13 Tips To Manage Your Parlor In Winter

1/20/2017
The cold, winter weather can wreck havoc on your day-to-day operations. To make sure cold weather doesn’t cause your herd too many challenges, keep an eye on the following areas:
- Evaluate vacuum and take-off settings
- Protect parlor entrance and exit areas
- Implement a winter teat dip
- Protect your employees
- Warm up the drop hoses
- Eliminate leaks
- Warm up the supply room
- Maintain traction
- Cautiously warm up treatments
- Rethink warming post-dip
- Take temps on hot water
- Adjust schedules for weather
- Plan for bad weather