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

With chores on the farm getting a lot more labor intensive, Dan and Emily Caughey of Ft. Ripley knew it was time to either ...

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 — ...

Dairy farmer Rodney Elliott stands in a small room where part of his $12 million robotic milking system is doing its job. The robotic system is located inside a huge new barn on Elliott’s farm ...

PENNOCK, Minn. - In 1953, Dolores and the late Don Youngren bought six spring heifers and started milking cows on their rural Pennock farm. Today, there are 380 cows on the third-generation Youngren ...

The dairy industry is constantly in transition, as is the situation across the entire agricultural world. In order for smaller unit farms to survive, often they have to seek alternate solutions to ...

FRESNO Bill Daugherty rises at 3 a.m. to start milking 132 cows on the farm that has been in his family since 1876. His 89-year-old father Martin joins in the morning milking at the double-4 ...

Lavern Schlabach, right, talks about hybrid cows during a tour of his D&S Dairy on Tuesday in Sugar Creek Township. His ProCROSS cows were showcased as part of a multi-farm tour geared toward dairy ...

PLAINVIEW, Neb. (AP) - Robotic dairy operations may seem like a thing of the future. In fact, they were in Nebraska until last month. That’s when the Demerath Farms dairy near here made state history ...

A robotic dairy farm might sound like an idea straight out of a science fiction novel to some, but for Darleen Sichley, it’s actually old news. “I think most people have that picture in their mind of, ...

CHARLOTTE, Vt. — For decades, as his own industry struggled, seventh-generation dairy farmer Clark Hinsdale II watched visitors flock to the nearby Shelburne Museum to admire its vast American art ...

Dairy farmer Rodney Elliott stands in a small room where part of his $12 million robotic milking system is doing its job. The robotic system is located inside a huge new barn on Elliott’s farm ...