Dairy farmers in New Zealand have chosen automated drafting systems as the technology that they would like to have in their dairy on the first place. If you want to learn about the best drafting systems of New Zealand, you may visit https://www.saberfarm.com/products/sorting-drafting-gate/.

The best automatic drafting systems will do several tasks. For example, identifying cows chosen for drafting and then draft them as needed. This task of drafting has to be done very precisely, without any disturbance to cow flow. The drafting systems should also have an easy to use interface to pick cows for drafting.

Placement of the Drafting System

Any drafting system is successful if it takes care of the cow travel paths, yard locations and raceway design.

You need to consider the below mentioned things while setting up a drafting system:

  • First, you need to have an automated drafting gate displaying the race and sorting gate. You may buy Saber Draft, an automated sorting gate for your farm.
  • Unswerving cow flow is essential to the success of automatic drafting. Hence, it would be better if the system is fitted a short distance away from the exit of the dairy. This way the cows won’t be distracted by activities of the milker.

The race should be of 4m, at least and a minimum of two cows can participate in it.There should be minimal variations to cow travel paths. This could be achieved if the drafting path is same as the exit path.

 

Following these guidelines will increase the chances of success of your drafting system.