Robotic farm could attract big business buyers and potential partners
A one-of-a-kind robotic dairy farm for sale near Timaru is being touted as a tempting proposition to both big corporates and potential equity partners.
Falling in love with dairy farming
When Ann Linton left Scotland to come to New Zealand on a working holiday the last thing she expected was to find true love on the other side of the world. By: SONITA CHANDAR
DeLaval and AgrAbility of Wisconsin create farmer assistance program
A new program from DeLaval and AgrAbility of Wisconsin gives dairy farmers easier access to technology for stanchion and tie stall milking.
Robots lend a helping hand on the farm
Robots can take up the early morning and afternoon milking duties and free up the farmer to complete other important jobs on the farm, writes Jamie Gray.
These robots are milking cows without any humans involved, and the cows seem into it
Stensland Family Farms, which sits in the northwest corner of Iowa, has 170 dairy cows, but nobody milks them. Robots do. By: Dana Varinsky
Time to rest and plan for 2017 Dairy Industry Award entrants
While many people have had a rest from the stresses of work over the Christmas and New Year break, the reality can be different for farmers.17 January 2017
Keeping cows cool with robotic milking
DAIRYING in the subtropics at Dobies Bight, NSW, Wayne and Paul Clarke know too well the importance of keeping cows comfortable in hot and humid weather. When they installed an automatic milking system (AMS) they entered relatively unchartered territory in terms of keeping cows cool.
Robotic dairy delivers increased milk production and training challenges for electrical apprentices
Milking robots at a New South Wales Mid North Coast dairy are contributing to an increase in milk production of 25 per cent over the last 12 months, according to Manning Valley dairy farmer Adrian Drury. By Anthony Scully
Reviving Japan's Dairy Industry, One Milking Robot at a Time
Jin Kawaguchiya gave up a career in finance to help revive Japan’s ailing dairy industry — one robot at a time. By Aya Takada
World’s largest robotic dairy coming to Chile
By the start of next year Agricola Ancali’s 6,500 cow dairy near Los Ángeles, Chile will be home to 64 individual robotic milkers.