The calm, quiet, orderly movement of cows to the milking parlor should be an important goal for every dairy operation. Calm cows in the milking parlor allow for rapid and complete milk let-down. Rather than “pushing cows to the parlor” dairy stockmanship allows cows to understand where we want them to go. The result is calm, positive movement from the pen to the parlor. As cow movement is started towards the parlor, the natural flow occurs as a result of proper stockmanship actions.  At Emerald Dairy II this allows the worker to accomplish other tasks, such as raking stalls or cleaning waterers. While doing this, the worker must still pay attention to the cows and avoid motions that stop movement and if necessary keep the movement going. In this way, stockmanship skills have helped the facility to routinely milk calm, relaxed cows.