Category Archives: Animal Care

Lely Astronaut A4 milking robot wins prestigious award in Poland

The Lely Astronaut A4 milking robot has been acclaimed as ‘Agricultural machine of the year 2012’ in Poland. This prestigious award, granted by the Institute of Technology and Life Science, is the major prize awarded in Poland to leading manufacturers … Continue reading

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Dairy Star shares the Hageman’s robotic milking story

Dairy Star recently shared the Hageman’s robotic milking story in the article, “Hagemans convert to robotics with ease.” On September 20, 2011, the family installed two Lely Astronaut robotic milking systems on their 120-cow dairy near Decorah, Iowa. Included below … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – January 11

The cow is key. With the Lely Astronaut A4 robotic milking system, we have explicitly refrained from automating the actions of milking itself; instead we have built a system around the cow (our starting point) to make sure that cows … Continue reading

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The Grand Rapids Press features SwissLane Dairy Farms

The Grand Rapids Press introduces readers to SwissLane Dairy Farms in the article, “Robots that milk cows make farmers’ lives easier.” SwissLane Dairy Farms made the switch to milking with Lely’s Astronaut robotic milking system earlier this month. Included below … Continue reading

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The Furrow features the Landry family’s robotic milking story

The Furrow introduces readers to the Landry family in the article, “Why Robot?” Brothers Daniel, Carl, and Eric Landry of St-Albert, Que., own Ferme Landrynoise, a 1,050-cow dairy that milks with 19 Lely A3 Astronaut robotic milking systems. Included below … Continue reading

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CowSignals Training Company – Light

We’d like to share a recent article by CowSignals Training Company. If you aren’t yet familiar with the company, CowSignals trains cattle farmers, feed consultants, breeding consultants, barn design consultants, vets and other cow enthusiasts throughout the world in the … Continue reading

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Lely Astronaut top milk production ranking

The following information is courtesy of Lely.com. Once again, Lely Astronaut milkers dominate top milk production ranking Every autumn, the Dutch Livestock Improvement Corporation CRV (Coöperatie Rundvee Verbetering) publishes its well-known milk production statistics. The CRV is an international association … Continue reading

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University of Kentucky – Comfy cows could produce more milk, have fewer health maladies

The University of Kentucky Dairy Farm shares news of their recent research project in the article, “Comfy cows could produce more milk, have fewer health maladies.” The project included installing Lely’s Luna cow brush, allowing cows to groom and scratch … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – November 30

On this Wordless Wednesday, we’d like to share a photo from SwissLane Farms. They started milking with Lely’s Astronaut robotic milking system this week and, as you can see from the below photo, also installed Lely’s Luna cow brush! Follow … Continue reading

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Friday Focus – Space in the barn to avoid high ranked cows

For good cow flow towards the robot, it’s very important that cows have enough space in the barn – space behind the feed fence, space in the passages, space between the robot cubicles and also space in front of the … Continue reading

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