I feel our milk quality is pretty good.  Scc runs between 175000 and 225000 average for the past 6 mo.  PI, Bacteria and all that other stuff is never a problem.  Normally have about 1 to 2 percent of the herd treated for clinical mastitis at any time.


My coop offers 1.55 dollars per hundred under 100 k scc.  I want that money.  Anyone have any tips to help us get there.  I am trying to make up a plan of action to implement here after the first of the year.  Here are my ideas.


Have somone clean out freestalls in between milkings, so they would be cleaned 4 times a day instead of 2

Install a dip foamer.  We demoed one I i really like the coverage with it, and how you really gotta work to get all the dip off.  Plus it saves dip.

Start a employee incentive program for milk quality.  I dont know how to do it.  I am thinking it should be a tiered program.  The better we do the more they get.   Maybe 50 dollars a month with scc under 175000 and 100 dollars a month under 100000 scc

Make the milkers look at every teat end to make sure its clean.