They will be available to advise dairy farmers on milking, cooling, feeding, cleaning and monitoring systems.

Visitors to the stand will be entered into a free draw for the DeLaval FMC60, (Farm Monitoring Camera). This can be set up in minutes and has a range of up to 1,000 meters.

An infra-red, night vision lamp NVL120, can also be installed. It can also be connected to the internet and you can view images on your smartphone.

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DeLaval is launching a new range of dairy hygiene products at the National Ploughing Championship.

These include Opticid Plus, which can be used for de-scaling and regular cleaning of milking equipment to remove mineral deposits. This product is based on nitric and phosphoric acid.

Other new products are RX 5000-Clean (chlorine free) and RX 5000-San powder detergents which can be used to clean and sanitise dairy equipment.

Both products are based on sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide for use in cold or hot washes. All products are available in 12kg and 20kg drums.

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Dairy farmers with larger herds or those looking to expand production after milk quotas are abolished can discuss future options such as the DeLaval VMS (voluntary milking system) and AMR (automated rotary parlour).

DeLaval claims that the VMS system has been shown to work well on grassland systems in Britain, the EU and New Zealand. There are a number of VMS systems working in Northern Ireland.

The DeLaval VMS is equipped with one milk meter for each quarter to record time, yield, flow, conductivity and blood. The IT software gives access to the status of each cow. A VMS unit will be on display on the stand.

Each teat is individually cleaned with warm water and air, then stimulated, pre-milked and dried before milking. Only a few seconds are needed for optimum teat sanitation, which results in high milk quality and better milking capacity.

There will also be a range of user-friendly Cow Comfort products on display such as the popular DeLaval ‘swinging’ cow brush, a self-grooming device that claims to increase milk production and decrease mastitis.

ID high cell counts within 45 seconds

Milk producers with high cell counts can check out a cell counter (DCC) for mastitis diagnostics on the DeLaval stand. This lightweight portable instrument is claimed to give results within 45 seconds. It can be used for instant and accurate bulk tank analysis, cow or quarter level milk samples.

Steve Sefton, DeLaval sales director, said: “Early detection of results leads to increased curing rates, quicker recovery and minimal milk losses and reduces the spread of mastitis – the most costly disease in dairy herds.”