ROCHESTER, Minn. — Robotic milking systems may be a quantum leap in technology, but producers need to do a thorough financial analysis to determine if it’s right for them. "I love robots," said ...

Robots and sensors can spot mastitis before symptoms appear, but keeping cows healthy still comes down to careful management.

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 ...

Mason Dixon Farms has installed 10 robots to milk 500 of its 2,100 cows. The DeLaval Voluntary Milking System--called "voluntary" because cows return to the system on their own--has reduced the farm's ...

Automatic milking systems (AMS) have revolutionised dairy production by integrating robotics, advanced sensor technologies and data analytics to enhance milking efficiency and animal welfare. These ...

Chad Kieffer, a third-generation farmer from Utica, Minnesota, has five milkers for his herd of 350 cows. The milkers are squat, patient, persistent workers. They hum around the mooing cows. They are ...

The Lely robotic milking system uses sensors to position itself on a cow's udder before milking the anima. The system also washes and disinfects the cow's udders and itself. Kimm Anderson, St. Cloud ...