Milk recording

Milk recording can help you to identify high SCC cows, unprofitable cows and ultimately improve your herd.

Milking parlour
Milk recording team at work

Our milk recording team

Our professional team can visit your farm at milking to take yields and samples, or to assist with electronic meters. Our aim is to make milk recording as hassle free as possible.

Electronic milk meters

Electronic meters

Where there are no meters on farm, we supply electronic meters and everything needed to record.

Why milk record?

Five reasons to milk record

Why milk record?

Reduce somatic cell counts

Identify and isolate cows with subclinical mastitis infection, e.g. high SCC.

Increase overall milk value (A+B−C)

Quickly identify the cows that are most profitable based on milk yield and milk solids.

Improve management information

Select the correct bull for a specific cow, e.g. target high SCC cows with low SCC bulls.

Quick, simple disease testing

Access disease testing for your herd from your recording samples.

Increase the value of your herd

For stock for sale or, if necessary, disease compensation.

SCC control

The information you need for SCC control

SCC control

In your milk recording report, cows are put into four categories based on SCC.

  • Persistently infected
  • Recently infected
  • Recently cured
  • Healthy cows

A deeper insight into SCC

The SCC profile shows the number of cows in each category and their performance since their last test, so you can quickly monitor your SCC control programme. Are you achieving SCC control at milking? What are your cure rates? Is your herd suitable for selective dry cow therapy?

Summary SCC report
Summary production report
Production reports

Identify your best and worst cows

Your best and worst cows

  • A Production Summary details the key milking performance figures for your herd
  • A Milk Recorded Margin Per Day breakdown helps you identify the most and least profitable cows in your herd

Your least profitable cows are clearly highlighted in red, so you can decide whether they have a future in your herd.