Dairy farming, the future with VMS V300 the innovative milking robots
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, President & CEO.
Milking robots: the DeLaval VMS milking system V300. (video: DeLaval)
Layout proposal of new VMS barn, including four DeLaval milking robots VMS V300
Milking robots by DeLaval. (photo: DeLaval)
Hamra Farm is a commercially driven farm located on a beautiful hill near the DeLaval headquarters, south of Stockholm in Sweden. “The farm is very much at the heart of DeLaval. We continuously try to find new and improved ways to help our farmers run more sustainable dairy farms with new and better solutions and Hamra Farm is an important part of this work. We are farmers too and Hamra Farm is amongst the most productive dairy farms in Sweden with an average milk yield of 12,100 kg milk ECM per year and cow,” says Lars Johansson, SVP Corporate Communications & Sustainability.
Doubling the number of milking cows to 550 with robotic milking solutions
DeLaval is investing in future of dairy farming. (photo: maxsanna / Pixabay )
The plan is to almost double the number of milking cows, from 260 to 550. “We constantly have multiple R&D projects running on the farm and the investment will allow for additional opportunities to test software and advanced systems and to demonstrate some of DeLaval’s latest solutions,” says Johansson. “In addition, Hamra Farm has, for many years, been a showcase farm for customers and other key people in the dairy value chain, with about 3,000 visitors every year.”
The development plan includes a new barn for milking robots, modernised barns for calves and heifers and updated visitor areas, all located in the existing farm area. The ground-breaking starts in the Spring of 2021 and the new barns should be ready in the second half of 2022.
Info about DeLaval
The milking robots ─ DeLaval VMS V300. (photo: DeLaval)
Their vision is to make sustainable food production possible. As a company built on innovation, they constantly work to find ways of helping their customers, dairy farmers, do more with less by providing world-leading milking equipment and solutions. Today, DeLaval has approximately 4,500 passionate professionals operating in more than 100 markets around the world. DeLaval is part of the Tetra Laval Group.
