Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to ...

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 — ...

One member of Congress has a foot in both politics and dairy. Republican Representative David Valadao of California has his own farm, AgDay’s Clinton Griffiths reports. Valadao’s farm consists of two ...

WILTON, Wis. — In the hills of Monroe County, the 450-acre Witt Family Farm now includes a robot that milks their cows, which was the highlight of this year's Monroe County Dairy Breakfast. The area, ...

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - Local dairy farmers and researchers from across the region met to discuss the future of robotic milking. Researchers from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and the ...

UNDERWOOD, Minn. - It's milking time all day long on Ardy Johanson's Underwood farm. His cows can be milked at any time, up to six times a day, thanks to robotic milkers. Johanson is the eighth ...

Rogue River Creamery is famous for its world‑champion Rogue River blue cheese. You might picture farmhands tending to and milking cows, but today, the milking is handled entirely by machines. Rather ...

Each robotic milker costs roughly $200,000, but the total cost will depend on how much a dairy must be retrofitted to accommodate the units and which type of gate system the farmer prefers, Brown said ...

The newest form of robot-milking barn design is called batch robots, Doug Reinemann says. With that configuration, cows are milked on a schedule by the robots rather than as the cows desire. EAU ...

There is a hole in the argument that American workers will replace immigrants. For many jobs, the cheaper and more likely ...

With the help of two robots, self-milking cows are the cornerstone of Rogue Creamery’s award-winning cheeses. Amelia Schwartz is a Brooklyn-based writer and editor who has been covering food, beverage ...