DeLaval Plus Behaviour Analysis empowers better decision-making
New data sensor solution uses AI-technology to provide cow health alerts by tracking cow movement.
New behaviour analysis drives herd productivity
Pioneering behaviour analysis software has been used by the Hyslop family to offset labour challenges and provide the data needed to make decisions that have increased yield at a time when performance margins have been tightened throughout dairying.
John Deere and DeLaval launch groundbreaking Milk Sustainability Center
TUMBA, Sweden and Walldorf, Germany, 1 October 2024. – Today John Deere and DeLaval launch the Milk Sustainability Center, an innovative digital ecosystem designed to enhance the efficiency and sustainability of dairy farming operations.
4 years with robots brings whole system benefits
The installation of DeLaval VMS V300 robots in 2019 paved the way for David Luxton and his family to realise system benefits throughout the farm by managing fixed costs more efficiently and focusing on generating more milk with lower operating costs.
DeLaval introduces a new feed distribution robot as part of its total feeding solution
DeLaval has expanded its robotic offer to include the OptiWagon™, a new electric autonomous feed distribution robot.
Robots multiplying at Buckinghamshire farm
DeLaval VMS V310 milking robots were chosen by Chilton Home Farms Ltd manager Mark Woodin to milk the 250 herd of Holsteins in 2023 to manage 2 herds across 2 farms. The installation was carried out by specialists TH White following Mr Woodin’s decision to install five of the robots with the aim of growing the herd to 280.
Grazing system boosts milk for organic farm
Building a new shed, installing three DeLaval robots and implementing a unique grazing system has seen an organic farm increase its milk yield by 15 percent over the last five years. The hybrid grazing and automated milking system has also improved cow health and enabled the herd to spend more time at pasture.
One-man parlour provides fixed cost-benefit
Installing a new MidiLine parlour has more than halved standing time, reduced mastitis cases, improved foot health and increased yield. It has also brought back a Welsh family’s love of milking by making the process enjoyable again and reducing costs to help cope with falling milk prices.
Grazing with milking robots - revisited after 2 years
Ross Johnson, an early adopter of DeLaval's three-way robot grazing system, won the 2024 Northern Dairy Farmer of the Year. He shares insights from the past two years.
New robot pushes up milk yield
Following the decision to build a new shed in 2023, Howard Edwards chose to take advantage of the Farming Equipment and Technology Fund (FETF) to automate feed pushing with a DeLaval OptiDuo robot. The move has helped the farm adjust to the new shed, increased productivity and reduced the man hours needed to manage the herd.
DeLaval Swinging Beef Brush
Stronger Delaval brush designed for beef cattle.
DeLaval launches AI powered herd monitoring technology
DeLaval has launched DeLaval Plus, a new customer portal powered by unique artificial intelligence called DeepBlue. Together the technology collects herd data to provide useful, easy-to-understand information and animal health alerts, including a ‘Disease Risk" application which predicts which cows are at risk of mastitis, ketosis and other diseases.
9th generation makes dairy investment
Installing an 80-point DeLaval E300 rotary parlour to futureproof milking on a south Wales farm has cut milking times in half and provided an enviable opportunity for the 10th generation to grow the herd.
John Deere and DeLaval form Strategic Partnership for Sustainable Milk Production
John Deere and DeLaval joins efforts to create the Milk Sustainability Center (MSC), a digital eco-system to help dairy farmers improve the efficiency and sustainability of their operations. The eco-system will be open for partners to join, with the objective of providing farmers with data needed for a holistic view of the dairy operations.
DeLaval launches new teat disinfectants
Two new glycolic acid-based teat disinfectants; OceanBlu™ spray, and OceanBlu™ barrier have been launched by DeLaval.
The worlds largest DeLaval VMS™ batch milking farm
DeLaval has announced the largest robot batch milking farm is working well at Lønholm Agro near Kolding, Denmark.
DeLaval dealer expansion in Northern Ireland
DeLaval has appointed Stephen Moore Farm Machinery Ltd as the sole dealer for the East of Northern Ireland
Open day at Low Whinholme Farm
The Johnson family have installed 3 new DeLaval VMS™ V310 milking robots on their farm, they’d love to show you.
DeLaval invests in its automatic milking facility
DeLaval plans to increase its production capacity of automatic milking machines to meet rising customer demand.
DeLaval celebrates 100 years in Great Britain
DeLaval are delighted to be celebrating 100 years of business in Great Britain this year.
DeLaval presents facelift for its Robotic Feed Pusher, the DeLaval OptiDuo™
Following the 2018 launch of the OptiDuo™ feed pushing robot, DeLaval has launched a new model with a facelift. Data from over 1500 OptiDuos has been collated to demonstrate the time and labour savings made by users. It also shows multiple improvements in cow health.
New teat dip launched
DeLaval has launched a new teat dip with a formic acid active. FormaShield™ is a concentrated liquid teat disinfectant that can be diluted and applied to lactating cows before and after milking.
Today the groundbreaking begins for DeLaval’s big investment in modern dairy production
The groundbreaking at Hamra Farm for the 18 000 m² re-build starts today. The investment in more modern and sustainable dairy production at its own farm Hamra Farm, includes new barns, four new automatic milking robots, DeLaval VMS™ V300 and more digital solutions to improve animal health, quality and efficiency.
Dairy robot open day at Gretna farm
Kirtlebank Farm near Gretna is opening its gates to curious farmers looking to see two new dairy robots in action. Craig and Alison Moffat are hosting the open day on 1st September with manufacturer DeLaval, and dealer Mathers Ltd, to offer insight into how the milking robots have improved cow health and productivity.
Welsh dairy dealership expands
Lloyds Dairy Centre has almost doubled its team and taken on a new site in Pembrokeshire to meet demand from Welsh dairy farmers.
100,000 DeLaval swinging cow brushes sold worldwide
DeLaval has just sold it’s 100,000th swinging cow brush. To celebrate, it’s introducing an updated model.
New milking method launched
DeLaval has unveiled a new milking methodology that responds to the cow’s natural milk flow to save time and improve animal welfare.
New automated batch milking system launched
Demand for dairy workers has increased, yet finding suitable workers is proving challenging in many areas. "With the successful introduction of our DeLaval VMS™ V300 and V310 a few years ago, and the high capacity of these milking systems, we saw an opportunity to organise them in a batch milking setup to offer a flexible automatic milking solution for larger farms. The batch milking concept has been introduced to enable larger farms to produce more milk with less labour. With the new system only one person is required to milk 450 cows,” says Renato Aceto, one of the owners of Società Agricola Fratelli Aceto in Italy.
Sales of milking robots up 20 percent
Rise in demand for DeLaval milking robots has led to an increase in production of more than 20 percent. DeLaval has seen a surge in demand for its VMS™ V300 model and the new VMS™ V310.
DeLaval celebrate 90 years in Ireland
August 10th 2021 - DeLaval has reached a milestone anniversary in Ireland having traded for 90 years. Established in 1883, the Swedish manufacturer began trading in Ireland from 1931.
DeLaval introduce new parallel parlour system P100
July 13th, 2021 - The DeLaval P100 Parlour has been specifically designed with family farms and grassland customers in mind. The new DeLaval Parlour P100 delivers a smoother milking process using fewer resources and enabling the right automation to be used for every single farm.
Think Big’ to go grow herd size
Over the past few years, we have seen a growth trend and a desire to establish greater operation efficiencies in dairy farming.
New DeLaval CEO appointed
17 February 2021 ─ The Tetra Laval Group Board has appointed Mr Paul Löfgren, President & CEO of DeLaval, effective 1 April 2021. The appointment follows the decision by Mr Joakim Rosengren to step down from his position after 18 years as President & CEO and 35 years with the Tetra Laval Group.
Introducing the DeLaval Parlour milking system P500
Aug 2020 - DeLaval announces its latest Parlour milking system P500, the only parallel parlour in the dairy industry with three options to control the cow flow and no sequence gates in the floor. This innovation is a continuation of the countless customer solutions launched over the years by DeLaval to help farmers around the world in their daily lives.
DeLaval acquires milkrite | InterPuls
Stockholm, Sweden, 2 July 2020 – DeLaval has today announced further investments into the future of dairy farming solutions and services through the acquisition of milkrite | InterPuls from Avon Rubber. The transaction is subject to clearance from relevant anti-trust authorities.
Oldest DeLaval VMS Milking System in the world
On the 21st of June 2000 the Van Kempen - Van Diepenbeek family started robotic milking at the current location in Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands. Twenty years, 1.9 million milkings and about 20 million litres of milk later, both DeLaval VMS milking robots are still working on the farm. This makes them the oldest working DeLaval robots in the world. "When we started, automatic milking was still in its early stages and - together with DeLaval - we had to discover a lot," says a proud father Jos van Kempen.
DeLaval expands its farm with new state-of-the-art barn
DeLaval is investing in the future of dairy farming by developing its own high-tech farm even further with a new state-of-the-art barn. The farm will utilise some of today’s most innovative milking solutions, including four milking robots ─ DeLaval VMS™ V300. “The new barns are built with animal welfare as the top priority. The new modern technology will not only increase efficiency but ensure the best possible care for our animals,” says Joakim Rosengren, DeLaval President & CEO.
Tetra Laval Group is donating €10M towards COVID-19 relief efforts
How DeLaval is handling the current Coronavirus guidelines
DeLaval deliver 500th OptiDuo
In March 2020 the world's 500th DeLaval OptiDuo™ feed refresher was delivered to its new owner in Germany. On the market since 2018, the technology allows feed to be mixed and refreshed while being repositioned closer to the feed fence, keeping cows stimulated and increasing feed intakes.
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Dairy robots rekindle family farm - come take a look!
***Event Postponed until further notice*** 200 head dairy farm on the Devon Cornwall border will open its gates on April 2nd to show fellow dairy farmers how installing DeLaval milking robots have helped create a future for the family and the herd.
Industry-leading undergraduate Dairy Engineering qualification results from joint initiative
T H WHITE has joined forces with Wiltshire College & University Centre to create a state-of-the-art robotic dairy parlour supporting the development of a dedicated undergraduate Dairy Engineering qualification.
DeLaval VMS™ V310
25 November 2019 – DeLaval introduces its latest addition to the VMS™ series, the new DeLaval VMS™ milking system V310. The VMS™ V310 is equipped with the new feature DeLaval RePro™ that detects heat and pregnancy automatically during the milking process. With this new feature, the VMS™ V310 is extending its productivity advantage to the next generation of cows and dairy farmers.
DeLaval launch Evanza Milking Cluster & E300 Rotary
DeLaval DeLaval launch the Evanza milking and E300 Rotary in Ireland & UK.
DeLaval install first E100 Rotary in UK
Cardiff, Wales, Wed 17th July–
The NEW E100 Rotary milking system, which was launched last summer, has now been installed in the UK at Bodrach Farm, Llanrwst, Wales.
DeLaval participation at the 2019 annual European Dairy Farmers congress
24 June 2019 – DeLaval joins the European Dairy Farmers (EDF) annual congress in Kolding, Denmark, on 25-27 June. The theme this year is on efficient farming, for which DeLaval will run a workshop on Cow Longevity. Improving the productive lifetime of a cow is a step towards realising our vision of making sustainable food production
DeLaval and IFAJ travel to Brazil for the 2018 Exposure-4-Development program
April 2019 – Exposure-4-Development (E4D) is a program run over the years by the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists (IFAJ). This year the selected country is Brazil, and DeLaval has travelled together with IFAJ, showcasing dairy and its nutritional value.
DeLaval install first VMS V300 in UK
Cardiff, Wales, Monday 25th February – The NEW voluntary milking system DeLaval VMS V300, which was launched last summer, has now been installed in the UK at Hyndfordwell Farm, West Linton, Scotland.
DeLaval VMS V300™ Wins International Ag Engineering Award
DeLaval Evanza™ milking cluster
Hanover, Germany, 21 September 2018 – DeLaval wins the silver medal at this year’s EuroTier for its DeLaval Evanza milking cluster and cartridge. This latest award reinforces DeLaval’s commitment and leadership in innovation within the dairy industry
DeLaval Doubles Manufacturing Capacity for the New VMS™ milking system V300
Stockholm, Sweden, 1 November 2018 – Customer demand for the new DeLaval VMS™ milking system V300 is above expectations. DeLaval has increased production capacity to meet this strong demand, making full use of its modernised facilities by increasing production personnel, adjusting Supply Chain planning and securing deliveries from suppliers
OptiDuo wins award at UK Dairy Day
On Wednesday 12 September DeLaval OptiDuo™ won the "Highly commended new product" award at the UK Dairy Day 2018. We were also a finalist in the "New product competition" with the OptiDuo and DelPro Companion App.
Gurteen College
DeLaval install 30 unit milking parlour for Gurteen College.
DeLaval Rotary E100
DeLaval Launches New Rotary E100 in UK & Ireland
OptiDuo™ Wins Innovation Award at Great Yorkshire Show
On Tuesday 10th July 2018 the DeLaval OptiDuoTM won the White Rose What's Next Innovation award at the Great Yorkshire Show in Great Britain.
DeLaval VMS™ milking system V300
Fantastic Few Days at Balmoral Show
We had a great few days at Balmoral show last week. Thank you to all our customers and many potential new customers who visited our stand.
Teat Spray Robot feature in AgriLand
Great article in AgriLand featuring the Hanrahan Family. This is the first farm in Ireland & UK to install the DeLaval TSR (Teat Spray Robot).
Largest Robotic Farm in the world installed in Chile
Fundo El Risquillo, a large farm in Chile with 6500 dairy cows, has just signed an agreement to install 64 DeLaval VMS™ milking robots making it the world’s largest robotic milking farm.
Kiersey Farm Story
“It was never a question about me not taking over the farm. We are now making this investment and I am counting on living a good life in the future,” says Ivan Kiersey.
Grassland Milking Convention
In March 2017, DeLaval hosted the first international conference focusing solely on grass based milk production with automatic milking systems. The conference was held in Tasmania and brought together some of the most successful grassland AMS farmers, experts and scientists from countries like Australia, New Zealand, Chile and Ireland to share experience and learn from one another. Andrew Walsh from Wexford represented Ireland and shared his learnings of DeLaval VMSTM and grazing.
