Category Archives: Live Life Lely

Local farms to showcase new technology at Open Barns

Two Thunder Bay area dairy farms, Trumar Farm in Slate River and Kamphof Farms Limited in Murillo, are opening their facilities April 13, 2012, to showcase newly constructed barns and robotic milking equipment. Both farms installed the latest technology in … Continue reading

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Lely Expands Line with New Automatic Feed Pusher, Juno 100

Providing constant feed availability with new smart software Lely recently added to its automated dairy solutions with the Lely Juno 100, an automatic feed pusher that moves along the feed alley, pushing feed toward the feed fence without disturbing the … Continue reading

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A New Revolution in Dairy is Coming … April 24, 2012

Here at Lely, we love to innovate and make life easier. That’s how we became the ‘innovators in agriculture’! Help farmers to live life as it is meant to be … we will do everything to make it happen! That’s … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – April 4

On this Wordless Wednesday we’d like to share a “family” photo from last week’s Grand Opening celebration in Pella, Iowa. Do you see any familiar faces? If you’re not familiar with this blogosphere phenomenon, About.com, describes Wordless Wednesday as, “a … Continue reading

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Progressive Dairyman discusses Robotic Milking User Group

Progressive Dairyman introduces readers to Michigan State University’s Robotic Milking User Group in the article, “Questions about robots? Michigan State University facilitates farmer-to-farmer dialogue for answers.” The article shares how the Robotic Milking User Group held its biannual gathering at … Continue reading

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Great conversations with friends and “family” … and (lots) of pictures!

The Grand Opening celebration may have come to an end for many of us last Thursday night, but the celebration has continued online where many attendees have taken a moment to share their experience. Thank you to the many of … Continue reading

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A Grand Celebration!

A very special thank you to everyone who helped celebrate the Grand Opening of our new production facility in Pella, Iowa. It was an honor to have so many friends and Lely “family members” join in the festivities this week. … Continue reading

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Lely to host Grand Opening in celebration of USA production facility

Lely, the world leader in robotic milking systems, is hosting a Grand Opening celebration March 28 – 30, 2012, to commemorate the expansion of its production facilities in Pella, Iowa. “We are extremely excited to open our doors to our … Continue reading

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Friday Focus – Critical success factors for transitioning to robotic milking

An inquiry held amongst 104 North American farmers, who started with robotic milking between 2008 and 2010, has given us insight into the factors that are critical for a successful transition to robotic milking. Results for Milk Production and Quality … Continue reading

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A Healthy Dairy Cow

Lely’s T4C management program organizes information through indicators which are presented clearly on a dashboard. This provides you with a quick overview of the performance of the herd, the robotic milking system and attention cows. Hear from Tom, with Lely … Continue reading

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