Robots free dairy-farmer time
MONROE, Wis. – Two robotic milking units have helped to free time for Daniel Rieder and his son, Nick Rieder. At Riedland Farms in Monroe the Rieders milk about 125 cows. By: Lynn Grooms
Robots bring the future to Nebraska
According to a recent article from the Alliance for the Future of Agriculture in Nebraska (A-FAN), technology is becoming more and more integrated on the farms and ranches of Nebraska. By: Robert Pore
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.
Tabor Dairy Looks To The Future With Robotics
TABOR – If you travel about three miles northeast of Tabor, there is a hillside that is home to the Pechous Dairy. It might not look different from the average dairy operation on the outside, but inside it’s a different story.
Housed inside the walls of the Pechous Dairy’s newly built free-stall barn is a high-tech system of four robots working 24/7 to milk 230 cows an average of 2.8 times per day. The new barn and advanced machinery are investments in the family’s legacy as dairy farmers for future generations.
How Milking Robots Are Helping One Family's 70-Year-Old Dairy Farm Thrive In 2017
Amanda Freund remembers the exact moment when her uncle, Ben Freund, raised the idea of bringing a robotic milking system to the family’s dairy farm. By: Maggie McGrath
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 milk the cows? Leave it to the robots
Unlike his contemporaries, Southland farmer David Johnstone doesn’t have to get up at 4am to milk his cows – his robots have it covered. By: Jamie Gray
Arla's robo 'milk maids' are using AI to churn your cheese
Cheese production is no longer a human’s game, it’s moving towards full automation. By RUBY LOTT-LAVIGNA.
Farmers Turning To Robotics To Feed Calves
It seems producers are turning more towards robotics to help fill the gap in the agricultural workforce. BY RODNEY HIEMSTRA
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