Dairy Name: Southern Cross Dairy
Owner: George DeBoer
Location: Buttonwillow, CA
Installation Date: Phase 1 - July 2005 | Phase 2 - July 2006
Number of Cows: 4000+ (Holsteins)
Parlor Type: Double-35 & Double-40 Magnum 40 Herringbone Parlors
Additional Equipment: Metatron 21 Detachers/Milk Meters, Individual ID, AutoSelect 5000 Sort Gates, Apex Pulsation, Classic 300 Milking Units, Two Milk/Wash Reservoirs, Two ProMotion Crowd Gates, Two Triple 35-HP KoolWay Chillers, and Two T-20 KoolWay Plate Koolers
GEA Farm Technologies/WestfaliaSurge Dealer: San Joaquin Valley Dairy Equipment, Tulare, CA
Notes: Southern Cross Dairy houses in open corrals, 350-400 cows per group. They have flushed feed lanes and lagoons. They participate in a regular scheduled maintenance program and receive hygiene products from GEA WS West in Fresno, CA.