Jonathan Williams is milking a herd of Montbeliarde cows in Barnadown, Co. Wexford where a two robot system is proving worth ...

The shift offers benefits for farmers who struggle to find workers willing to do the manual labor, and, after the cows adjust, they seem to like the robots better. Here's how you get milk from a ...

A cyberattack on a Swiss farmer’s milking robot has highlighted the vulnerabilities ... The robot provided crucial information about the timing of his cows’ pregnancies. Without this data ...

One machine can handle around 70 cows per milking, and experts calculate the ideal number of cows is around 500 to economically switch to robots. I was told years ago by a small dairy farmer ...

When it’s finished experts say it will be home to the largest robotic milking research facility ... barns and service about 250-lactating cows. The idea came about three years ago when the ...

Even use robots to milk their cows." In many ways, 21st-century farmers are not so different from the farmers who preceded them. They are hardworking, independent caretakers of land and animals ...

There’s a special energy the fall season brings to both farming and football. You can feel a buzz in the air that fills both ...

Massive consolidation in the dairy industry and low milk prices are driving a family farm crisis in Wisconsin and other ...

AWAJI, Hyogo Prefecture--A cow-shaped ice cream dispenser ... serve ice cream produced by Awajishima Milk Co., a staff member places a cone on the robot’s “hand.” Ushi-kun turns the cone ...

Other awareness day attractions this year included a robotic cow via Lambton Dairy for youngsters to milk, and people with ...