Monthly Archives: August 2010

Lancaster Farming features Horning Dairy

Lancaster Farming recently featured Pennsylvania dairy farmers, Lewis and Amy Horning. They recently built a new free-stall barn with a Lely robotic milker for their 50-cow dairy. Below is an excerpt from Lancaster Farming‘s website. Earlier this month, the farm … Continue reading

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The Country Today Features Pfaff’s Prairie Dairy

The below is an excerpt from The Country Today. Dairy farmer Tom Pfaff had researched milking parlors before his nephew persuaded him to check out a robotic dairy operation in eastern Minnesota. Pfaff was skeptical. “We’d been looking at putting … Continue reading

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Ramsier’s Willow Spring Farm, LLC. and W.G. Dairy Supply, Inc. to host Open House Featuring Lely’s Astronaut A3 Next

Ramsier’s Willow Spring Farm, LLC. and W.G. Dairy Supply, Inc. will host an Open House Sept. 2-3, 2010, featuring Lely’s newest robotic milking technology ― the Lely Astronaut A3 Next. Attendees will have the opportunity to view the A3 Next … Continue reading

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Football season … and chocolate milk!

We’re into the final days of August … September is threatening to bring the first signs of fall and schools all over the nation are filling up again after the summer break. It’s football season! Eventually we’ll all be huddled … Continue reading

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2010 World Dairy Expo

It’s that time of year again when those in the dairy industry begin anxiously awaiting an event that will bring together more than 65,000 dairy industry enthusiasts. That’s right, it’s just six weeks until we all meet at World Dairy … Continue reading

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Knigge Farms and Central Ag Supply Inc. to host Open House Featuring Lely’s Astronaut A3 Next

Central Ag Supply Inc. and Knigge Farms, the first robotic milking farm in the U.S., will host an Open House on Sept. 14, 2010, featuring Lely’s newest robotic milking technology ― the Lely Astronaut A3 Next. Attendees will have the … Continue reading

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NMC Farm Tour, September 8

This year’s NMC Regional Meeting will feature a farm tour of Michigan State University’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station where researchers recently installed Lely’s Astronaut robotic milking system. The below is information from NMC’s website: Robotic Milking System and Pasture-Based Dairy … Continue reading

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What’s YOUR Definition of a Family Farm?

Dairy Herd Management recently posted an online editorial that presented the excellent question, “What defines a family farm?” Wikipedia defines a family farm as, “a farm owned and operated by a family, and passed down from generation to generation.” When … Continue reading

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STEM Mentor Program Visits Robotic Dairy

The below is an excerpt from a recent post by the STEM Mentor Program blog. On June 19 the STEM Mentor Program – an innovative partnership between The Rochester Area Colleges Center for Excellence in Math and Science (The Center) … Continue reading

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