Milk under vacuum travels to the milk receiver, then pumped through a filter and chiller system to a bulk tank or silo to be stored. The piping in this barn is placed in the basement. Every Grade A Dairy must have a hand sink equipped with soap and hand towels. Cows are milked parallel to the pit rather than at an angle as in a herringbone barn. Each finger is placed on a teat and automatically milks the cow.
Hoses run from the milk storage through the port hole to the milk truck.
Hoses cannot go through the doors or other means. This bulk tank is being pumped into a tanker truck. Automatic back flush uses between one and three gallons of water per unit per cow. This is a picture of a plate cooler. A plate cooler is used to cool milk down after milking and before storage.