Nuffield scholar looks at robots on large scale dairy farms

The utilisation and impact of robotics on large scale dairy farming was the subject of Ali Cook's Nuffield scholarship

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Nuffield scholar looks at robots on large scale dairy farms

Managing a large-scale dairy unit in South West Scotland, Ali Cook knows first-hand that labour shortages are becoming an increasing issue on UK dairy farms, and that this is one of the main drivers behind...

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