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Wordless Wednesday – March 28

On this Wordless Wednesday we’d like to give you a “sneak peak” into Lely’s Grand Opening celebration. Lely shares this photo on their Facebook page, adding: Thursday is the grand opening of our production facility in Pella, USA. Check out … 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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Wordless Wednesday – March 21

On this Wordless Wednesday we’d like to share a photo that  Mor-Dale Farms posted on their Facebook page this morning. Hope everyone enjoyed the first day of spring. What does your first day of spring look like? Email it to … 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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Wordless Wednesday – March 14

On this Wordless Wednesday we’d like to share a picture that was recently posted on our Facebook page by Sarah Colby. I’m laying on the back of this cow, 1830. She’s one of our cows being milked by Lely A3 robot … Continue reading

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Lepples’ Ridge-View Farm Inc. Open Barn to feature Lely’s Astronaut Robotic Milking System

Lepples’ Ridge-View Farm Inc., a fourth generation dairy farm family, will host an Open Barn Wednesday, April 4, 2012, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., featuring the Lely Astronaut robotic milking system, Juno automatic feed pusher and Luna cow brush. … Continue reading

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Lely Astronaut A4 users tell their story – Gaylord Bernard and Emmanuel Decorse

Last week, we shared Karsten Jensen’s robotic milking story in the March 2nd blog, Lely Astronaut A4 users tell their story – Karsten Jensen. Today, we’d like to introduce you to Gaylord Bernard and Emmanuel Decorse, managers at Gaec de … Continue reading

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A sustainable, profitable and enjoyable future in farming …

Lely has decided to revise its mission and vision. Although the company is not going to proceed in a totally different direction, some areas have been changed. We asked Alexander van der Lely, CEO of the Lely Group, to explain … Continue reading

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Lely Astronaut A4 users tell their story – Karsten Jensen

Last week, we shared Arnold van Dorp’s robotic milking story in the February 24th blog, Lely Astronaut A4 users tell their story – Van Dorp dairy farm. Today, we’d like to introduce you to Karsten Jensen from Denmark. Karsten currently … Continue reading

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Dairy Star features Tom Anderson’s work in Farm Business Management

Dairy Star recently shared news that Tom Anderson received the Outstanding Postsecondary/Adult Agricultural Education Program award from the National Association of Agricultural Educators  for his work in the Minnesota Farm Business Management program. Anderson is the Farm Business Management instructor … Continue reading

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