And with an unabashed love of cows, Tim and Sara McNeil offer a fascinating blend of hi-tech innovation and hands-on animal husbandry. Almost three years after transitioning their herd from a 44-unit ...

LISBON, N.D. - You may have seen robotic dairies where cows approach a machine to be milked when they want. You likely have seen "rotary" parlors that put more than 100 cows on a merry-go-round to be ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. The Drumgoon Dairy in Lake Norden, S.D., is one of only a ...

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, ...

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 ...

Next year, the largest robotic dairy farm in the United States will go online in Michigan. The future is here. DeLaval International, a large Swedish producer of dairy and other farming equipment, is ...

Dairy farmer Rodney Elliott stands in a small room where part of his $12 million robotic milking system is doing its job. The robotic system is located inside a huge new barn on Elliott’s farm ...

DECLO — At this dairy, cows are milked, pampered and fed by robots. Heglar Creek Dairy’s robotic barn has been up and running for three months, and the cows are already milking it for all it’s worth.

This robotic milker will soon begin operations at Heglar Creek Dairy in southern Idaho. RAFT RIVER, Idaho — Todd Webb is a fifth-generation dairy producer, having learned the business from his father, ...

OSHKOSH, Wis.—Rural Omro dairy farmer Pete Knigge ventured a bit into the unknown when he purchased the nation’s first robotic milking system for his herd of cows 10 years ago. He liked it so much ...

SCANDINAVIA - A new approach to an essential Wisconsin industry is underway at a Waupaca County farm.The Mill Stream Dairy near Scandinavia opened last year, and is being run largely on auto-pilot.On ...

In an industry full of hard workers, the unrelenting grind of daily milking made dairy farming stand out even in agriculture. In its modern industrial form, the business was also colored by a grim ...