In 1952, Ronald Sharp, a visionary dairy farmer from Gordonton near Hamilton, New Zealand, forever changed the landscape of milking sheds with his revolutionary design known as the herringbone cowshed. This innovative creation not only alleviated the physical strain on dairy farmers but also significantly enhanced the efficiency of milking cows, setting a new standard…
How Norman Daysh Reshaped Global Dairying
A century has elapsed since a pioneering invention by Norman Daysh, a little-known farmer from Pahiatua, reshaped the landscape of global dairy farming. Daysh’s mechanised vacuum pump milking machine, a product of relentless innovation, was so successful that its core principles, finely tuned by the milking machine company DeLaval, have endured virtually unchanged. In a…