Almanac: The automatic cow milker 01:56. And now a page from our “Sunday Morning” Almanac: November 13th, 1930, 86 years ago today ... the day the dairy industry experienced a genuine turn-around.

Our “cow-CPS” — a cyber-physical system that includes the cows, robotic milkers, video cameras and other sensors — will track data on our cows at all times.

The robot then pinpoints the cow’s teats, attaches four teat cups, and begin milking. A video camera above tracks the movement of the cow — if she moves, the robotic arm will move with her. After ...

Steinmetz Farms was the ninth Minnesota dairy operation to install automatic milkers, he said ... but not for as long. In 1948, her dad installed a milking machine. "The cows were very gentle ...

Milk and other dairy products from cows are by far the most valuable farm commodity in the state. Dairy sales totaled $2.28 billion in 2007, according to that year's federal Census of Agriculture ...

On top of that, the stainless steel robotic milkers throw in a treat — sweet, high-starch feed — when the cows enter the milking chute. “It’s kind of like giving a kid candy. They love it ...

Optimizing cows Studio Peace/shutterstock In the mid-1970s, the average American dairy farm had about 25 cows. Today, many operations have more than 3,000 – a number that was almost unheard of ...

UConn cows currently produce about 2.5 million gallons of milk a year. UConn sells its milk mainly to the Agri-Mark Co-op, one of New England's largest farm milk suppliers.

Traditional dairy farmers typically milk cows twice a day using automatic pumps that have to be manually attached - a time-consuming process.

The cow wash boosts milk production by improving the animal's blood circulation and stopping the spread of disease, says the company. The company has already sold 30,000 cow washes in its native ...