Lavern Schlabach, right, talks about hybrid cows during a tour of his D&S Dairy on Tuesday in Sugar Creek Township. His ProCROSS cows were showcased as part of a multi-farm tour geared toward dairy ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Faced with an increasing shortage of workers, Idaho dairies are investing in robotic milkers. “The interest in robotic milking in Idaho is growing quite rapidly,” said John Paetz, ...

The arm reaching for the milk-laden udders of the cow is not human. It’s the arm of a robot, metallic and shiny, gliding along the cow’s belly, then calibrating back and forth before lifting rubbery ...

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 ...

DEARING - For the Holstein dairy cows at Hillcrest Farms, life is like living in a spa, thanks to the robotics installed less than a year ago. The black-and-white beauties wander at will under ...

New farming technology available to students Bristol County aggie features new cow milking machine Advances in farming to be used in agricultural school classes You've seen delivery robots, police ...

FRESNO — Bill Daugherty rises at 3 a.m. to start milking 132 cows on the farm that has been in his family since 1876. His 89-year-old father Martin joins in the morning milking at the double-4 ...

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 ...

SUGARCREEK ‒ Dairy farmers looking to sustain their operations into the future are adding robotic milking machines and hybrid cows to their operations. Family-owned Specht Farms Ltd. has already added ...

BOISE - Faced with an increasing shortage of workers, Idaho dairies are investing in robotic milkers. "The interest in robotic milking in Idaho is growing quite rapidly," said John Paetz, regional ...