Computerised dairy transforms business

摘要

CASEY and Bonnie Taylor didn't set out to install a computerised dairy — the system came with the automationequipment they needed. But having a fully computerised system has transformed their dairy operation well beyond the milking system. As well as saving a labour unit and changing the way they go about their daily tasks, it has freed time and energy for thecouple to focus on other aspects of the farm business.Casey and Bonnie dairy with Casey's parents, Peter and Wendy, at Heathmere near Portland, Western Victoria. The autumn-calving herd averages about 500 kilograms milk solids a year from pasture and about 600kg of pellets per cow. In 2009 the 30-year-old dairy was replaced with a 40-unit rotary.