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"Boring" Technology Will Reshape Dairy Over the Next 10 Years
"Boring" Technology Will Reshape Dairy Over the Next 10 Years

Once a technology becomes a boring experience it means it has become proven, well-adopted, and easy to utilize. There are three "boring" technologies silently shaping the industry.

Industry
He Started Out as a Milker Nearly 30 Years Ago. Now, He's the Manager and a Leader in Technology at Wisconsin's Largest Family-Owned Dairy
He Started Out as a Milker Nearly 30 Years Ago. Now, He's the Manager and a Leader in Technology at Wisconsin's Largest Family-Owned Dairy

Chris Szydel began working as a milker at Pagels Ponderosa nearly 30 years ago. Today, he's the herd manager of both the Pagel Ponderosa and Hilltop Farm dairies and oversees three different parlors and 65 employees.

Clinton Griffiths
New Products
DeLaval Launches New Robotic Batch Milking System for Large Herds
DeLaval Launches New Robotic Batch Milking System for Large Herds

As a new approach to robotic milking for larger dairy operations, DeLaval has announced the launch of their new VMS™ Batch Milking system, a method advancement in robotic milking technology.

Taylor Leach
Industry
Large Herds Share the Big Benefits of Switching to Robotic Milking
Large Herds Share the Big Benefits of Switching to Robotic Milking

Aimed at doing better and gaining efficiency on their operations, producers are determining how they want to milk their cows in the future, and larger herds have leaned into technology and turned to robotic milking.

Karen Bohnert
Education
A cow peers out from a platform while being milked by a robotic arm Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at the farm of Sid and Kristin Huls in rural Hancock County, Ill.
Cows Need Certain Personalities to Handle Robots

According to a recent study, some cows don't have the right personalities to click with robots.

Taylor Leach
New Products
As cows leave the milking parlor, they will enter an exit lane with a series of automated gates. As they pass through the gates, an RFID system will track the identification number and medical history of each animal and determine whether she needs a vaccination or reproductive hormone.
Robotic Shot Injection System Under Development For Dairy

Developers say the automated system will reduce the amount of labor required to administer shots, thereby reducing out-of-pocket costs, while improving herd health and production outcomes in the process.

Rhonda Brooks