A dairy farm system comprises specified zones (Z1-Z16 Z1-Z3), each of which being capable of housing one or more milking animals at a time devices (19-32 44-46, 48-51) for performing actions related to the milking animals in the zones and a management system (34) having control means for controlling the operation of the dairy farm system and storage means for storing, for each of the milking animals, animal specific data including information of the at least one zone in which the milking animal is located at each instant. Each of the devices has control means for controlling the operation of the device and storage means and is associated with at least one of the zones in which the device operates the management system is communicatively connected to each of the devices and the management system is provided to send to each of the devices animal specific data of only the milking animals which enter, are about to enter, or have entered the at least one zone, with which the device is associated, whereupon the device is provided to store the animal specific data received from the management system in its storage means. The animal specific data contain control data used by the control means of the device in controlling the operation of the device.Système de ferme laitière comprenant des zones spécifiques (Z1-Z16 Z1-Z3) permettant de garder respectivement un ou plusieurs animaux de traite à la fois, des dispositifs (19-32, 44-46, 48-51) permettant deffectuer des actions liées à la traite des animaux dans lesdites aires et un système de gestion (34) comportant un moyen de commande assurant la commande du fonctionnement du système de ferme laitière et des moyens de sauvegarde pour mémoriser, pour chaque animal de traite, des données spécifiques à lanimal, y compris des informations de ladite au moins une aire dans laquelle se trouve lanimal de traite à chaque instant. Chaque dispositif possède un moyen de commande pour commander le fonctionnement dudit dispositif et du moyen
