Milking around the clock
Milking cows is an art. It’s also a science. Each farmer has their own way of doing things, and while the basic steps and techniques are generally the same, there are different methods and mechanics on each farm for every job, including milking.
Robotic cow milkers change dairy herd mentality
Farmers who use robots to milk their cows have noticed a change in their dairy herd structure.
Robotic #dairy opens at Dookie
THE University of Melbourne opened a $5 million robotic dairy system at its Dookie campus on Friday.
Robots lift throughput on Tasmania #dairy farms
In the dairy industry, there’s a highly ambitious goal of finding technically and economically viable applications for robotics.
#Robots eliminating human side of milking
More than two dozen farmers from Taranaki and Waikato got a taste of Mid and South Canterbury’s burgeoning robotic farming industry last week. ANZ commercial and agriculture managing director Graham Turley said the bank arranged the event to give its North Island clients an idea of the changing approaches to farming in the South […]
#TGD: Is Robotic Milking Right for Your Operation?
Switching to robotic milking is a weighty decision. But those who have done it say it is life-changing.
#TGD: Are robots the right fit for your dairy?
Ten years from now, more than half of the cows in the United States will be milked by robots, predicts UW Professor Doug Reinemann, Ph.D., during the recent What’s New with Dairy Facilities program hosted by UW-Extension in Green Bay, Dec. 13.
#Dairy-farm robots replace some workers on New York farms
WASHINGTONÂ – The long-standing paralysis in Congress over immigration reform has some dairy farmers opting to use robots to deal with a shortage of farm workers.