Dairymaster cream of the crop at awards

The Swiftflo Commander is the new brain of the milking parlour, controlling everything to do with milking, feeding and animal health. It offers a new level of intelligence that takes command of each milking unit within the parlour.

This week Dairymaster impressed the judging panel at the Farm Business Cream Awards at the National Birmingham Motor Cycle Museum in Britain for the second year running, this time with its Swiftflo Commander, winning the “Overall Product Innovation Award”.

The Swiftflo Commander gives the farmer a lot more information when and where it’s needed - at the milking point. Putting this information in people’s hands means major impacts on dairy farms.

“We are overjoyed to win an innovation award for the Swiftflo Commander. This product allows farmers to clearly see how each cow is performing during milking which allows the farmer to make immediate decisions. We already have a huge number of farms experiencing the benefits of this product across Britain,” comments Ted McGrath, UK Sales Manager.

Next generation touchpad technology means it is extremely robust, easy to clean and fully water resistant. Described as being similar to an iPad for cows the Swiftflo Commander displays important information such as milk yield, milking time, and somatic cell count (SCC) data on each cow and much more.

One touch allows you to control feed effortlessly at each milking unit. It can also display if the cow is in heat and draft that cow with a single touch for AI or further inspection.

Imagine a system that can identify what each cow is contributing to herd SCC. The Swiftflo Commander can display a cow’s percentage SCC of the entire herd.

The advantage of having this information about each individual cow at the right time in the parlour is that you can act on it.

It will also prompt the farmer to do a California Milk Test (CMT) when high SCC information is received so diagnosis and treatment is much sooner.