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Announcing!!! Updated Version of Milking Center Start-Up CD!

   This CD provides video clips, software, publications and web links on:

                                                              - Parlor Planning and Economics
                                                 - Training cows in a new Parlor
                                                 - Training People in a new Parlor
                                                 - Designing and monitoring Milking Routines
                                                 - Getting the most from your new parlor
                                                 - Animal Handling techniques
                                                 - Learning to use a crowd gate.

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• 2007 Labor Practices and Technology Adoption on New Zealand Dairy Farms

• 2007 Evaluating  Milking Performance in Wisconsin and Italy

• 2006 Updated Milking Center Advisor: Labor and Capital Analysis of Milking Centers (xls)

• 2006 Updated Milking Center Advisor: User Guide

• 2005 Updated Milking Center Advisor: Labor and Capital Analysis of Milking Centers (xls)

  A New and Improved 2005 version of the Milking Parlor Advisor is now available.
  • the cost figures have been updated
  • input pages are more user friendly
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  • more measures of parlor efficiency included
  • data input sheets for timing work routines included

• 2005 Top Ten Milking Parlor Planning Do's and Don'ts: With Emphasis on retrofits and "Low Cost" applications

• 2005 A Review of Studies on the Ergonomics of Milking (Paper)

• 2005 Conference Presentation from the 43rd Annual Rural Energy Conference: Modernizing Your Dairy (Slide presentation by Douglas Reinemann)

• 2004 Updated Milking Center Advisor:  Labor and Capital Analysis of Milking Centers  (xls)

• 2004 Water Supply and Distribution (Draft)

• 2004 Midwest Pays the Most to Milk Cows-Dairy Herd Management Magazine

• Flat-Barn Milking Systems

• Layouts and Components for Modern Milking Center

• 2003 REVISION of the Wisconsin DATCP MILKING EQUIPMENT INSTALLER MANUAL This document provides guidance for milking equipment installers and dairy producers on the regulatory requirements for milking machines used for Grade-A milk production in Wisconsin.  the requirements for plans and the plan approval process are outlined, ASAE design guidelines referenced, and sections of the PMO interpreted for Wisconsin application. 

• 2003 Milking Parlor Types

• 2002 Milking Center Options

• 1999 Milking Center Advisor:  Software to Estimate Milking Center Costs and Performance

• 1995 Milking Facilities for the Expanding Dairy 

• 1995 Automated Flat Parlors: A Cost Effective Method to Improve Labor Efficiency for Small Dairy Herds

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