--- title: Lely North America Blog | family farm description: family farm | The Lely Life blog tells the stories of dairy producers and dairy industry professionals all across North America. Lely provides advice on issues the dairy farming industry is facing today as well as the latest news and information that farmers need to know about dairy farm automation. --- - [Home](https://www.lelylife.com/) - [About](https://info.lely.com/about) - [Contact](https://www.lely.com/us/about-lely/contact/) - [Coffee Talks](https://coffeetalks.lelylife.com) - [Lely.com](https://www.lelyna.com) [cow-comfort](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/cow-comfort), [free-cow-traffic](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/free-cow-traffic), [free-cow-traffic-2](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/free-cow-traffic-2), [lely-astronaut](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/lely-astronaut), [robotic-milking](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/robotic-milking), [automated-milking](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/automated-milking), [lely-astronaut-a5](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/lely-astronaut-a5), [milking-robot](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/milking-robot) [Listen 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[Lely North America Launches Lely Farmers Market Website](https://www.lelylife.com/lely-north-america-launches-lely-farmers-market-website?hsLang=en-us) Lely North America is launching the Lely Farmers Market, an online destination that... ![Team Lely](https://www.lelylife.com/hubfs/PersonaVideo/logo2.png) [By Team Lely](https://www.lelylife.com/author/team-lely) [![](https://www.lelylife.com/hubfs/491400099_698376336198538_7614593022116298547_n.jpg)](https://www.lelylife.com/from-tradition-to-technology-at-j-springs-dairy?hsLang=en-us) [Read Now](https://www.lelylife.com/from-tradition-to-technology-at-j-springs-dairy?hsLang=en-us) [animal behavior](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/animal-behavior), [barn](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/barn), [Dairy Farm](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/dairy-farm), [family farm](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/family-farm), [improve yield](https://www.lelylife.com/topic/improve-yield), [increased 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