DECORAH, Iowa - It's been almost a year since Matt and Jolene Nierling started milking with a GEA MIone robotic milking system on their farm north of Decorah. As the first North American installation, ...

CALMAR, Iowa — Dairy farmers from Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois shared their experiences with robotic milking systems during a producer panel at the recent Midwest Dairy School at Iowa's Dairy Center ...

Automatic milking systems (AMS) have revolutionised dairy production by integrating robotics, advanced sensor technologies and data analytics to enhance milking efficiency and animal welfare. These ...

PENNOCK - In 1953, Dolores and the late Don Youngren bought six spring heifers and started milking cows on their rural Pennock farm. Today, there are 380 cows on the third-generation Youngren dairy ...

Dairy farmer Rodney Elliott stands in a small room where part of his $12 million robotic milking system is doing its job. The robotic system is located inside a huge new barn on Elliott’s farm ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. The Drumgoon Dairy in Lake Norden, S.D., is one of only a ...