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<blockquote data-quote="regolith" data-source="post: 671402" data-attributes="member: 9267"><p>16-hour milking is a very different game to once a day.</p><p>There's very little difference (under New Zealand conditions) to milk yields and SCC levels under 16-hour milking. It was widely used to cope with drought in the 2008 season, mostly by farmers who couldn't risk the rise in SCC once-a-day milking would cause.</p><p></p><p>My herd was low SCC so I went once a day with first part of the herd (low producers) then the whole herd both this summer and last summer. Gives plenty of time for other jobs, reduces feed requirement (or helps condition gain, one or the other you can't really expect both) and in this country where cows commonly walk up to a mile, mile and a half for milking, it reduces heat stress and energy requirement.</p><p>I can't see the article (my connection being stoopid). Once a day milking is a useful tool, but does bring up other issues. It's supposed to save electricity/detergent etc but I haven't seen much difference in the electricity bill when I go to once a day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="regolith, post: 671402, member: 9267"] 16-hour milking is a very different game to once a day. There's very little difference (under New Zealand conditions) to milk yields and SCC levels under 16-hour milking. It was widely used to cope with drought in the 2008 season, mostly by farmers who couldn't risk the rise in SCC once-a-day milking would cause. My herd was low SCC so I went once a day with first part of the herd (low producers) then the whole herd both this summer and last summer. Gives plenty of time for other jobs, reduces feed requirement (or helps condition gain, one or the other you can't really expect both) and in this country where cows commonly walk up to a mile, mile and a half for milking, it reduces heat stress and energy requirement. I can't see the article (my connection being stoopid). Once a day milking is a useful tool, but does bring up other issues. It's supposed to save electricity/detergent etc but I haven't seen much difference in the electricity bill when I go to once a day. [/QUOTE]
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