Flexibility was key for the Takes family, who added Lely robots to their dairy farm in Ely, Iowa, four years ago. “When we had our old milking parlor, everything that we did as a family was always ...

As 2025 winds down, northwest Iowa dairy farms are taking stock of a year that brought both optimism and new pressures. Sioux County dairy producer Christina Zuiderveen says harvest conditions ...

Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to ...

FAIRFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) - Robotic milking systems are opening a world of possibilities on Vermont farms. Since childhood, Ben Williams has milked cows using a manual milking system. After taking over ...

UNDERWOOD, Minn. - It's milking time all day long on Ardy Johanson's Underwood farm. His cows can be milked at any time, up to six times a day, thanks to robotic milkers. Johanson is the eighth ...