The White Family: Our Story

There was only one choice of Milking Machine Company for Paul and Dianne White. Their goal was to create a pleasant, reliable milking environment for their sons moving back to the family operation.

Kieran and Brad who both worked away from the family operation were keen to head back to farming . There was limited growth capacity on the home Dairy Farm . Then came an opportunity for the White family to take a giant step into the Sheep milking industry . When they decided to convert the new dairy farm to sheep milking, using past experiences they decided to take the opportunity with Qubik using Waikato Milking Systems plant and design . Qubik worked closely with the White family throughout the project to get the best outcome for milking performance but most importantly something, both Kieran and Brad could operate easily and stress free . This was the first of the Waikato milking Systems MCU (milking control unit) for sheep and the first for the Waikato Milking Systems Rapid Exit System . The milking machine installed by Qubik features the state-of-theart MCU, which combines the pulsators and the cup-remover forming a complete unit . This also has a milk yield indicator and includes the Bail Marshall, which in future will allow Paul to monitor each sheep’s milking performance every milking . The milking plant includes a Fristam positive displacement milk pump on a VSD to maintain the valuable quality of the milk . The Vacuum system includes a BP400 Blower Vacuum also using a Variable speed drive to improve vacuum stability and power cost saving for White family . A Qubik automatic plant wash system allows Brad and Kieran to focus on other areas of the farming system once milking has finished, knowing that the complete wash cycle is carried out efficiently and effectively . In contrast with cows, milking sheep is a speedy affair, each row of 40 Ewes and hogget’s is taking around six minutes . With easy start vacuum operated cup removers it’s an easy task when cupping the lightweight sheep clusters . Sensors within the MCU detect when milk flow/sensitivity combined with time activates the cup removers to remove from the sheep, this in-turn avoids any overmilking which is crucial with such delicate udders and teats and speed milking performance . Paul White quipped that Kieran and Brad are now “much fitter than they were when they first started milking the flock! You’re on the move the entire time . ” With the installation of the MCU’S one person will be able to milk the entire flock, freeing others to get the second or third flock to the shed for milking . Qubik also, kitted out the restored dairy with a new wash-down pump, plate cooler pump, two new dairy hot water cylinders with heater stand and a Qubik fabricated Stainless steel wash tub . (Article supplied by Qubik)

Paul White in his dairy