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Monday 14 May 2018

Robots milking cows on small-scale farms

Kate Humble's series looking at business in the countryside has taken us to very inspiring places:
Futures Forum: Back to the Land with Kate Humble @ BBC Two > championing rural entrepreneurs

Including a family dairy which is making gouda - with cows that can decide for themselves when they'd like to be milked:

Milking robots
Gouda cheese maker Giel shows Kate the farms latest investment - milking robots.
10 May 2018




BBC Two - Back to the Land with Kate Humble, Series 2, Episode 4, Milking robots

It doesn't have to be on this mega-scale, though:
With Farm Robotics, the Cows Decide When It’s Milking Time - The New York Times
How Robots Are Saving the Dairy Farm - YouTube
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