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 ...

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 — ...

UNDERWOOD, Minn. - It's milking time all day long on Ardy Johanson's Underwood farm. His cows can be milked at any time, up to six times a day, thanks to robotic milkers. Johanson is the eighth ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Local dairy farmers and researchers from across the region met to discuss the future of robotic milking. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and the ...

The cow enters this futuristic system and is recognised by an identification responder, which begins the process. The system can access historical data of each cow, knows the position of the teats and ...

David and Natalie Nelson have a dairy on land that was homesteaded in 1888 by David’s great-grandmother. When they built a new dairy barn five years ago they put in robotics for milking, not only to ...

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 ...

The 35th annual Franklin Fall Farm Fun Fest is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 27 at Creekside Dairy, 4675 Fort McCord Road, Chambersburg, according to a community announcement. The free event, ...