Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lavern Schlabach, right, talks about hybrid cows during a tour of his D&S Dairy on Tuesday in Sugar Creek Township. His ProCROSS ...

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — Robotic milking systems may be a quantum leap in technology, but producers need to do a thorough financial analysis to determine if it’s right for them. "I love robots," said ...

Doug and Tina Suhr of Kasson hosted a delegation of dairy professionals at their farm on April 7. The couple have had around 3,000 visitors come to look at their robotic milking system since it was ...

Chad Kieffer, a third-generation farmer from Utica, Minnesota, has five milkers for his herd of 350 cows. The milkers are squat, patient, persistent workers. They hum around the mooing cows. They are ...

Explore the history and future of Ohio State University's dairy program, from its humble beginnings to the new high-tech ...

KEEPING THEIR FAMILY BUSINESSES ALIVE. AT RICHARDSON’S FARM IN MIDDLETOWN, NEW UPDATES. A STATE OF THE ART BARN, A COW FITNESS TRACKER, ROBOTIC MILKERS ARE MAKING FOR SOME, WELL, BLISSFUL BOVINES. THE ...

Temperatures dipping to 30 degrees below zero are rare at Gingrich Meadows, said owner Amy Martin, but several Cadillac area ...

Jason Nunes doesn’t let his plans to develop a robotic dairy during the next year or so stand in the way of babying his cows now. Water technology that he worked with specialists to customize have ...

TILLAMOOK, Ore. — Kurt Mizee stood and watched as the Lely Vector swept across the concrete barn floor at Tilla-Bay Farms, dispensing feed for 180 dairy cows. The self-driving robot — nicknamed “The ...