#TipThursday: Stop Losing 8 Minutes per Failed Milking

Every failed milking cost your robot up to 8 minutes of valuable time. Most failed milkings are caused by poor connection attempts, so catching and fixing them early matters.

White check mark Check failed milkings twice a day
 White check mark Aim for under 5 failures per robot per day
 White check mark Keep connection attempts under 1.3

Top-performing farms average just 1.6 failures/day with 1.15 connection attempts

Quick Wins:

Clean lasers & cameras

Singe hairy udders/tails

Supervise cows with frequent failures

Stay up to date with service & calibration

Use proper Lely liners & installation materials

Mag Use Report 13 – Failed Milkings to find patterns.-> (+) Reports: Failed milking - Horizon documentation - Lely Horizon - Lely Community
If one cow or robot pops up a lot, it’s time to act.

Fewer failures = healthier cows, happier farmers, more efficient robots. Let’s get there!

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  • Hey Liepa, good question! We ran into the same issues and found a few small habits that made a big difference:

    We do a quick wipe of the lasers and cameras every morning during feeding it only takes a minute but helps a lot.

    Report 13 has been super useful. If the same cow or robot keeps showing up, it’s usually a sign to dig deeper.

    Trimming and singeing udders more regularly reduced a bunch of failed connections.

    Also, keeping an eye on connection attempts — if the numbers start creeping up, it's often due to setup or liner issues.

    And last thing: don’t skip the robot calibration. We learned that the hard way Sweat smile

    Hope that helps a bit!

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