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Vishal Vashisht

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Commercial dairy Farming

Large/commercial mega dairies, mostly integrated with processing

facilities

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What is the plan

• To set up a Dairy Farm housing 500 Milking

cows having plans for expansion- Market milk
produced as hygienic / quality milk with premium.
• Cross breeding with imported semen for herd
development / improved productivity of each
animal. ( Livestock import banned)
• Bull mother farm / Semen production

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Are such farms existent?- Yes

• Al Safi (Saudi Arabia) General Farm Details

• 15000 cows (13000 milking + 2000 dry).
• Housing outdoor corrals with central
shades and evaporative coolers.
• Very hot arid climate, winter 30+C,
summer 50+C. <200mm rainfall.
Current Production Data
• Milk Averages - ‘saleable’ milk delivered
to processing factory only
• 28 kg / day / cow-in-milk
• 8340 kg / year / all cows (milking + dry)
 History
• 3840 cows – Production 40000 Ltr /
Day -1981

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Infrastructure needed

• Animal & Animal Housing System

• Feeding systems (Roughages & Concentrates)
• Breeding, Maternity and Health Management
• Calves and Youngstock
• Milking System
• Milk cooling, storage, Processing system
• Manure Handling System
• Utilities – Water , Power
• Herd Management System
• Dairy Farm Organization

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Demands of Commercial Dairy Farming

Animal Housing System-Loose Housing

• Free Stall-Loose Housing

• Suitable for more than
300mm rainfall areas
• High construction
expenditure & low
maintenance cost
• 4-Row Barn recommended

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Loose Housing

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 Freestall 4 rows Cow Sheds- plan
Min 2,4 meters Min. Cross over width:
1,8 m or 3,6 m No of cubicles in No dead ends
row: max 20-25
Min 3,6 meters

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Freestall 4 rows Perspective

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Demands on Commercial dairy farm-

Feeding systems (Roughages & Concentrates)

• Feeding expenses accounts for 50 to 60% of revenue generated . Any

saving on this adds to bottom-line. Measurement of concentrate fed to
individual animal.
• Total Mixed Ration (TMR feeding ) for Herd

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Demands on Commercial dairy farm

Milking System

• Milking system to provide stress free environment to cows &

persons milking cows.
• Milking system to be equipped with automatic milk yield
measurement , record & transfer recorded readings to central
database. Milker to get access to milk yield records , feed
consumption records stored in central database & health remind
code indications, from each milking point.
• Milk to be cooled immediately after extraction to check bacterial
growth & to Improve shelf life of milk & stored in hygienic insulated
container.
• Milking tank to be equipped with suitable cleaning system to check
contamination / hygiene.

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Demands on Commercial dairy

Manure Handling System

• Scraping of manure without causing injuries to cows.

• Manure scraping without sound pollution.
• Storage ,Transport & disposal of manure in slurry form.
• Separation of slurry in to solid mass & waste water.
• Recycling of water for agriculture use will be possible.

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Demands on Commercial dairy farm-

Water Requirements

• Water requirement / cow – 150 Ltrs / day.

• Extra Water storage for Other farm activities up to 100-150 litres per
day
• Water storage ,transportation / distribution to consumption points .
• Arrangement of un-interrupted power supply with suitable
distribution network making power available at consumption points.

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Demands on Commercial Dairy system

Breeding, Maternity and Health Management

• Breeding history & records of all animal must be available & updated.

• Cows to remain under individual & professional attention during

calving.(10 days) Maternity treatments to be updated in health records.

• History of Treatment given to cows should be available & updated after

every treatment.

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Demands on Commercial Dairy Farming

Calves and Youngstock

• Isolated housing of all calves under 2 months.
• Young stock produced by good performing cows to be reared under
special attention, for replacement which will ensure improvement of
herd productivity.
• Young stock to be housed in loose housing system / group pens.

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Demands on Commercial Dairy Farming

Herd Management System

• Information system / data warehousing for all areas within farm to be

available round the clock.
• Culling / Replacement, Breeding decisions to be based on analysis of
measured parameters available in the form of data collected /
generated, stored automatically.
• Individual cow productivity / economics of individual cow to be
ascertained on the basis of measured, input to the cow & out put from
the cow.

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Demands on Commercial Dairy Farming

Dairy Farm Organization

• Organisation / Team of people to handle individually assigned work

routines.
• Management to measure & analyze performance of all activities
ensuring profitability .

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System Solution- Herringbone parlour for 500 Cows

Comfortable and efficient milking.

DeLaval herringbone stall 30

ensures good cow positioning
during milking.

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System Solution – Milking System

Milking System for larger herds – Options

• Herringbone Milking System
• Parallel Parlour System
• Rotary Parlour System
• MidiLine Parlour System

These Milking systems can be offered with different Levels of

automation to suit the needs of the Dairy farm Projects

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System Solution – TMR feeding

• Total )Mixed Ration

The concentrates and

roughage are mixed in a
mixer wagon. The mix is
often dispensed to the
cow directly from the
mixer wagon.

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TMR Feed Software Manager

• Complete feed management

• Ration management
• Operation performance
• Inventory management
• Feed bunk management
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System Solution – Calf Feeders

• Calves – Secure future.

• Young stock - Replacements

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System Solution – Cooling Tanks
Milk cooling, storage, Processing system

• Milk cooling immediately after extraction helps

improve keeping quality of milk.
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System Solution – Automatic Scrapers- optional

Manure Handling System

• Dirtiest job at farm.
• Freedom from
Labour &
dependence on
labour
• Clean cows & Barn
environment
• Improved udder
hygiene.

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System Solution – Slurry Pumps

• Mechanized
Arrangements to transfer
manure from cow to
storage.
• Automatic Manure
scraping systems

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System Solution – Manure Separation

• Makes separation os
manure slurry to dry
matter possible.
• Separated dry matter is
ideal for composting.
• The Separator can handle
thick manure (19% dry
matter) and thin slurries
(less than 1% solids).

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System Solution – Herd Software
Herd Management System

Management

Milking Feeding Reproduction Plant Plant Analysing

management performance

Sub
management
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System Solution -
Herd Management System - ALPRO™

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System Solution -
The Organization

Managing Director

Agri Division Organic Water Supply Marketing Administration

Purchase

Dairy Farm HR/SW

Accounts

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System Solution -
The Organization

Dairy Farm
(Farm Manager)

Processing Milking Treatment / AI Feed Mill Roughages feeding

(Breeding)

• Milk • Milking • Vaccination • Concentrate • Green & Dry

Processing • In Parlour • Maternity Production Fodder chaffing
• Packing Feeding • Calf raring • Capacity 10MT / • Transport to
• Loading of • Maintenance •Treatment Day Animal Housing
packed milk •Breeding • Capacity
50MT/Day

1 Dairy Tech , 3LSS Milkers , AI & Treatment – ( 10 AI / day, + 10Labour ,

3 Operators, 5 Qualified Milkers, 20 Treatments) 2 Drivers,
1 Refn 2 Mechanics 3LSS , 2 Tractor + 4 Trollys,
Mechanic, 3 Labour, 1 Loader
3 Labour Calf Raring ( 2 Calvings / day ),
840 Calves
1 BVSc Doctor, 1Supervisor ,
2 LSS (12 Hr duty), 6 Labours,
4 Labour (12 Hr duty)

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How the farm will look like -

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Freestall Systems
Typical Site layout

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How the farm will look like -
Replacement / Hospital
Feed Area

Milking center and visitor area

Cow barns

Staff Housing Cow barns

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