BROGUE, Pa. -- With the help of robots and a little training, 150 cows on the H.E. Heindel & Sons dairy farm are practically milking themselves. One of seven farms in the country that are ...
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 ...
A small but growing number of Wisconsin farmers are embracing robotic milking. Difficulties in maintaining a workforce, ongoing market swings and uncertainties over an updated Farm Bill are leading a ...
Cows line up to enter robotic milking machines, Oct. 22, at the Averill family dairy in Tillamook, Ore. To many, this scenario represents the future of farming. As labor costs increase and the labor ...
Benjamin Vagg has led his family’s dairy operation into the robotic age as part of a carefully planned succession strategy at ...
Argentine family farms are turning to robotic milking to modernize operations, ease the daily grind, and secure their future for the next generation.
Salfer has been involved on farm research projects studying robotic milking systems and automatic calf feeders. The focus of ...
SOUTH HAVEN, Minn. • A lot has changed in the 70 years Janski Farms has operated. Everything but one building has been expanded, converted, newly constructed or upgraded to keep up with the times. And ...
MAHNOMEN, Minn. – Before Jim and Sue Steinmetz installed robotic milkers on their farm near here, they had just about given up. "We were going to exit on dairy cattle," Jim Steinmetz said. "We were ...
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VALLEY FALLS, N.Y. (NEWS10) – The Cornell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County (CCERC) is set to host its fourth-annual “Farm Day Out” event. The yearly event highlights a local farm and invites ...
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 added ...