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 ...

The 2025 IDF World Dairy Summit underscored that while the industry faces numerous challenges, it is also on the brink of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Afimilk’s Synergy robots use 3D vision, micro-optics, micro-electronics, algorithms for spatial identification, and machine learning to do the job. Afimilk has been disrupting the dairy industry since ...

Opportunities in the robotic livestock manure scraper market include addressing labor shortages, enhancing farm hygiene, ...

Salfer has been involved on farm research projects studying robotic milking systems and automatic calf feeders. The focus of ...

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 ...

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, ...

NEOSHO - Dawn Gault spends a lot of time with her calves. She cherishes the feeling of nurturing the young cows and watching them grow, and revels in the stillness of the barn late at night, after all ...

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 ...