Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to ...

At one of the milking robots, several cows are lined up, nose to tail, politely waiting their turn. The cows can get milked by robot whenever they like, which typically means more frequently than the ...

DECLO — More than 1,000 dairy cows will move out of Heglar Creek Dairy’s conventional barn in September and into a new robotic milking barn where they will sleep on waterbeds. In the voluntary milking ...

MAHNOMEN, Minn. -The building isn't complete, but it's easy to see how Jim and Sue Steinmetz are developing their Mahnomen dairy farm into an operation geared for the future. Sue Steinmetz (right) ...

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 ...

GREENSBORO – How to milk cows in today’s tech dominated world? North Carolina A&T utilizes a robotic system. “At any point in the day or night, a cow can enter the specialized milking stall, where she ...

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 ...

Cows line up to enter robotic milking machines, Oct. 22, at the Averill family dairy in Tillamook, Ore. To many, this scenario represents the future of farming. As labor costs increase and the labor ...

The “toddlers” at the Dallam family farm outside Bel Air have a new toy. “We did have it a little more cleaned up for the politicians. It?s like a toddler?s playground,” said Kate Dallam, surrounded ...

FAIRFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) - Robotic milking systems are opening a world of possibilities on Vermont farms. Since childhood, Ben Williams has milked cows using a manual milking system. After taking over ...

With the help of two robots, self-milking cows are the cornerstone of Rogue Creamery’s award-winning cheeses. Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage ...

On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, and the potential for disease transmission is worrying, health experts say. On America’s large dairy farms, milking is a vast operation, ...