DeLaval Dairy Service
Washington
Washington’s partner in dairy
As your partner in dairy, DeLaval Dairy Service – Washington offers unparalleled experience and local support. We serve Washington producers with everything from milking systems, teat dips, sanitizers, cow brushes, preventative maintenance and emergency support. With DDS – Washington, you benefit from DeLaval’s extensive network of expert support—all while you rely on our local team to keep your operation running optimally.
Call or drop by one of our two locations today!
3273 East Badger Road
Everson, WA 98247
(360) 966-5550
2761 East Edison Rd, Suite B
Sunnyside, WA 98944
(509) 837-7254
Meet our customer: Edaleen Dairy
Farm location
Lynden, WashingtonHerd size
1200In Washington state, just shy of the Canadian border, sits Edaleen Dairy. A beloved favorite in the local market, Edaleen has been selling directly to consumers since the 1970s. Now with more stores and more generations on the farm they have invested in DeLaval VMS robots. Listen to Mitch talk about how the VMS have become part of Edaleen Dairy's story.
Meet our customer: Golob Dairy
Farm location
Granger, WashingtonHerd size
2500“Dealer support and service all comes hand in hand. All farmers, whether you are a dairy farmer or have equipment, service is the number one priority of how things can get put together and work fine for any farm operation.” – Paul Golob
Golob Dairy started in the mid-1940s by Paul’s grandparents. Starting with a flat barn and a double 8 parlor milking into a small tank, the farm has now expanded to a DeLaval 60-bail PR3100HD rotary milking 2500 Holsteins cows in the Yakima Valley in Washington state. The milking process also includes two DeLaval teat spray robots TSR.
When it was time to transition to a new milking system, Paul Golob, owner, was deciding between a parallel parlor and rotary parlor. “I went out and looked around with one of the DeLaval reps then…the thing I saw about the rotary, it’s a cow friendly operation. [It’s] Labor efficient, and I figured that what would happen is we would probably gain another pound per cow per day just because the cows are more comfortable being milked,” said Paul.
Since installing the rotary, Paul has seen an increase in milk production and milk quality.
“The increase in milk production is mainly because we were limited to 2 times [a day milking] and over the years, actually breeding for higher production, higher solids [fat, protein] and picking those type of bulls, we were just limited to two times per day with the facilities we had. So when we went to this [the PR3100HD rotary], we went to three times per day,” said Paul. “That was the other thing, going out and looking at the rotary, you have a certain way of milking. Your time, it can’t be changed like a parallel, someone can’t make shortcuts, it’s a precise routine.It’s sure helped with the quality.”
Golob Dairy also uses two DeLaval TSRs—one for prepping the cows and the second for post-spray. “That [the TSRs] was a selling point too because it about cut two people off [the work rotation]. It’s really been working quite smoothly,” said Paul.
DeLaval Dairy Service – Washington continues to support Golob Dairy with high quality service and provides milk quality solutions to help the dairy reach their production goals.