfectant that can be diluted and applied to lactating cows before and after milking.

The groundbreaking at Hamra Farm for the 18 000 m² re-build starts today. The investment in more modern and sustainable dairy production at its own farm Hamra Farm, includes new barns, four new automatic milking robots, DeLaval VMS™ V300 and more digital solutions to improve animal health, quality and efficiency.

Kirtlebank Farm near Gretna is opening its gates to curious farmers looking to see two new dairy robots in action. Craig and Alison Moffat are hosting the open day on 1st September with manufacturer DeLaval, and dealer Mathers Ltd, to offer insight into how the milking robots have improved cow health and productivity.

Lloyds Dairy Centre has almost doubled its team and taken on a new site in Pembrokeshire to meet demand from Welsh dairy farmers.

DeLaval has just sold it’s 100,000th swinging cow brush. To celebrate, it’s introducing an updated model.

DeLaval has unveiled a new milking methodology that responds to the cow’s natural milk flow to save time and improve animal welfare.

Demand for dairy workers has increased, yet finding suitable workers is proving challenging in many areas. "With the successful introduction of our DeLaval VMS™ V300 and V310 a few years ago, and the high capacity of these milking systems, we saw an opportunity to organise them in a batch milking setup to offer a flexible automatic milking solution for larger farms. The batch milking concept has been introduced to enable larger farms to produce more milk with less labour. With the new system only one person is required to milk 450 cows,” says Renato Aceto, one of the owners of Società Agricola Fratelli Aceto in Italy.

Rise in demand for DeLaval milking robots has led to an increase in production of more than 20 percent. DeLaval has seen a surge in demand for its VMS™ V300 model and the new VMS™ V310.

August 10th 2021 - DeLaval has reached a milestone anniversary in Ireland having traded for 90 years. Established in 1883, the Swedish manufacturer began trading in Ireland from 1931.

July 13th, 2021 - The DeLaval P100 Parlour has been specifically designed with family farms and grassland customers in mind. The new DeLaval Parlour P100 delivers a smoother milking process using fewer resources and enabling the right automation to be used for every single farm.

Over the past few years, we have seen a growth trend and a desire to establish greater operation efficiencies in dairy farming.

17 February 2021 ─ The Tetra Laval Group Board has appointed Mr Paul Löfgren, President & CEO of DeLaval, effective 1 April 2021. The appointment follows the decision by Mr Joakim Rosengren to step down from his position after 18 years as President & CEO and 35 years with the Tetra Laval Group.

Aug 2020 - DeLaval announces its latest Parlour milking system P500, the only parallel parlour in the dairy industry with three options to control the cow flow and no sequence gates in the floor. This innovation is a continuation of the countless customer solutions launched over the years by DeLaval to help farmers around the world in their daily lives.

Stockholm, Sweden, 2 July 2020 – DeLaval has today announced further investments into the future of dairy farming solutions and services through the acquisition of milkrite | InterPuls from Avon Rubber. The transaction is subject to clearance from relevant anti-trust authorities.

On the 21st of June 2000 the Van Kempen - Van Diepenbeek family started robotic milking at the current location in Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands. Twenty years, 1.9 million milkings and about 20 million litres of milk later, both DeLaval VMS milking robots are still working on the farm. This makes them the oldest working DeLaval robots in the world. "When we started, automatic milking was still in its early stages and - together with DeLaval - we had to discover a lot," says a proud father Jos van Kempen.

DeLaval is investing in the future of dairy farming by developing its own high-tech farm even further with a new state-of-the-art barn. The farm will utilise some of today’s most innovative milking solutions, including four milking robots ─ DeLaval VMS™ V300. “The new barns are built with animal welfare as the top priority. The new modern technology will not only increase efficiency but ensure the best possible care for our animals,” says Joakim Rosengren, DeLaval President & CEO.

In March 2020 the world's 500th DeLaval OptiDuo™ feed refresher was delivered to its new owner in Germany. On the market since 2018, the technology allows feed to be mixed and refreshed while being repositioned closer to the feed fence, keeping cows stimulated and increasing feed intakes.

***Event Postponed until further notice*** 200 head dairy farm on the Devon Cornwall border will open its gates on April 2nd to show fellow dairy farmers how installing DeLaval milking robots have helped create a future for the family and the herd.

T H WHITE has joined forces with Wiltshire College & University Centre to create a state-of-the-art robotic dairy parlour supporting the development of a dedicated undergraduate Dairy Engineering qualification.

25 November 2019 – DeLaval introduces its latest addition to the VMS™ series, the new DeLaval VMS™ milking system V310. The VMS™ V310 is equipped with the new feature DeLaval RePro™ that detects heat and pregnancy automatically during the milking process. With this new feature, the VMS™ V310 is extending its productivity advantage to the next generation of cows and dairy farmers.

DeLaval DeLaval launch the Evanza milking and E300 Rotary in Ireland & UK.

Cardiff, Wales, Wed 17th July– The NEW E100 Rotary milking system, which was launched last summer, has now been installed in the UK at Bodrach Farm, Llanrwst, Wales.

24 June 2019 – DeLaval joins the European Dairy Farmers (EDF) annual congress in Kolding, Denmark, on 25-27 June. The theme this year is on efficient farming, for which DeLaval will run a workshop on Cow Longevity. Improving the productive lifetime of a cow is a step towards realising our vision of making sustainable food production

April 2019 – Exposure-4-Development (E4D) is a program run over the years by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ). This year the selected country is Brazil, and DeLaval has travelled together with IFAJ, showcasing dairy and its nutritional value.

Cardiff, Wales, Monday 25th February – The NEW voluntary milking system DeLaval VMS V300, which was launched last summer, has now been installed in the UK at Hyndfordwell Farm, West Linton, Scotland.

Hanover, Germany, 21 September 2018 – DeLaval wins the silver medal at this year’s EuroTier for its DeLaval Evanza milking cluster and cartridge. This latest award reinforces DeLaval’s commitment and leadership in innovation within the dairy industry

Stockholm, Sweden, 1 November 2018 – Customer demand for the new DeLaval VMS™ milking system V300 is above expectations. DeLaval has increased production capacity to meet this strong demand, making full use of its modernised facilities by increasing production personnel, adjusting Supply Chain planning and securing deliveries from suppliers

On Wednesday 12 September DeLaval OptiDuo™ won the "Highly commended new product" award at the UK Dairy Day 2018. We were also a finalist in the "New product competition" with the OptiDuo and DelPro Companion App.

DeLaval install 30 unit milking parlour for Gurteen College.

DeLaval Launches New Rotary E100 in UK & Ireland

On Tuesday 10th July 2018 the DeLaval OptiDuoTM won the White Rose What's Next Innovation award at the Great Yorkshire Show in Great Britain.

We had a great few days at Balmoral show last week. Thank you to all our customers and many potential new customers who visited our stand.

Great article in AgriLand featuring the Hanrahan Family. This is the first farm in Ireland & UK to install the DeLaval TSR (Teat Spray Robot).

Fundo El Risquillo, a large farm in Chile with 6500 dairy cows, has just signed an agreement to install 64 DeLaval VMS™ milking robots making it the world’s largest robotic milking farm.

“It was never a question about me not taking over the farm. We are now making this investment and I am counting on living a good life in the future,” says Ivan Kiersey.

In March 2017, DeLaval hosted the first international conference focusing solely on grass based milk production with automatic milking systems. The conference was held in Tasmania and brought together some of the most successful grassland AMS farmers, experts and scientists from countries like Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Ireland to share experience and learn from one another. Andrew Walsh from Wexford represented Ireland and shared his learnings of DeLaval VMSTM and grazing.