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<strong>Arie</strong> <strong>Duizer</strong><br />
• 120 milking cows<br />
• 30 dry cows and<br />
close heifers<br />
• Breeding age<br />
heifers<br />
• Calves up to 3<br />
months<br />
Two robotic milking stalls<br />
Central handling facility<br />
Slatted floor with a robotic scraper<br />
Mattress freestalls minimal bedding<br />
Neck mounted pedometers for heat detection<br />
There is a camera for remote observation<br />
Calves are group housed<br />
and fed with a robotic calf feeder
<strong>Arie</strong> is in the barn an average <strong>of</strong> 32 hours<br />
per week !<br />
A new direction !!!<br />
Precision <strong>Dairy</strong> Management<br />
• Fills 140 kg <strong>of</strong> quota with no hired help<br />
• A family farm<br />
• Efficient and competitive<br />
• Sustainable, socially, environmentally and<br />
economically<br />
<strong>Dairy</strong> <strong>Farmers</strong> <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>Ontario</strong><br />
<strong>Ontario</strong> Ministry <strong>of</strong><br />
Agriculture Food and<br />
Rural Affairs<br />
An Example <strong>of</strong> Precision Technology:<br />
Developed by Foss and DeLaval<br />
Cowside in line milk analysis for:<br />
‐ Progesterone<br />
‐ LDH (Lactate Dehydrogenase)<br />
‐ BHB (Beta‐hydroxybuterate)<br />
‐ MUN (urea nitrogen)<br />
Presentations on:<br />
Robotic Milking<br />
RFID Technology<br />
Data Management<br />
In Line Milk Quality Testing<br />
Automation in Feeding, Reproduction<br />
and Health Management<br />
Milk Quality<br />
Henk Hoogeveen<br />
Reproduction<br />
Jeff Durkin<br />
In barn Technologies<br />
Ephriam Maltz<br />
Invited Speakers<br />
Pr<strong>of</strong>itablility<br />
Jeff Bewley<br />
Robotic Milking<br />
Kees DeKoning<br />
Health<br />
Management<br />
Steve LeBlanc
2 1/2 Days <strong>of</strong> technical presentations<br />
Producer Panel Tuesday evening<br />
Thomas Wynker –BC Poul DeGier‐ Alberta<br />
Dale Hemminger – NY Bram Prins ‐<br />
Netherlands<br />
Friday farm tour<br />
Banquet Speaker<br />
NASA Astronaut<br />
Dr. Roberta Bondar<br />
“ Applying Technology in<br />
Extreme Environments”<br />
Commercial exhibits<br />
A Forum for:<br />
Producers<br />
Researchers<br />
Agribusiness<br />
Dealing with:<br />
Practical Application <strong>of</strong> Precision<br />
Technologies in <strong>Dairy</strong><br />
Production<br />
Register at this meeting, get the early<br />
registration discount and be eligible to win a free<br />
banquet ticket !<br />
www.precisiondairy2010.com
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