MILK RECORDING

Milk Recording the Choices

Have you meters or jars? Yes/No

Yes – “Manual” Milk Recording – for herds with meters or jars in the parlour. The milk recorder visits and records the volume of each cow and takes a sample for analysis. There is no extra labour requirement for the farmer.

Herd Owner must use ICAR Approved milk meters or jars (not milk “Indicators”).

No – Electronic-DIY Milk Recording – for herds without meters there is no up-front cost of meters, instead the meters are delivered on the day of recording. With the main benefits being the farmer is in control re: milking time and there is no “stranger” in the pit, also the meter auto samples and agitates.

Recording will give you:

  • Somatic Cell Count, Fat% & Protein% – for each cow
  • Yield of fat, protein and milk calculated
  • A number of farm reports – herd and group averages, trends, individual cow yields and detailed SCC reports for cows, cow groups and the overall herd.

Costs & Schemes

  • Charged per recording
  • Minimum 4 visits for Spring Herd e.g. every 2 months in milking period
  • Minimum 6 visits for All Year Herd e.g. every 2 months
  • If necessary farmers can record every month e.g. if there is a SCC problem it may be beneficial to record more regularly for a period of time.

Access results online her via ICBF.com

The Actual Testing

Our samples are all tested in Independent Milk Labs in Bailieborough, Co. Cavan – where the staff in the lab provide a service 7 days a week, in 10 hour shifts, with one of the main priorities being getting results back farmers as quickly as possible.

We have over 130 Manual Milk Recorders to find out who provides the Manual Milk Recording Service in your area – ring Louise Knight – details below

For more information or to organise Milk Recording for you, please feel free to call:

Milk Recording Office 046 9540606  
Louise Knight 087 2505723 Field Supervisor (Northern Area)

Emma Behan: 

086 0667030 Field Supervisor (Southern Area)
     

Martin McLoughlin

0864660011

EDIY- Donegal

Declan Hynes

0860416564

EDIY-  Mayo, Roscommon, Sligo

Alan Kavanagh

0868114147

EDIY-  Wexford, Wicklow

Mary Coyle

0879824583

EDIY-  Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim, Longford

Mary Flynn

0868114167

EDIY-  Waterford, South Kilkenny

Martin Power

0867737238

EDIY-  Kilkenny, Waterford

Tommy Molloy

0868298172

EDIY- Kildare, Carlow, East Wicklow,

Paddy Feeney

0863901462

EDIY- Meath, Westmeath, Louth

Phelim O’Dea

0868046223

EDIY- Tipperary,

Seamus O’Grady

0860576241

EDIY – Kilkenny, Carlow

Joey Maher

0860323601

EDIY-  Tipperary, Laois

James Bergin

0861032242

EDIY- Offaly, Laois

Christine Warburton

0861032244

EDIY- Westmeath, Cavan, Kildare

Shauna Farrell

0864405649

EDIY-  Wexford , Wicklow

Jade Jordan

0864405648

EDIY-  Sligo, Roscommon

Wayne McKeown

0861368757

EDIY-  Meath, Westmeath, Louth

David Butler

0868114204

EDIY-  Tipperary

   
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 

 

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NEED MILK RECORDING?

From DIY Milk Recording to Manual Milk Recording, Progressive Genetics offer a number of services in relation to milk.

Progressive Genetics is a Meath based, farmer owned Co-operative with a workforce of over 300, in fact with 3,400 Irish farmer shareholders, it’s the largest farmer owned cattle breeding co-op in the Republic of Ireland.

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