“We were spending 6 hours a day milking,” explains dairy farmer Josie Rozum, whose 120-cow herd at Takes Dairy Farm uses a pair of Astronaut A5 milking robots.

Robots, like Kieffer’s, milk cows without the physical presence of a human being, using a robotic arm with the aid of either 3D cameras or laser beams to locate a cow’s teats. According to the Animal ...

Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson discusses how robots can milk, feed and clean cows on dairy farms, boosting efficiency and comfort.

SUGARCREEK ‒ Dairy farmers looking to sustain their operations into the future are adding robotic milking machines and hybrid cows to their operations. Family-owned Specht Farms Ltd. has already ...

A milking fleet. The Afimilk Synergy system took five years and $30 million to develop. It was launched earlier this year after trials in Israel. A small fleet of robots lines up on a track at ground ...

Two new milking robots, along with a new data safety device for farmers, will spearhead Lely’s ongoing plans for ‘Farm of the ...

SUGARCREEK ‒ Dairy farmers looking to sustain their operations into the future are adding robotic milking machines and hybrid cows to their operations. Family-owned Specht Farms Ltd. has already ...

As the dairy industry increasingly adopts automation with the use of sensors and robotics, researchers at Texas A&M AgriLife ...

One Lely customer in the USA is now milking 900 cows, using 12 robots and just three labour units. “The real difference with larger herds is they don’t build to milk cows anymore; they build to manage ...

After being 20 years away from dairy farming, Kilkenny dairy farmer, Sean Meehan has made the plunge back to milking cows in ...

In addition to moving more cows through the parlor, selecting for faster-milking cows (or selecting against slower-milking ...