Finding your best or worst producers
Modified on 2012/11/16 14:20 by Moon — Categorized as: Uncategorized
Finding your best producers using the Yield Ratio
You may want to find your best producers to give them more feed. In the example below we will be finding the top 100 producers and putting them into a group.
1.
Go to
Herd Management -> Quick Yield Report
. Click on the
Yield Ratio
heading to sort from highest to lowest.
2.
Decide the number of cows you want to select (Example 100 cows). Go to
Add Criteria
, select
Which Column
and then select
Rank
from the box.
3.
In the
Choose Action
box select
Less Than or Equals
. In the
Value
box type 100. Click
Add
.
4.
Tick the box next to
Actions
to select all the displayed cows.
5.
Go to
Actions
and click on
Group Membership
. Click
Add to New Group
.
6.
Name
your group, assign a
Colour
for the broadcast display and give your group a
Description
.
7.
Click
Create Group and Add
when you’re done.
Finding your worst producers using the Yield Ratio
This method is suitable if you want to perform routine health checks on your herd or are building a cull list. MilkHub recommends that each cow's yield graph is checked. This can be done by clicking on the cow's VID and selecting the Graphs tab. In the example below we will be drafting out the bottom 30 producers to check them
1.
Go to
Herd Management -> Quick Yield Report
. Click on the
Yield Ratio
heading to sort from lowest to highest.
2.
Decide the number of cows you want to check (Example 30 cows). Go to
Add Criteria
, select
Which Column
and then select
Rank
from the box.
3.
In the
Choose Action
box select
Less Than or Equals
. In the
Value
box type 30. Click
Add
.
4.
Tick the box next to
Actions
to select all the displayed cows.
5.
Go to
Actions
and click on
In-Shed Action
. Select the
Reason
for the draft (“Low Yield”),
Draft Actions
,
Audible alert
location and
milking time
as you would like to. MilkHub suggests setting an Audible alert to sound at the Entry position.
6.
Click
Confirm
when you’re done.