Download - Commercial Dairy Farming-Needs and Solutions
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Vishal Vashisht
Large Dairy Project
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Commercial dairy Farming
Large/commercial mega dairies, mostly integrated with processingfacilities
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What is the plan
• To set up a Dairy Farm housing 500 Milking
cows having plans for expansion- Market milk
produced as hygienic / quality milk with premium.
• Cross breeding with imported semen for herd
development / improved productivity of each
animal. ( Livestock import banned)
• Bull mother farm / Semen production
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Are such farms existent?- Yes
General Farm Details• 15000 cows (13000 milking + 2000 dry).
• Housing outdoor corrals with central shades and evaporative coolers.
• Very hot arid climate, winter 30+C, summer 50+C. <200mm rainfall.
Current Production Data• Milk Averages - ‘saleable’ milk delivered
to processing factory only
• 28 kg / day / cow-in-milk
• 8340 kg / year / all cows (milking + dry)
History• 3840 cows – Production 40000 Ltr /
Day -1981
• Al Safi (Saudi Arabia)
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Infrastructure needed
• Animal & Animal Housing System
• Feeding systems (Roughages & Concentrates)
• Breeding, Maternity and Health Management
• Calves and Youngstock
• Milking System
• Milk cooling, storage, Processing system
• Manure Handling System
• Utilities – Water , Power
• Herd Management System
• Dairy Farm Organization
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Demands of Commercial Dairy Farming
• Free Stall-Loose Housing
• Suitable for more than
300mm rainfall areas
• High construction
expenditure & low
maintenance cost
• 4-Row Barn recommended
Animal Housing System-Loose Housing
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Loose Housing
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Freestall 4 rows Cow Sheds- plan
Min. Cross over width:
1,8 m or 3,6 mNo of cubicles in
row: max 20-25
Min 2,4 meters
Min 3,6 meters
No dead ends
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Freestall 4 rows Perspective
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Demands on Commercial dairy farm-
Feeding systems (Roughages & Concentrates)
• Feeding expenses accounts for 50 to 60% of revenue generated . Any saving on this adds to bottom-line. Measurement of concentrate fed to individual animal.
• Total Mixed Ration (TMR feeding ) for Herd
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Demands on Commercial dairy farm
Milking System
• Milking system to provide stress free environment to cows & persons milking cows.
• Milking system to be equipped with automatic milk yield measurement , record & transfer recorded readings to central database. Milker to get access to milk yield records , feed consumption records stored in central database & health remind code indications, from each milking point.
• Milk to be cooled immediately after extraction to check bacterial growth & to Improve shelf life of milk & stored in hygienic insulated container.
• Milking tank to be equipped with suitable cleaning system to check contamination / hygiene.
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Demands on Commercial dairy
Manure Handling System
• Scraping of manure without causing injuries to cows.
• Manure scraping without sound pollution.
• Storage ,Transport & disposal of manure in slurry form.
• Separation of slurry in to solid mass & waste water.
• Recycling of water for agriculture use will be possible.
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Demands on Commercial dairy farm-
Water Requirements
• Water requirement / cow – 150 Ltrs / day.
• Extra Water storage for Other farm activities up to 100-150 litres per day
• Water storage ,transportation / distribution to consumption points .
• Arrangement of un-interrupted power supply with suitable distribution network making power available at consumption points.
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Demands on Commercial Dairy system
Breeding, Maternity and Health Management
• Breeding history & records of all animal must be available & updated.
• Cows to remain under individual & professional attention during
calving.(10 days) Maternity treatments to be updated in health records.
• History of Treatment given to cows should be available & updated after
every treatment.
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Demands on Commercial Dairy Farming
Calves and Youngstock• Isolated housing of all calves under 2 months.
• Young stock produced by good performing cows to be reared under special attention, for replacement which will ensure improvement of herd productivity.
• Young stock to be housed in loose housing system / group pens.
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Demands on Commercial Dairy Farming
Herd Management System
• Information system / data warehousing for all areas within farm to be available round the clock.
• Culling / Replacement, Breeding decisions to be based on analysis of measured parameters available in the form of data collected / generated, stored automatically.
• Individual cow productivity / economics of individual cow to be ascertained on the basis of measured, input to the cow & out put from
the cow.
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Demands on Commercial Dairy Farming
Dairy Farm Organization
• Organisation / Team of people to handle individually assigned work routines.
• Management to measure & analyze performance of all activities
ensuring profitability .
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System Solution- Herringbone parlour for 500 Cows
DeLaval herringbone stall 30
ensures good cow positioning
during milking.
Comfortable and efficient milking.
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System Solution – Milking System
Milking System for larger herds – Options
• Herringbone Milking System
• Parallel Parlour System
• Rotary Parlour System
• MidiLine Parlour System
These Milking systems can be offered with different Levels of automation to suit the needs of the Dairy farm Projects
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System Solution – TMR feeding
• Total Mixed Ration)
The concentrates and
roughage are mixed in a mixer wagon. The mix is
often dispensed to the
cow directly from the
mixer wagon.
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TMR Feed Software Manager
• Complete feed management
• Ration management
• Operation performance
• Inventory management
• Feed bunk management
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System Solution – Calf Feeders
• Calves – Secure future.
• Young stock - Replacements
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System Solution – Cooling Tanks
Milk cooling, storage, Processing system
• Milk cooling immediately after extraction helps improve keeping quality of milk.
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System Solution – Automatic Scrapers- optional
• Dirtiest job at farm.
• Freedom from
Labour & dependence on
labour
• Clean cows & Barn environment
• Improved udder hygiene.
Manure Handling System
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System Solution – Slurry Pumps
• Mechanized Arrangements to transfer
manure from cow to
storage.
• Automatic Manure
scraping systems
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System Solution – Manure Separation
• Makes separation osmanure slurry to dry
matter possible.
• Separated dry matter is
ideal for composting.
• The Separator can handle thick manure (19% dry
matter) and thin slurries (less than 1% solids).
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System Solution – Herd Software
Herd Management System
Milking Feeding Reproduction AnalysingPlant
performance
Plant
management
Sub management
Sub management
Management
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System Solution -
Herd Management System - ALPRO™
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System Solution -
The Organization
Managing Director
Agri Division Organic Administration
Dairy Farm
Water Supply Marketing
Purchase
HR/SW
Accounts
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System Solution -
The Organization
Dairy Farm(Farm Manager)
Processing Milking Treatment / AI (Breeding)
Feed Mill Roughages feeding
• Milking
• In ParlourFeeding• Maintenance
• Vaccination
• Maternity• Calf raring
•Treatment•Breeding
• Concentrate
Production• Capacity 10MT /
Day
• Green & Dry
Fodder chaffing• Transport to
Animal Housing• Capacity 50MT/Day
3LSS Milkers , 5 Qualified Milkers,2 Mechanics
AI & Treatment – ( 10 AI / day, + 20 Treatments)
3LSS , 3 Labour,
Calf Raring ( 2 Calvings / day ), 840 Calves1 BVSc Doctor,
2 LSS (12 Hr duty),4 Labour (12 Hr duty)
1Supervisor , 6 Labours,
10Labour , 2 Drivers,2 Tractor + 4 Trollys,
1 Loader
1 Dairy Tech , 3 Operators,1 Refn
Mechanic,3 Labour
• Milk
Processing• Packing
• Loading of packed milk
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How the farm will look like -
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Freestall Systems
Typical Site layout
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How the farm will look like -
Cow barns
Cow barns
Replacement / Hospital
Milking center and visitor area
Staff Housing
Feed Area