Farming Monthly National September 2018 | Page 26

| UK Dairy Day DeLaval Launches new Rotary E100 in UK and Ireland The DeLaval Rotary E100 has been launched in the UK and Ireland. The new DeLaval E100 rotary is focused around the four customer challenges: Animal welfare, milk quality, farm profitability and work efficiency. s a market leader in rotary systems, DeLaval has gained years of experience to design the next generation of rotary parlours. Understanding modern dairy farmer’s everyday challenges, the new E100 rotary has focused on the key areas of performance; • DeLaval Cockpit™ - Puts the operator in control of the whole milking process and allows for a one manoperation rotary. • DeLaval Fastlane™ - Designed to increase cow throughput on the exit and entry of the parlour, increasing efficiency. • DeLaval Comfort Bail™ - Unique low profile bail provides a calmer milking and increases cow throughput. • DeLaval Topflow™ - Provides A a gentle milking cluster giving stable and lower vacuum during milking. Gary Edwards CMS Solutions manager states: “The DeLaval E100 Rotary has been designed around the customer’s and the animal’s needs. It has been designed as a complete milking system focussing on cow flow, cow comfort, efficiency and comfort for the milker. Combined with DelPro™ herd management software it really offers the farmer complete control of his herd making it easier for him to make management decisions. When working in conjunction with the unique DeLaval teat spray robot (TSR™), it is incredibly labour efficient when labour is becoming increasingly challenging for dairy farmers.” 26 | Farming Monthly | September 2018 Feed management a hot topic at UK Dairy Day Visitors to this year’s UK Dairy Day will have the opportunity to find out how careful feed management can help increase control of business performance. s part of the event’s technical seminar line-up, Ian Leach, supply chain programme director at Alltech, will present on-farm strategies to improve the level of feed efficiency, focusing on increasing digestibility and reducing contamination and wastage. “Feed is the biggest single cost of production for most dairy units, regardless of farm size or type and therefore even small improvements in efficiency can have a dramatic impact on business profitability,” said Mr Leach. “Rising feed costs, coupled with uncertainty regarding the impact of Brexit and the shape of future support payments, means it’s becoming more important for producers to examine how they can improve herd digestibility and reduce feed waste on farm,” he explained. A Ian Leach “The use of new feed technologies gives producers the opportunity to achieve greater levels of feed consistency, efficiency and ultimately certainty within their businesses.” The ‘Focussing on feed management in times of uncertainty’ seminar will take place at 2pm in the Sharing Knowledge Zone at UK Dairy Day being held on 12 September at the International Centre in Telford, Shropshire. Alltech and KEENAN’s team of skilled specialists will also be available on stand number H151 to discuss tailored nutritional solutions to suit individual dairy systems and business goals. www.farmingmonthly.co.uk