Imagine cow cameras in the parlor so dairy consumers can view on their smartphones cows on a dairy being milked. Tom Haren thinks consumers will also influence how we house cows. His reasons for the change: transparency, sustainability and technology. Dairy site size will likely shrink while dairy enterprises will grow substantially.
Source: Milk, March 2017.
Automation won’t just be robotic milking but waste treatment and resource recovery too,” he says. Robotic milking will continue to grow throughout the U.S. as labor becomes more expensive and less reliable. Animal welfare is another reason a few of Haren’s clients have transitioned to robots.
Also see: Major trends in the dairy industry, AgriMarketing, March 2017. Leading dairy publications share their view of what’s ahead in the dairy industry.