Ned-Tex Dairy's journey exemplifies the transformative power of technology in agriculture, paving the way for others to ...
Salfer has been involved on farm research projects studying robotic milking systems and automatic calf feeders. The focus of his education program is to help farmers and other industry professionals ...
Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to ...
Benjamin Vagg has led his family’s dairy operation into the robotic age as part of a carefully planned succession strategy at ...
Many dairy producers in Maine have trouble finding the workforce they need to maintain sustainable operations. Could robots step in? The University of Maine recently unveiled a robotic milking barn — ...
FAIRFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) - Robotic milking systems are opening a world of possibilities on Vermont farms. Since childhood, Ben Williams has milked cows using a manual milking system. After taking over ...
This dairy barn is full of cows, as you might expect. Cows are being milked, cows are being fed, cows are being cleaned up after, and a few very happy cows are even getting vigorously scratched behind ...
CALMAR, Iowa -Dairy producers who milk with robots or who will soon shared their experiences at the recent Midwest Dairy School for Exploring Robotics at the Dairy Center at Calmar. Mark and Sandra ...
Dairy farmer Rodney Elliott stands in a small room where part of his $12 million robotic milking system is doing its job. The robotic system is located inside a huge new barn on Elliott’s farm ...
FRESNO Bill Daugherty rises at 3 a.m. to start milking 132 cows on the farm that has been in his family since 1876. His 89-year-old father Martin joins in the morning milking at the double-4 ...
A robotic dairy farm might sound like an idea straight out of a science fiction novel to some, but for Darleen Sichley, it’s actually old news. “I think most people have that picture in their mind of, ...