WHAT SHOULD ROBOTIC MILKING PERMISSION DO?

As I work with farmers, I see a wide range of attitudes towards milking permission. On the one extreme are those who think of milking permission as that mysterious place, deep in the software, where nobody should ever go, because nobody really understands it. On the other extreme are those who just wish there were more settings available because they have developed mathematical formulas to evaluate the right setting for each barn. Most of us are somewhere in the middle. Wherever you fit on the scale, milking permission will do more if you start with why. For me, there are 3 whys. First, use the equipment efficiently to maximize capacity; second, don’t milk the cow when she doesn’t need to be milked; third, keep the line short at the robot.

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