MilkHub - Introduction

Components Drafting Gate Operation Installation Enhancements

Background Capability Mastitis Yield Plant Cleaning Extension

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Introduction
	What is MilkHub? MilkHub is an automated in-dairy management system with optional automatic drafting, weighing and feeding features. It provides alerts and reports of cows with mastitis or low yield, and plant with poor milking or cleaning performance. Inputs come from a network of in-line sensors that continuously monitor milking, cleaning and plant operation. Major components of the basic system include a Sensing Unit in-line at each milking stall, a RFID reader for cow identification, a large format Display Unit for in-dairy alerts and a Command Unit for data processing and storage. The system also offers up-to-the-minute web based reports and management tools.
	What does MilkHub do? MilkHub monitors every cow every milking to detect cows with mastitis and cows with low yield. These cows are ranked to allow the worst cows to be drafted during milking. MilkHub also monitors plant during milking and cleaning. Plant abnormalities are identified so faults can be cleared to ensure optimum milking efficiency. Poor cleaning is identified so operations can be adjusted to ensure proper plant hygiene. MilkHub also integrates with drafting gates, walkover weighscales and feeder systems, allowing these to be controlled either from the shed or remotely via the web based management system.
	What are the business benefits of using MilkHub? MilkHub provides continuous monitoring and quality assurance of the milking process. It reduces the costs associated with mastitis treatment and SCC downgrades. MilkHub also reduces the costs incurred from poor plant cleaning and hygiene downgrades, or faulty or inefficient plant. MilkHub's detailed online reports allow better informed decisions to be made about herd management.