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Robot feeding strategies often focus on the amount of pellet offered, the nutrients in the feed bunk (Partial mixed ration or PMR) and the impact on robot visits. Too often we forget about the cow’s motivation to choose to go to be milked.

Just outside of Truro, Nova Scotia, bordering the Cobequid Bay, stands a new state of the art dairy facility known as Charles Hill & Sons Limited. Charles Hill and Sons is a fifth generation family farm, currently run by Tara Hill-MacMillan and husband Al, alongside Tara’s father, Geordie Hill. The farm currently milks between 150-160

Marc Comtois, France Lemieux, Julien Turmel, Julie and Steve Comtois. Comestar farm is world-renowned for its genetics and its sires, for which the semen has been sold in over 57 countries. On October 13, 2020, Comestar Farm started using a robotic milking system for part of its herd. However, their adventure started long before that.

Christian and Jasmin Benoit In 2018, the Benoît family installed milking robots. Since then, the dairy farm, established 43 years ago, has welcomed this investment which allows everyone to have more time to perform other tasks on the farm, such as reproduction, field management and maintenance of the machinery and buildings. However, transitioning to robotic

On the picture : Mathieu and Richard Lagacé Established in 1938 by Mr. Jean-Paul Lagacé, Ferme Lagacé et Fils is currently managed by the fourth generation, with Richard and his son Mathieu Lagacé at the helm of the company. At the Lagacé farm, business growth plays an important role. Always on the look out for

Val Chaudière Farm bought their first milking robot in 2006. Today, they own three robots. Their objectives for robotic milking were to optimize their daily tasks and to increase their cows’ longevity.

The Dairy Nutrition Advisor (DNA) program is more than just nutrition. Our team of Dairy Nutrition Advisors are trained to evaluate the entire farm, ask questions and understand our customers goals.

How is nutrition different with a robotic milking system? Part of the grains are fed through the robot. This motivates the cow to go to the robot to get milked. After, we need to balance the diet according to the herd’s needs while considering your farm’s economic goals and performance. The NEWTON® formulation program is the ideal tool to help you reach those goals.

Martine Côté, Agr., Dairy Nutritionist, Trouw Nutrition Canada How is nutrition different with a robotic milking system? Part of the grains are fed through the robot. This motivates the cow to go to the robot to get milked. After, we need to balance the diet according to

For every dairy farm enterprise to be successful and profitable there are many details the farm owner and/or manager and employees must take into consideration. Optimizing forage quality, cow comfort, transition cow health and time budgets are factors which should always be taken into account.

There is considerable interest in precision feeding approaches in robotic milking systems given the ability to deliver differing amounts of concentrate and in some cases, more than one concentrate.

John A. Metcalf, PhD, Ruminant Portfolio Manager, Trouw Nutrition Canada Lameness is recognised as one of the biggest health issues on dairy farms, resulting in lower milk production and higher culling rates. Research in the Journal of Dairy Science in 2017 showed that lameness costs $235 – $423 per cow. Lameness is accentuated in robotic