date:Mar 25, 2014
The average number of milkings/cow per day was 1.8, ranging from 1.6 to 2.1. An average milk somatic cell count of 152,000 cells/ml was observed, while average total bacterial counts were at 10,000 cells/ml in the same time frame.
According to Dr Bernadette OBrien, Teagasc, who is leading the project at Moorepark: The economic viability of automatic milking systems will determine how widely the technology will be adopted. A major challenge with automatic milking currently is the high capital