PENNOCK, Minn. - In 1953, Dolores and the late Don Youngren bought six spring heifers and started milking cows on their rural Pennock farm. Today, there are 380 cows on the third-generation Youngren ...

In the cold, pre-dawn hours, what farmer crawling out of bed doesn’t wish he could just press a button and have some electronic machine milk the cows? As incredible as it may seem, that day may not be ...

GOVAN — Automated milking utilizing the latest computer technology drew a large crowd of dairy farmers and interested dairy industry professionals to Heatwole Dairy Farm in Govan on June 26. Don and ...

MENDON — The cows are lined up for milking at the Shupe Dairy Farm north of Mendon. Rod Shupe keeps watch as the cows move through one by one, but he's no longer doing the milking. That's left up to a ...

Various forms of robotic milking are helping sustain small- to medium-sized dairy farms amid broader industry consolidation and improving labor efficiency for some larger operations according to a new ...

ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY — At Ingleside Dairy Farm, robotic technologies installed last year are fueling an evolution in how the Leech family operates, while nationally they are contributing to a revolution ...

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 ...

In the mid-1970s, the average American dairy farm had about 25 cows. Today, many operations have more than 3,000 — a number that was almost unheard of 25 years ago. Managing large herds efficiently ...

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The University of Connecticut may have the husky as their mascot, but that’s not the only wildlife in Storrs. UConn has a barn full of cows right on campus - and pretty well-known cows at that!

PENNOCK - In 1953, Dolores and the late Don Youngren bought six spring heifers and started milking cows on their rural Pennock farm. Today, there are 380 cows on the third-generation Youngren dairy ...

MENDON, Ill. - The cows are lined up for milking at the Shupe Dairy Farm north of Mendon. Rod Shupe keeps watch as the cows move through one by one, but he's no longer doing the milking. That's left ...