Real-time monitor to help farmers boost milk quality

Farmers will gain real-time feedback on milk quality thanks to a monitoring system being developed at Cork Institute of Technology.

Quality Bar Services (QBS) Ltd’s milk monitor will give farmers key data to help meet increased demand and quality standards. The system will use sensors developed at CIT’s Nimbus Centre to generate real-time feedback on milk quality.

Robert Butterly, managing director of QBS, said: “This system will measure physical and chemical properties of milk, from protein to lactose levels to butterfat content, using optical, conductive, flow, and thermal sensors that sits in-situ with the milking machine.”