Sheep Milk Tracking System
Maximise returns with a cost-effective milk yield system
Track and log milk yield for individual animals.
Customise reports to meet specific information needs
Maximise returns with a cost-effective milk yield system
Track and log milk yield for individual animals.
Customise reports to meet specific information needs
The TCS milk yield system monitors the milk yield from each animal, providing both flow and total yield information. The milk yield system is integrated with the TCS Milk-Link software, giving farmers the ability to monitor each animal's milk production throughout the season and identify the highs and lows of the animal’s production.
The base system consists of:
- RFID readers to identify the animals;
- an absolute bale identifier system to know which bale is at the animal RFID reader in a rotary milking shed;
- milk yield sensors to provide a milk yield approximation;
- a milk shed controller to synchronise all communications activities and carry out all the milk yield systems logic control;
- radio frequency (RF) communications to rotary milk sheds;
- and a PC to store all the gather data and run the Milk-Link reporting software.
The TCS milk sensors connect to the vacuum line of each cluster of milking cups to record the flow and yield milked from each animal. The milk yield data is then correlated with the animal’s electronic identification (EID) in the milk shed controller and is then passed to the Milk-Link database for archiving.
The milk shed controller provides the linkage to all the devices that make up milk yield system. It also contains the logical control functionality to coordinate which animal is at which bale and when to set and clear each milk sensor’s data. Data is stored temporarily in the milk shed controller’s own database until acknowledgment of receipt of the data from the Milk-Link software is received to ensure that data is never lost. Depending on the size of the herd/flock, data can be stored for up to a week until the Milk-Link software needs to upload the data, creating a robust and secure storage facility for milk yield information.
The TCS milk yield system can be supplied with either low frequency (134khz) or high frequency (13.56mhz) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) depending on what is required. A bench top RFID reader/programmer allows synchronisation of RFID tags with visual numbers into the Milk-Link software.
TCS can provide various options in addition to the base system to enable further information or control functionality. These include:
The milk shed controller provides the linkage to all the devices that make up milk yield system. It also contains the logical control functionality to coordinate which animal is at which bale and when to set and clear each milk sensor’s data. Data is stored temporarily in the milk shed controller’s own database until acknowledgment of receipt of the data from the Milk-Link software is received to ensure that data is never lost. Depending on the size of the herd/flock, data can be stored for up to a week until the Milk-Link software needs to upload the data, creating a robust and secure storage facility for milk yield information.
The TCS milk yield system can be supplied with either low frequency (134khz) or high frequency (13.56mhz) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) depending on what is required. A bench top RFID reader/programmer allows synchronisation of RFID tags with visual numbers into the Milk-Link software.
TCS can provide various options in addition to the base system to enable further information or control functionality. These include:
- Large character Message Displays to display milk yield, bale, or animal ID information
- Automatic cup removal system to remove the cups after the end of milking is detected or the exit point is reached
- Automatic drafting to draft on a variety of conditionsMilk shed monitoring to verify vat temperatures and motor running status
- Web interfacing for remote milk shed monitoring
- Cell phone modem connection for alarm status reporting
- PDA for field animal matching with Bluetooth communications to the Milk-Link software
- Milk shed terminals for operator input and information viewing
- Monitoring of animal health issues
