{"id":2859,"date":"2026-05-02T10:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T08:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/?p=2859"},"modified":"2026-05-02T15:03:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T13:03:51","slug":"tip-van-de-maand-mei-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/2026\/05\/02\/tip-van-de-maand-mei-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip of the Month &#8211; Mai 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\/2859?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\/2859?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>Long, enjoyable VMS visit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ensure the cow enjoys the &#8220;entire milking session&#8221; in the VMS.<\/p>\n<p>Take the feed rate into account; ensure she hasn&#8217;t finished her portion before milking starts, so what is the feed rate per minute set to?<\/p>\n<p>Depending on amount concentrates, max 0.30 &#8211; 0.40 kg per minute.<\/p>\n<p>And is she still entitled to a reasonable portion at the last milking session?<\/p>\n<p>That means the maximum portion per milking session should not be set too high.<br \/>\nDepending on the ration at the feed barrier: 2.00 &#8211; 3.00 kg maximum.<\/p>\n<p>Does she really hate the teatcleaning? If she is clean enough, the pre-treatment can be set lighter. For example, with new heifers.<br \/>\n(Standard setting remains best for clean teats and oxytocin!)<\/p>\n<p>Is the walk-in gate not too tight, and is the feed trough in the VMS in the correct position? Is the cow standing relaxed?<\/p>\n<p>Does she have to make strange turn before or after robot? =&gt; Rubber mat \/ grates.<\/p>\n<p>Are certain pipes or fences very smooth and clean in places, while others are dirty? Why?<\/p>\n<p>Is this due to the cows&#8217; walking route or perhaps grounding?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long, enjoyable VMS visit. Ensure the cow enjoys the &#8220;entire milking session&#8221; in the VMS. Take the feed rate into account; ensure she hasn&#8217;t finished her portion before milking starts, so what is the feed rate per minute set to?&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-2859","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\/2859","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=2859"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2862,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2859\/revisions\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.harrytuinier.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}