The conference room at Iowa's Dairy Center consists of windows for viewing cows in the freestall barn as well as cows being milked by the new Lely robotic milking system. Midwest Dairy Association has ...

Here at Weiss Centennial Farm we are going to remember June Dairy Month 2011 and celebrate it for years to come. June 14 “Johann” began working for us. Johann, a very 21st century LELY automated ...

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — Kurt Mizee stood and watched as the Lely Vector swept across the concrete barn floor at Tilla-Bay Farms, dispensing feed for 180 dairy cows. The self-driving robot — nicknamed “The ...

How cows are grouped can play a major role in the success of a robotic milking system. Smart grouping keeps cows moving ...

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BULGER, Pa. — About 150 Jersey cows in the rolling terrain at Rivendale Farms in Bulger, some 25 miles west of Pittsburgh, wear FitBit-like collars that monitor their movement, eating and rumination ...

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) ...

“Flying J” sauntered out of her stall and moved slowly to the front of the barn. The cow waited patiently for a few minutes for a gate to swing open. When it did, she stepped through the gate and into ...

Ever since Nate Tullar was a toddler, when adults asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up, he knew what to tell them. In the ’50s, Tullar’s grandparents, George and Barbara, had bought Tullando ...

Robots. They're driving our cars and pledging to crush our soccer teams. Is there no way to placate these fearsome metal usurpers? Now they're even after our dairy cows. But here, the menace is yet ...