Success can look vastly different from one farmer to the next, and the journey to achieving that success is often a unique ...

Ready for the future: Pennock dairy farm features robotic milking system PENNOCK -- In 1953, Dolores and the late Don Youngren bought six spring heifers and started milking cows on their rural ...

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 ...

The pandemic labor shortage has more Illinois dairy farmers buying robotic milkers.Professor Larry Tranel of Iowa State University says he’s never seen a labor shortage on dairy farms like he ...

Takes Family Dairy Farm ’s 120-cow herd is milked by a pair of Astronaut A5 robots, with a Vector and three Discovery Collectors for feeding and cleaning. “They’ve become a crucial part of ...

Robots may be dairy's future, but not a cure-all, farmer says The number of licensed dairy farms in the U.S. has dropped from around 60,000 to 30,000 in the last two decades.

MAHNOMEN, Minn. – Before Jim and Sue Steinmetz installed robotic milkers on their farm near here, they had just about given up. "We were going to exit on dairy cattle," Jim Steinmetz said. "We ...

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 ...

OSHA has opened an investigation into the six deaths at a Weld County dairy as funds are raised to pay for their funerals.