Chad Kieffer, a third-generation farmer from Utica, Minnesota, has five milkers for his herd of 350 cows. The milkers are squat, patient, persistent workers. They hum around the mooing cows. They are ...
How cows are grouped can play a major role in the success of a robotic milking system. Smart grouping keeps cows moving ...
A farmer is sitting by a cow, milking by hand. The year is 1944, the year I was born. He’s milking the same way his father and grandfather did before him. Nothing much had changed in milking cows over ...
Learn how to make a goat-milking stand for delicious milk from your goats. Learning to successfully hand-milk your goats with this DIY goat stand can make the difference between a fridge full of ...
Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Dairy farming has been part of agriculture for thousands of years. This picture from the early 1900s shows the use of ...
NOME, North Dakota — There was a time when small, family dairy farms could be found all across our North Dakota and Minnesota townships. Now, some farms in the region are milking more than a thousand ...