Milking Machines

This guideline provides a practical discussion, for dairymen and certified equipment dealers, of the installation, cleaning and sanitizing of milking systems.

This guideline provides practical information for troubleshooting films on dairy farm milk handling equipment.

This guideline provides information on the common tests used for evaluating the quality of raw milk.

This directory is a compilation of resource people who work with dairy housing and/or milking systems.

This guideline gives general information about the nature of soil on milk handling equipment and the fundamentals about cleaners for the removal of this soil.

This guideline briefly discusses the significance of the problem of high somatic cell count (abnormal milk).

This guideline on dairy farm inspection contains the sanitation requirements for Grade A raw milk for pasteurization.

This Guideline is a merger of DPC Guidelines #23, Preventing Rancid Flavors in Milk and #38, Preventing Off-Flavors in Milk.

This guideline offers a discussion of good teat disinfection popularly referred to as teat dipping.

This guideline deals specifically with sizing dairy farm water heaters for cleaning pipeline milker systems.

This guideline raises a wide range of questions-from mundane to complex-regarding what issues need to be addressed when considering a dairy complex.

This guideline provides a practical discussion, for dairymen and certified equipment dealers, of the installation, cleaning and sanitizing of small ruminant milking systems.

This guideline was developed to educate farmers, veterinarians and milk quality specialists on Somatic Cell Counts (SCC) in Goats.

This guideline provides useful information pertaining to milkrooms and milk cooler installations for small ruminant operations.

This guideline provides a practical discussion, and working resource for dairy farmers and industry persons who are involved in working with non-electric Amish farms.

This PowerPoint on CD guideline explains the reasons, and methods needed for the production of high quality milk with low somatic cell counts. Now also available as a downloadable Digital PDF file.

This Spanish language PowerPoint CD guideline explains the reasons, and methods, needed for the production of high quality milk with low somatic cell counts. Now also available as a downloadable Digital PDF file.

This guideline is designed to give some general information about proper milking procedures that allow for production of high quality milk, protect the health and well being of cows, and provide an efficient milking routine for herd managers and personnel.

This guideline was developed to educate farmers, veterinarians and milk quality specialists on somatic cell counts (SCC) in the milking of cattle.

This guideline provides a practical discussion, for dairy producers and equipment dealers of the installation, cleaning and sanitizing of bucket milking systems and around the stable pipelines.