Farm Source guide - Optimise milk quality

Farm Source guide - Optimise milk quality

This guide from NZ Farm Source's On-Farm Efficiency Hub covers how to prevent and manage mastitis, from an animal wellbeing plan and milking hygiene to monitoring somatic cell counts.

It links to a Milk Quality Manager farm visit and DairyNZ resources, and explains how fewer clinical cases and lower somatic cell counts protect milk production and reduce treatment costs.

Photo: “Westland Milk Products dairy processing plant” by Evan Centanni / www.polgeonow.com, licensed for reuse under CC BY-SA 4.0

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