Grazing with milking robots on Yorkshire farm

Despite the increasing prominence of automated milking systems on dairy farms in the UK, some dairy farmers are opposed to housing cows all-year-round

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Grazing with milking robots on Yorkshire farm

However, Ross Johnson shows it is possible to combine the technology with traditional grazing. When moving from a swing over parlour to three robots in 2021, Ross Johnson says his aim was always to...

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