We are commited to providing high quality dairy products.
To improve operational efficiency, we have planned the installation of industrial robots at our CUT, LACTO AGRAR, and STRAJA farms.
Based on internal analysis, implementing these robots on our farms is expected to reduce manual labor for specific milking operations by 50% once the project is completed.
These robots are specifically designed for farms with rotary milking parlors, such as those at Lacto Agrar and Cut farms, and, in the future, at the Straja farm.
Advantages of using industrial robots in our farms:
Elimination of salary and expenses for one labor position per shift.
Elimination of labor expenses for wiping and cleaning the udder.
Saves money without sacrificing udder health.
Prevents mastitis and its associated costs.
Full return on investment 1 year from installation.
1. Automatic dipping udder sprayer, after the milking process
This is a fully automated udder dip sprayer specifically designed for rotary parlors.
They work with most standard udder dips, automatically spraying udder after the milking clusters are removed hence the milking process ends.
The system automatically sprays udder with the post-dip solution. As a result, the udder is fully coated and protected from mastitis-causing bacteria between milkings.
• The project was launched at two of our farms, with this type of robot installed in May 2023.
• Following the completion of this phase, manual labor for specific milking operations has been reduced by 25%.
2. Pre-Cleaning and udder stimulation robot
It is well known that to minimize clinical mastitis and its associated costs, udders must be as clean as possible. In robot systems, cleaning udder before milking is an automatic process.
This dairy robot completely automates the whipping position by performing udder cleaning and, teat stimulation and udder wiping.
The brushes on this rotary robot remove debris from the teats and udder, reducing the possibility for infection and lowering the likelihood of both mastitis and bimodality.
As the brushes grab onto the udder, they also perform automatic udder pre-stimulation which can lead to faster and efficient milk let down.
Once installed, this robot requires no interaction from parlor staff.
• This type of robot was installed in our two farm on May 2024.
• With this second phase completed, we will record another reduction of manual labor with 25%, for specific operations in the milking process.
One year after the installation of these robots in our Lacto Agrar and Cut farms, we expect a 50% reduction in manual labor for specific operations in the milking process on both farms.
Once the new Straja farm is completed and fully operational, we plan to install these two types of robots there as well.
