Rita LeRoy knew her beloved cow Moozie needed help. After all, Moozie no longer wagged her tail, wiggled her ears or waved her neck. But Farmer Rita, as she is better known at Loma Vista Farm, also ...

Ashley Farr of Farr Farm in Richmond programs his Lely Astronaut robotic milker while a cow is milked by the machine. Farr bought the machine used last year. Photo by Andrea Suozzo Inside the barn at ...

A decreasing number of farmers are getting their hands dirty, lest they gunk up their smartphone. Dutch maker of farming technologies, Lely, recently installed their 12,500th cow-milking robot. That ...

Chris Hill crouches beside a Holstein on the Briggs Dairy Farm in Vergennes to explain exactly how a robot milks a cow. Without any human prodding, the animal strolls into a barn chute and starts ...

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 ...

For better or worse, the agriculture industry has seen some technological advancements in recent years that make it easier than ever to control massive operations with minimal human input. Dutch ...