Milk Quality Testing on Your iPhone
US - Dairy Quality Inc™, a farm innovation company, is about to blow the barn doors off the way milk quality testing is done. With only an iPhone™ and a specialized adaptor kit called Milk Guardian™, Dairy Quality Inc. takes mobile computing to an unbelievable place – the milking parlour.
7 September 2012
2 minute read
All
dairy
farmers
know
the
importance
of
testing
the
health
quality
of
their
milk.
Not
only
are
there
government
standards
to
meet,
but
high
quality
means
a
better
product
offered
to
producers
and
the
consumer.
It’s
also
worth
more.
The
cleaner
the
milk,
the
better
the
price
offered
by
producers.
But
the
testing
process
can
be
difficult.
Samples
have
to
be
taken
from
each
cow
on
a
regular
basis
and
sent
off
to
a
lab
for
checking.
The
cost
per
test
is
high
and
the
time
it
takes
to
get
a
result
back
from
the
lab
takes
far
too
long
for
most
in
the
business.
The
remarkable
new
device
from
Dairy
Quality
Inc.
will
change
all
this.
Somatic
cell
count
testing,
the
main
indicator
of
infection,
can
now
be
done
right
at
the
side
of
the
cow
while
milking.
Results
are
delivered
to
the
palm
of
the
dairy
farmer’s
hand
in
seconds
instead
of
the
weeks
of
waiting
to
hear
back
from
the
lab.
And
the
cost
of
each
test
is
a
fraction
of
what
it
is
today,
lowering
end-to-end
production
costs.
This
instant
result
also
means
that
a
sick
cow
can
be
removed
from
production
right
away,
instead
of
waiting
to
find
out
if
action
is
needed.
This
means
that
each
batch
sold
to
the
producers
will
be
cleaner
than
it
is
today,
yielding
higher
prices.
The
timing
for
the
introduction
of
the
new
technology
couldn’t
be
better.
New
health
standards
for
milk
from
North
American
farms,
almost
twice
as
stringent
as
it
was
in
some
regions,
are
now
in
place.
The
acceptable
somatic
cell
count
in
most
of
North
America
is
now
down
to
400,000
cells/mL.
Dairy
farmers
not
meeting
these
new
standards
will
be
penalized,
so
more
rigorous
testing
is
now
needed.
Milk
Guardian
will
play
an
important
part
in
helping
farmers
meet
the
new
rules.
To
make
it
all
work,
Dairy
Quality
Inc.
is
teaming
up
with
app
developer
mpengo
Ltd.
which
specializes
in
cutting
edge
mobile
computing.
Milk
Guardian
will
run
using
mpengo
Ltd.’s
“mpengo
Dairy”
app
on
any
iPhone.
To
learn
more
about
Milk
Guardian
and
Dairy
Quality
Inc.,
please
contact
Gary
Jonas
at
[email protected]
or
1-?855-?2
DAIRY
Q
or
visit
www.dairyquality.com
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