The milking graph provides detailed insights into an animal’s milk production. It combines data on milk yield and ruminating behavior with calendar events and health issues.

What the Milking Graph Shows

The milking graph displays milk yield (left y-axis) and ruminating behavior (right y-axis) over time (x-axis). It includes two views:

1. Daily totals: Shows milk yield per day (bar graph), ruminating behavior, 7-day average milk yield, health issues, and calendar events.
   
2. Recent milkings: Displays the milk yield per milking session and ruminating behavior.

Where to Find the Milking Graph

You can view the milking graph from the animal details page, or add it to a custom worklist.  

To open the animal details page:

1. Open a worklist, or go to the Cow app > List of animals.
2. Select the animal number.
3. In the left panel, select Milking.

How to Use the Milking Graph

1. Use Daily totals to get an overview of the animal's milk production. Analyze:
   1. Bar graph: Shows the animal’s daily milk yield (kg). See Troubleshooting if the data appears abnormal.
   2. Trend lines: Display ruminating behavior (min+sec) and the 7-day average milk yield (kg) to help you identify relationships between the two.
   3. Calendar events (e.g. heats) and health issues to explain yield changes.
      
2. Use Recent milkings to detect specific changes:
   1. Identify when milk production dropped and link it to health issues or events. 
   2. Detect missed milking sessions by looking at the chart colors.
      Tip

      Chart colors indicate first, second, etc. milking sessions of the day.

   3. If you have robot milking: Review time intervals between milking.

Troubleshooting