PLAINVIEW, Minn. — Robotic milking may be the future of dairy farming but it won't make dairy farming easy. “We’ve been through some really tough times,” said Chad Schumacher, operator of Schumacher ...

PELLA, Iowa -Toasting with fluted glasses of milk, Alexander van der Lely, CEO of Lely Group, and his 11-year-old son Laurens opened the company's new Pella production facility last week in front of ...

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 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 ...

CRESTON, Neb. (KOLN) - At Larson Farms Inc., about 240 cows eat, rest and stand in line to be milked in a barn that is ran almost entirely by robots. The dairy operation is the fourth farm in Nebraska ...

Fisher & Thompson will have exclusive rights to sell and service Lely robotic milking equipment in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and eastern and central Pennsylvania, mostly south of Interstate 80.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Faced with an increasing shortage of workers, Idaho dairies are investing in robotic milkers. “The interest in robotic milking in Idaho is growing quite rapidly,” said John Paetz, ...

For better or worse, the agriculture industry has seen some technological advancements in recent years that make it easier than ever to control massive operations with minimal human input. Dutch ...