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DeLaval’s V310* robot automatically collects regularly scheduled milk samples, and tests them for progesterone. Success depends on understanding progesterone, understanding the system, and adjusting your program to use the information.

Since Kyle and Rachel Zwieg moved from the tie-stall barn to their robotic facility in 2020, their single DeLaval V300 has frequently been the highest producing DeLaval robot in the world.

This example is extreme, but with high beef prices and low heifer inventory, it is not unusual to have a marginal cow in the robot because there is no heifer to take her place. Ultimately, this is often the result of a reproductive management decision.