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 ...

The “toddlers” at the Dallam family farm outside Bel Air have a new toy. “We did have it a little more cleaned up for the politicians. It?s like a toddler?s playground,” said Kate Dallam, surrounded ...

A small but growing number of Wisconsin farmers are embracing robotic milking. Difficulties in maintaining a workforce, ongoing market swings and uncertainties over an updated Farm Bill are leading a ...

The "toddlers" at the Dallam family farm outside Bel Air have a new toy. "We did have it a little more cleaned up for the politicians. It?s like a toddler?s playground," said Kate Dallam, surrounded ...

DECLO — More than 1,000 dairy cows will move out of Heglar Creek Dairy’s conventional barn in September and into a new robotic milking barn where they will sleep on waterbeds. In the voluntary milking ...

SUGARCREEK ‒ Dairy farmers looking to sustain their operations into the future are adding robotic milking machines and hybrid cows to their operations. Family-owned Specht Farms Ltd. has already added ...

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, ...

WATKINS, Minn. -- Even with lower milk prices in the last six to eight months, interest in robotic milking machines and automatic calf feeders remains high, according to one of the region's largest ...

WALLAND, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture unveiled its new robot that can milk cows. According to a release from UT, the new system, developed by the Lely Corporation in ...

Would you spend the best part of a million dollars on a robot? Dairy farmers are doing that across Australia as a dozen farms have gone high-tech with the latest agricultural mechanisation. "It is the ...