Have definite schedule within the herd for daily milking and always stick to it.

Clean the byre at least half an hour before milking.

Milking pots or cans should be thoroughly clean and dry. Ensure that such pots are round in shape and without any joints

Wash the udder with lukewarm water, in which you can add few crystals of potassium permanganate. ( Amount sufficient to change the color )

Massage (light) the udder while washing.
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Every year try to improve the daily average milk yield by 15 to 20% ( Achievable only through good management )

Use semen of those bulls which can give progenies with at least 1.5 times of potential of milk production than your herd average, but in any case it should not have the capability of giving progenies with more than twice the potential of milk production. ( e.g. if your herd average is 3000 liters per lactation , use bulls having potential of giving progenies with 4500 to...

Minimum 30% of animals in production should be of first lactation.

First lactation animals should produce at lease 70% of Milk in the farm in any given time.

Individual cows should have at least 280 days lactation period.

Minimum 60% of the cows in the herd should breed within 60-90 days after previous calving.

Cows breeding after 140 days or more should not be in any case more than 5 %.

There should not be a single death...

Heat Stress
The biological mechanism by which heat stress impacts production and reproduction is partly
explained by reduced feed intake, but also includes altered endocrine status, reduction in
rumination and nutrient absorption, and increased maintenance requirements (Collier and Beede,
1985; Collier et al., 2005) resulting in a net decrease in nutrient/energy availability for
production. This decrease in energy results in a reduction in energy balance (EBAL),...

Milking Equipment

Milking equipment is the most used and most abused equipment on any dairy farm. Veterinarians must at least understand the basic functioning of milking equipment. Unfortunately, too many dairy farmers spend needless dollars on upgrades that are not needed while the root of the problem still exists.
The milk system must be looked at from not only a mastitis stand point, but also a performance stand point. I feel milking equipment has more effect on production...