The Lely robotic milking system uses sensors to position itself on a cow's udder before milking the anima. The system also washes and disinfects the cow's udders and itself. Kimm Anderson, St. Cloud ...

Brower estimates about 110 Lely robots have been installed in Leedstone's service area. Brower said each Lely Astronaut A4 can cost between $190,000 and $210,000 per robot. Not surprisingly, Brower ...

SOUTH HAVEN, Minn. • A lot has changed in the 70 years Janski Farms has operated. Everything but one building has been expanded, converted, newly constructed or upgraded to keep up with the times. And ...

CRESTON, Neb. (KOLN) - At Larson Farms Inc., about 240 cows eat, rest and stand in line to be milked in a barn that is ran almost entirely by robots. The dairy operation is the fourth farm in Nebraska ...

Platt's herd of 60 cows is milked by a LELY robot — and they seem to like it. But more than having contented cows, using the robot has other benefits: The robotic milking machine on Platt's farm is ...