A Palmer, Kansas, family dairy operation spent five years researching robotics and deployed a system a year ago. Duane Meier reflects on the positive results of the effort.
Source: Dairy Herd Management, October 21, 2016.
Now, six people are taking care of 720 cows with more time to actually manage the cows and take care of 600 acres of crops. Milk production increases are the equivalent of having 70 more cows, even with poor feed (a seasonal issue) pulling down performance.