At one of the milking robots, several cows are lined up, nose to tail, politely waiting their turn. The cows can get milked by robot whenever they like, which typically means more frequently than the ...

WAUKON, Iowa — Once Mark and Sandra Ehrhardt decided to put in a robotic milker on their Waukon dairy farm, Sandra began compiling a business plan for lenders. They worked with Tom Anderson, a farm ...

PLAINVIEW, Minn. — Robotic milking may be the future of dairy farming but it won't make dairy farming easy. “We’ve been through some really tough times,” said Chad Schumacher, operator of Schumacher ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Cows line up to enter robotic milking machines, Oct. 22, at the Averill family dairy in Tillamook, Ore. To many, this scenario represents the future of farming. As labor costs increase and the labor ...

CAMBRIDGE, Wis. — There are 6,553 dairy farms in Wisconsin as of January of this year, but that number is down by a third from 2014. One reason for farmers leaving the industry is the lack of people ...

Mr van Adrichem, 36, has won the Innovation Award at the Cadbury Farmer of the Year Awards for his pioneering use of ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WGBA/CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) — Dairy farms are utilizing robots to transform agriculture and reduce labor costs. Just north of Wausau, the Agriculture Center of Excellence is ...

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 ...

PLAINVIEW, Minn. — Robotic milking may be the future of dairy farming but it won't make dairy farming easy. “We’ve been through some really tough times,” said Chad Schumacher, operator of Schumacher ...