{"id":2821,"date":"2026-03-01T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/?p=2821"},"modified":"2026-03-01T12:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T11:37:32","slug":"tip-van-de-maand-maart-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/2026\/03\/01\/tip-van-de-maand-maart-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip of the Month &#8211; March &#8211; 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821?print=pdf\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-pdf\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/pdf.png\" alt=\"image_pdf\" title=\"View PDF\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821?print=print\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_blank\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><\/a><\/div><p><strong>Cow Traffic Score.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you think (some of) your cows could use the robot \/ feed fence more often?<\/p>\n<p>During my farm visits, I often use the 10-point score:<br \/>\nYour cow gets 10 points.<br \/>\nIf she&#8217;s not walking very well, we deduct 2-5 points, depending on the severity.<\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s little space around the robot to get in or the robot is too crowded, we deduct another points.<br \/>\nIf the basic ration doesn&#8217;t taste good, or she&#8217;s on the verge of rumen acidosis, we deduct another 2-5 points.<\/p>\n<p>If the robot isn&#8217;t milking optimally, or if parts are worn, etc., we deduct another point.<\/p>\n<p>There are other factors, such as illness, bedding comfort, and routing, that can result in (penalty) points.<\/p>\n<p>The fewer deduction points the better!<\/p>\n<p>How many points do your (collected) cows have left?<\/p>\n<p>This method can provide insight into assessing your cows&#8217; robot visits.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cow Traffic Score. Do you think (some of) your cows could use the robot \/ feed fence more often? During my farm visits, I often use the 10-point score: Your cow gets 10 points. If she&#8217;s not walking very well,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tip-van-de-maand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2821"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2828,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2821\/revisions\/2828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}