Accu-Therm Dairy Farm Plate Pack Very Close-Up

Enhancing Milk Cooling Capacity on a Dairy Farm

Expert Equipment Sizing Protects Profitability
When this producer bought heat exchangers from a competitor, they found the units were unable to keep up with milk cooling demands. Proper cooling enhances milk quality, and they needed lower temperatures to allow them to maintain cool milk temperatures as they shipped their product over longer distances. With such tremendous milk flow rates, this dairy producer needed help—and they needed it fast.
Robotic Dairy Farming

Robotic Dairy Farming

The Future of Dairy Farming
Ron Hoffman is the owner of Hoffman Dairy Farm—a century owned, family dairy farm in Dubuque, Iowa. With its booming business, the Hoffman Dairy Farm was milking 197 cows. This equated to nearly 7 hours a day of milking for Ron’s sons.
Making an Impact with Milk in Africa

Making an Impact with Milk in Africa

Working to Improve the Lives of Farmers and Families
So here is the challenge: In some emerging dairy sectors in developing African countries, raw milk cannot be cooled at dairy farms due to lack of access to reliable electricity.
Dairy Campus Milk Pipe Research

Milk Pipe Research

Providing Valuable Insights to the Industry
In preparation for future development, it has become more common for dairy farmers to put their milk storage at the entrance of their farm and away from their milking parlor. This can create distances of 100 yards or greater for delivering milk. 
Local farmer in Vietnam at a Milk Collection Point

Milk Quality in Vietnam

Improving Milk Quality Around the World
Many farmers in Vietnam only milk a few cows and produce about 5 to 13 gallons of milk a day. The light production and economic factors did not allow for local farmers to have their own milk cooling systems, so milk was transported by truck to a processor before it was cooled.