What Is Driving Your Next Dairy Decision?
What are your options?
Upgrade
Improve selected equipment or capability within the current dairy. Potential areas may include: automatic cup removal teat-spray automation pulsation milk lines and wash systems clusters and jetter systems bail-front equipment drafting and herd managementModernise
Retain suitable infrastructure while adding selected new equipment and technology.Refit
Upgrade a broader part of an existing dairy or rotary to improve its operation and prepare it for future requirements.Replace or build new
Consider a new platform or system where the existing dairy no longer provides the right fit for the farm.Not sure where to start?
Is Your Dairy Ready for What’s Next?
Are you getting everything you can from your current dairy?
A completely new dairy isn't always the only pathway.
For some farms, the right next step is targeted upgrades. For others, it's a broader refit, staged automation or planning for future growth.
The best solution depends on your farm, your people and where your business is heading.
Customer Case Study:
A better-performing dairy does not always require a complete replacement.
After two seasons milking through an underperforming 14-year-old rotary, Selwyn Cleland knew his dairy needed to work harder for his farm. Unreliable cup removers and manual teat spraying meant two people were required at every milking.
Rather than replacing the entire rotary, Selwyn took the next practical step with a tailored GEA refit. The project included upgraded bails, iCR+ automatic cup removers, iSPRAY4 on-platform teat sprayers, Autopuls S pulsators, a new vacuum line and cluster drop-down system.
Together, these improvements streamlined the milking routine, improved system performance and enabled one-person milking.
Photos of Selwyn Cleland case study
Improvements Farmers Commonly Explore
Automatic cup removal
iCR+ automatic cup removers can support a more streamlined routine by automating cup removal at the appropriate stage of milking.On-platform teat spraying
iSPRAY4 automates teat-spray application on the rotary platform, reducing one of the manual tasks within the milking routine.Bail and platform improvements
Changes to bail work and selected platform components may help accommodate new equipment and improve the physical configuration of an existing rotary.Milk-line and wash-system upgrades
For suitable dairies, milk-line, jetter and automated wash-system improvements may form part of a broader modernisation project.Pulsation and vacuum
A review of pulsation and vacuum performance may identify opportunities to improve selected parts of the existing milking system.Platform carriage upgrades
For compatible rotary platforms, a carriage-system upgrade may offer another pathway to modernising the existing dairy.Book a Farm Fit Discussion
Is it time to review your dairy?
Ask yourself:
• Is labour becoming harder to find?
• Is milking taking longer than it should?
• Does the dairy still suit your herd size?
• Are maintenance costs increasing?
• Are you planning for future growth or automation?
Start with your farm, not a product
A Farm Fit Discussion is a practical first conversation about:
- your current dairy
- the challenge you want to address
- herd and operational requirements
- existing infrastructure
- future plans
- pathways that may be worth exploring
There is no commitment to a specific product or project.
One of our specialists will review your enquiry and recommend options suited to your conditions and goals.
