My wife, Wendy, is Danish. Her mom often told us about her grandmother who worked as a milkmaid on a dairy in Denmark before milking machines were invented. Evidently her hands would become so hot ...

DeLaval International, a large Swedish producer of dairy and other farming equipment, is installing 24 robotic voluntary – meaning the cows approach the stations on their own – milking machines at TDI ...

Although robotic milking technology has been around for about 20 years, it’s recently become more advanced and widely used. The Astronaut A4 is the latest generation of robotic milker from ...

Robotic milking is based on the idea that if the cow can’t be adapted to the machine, then adapt the machine to the cow. Based on research conducted in Britain, West Germany, and the Netherlands in ...

WALLAND, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture unveiled its new robot that can milk cows. According to a release from UT, the new system, developed by the Lely Corporation in ...

There are essentially two ways to milk a cow. The first is the age-old practice of milking by hand. The second is by machine with buckets and pipeline milkers. More on this second method in my next ...

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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 ...

Next year, the largest robotic dairy farm in the United States will go online in Michigan. The future is here. DeLaval International, a large Swedish producer of dairy and other farming equipment, is ...