There are essentially two ways to milk a cow. The first is the age-old practice of milking by hand. The second is by machine with buckets and pipeline milkers. More on this second method in my next ...

They couldn't have traveled two more different paths to arrive at the exact location, but here they are. Cooper DeJean and ...

FAIRFIELD, Vt. (WCAX) - Robotic milking systems are opening a world of possibilities on Vermont farms. Since childhood, Ben Williams has milked cows using a manual milking system. After taking over ...

Stensland Family Farms, which sits in the northwest corner of Iowa, has 170 dairy cows, but nobody milks them. Robots do. Aided by sensors, lasers, and data collection, automated technology is ...

Picture this: A dairy barn full of cows being milked, fed and cleaned up after, but there’s no farmer in sight. Sounds a bit unusual, right? Well, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think. Thanks to ...

GARY, Minnesota — Waukon Dairy, a subsidiary of Riverview LLP, since June has been milking 10,500 cows daily in rural Norman County, Minnesota. The dairy, which is located on 160 acres in Waukon ...

Social distancing has led to all sorts of at-home kitchen discoveries, from "fried" microwaved eggs to tiny pancake cereal and even whipped peanut butter milk. But the latest food-related trick taking ...

Farmers Steve Jones, left, and his brother Brian, are converting from cows to goats at their North Hyde Park location. Photo by Anne Wallace Allen/VTDigger NORTH HYDE PARK – Vermont’s goat milk supply ...

You've been asked to help a neighbor while they're out of town-feed the chickens, water the tomatoes, and yes, milk the cow. But before you grab that stool and bucket, you might want to ask: Is this ...