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Automation in Dairying - Developments in the Netherlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2010

W. Rossing
W. Rossing
Affiliation:
Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Not only in industry but also in agriculture there is an increased use of electronics for controlling routine work.

On large dairy farms where one man milks 50 to 60 cows per hour it is no longer possible to pay due attention to infected cows, cows on heat, individual production levels and the required amount of concentrates per animal.

The IMAG research aims at providing the dairy farmer with more information about his animals, so that he is better able to make his decisions.

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Overseas Experience
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BSAP Occasional Publication , Volume 2: The Mechanization and Automation of Cattle Production , January 1980 , pp. 205 - 214
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Copyright © British Society of Animal Production 1980

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Maatje, K. and Rossing, W. 1976. Detecting oestrus by measuring milk temperatures of dairy cows during milking. Livest. Prod. Sci. 3: 85–89.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rossing, W., Enneman, G., Ploegaert, P. and Meyer, A.B. 1976. Concentrate feeding outside the milking parlour. Research Report 76–3 IMAG Wageningen.Google Scholar
Rossing, W. and Ploegaert, P. 1975. Automatic cow identification recording milk yield and feeding concentrate. Research Report 75–4 IMAG Wageningen. p.10.Google Scholar