For better or worse, the agriculture industry has seen some technological advancements in recent years that make it easier than ever to control massive operations with minimal human input. Dutch ...

If cow milking recalls a bucolic image of a farmer strolling out to the barn with a bucket and stool, then the 21st century will be a disappointment to those raised on James Herriot stories. A case in ...

For at least the last century, we’ve seen fewer farmers using more labor-saving tools to produce more food. This should be no surprise — just about every field works this way. And yet I was surprised ...

Although robotic milking technology has been around for about 20 years, it’s recently become more advanced and widely used. The Astronaut A4 is the latest generation of robotic milker from ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Lely Discovery Collector is a free-roaming barn cleaning robot FOR many dairy and beef farmers across Cumbria, hoof health ...