The residents of Britian are going to keep their milkmen! Here across the pond, the milkman has become an image of a time gone by, but in the UK, the home delivery is still very much a reality.
Multi-media Campaign Launching In Australia
Speaking of Dairy Australia, the organization is about to kick off a major promotional campaign this weekend.
Australian Cow Train
After waiting on a couple trains in the last week myself, I can understand how these bovines must feel. These cow statues will be part of a unique dairy educational promotion in Melbourne, Australia. They are pictured waiting for the Melbourne Show train.
Barn Fun
It’s been a long trip and sometimes you start to get a little goofy. I tried to interview old Betsy here but she wasn’t interested.
As you might expect, we had to suit up to go into the dairy barn.
I wasn’t the only one thinking I looked pretty fashionable in my blue suit.
Uploading Dairy Data Via Internet
One of the companies helping sponsor the IFAJ Congress here in Norway is GENO Breeding and A.I. Association.
On our dairy tour today, Torstein Steine, Director of Breeding and Research, gave us an overview of the Norwegian Cow Record System. GENO is very involved in this project which has an immense amount of data online now.
Hearing From The Robotic Expert
Before we got to go into the dairy barn on today’s IFAJ Congress tour we learned about automatic or robotic milking from the expert.
He’s Gunnar Pettersson, Swedish University of Agricultural Science. He used a power point presentation but I recorded him anyway and am providing an edited version of that talk.
Automatic Milking In Norway
Today I got to visit a dairy operation which is pretty big business in Norway. We toured the Smestad farm. Pictured here are our hosts, Ole Kristian and Randi Skallerud.
The interesting part of the dairy is that they’re using an automatic milking system from DeLaval. So before we event went into the barn we learned more about robotic milking.
Jarlsberg Celebrates 50 Years
At our opening night reception and dinner we heard from the CEO/President of Tine, the Norway dairy cooperative that makes Jarlsberg cheese. This year is the 50th year since they began making this great cheese.
DeLaval Meeting Ag Journalists
One of the exhibitors here at the IFAJ Congress in Hamar, Norway is DeLaval.
DeLaval is represented by several people like Mr. DeLaval Norway, pictured here. However, I interviewed Barbara Strunk who works for DeLaval in Germany.
Milking Horses In Norway
One of the first people I interviewed here in Norway at the IFAJ Congress is involved in milking horses. This is not something I’m familiar with. Maybe you are.