Folks,
Excessive stirring of the lesser amount of milk may tend to lower the bulk tank
fat test.
Be safe. Sincerely,
Royal A. Purdy
The Elysian Fields and Pasture Project
A. H. Tuttle and Company
Farmington, New York, U.S.A.
rapurdy@ahtuttle.com
315-986-7007
At 05:48 PM 4/18/06, you wrote:
>For the past 6 weeks we have been getting our milk picked up on a shorter
schedule because 4 milkings will not fit. To fit the hauler's schedule, they
pick up 3 milkings, then 1, then 3, then 1, etc. I have noticed that there is
a marked and consistent difference in the butterfat percentages. The 1 milking
pickups are running 0.3 to .04 percentages higher than the 3 milking pickups.
> The same people pickup both types of pickups.
> The 1 pickup milkings are evening milkings.
> Our bacteria and PI counts are fine.
> We are on about a 13-11 hour spread so there is less milk in the evening
milking.(usually).
> The same people do all of the milkings.
>
>
>Question: Why?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>Clay
>
>
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Royal A. Purdy
The Elysian Fields and Pasture Project
A. H. Tuttle and Company
1007 County Road 8
Farmington, New York 14425
www.ahtuttle.com
rapurdy@ahtuttle.com
(315) 986-7007
