DeLaval News

DeLaval AMR™awarded the Golden Hoof

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:31:40 GMT

Stockholm, Sweden (December 23, 2011). DeLaval AMR™ has been awarded the Golden Hoof at the Agribex 2011 exhibition in Belgium.

DeLaval introduces ISO identification for all VMS barn systems

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:01:39 GMT

Stockholm, Sweden (December 20, 2011). DeLaval Voluntary Milking System VMS™ units can now be offered with ISO identification. The product which is based on several years of development and testing is in line with expected lifetime traceability legislation and will enable farmers to take advantage of the cost efficiency of the ISO identification system.

DeLaval milking equipment and herd management solutions to feature in new dairy barn at Cornell University, New York, USA

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:20:54 GMT

Stockholm, Sweden (October 19th 2011). DeLaval and Cornell University are pleased to announce a new development in their continuing partnership to bring innovative, safe and productive solutions to the dairy industry. The Ivy League School will equip its new teaching dairy barn with DeLaval milking equipment and herd management solutions.

DeLaval supplies Turkey’s first robotic milking farm

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 10:14:30 GMT

Stockholm, Sweden (October 17, 2011). DeLaval has sold it first VMS, Voluntary Milking System in Turkey. The Farm Sarp - is the first robotic milking farm in the country and they are aiming to be the Turkey’s most production efficient farm. “This is a significant step for DeLaval as we enter the Turkish market with VMS. We are very happy that Farm Sarp choose DeLaval as their supplier”, says Andrew Turner Regional President India, Middle East & Africa at DeLaval.

RTD revolutionizes milk system cleaning with lower water temp technology

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:32:46 GMT

Chicago, IL (October, 6th 2011). With a long tradition in developing innovative cleaning solutions, DeLaval has introduced a new chlorinated alkaline detergent featuring superior hygienic results achieved at much lower temperatures.

DeLaval equips largest livestock research centre in Europe at Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 13:15:16 GMT

Stockholm, Sweden (September 20^th 2011). At the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences´ new Swedish Livestock Research Centre at Uppsala-Lövsta, international and private enterprise researchers will be offered a unique research environment, where new animal production technologies can be researched and tested. The facility will conduct research of the highest quality in animal welfare, animal health, climate-smart animal management and sustainable food production. DeLaval has won the bid to supply the Swedish Livestock Research Centre with equipment.

DeLaval AMR™ to make North American debut at World Dairy Expo

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:03:36 GMT

Chicago, IL (August 2011). The award winning DeLaval AMR™ will be showcased in North America for the first time at the 2011 World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin.

DeLaval engage in herd management knowledge share with China

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 15:09:50 GMT

Stockholm, Sweden (August 25th 2011), DeLaval continue their engagement in developing milk production and animal welfare in China. Eleven dairy managers from China visited DeLaval at Hamra Farm in Sweden on August 19th for an introduction program to learn more about dairy farm management. This is an initiative taken by DeLaval, the Swedish University of Agriculture Science (SLU), The Ministry of Agricultural in China, China Agricultural University, BCAG (Sanyuan) and Tetra Pak; the first phase of which started already in 1984.

Top ranked Russian farm becomes the largest VMS dairy in the world

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:55:31 GMT

Kazan, Russia (July 13th 2011). The largest voluntary milking system VMS dairy in Europe and Asia is now poised to become the biggest in the world. The Rakhimovo Farm located in the Russian Federation’s Republic of Tatarstan, has signed an agreement with DeLaval for an additional 16 VMS to grow their existing operations. This investment will result in a total of 32 VMS at Rakhimovo; the farm was ranked among the top dairies for milk quality and animal welfare in the area, according to a report published in 2010[1].

“After two years in production with the 16 VMS operation that we installed in 2009; we decided that the time was right to make a further investment. The benefits have been clear since the first installation in terms of both production and quality and therefore securing a return on our initial investment” said Farit Rakhimov entrepreneur and owner of the soon to be largest DeLaval VMS installation in the world.

First AMR™ in Germany sold

Thu, 30 Jun 2011 18:39:17 GMT

Stockholm, Sweden (June 30th 2011). DeLaval International announced today the next commercial installation of the DeLaval AMR™ which will be in Germany. “This is yet another significant step for DeLaval as we enter the German market with the AMR™. This system is a revolution in high capacity milking and what farmers with large herds of 300-800 cows have been waiting for” said DeLaval Vice President Business Area Capital Goods Andrew Turner.

Watch the AMR™ Media Briefing at Odensviholm Farm, Sweden

Wed, 18 May 2011 10:33:22 GMT

On May 11th journalists from around the world visited for the first time a farm with a working DeLaval industry first automatic milking rotary, the DeLaval AMR™.

DeLaval AMR™ in use on a real farm

Tue, 10 May 2011 14:50:47 GMT

Stefan and Karin Löwenborg have been testing the AMR™ system since April 2010 at their farm in Southern Sweden. They began by milking 300 cows on the industry-first automatic milking rotary and are now moving toward milking 500.

Torp Farm in Sweden: Smart Farming in action

Tue, 10 May 2011 13:44:00 GMT

Månstad, Sweden (May 10th 2011). Swedish milk producers Patrik and Elin Johansson prove that a holistic and automated approach to dairy farming is a reality. On Torp farm, Smart Farming is the key to long-term business profitability, expansion opportunities and sustainability.

First DeLaval AMR™ commercial installation sold

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:54:41 GMT

First DeLaval AMR™ commercial installation sold

The pasture-based dairy farm where the automatic milking rotary will be installed is located in Tasmania, Australia. It represents the world’s first commercial installation of its kind.

DeLaval support Earth Hour

Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:04:29 GMT

The global dairy equipment manufacturer DeLaval engage their international hubs to turn the lights out in support of Earth Hour.

Customer upgrade marks 10th anniversary of first DeLaval milking robot in North America

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:07:29 GMT

The robotic milking stations have been upgraded to incorporate the latest technological benefits of the voluntary milking system VMS 2011. This will support dairy farmer Walter Kessler in boosting productivity without investing time and resources in a new robot.

Milkproduction.com: The dairy knowledge sharing website re-launched!

Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:39:10 GMT

Milkproduction.com sees over 18,000 visits from around the world every month. Launched in 2000 to share dairy knowledge and farmers’ best practices, the site has now been relaunched to greet visitors with brand-new content and improved functionalities.

DeLaval to showcase the Dairy Barn at Berlin’s International Green Week

Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:46:27 GMT

The company has been chosen to represent the 2011 Dairy Barn. The DeLaval Sustainable Barn will be part of the Farm Experience Hall and will feature a live robotic milking demonstration and present sustainable options for the production of quality dairy products that help reduce the environmental footprint of farms.