Improving Dairy Farm Efficiency Using Novel Automation Processes

英国乳制品行业继续面临来自成本上升、劳动力市场碎片化和日益严格的牛奶质量标准的巨大压力。北方乳品设备有限公司已经为农民提供了超过15年的支持，并于2012年获得了英国皇家奶农协会（RABDF）久负盛名的机械设备奖，以表彰其对乳制品行业最重大的经济贡献。这是基于我们的Sanicleanse产品，提供温和和有效的清洁奶牛的乳头之前挤奶。这一过程可以促进牛奶“沉淀”，从而减少挤奶时间。这不仅优化了农场劳动力的使用，还提高了牛奶产量，并在挤奶前对奶头进行了消毒，以尽量减少牛奶中的细菌含量。保湿液可以改善皮肤健康，从而减少乳腺炎的发生。我们的系统不仅有利于农民和消费者，它还支持畜群福利，我们的系统在全球范围内供应，包括800多家英国奶牛场。在这个项目中，我们正在利用我们对行业的了解，并利用强大的合作伙伴关系来创新和进一步改进挤奶过程。我们独特的方法是技术和人力监督的完美结合，可以降低成本，提高效率，并确保在挤奶期间有效地照顾牛群。与现有的全自动挤奶房（安装成本非常昂贵，可能会引发道德/福利问题）不同，我们的方法价格合理，可以快速获得回报，并且可以非常灵活地部署，以适应各种规模的固定和移动挤奶房。NDE团队将高度重视操作人员和动物的安全保障。我们的分包商CR Solutions将专注于自动化交付的各个方面。该项目将通过创造就业机会，提供重要的国内和出口业务，从而提高英国的税收贡献，对英国经济产生积极影响。

The UK dairy industry continues to face strong pressure from increased costs, fragmented labour markets and increasingly stringent standards for milk quality.Northern Dairy Equipment Limited has been supporting farmers for over 15 years and in 2012, received the Royal Association of British Dairy Farmers (RABDF) prestigious Machinery & Equipment Award for the most significant economic contribution to the dairy industry. This was based on our Sanicleanse products which deliver gentle and effective cleaning of cow's teats prior to milking. This procedure encourages milk 'let-down' and thus reduces milking times. Not only does this optimise the use of farm labour, it also increases milk yields and sanitises the teat prior to milking to minimise bacteria levels in milk. A moisturising solution improves skin health which in turn reduces occurrences of mastitis. Our system is not only good for the farmer and the consumer, it supports herd welfare and we supply our systems globally, including to over 800 UK dairy farms.In this project, we are building on our knowledge of the industry and exploiting strong partnerships to innovate and further improve the milking process. Our unique approach is an ideal blend of technology and human supervision which drives down costs, improves efficiency and ensures that herds are cared for effectively during milking. Unlike established, fully automated milking parlours (which are very expensive to install and can raise ethical/welfare questions), our approach is affordable, delivers fast payback benefits and can be deployed very flexibly to suit fixed and mobile milking parlours of all sizes.NDE's team will maintain a strong focus on operator and animal safeguards. Our subcontractor, CR Solutions, will focus on aspects of automation delivery. This project will impact the UK economy positively through job creation, delivery of significant domestic and export business resulting in higher UK tax contributions.