In the modern farming era, the need has arisen to automate as many processes as possible in order to streamline as much of the labour process as possible. This can ensure improved productivity while cutting down on labour costs as well as time.

Our bespoke slurry management solutions are specifically designed with these factors in mind, in combination with animal safety and farm efficiency. We have created ultra-modern technology solutions for every possible type of slurry handling requirement.

Good hygiene over the housing period is of the utmost importance to reduce the risk of cows contracting mastitis infections among others. Mastitis in cows is frequently caused by bacteria that have gained access to the udder through the teat canal, during the drying-off period.

Drying off cows requires a lot of care, time and excellent hygiene. The drying off or dry period gives the cow and her udder a chance to recover and repair for the upcoming lactation. It is a crucial time when there is a high likelihood of new udder infections occurring from the environment, even though clinical signs may not be seen until lactation. This is also an all-important time for curing long-term infections, thereby reducing the number of high somatic cell count (SCC) cows and repeat cases of mastitis.

During the dry period, which has already come around for some cows in the herd, bacteria can only enter the cows’ udder from the environment. For example, from the soil, manure, contaminated bedding or faeces. One of the main benefits of our slurry scraper systems is that it ensures your holding yard has reached maximum cleanliness and avoids the cows standing in the slurry.

Cows are particularly vulnerable to acquiring environmental infections in the first couple of weeks after drying off. The reason for this is because the process of teat end closure takes time to complete after drying off. The keratin plug that naturally forms after dry-off takes approximately two weeks to form and completely seal the teat end.

During this drying-off period, it is vital that cow hygiene is maintained to the highest standard possible, in order to prevent mastitis and foot rot during this time. Great care must be taken to ensure that the cleanliness of the housing yard improves the somatic cell count and decreases the total bacteria count (TBC).

This is where Dairypower can step in with our comprehensive range of product offerings, which take care of these problems and avoid them arising. Today we are going to focus on our industry-leading class Pro-Clean Ratchet Scraper System.

As we have discovered, hygiene standards in accommodation for dairy cattle are highly important with rearing dairy cows and maiden heifers. Dairypower has designed and installed thousands of scraper systems across the globe to deal with these requirements present in any farm dealing with cattle, pigs and hogs. We have crafted a reputation as leaders in providing unique solutions which ensure maximum cleanliness of both your animals and your farm and yards. 

Installing and using one of our Pro-Scraper products will assist with these tasks, ensuring the cattle will not have to stand on slurry for a long period of time. It also has the added bonus of reducing both labour time and the costs of running your dairy farm, allowing farmers to ditch the tractor scraper with the integration of our timed and efficient scraper systems.

We offer a choice of either the Eco-Clean Rope Scraper system or the Pro-Clean Ratchet Scraper System. Either of these unique solutions will scrape the floors, several times a day or night. In this article, we will take an in-depth look at our Pro-Clean Ratchet Scraper System.

The benefits of our Pro-Clean Ratchet Scraper System include:

• Fully Automated – set up cleaning times and frequency to your needs using the timer settings with the easy-to-operate digital panel
• Trouble-free operation in all climate conditions – due to its unique design allowing operation between a vast temperature range
• Low-energy consumption
• Optimum Cleaning
• Easily installed with no pre-installation
• Long-lasting – fully galvanised, a heavy-duty system with many in operation 25+ years after install
• Works off a single or 3-phase motor
• Wide range of customisable scraper blades
• Freeing up your time by instigating an automatic cleaning regime – no need for manual cleaning

Consult our in-depth brochure regarding the Pro-Clean Ratchet Scraper System, by clicking here: Pro-Clean Ratchet Scraper System Brochure