DeLaval International, a large Swedish producer of dairy and other farming equipment, is installing 24 robotic voluntary – meaning the cows approach the stations on their own – milking machines at TDI ...

Holsteins, the black-and-white-spotted dairy cattle, are known for their long, lanky limbs and calm temperaments. America's dairy farms are doing more with less. There are fewer dairy cows today than ...

It was billed as a scientific marvel – a kind of bovine carousel that transformed a backbreaking job — and people came by the busload to this small town south of Sydney to see it. But if the idea of a ...

Robotic milking is based on the idea that if the cow can’t be adapted to the machine, then adapt the machine to the cow. Based on research conducted in Britain, West Germany, and the Netherlands in ...

They equate cattle only with milk, and do not consider other livestock produce — draught power, dung for fertiliser and fuel, hides, skins, horn and hooves.” In the industrial-exploitative paradigm, ...

Wearable technology, like the under-performing Google Glass, might still be a tough sell for humans. But it seems to be catching on with farm animals. More accurately, farmers are embracing wearable ...

Mike Gleason of Herkimer collects old-fashioned milking machines. He own 80 machines and displayed several at the New York Farm Show on Feb. 27, 2016. Gleason has collected old-fashioned milking ...

In the past, there were few differences between individual milking machines. But huge genetic variation between dairy breeds has led to significant variation in milk yield, milk flow rates, teat size ...

Looking your best can sometimes be hard work. But for this cow, it would appear that having a brush-up is one of life's pleasures. The animal is enjoying a spell in the cow wash, which, according to ...

It was billed as a scientific marvel – a kind of bovine carousel that transformed a backbreaking job — and people came by the busload to this small town south of Sydney to see it. But if the idea of a ...