Not Out of the Woods Yet
OPINION: It seems Canterbury processor Synlait is still in the doldrums.
Ian & Carmen Comins, Kihikihi, set up their farming operation in 2018, starting with 80 cows and working on increasing to 110, saw many attractive benefits to putting in robots, starting with just one robot they put another in 2020.
Robotic milking specialist Lely has announced that Exos, a fully autonomous vehicle for harvesting and feeding fresh grass, will be commercially available to Dutch dairy farms from the middle of 2024.
Dairy Women's Network is joining forces with robotics company Lely to raise awareness about milking cows automatically.
Dutch robotic specialist Lely launched a new farm management application called Horizon at its recent Future Farm Days 2020.
A small Waikato dairy farm with one Lely Astronaut A4 robot has proven that robotic milking is also effective with a small herd.
OPINION: It seems Canterbury processor Synlait is still in the doldrums.
OPINION: Get offside with New Zealand First leader Winston Peters at your own peril.