Mike Gleason of Herkimer collects old-fashioned milking machines. He own 80 machines and displayed several at the New York Farm Show on Feb. 27, 2016. Gleason has collected old-fashioned milking ...

In the past, there were few differences between individual milking machines. But huge genetic variation between dairy breeds has led to significant variation in milk yield, milk flow rates, teat size ...

Good routines will set up milking for success in the key areas of hygiene, mastitis detection, herd throughput and, arguably the most important, milk flow rates. Together they will improve the ...