A26-Uncaster Farming, Saturday, February 19, 2000 New Technology (Continued from Page A2S) rent facilities are adequate.” The basic concept of the ro botic milker is that the cow can choose when she wants to be milked and enters into the stall when she feels her udder is get ting full. When the cow first ap proaches the stall, she is recog nized by the computer system. The system determines her eligi bility to be milked. If a cow was Just milked a couple of hours ago, the system will not allow her into the stall. If she is eligible to be milked, the cow enters the stall and is generally fed in the stall. The machine preps the cow and then attaches the teat cups to the udder using laser-sensing de vices. During the milking, milk flow is monitored and recorded and electrical current of the milk is Come And See The New UNI Aerobic Exerciser at a public meeting on Monday, February 28 at 7PM Place: Leola Family Restaurant 365 West Main St. Leola, Pa. ivailable with 3 different motors. 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The different robotic systems vary in the following ways: cow capacity, prep procedure, teat cup removal (either individual or all four at once), milk dump ing capabilities, and space re quirements. Reed showed the group videos of three separate robotic milking systems, including the Lely As tronaut, Prolion, and Westfalia More comfortable than hard plastic, and it Not involved with any foreign mysticism Leonardo. When a farmer installs a ro botic milking system, he must make the following considera tions. Cows must have free access to the robotic milker. The farmer must bring heifers into the system to teach them how to use it. The access to the feed alley should be through the system. There should be enough bunk space per cow. The bedding source must be compatible with the type of ro botic milker. One of the systems preps the cows’ teats inside the teat cup. If a farmer uses sand bedding, the sand can cause ab rasions to the teat by being forced around inside the teat cup. 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Although somatic cell counts did not increase with the robotic milkers, higher bacteria counts can occur depending on the frequency of cleaning, the milk cooling process, and the length of the milk lines. “Regulators will be watching the systems closely to keep these issues from arising,” said Reed. The cost of the two milking systems Reed expects to be in troduced in the United States ranges from $150,000 to $340,000. The Lely Astronaut is a one-unit system that has a ca pacity of 65 cows and costs $150,000. The Universal Prolion ;et Cost is a four-stall system capable of handing up to 150 cows. The first box and robotic milker cost $175,000, while the other three stalls cost $55,000 a piece. “You want to make sure you have the appropriate number of cows to maximize the system,” said Reed. “While 65 cows in the Universal Prolion would be ideal for the first stall, 85 cows would call for an additional stall but not use it to its full capac ity.” “As I said before, although the robotic milkers are not for everyone, my predictions are that they will be introduced in the United States this year and will work,” said Reed. “They may allow the family farm to in crease cow * numbers without hiring additional labor.” Southern Cross Good for a business landmark Fun to watch turning in the breeze We have been selling and installing windmills since 1968 and go anywhere to install them. 7 sizes of windmills available, with towers up to 80 feet tall. Let us know what you want to do with a windmill, and we’ll tell you how. 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