Many dairy producers in Maine have trouble finding the workforce they need to maintain sustainable operations. Could robots step in? The University of Maine recently unveiled a robotic milking barn — ...

WILTON, Wis. — In the hills of Monroe County, the 450-acre Witt Family Farm now includes a robot that milks their cows, which was the highlight of this year's Monroe County Dairy Breakfast. The area, ...

DECORAH, Iowa - Alan and Ruth Hageman have one regret about their robotic milking system and that is that they didn't put it in sooner. Alan, Ruth, Scott and Carla Hageman are enjoying their new ...

This dairy barn is full of cows, as you might expect. Cows are being milked, cows are being fed, cows are being cleaned up after, and a few very happy cows are even getting vigorously scratched behind ...

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 ...

FERNDALE, Calif. — Dairyman Colton Brodt says the robots working at his dairy keep the cows happy. “We average right around 2.5 milkings per day,” he said. “It is a guided flow system so that cows can ...

David and Natalie Nelson have a dairy on land that was homesteaded in 1888 by David’s great-grandmother. When they built a new dairy barn five years ago they put in robotics for milking, not only to ...

ORONO, Maine (WABI) -Maine’s third robotic milking barn is underway on UMaine’s campus in Orono. UMaine’s Witter Farm is where students research and work in programs involving dairy and equine science ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. – When Doug Reinemann began working in the 1990s as a specialist for the University of Wisconsin-Division of Extension, farmers were moving from pipelines to parlors. And from there ...

The Vines are able to have breakfast with their kids before heading to the dairy after the school bus leaves, and they aim to ...

New farming technology available to students Bristol County aggie features new cow milking machine Advances in farming to be used in agricultural school classes You've seen delivery robots, police ...

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 ...