Running a dairy farm used to be a rather hands-on experience, with the farmer required to be around every few hours to milk the cows, feed them, do all the veterinarian tasks that the farmer can do ...

Before the robots, Sam Sowers knew dairy farming by feel. Growing up on a family farm in Frederick, Maryland, he learned how to milk the old-fashioned way — stooping under a cow to latch equipment ...

ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY MARCH 26 AND THEREAFTER - In a Tuesday, March 15, 2016 photo, the Lely robotic milking system uses sensors to position itself on a cow's udder before milking the animal, at Janski ...

Fisher & Thompson will have exclusive rights to sell and service Lely robotic milking equipment in New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware and eastern and central Pennsylvania, mostly south of Interstate 80.

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, ...

CALMAR —The robotic milking center and barn expansion at Iowa's Dairy Center never would have happened without the help of many partners, said Gary Kregel, president of the Northeast Iowa ...

ORFORD — For working hard to make their cows happy, productive and comfortable, Karen and Rendell Tullar were recently honored for having the best dairy farm in New Hampshire. And they have some ...