A milking system and a method of controlling a milking system

A milking system configured to milk animals, said system comprising:

• at least one milking station;
• a first milk tank;
• a second milk tank;
• a milk transport conduit extending from the at least one milking station towards the first and second milk tanks and having a first branch extending to the first tank and a second branch extending to the second tank;
• a controllable valve arrangement configured to open or close the first branch and to open or close the second branch to control to which of the first milk tank and the second milk tank milk is transported through one of said first and second branches;
• a controller configured to control the controllable valve arrangement;
• and
• at least one sensor configured to sense a milk property of milk present in the first milk tank, or configured to sense a property of a cooling arrangement configured to cool the temperature of the milk in the first milk tank, said at least one sensor being connected to the controller, the controller being configured to control the controllable valve arrangement based on information from said at least one sensor.