DECLO — More than 1,000 dairy cows will move out of Heglar Creek Dairy’s conventional barn in September and into a new robotic milking barn where they will sleep on waterbeds. In the voluntary milking ...

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 ...

ALEXANDRIA, Minn. — Art Johansen wouldn't change a thing about his robotic milker purchase and barn retrofit. The Underwood dairyman has used the robotic system for about a year. During an Upper ...

“Semex Geneticists have developed our Robot Ready brand specifically for robotic dairy managers for use in their own genetic strategies,” Brad Sayles of Semex Alliance told Milkproduction.com. “These ...

DECORAH, Iowa - Alan and Ruth Hageman have one regret about their robotic milking system and that is that they didn't put it in sooner. Alan, Ruth, Scott and Carla Hageman are enjoying their new ...

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 — ...

How cows are grouped can play a major role in the success of a robotic milking system. Smart grouping keeps cows moving ...

With chores on the farm getting a lot more labor intensive, Dan and Emily Caughey of Ft. Ripley knew it was time to either ...

David and Natalie Nelson have a dairy on land that was homesteaded in 1888 by David’s great-grandmother. When they built a new dairy barn five years ago they put in robotics for milking, not only to ...

Dairy robots can more than pay for themselves but only in the right farm structure, writes Martin O'Sullivan A major advantage of robotic milking systems is the potential to increase milk yield In ...

The owner of WA’s biggest dairy farm is placing his reputation and cash on the line to prove the potential of an autonomous and green production facility. The new facility will seek to monetise waste ...