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 ...

PLAINVIEW, Minn. — Robotic milking may be the future of dairy farming but it won't make dairy farming easy. “We’ve been through some really tough times,” said Chad Schumacher, operator of Schumacher ...

Here at Weiss Centennial Farm we are going to remember June Dairy Month 2011 and celebrate it for years to come. June 14 “Johann” began working for us. Johann, a very 21st century LELY automated ...

At a farm in Columbia County that traces its roots to 1950, robots milk the cows. Advertisement Article continues below this ad The animals follow the scent of food through an enclosed route to the ...

"We’re working in the right direction." Farmers discover surprising benefits of using robots to perform crucial daily task: 'We've noticed a tremendous change' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Lely has launched three new robotic solutions for milking cows. Both Astronaut A5 Next and Astronaut Max build on the success of the Astronaut A5 milking robot. In addition, the Lely Hub was also ...

The conference room at Iowa's Dairy Center consists of windows for viewing cows in the freestall barn as well as cows being milked by the new Lely robotic milking system. Midwest Dairy Association has ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Faced with an increasing shortage of workers, Idaho dairies are investing in robotic milkers. “The interest in robotic milking in Idaho is growing quite rapidly,” said John Paetz, ...