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 ...

The Lely robotic milking system uses sensors to position itself on a cow's udder before milking the anima. The system also washes and disinfects the cow's udders and itself. Kimm Anderson, St. Cloud ...

If cow milking recalls a bucolic image of a farmer strolling out to the barn with a bucket and stool, then the 21st century will be a disappointment to those raised on James Herriot stories. A case in ...

Be careful, humans: cows and robots have learned how to work together - who knows what this union could produce if we let it flourish unchecked. Lely, an international agriculture corporation recently ...

Ashley Farr of Farr Farm in Richmond programs his Lely Astronaut robotic milker while a cow is milked by the machine. Farr bought the machine used last year. Photo by Andrea Suozzo Inside the barn at ...

Lely has launched three new robotic solutions for milking cows. Both Astronaut A5 Next and Astronaut Max build on the success of the Astronaut A5 milking robot. In addition, the Lely Hub was also ...

Ned-Tex Dairy's journey exemplifies the transformative power of technology in agriculture, paving the way for others to ...

OSHKOSH, Wis.—Rural Omro dairy farmer Pete Knigge ventured a bit into the unknown when he purchased the nation’s first robotic milking system for his herd of cows 10 years ago. He liked it so much ...

SOUTH HAVEN — A lot has changed in the 70 years Janski Farms has been operational. Everything but one building has been expanded, converted, newly constructed or upgraded to keep up with the times.