A 200-cow farm and a 3,000-cow hybrid operation prove robotic milking can work at scale — but a University of Wisconsin researcher says the success stories don't paint the entire picture.

The Miyazaki Prefectural Livestock Experiment Station surveyed farmers in the prefecture who have introduced milking robots and created a checklist for dairy farmers considering their adoption. The ...

Dairy farmers who have settled their cows into free-access automated milking need to regularly monitor their list of fetch ...

Things had been slow around the farm. "You're always slow," Cousin Ollie chided. I glared. But Ollie didn't notice since he was jumping three or four paces ahead of me, as usual. "I don't run unless a ...

Kaylah Gulley of Greenwich demonstrates the proper milking technique on Aggie the robot cow Tuesday at the Washington County Fairgrounds as Cheyenna Lufkin of Argyle looks on. Aggie will be at work ...