Small changes in milking parlor protocols can unlock major efficiency gains, boosting cow flow, milk output, and income ...

Global Dairy received a gut punch when the derecho plowed through its South Dakota farm last week. The storm’s impact took out their main parallel parlor that milks 1,700 cows after its roof ...

Cows lined up to be milked at the Heeg Brothers Dairy, a 3,300-acre farm in Colby, Wis., with 28 total milking stalls arranged in two parallel rows. The parlor, which remains open around the clock ...

Milking parlors are typically enclosed buildings outfitted with individual stalls arranged in a ring or in rows where dairy cows are led two to three times each day to drain their udders of milk.

The Chapman cows are milked in a double-15 parallel parlor. The 1,100 cows make maximum use of the facility. Duane Chapman and Dewey view the parlor at the end of a morning milking shift.

Mobile milking parlor: Taking the cow on the road. Alice Mannette. ... Each 30 to 45 minute presentation focuses on dairy farm practices, dairy cows and their care, and the value of dairy.

Lynne Doolittle, superintendent of the Dairy Barn for the Lake County Fair, says the new “small but awesome” milking parlor to debut when the fair opens July 24 will give visitors a close-up view.

When all 24 cows are done, the apparatus rises and all 12 cows walk out. Kibler said the milking parlor at the fair is “old school” compared to what his farm uses, ...

They stretch out in front of the milking parlor area where hundreds of cows will be milked daily during the fair. On Thursday, that included more than 50 4-H cattle.

JUNEAU — The Dodge County Dairy Promotion Committee will hold its 45th annual dairy brunch from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday at ... Plum Creek Dairy milks 2,000 cows in a double 32 parallel parlor.