The latest version of Lely’s Astronaut A3 robot milker – called the A3 Next – has a new look, easier cleaning and servicing and an improved management system. The latter includes what the Dutch ...

MAHNOMEN, Minn. -The building isn't complete, but it's easy to see how Jim and Sue Steinmetz are developing their Mahnomen dairy farm into an operation geared for the future. Sue Steinmetz (right) ...

Lely’s latest robot milker – called the A4 – claims to take automation a step further by giving the cow more freedom. The A4 differs in quite a number of ways to the existing A3 Next, which will ...

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- Patience is the key to adapting a dairy herd to robotic milkers. That was the advice three Minnesota producers gave at a break-out sessions during Minnesota Milk Producers' ...

A Devon dairy farm has cause for double celebrations after reaching two milestone achievements which showcase the longevity of its milking operation. Denny, Brenda, Steve and Lucie Hooper keep 150 ...

EIGHTEEN months ago the Dennis family installed the latest in milking technology - three Lely Astronaut A3 milking robots - on their farm south of Beaudesert in south-east Queensland.

All jokes aside, robotic milking is easing the workload of Irish dairy farmers A cow wanders into a stall, is scanned by a laser and milked without any farmer present. It may read like the start of a ...

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