ADF arrives in Spain

As hundreds of thousands of Brits are about to head to Spain on holiday the team at ADF have also been packing their bags, but not for a well- earned break on the Costas. Theyve been busy installing the first Automatic Dipping and Flushing milking system in Spain, at a farm 75 miles to the west of Barcelona.

The dairy farm in Lrida will be the first in Southern Europe to use ADF. Engineers fitted the system this week in between milking sessions at the 24 point rapid exit parlour. The farm is expecting to see a marked improvement in somatic cell counts amongst its 420 strong herd. Support during the five year fixed term contract will be given exclusively, by Diversey Espaa, an ADF approved partner in the region.

Dave Aveyard, Global Agriculture Business Director for Diversey, comments, This first sale of an ADF system in Spain is a landmark achievement for both ADF and Diversey. Our joint efforts in both Spain and Portugal are aimed at delivering significant financial and operational benefits for Dairy Farmers. We are very encouraged by the level of interest and enquiries that we have received for the ADF system and expect to confirm more new orders in the coming weeks.

The weak pound has made ADF an even more attractive proposition for farmers in the Euro Zone. Exports to Europe from the UK are now increasingly better value. This particular order came from the successful Spanish launch of the system at the FIMA show in Zaragoza, at which ADF was awarded for technical innovation in Animal Production in March. More than a hundred farmers made serious enquiries during the exhibition, and many will visit the farm in Lrida to see ADF in action.

Word of mouth has been the key marketing tool for ADF since product launch in 2005 and results speak louder than words. Farmers who have installed ADF say they are impressed with the immediate and positive effect it has on herd health, and the reliability of the system – automatically applying teat dip at exactly the right time at every milking.

James Duke, Founder and Director of ADF says, Were excited to be installing our first system in Spain. We had a great reaction to ADF when we exhibited for the first time at Zaragoza. It shows that whatever language you speak the benefits of ADF are easy to understand. We know that a lot of farmers in Spain are waiting to see ADF in action and we look forward to more orders from Spain in the coming months. We expect big benefits for farms installing ADF in Spain.

Elsewhere in Europe ADF have parlours in France, Denmark, the Netherlands and Ireland using its revolutionary system. The expansion across the English Channel continues with work to supply dairy farms in Hungary, Croatia and Germany with an alternative to costly manual dipping or spraying.

ADF is one of the methods many farmers are now using to help reduce mastitis amongst their dairy herds. Teats are automatically dipped at the exact moment milking finishes, before they are exposed to the environment. Complete coverage of the teat is guaranteed. The cluster is then flushed by compressed air and water, ensuring that there is no transmission of bacteria from one cow to another. This reduces the use of antibiotics and healthy cows produce more milk.

Farmers who use ADF report a healthier herd and greater longevity of productive life amongst their cattle.

ADF has won a number of high profile awards. Most recently this summer it was judged to be the winner of the Equipment of the Year Award at New Zealands National Fieldays Agribusiness Exhibition. In 2010 it received the RABDF Livestock Machinery and Equipment award and in 2011 won the Dairy Innovators Award at the Australian Dairy Conference. Finally in 2005 it was given the Prince Phillip Award.

For more information about ADF please visit: www.adfmilking.com

1. ADF can be fitted to almost any make or model of dairy parlour.

 

2. It replaces the need for manual dipping of each and every teat to reduce mastitis.

 

3. Each teat cup has dip/spray injected into the liner at exactly the moment milking stops. This makes sure the teat is completely coated before it is exposed to the environment.

 

4. The cluster is then flushed by a high pressure system, ensuring no bacteria remains to be passed on to the next cow entering the milking stall.