Robot Utilisation

Every new dairy involves a major financial investment and automatic or „robotic‟ milking systems (AMS) are no exception. FutureDairy‟s Dr Kendra Kerrisk takes a look at unit utilisation, a measure of how “busy” each automatic milking unit is on a given day. “We want to optimise unit utilisation, to make the most of the capital outlay involved in installing an AMS,” said Dr Kerrisk.