DairyTalk 241: Great Milk Starts with People: Training Milkers the Right Way - by Helmut Demmelhuber

This article explains why traditional training programs for
milking staff often fail—and how sustainable learning can truly
improve milk quality and daily operations. Adults learn
differently: they need practical, respectful, and directly
relevant instruction rather than abstract theory. Instead of
one-off training sessions, the text advocates for continuous
learning through short reminders, hands-on demonstrations, and
repetition embedded in daily routines. Leadership plays a
critical role by clearly linking procedures to personal benefit
and responsibility. Success becomes measurable through indicators
like somatic cell count and process consistency. In this
approach, training evolves from a checkbox exercise into a
long-term driver of quality and performance. With comments on a
"Hoards´ Dairyman"-article (12 / 2025) by Abbi Prins and Corey
Geiger: https://hoards.com