Patent ID: 7997228

Claim:
A method in a computer-controlled milking facility provided with on-site measuring equipment capable of measuring a quality and/or quantity of milk being produced in said milking facility, wherein the milk produced is stored in a milk tank of the milking facility and is then collected and transported to a dairy plant, said method comprising the steps of: providing a first measured value of milk produced in the milking facility as measured by the on-site measuring equipment of the milking facility; receiving a corresponding second measured value of said milk from a site equipped with high-quality measuring equipment, and to which a sample of said milk is transported, or from the dairy plant to which said milk is transported, wherein the dairy plant is provided with high-quality measuring equipment, or is in communication with the site equipped with high-quality measuring equipment, and to which a sample of said milk is transported, the first measured value and the second measured value measuring at least one same characteristic of the milk; comparing the at least one same characteristic of the first and the second measured values; and calibrating said on-site measuring equipment of the milking facility depending on the result of said comparison.