Dairy focus: Lessons learned from the first year milking 200 cows
Joe and Kathleen Kirwan – a husband-and-wife team – from Laurel Lodge, Co. Tipperary, have overseen major changes to their dairy business in recent years.
Lancaster ag dealer forms unit focused on robotic milkers
Farm equipment dealer Fisher & Thompson has started a new division to focus on selling and servicing robotic milkers made by international manufacturer Lely.
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Source: CPBJ
Link: http://www.cpbj.com/article/20171107/CPBJ01/171109895/lancaster-ag-dealer-forms-unit-focused-on-robotic-milkers
UConn dairy herd revolutionized by automated milking system
The University of Connecticut’s Kellogg Dairy Center will begin using robots to milk its dairy herd in April 2018, according to the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR).
By: Collin Sitz
Source: The Daily Campus
Link: http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/11/1/uconn-dairy-herd-revolutionized-by-automated-milking-system
Robotic milking is not for every producer
Iowa State Dairy Economist Dr. Larry Tranel tells Brownfield robotic milking systems have produced great results, but not for everyone.
By: Larry Lee
Source: Brownfield Ag News
Gujarat elections: BJP, Congress milking dairy cooperatives to reap political gains
And as Gujarat gears up to vote for a new assembly by the year-end, the dairy sector is back in focus as lakhs of people associated with it form a significant vote bank.
By: Hiral Dave
Source: Hindustan Times
Lely celebrates 25 years of robotic milking and plans for future
Milking robot manufacturer Lely is celebrating 25 years since the first milk from its Astronaut system flowed into the milk tank. By: Sylvester Phelan
Robot-milked cows much calmer
Cows that are milked by robotic systems are much calmer than those milked in conventional milking-parlor setups. By: Chris McCullough
Once-a-day milking lets family come first for Norsewood dairy farmers
A Norsewood dairy farming couple is making sure their business is family friendly. Kate Taylor visited to find out how.
Toolamba dairy farmers juggle milking and Mooving Milk
TOOLAMBA dairy farmers Stuart and Suzi Rea juggle milking 900 cows with a milk transport service, Mooving Milk. By: GRACE EVANS
Dairy farmers not about to let land be milked dry
There’s been a change in dairy farmer mindsets as they move away from production at any cost, to leading the way in caring for the environment, Fonterra’s Anna Reddish says.