Trevor DeVries reveals robotic milking boosts farmer quality of life. Explore the link between automation, mental health and reciprocal welfare in modern dairy farming.

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, ...

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 ...

Craig Witt and his family are no longer tied to a rigid milking schedule. “We don’t have to get up for a 5:30 milking anymore,” he said. The human milking routine has been replaced by a robotic milker ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Dan meets with Colleen and Jerry Kelm, robotic dairy farm. Nitrogen reduction. Dan meets with Colleen and Jerry Kelm to talk about their modern robotic dairy farm. The University of MN Extension talks ...

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. — Robotic tech and cow comfort are not the first things you’d think about when visiting a dairy farm. But after a fire destroyed their barn in 2019, the Brake family decided to ...